Here’s a dirty open secret about minor league ballplayers: They eat just horribly, many of them. Part of that’s simply just a reflection of age and culture. Think about what you were like at 18, 19, 20, away from home for the first time. Think about the garbage you probably ate. That’s just human nature, the…
While Yoan Moncada remains the best player with the most long-term impact on the international market, Hector Olivera might have the most immediate impact. Olivera, 30 in April, is an infielder from Cuba who is not yet officially a free agent. With all the changes to OFAC and MLB rules in the last couple weeks, he…
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and welcome Dodgers’ prospect Ross Stripling back to the show. He appeared way back on episode No. 22. After another fantastic interview, we talk a lot about prospects — specifically, my Top 10 list. Jared actually paid me some compliments, despite it being “all wrong.”…
After having already checked into the likely position players on the first iteration of the Oklahoma City Dodgers, let’s check out the pitchers. Rotation SP Zach Lee SP Joe Wieland SP Chris Reed SP Carlos Frias SP Red Patterson or Matt Shelton You know, as Triple-A rotations go… that’s not too bad, is it? Lee’s stock…
The day the Dodgers traded Dee Gordon, Dan Haren and Miguel Rojas (along with more than $12 million to cover 2015 salaries) to Miami for reliever Chris Hatcher, catcher Austin Barnes, utility guy Enrique Hernandez, and starter Andrew Heaney (who quickly became second baseman Howie Kendrick), I was thrilled. No, really: Think about what the Dodgers just…
From the most recent minor league transactions at Baseball America: Los Angeles Dodgers Signed: RHP B.J. Rosenberg, RHP Ramon Troncoso (released by Royals, July 10), 2B Albert Cartwright None of this matters! Almost certainly, none of this matters. Rosenberg is 29 with three partial and mediocre seasons in the Phillies bullpen. Cartwright is a 27-year-old…
This is it. This is the best of the best in the Dodgers’ farm system. There are future bench players, role players, stars and superstars on this list. All of the names should be familiar — even some of the players making their first appearances after strong 2014 seasons. For the Top 30, I’ve included…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR AAA 47 61.0 26.6% 7.0% 3.10 3.63 N/A N/A MLB 8 10 25.0% 2.8% 1.80 4.23 3.24 0.1 What Happened In 2014: Yimi Garcia has been one of my favorite sleeper prospects for a couple years now, and he ended up a sleeper mainly because his solid-average…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 27 198.1 31.9% 4.1% 1.77 1.81 2.08 7.6 What Happened In 2014: Nobody wanted to take this review, primarily because everything that could be said about Clayton Kershaw has been said already. In his age-26 season, Kershaw posted a 1.77 ERA that was supported by his peripherals….
It’s always easy to say the top prospects in a system are the most exciting, but I find myself really amped about this group of prospects. These names should be familiar to just about everyone, and some of them could see Los Angeles this season. For the Top 30, I’ve included Overall Future Potential grades…