Phillies prospect Cornelius Randolph, six others headed to Arizona Fall League

Cornelius Randolph, the Phillies first-round pick in 2015, will headline the group of seven players the team sends in October to the Arizona Fall League.

Randolph, a 20-year-old leftfielder, is batting .249 this season with a .734 OPS in 118 games with high-A Clearwater. He had a strong June and July before tailing off in August. He is nearly three years younger than the average hitter in the Florida State League. The prospect-laden Arizona Fall League will provide a good test.

Randolph will be joined by righthanders Trevor Bettencourt and J.D. Hammer; lefthanders Garrett Cleavinger and Elniery Garcia; catcher Edgar Cabral; and infielder Zach Green.

[Statistics for Phillies top prospects, including Scott Kingery and Sixto Sanchez]

Hammer and Cleavinger, both relievers, were acquired in July trades. Hammer has struck out 14 batters with two walks and just one earned run in 12 2/3 innings with Clearwater. Cleavinger has struggled at double A. Bettencourt has a 1.42 ERA with 17 strikeouts and one walk in 19 relief innings since being promoted to Clearwater. Garcia, who is on the 40-man roster, has made two starts with double-A Reading after returning from a steroid suspension. Cabral batted .243 with Lakewood before being promoted to Clearwater. Green, a third-round pick in 2012, has played just nine games above Class A.

The Phillies players will play for the Glendale Desert Dogs and will be managed by Clearwater manager Shawn Williams.

Wednesday's game

The Phillies will play a doubleheader against Atlanta on Wednesday after Tuesday's game was postponed due to rain. Jerad Eickhoff will face R.A. Dickey in the first game and Mark Leiter Jr. will face Julio Teheran in the second game. The single-ticket doubleheader begins at 12:05 p.m. NBC10 will televise the opener. Comcast Sportsnet will carry the second game.

MVP honors

Darick Hall was named the MVP of the South Atlantic League on Tuesday and was then promoted to high-A Clearwater. The 22-year-old first baseman hit 27 homers and drove in 96 runs, both franchise records at single-A Lakewood. He is the first Lakewood player to be named MVP. The Phillies drafted Hall in last June's 14th round out of Dallas Baptist University.

Extra bases

Tuesday would have been Freddy Galvis' 131st-consecutive start at shortstop. No Phillies player has started that many consecutive games since Jimmy Rollins started 230 games from 2006 to 2008. Galvis plans to start each game this season at shortstop, which is one reason why J.P. Crawford has began playing second and third base at triple A before he arrives in September…Rhys Hoskins drove in his 25th career run on  Monday in his 19th major-league game. He is the second-quickest player to reach that mark, trailing only Cubs' Mandy Brooks, who needed 17 games in 1925.