Tag Archives: Yordan Alvarez
Opening Day is just a day away
The Dodgers had about as boring a spring as you can have and with the season opener just a day away everything is basically what Ken Gurnick expected back in Feb with a few minor exceptions. Ken felt that Chris Taylor was going to be the Dodgers starting second baseman. I didn’t agree but felt …
Dodgers 2015/2016 IFA class has been trade fodder
Working off this tweet from @futuredodgers From the Dodgers’ huge 2015-16 IFA class: Yadier Alvarez (16MM) **Yusniel Diaz (15.5MM) Omar Estevez (6MM) Starling Heredia (2.6MM) **Yordan Alvarez (2MM) **Ronny Brito (2MM) **Oneil Cruz (950K) **Christopher Arias (500K) Carlos Rincon (350K) **No longer in the organization — Future Dodgers (@FutureDodgers) January 11, 2019 None of those …
Breaking down Dodger centric MLB Pipeline Mid-Season top 100
The Dodgers posted four players in the revised MLB Pipeline top 100 that came out this week. Alex Verdugo was 29, Keibert Ruiz was 38, Will Smith was 74, and Dustin May clocked in at 83. The Dodgers lost Walker Buehler who no longer qualifies as a prospect and no one else graduated into the …
Oh my goodness, Miguel Vargas
I tend to ignore what happens in the short season rookie leagues because I’ve been burned way too many times getting excited about what happens in Odgen but I can’t take my eyes away from what 18-year-old Miguel Vargas is doing this summer for the Raptors. Miguel Vargas is from Cuba and got to the …
Naughty and nice
The Dodger front office had a lot more nice than naughty in calendar 2017 but let’s give a brief rundown of a subjective review of Dodger front office actions. Naughty – asking outfielder Brett Eibner to pitch and then releasing him outright after he blew out his arm. Nice – giving a Sept callup to O`Koyea …
Future’s game Dodger style
Two twenty-one-year-old prospects will be headed to the 2017 Future’s game to represent the Dodgers in Miami. They are both going to be playing for the World team. The game will be played on Sunday, July 9th in Miami. If you want to know who the best prospects in the game are, this is the game …
Howie Kendrick and Yordan Alvarez
While it might seem that everything the Dodger front office turns to gold, it isn’t true. Last year at this time I was noting how Howie Kendrick could not drive in a run as a starting left fielder. Eventually, Howie got that figured out and was basically the de-facto starting left fielder until Andrew Toles …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 