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Is this the last of Brock?

Brock Stewart will take the mound against the Braves tonight but it might be the last time we see him until September. With the acquisitions of Yu Darvish, Tony Watson, and Tony Cingrani his hold on a spot on the Dodger pitching staff might be in jeopardy. Starting Rotation after this start: Wood, Darvish, Hill, …

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Great Lake Loons July Stats Snapshot & Overview

Hitters: Top prospects coming and going. Keibert Ruiz is now in Rancho but Jeren Kendall the 2017 number one pick is playing for the Loons Keibert Ruiz and Cristian Santana would appear to be the only two hitters who have overcome the pitching league and park.  I feel what Ruiz did at this level is much more …

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A+ – Rancho July Stat Snapshot & Review

Hitters: Top ten prospect Yusniel Diaz was just promoted to AA Tulsa. At 20 Diaz is having a solid season but nothing stands out. He is more about the scouting tools than actual production but we do have to remember he’s 20, even though he repeated the league. 2016 first round pick Will Smith was …

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AA – Tulsa July Stat Snapshot & Review

Hitters: Two of the main prospects Edwin Rios and Kyle Farmer are already gone. Farmer hit AAA on his way to become a folk hero in Los Angeles. Edwin Rios is in AAA and doing what he does best. Hit. The other main prospect is Will Smith but he got hurt as soon as he …

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Kenta and Ryu add to their game score leaderboards

Kenta Maeda put up a game score of 78 last night and if you happen to think that was one of his best games ever, you’d be correct. It was the second best game of his career using game score as the criteria. Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2016-07-10 SDP W …

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Chasing Piazza / Robinson / Green / McGwire with number 29

With that blast tonight, Cody is still way in front of the Piazza pace, somewhat in front of the Frank Robinson pace, almost right on the Shawn Green pace, but still way behind the McGwire pace.  Should be noted that since both Green and McGwire hit 49 home runs, Shawn Green would hit 19 home …

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Checking in on Tony and Tony with Fangraphs

With so many writers you can almost always count on Fangraphs to have written something about someone and sure enough, they have a nice article up about the Dodgers two newest relief pitchers. Of course, it is not pleasant reading for Dodger fans. The title is The Best Reliever Traded at the Deadline by Eno Sarris …

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AAA – Oklahoma Dodgers – July Snapshot

The hitters: Again I ask, why is Ike Davis in our system? Some amazing plate discipline by both Verdugo and Willie Calhoun. Hope Willie puts it to good use for the Rangers. He’s a hitter.  Verdugo has a pretty poor ISO. Even more so when you realize he is in the PCL. Name Age PA …

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July is in the books

The best July in Dodger history is in the books. Year W L W-L% 2017 20 3 .870 1962 20 6 .769 2013 19 6 .760 2004 21 7 .750 1997 20 7 .741 1985 20 7 .741 1961 19 7 .731 1960 19 7 .731 1963 21 10 .677 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play …

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MLB Prospect Top 30 Update

With Willie Calhoun, AJ Alexy, Brendon Davis, and Oneil Cruz being traded, four new spots opened up on the MLB Prospect top 30 ranking. Brock Stewart has also graduated off the list opening up a 5th spot. 3rd round pick in the 2017 draft, Connor Wong takes the 26th spot. Wong is a 21-year-old catcher …

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