Quintero, Davalan, Harlan headline Dodgers prospects headed to 2026 Arizona Fall League

Bruce Kuntz 09/22/2026 Prospect News Leave A Comment

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Eduardo Quintero (Photo: Cody Bashore)

The Arizona Fall League is coming up soon, and the Dodgers are sending a talented group of prospects down to compete. Two Top 100 prospects are part of the class with nine total Dodgers set to play for the Desert Dogs: Anson Aroz, Brooks Auger, Charles Davalan, Chase Harlan, Cody Morse, Eduardo Quintero, Luke Fox, Marlon Nieves, and Sam Horn.

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Outfielders Charles Davalan and Eduardo Quintero lead the group, both fresh off of dominant seasons in the outfield for High-A Great Lakes. Davalan was named the Midwest League MVP in what was likely a race between the two teammates. The 22-year-old Arkansas alum slashed .291/.400/.532 with more walks than strikeouts across his first full season as a pro.

The interesting wrinkle for Davalan is that he will get at least some time at second base this fall. The Ontario, Canada native has yet to appear there as a pro, and has not appeared in the infield with any sort of regularity since he was a freshman in college at Florida Gulf Coast. Davalan is an above-average athlete who had a nearly even split between left and center field this year, so adding an infield spot to his toolkit would be great for projecting playing time with the Dodgers.

As mentioned above, Quintero had a remarkable season after shaking off a slow start. He warmed up alongside the Michigan weather, slashing .344/.485/.566 with 43 stolen bases from April 25 through the end of the season. Quintero, who is freshly 21, has an argument for the highest ceiling in the farm system, with not just passable five-tool projection but the potential to be at least above-average across the board.

Third baseman Chase Harlan and catcher Anson Aroz round out the position player group headed to Glendale. Harlan has double-plus raw pop that truly jumps, and he made some contact and approach improvements this year that helped him dominate Single-A for the first couple months with a .329/.438/.571/1.009 line. He stumbled a bit in High-A (.239/.331/.389/.720), but also missed time due to injury and was only in his age-19 season, so the Fall League will present a chance for the powerful Pennsylvania native to reaffirm his upward trajectory.

Aroz is a 23-year-old switch-hitting catcher the Dodgers popped out of Oregon in the 19th round last year. He split time between Ontario and Great Lakes this season and has impressed with his work behind the plate. Like Harlan, he was great in Ontario with a .313/.452/.463/.914 line, but hit a wall in Great Lakes (.170/.302/.283/.585). Granted, he only played 42 total games on the year, and given his age he needs reps more than anything.

On the pitching side, the Dodgers are sending five arms with a wide variety of experience levels. Brooks Auger and Luke Fox are the top two prospects in the group, both having just wrapped up successful seasons.

Auger, a 6-foot-5 right-hander, shook off a brutal 2025 to see his stuff and results jump to where they were expected to land this year. He repeated High-A, and this time posted a 3.62 ERA and 21 K-BB% in his age-24 campaign, although he did have two IL stints that limited him to 59 2/3 innings. He projects as an easy backend starter with a 2027 Rule 5 timeline, so the Dodgers will be motivated to keep building his innings count heading into next year, which could be part of the decision to keep his season going this fall.

This is Fox’s Rule 5 year, and unfortunately, he hit the IL in April and didn’t return until August. The talented southpaw still showed some good progress in the 27 1/3 innings he was able to throw, boosting his K-BB% to 21% and posting a .160 opponent average. The 24-year-old is a Dodger development success after being taken as a 17th round elbow rehabber in 2023, and he still has a shot to be protected (or taken by another team) this winter, so this fall is an important time for Fox to continue showing what he’s got.

The other three pitchers rounding out the Dodgers’ fall league class are Marlon Nieves, Cody Morse and Sam Horn. Nieves stumbled (5.22 ERA) in what was hoped to be a breakout year with the Tower Buzzers, but the 21-year-old still has an intriguing sinker-slider pairing that he’ll look to reign in. The arsenal has the quality and depth of a starter, but his command is currently nowhere close (41 BB, 50 IP). Morse is a 23-year-old 6-foot-6 southpaw who spent this season pitching in relief for the Loons and putting up solid numbers (3.41 ERA in 29 innings).

Horn will be very interesting to see; the 2025 17th rounder was a two-sport athlete at Mizzou, also playing quarterback. When the Dodgers drafted him, they had to hold off on bringing him into the system as Horn pursued the starting quarterback job last fall. Unfortunately, he suffered a broken leg early in the year, but he’s now committed to baseball. The 23-year-old has a ton of arm talent and turned away multiple MLB teams who tried to keep him from going to college as a four-star football recruit. He only totaled 15 in-game innings in college as there was an elbow surgery mixed in, but Horn could be a guy who takes off now that he’s healthy and full-time on the diamond.

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The Glendale Desert Dogs season runs from October 3 through mid-November as these Dodgers prospects share a roster with players from the Braves, White Sox, Marlins and Pirates. The Desert Dogs play their home games at Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers and White Sox spring training home. Some games in the Fall League are hooked up with StatCast, which provides a great opportunity to see data on prospects who haven’t reached Triple-A yet (especially the pitchers).

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