November 16th, 2022 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have added catcher Diego Cartaya, infielder Michael Busch and outfielders Andy Pages and Jonny DeLuca to their 40-Man Roster.
Cartaya, 21, split the 2022 campaign with Great Lakes and Rancho Cucamonga last season, hitting a combined .254 (92-for-362) with 22 homers and 72 RBI in 95 games. The 2022 Dodgers Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year began the season with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, slashing .260/.405/.550 with nine homers and 31 RBI before getting promoted to Great Lakes on May 31. He was one of three representatives in the Sirius XM Futures Game at Dodger Stadium and finished the season with High-A Great Lakes, clubbing 13 homers and driving in 41. He has been with the Dodgers organization four seasons, hitting a combined .269 (178-for-661) with 36 homers and 125 RBI in 175 minor league games. He was originally signed on July 2, 2018, as an international free agent out of Maracay, Venezuela.
Busch, 25, spent the majority of the 2022 season with Triple-A Oklahoma City, batting .266 (118-for-444) with 32 doubles, 21 homers, 79 RBI in 111 games. He started the season with Double-A Tulsa, hitting .306 with 11 homers and 29 RBI before being promoted on May 17. He has been with the Dodgers four seasons since being drafted with the 31st pick of the 2019 First Year Player Draft out of the University of North Carolina. In his 259 minor league games with the Dodgers, he has amassed 52 homers and 177 RBI while slashing .267/.374/.493.
Pages, 21, spent all the 2022 season with Double-A Tulsa, recording 26 homers and 80 RBI in 132 games for the Drillers. The outfielder was a member of the 2022 Arizona Fall League runner-up Glendale Desert Dogs, playing in 22 games, hitting .296 (24-for-81) with two doubles, five homers and 14 RBI. He signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent out of La Habana, Cuba and has played in 367 minor league games, hitting 86 homers and driving in 259 runs while recording an .897 OPS.
Deluca, 25, split the season between High-A Great Lakes and Double-A Tulsa, hitting a combined .260 with 25 homers and 71 RBI. He began the season with Great Lakes, hitting .245 with 18 homers and 51 RBI then finished slashing .298/.359/.606 with seven homers and 20 RBI in 25 games with Tulsa. In 225 minor leagues, he has hit a combined .263 with 48 homers and 148 RBI. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the 25th round of the 2019 First Year Player Draft out of the University of Oregon.
(Article courtesy of LA Dodgers)
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DeLuca is a prospect many Dodgers fans may not recognize. He isn’t even listed on the Dodgers top 30 prospects (MLB or Baseball America). An excellent athlete with plus speed, arm, and outfield defense who struggled with the bat at the University of Oregon. The signs are encouraging that he has started to find his swing — a late bloomer worth protecting from the Rule 5 draft.
Thanks for the information/quick scouting report!!! I’m a huge Dodger fan, and baseball fan in general. It’s always nice to know who the Dodgers view as someone who has advanced like he has. Being added to the 40 man roster really says something about this young man’s advancement. Again, thanks for the info!!!