08/23/2026 Dodger Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Tyler Gough? I mean Sheehan is years removed from being a prospect so he can’t really get this every time he pitchers in AAA. Gough only got six outs, but it was as good a six out outing as you can have. One hit, no runs, one walk and four strikeouts.
Hitter of the Day: Kellon Lindsey showed off his power and speed, collecting his eighth home run along with his eleventh and twelfth steal. On the day he had four hits in four at-bats driving in three runs from the lead off spot. The 20-year-old Lindsey now has an OPS of .915 in the California League.
OKC Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan just toyed with the Houston AAA team, going six full innings, allowing only one hit, one walk, and struck out nine. Gavin Stone and Sheehan have basically been unhittable since joining the OKC Dodger rotation. Stone is on rehab while Sheehan was removed from the rotation when the better arms started getting healthy. Unless a new rash of injuries hits the Dodger rotation the only spot for either of these guys will be in the bullpen. It will be interesting if they can impact the Dodger bullpen in Sept.
Tulsa Drillers: De Paula had three hits including his 25th home run. Sirota is finally back and showed some rust. Sirota last played on August 14th. Newell drilled his 21st home run. I like Sirota as a Dodger prospect but he’s more than two years older than Quintero and I simply don’t understand the prospect hounds who like Sirota more than Quintero. I mean when Quintero is as old as Sirota he’ll be a starting major League CF for someone, not banging around in AA all year. Plus Quintero has never been hurt since he started playing in the Dodger organization as a 17 year old. Sirota missed most of his draft season, missed 1/2 of last season, all in just the last three years.
Great Lake Loons: Davalan/Quintero/Morales/Perez/Elkins/Martinus combined to go 4/21 with four singles. Former number one pick Maddux Bruns has been as bustiest as you can be. He’s trying to start over again with the Loons and his attempt was good, getting six outs, one hit, zero runs, one walk, and two K’s.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: It was a good day for the Tower Buzzers. Besides what Lindsey did, Joendry Vargas had three hits and also drove in three runs. Included in those three hits was his 34th double. That is a lot of doubles. Vargas now has an August OPS of 1.074.
08/22/2026 Dodgers Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Jackson Ferris is starting to shove in August. Ferris got fifteen outs, six hits, only one earned run, two walks, and three k’s. Ferris has made three good to great starts in August intermixed with one horrible start. Not great but when you consider he made five starts in June and didn’t get more than thirteen outs in any of them while giving up twenty runs this is a huge step up.
Hitter of the Day: Going to go with Oswaldo Osorio who slugged his tenth home run to put the Tower Buzzers in the lead in the 7th inning.
OKC Dodgers: Just a note, Kim played CF not Ehrhard. Ehrhard had one hit and two stolen bases. Tibbs had a double and walk, Ward went 1/3, and Noah Miller 1/4. I can understand Alex Thomas getting the call, he has been a starting Major league CF, has good defensive chops and hits LH which might fit in better with the Dodgers even though Pages was a RH CF.
Tulsa Drillers: Tulsa scored six runs but none of the top prospect had anything to with it. De Paula/Hainline/Wagner went 0/9 but they each had two walks a piece. Gelof did hit a pinch hit home run, his 26th of the year. Newell drove in four runs with his 20th home run. Patrick Copen gave up six runs in six innings with zero walks, and six strikeouts. Jacob Kmatz gave up his first run in the Dodger system.
Great Lake Loons: Quintero and Morales hit back to back doubles to the left field corner to start out the 9th inning, tying the game at 5. Perez/Elkins/Martinus/Guerrero couldn’t get Morales in and the Loons eventually lost. Cam Leiter made his first start for the Loons and pitched a gem. Leiter got ten outs, gave up two hits, zero runs, two walks, and struck out seven. Per Prospect Live Leiter got 12 swings and misses and 11 called strikes out of the 61 pitches he threw. That’s good for a 37% CSW. The 12 swinging strikes is his season high.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Vargas with two more hits, Lindsey/West with one hit each, and Shelton had two singles.
