After a rough trip to Lancaster and a two-day / three-game series in Lake Elsinore, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes returned home to take on the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels) for a four-game series at LoanMart Field. Game-1 In game-1 on Thursday night, the Quakes took an early and dominant lead, starting with a two-run home […]
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Dodgers select two in First Round of 2019 MLB Draft
June 4th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
by 0799291000348 In what some considered a down year for draft-eligible college and high school pitchers, the Dodgers selected college hitters with their first two picks in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft on Monday evening. With the 25th pick in round one, the Dodgers selected Tulane University third baseman Kody Hoese, and with the 31st compensatory […]
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Tweaking the Dodgers Top-30 prospects
June 3rd, 2019 at 12:00 pm by 0799291000348 For Dodgers fans who enjoy delving deeper dive into organizational depth and player development, the Top-30 Prospects lists published by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline are excellent resources. But with all due respect to the professionals who prepare and maintain their respective Top-30 Prospects lists, some players continue to be included due to their potential, […]
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Barnes soon returning to Dodgers, Smith to OKC
June 3rd, 2019 at 10:30 am by Ron Cervenka For as good as 24-year-old catcher Will Smith has been during his first full week in the majors in which he has (thus far) gone 4-for-14 (.286) with one double, one huge home run, one RBI, and two runs scored, he is not going to be with the big league club much longer. If this […]
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Edwin Uceta heading to Double-A Tulsa
June 2nd, 2019 at 9:05 am by Ron Cervenka ThinkBlue LA has learned from a trusted source that Dodgers highly-touted right-handed pitching prospect Edwin Uceta has been promoted from the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. The 21-year-old Villa Los Almacigos, Dominican Republic native and Dodgers 28th overall-ranked prospect (by Baseball America) appeared in 10 games (all starts) with the Quakes […]
(Read More) Will Smith living up to the hype
June 2nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As he has done every season since being named president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014, Andrew Friedman met with reporters when pitchers and catchers reported for spring training 2019. The purpose of this annual media scrum was for Friedman to share with reporters the state of the team as it […]
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Is additional protective netting the answer?
June 1st, 2019 at 11:00 am by Lauren Jennings With multiple reports of recent injuries caused by foul balls during baseball games, things are about to change – count on it. As a longtime season ticket holder for the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes at LoanMart Field, I have become accustomed to a nearly full-net stadium. For as long as I can […]
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Ryu finds solution to Dodgers bullpen problems
May 31st, 2019 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu has done what no one else within the Dodgers organization has been able to do thus far – solve the team’s on-going bullpen issues. His solution? Don’t use it … or at least skip the middlemen and a yet-to-be-determined bridge man and hand the game off directly to Dodgers All-Star closer […]
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LADF to hold Science of Baseball STEM Field Day
May 30th, 2019 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) announced that it will hold a Science of Baseball STEM Field Day tomorrow (Friday, May 31) from 11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. at the Dodgers Dreamfields at Darby Park (3400 W Arbor Vitae Street Inglewood, CA 90301). The program will feature Dodger players Chris Taylor, Matt Beaty and Will Smith, LADF Chief Executive […]
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Was this the defining moment for 2019 Dodgers?
May 30th, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Let’s be honest here, over the course of a 162-game regular baseball season, it is ridiculous to call any one game ‘the defining moment’ of the season … unless, of course, it happens to be game 163 to decide a division title (sound familiar?). But it is also ridiculous to even suggest that Wednesday night’s […]
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