DODGERS 2017 MINOR LEAGUE/PROSPECTS Thread

Was perusing the box score of the Dominican Summer League Dodgers2 and noticed Aldry Acosta who we signed as a free agent from Venezuela. He's 6 - 4 and weighs 200 pounds as a 17 year old. It's the DSL of course and I don't know what kind of league it is but he's doing quite well.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/players/cards/93335/aldry-acosta

 

Somewhat interesting - Joc has played LF in his first 2 games in OKC. Verdugo, Ramos, and Trayce have all rotated in CF.

 

https://www.milb.com/california/new...rnia-league-all-stars/c-249938832/t-209979200

 

My guess is that the trade for Granderson has changed the plans for Verdugo this season. AGon making good contact since coming back, Bellinger likely headed for CF and Taylor to 2B is not going to give Verdugo the opportunity to play much down the stretch. So they are probably giving Pederson the innings in LF for a WS potential and defensive purposes late in games as Granderson is not a great fielder.

 

All this moving around..I guess at least CB gets to play the OF spot he´s most comfortable at.
But if all this affects his splits negatively, it´ll go down as Plaxico/JPP..shooting themselves in the foot/blowing their own fingers off

 

Who the fuck is Ramos?

 

Exactly.

I mentioned it to drive home the point that Joc isn't just being displaced to LF for certain players, meaning the move to LF is very deliberate. He started in LF again last night.

 

- Someone flying under the radar right now is Dustin May(Dodgers #15 prospect according to MLB.com). He's still striking out less than a batter per inning, but he's not walking many guys and he's working deep into games at only 19. 6'6" and has some projectibility left in his frame, so velocity could see a jump still. For a guy that tends to pitch to more contact, he doesn't exactly have a ton of hits against him which is interesting considering that at Low-A, balls are more likely to find holes. I have not heard much on him, but it will be interesting to see the reports on him in the offseason.

- Since heading to Low A, both Starling Heredia and Jeren Kendall have come crashing down to earth. The only thing really going right is Kendall has 5 triples in only 95 AB's. Both will need to work on adjusting to more contact in 2018.

- Last years first round pick, Gavin Lux got off to a horrendous start in Low A, but something has begun to click in the second half. Has a .943 OPS in August after .720 in July.

- Keibert Ruiz is getting pub as being potentially one the top catching prospects in MiLB. Only 19(AT THE END OF JULY) and he is WRECKING HiA to the tune of a .957 OPS in 29 games. Reports are that he is extremely advanced on both sides of the plate, but not necessarily FROM both sides of the plate yet. He's much better as a LHH right now compared to RHH. He's young and blocked for the time being, so his dev schedule could be slow.

- Caleb Ferguson (LHP #21) is having a low key great year in hitter friendly HiA. 2.84 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 6 HR, 133 K, 117.1 IP. I will be interested to hear what the reports are on him as this is two straight VERY good years.

- Yusniel Diaz is acclimating well to AA with an .864 OPS in 18 games

 

AAAA guy. Just organizational depth, but Joc's numbers in the field suggested it was time to move him to the corner. Especially with Verdugo knocking on the door, it makes sense. Verdugo and Puig in RF and CF are going to make taking an extra base on our OF a tricky proposition.

 

So Ramos is no one of importance, gotcha.
Joc´s numbers on the scale have suggested the same..if he´s not careful he´ll be in Willie Calhoun territory soon

 

Walker Buehler is due for an MiLB relief appearance this evening.

 

Oh shoot oh shoot oh shoot. I'm excited.

2002 Krod 2.0 ray:

 

Forgot to watch thanks for the update. I also miss Mitchell White's start due to streaming and internet issues but from the box score it wasn't too bad. HR hurt but he did strike out 7 but walked 4 and only lasted 3 innings. According to the broadcast they did mention he's on a innings limit.

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=1711832883&sid=milb

 

Would guess that he is not a Sept 1 call up, but they'll bring him up whenever the AAA season ends. That way they can continue to monitor his innings and get him comfortable throwing more on 1-2 days rest instead of the 3 he is currently going on.

 

Delaying him coming up won't have anything to do with whether or not he will be on the postseason roster. I'm sure they just want to get him comfortable with a quicker turnaround before bringing him up to the big league roster. Too much can go wrong with that scenario as MiLB is a bit more of a controlled environment.