OFFSEASON Meanwhile, Down on the Farm

This is great. Keep posting stuff like this here.

 

Bad news first...

Glass Now got lit up in OKC. 2.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks.

On the other hand, Jackson Ferris, who's had a pretty rough season in Tulsa, pitched 6 scoreless on 3 hits and 3 walks, striking out 7. Hopefully he's turning a corner.

 

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So it looks like the Dodgers prospect rankings have been reordered, with players like Rushing removed, and yes, De Paula and Hope are 1 and 2. Interestingly, Sirota only ranks at #17, despite outperforming (in my opinion, wow racist) his two outfield-mates (and in fact is ranked lower than #11 Kendall George from the same outfield). Here are the numbers at Great Lakes for all four. Keep in mind that Sirota started the season in Rancho.

De Paula (age 20 - signed as an international FA in 2022 out of the DR)
AB 253
R 53
H 68
2B 12
3B 1
HR 10
RBI 28
BB 59
SO 61
SB 24
CS 3
AVG .269
OBP .409
SLG .443
OPS .852

Hope (age 20 - drafted by the Cubs in 2023 in the 11th round out of high school, came over with Ferris Jackson in the Busch trade)
AB 259
R 37
H 77
2B 18
3B 2
HR 7
RBI 46
BB 43
SO 78
SB 11
CS 6
AVG .297
OBP .401
SLG .463
OPS .864

George (age 20 - drafted in 2023 in round 1 by LAD out of high school - 36th overall)
AB 226
R 46
H 55
2B 5
3B 3
HR 3
RBI 21
BB 43
SO 51
SB 31
CS 9
AVG .243
OBP .361
SLG .332
OPS .693

Sirota (age 22 - drafted in 2024 in the 3rd round by Reds out of college, came over in Lux trade)
AB 101 (200) - 2025 overall stats in parentheses
R 18 (44)
H 32 (67)
2B 8 (16)
3B 1 (3)
HR 6 (13)
RBI 26 (50)
BB 28 (43)
SO 31 (56)
SB 3 (4)
CS 3 (4)
AVG .317 (.335)
OBP .451 (.448)
SLG .594 (.640)
OPS 1.045 (1.088)

I guess De Paula, Hope, and George being two years younger than Sirota give them an edge in the rankings, or possibly their speed on the base paths factors in. In any case, hopefully we get some upward movement from a couple of these guys soon since AA Tulsa has no OF'ers in the top 25. Then Quintero (#5) and/or Jaron Elkins (#21) can get bumped up from Rancho to fill a vacancy in Great Lakes.

 

Sheehan got hit hard yesterday in OKC, and honestly I have no idea what they're doing with him. He had the one positive outing with the Dodgers after which they immediately sent him back down. The only comment I've seen is one from Roberts saying they're not yet sure in what role they'll use him. Meanwhile, they're overextending their bullpen and especially guys like Casparius. Why not have Sheehan start for now instead of a weekly BP game and then "if" the glassman and Snell come back move him to long relief, shorten Ben's outings, and dump one of the stiffs who shouldn't even be there?

Has anyone heard anything more as to why Emmet got sent down?

 

Dodgers have five prospects in the mid-year MLB hot 100 ranking:

27 - Josue De Paula, OF (Hi-A)
37 - Zyhir Hope, OF (Hi-A)
42 - Alex Freeland, SS/3B (AAA) -- depending on Muncy's injury, could we be seeing him soon?
69 - Jackson Ferris, LHP (AA)
90 - Eduardo Quintero, OF (A)

Here's the complete list: https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects


Little more on De Paula and Hope, who are headed to the Futures Game on July 12:

Dodgers: Josue De Paula, OF (No. 1/MLB No. 27); Zyhir Hope, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 37)
The Dodgers may have more quality outfield prospects than any farm system, and two of them will take their talents to Atlanta. Few 20-year-olds can match De Paula's combination of swing decisions and exit velocities, and he could become a slightly smaller but more athletic version of Yordan Alvarez. Hope has a lofty ceiling as well, with the upside of a .275 hitter with 25-30 homers and 20 steals per season while providing fine defense in center or right field.


Quintero jumped ten spots based on his season-to-date. Conversely, Ferris dropped 14 spots as his numbers this year have not been compelling. The other three weren't changed, and only moved relative to others' movement around them. You can read more about this here: https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/updated-top-100-prospects-list-for-july-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

 

Seriously, he is? Yeah, that's a head-scratcher for sure. Ruiz has had a decent year (leads the PCL in steals by a wide margin) and should get another shot in the majors (67 steals/47 runs for Oakland in 2023), but adding an OFer doesn't make sense to me. Unless the plan is to have Edman play infield more in Muncy's absence. Or they want to explore plan B's in case Conforto continues to suck. I just hope that this doesn't make Kike the everyday 3B. He's fine off the bench in the right situation, but he is NOT an everyday player.

 

LOL. The "lobotomized Roberts" pictures keep getting better and better.