July 16th, 2019 at 7:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Don’t know how this one slipped under the radar, but early Monday afternoon ThinkBlueLA learned that 22-year-old catcher Hunter Feduccia had been promoted from the Dodgers Low Single-A Great Lakes Loons to the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
For those unfamiliar with the Lake Charles, LA native, he was selected by the Dodgers in the 12th round of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Louisiana State University. He was immediately assigned to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Rookie League, but was promoted to the Loons after only three games, having gone 2-for-8 (.250) with one RBI, three walks and one strikeout.
Feduccia finished out the 2018 season at Great Lakes posting a respectable slash-line of .290 / .381 / .350 / .731 with six doubles and nine RBI. He also finished with an outstanding .997 fielding percentage in the 31 games (30 starts) in which he appeared as the Loons primary catcher.
Feduccia returned to Great Lakes to begin the 2019 season and continued to tear up Midwest League pitching, slashing .288 / .399 / .457 / .856 with four home runs, 17 doubles and one triple, while driving in 31 runs. He also posted a .989 FPCT in his 45 games behind the plate (he served as the Loons DH twice); all of which led to his much-anticipated (and expected) promotion to Rancho Cucamonga on Monday.
(Photo credit – Lauren Jennings)
Although the left-handed hitting / right-handed throwing Feduccia did not appear in the Quakes 6-4 loss to the Stockton Ports (Athletics) on Monday night, he is expected to split the catching duties with 24-year-old Mountain View, CA native Stevie Berman, who was selected by the Dodgers in the 31st round of the 2016 MLB draft out of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA.
With Quakes catcher (and Dodgers 13th overall ranked prospect) Connor Wong having been promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers on Sunday, the Dodgers remain ridiculously deep in top catching prospects.
…which is a ridiculously good problem to have.
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A lot to like about Feduccia, his prospect profile may be found in the April 2019 archive (April 24). If not for two broken hands in 2018, it is likely that he would have been selected much earlier than the 12th round.
(Feduccia) sounds like a very good name for a Dodger catcher.
Dodgers sure took their sweet time bringing up Feduccia to High-A Rancho not too long ago. They must’ve given Wong as much slack as he could handle just to get him hitting for a more respectable average again and finally moving him up to AA Tulsa as a result. Thing I like about Feduccia offensively, he doesn’t struggle facing lefties. He hangs in there against them as well as anybody the Dodgers have in their system. Defensively, he’s legit. Keep on saying it, him and Will Smith are your future long-term C tandem at the big-league level. Both have exactly what the Dodgers need from that position (and then some regarding Smith in particular).
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