Mid-Season Top 30 Dodger Prospects
Baseball America released their Top 30 Prospects for each team, and since this is a Los Angeles Dodger site, we are going to list the Dodgers prospects: Dalton Rushing – C Josue DePaula – OF Thayron Liranzo – C Alex Freeland – SS Justin Wrobleski -LHP Zahir Hope – OF Eduardo…
Baseball America released their Top 30 Prospects for each team, and since this is a Los Angeles Dodger site, we are going to list the Dodgers prospects:
- Dalton Rushing – C
- Josue DePaula – OF
- Thayron Liranzo – C
- Alex Freeland – SS
- Justin Wrobleski -LHP
- Zahir Hope – OF
- Eduardo Quintero – OF
- Joendry Vargas – SS
- Landon Kanck – RHP
- River Ryan – RHP
- Kyle Hurt – RHP
- Edgardo Henriquez – RH
- Jackson Ferris – LHPP
- Kendall George – CF
- Alexander Albertus – 3B
- Diego Cartaya – C
- Jerel Perez – 3B
- Nick Frasso – RHP
- Peyton Martin – RHP
- Ben Casparius – RHP
- Emil Morales – SS
- Hyun-Seok Jang – RHP
- Eriq Swan – RHP
- Peter Hubeck – RHP
- Austin Gauthier – 3B
- Trey Sweeney SS
- Maddux Bruns – LHP
- Patrick Copen – RHP
- Chris Newell – OF
- Ronan Kopp – LHP
FASTEST RISER: Alex Freeland is climbing up the list very rapidly. Could he be ready in 2025? I would not bet against it. Ok, he’s not going to be a superstar, but could he be the SS the Dodgers need?
MOST LIKELY TO BE TRADED: Josue DePaula is a man without a position. In other words, he’s a DH. He’s Delwyn Young bad. I would look to trade him. The Dodgers have a DH.
Last week, I said that Tyler Glasnow looked tired and was sarcastically questioned as to whether that was just my imagination or if it were true. Yes, it is true. It is possible that his back was tight as well. At least, it’s not his arm. The Dodgers made a good move to put him on the IL.
Bobby Miller is a hot mess because he cannot find his release point. Fans will panic, but Friedman won’t—thank God! There’s a fine line between success and failure—and it’s in his head! You start trying to guide the ball, and then you tighten up, and it doesn’t go where you want. Young pitchers sometimes take several starts to work it out. When Gerritt Cole came back, he had that problem, but he was able to work it out after one game. I do not normally think it’s good to send a guy like Bobby Miller down to AAA, but maybe he should go to AAA and work it out. I am sure Prior is considering it.
Garrett Crochet: I was listening to Mad Dog and Alana Rizzo yesterday talking about Garrett Crochet. Mad Dog was all in on Crochet, while Alana believed he’s not going to be helpful as a starter since he will likely have close to 120 IP by the deadline, nearly twice as much as he has in his entire career. She thinks he will have to spend a lot of time on the IL or in the bullpen. To get Garrett, it might take both Wrobleski and Ferris… and DePaula.
GOOD NEWS: Kershaw, Kelly, Yamamoto, Buehler, and Glasnow should be back this month or early August. Knack, Stone, Wrobleski, Yarbrough, and an opener can hold down the fort until then. It is my opinion that Crochet will require too much prospect collateral. The juice is not worth the squeeze. Ferris and Wrobleski could be a Crochet.
BATTING AVERAGES: The overall batting average for the 30 teams is .240. If it remains that way, it will be the lowest since the league batted .237 in 1968, the so-called year of the pitcher, when the leaguewide ERA was 2.98. Sportico has a piece written at the end of May this year talking bout this very issue. Analytics on positioning fielders and batter tendencies have squeezed players like Cavan Biggio, Austin Barnes, Kike Hernandez and Chris Taylor. These were guys who were maybe better than league average in some respects, but advanced metrics of fastball speed and spin rate have exposed them. Some may be able to recover, and some won’t. All I know is that it takes more time to fix it… if it can be fixed. I think the Biggio experiment is nearing its end… even with his HR yesterday. We all know that AF loves a good comeback story, but this one is failing. Here’s a quote from the Article:
“Fifteen of the 30 MLB teams are hitting below the league’s .240 average, including the Chicago White Sox at the bottom of the league at a miserable .214. The Cincinnati Reds are a few ticks above them at .218.”
— Sportico
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Discussion (76)
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Miller, should go down today.
They have no pitcher listed for Thurs, start .
Maybe (hate to say it) a bullpen if anyone is left) or bringing someone up. Who ?!
I doubt they would bring him back Sunday on 4 days rest.
He won’t be needed to start another game until after the AllStar break and as the 5th starter could be called up on Tuesday July 23rd..
He could effectively get a 2 week reset both mentally and physically. It also allows for another arm in the bullpen.
If that doesn’t help ??
On a side note
Mark,
That was actually a very well presented infomercial..
Don’t quit your day job.
And what the hell did you do with Colonel Sanders.!!
Go Dodgers!!
After last nights game Miller’s ERA is 8.07.
Maybe he’s hurt. Maybe he’s a head case. Maybe he just needs sometime to work on release point. Maybe it’s a combination of things. It was interesting that after the GS, Hershiser thought he started to hit his spots more. His rationale being he didn’t have to worry as much about being perfect. If so, then he needs to work on the mental part of the game.
If you look at Stone and Miller, it’s Miller who is the higher prospect. Yet Stone has shown far more composure during his brief time with the club.
I disagree about DePaula. I don’t think he has done anything to eliminate himself as a future OF.
My last post was meant for yesterday’s blog. Oh well.
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I said Miller was a “head case” meaning his problems were mental and not physical and was called in essence a “crackhead” by you yesterday. I also suggested he should be sent down to work out his problems and you called me out and a few others for being short sighted. Today you suggest he just might be sent down to work it out.
Today’s post you say Miller’s problem is mental. MT you’re a tough nut to figure out. If a poster comments something that doesn’t fit your thought process at that time they’re labeled a moron, but the next morning it becomes your “hot take.”
Don’t take it personal, love the blog and don’t ever close it up. I read everyday and post often, but not as much as others.
You don’t always have to be right or prove your superior analytical skills. You’ve had many emotional “takes” including one a couple of years when you were calling for Doc to be fired.
Hakuna matata! Worry free atmosphere. All good!
Have a little cheese with that whine. So much negativity. You don’t have to think to trash a good take. But you do have to think to make one. I know the former is easier. It’s July, enjoy baseball. Tell us who you want the Dodgers to get. It’s trade deadline time! Philly? Who cares if they’re great. Talk to me in Oct. Mark is right again. Same old song. Reading between the lines, I think Roger was referring to this blog. Lol. What a great time to be a Dodger fan. Negative comments welcome.
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Milller has a drop in velo and he has zero command. Yes, he says he is not hurt but wasn´t that what Gonsolin said too ? Until he had to have surgery.
you say good news that Kershaw, Buehler, Yamamoto and Glasnow will be back soon. I say all of them are question marks to come back. One bigger (Yamamoto) , one smaller (Glasnow) concerns. No one knows if Buehler will get back his stuff and how Clayton comes back. We are seeing that coming back and coming back sound are two different animals when watching Miller.
IMHO the Dodgers will need two starters at the deadline. One top of the rotation guy , one inning eater.
Plus at least one solid bat and pray that both Mookie and MM come back in time and ready to roll.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerritt Cole and Bobby Miller shouldn’t be used together in the same sentence.