DODGERS 2017 MINOR LEAGUE/PROSPECTS Thread

I am gonna disagree with that. Just cause a kid is young, does not mean that they aren't susceptible from wearing down over a long season.... actually, he is probably more likely to due to not being used to the long season. We have heard Seager talk about it three years in a row now that he has struggled adjusting every year to the longer and longer seasons. Bellinger has played mostly 1B in his career and starting to throw him into two newer positions, where he is definitely forced to move more and work on the position is both taxing on the body, but also the mind as well. When you are used to a position like 1B, everything is second nature, now he is playing newer positions more often and he is not only having to understand more of what he is supposed to do, but how to read the balls off the bat and how to play them. Some of the really routine plays he has botched have me in the mindset that he is not 100% comfortable in the OF yet. Yes, he is playing the positions well, but it also probably means that he is putting in twice the work now, which IS likely going to wear him down more. You take that and remove a guy from his regular routine and it does affect the player at the plate. This is not something that has never been seen before in the game, guys struggle when they may be doing something they are not overly comfortable with. I am not saying this is certainly the reason for his drastic splits, but I also would not rule it out.

 

I've seen more misplays at 1B than the OF. Watching Adrian play the position spoils you.

 

Excerpt from fanrag.

8. J.D. Martinez, OF, from the Tigers to the Dodgers for Dustin May, RHP prospect, and Josh Sborz, RHP prospect.

Martinez is an impact bat on an expiring contract, so he should draw something pretty significant eventually. The Dodgers don’t love to part with their prospects, but they have a ton of them. Their hitting has been better vs. lefties this year, but Andre Ethier, Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Toles all are out with injuries, and so is even Adrian Gonzalez, who’d played the most games of anyone since 2006 before he went out to the sidelines this year (super rookie Cody Bellinger could stay at first base). Sborz looked great this spring, but he’s a reliever.

9. Brad Hand, RP, from the Padres to the Dodgers for Brock Stewart, RHP prospect and Trevor Oaks, RHP prospect.

Hand is having another fine season in the Padres’ pen, to the point where he could draw multiple prospects. The Padres know the Dodgers’ system as well as anyone since top Padres exec Logan White, their former scouting director, drafted half their prospects. These are two of his picks.

 

Something to watch will be the Jack Conlon situation. He has some good potential upside and after the Orioles walked away from him, he'd be a good addition for a team that has been hampered on their IFA signings. Not sure what he'd cost, but probably more than $1 Mil. Even if he needs TJ, still young enough that you take that chance and see if it pays off.

 

I don't hate either of them because we retain Buehler, White, Alvarez and Imani + they'd still have decent MLB level rotational depth with Ryu/Kaz perhaps coming in soon and Font to call on if in need.
May is the only high upside guy there, plus it looks like Buehler is in the plans for this season.
However, maybe one of the guys I listed there would have to go in order for LAD to find a #3 caliber starting pitcher at the deadline..or maybe they'd spin Calhoun off in that sort of deal?

 

That could be the plan because I don't see Calhoun being in the FO plans. He's just not a good defender at all. Watching the OKC games on milb I've seen him make 2 bad throws to 1st on very routine plays. Lux is rising and Robinson is already up to AA and they are middle infielders.

 

Calhoun + Brock + cash dump Kazmir for David Robertson.
Imani + Farmer + cash dump Ryu for a guy with some upside and team control, like Julio Teheran, works well enough, possibly a little light for Teheran.
I'd hate to lose Imani, but that trade would basically be projected upside for immediate upside.
We'd lose Brock/Kaz/Ryu in the starting depth department, but move Teheran into the rotation and take Maeda out of it for good, Maeda becomes full time depth/relief option along with Stripling, Oaks, and Font with Buehler now coming along fast as well.
So still would ultimately have CK/Wood/Teheran/BMC/Hill/Maeda/Stripling/Oaks/Font/Buehler
Although, ATL could be done dealing with LAD because of the Wood heist Lol

 

Teheran blanked Nats for 7 innings today and gave up only four hits.

 

Dude's wildly inconsistent from year to year, having a bad year this year, but his stuff is major.
If Honeycutt and the crew can fix him and get him to be a little more consistent, #2 potential and can sometimes flash like a full on ace.
I wouldn't mind LAD gambling on him, can see him putting up more performances like today

 

Nice have another dependable RH arm at the right price.

 

Something tells me the Braves are done getting raped by the Dodgers on trades.

 

I guess I was wrong about Grant Holmes. When he was traded in the Hill deal I wasn't too thrilled but he's been pretty bad so far.

Jose Miguel Fernandez another 2 HR game for Tulsa.

 

Home come Verdugo is on the world team?
Should've been good enough to crack the US team, no?
Or how does it work?

 

It has nothing to do with not being good enough I think it may have been because they needed someone to go over to the world team perhaps. I don't really know why actually lol but nothing to do with talent!