Arizona Fall League

Ƙungiyar **Arizona Fall League** (**AFL**)  ƙungiya ce ta wasan ƙwallon baseball ta lokacin hutun kakar wasa wadda Major League Baseball (MLB) ke da ita kuma ke gudanarwa, wadda ke aiki a lokacin kaka a Arizona, Amurka, a cikin rukunin wasannin baseball guda shida daban-daban. Jerin sunayen 'yan wasan Arizona Fall League sun cika da yawancin manyan 'yan wasa a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) waɗanda ƙungiyoyin iyayensu ke ba su.

## Tsarin gini

An tsara ƙungiyoyi shida na AFL a cikin ƙungiyoyi biyu masu ƙungiyoyi uku. Kowace ƙungiyar AFL tana da alaƙa da ƙungiyoyi biyar a Major League Baseball (MLB), kuma kowace ƙungiyar MLB tana ba da 'yan wasa bakwai daga rassanta na Minor League Baseball, suna ba da jerin 'yan wasa 35.   Ana gayyatar takamaiman 'yan wasa (ba a ba su) su buga wasa a AFL ta ƙungiyar iyaye.  Gasar tana ba da yanayi ga manyan 'yan wasa don haɓaka ci gaban su, a cikin yanayin da MLB ke gudanarwa da sa ido, sabanin sauran wasannin waje (kamar Puerto Rican Winter League ) da ke wajen Amurka mai makwabtaka . 

Cancanta ga 'yan wasa ya canza a tsawon lokaci; tun daga shekarar 2008, kowace ƙungiyar MLB za ta iya samar da ɗan wasa ɗaya kawai a ƙasa da matakin Double-A,  kuma kafin 2019 akwai iyakokin lokacin hidima ga duk wani ɗan wasa a cikin jerin 'yan wasa 40 na ƙungiyar MLB,  amma tun daga shekarar 2021 duk 'yan wasa a cikin ƙungiyar MLB sun cancanci.  Wakilai masu 'yanci ba su cancanta ba.  'Yan wasa bakwai da kowace ƙungiyar MLB ke bayarwa sun ƙunshi 'yan wasa huɗu da 'yan wasa uku na matsayi.  Bukatun matsayi ga kowace ƙungiyar AFL (misali masu kamawa) ana daidaita su tsakanin daraktocin haɓaka 'yan wasa na ƙungiyoyin MLB masu alaƙa ta hanyar "daftarin matsayi".  Ƙungiyar MLB za ta iya sanya 'yan wasa fiye da uku a matsayi; irin waɗannan 'yan wasa suna aiki a matsayin ƙungiyar tasi ga ƙungiyar AFL kuma an iyakance su ga yin wasanni biyu a kowane mako. 

Wasan yawanci yana farawa ne a farkon watan Oktoba (10/7 na 2024) kuma yana ci gaba har zuwa tsakiyar Nuwamba, kodayake wasan ya ci gaba har zuwa farkon Disamba a cikin shekaru biyar na farko da gasar ta gudana. Kowace ƙungiya tana buga wasanni kusan 30; tsawon lokacin jadawalin ya bambanta kaɗan a tarihin gasar. Bayan ƙarshen kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, waɗanda suka yi nasara a rukuni biyu sun haɗu a wasan zakarun.

'Yan wasa suna sanya kayan ƙungiyar iyayensu ta MLB, tare da hular da ta dace da ƙungiyar AFL. Gasar tana da kayan ƙungiyarta na musamman kafin 1998 da kuma a 2019.  Ƙungiyoyin MLB suna samar da manaja, mai horar da 'yan wasa, da kuma mai horar da 'yan wasa na kowace ƙungiyar AFL bisa ga tsarin da aka tsara. 

Kowace ƙungiya tana buga wasannin gida a filin wasanta, wanda a halin yanzu kowacce tana da wurin zama sama da masu kallo 10,000. A kakar wasa ta 2019, wurare huɗu ne kawai aka yi amfani da su saboda aikin gyaran filin wasan. 

Gasar ta shirya wasan taurari na shekara-shekara tun daga 2006.  Da farko an san ta da "Rising Stars Showcase",  an sanya mata suna a matsayin "Wasan Taurari na Faɗuwa" tun aƙalla 2013. An haɗa shi a cikin kakar wasa ta 2022 a cikin gasar Homerun.  Ma'aikatan gasar, daraktocin bincike da gonaki, da marubutan MLB.com ne ke zaɓar 'yan wasan da za su buga wasan. 

## Tarihi
Lokacin farko na gasar shine 1992, inda kowace ƙungiya ta buga jadawalin wasanni 54 wanda ya ƙare a farkon Disamba.  Rarrabuwa da ƙungiyoyi a wannan kakar sune: 

* Sashen Arewa: Grand Canyon Rafters, Scottsdale Scorpions, Sun Cities Solar Sox
* Ƙungiyar Kudu: Chandler Diamondbacks, Phoenix Saguaros, Tucson Javelinas

An buga wasan farko na gasar a ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 1992,  inda Grand Canyon Rafters ta doke Scottsdale Scorpions, 6-4. 

Kafin kakar wasa ta 1994, 'yan wasan Javelinas sun ƙaura daga Tucson zuwa Peoria, don iyakance nisan tafiya zuwa yankin babban birnin Phoenix .  Duk ƙungiyoyi suna nan a babban birnin Phoenix tun daga lokacin.

Tun daga shekarar 1995, lokacin da Diamondbacks suka zama Desert Dogs, babu wata ƙungiya da ta canza sunan laƙabinta. Duk da haka, kowace ƙungiya ta canza wurinta aƙalla sau ɗaya a tarihinta. Sauyin da ya fi kwanan nan shi ne na Desert Dogs, waɗanda suka ƙaura daga Phoenix zuwa Glendale a shekarar 2013. 

A kakar wasa ta 1998, masu shirya gasar sun sanya 'yan wasa a cikin kowace ƙungiyar Arizona Fall League daga rukuni ɗaya a MLB: 
 
A shekara ta 2007, ƙungiyar ƙwallon baseball ta Amurka da ƙungiyar ƙwallon baseball ta ƙasar China sun buga wasanni da dama da ƙungiyoyin AFL;  ƙungiyoyin biyu daga baya sun kasance masu fafatawa a wasan ƙwallon baseball a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2008. A shekara ta 2019, ƙungiyar Mesa Solar Sox ta shiga gasar *Vamos a Tucson* Mexican Baseball Fiesta a farkon watan Oktoba, inda suka fafata da ƙungiyoyin gasar Mexico Pacific League . 

A shekarar 2019, ƙungiyar ta amince da sabon tambari.  A shekarar 2020, an soke kakar wasa saboda annobar COVID-19 . 

Wasu 'yan wasan MLB na gaba sun yi wasanni a gasar Arizona Fall League; sama da 300, a cewar gidan yanar gizon gasar.  Waɗannan sun haɗa da David Wright (2003), Dustin Pedroia (2004), Andre Ethier (2005), Bryce Harper (2010–2011), Nolan Arenado (2011), Mike Trout (2011), Mookie Betts (2013), Aaron Judge (2014), Gleyber Torres (2016), da Ronald Acuña Jr. (2017).  A shekarar 1994, Michael Jordan ya buga wa Scottsdale wasa a lokacin da yake nesa da NBA .  Hakazalika, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na NFL Tim Tebow ya buga wa Scottsdale wasa a shekarar 2016 a lokacin da yake ƙoƙarin shiga ƙwallon baseball. 

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