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FFA August 28th – Sept 4th

♦ September 5, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

The minor league regular season ended last night so I thought I’d wait a day and get a final Farm Factory Award in with eight days instead of seven.  The final eight days had quite a few notable performers so without further ado The Contenders: Yusniel Diaz – AA/Tulsa – Diaz had four multi-hit games, …

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AA – Tulsa July Stat Snapshot & Review

♦ August 2, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

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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AAA – Oklahoma Dodgers – July Snapshot

♦ August 1, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

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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FFA for Week of July 24th – July 30th

♦ July 31, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

The contenders: Eric Mejia – AA (Tulsa) – The 22-year-old middle infielder had an inexplicable week slugging four home runs. That wasn’t so strange but how about the fact he had not hit a home run in over 200 plate appearances while in Tulsa until he hit those four home runs? How about the face …

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Katoh from Fangraphs kicks things up

♦ July 28, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

Chris Mitchell over at Fangraphs has an experimental tool called Katoh that it he uses to do prospect rankings based on how much fWAR they would expect to generate over the next six years. I would really recommend reading the link above before checking out the list so you get a good idea of what …

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Minor League Notes 07/21/17

♦ July 21, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

A lot of activity at the minor league level for the Dodgers with some ramifications. Walker Buhler was promoted to AAA and made his first start last night. The number one pitching prospect for the Dodgers did not get out of the first inning, Walker faced five batters, giving up three walks and two hits …

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2017 LAD Minor League All-Stars

♦ June 15, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments

Pacific Coast League – AAA – no announcements yet for the July 12th game in Tacoma. The voting is still going on. I voted for Wilmer Font to start the game, no one deserves it more. Bellinger, Calhoun, Verdugo also got my votes. And Oaks. July 12th – Update – Wilmer Font made the team and started …

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Dodger Farm System Positional update June 2nd, 2017

♦ June 2, 2017 ♦ 5 Comments

With two months in the books, how has the farm system been doing? My quick top ten: Keibert Ruiz – I might be crazy, but he’s my favorite positional prospect Alex Verdugo – possible trade bait Willie Calhoun – trade bait Brendon Davis Gavin Lux Edwin Rios – trade bait Will Smith Oneil Cruz Carlos Rincon …

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Farm Factory Award May 8th

♦ May 8, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

Edwin Rios and Scott Barlow win the FFA for hitting and pitching. Rios slowed down over the weekend but he got out to such a great start for the week that he still wins the FFA due to lack of competition. DATE AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG 5/2/2017 2 1 1 4 1 …

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Edwin Rios going for two POTW honors in a row

♦ May 5, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Edwin Rios won the Texas League player of the week for the week ending 04/30/17. Rios went 13-for-24 with four doubles and six RBI over the six games that earned him honors, good for a .542/.538/.708 battling line. Rios’ best performance came April 24, when he was 5-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI. Not willing to …

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