It has been a tough fall league for the Glendale Desert Dogs. They dropped five of their six contests last week, moving into last place in the league, and the Atlanta Braves prospects haven’t done much
to help them out. Jim Jarvis and Luke Sinnard had a strongly positive impact on the team, but only in limited playing time, and elsewhere Braves players struggled to have good days.
Nacho Alvarez, Jr.
Fall Stats: 11 G, 9-39, 3 2B, 10 BB, .231/.412/.308
Weekly Stats: 5 G, 3-20, 2 2B, 2 BB
It was a forgettable week for Nacho Alvarez, who once again struggled to make any solid contact across significant playing time. Alvarez was able to break into the extra base hit column with a couple of doubles on Friday, though only one of those was a hard hit ball. Otherwise he did very little in terms of making valuable contact, until the final day of the week when he had his hardest hit ball. Alvarez barreled a fly ball at 100 mph, but it fell short of leaving the yard and he came up empty with an 0-5 performance on Sunday.
Trent Buchanan
Fall Stats: 4 G, 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 18.00 ERA
Weekly Stats: 2 G, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
After a really rough opening couple of outings Trent Buchanan settled in and didn’t have a horrible week comparatively, though it wasn’t great either. Buchanan was able to throw strikes in both outings which did make a world of difference, and in the first outing he was able to throw a scoreless inning with only one batter where he lost control and issued a walk. The second outing was a different situation entirely. In a game that was already lost for the Desert Dogs, Buchanan was brought in to try to get the final out of the sixth inning with two runners on base. Unfortunately a soft single greeted him, along with a fielding error that led to both inherited runners and one charged to Buchanan scoring. It was an unfortunate day for Buchanan and he was finally able to finish it off strong with a called strike three to finally close the door on a five run inning.
Patrick Clohisy
Fall Stats: 13 G, 10-48, 1 HR, 2 2B, 9 BB, 11 SB, .208/.345/.313
Weekly Stats: 5 G, 4-18, HR, 2B, 2 BB, 4 SB
Patrick Clohisy got off to a very slow start this past week, but turned it up for his final three appearances and made a significant mark on the field. His first two contests were marked by weak contact and he only managed to scrape together a single base hit, but he spent the final three games in a bit of a groove. The biggest smash came in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game. Clohisy came to bat facing a left-on-left matchup, but the pitcher made a mistake with his location and left a fastball down and in where Clohisy does his best work of dropping the barrel and making hard pull side contact. Clohisy was able to lift the ball and crush a no-doubt home run – his only hit of the day but not his only hard hit ball. Clohisy smoked another ball in the air the next game — 103.5 mph double — but unfortunately for us it came before the stream for the game started. He ended off his week making trouble for the defense by drawing a couple of walks and going three for three on stolen bases. Clohisy is a perfect 11-for-11 so far this season on stolen base attempts and including his regular season totals he is up to 90 in 144 games in 2025.
Jim Jarvis
Fall Stats: 9 G, 6-32, 2 HR, 4 BB, 2 SB, .188/.278/.375
Weekly Stats: 3 G, 3-9, HR, 2 BB
Jim Jarvis’s numbers have been pedestrian, largely due to his hard contact coming primarily on the ground, but he has continued to make solid contact throughout this fall and for the second straight week came away with a home run. If Jarvis continues to put up 100+ mph contact his batting average and on base numbers should improve throughout the remainder of the fall. Jarvis has been solid with the glove, has made plenty of contact, and is finally starting to draw a few walks. As long as he continues with the trend so far this fall he should be a valuable depth piece for the middle infield next season, though he has been far from doing anything exciting on the field.
Jacob Kroeger
Fall Stats: 3 G, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 10.38 ERA
Weekly Stats: 1 G, 1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
After a great first week of the season Jacob Kroeger got crushed in his third appearance. Kroeger left a ton of pitches over the plate and the Javelinas were not missing, averaging nearly 100 mph on their batted balls off of Kroeger. He allowed five hits and five runs, and wasn’t missing many bats this outing. This has been a problem for Kroeger throughout the year as he doesn’t have the velocity to get away with any mistakes in the middle of the zone, and he can get hit hard when his command is not perfect.
Jhancarlos Lara
Fall Stats: 5 G, 5 ⅔ IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 8 BB, 8 K, 3.18 ERA
Weekly Stats: 2 G, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Jhancarlos Lara had some interesting results in his two appearances this past week. He was able to hit the zone his first time out, but struggled anyways and gave up hard contact. His fastball averaged only 96.6 mph in that outing, and he gave up a run on a hit and a walk. By Sunday he was back to his old ways, but a bit improved. His fastball was back up to averaging 98.5 mph, and he still managed to stay in the strike zone. Hitters could not square him up and he recorded two strikeouts, and his release point has been a bit more consistent the past couple of appearances. Hopefully he continues to look like he did Sunday and can finish the fall in dominant fashion.
LJ McDonough
Fall Stats: 6 G, 6 ⅓ IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 5.68 ERA
Weekly Stats: 2 G, 2 ⅓ IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
It was a great week on the mound for LJ McDonough. He did give up two runs, one earned, in his first outing, but the inputs for him were much better than that. McDonough was able to throw strikes in both of his outings, and got solid swing-and-miss numbers without allowing anything to be hit hard. McDonough has been tough to square up throughout his career, and most of the time his struggles are about his ability to throw strikes. He’s been doing wonderfully with that the past few times he has been on the mound, and the results have mostly followed with him cutting back walks and getting more whiffs.
Luke Sinnard
Fall Stats: 3 G, 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K, 1.13 ERA
Weekly Stats: 1 G, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
It was another terrific outing for Luke Sinnard. In a game in which they scored 11 runs the Peoria Javelinas had absolutely no answer to Sinnard, striking out five times across three scoreless innings of work. Sinnard didn’t allow a single hard hit ball, got whiffs with all of his pitches, and only allowed a single ball to leave the infield. He had a couple of walks in his final inning where his control did get away from him a bit, but for the most part he commanded his fastball well and was still rocking in there with an average velocity over 95 mph. The biggest knock from this outing was that he really could not get his splitter down, and that obviously limited how effective the pitch was, but he was fantastic overall and continues to make strides. He’s been by far the most impressive performer for the Braves from the fall league.
Cory Wall
Fall Stats: 4 G, 3 IP, 6 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, 30.00 ERA
Weekly Stats: 2 G, 1 ⅔ IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
The fall has been cruel to Cory Wall. His first outing of the week was alright, as he finally threw enough strikes to have any chance at getting outs and escaped with only one run allowed in an inning and one-third of work. It was a bit scary for him as he did allow some solid contact, but he avoided catastrophe. The same could not be said of his next outing. Wall was called in to protect a tie, but his estrangement from the strike zone put him behind the eight ball with a leadoff walk. When he did throw strikes the tended to be mistakes over the middle of the plate, and Peoria hit him hard and rattled off three runs before he was pulled with one out in the inning. The two runners he left on base ended up scoring, charging wall with a five run outing.
