Tag Archives: Will Smith
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 …
Reviewing Baseball America MidSeason Prospect Rankings
Earlier we took a look at the original 2017 Baseball America Ranking and found some hits and misses. Now we will look at the midseason ranking that Baseball America came out with a few weeks ago. In the table below the number in parenthesis is the original 2017 ranking. Walker Buehler couldn’t crack the top ten …
Dennis Santana opens eyes in California League All-Star game
According to Kyle Glaser of Baseball America, Dennis Santana opened some eyes with his one inning of work in the California League All-Star game. • Rancho Cucamonga righthander Dennis Santana opened eyes, sitting in the mid-90s with his sinker and flashing a devastating low-80s slider and mid-80s changeup. The Dodgers prospect struck out two in …
Dodger Farm System Positional update June 2nd, 2017
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 …
April Farm Factory awards
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. …
Will Smith heats up
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 …
AJ Alexy turns 19 in style
When it comes to Dodger pitching prospects AJ Alexy doesn’t get the attention that the higher ranked pitching prospects get but if he keeps pitching like this, he might start drawing some attention to himself. Alexy turned nineteen today and celebrated by pitching three scoreless innings and threw in an extra out as icing on …
Rancho pitchers cooling off Cal league
or a league known for offense, the big three starting pitchers of the Quakes in the Cal league have yet to give up an earned run in twenty-three innings. Walker Buehler, Mitchell White, and Dennis Santana have been superb through the first two weeks of the year. Plus, the Dodgers top ranked pitching prospect Yadier …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 