Category Archives: Los Angeles Dodger Prospects
FFA Week of July 9th – July 16th
The contenders: Wilmer Font – started in the PCL AAA All-Star game on Wednesday and threw one scoreless inning. Followed that up with six innings, three hits, one earned run, zero walks, and eight strikeouts on Sunday. Font continues to excel at AAA as he waits to see if his production will turn into a …
Midseason Prospect Rankings coming in
David Hood was the first with an update prospect list, and he published it this morning. MLB did their update last year around July 20th and that is when we will be looking for it this year. I was pleased to see that David was aggressive on Keibert Ruiz and Dennis Santana the two prospects …
Keibert Ruiz is moving up
My favorite prospect just got promoted from the MWL Loons to the California League Rancho Cucamonga Quakes making him the youngest player in the league. These things happen all the time in minor league ball. Will Smith, the number one pick last year was promoted from Rancho to AA Tulsa which left me wondering who was …
Yusniel Diaz makes BA June Prospect Team of the Month
Yusniel Diaz had a tough start to the 2017 season and made my list as the most disappointing prospect by the end of May. Since his dreadful May, Diaz has turned his season around and Baseball America named him to their June Prospect Team of the Month. OF Yusniel Diaz • Dodgers High Class A Rancho Cucamonga (California) …
Keibert Ruiz and DJ Peters make MLB prospect team of the week
Keibert Ruiz was named to the MLB Prospect team of the week for the week of June 26th – July 2nd. Readers will remember that Ruiz was my June Prospect of the Month, and the Weekly Farm Factory Award winner for June 26th – July 2nd. A few days ago, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus came out …
LAD FFA July 3rd – July 9th
Some noteworthy contenders by two real prospects, by a pitcher who I don’t have a read on, and a minor league free agent who got some burn in major league camp this past spring. DJ Peters has been hot for a while and he kept it going last week picking up ten more hits, including three more …
Future’s game Dodger style
Two twenty-one-year-old prospects will be headed to the 2017 Future’s game to represent the Dodgers in Miami. They are both going to be playing for the World team. The game will be played on Sunday, July 9th in Miami. If you want to know who the best prospects in the game are, this is the game …
Keibert Ruiz is my Prospect of the Month
As spring has turned to summer the 18-year-old Ruiz has gotten as hot as the weather. Ruiz ended June with a triple stat line of .339 / .435 / .492 which according to my meager math gives him an OPS of .926. Using the table below you can see his progression. Month AB BA OBP …
LAD FFA June 26th-July 2nd
Multiple contenders this week as the Dodger prospects kept on their hitting shoes. A new name emerged, my top position prospect continued to surge, the top pitching prospect showed why he’s at the top, and the second three-homer game in two weeks took place. First off, a few moves took place this past week. Earlier …
Dodger Affiliate Minor Leagues Snapshot On July 1st
OKC-AAA Name Age PA 2B HR RBI OPS Alex Verdugo* 21 307 14 3 38 .887 Willie Calhoun* 22 306 15 17 51 .911 OKoyea Dickson 27 291 15 17 49 .847 Trayce Thompson 26 246 8 7 25 .650 Charlie Culberson 28 232 7 3 21 .675 Max Muncy* 26 209 12 7 32 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 