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Machado coming but who is going?
This deal could be announced any second but until it does speculation is running rampant on who is headed to the Orioles. Based on the reporting we have read we know two things: Five prospects of which none are on the current major league roster Yusniel Diaz is the headliner There have been reports that …
Dodger AA catchers rip through the Texas League
Will Smith got all the attention early in the week when he blasted his fourth home run in four games on Wednesday night He’s done it again! Fourth game in a row Will Smith has homered! His 16th of the year, 5th in his last 6 games, and 9th in his last 14 games. — …
Andrew Toles hits and waits
The Dodgers are so loaded in the outfield that their top position prospect Alex Verdugo can’t crack the roster and the same holds true for Andrew Toles who was the opening day starting left fielder in 2017. The only thing either of them can do is keep knocking on the door and eventually, the Dodgers …
Alex Verdugo has little left to prove in AAA
Alex Verdugo is tearing up AAA right now but the Dodgers are so loaded with major league outfielders there doesn’t seem to be any room for the talented outfielder. Over his last ten games, Verdugo is hitting .476. The table below is courtesy of http://www.milb.com. Over those ten games, Alex had multiple hits in seven …
Dodger catchers crushing home runs up and down the system
Starting on Saturday, the Dodger catching prospects and now the Dodger catcher have been on a home run tear mashing seven home runs in just five games. It all started innocently enough when Connor Wong hit a home run on Friday the 13th. Connor is the starting catcher for the Rancho Cucamonga in A+ ball. …
FFA – Week ending 4/8/18 – Angelo Mora and Brock Stewart
I had no idea who Angelo Mora was, but he was playing shortstop and batting fourth for the Tulsa Drillers, and by the end of the week he had sewn up the first Farm Factory Award of 2018 by going eight for twelve with five extra-base hits. Looking towards google we found a write up on him …
MLB Pipeline unveils LAD top 30
MLB Pipeline just unveiled their LAD top 30 prospects. No surprises at the top with Walker Buehler / Verdugo / Ruiz taking the top three spots. New additions to 2018 from the 2017 spring list who were drafted in 2017 are Jeren Kendall, Connor Wong, Morgan Cooper, James Marinan, and Donovan Casey. Interesting that Wong …
Dodgers whiff on Baseball America top 20 league lists for 2017 Draft
A few days back Craig Minami over at TBLA in the comment section mentioned that no Dodger draft picks from 2017 made any Baseball America top 20 prospect lists that they compile for each league. This was only the second time this century that has happened. The last time was 2013 I don’t put much …
Top 15 positional prospects
Take this with a grain of salt but here are my top fifteen positional prospects. Rank ProspecName BirthDate AGE League 1 Keibert Ruiz 7/20/1998 19 A+ 2 Alex Verdugo* 5/15/1996 21 AAA/Majors 3 Yusniel Diaz 10/7/1996 20 AA 4 Starling Heredia 2/6/1999 18 A 5 Jeren Kendall 2/4/1996 21 A 6 D.J. Peters 12/12/1995 21 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 