Sports in Phoenix mirroring the major league teams which play in the Cactus League. The only two Cactus League teams which do not have a rookie league team playing in Phoenix are the Kansas City Royals and the Colorado Rockies. The Arizona Fall League is an off-season league run by Major League Baseball, and consists of six teams made up of some of the most talented minor league players in baseball. Unlike baseball's minor leagues, like AAA teams, the teams are not affiliated with a single major-league team. Each of the six teams is affiliated with five major league teams, all of which
Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League The Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have college eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid, so as to maintain their college eligibility. PCBL formed in the summer of 2017 with five member teams competing. Teams play a 32-game regular season beginning in June followed by a league playoff. Carroll Merchants finished season one with the best regular season record and swept their way to the championship game eliminating Bancroft Bandits