Ever since the Guggenheim Partners purchased the Dodgers in May 2012, it has made it a point to re-establish the organization in the international market. Now, two of the men responsible …
Read More »Jordan Paroubeck and Caleb Dirks acquired by Dodgers for international slot money
The Dodgers have acquired prospects Jordan Paroubeck and Caleb Dirks from the Braves in exchange for the Dodgers’ final international slot allotment of $294,000. As Dustin predicted and explained yesterday, …
Read More »Dodgers acquire two prospects for July 2 money, sign Trevor Cahill
Since the Dodgers have blown by their $2,020,300 bonus spending pool, it only makes sense that they’d look to trade some of that bonus amount. I predicted as much earlier …
Read More »Yadier Alvarez, Starling Heredia highlight Dodgers’ July 2 signings
It’s finally here, and it’s happening. The Dodgers agreed to contracts with right-handed pitcher Yadier Alvarez, outfielder Starling Heredia, shortstop Ronny Brito and shortstop Onil Cruz (could be Oneal or Oneil) on the first …
Read More »Get to know this year’s foreign imports: Lucius Fox, Jr.
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Yes, Lucius Fox, Jr., does indeed share a name with the Morgan Freeman character from the Christopher Nolan Batman movies. Yes, …
Read More »Get to know this year’s foreign imports: Yadier Alvarez
By some accounts, 19-year-old Cuban right-handed pitcher Yadier Alvarez is the best prospect available on the international market during the July 2 signing period. The Dodgers are projected to sign …
Read More »Dodgers finish 2014-15 July 2 signing period strong
So, that was quite a year. It didn’t start out as feverish as it ended. I’m, of course, talking about the 2014-15 July 2 international signing period. It officially concluded …
Read More »Update on Dodgers’ potentially big July 2 plans
Kiley McDaniel released an 2-part update on potential July 2 signings this last week, and there is plenty of Dodger-related news. The biggest and most surprising was this bit right off …
Read More »Dodgers eye Starling Heredia as potential big July 2 signing
The rumors of the Dodgers going all-out on international prospects gained a little more validity on Monday when Kiley McDaniel of FanGraphs named a prospect he heard the Dodgers are …
Read More »Dodgers miss out on Yoan Moncada, possibly to spend big on July 2
Well, this was quite the bummer for most Dodger (and Yankee) fans to wake up to this morning. BREAKING – Source: Cuban INF prospect Yoan Moncada agrees with Red Sox …
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