Arizona righthander Cody Deason (Arizona Athletics)
Prospect Focus: Alaska Champ Mat-Su
The Mat-Su Miners dominated the Alaska Baseball League in 2015, going 31-10 in league play before falling to the Anchorage Bucs in the decisive final game of the best-of-three championship series. This year, Mat-Su posted the league’s best record again, and this time the Miners would not be denied in the postseason. The Miners swept the Peninsula Oilers in the best-of-three championship series this weekend to win their first Alaska League championship since 2010, their fifth since 2004 — but their first under the leadership of fourth-year head coach Ben Taylor.
The Miners didn’t post as gaudy a[…]
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