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Braves prospects Cal Conley and Justyn-Henry Malloy on the ballot for Arizona Fall League All-Star Game

Eric Cole
Eric Cole

House That Hank Built

Jun 6, 2021; Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores outfielder Enrique Bradfield Jr. (51) steals third base ahead of the tag by Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets utility Justyn-Henry Malloy (42) during the third inning in the Nashville Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament at Hawkins Field. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

The Arizona Fall League has been in full swing for a while now with six Atlanta Braves prospects continuing their seasons in the fall league. The Braves’ top position player prospect, Justyn-Henry Malloy, is the the top prospect Atlanta sent this year although there are several interesting players on both sides of the ball in attendance for Atlanta. The AFL runs for six weeks and we have now reached the point where the Arizona Fall League All-Star Game is going to take place.

Most of the rosters are just selected without any fan input, but for the final two roster spots, the AFL has opened it up for a fan vote. On the National League side of the ballot, two Braves prospects are among the four nominees in Malloy and shortstop Cal Conley.

Which Braves prospect do you want to see in the AFL All-Star Game?

If we are talking about voting purely based on merit, Cal Conley has been the better player in the AFL as he has been on quite the heater. In 18 games, he has posted an .895 OPS with a couple of homers. Justyn-Henry Malloy, on the other hand, is most assuredly the better prospect, has some name recognition, and has been no slouch with a .290/.421/.387 line of his own. If Malloy had just hit for a bit more power in his 17 games, he probably would have just been selected to the team without a vote although the competition is fierce down there.

If you want to place your vote to help your favorite between Malloy or Conley, all you have to do is clink on the link in the tweet and then it will direct you to another link where you can vote (or you can just click right here to make it easy). While you have to like their chances of getting in given how well Braves country generally turns out for votes like this, it is far from a sure thing so make sure you go vote to see Justyn-Henry Malloy or Cal Conley in the AFL All-Star Game.

Eric Cole

Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.