Official Dodger Prospects Thread

I figured we might as well start a thread where we can talk about Dodger prospects. I'll type of BA profiles from the handbook I bought, any post the Callis chat wraps in this thread.

Since we start new Dodger threads every month some prospect stuff might get lost so we might as well have it all in one thread.

#1 Clayton Kershaw

Status: Double-A Jacksonville

Update: Promoted to the Majors

Final Status: MLB

End of the Year Stats

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

MLB

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG MLB 0 2 4.42 8 8 0 0 0 38.2 39 19 19 3 24 33 1.53 .271

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 0 3 2.28 10 9 0 0 0 43.1 32 16 11 0 15 47 1.14 .205

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

MLB

Code:

Last 3 years Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP BAA 2008 LAD 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 47.2 53 24 24 4 28 40 4.53 1.70 .290

#2 Andy LaRoche

Status: Majors

Update: Demoted to Triple A - Las Vegas

Update: Traded to Pittsburgh

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .277 38 119 35 33 2 0 5 26 50 37 14 2 1 .444 .420 .865

AA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS JAX SOU .318 6 22 5 7 1 0 0 1 8 3 6 1 0 .400 .364 .764

#3 Chin-Lung Hu

Status: Triple-A Las Vegas

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

MLB

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS MLB .159 49 107 13 17 1 2 0 7 22 9 21 1 0 .224 .206 .430

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .182 3 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 .250 .273 .523

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .352 14 54 15 19 3 2 0 7 26 3 3 0 0 .386 .481 .867

#4 Scott Elbert

Status: Double-A Jacksonville

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 1 1 2.95 9 1 0 0 0 18.1 10 7 6 2 8 15 0.56 .164

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 1 1 2.70 16 1 0 0 0 30.0 17 12 9 2 16 26 0.66 .168

#5 Blake DeWitt

Status: Majors

Update: Demoted to Triple A - Las Vegas

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

MLB

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS MLB .261 74 238 30 62 10 2 5 32 91 21 47 3 0 .324 .382 .707

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .500 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 .800 1.000 1.800

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .500 5 18 6 9 1 1 2 8 18 5 4 0 0 .600 1.000 1.600

#6 Chris Withrow

Status: injured has yet to play this season

#7 James McDonald

Status: Double-A Jacksonville

Update: Promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AA

Code:

2008 Season Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 4 2 3.19 17 17 0 0 0 90.1 77 35 32 9 30 93 0.75 .232

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 5 3 3.19 22 22 0 0 0 118.2 98 47 42 12 46 113 0.68 .227

#8 Jonathan Meloan

Status: Triple-A Las Vegas

Update: Traded to Cleveland

Stats as of July 14, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG LVG PCL 5 9 5.18 20 19 0 0 0 99.0 115 71 57 7 56 92 0.82 .294

#9 Delwyn Young

Status: Majors

MLB

Code:

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2008 LAD 55 89 6 24 6 0 1 4 9 20 0 0 .270 .337 .371 .708

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

MLB

Code:

SPLITS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Season 69 113 9 28 7 0 1 6 11 29 0 0 .248 .315 .336 .651

#10 Pedro Baez

Status: Rookie Class A - Ogden

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

Class A - Great Lakes

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .178 59 185 23 33 10 1 1 16 48 17 45 3 1 .244 .259 .503

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .281 36 153 25 43 14 0 6 31 75 9 41 1 1 .317 .490 .807

#11 Josh Bell

Status - Class A Advanced - Inland Empire (injured)

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS INL CAL .273 51 187 34 51 12 2 6 21 85 31 56 4 2 .373 .455 .827

#12 Bryan Morris

Status: Class A - Great Lakes

Update: Traded to Pittsburgh

Stats as of July 5th, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG GLL MID 1 3 3.67 12 12 1 1 0 56.1 52 25 23 5 15 46 1.81 .251

#13 Ivan DeJesus

Status: Double-A Jacksonville

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS JAX SOU .306 80 281 54 86 13 1 2 33 107 54 48 11 1 .420 .381 .801

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS JAX SOU .291 101 358 60 104 18 1 2 42 130 60 66 11 1 .393 .363 .757

#14 Andrew Lambo

Status: Class A - Great Lakes

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .288 78 295 35 85 22 1 9 50 136 27 68 2 2 .349 .461 .810

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .292 102 394 51 115 29 2 14 66 190 34 93 3 2 .349 .482 .831

#15 Josh Wall

Status: Class A Advanced Inland Empire

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG INL CAL 9 4 5.84 22 20 0 0 0 103.1 111 68 67 10 56 81 0.96 .278

#16 Ramon Troncoso

Status: Majors

Stats as of July 5th, 2008

MLB

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG MLB 0 0 4.91 11 0 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 6 0 6 11 2.50 .263