08/21/2026 Dodgers Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Auger got nine outs, one hit, zero runs, two walks, four strikeouts.
Hitter of the Day: If James Tibbs could play CF he might be up with the Dodgers right now. Tibbs had a perfect day at the plate getting three hits, two walks, including his 27th home run.
OKC Dodgers: Ehrhard went 1 / 5, and Noah Miller went 1/5 with a triple. Bobby Miller pitched two innings of one hit relief giving up two earned runs because he also walked two.
Tulsa Drillers: The once loaded Driller team just isnn’t the same without the table setter George and slugging Sirota. De Paula went 1/4 with a single, Gelof 0/4 with two K’s, Hainline 0/1 with two walks, and Wagner 1/3. Zazueta was hit around giving up nine hits in five innings but he did strike out nine.
Great Lake Loons: Maybe the Drillers could use some of the offense from the Loons. Quintero got on base three times, stole his 41st and 42 bases while driving in three runs. Morales was 1/5 plus a walk, Elkins was a 1 / 3 with three walks, while Nico Perec drove in four runs with double and two walks. Martinez was 1/6.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Vargas was 1/4 but with three K’s, Ko hit his 18th home run, Shelton was 1/4 but also had three k’s. Melvin Nieves got 10 outs, gave up four hits, one run, three walks, and four k’s.
08/20/2026 Dodger Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Will Gagnon making just his second start for the Loons pitched another gem. Gagnon got fifteen outs, four hits, zero earned runs, two walks and seven strikeouts. That is now fourteen strikeouts in nine innings for Gagnon as a Loon.
Hitter of the Day: Mairoshendrick Martinus beat off some serious challenges from top five prospects De Paula and Emil Morales to take the honor today. Martinus did it with a grand slam and now has his Loon OPS over .900.
OKC Dodgers: Ehrhard/Tibbs/Ward/Miller went zero for 11. Another Dodger rehab, another Dodger dominant outing. Gavin Stone got nine perfect outs with five K’s.
Tulsa Drillers: De Paula hit his 24th home run and drove in four runs. Hainline/Wagner went zero for six. It hasn’t been the same recapping the Drillers since Hope was traded, George had knee surgery, and Sirota is on vacation. Aidan Foeller got fifteen outs, four hits, one earned run, one walk, and six strikeouts.
Great Lake Loons: While Davalan and Quintero have cooled this past week, Emil Morales is still cooking. Emil hit his 18th home run and now has 108 RBI for the season which is the most in the minors. Nico Perez has also stopped hitting so his OPS has now dropped below .900 however Martinus has replaced him with a plus .900 OPS. Who will have the highest OPS when season ends? Davalan (.950) / Quintero (.934) / Morales (.925) / Martinus (.928).
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Not a great day for Ontario. Lindsey was 0/5. West came back to go 1/4. Vargas had only his 3rd game in August without a hit. Ko was 0/4 and Shelton didn’t play.
MLB Pipeline Dodger Top 30 August Update
The final prospect updates are coming in fast and furious and earlier this week, MLB Pipeline put out their latest update to the Dodgers top 30 list. Like everyone else they love the addition of Bo Lowrance. So far Bo has squeezed into the top ten for just about everyone. The top six are basically interchangeable. Pipeline is the highest related to James Tibbs putting him at number 7. A few names stand out compared to Baseball America and myself.
Jaron Elkins is aggressively rated at 18. Baseball America does not have him in their top 30, and he made the 30 spot on my ranking when Hope and Smith were traded.
I’d say the biggest gripe I would have with the Pipeline list is that the hottest player in the Dodger system was omitted. Which is very odd, because Joendry Vargas was a huge international signing, and they usually let those guys have some runway before calling them a bust. Joendry Vargas is anything but a bust. He may have fallen a year behind Eduardo Quintero on the ladder but he’s really making up for lost time. The man still plays SS more times than not, has 50 extra base hits, and is just crushing it in August to the tune of a TSL of .406/..417/.730. Yeah, a .730 slugging % in seventy at-bats. I’m not saying he’s a top ten prospect like it used to look he was headed toward, but I’d take his chances over every other hitter on this list not on the top ten list. I think they made a mistake and it will be corrected.
