There was a brawl in an Arizona Fall League game

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesThis is not a headline you likely expected to read here, or anywhere else. The Arizona Fall League is a developmental league, with a relaxed atmosphere and players performing in front of small gatherings that include a lot of family members and scouts.

One of those scouts recorded this video of a brawl at an AFL game between Peoria and Scottsdale Saturday afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium:

Well, that’s pretty ugly. Why did that happen?

Holy cow. First brawl I’ve seen in 15 years covering the game. Josh Winckowski hit Canaan Smith-Njigba, who charged the mound and absolutely leveled Winckowski. Smith-Njigba was screaming about how he’d been…