AAA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG LVG PCL 4 0 4.99 22 0 0 0 0 30.2 43 24 17 1 16 18 3.24 .336

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

MLB

Code:

SPLITS G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV WHIP ERA Season 16 0 0 19.0 19 12 12 0 6 23 1 1 0 0 0 1.32 5.68

#17 Lucas May

Status: Double-A Jacksonville

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS JAX SOU .246 65 236 36 58 20 1 10 40 110 22 69 1 0 .312 .466 .778

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS JAX SOU .245 86 314 45 77 23 1 12 49 138 28 89 4 0 .310 .439

#18 Greg Miller

Status: Triple A - Las Vegas

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG LVG PCL 2 3 7.94 38 0 0 0 0 45.1 53 42 40 3 48 46 3.58 .298

#19 James Adkins

Status: Class A Advanced - Inland Empire

Update: Promoted to Double A - Jacksonville

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG INL CAL 4 6 5.00 16 15 0 0 0 75.2 87 50 42 5 33 64 1.29 .286

Stats as of August 1st 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG INL CAL 5 8 5.34 19 18 0 0 0 87.2 106 64 52 6 38 75 1.20 .295

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 0 2 7.45 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 12 9 8 3 7 6 1.63 .293

#20 Javy Guerra

Status: Class A Advanced - Inland Empire

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG INL CAL 2 3 4.59 21 3 0 0 2 49.0 49 26 25 0 35 46 0.96 .262

#21 Mario Alvarez

Status: Double-A - Jacksonville

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 1 5 7.08 10 10 0 0 0 40.2 51 35 32 5 23 20 1.16 .321

#22 Justin Miller

Status: Class A - Great Lakes

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG GLL MID 3 6 3.50 17 17 0 0 0 90.0 87 46 35 3 48 49 2.86 .254

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG GLL MID 3 8 3.80 21 19 0 0 0 109.0 104 59 46 5 60 59 2.85 .254

#23 Xavier Paul

Status: Triple-A Las Vegas

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .301 70 266 50 80 16 3 5 42 117 29 66 14 3 .372 .440 .812

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS LVG PCL .300 88 343 67 103 21 5 6 54 152 33 81 16 4 .363 .443 .806

#24 Tim Sexton

Status: Class A Advanced - Inland Empire

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG INL CAL 4 10 5.51 21 20 0 0 0 114.1 141 79 70 12 29 74 1.33 .309

#25 Carlos Santana

Status: Class A Advanced - Inland Empire

Update : Traded to Cleveland

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS INL CAL .316 77 266 63 84 27 3 10 74 147 53 42 5 3 .426 .553 .978

#26 Cory Wade

Status: Majors

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

MLB

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG MLB 0 1 2.45 26 0 0 0 0 33.0 28 13 9 3 5 21 0.83 .230

AA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG JAX SOU 0 0 4.30 6 0 0 0 1 14.2 14 7 7 3 1 13 1.31 .255

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

MLB

Code:

SPLITS G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV WHIP ERA Season 36 0 0 46.1 36 18 14 5 11 34 1 1 0 1 0 1.01 2.72

#27 Justin Orenduff

Status: Triple-A - Las Vegas

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

AAA

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG LVG PCL 2 7 7.20 21 20 0 0 0 90.0 122 77 72 21 54 75 0.62 .326

#28 Preston Mattingley

Status: Class A - Great Lakes

Stats as of July 3rd, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .231 66 247 27 57 9 2 6 21 88 8 76 11 3 .257 .356 .613

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .224 92 335 37 75 14 3 6 24 113 16 108 11 4 .263 .337

#29 Alfredo Silverio

Status: Class A - Great Lakes

Stats as of August 1st, 2008

A

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS GLL MID .246 70 284 25 70 10 4 7 33 109 3 66 3 3 .256 .384 .640

#30 Geison Aguasviva

Status: Rookie Class A - Ogden

Class A - Great Lakes

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG GLL MID 1 2 8.38 8 2 0 0 0 19.1 34 21 18 1 6 20 1.47 .3

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 2 2 3.40 9 9 0 0 0 47.2 56 29 18 3 10 38 1.94 .277

Stats as of August 1st for 2008 draftees

Ethan Martin - RHP

-out for the year with knee surgery

Dodgers' top Draft pick out for season | Dodgers.com: News

Josh Lindblom - RHP

Class A - Great Lakes

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG GLL MID 0 0 2.70 4 4 0 0 0 10.0 8 3 3 1 2 12 0.80 .211

Kyle Russell - OF

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .310 36 129 30 40 8 2 7 31 73 22 44 2 0 .413 .566 .978