Aidan Foeller clocks in on their list at 21 and to be honest I knew very little about him. Aidan was the 11th pick in the 2024 draft wasn’t very impressive in 2025. In 2026 he started out repeating the season with the Loons and pitched well enough to get promoted to AA (Drillers) in July. The day after the Pipeline list came out and I said who is this guy and I got to find out because I tuned in the Driller game that had them facing the best pitching prospect in baseball in Kade Anderson. Luckily Fox got hurt after one inning and Foeller came in. Well, he matched Kade Anderson pitch for pitch for five innings and now I can see why he’s on the list. Definitely someone to keep on eye on going forward.
In all, Pipeline has five names that didn’t make the BA list. Jaron Elkins, Logan Wagner, Ryan Ward, Brooks Auger, and Eduardo Rojas. Pipeline also had five names that didn’t make my top 30 list but the names were mostly different. Aiden Foeller, Sterling Patrick, Marlon Nieves, Brooks Auger, and Eduardo Rojas. Rojas is a 19 year old Complex League Catcher so it seems like a bit of a reach but we’ll see.
Conversely, Pipeline has four names missing that BA has in Joendry Vargas, Adam Serwinowski, Russell Sandefer, and Easton Shelton. We differ on six prospects, the aforementioned four, plus my favorite name Mairoshendrick Martinus and Tyler Gough.
| Name | MLB Pipeline | BA Team | My Rank |
| Josue De Paula | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Sirota | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Eduardo Quintero | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Emil Morales | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Christian Zazueta | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Charles Davalan | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| James Tibbs | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| Zach Root | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Chase Harlan | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Bo Lowrance | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Kendall George | 11 | 9 | 15 |
| Ching-Hsien Ko | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| Kellon Lindsey | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Zach Ehrhard | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| Cam Leiter | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Jackson Ferris | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Jaron Elkins | 18 | NR | 30 |
| Logan Wagner | 19 | NR | 29 |
| Ryan Ward | 20 | NR | 27 |
| Aidan Foeller | 21 | NR | |
| Elijah Hainline | 22 | 28 | 22 |
| Nicolas Perez | 23 | 18 | 17 |
| Sterling Patrick | 24 | 29 | NR |
| Jacob Kmatz | 25 | 19 | 28 |
| Noah Miller | 26 | 25 | 21 |
| Marlon Nieves | 27 | 26 | NR |
| Aidan West | 28 | 16 | 10 |
| Brooks Auger | 29 | NR | NR |
| Eduardo Rojas | 30 | NR | NR |
| Joendry Vargas | NR | 20 | 19 |
| Adam Serwinowski | NR | 27 | 20 |
| Russell Sandefer | NR | 21 | 23 |
| Mairoshendrick Martinus | NR | NR | 24 |
| Tyler Gough | NR | NR | 25 |
| Easton Shelton | NR | 30 | 26 |
08/19/2026 Dodgers Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Jacob Kmatz continues to make his case as someone the Dodgers might want to consider in their bullpen. Kmatz got six outs, giving up just one hit with two k’s. Since joining the Drillers, Kmatz has been in five games, pitched 7 2/3 given up just 3 hits, zero runs, one walk, and ten strikeouts.
Hitter of the Day: Emil Morales went four for five including a grand slam. He needed all of that to hold off Easton Shelton for HOTD. That was Morales’s 17th home run and I thought I saw a blurb saying that he has now hit four grand slams this year?
OKC Dodgers: This was the Tyler Glasnow show as he made what should be his last rehab start and dazzled to the tune of nine strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Quiet day with the bat with the only top 30 Prospect to do anything of note was Ehrhard hitting his 24th double. Kim slugged his 3rd home run, but he has mostly struggled at a level he needs to do more to convince the team he’s a future major league option.
