Baseball America has released their Best Tools rankings for 2012 and it includes four Dodgers prospects and one Dodgers manager. Tim Federowicz of the Albuquerque Isotopes was named Best Defensive Catcher in the Pacific Coast League. His manager, Lorenzo Bundy, was voted as the Best Managerial Prospect in the league. Garrett Gould of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes was voted as ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Jordan Parr in the 26th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. A Sophomore third baseman out of University Of Illinois. —– The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Justin Gonzalez in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. A Junior shortstop out of Florida State University. Ranked as the #441 prospect by Baseball America. Athletic and ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Josh Henderson in the 16th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. An outfielder out of First Baptist Christian School in Virginia. Baseball America had him ranked #10 in Virginia. Henderson gained some attention on the showcase circuit last year as he has a knack for squaring balls up, but the rest of his game leads ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Jeremy Rathjen in the 11th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. A Senior playing the outfield from Rice University. Ranked #229 by Baseball America. Rathjen might have gone in the first five rounds last year had he not torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in mid-March. After redshirting and turning down the ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Joey Curletta in the 6th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He’s an outfielder out of Mountain Point High School in Arizona. Ranked #378 by Baseball America. Curletta is a physical monster at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds. He shows light-tower power from the right side of the plate, but scouts wonder how much he’ll actually ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Steven Rodriguez with the 82nd overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. A Junior left-handed relief pitcher out of Florida University. MLB.com had this to say about him: With an unorthodox delivery and plenty of deception, Rodriguez at the very least has a future as a lefty specialist at the next level. But the way ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Jesmuel Valentin with the 51st overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. Out of Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, and son of Jose Valentin, he’ll likely start his professional career at shortstop, but could move to second or third eventually. —– Baseball America had him ranked #71. The son of Jose Valentin, who spent 16 years ... Read More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Corey Seager with the 18th overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. I mentioned him as a player I liked in the preview I posted earlier today, and the Dodgers made the SS (future 3B) out of Northwest Cabarrus High School in North Carolina their top man. His brother, Kyle Seager, is the current starting ... Read More »
We learned last night that Dodgers outfield prospect Alfredo Silverio had Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the 2012 season. This marks yet another blow to Silverio that has come as a result of his January car accident. —– Silverio had a breakout 2011 season with the Lookouts, posting a .306/.340/.542 line with 16 home runs, 42 ... Read More »
Baseball America released their ranking of the Top 100 prospects yesterday and three players from the Los Angeles Dodgers made the cut. Shouldn’t be a surprise that those three were right-handed pitchers Zach Lee, Allen Webster, and Nate Eovaldi. 62 Zach Lee rhp, Dodgers Age: 20. ETA: 2014. Would he have made the difference as Les Miles’ quarterback against Alabama? ... Read More »
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