Devaris Strange-Gordon - SS

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .298 31 124 19 37 7 2 1 15 51 6 15 6 2 .333 .411 .745

Jon Michael Redding - RHP

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 0 3 5.06 9 6 0 0 0 21.1 24 15 12 3 7 27 2.50 .286

Anthony Delmonico - 2B

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .341 10 41 12 14 6 0 3 14 29 4 8 0 0 .449 .707 1.156

Cole St. Clair - LHP

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 3 1 0 3 6 2.00 .278

Nick Buss - OF

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .302 13 53 17 16 3 2 4 12 35 8 5 0 0 .413 .660 1.073

Steven Caseres - 1B

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .278 27 115 13 32 9 1 2 19 49 6 31 0 0 .317 .426 .743

Austin Yount - 3B

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .276 17 58 7 16 5 0 0 10 21 4 13 0 1 .353 .362 .715

Lenell McGee - OF

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .220 16 50 7 11 4 0 0 11 15 8 15 0 0 .361 .300 .661

Clay Calfee - OF

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .231 31 121 19 28 9 3 6 22 61 14 52 0 0 .316 .504 .820

Albie Goulder - 1B

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .275 18 51 9 14 2 0 1 4 19 9 15 1 0 .391 .373 .763

Carl Webster - RHP

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG DGR GCL 1 1 2.19 7 0 0 0 1 12.1 8 5 3 1 11 7 1.89 .205

Matthew Smith - RHP

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 1 0 1.29 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 1 2 5 0.88 .087

Brian Ruggiano - 2B

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .229 28 105 16 24 4 3 1 14 37 14 24 5 1 .331 .352 .683

Roberto Feliciano - LHP

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG DGR GCL 1 0 0.82 7 0 0 0 1 11.0 8 2 1 0 6 15 0.45 .205

Jerry Sands - OF

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .230 26 87 18 20 4 0 7 24 45 15 27 4 0 .346 .517 .863

Jordan Roberts - LHP

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 1 1 5.93 10 0 0 0 0 13.2 19 14 9 1 4 17 3.60 .297

Jonathan Runnels - LHP

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG OGD PIO 1 0 3.00 9 0 0 0 0 18.0 16 7 6 2 4 25 1.42 .229

Garrett Green - 2B

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .280 18 50 11 14 1 2 1 7 22 9 10 2 2 .387 .440 .827

Shan Sullivan - 3B

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .033 12 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 1 0 .237 .033 .270

Melvin Ray - OF

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .133 5 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 0 1 .133 .133 .267

Jake New - OF

Rookie Class A - Gulf Coast

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS DGR GCL .219 22 73 9 16 3 0 0 6 19 10 10 4 0 .337 .260 .597

Ryan Arp - C

Rookie Class A - Ogden

Code:

Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS OGD PIO .111 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .273 .111 .384

Blake DeWitt

#5 Blake DeWitt
3B
B-L
T-R
5-11 195

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baseball America

DeWitt followed Scott Elbert as the second of two first-rounders the Dodgers drafted out of Missouri high schools in 2004. After a season at second base, DeWitt moved back to third base in 2007 and got back on track offensively. He hit .281/354/.404 in the Arizona Fall League following the season. DeWitt has a smooth, repeatable lefthanded swing that creates consistent hard contact and enables him to keep his hands inside the ball. He can let balls travel deep and get enough extension to drive them out of the park. His pitch recognition and plate discipline also contribute to his above-average feel for hitting. He's an adequate defender with a solid-average arm. He has an even temperament and good makeup. He's streaky as a hitter and his approach vacillates. He can get himself out by expanding the strike zone, thought it's usually by hitting pitcher's pitches as opposed to swinging and missing. He has 35 speed on the 20-80 scouting scale but runs better once underway. DeWitt's supporters cite the development of James Loney, who also didn't consistently hit for power in the minors. If he continues to improve, DeWitt could compete for a major league role in 2009 and develop into a .280-.290 hitter with 15-20 homers per year.

Any LaRoche, Hu, Kershaw, Mattingly, Elbert, McDonald write-ups would be sweet.

The one Dodger prospect I'm looking at is Jaime Pedroza. He's one hell of a ballplayer and comes from good bloodlines. I knew his brother from his days at Fullerton. Anyways, he played SS in college but if you ask me, I think he'd make a better second baseman. He sort of reminds me of Dustin Pedroia.

We probably won't see him for a couple of years but if he is moved to 2B, then how sweet would an infield of LaRoche at 3B, Hu at SS, Pedroza at 2B and Loney at 1b, be?

