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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 forms the lowest rung on the North American minor-league ladder.
The Arizona Complex League Athletics are a Minor League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, which plays as a Rookie-level team in the Arizona Complex League and has served as a farm team for the Athletics organization since 1988. [2] They play their home games at Fitch Park, the minor league spring training camp of the Athletics. [3]
The team first competed in the Arizona League from 1991 to 1994, then was absent from the league until 2000. [3] The team has been a member of the league continuously since 2000, fielding two squads in the league since 2018. [3] The two squads are differentiated by Black and Orange suffixes. [3]
The team began play in 2003 in the Arizona League (AZL), succeeding the Texas Rangers' prior rookie team, the Florida-based Gulf Coast League Rangers. [1] The team has captured two league championships, in 2010 and 2019. Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL).
The team plays its home games at Camelback Ranch, the spring training facility of the major-league Dodgers. In 2019, the Dodgers fielded two squads in the Arizona League, differentiated with suffixes "Lasorda" and "Mota". [1] Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL).
The team first competed in the Arizona League (AZL) from 1988 to 2000. [2] For the 1988–1992 seasons, the team played its home games at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale.The team moved to Peoria and the Peoria Sports Complex in 1993.
The team plays its home games at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick near Scottsdale, Arizona. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and other countries.
During 2004–2009, the team played home games at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida. [citation needed] In 2010, when the major-league Reds moved their spring training headquarters from Florida to Arizona, the Rookie-level team also relocated and became members of the Arizona League (AZL), and were renamed as the Arizona League Reds.