The Arizona Complex League Padres or ACL Padres are a

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team based in

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. The Padres compete in the

Arizona Complex League The Arizona Complex League (ACL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona, since 1988. Prior to 2021, it was known as the Arizona League (AZL). Along with the Florida Complex League (FCL), it fo ...

as a

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affiliate of the

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. The team plays its home games at

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, which is also the

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home of the major-league Padres. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of

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either as draftees or non-drafted free agents.

History

The team first competed in the

Arizona League The Arizona Complex League (ACL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona, since 1988. Prior to 2021, it was known as the Arizona League (AZL). Along with the Florida Complex League (FCL), it fo ...

(AZL) from 1988 to 2000. For the 1988–1992 seasons, the team played its home games at

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in Scottsdale. The team moved to Peoria and the

in 1993. After being absent from the league from 2001 through 2003, the team resumed operation in 2004 and has competed since then. In 2006, the team won the first-half title and went on to win the league championship by defeating the AZL Angels, 5–2. For the 2017–2019 seasons, the team fielded two squads in the league, differentiated by numerical suffixes (1 and 2). Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the

(ACL).

Rosters

Notable players

Notable players for the team include: *

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Max Fried Max Dorian Fried ( ; born January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Atlanta Braves. Fried was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fi ...

Mat Latos Mathew Adam Latos ( ; born December 9, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres from 2009 through 2011, the Cincinnati Reds from 2012 through 2014, and the Miami ...

Derrek Lee Derrek Leon Lee (born September 6, 1975), nicknamed "D-Lee", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Lee played with the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates ...

Jake Peavy Jacob Edward Peavy (born May 31, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who is currently an on-air analyst for MLB Network. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, ...

* Fernando Tatis Jr. *

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References

External links

Official website (Padres 1)

Official website (Padres 2)
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