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Minor League Bites & Bits

August 28, 2019

The minor league season is quickly drawing to a close. It seems impossible but it is so. The good news is that five of the Dodgers affiliates will extend their season a bit by competing for the league championship. Those five affiliates are AZL Dodgers Mota, Ogden Raptors, Great Lakes Loons, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and Tulsa drillers. End-of-Season All-Stars to date: Some leagues have not yet announced the All-Stars. Twenty-year-old…

Walter Who?

August 21, 2019

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What are the skills that a successful baseball manager must have? I suspect that there are many possible answers to that question, perhaps as many as those answering the question. No doubt each of us posting on LADT have different preferences or expectations. Some are happy with Dave Roberts, some not so pleased, some neutral. Perhaps each of us has a manager in mind that we think is or has…

Minor League Bites and Bits

August 14, 2019

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DSL Dodgers: Seventeen-year-old Heisell Baro (Bautista)continues to deal. In 40.1 innings he has posted a 1.12 ERA along with a 0.87 WHIP. He has struck out 43 and walked 15 while holding opponents to a .150 batting average against. AZL Dodgers The Dodgers have signed undrafted free agent Luke Mckenzie McKenzie, a dual position player, played 16 games as a freshman at Jones County Junior College in 2018 before being sidelined…

Bits and Bites

August 6, 2019

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Just a few notes on the minor league happenings that may or may not be news to LADT posters. In any event, here goes. The Pioneer-Northwest League All-Star game is scheduled for Tuesday at Memorial Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Six Raptors were on the Pioneer League squad, the most of any team in the league. Raptors manager, Austin Chubb, had this to say about his players selected as all-stars. Malisheski: “Kevin’s…

Dodgers Minor Leaguers – Swimming Just Below the Surface

July 16, 2019

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Last Thursday AC completed a review of all nine Dodgers minor league teams. It was an exhaustive review in terms of its depth and probably a bit exhaustive for the author. AC looked at the players, from his perspective, who are on an uphill trajectory. He included 45 players, some on a seemingly quick ascent and others on a more slow but steady climb. The list certainly included some surprises…

Ogden Raptors – Three Weeks In

July 10, 2019

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The Raptors play in a short season rookie league. It is easy to forget the Pioneer League as players are so far from MLB and many are fresh out of a recent draft and the Arizona League. They have not yet really surfaced in the parent team minor league system so one has to do a bit of scuba diving below the surface to find them. But, there they are,…

Another Look at DJ

July 9, 2019

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Not DJ LeMahieu, the recent AL Player of the Week, DJ Peters who was selected by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Western Nevada College. Peters became the highest draft pick in the history of the junior college located in Carson City. Peters had previously been selected twice in the June Draft in the 36th round and became the third Wildcat…

The Dodgers “Hag”

July 6, 2019

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No, he is not a member of the late Merle Haggard’s family. He is another one of those invisible Dodgers minor leaguers pitching above expectations. Justin Hagenman was selected by the Dodgers in the 23rd round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft as a junior out of Penn State., 704th overall. He was born in Voorhees, New Jersey and attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken,NJ. At Bishop Eustace Hagenman…

The Mann of the Hour

July 3, 2019

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A couple of weeks ago a LADT poster asked about Dodger minor league prospects whose status has risen or fallen since being drafted by the Dodgers. I don’t like to write about players whose prospects have declined. Although I can’t feel their pain, I can understand how difficult it must be for them. I am more interested in selecting players that have risen in the top 30 prospect lists and most…

Baseball Moms

June 25, 2019

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I am sorry to take you all away for a moment from the relief pitching situation with the Dodgers. Well, not really sorry as I don’t get too caught up in the inning-to-inning or game-to-game events. It is a marathon and I fully expect to be cheering for the Dodgers in the World Series with a very good chance of winning. In other words, I have confidence in the team…

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