Tag Archives: Jose Miguel Fernandez

FFA Week of July 9th – July 16th

♦ July 17, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

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 …

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Subtle changes at AAA

♦ June 27, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

One box score on June 26th, 2017 might not mean much or it might portend for a different future for a key Dodger prospect. Jose Miguel Fernandez was promoted to AAA and played his first game last night. This is significant because Willie Calhoun was the AAA 2nd baseman and the Dodgers were trying to …

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April Farm Factory awards

♦ April 30, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

For fun here are the LAD positional awards for the month of April: Catcher – Will Smith is playing all over the field but is still mostly a catcher. He crushed it in April and is doing everything with the bat. 1st Base -it is always nice when the top prospect plays like a top prospect. …

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Will Smith heats up

♦ April 23, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments

and wins the LAD Farm Factory Award for the week. Smith hit in every game this week, collecting eleven hits, three home runs, five walks, and stole three bases.  For the season Smith now has a robust .333 / .421 / .625 triple stat line.  Baseball America prospect report pointed out something I had missed.  Smith …

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Dodger Prospect Rankings

♦ January 13, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

With Baseball America putting out their top ten Dodger prospect list for 2017 we now have enough lists to put out a prospect table. I would have liked to include TrueBlueLA prospect writer David Hood but he is spreading his list out and is only down to 13. I’ll add his ranking when he’s finished. …

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21st Century Cuban-born 2nd/SS/3rd

♦ January 8, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

have mostly been left wanting. The Dodgers signed one today, his name is Jose Miguel Fernandez and Eric Stephen gave the lowdown on what he’s done in Cuba and this past winter. Skepticism seems warranted because of the recent Dodger history with Cuban-born middle infielders. I’m going to include 3rd baseman here because while both Alex …

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