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Lynchburg's D'Arnaud Chosen for Arizona Fall League

Published on August 26, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


The Lynchburg Hillcats will be represented in the Arizona Fall League as Hillcats shortstop Chase d'Arnaud was named to the AFL's Scottsdale Scorpions roster. He is the only Hillcat on the Scorpions roster and will join five other heralded Pirates prospects in the esteemed league, which features many of baseball's top prospects.

Selection to the AFL is the latest honor bestowed upon d'Arnaud, a former Pepperdine University star. He began the 2009 campaign with West Virginia, Pittsburgh's Low-A affiliate, and was selected to the South Atlantic League's mid-season All-Star team. Earlier this month, d'Arnaud was named the Best Defensive Shortstop in the South Atlantic League in Baseball America's annual Best Tools issue, despite the fact that he has played with Lynchburg since the All-Star break. He is currently batting .287 with three home runs, three triples, 15 doubles and 23 RBI for the Hillcats.

After being selected by Pittsburgh in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, out of Pepperdine, d'Arnaud batted .286 with one home run, five triples, 10 doubles and 21 RBI with State College, Pittsburgh's Short-Season-A affiliate. He was selected to the New York-Penn League's mid-season All-Star team in 2008.

Three of the other five Pittsburgh prospects named to the Scorpions roster are former Hillcats as LHP Daniel Moskos, LHP Tony Watson and SS Brian Friday will play with d'Arnaud in Scottsdale. All three played for Lynchburg in 2008 and are currently playing with the Pirates' Double-A affiliate in Altoona, Pa.

Additionally, RHP Eric Krebs, a former Pirate farmhand who played for the Hillcats in 2008, was named to the roster of the AFL's Peoria Javelinas. Krebs was traded to the Dodgers organization earlier this season.

Pittsburgh minor league field coordinator Jeff Bannister, who managed the Hillcats in 1996, 1997 and briefly in 2004 and served as Lynchburg's interim pitching coach in 2008, will manage the Scorpions, whose roster will be comprised of prospects from the Diamondbacks, Giants, Phillies, Pirates and Rockies. Former Hillcats pitching coach Bob Milacki will serve as the pitching coach of the Scorpions. Milacki tutored the Hillcats pitchers from 2005 through the middle of the 2008 season.

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