No. 69 • Alex Verdugo
Hitting a combined .311 for two Los Angeles Dodgers’ Class A affiliates, the Sahuaro High grad was selected the Dodgers’ Branch Rickey Award winner as their top minor-league position player.
No. 69 • Alex Verdugo
Sahuaro's Alex Verdugo (11) swings at a pitch in the sixth inning during the Sahuaro vs. Bradshaw Mountain Division II high school playoff baseball game on Friday, May 9, 2014, at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Sahuaro won 8-7 on a walk-off in the ninth inning after giving up 4 unanswered runs in the seventh.
The Star columnist counts down the year's best Southern Arizona sports figures.