Tulsa Drillers: De Paula had one hit but with a chance to drive in the winning run he took a close pitch for strike three. With Sirota not playing, George out for the year, it is wrong to be asking why Davalan and Quintero aren’t getting the AA at-bats that are going to Newell and Myers? Zack Root only gave up one run but also gave up five hits and three walks in only four innings.
Great Lake Loons: Morales was all the offense for the Loons. Davalan/Quintero/Nic Perez went zero for twelve.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Easton Shelton has shrugged off his August slump and slugged his 35th home run and second in two games. Shelton also added his 25th double giving him sixty extra base hits. He also drove in three runs and now holds the all time record for runs batted in by a California League Dodger. Joendry Vargas had two more hits including his 33rd double. No one has been hotter than Vargas in August and yet he somehow was left off the MLB Pipeline Top 30!!!! I had to double check to make sure I’d read it correctly.
08/18/2026 Dodger Top 30 Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day:
Hitter of the Day: Tibbs III got on base five times and made the most of it. He hit two home runs(25th and 26th), two singles, and a walk. Tibbs now has a .986 OPS after over 500 plate AAA appearances this year.
OKC Dodgers: OKC rotation is basically ex-Dodger starters just trying to get ready or staying ready. Landon Knack years away from his prospect status is trying to make sure they don’t forget about him. Tonight he threw six fantastic innings giving up just three hits and one run. This comes right after he helped the actual Dodger bullpen on August 12 getting eight outs when they really needed it. Tibbs got all the offense.
Tulsa Drillers: De Paula hit his 23rd home run and 6th in August. Sirota didn’t play again. Hainline and Wagner went hitless. They are both slumping hard. Hainline has been at AA all year and for the most part has done well, but in August he has an OPS of just .636 after posting a July OPS of .996. Wagner was promoted from the Loons and just hasn’t adjusted yet, hitting just .139 so far.
Great Lake Loons: The Loons lost a doubleheader but not because of Mairoshendrick Martinus who hit a home run in both games. In the second game his three run home run was crushed to dead center. I tell you the super utility player always does something when I watch him on the MLB App. For the day he went 4 for 5 with two home runs driving in six runs for the day. The big three (Davalan/Quintero/Morales) went one for 11 with 5 k’s in the second game. Not exactly a showcase for the three top 50 prospects.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Vargas his his 11th home run, and now has an August OPS of 1.133. Probably his best professional month since he was tearing up the DSL with Quintero. In this game Vargas played 3rd base and Caleb Johnson played SS. Caleb Johnson hit his second home run and now has a home run in back to back games. Shelton hit his 34th home run. With Baez now in the Major leagues, if Shelton can have a hot final few weeks, he might be able to win the Minor League Home Run championship. Woo Hoo????
08/16/2026 Dodgers Top 30 Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Oh my, Jackson Ferris makes an appearance for the first time this year. Easily his best game of the season as Ferris struck out nine of his fifteen outs, giving up only four hits and one walk.
Hitter of the Day: Caleb Johnson hit his first professional home run and he made it a grand slam. Not only a grand slam but a 9th inning grand slam with his team down.
OKC Dodgers: Ryan Ward slugged his 17th home run and also had a single and two walks getting on base four times. Ehrhard walked four times, Tibbs had a single, and Miller had two singles. Bobby Miller followed Jackson Ferris and pitched almost as well as Ferris. Miller got nine outs, two hits, one walk, three strikeouts.
Tulsa Drillers: Normally what Patrick Copen did in this game would get him Pitcher of the Day honors but I went with Ferris. Copen also pitched his best game of the season, getting twenty outs, five hits, one run, one walk, and a whopping ten strikeouts. De Paula launched his 22nd home run. Gelof clubbed his team leading 25th and had a perfect day at the plate with two walks and more importantly, zero K’s. Vetrano hit his 9th home run after clubbing his 8th last night.
