AZL Rangers are averaging over 8 RPG

Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty ImagesRookie league ball at the team complexes generally isn’t something we spend a whole lot of time paying attention to, for a variety of reasons. Its short-season, the players are very young and a long way away, and its a controlled environment. When talking about prospect performance we generally focus mostly on the full season leagues, while occasionally checking in on Spokane in the short-season A Northwest League.

However, the hitters for the Rangers’ AZL team have been having a rather insane first month-plus of the season. The team itself is 23-10, which has them leading the West Division and gives them the second best record of the 21 AZL teams. The…