Category Archives: Los Angeles Dodger Prospects

Urias scoreless streak ends and Baseball America notes on Mitch Hansen, Johan Mieses

Julio Urias AAA scoreless streak came to an end last night when he pitched in relief and gave up two runs in two innings. The streak started on April 28th and ended on July 26th. Even though the streak lasted almost three months it was only 29 innings because of the time he spent with …

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Yadier Alvarez strikes out ten of his twelve outs

As the fan base clamors for Chris Baby Sale,  every Dodger prospect is hearing their name bandied about and Yadier Alvarez continues to show why he’d be one of the prospects that teams would be most interested in. Making only his second start for the Loons today, Alveraz displayed the tools that are starting to …

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Willie Calhoun ties Pederson and Sands with his 22nd home run for Tulsa

Willie Calhoun continued his power onslaught on Sunday with another home run giving him twenty-two for the year. Those twenty-two home runs ties Joc Pederson and Jerry Sands for 2nd most home runs this century for a AA LAD player.  Willie has now hit eight home runs in July and five in his last seven games. …

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Prospect of the day – Chase De Jong

Another day, another day of fine performances by the prospects, but ultimately Chase De Jong takes the daily title by virtue of his complete game victory. De Jong only had to go seven innings to get his complete game because Tulsa was playing a double header. In those seven innings,  De Jong twirled a no-hitter …

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Dodgers land 10 prospects in Rotowire updated top 250

The rotowire  propsect top 250 which is the prospect bible for fantasy baseball players was updated several days ago to reflect mid-season changes. Remember these ranking aren’t about real baseball, but how a player will do in the basic 5/5 roto categories Offense – BA/HR/RBI/RUNS/SB Pitching – Wins/Saves/K/WHIP/ERA Edwin Rios makes his 1st appearance, while Alex …

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Imani Abdullah continues to make strides

As  Imani Abdullah   continues to make progress, Baseball America is taking notice:   An 11th-round pick a year ago, the San Diego product has caught the Dodgers’ attention for his advanced feel. He pitched five shutout innings Thursday for low Class A Great Lakes in a 2-0 win over Kane County (Diamondbacks). Abdullah has struck out …

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Dodger prospect of the day – you pick it because I can’t

It is a good thing for a farm system when you have multiple top prospects all having such good days that it is hard to make a choice between them. Yadier Alveraz struck out ten in his full-season debut Jose DeLeon matched Yadier with ten punchouts, but also threw eight scoreless innings Willie Calhoun clubbed …

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Willie Calhoun and the historical 21st century AA LAD affiliate Home Run Leaderboard

Willie Calhoun slugged his 2oth home run last night so I thought it would be a good time to take a look at all the LAD AA affiliate home run leaders in the 21st century.  It is only July 20th, and Willie looks like a good bet to at least end up the 2nd highest …

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Yadier Alvarez fans ten in full season league debut

20-year-old Cuban bonus baby Yadier Alvarez finally gave Great Lake Loon fans something to cheer about with a stunning debut. Alvarez who had been fine tuning his game in Arizona this spring and summer showed everyone what all the hoopla was about striking out ten of the fifteen outs. Great Lake fans can only hope …

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The Tulsa Trio does a one step as Willie Calhoun blasts two home runs

On any given day this summer, someone in the Tulsa Trio be it Alex Verdugo, Cody Bellinger, or Willie Calhoun usually does something to write about. Many times it has been two of the three and even three of the three. Last night,  however,  it was only Willie Calhoun who stepped out and made a …

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