Spring Training Can Mean Nothing… or Everything!

February 25, 2023

How can that be? Does Spring Training mean everything, or does Spring Training means nothing? Well, it depends… and if you are a person who sees everything as black or white, you may never understand how those two opposing statements can embody what Spring Training is all about. It seems like every year, some player comes out of “nowhere” and hits .350 or .400 in Spring Training and yet is…

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Statistics Are King!

February 5, 2023

Never doubt statistics. This is especially true when looking at minor-league players. You can always predict for a certainty how a player will perform in Major League Baseball by looking at what they did in the minor leagues. We don’t need scouts, GMs, Baseball America, or MLB Pipeline, and we don’t need any stinking Keith Law.. All we need are statistics. Statistics are King – they are God-like. Statistics will…

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The Farm Just Keeps Getting Stronger

April 29, 2022

I mean… is that even possible? How is it possible? As you read below what I wrote about the minor leagues, the Dodger system is just “riddled” with these power arms. I have never seen anything like it. Farhan can steal a player here or there (like Nunez) and their farm system is improving, but nothing like what is happening Down on the Farm in Dodgerland. It was announced yesterday…

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2021 Dodger Draft Preview

July 7, 2021

As every semi-lucid baseball fan knows, next week is the 91st MLB All Star game.  The results are close with the AL winning 45 games, NL winning 43 games with 2 ties.  The AL has runs scored 373 runs and the NL has scored 370 runs.  The AL is currently riding a 7 game winning streak. But that is not the only MLB event that is happening next week, and…

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2021 Pre-Season Top 100 Prospects

February 1, 2021

There has been a lot of discussion as to where the Dodgers farm system currently ranks. It is unquestionable that for eight years, the Dodgers were routinely rated as a top ten MiLB system, mostly residing in the top 5. But heading into the 2021 season, most (if not all) of the major Baseball Publications no longer consider the Dodgers to have a top ten MiLB system. I have included…

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Kendall Williams – A Closer Look

September 5, 2020

At the trade deadline, the Dodgers sent right-hander Ross Stripling to the Toronto Blue Jays. Certainly, a number of fans, myself included, were sorry to see Ross go. I do think it is a good move for him where  he can be assigned a definite role, most likely a shot at a regular starting  assignment. That certainty should help him out not having to be concerned that each start will…

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MEET CLAYTON BEETER

June 19, 2020

With the 66th pick in the MLB player draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers select Clayton Beeter, a draft eligible sophomore, right-handed pitcher out Texas Tech University, where he majored in accounting.  Like Landon Knack and Bobby Miller, Beeter was scouted by Marty Lamb.   Lamb (who is worthy of his own profile) has had very good success with players he’s scouted(including Walker Buehler and Will Smith).    If Beeter signs(he does have…

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Jake Vogel – CF

June 18, 2020

With the 100th pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, The Los Angeles Dodgers select…Jake Vogel, CF, Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach, California. https://www.mlb.com/video/2020-draft-jake-vogel-of?t=mlb-draft “Now batting for your Los Angeles Dodgers, CF, Jake Vogel”.  At least that is what his high school coach is hoping to hear. More players from California have gone on to play MLB than any other state, and in particular Southern California has been a gold…

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Day Two of MLB Draft

June 12, 2020

MLB completed its draft yesterday and we learned a couple of things:   First, I have no special talent for mock drafts.   I struck out on all of my choices.   Not to worry though, I still enjoyed myself some Mocha Latte Gelato.   Second, there was no discernable strategy employed by teams that was different from prior years.   As in the past, several high school talents, that figured to be tough signs,…

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2020 MLB Draft – Day 1

June 11, 2020

The evening started with a couple of important comments. Per Rob Manfred – “We’re going to play Baseball in 2020” Announcement with all 30 GMs united in their support for Black Lives Matter.  The united front was the brainchild of Theo Epstein.  It is certainly a fantastic program in light of current events, but it needs to be more than just feel good platitudes in order for there to be…

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