Great Lake Loons: A lot of nice pitching performances today with Tyler Gough adding his name to the list. Gough got eighteen out, two hits, two runs, three walks, and six strikeouts. Until Friday Davalan was having a huge week, but he went hitless on Friday, took Saturday off and went hitless again on Sunday. It was a very quiet day for the Loons with Morales hitting one double, Elkins one single, Perez two walks, and Martinus one single. Quintero took the day off. No, he’s not headed to AA. Yet
Ontario Tower Buzzers: The Tower Buzzers were losing 5 – 1 in the top of the 9th but scored 9 runs to win easily 10 – 5. The red hot Lindsey was held hitless but the even hotter Joendry Vargas slashed two doubles. Ko had two hits and a walk. Vargas played SS in this game. Haven’t seen Aiden West for a while.
08/15/2026 Dodger Top 30 Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: By default this will go to Marlon Nieves. Marlon only gave up one hit in five innings but he also walked five in five innings which is why I haven’t been able to commit to him. Still, he’s hard to hit and if the command comes, that is why he is on many top 30 Dodger prospect lists.
Hitter of the Day: Kellon Lindsey had a triple and home run. It was back to back nights with a home run for the speedy Lindsey giving him eight on the year.
OKC Dodgers: Ehrhard had two singles, Ward one single, and Tibbs one single. Noah Miller was 0/3. While the Dodger bullpen continues to struggle, Halvorsen picked up another AAA save.
Tulsa Drillers: Tulsa faced two of the best pitching prospects in baseball on Friday and Saturday Night and it showed. They were shutout for 17 outs by Kade Anderson on Friday, and got only one run against Ryan Sloan in the same 17 outs. The only person to reach Sloan was non-prospect Joe Vetrano who hit his 8th home run. De Paula had two singles, Hainline had one single, Wagner zero hits. Sirota sat this one out. Given that infield minor league journeyman Taylor Young, I’m not quite sure why one of Davalan or Quintero are not in AA right now.
Great Lake Loons: Quintero got on base four times with two singles and two walks. Emil Morales, drove in three runs with two singles, Elkins had two singles and walk, and Nico Perez popped a double.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Vargas had three more hits including a double. Ko had one single. Caleb Johnson was drafted this summer in the 13th round. Interesting that he is playing SS when the Tower Buzzers have three other SS on the roster in Lindsey/Vargas/West. His first game was on August 6th and going into this game he had just two hits in 16 at-bats. In this game he smacked two singles, but as you will see in the next two recaps he was just getting started.
08/14/2026 Dodgers Top Prospect Activity
Pitcher of the Day: Aidan Foeller got fifteen outs in relief of Fox, and basically dueled the top pitching prospect in baseball Kade Anderson to a draw. Foeller was fresh off of making the MLB Pipeline Top Dodger 30 prospect list and looked very much like he belonged on the list.
Hitter of the Day: Gelof had one of the two hits off of Kade Anderson and then drilled his 24th home run after Anderson left the game.
OKC Dodgers: The big news was Glasnow doing a rehab game and he did what you’d expect someone like Glasnow to do in AAA. He struck out eight of his eleven outs giving up zero runs. On the hitting side it was quiet as Ward had a double, Tibbs and Miller had singles while Ehrhard went hitless.
Tulsa Drillers: DePaula/Sirota/Hainline/Wagner all went hitless.
Great Lake Loons: Gagnon got only twelve outs was undone by shoddy defense giving five runs but only two were earned. He struck out seven of those twelve outs. Quintero banged out two singles, Elkins had one single, and Martinus had one single. Davalan/Morales went hitless, not something I have had to type very often this summer.
Ontario Tower Buzzers: Lindsey had two hits including his 6th home run, Vargas had two hits with no K’s, and Ko smacked his 17th home run. Shelton has been having a couple of weeks and went hitless with 2 K’s.
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 