Arizona Fall League: Mesa Solar Sox Week 3 update

Zac LeighIt’s Monday and that means we check in on the Cubs’ Boys of Fall playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.

In case you’ve forgotten, the Mesa Solar Sox is a team of minor leaguers from the Cubs, Athletics, Rays, Marlins and Yankees. They play their home games at Sloan Park, the Spring Training home of the Cubs.

In case you missed them, you can check the introduction, the week 1 update and the week 2 update.

The Solar Sox went 2-3-1 over the past week. That puts them at 8-8 with two ties. They are tied for third place in the league with the Glendale Desert Dogs, 2½ games behind the first place Surprise Saguaros. But they are also only a half a game behind the…