He's probably not listed very high on prospect writeups right now but I have seen this kid play and like I said before, the kid can play.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claw21

The one Dodger prospect I'm looking at is Jaime Pedroza. He's one hell of a ballplayer and comes from good bloodlines. I knew his brother from his days at Fullerton. Anyways, he played SS in college but if you ask me, I think he'd make a better second baseman. He sort of reminds me of Dustin Pedroia.

We probably won't see him for a couple of years but if he is moved to 2B, then how sweet would an infield of LaRoche at 3B, Hu at SS, Pedroza at 2B and Loney at 1b, be?

He's probably not listed very high on prospect writeups right now but I have seen this kid play and like I said before, the kid can play.

Pedroza doesn't make the top 30 but he does get mention as the Dodgers sleeper prospect of 2008. Here's what they write:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baseball America

Jamie Pedroza, SS. A ninth-round pick in 2007 he batted .360 with eight hmers in his pro debut, though he eventually may have to move to second base.

Here's some info on a 2 Mexican pitchers we signed this off-season.

Quote:

Could you tell me a little about Mexican lefthander Javier Solano. The Dodgers' official website reported they signed him earlier this year for $250,000. What's the scouting report on him?

Jason Debney
Burbank, Calif.

I recently read an article that said Dodgers lefthander Javier Solano was considered the best pitching prospect in Mexico when the Dodgers signed him for $250,000 earlier this year as a 17-year-old, and that he has an above-average fastball and curveball. Do you have any information about Solano? Is he a legitimate prospect, and where does it look like he'll play this season?

Marty Rafter
Heidelberg, Germany

The Dodgers did buy Solano's rights from the Mexican League's Monterrey Sultans earlier this winter for $250,000. He's 17 years old but he's actually a righthander, not a lefty. Solano has a mature body at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, but he's more athletic than that build might indicate. Los Angeles loves his mechanics, pitchability and confidence.

His stuff is promising too. Solano's two best pitches are an 89-93 mph fastball that sits around 91 and a plus 75-78 mph curveball. He also has some feel for a changeup and uses a slider as his fourth offering.

Solano has been very impressive in minor league camp, pitching well enough to merit making the Dodgers' low Class A Great Lakes club. But given his age and inexperience, as well as the cold early-season weather in the Midwest League, Los Angeles will keep Solano in extended spring training for at least the first month of the season.

The Dodgers also paid $250,000 to the Sultans for the rights to another pitcher, 19-year-old righthander Freddy Quintero. Quintero, who's 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, has an 89-92 mph fastball and a hard slider.

BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Ask BA

Everyone's favorite 3B prospect. Except maybe Ned Colletti!

#2 Andy LaRoche
3B
B-R
T-R
6-1 200

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baseball America

The Dodgers took a 39th-round flier on LaRoche in 2003 and signed him for $1 million afer he tore up the Cape Cod League that summer. He's the son of former major league all-star Dave and the brother of Pirates first baseman Adam.

Andy entered spring training in competition for for Los Angeles' third-base job, but went 11-for-51 without a homer in big league camp and spent most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas. He had left shoulder surgery after the 2006 season, which might have precipitated his slow start, and he battles back soreness in 2007 as well.

LaRoche has plus raw power and a good feel for hitting. When he gets his arms extended, balls fly off his bat to all fields. He lets balls travel deep and has the bat speed to catch up to the best of fastballs. He has advanced pitch recognition and commands the strike zone well when he stays within himself. He's a slightly below-average defender with a solid-average arm.

LaRoche's approach was inconsistent last season. He as overly patient at times when he first got to the majors in May, then chased ablls out of teh zone in his second try with the Dodgers in September. He also gets pull-happy at the plate. He's a below average runner with unexceptional range defensively. Los Angeles would like to see him take his preparation more seriously.

His injury history is more extensive than he or the club would like. LaRoche profiles as an every day third baseman with the potential to bat in the middle of a lineup. The Dodgers haven't been able to fill the hole at third base since Adrian Beltre left in 2005, and LaRoche should finally get his opportunity this season.

ASU or anybody else, any information on Kyle Orr? He seemed like an intriguing pick, especially since we drafted him in the 4th round. I haven't heard anything recently, but I do see that BA lists him as a catcher now...

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarf

ASU or anybody else, any information on Kyle Orr? He seemed like an intriguing pick, especially since we drafted him in the 4th round. I haven't heard anything recently, but I do see that BA lists him as a catcher now...

No mention of him in the handbook. In last year's top 30 he was ranked 25th.

They still list him as a 1B in the book so the change must have been made recently.

Clayton Kershaw had an outstanding spring - 14 IP, 3 walks, 18 K's, 0.64 ERA, 0.79 WHIP

Can't wait to see him with the big club. I am glad he'll be spending the year in the minors. No need to rush him.