It’s fair to say that one of 2014’s most pleasant surprises was Justin Turner, who turned a non-roster invite after being non-tendered by the Mets into an extremely valuable season …
Read More »2015 Dodgers Top 100 prospects: 30-21
Ahh, the Top 30. The prospects are now legitimate, and some have even already debuted in the major leagues. For the Top 30, I’ve included Overall Future Potential grades and …
Read More »Four Dodgers Make Keith Law’s Top 100 List
It’s prospect ranking season, and that’s good, because the Dodgers have some prospects. (Dustin’s organizational countdown will continue with 30-21, coming later this morning.) Among my favorite prospect writers is …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: Professional Pitcher Paul Maholm
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 30 70.2 10.9% 9.0% 4.84 4.96 4.57 -0.9 What Happened In 2014: At the time of his signing, Paul Maholm was hailed …
Read More »Ben Rowen and the Unprecedented
Here we are, talking about a pitcher picked up on a minor league deal again. Ben Rowen has sparked some interest since it was announced that the Dodgers picked him …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: SP Hyun-Jin Ryu
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 26 152.0 22.0% 4.6% 3.38 2.62 3.03 3.5 What Happened In 2014: Hyun-jin Ryu‘s second major league season was an improvement …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 108 – Prospects, BA list, Ethier
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I kick off the new year with some fresh, hot takes (not really). First, we’re poor. Second, we want …
Read More »2015 Dodgers Top 100 prospects: 40-31
The prospects are becoming a little more … prospecty. Here are the players I ranked in the 40-31 range in the Dodgers’ system. The ETAs are getting better, as is …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: RP Jose Dominguez
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MiLB (AAA) 31 33.1 25.8% 11.9% 3.24 3.73 n/a n/a MLB 5 6.1 26.7% 10.0% 11.37 6.61 4.06 -0.1 What happened in …
Read More »Dodgers Sign Submariner Ben Rowen, A Name Worth Remembering
When I saw Baseball America‘s Matt Eddy tweet that the Dodgers had signed pitcher Ben Rowen and infielder Jarek Cunningham to minor league deals, my first reaction was “who?” followed …
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