MINOR LEAGUE/PROSPECTS Thread

Dodgers minor league managers announced
by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 1 minute ago

Less than one week after officially naming Dave Roberts’ coaching staff, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the hires of their Minor League affiliates.

Bill Haselman takes the helm with Triple-A Oklahoma City, Ryan Garko at Double-A Tulsa, Drew Saylor at High-A Rancho Cucamonga, Gil Velazquez at Low-A Great Lakes, Shaun Larkin at Rookie-advanced Ogden and John Shoemaker with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers.

Last season Haselman guided the Quakes to the 2015 California League title. He also managed in the Arizona Fall League this year. Next season will be Haselman’s third with the Dodgers organization and sixth overall as a Minor League manager.

Along with the Quakes, Haselman previously managed the Loons (2014), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim High-A affiliate Inland Empire (2012-13), and the Texas Rangers’ former High-A affiliate in Bakersfield (2010).

Garko served as an assistant coach at Stanford University, his alma mater, in 2014. He spent six seasons in the Majors playing for the Cleveland Indians (2005-09), San Francisco Giants (2009) and Rangers (2010).

Saylor joins the Dodgers after spending the past four years in the Colorado Rockies organization. The 31 year old managed Single-A Tri-City in 2013 and 2014, with club going 67-85 during his tenure.

Prior to that, Saylor worked as hitting coach for High-A Modesto last season and High-A Grand Junction in 2012. Next season will be Velazquez’s first as manager.

He made his coaching debut last season as the fourth coach for the AZL Dodgers. Velasquez spent five seasons in the Majors, playing for the Boston Red Sox (2008-09), Angels (2011) and Miami Marlins (2012-13).

Larkin made his managerial debut in 2015 with Single-A Lake County, an Indians affiliate. He also has experience as a hitting coach other Cleveland Minor League affiliates, and stints as an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge, Orange Coast College and Newport Harbor High School.

Shoemaker, recipient of the 2015 Mike Coolbaugh Award, transitions from managing Ogden to leading the AZL Dodgers.

He was also named the Dodgers’ “Captain” of Player Development last season. Shoemaker enters his 40th season with the Dodgers organization and 23rd as a Minor League manager. He was selected by the Dodgers in the 35th round of the 1977 draft and has remained with the organization since.

 

hoping turner recovers well from surgery
personally never thought he was a viable fit at 2b
rather keep him where he's better/more comfortable

 

i get that
i just think he was really good at 3b
that said, ad we got frazier it would have made more sense

 

think Dee Brown.
people want him to be a SS but has a shit glove for SS
moves to 2B and is a lot better but because its still kinda new some mistakes show
people carry the shitty glove idea forward to the new position
they also have similar skill sets
great speed, average hitting with low OBP and little power

when we traded Dee he was in the process of getting stronger
by the time he is in Miami he is no longer skinny little Dee
and more time at 2B has turned him into a good defender at the position, good enough to get a gold glove
still is horrible at getting on base on anything but a hit, luckily he hit like 170 singles last season.

so basically Peraza needs to play and develop into Dee Gordon in 2 or 3 years.
but most likely not
hope not because then that would suck
then again i dont think that this type of player fits into the system very well
unless a .333 type average can be relied on for more than just one season
because you gotta get on base frequently to really make that high power speed threat to be worth the money

 

Dodgers preliminary grade distribution breakdown
by John Sickels | True Blue LA — 23 Dec 2015

Here is the current grade distribution breakdown for 35 Los Angeles Dodgers prospects, with the names listed below. I am very much looking forward to putting this team behind me.

Grade A: Two
Grade A-: Zero
Grade B+: Two
Grade B: Three
Grade B-: Six
Grade C+: Nine
Grade C: 13​

There is play at the upper bounds. The two Grade As are firm, but one B+ has a chance at A- and the B+/B/B- range is sloppy at this point but I opted for conservatism on the first run. Have fun guessing.

Los Angeles Dodgers (35 players):
Imani Abdullah RHP
Yadier Alvarez RHP
Chris Anderson RHP
Scott Barlow RHP
Austin Barnes C
Cody Bellinger 1B-OF
Walker Buehler RHP
Willie Calhoun 2B
Ralston Cash RHP
Jharel Cotton RHP
Brendon Davis SS
Chase De Jong RHP
Jose De Leon RHP
Yusniel Diaz OF
Caleb Dirks RHP
Kyle Farmer C
Mitch Hansen OF
Starling Heredia OF
Grant Holmes RHP
Micah Johnson 2B
Zach Lee RHP
Nolan Long RHP
Frankie Montas RHP
Jordan Paroubeck OF
Jacob Rhame RHP
Josh Sborz RHP
Jacob Scavuzzo OF
Corey Seager SS-3B
Andrew Sopko RHP
Ross Stripling RHP
Trayce Thompson OF
Ronald Torreyes SS
Julio Urias LHP
A.J. Vanegas RHP
Alex Verdugo OF​

 

The Dodgers still haven’t added any top-flight starting pitching to offset the loss of Zack Greinke, but president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman says he is now happy with the organization’s depth, Bill Plunkett writes for Baseball America. “This offseason is different than last in that going into next year, we feel much better about our pitching depth that will be in (Triple-A) Oklahoma City,” says Friedman. “We have a number of guys that we like that will be there and that is a big difference for us next year compared to this year just in terms of the depth that we’ll have on hand.” Oklahoma City’s rotation will likely feature top prospects Julio Urias and Jose De Leon, along with 40-man members Jharel Cotton and Ross Stripling.​