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Ethan Salas (Photo by Matt Thomas/Padres via Getty Images)
Less than a week from Opening Day, the Arizona Fall League has altered its rosters. This is common practice and will likely happen several more times before the six-week season concludes in November.
Among the notable changes was the removal of Padres catcher Ethan Salas, who played just 10 games this season due to a back injury. He was replaced by another San Diego catcher, Lamar King Jr. The team also swapped in righthander Kannon Kemp for fellow righty Isaiah Lowe.
Those were far from the only shakeups on the league’s six rosters.
- The Braves added lightning-armed righthander Jhancarlos Lara, who has big-time stuff but struggled with command and control in a season split between the upper levels.
- The Dodgers removed speedy outfielder Kendall George, who swiped 100 bases this season. In his stead, they added infielder Nico Perez and catcher Jesus Galiz.
- The Blue Jays added infielder Cutter Coffey, whom they acquired from Boston last summer in the deal that sent catcher Danny Jansen to the Red Sox. Coffey, 21, produced a .786 OPS with 11 homers this year at High-A Vancouver.
- The Astros removed outfielder Zach Cole, who earned his first big league callup this season and homered four times in 47 at-bats.
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