*  *  *  Editor’s Note: This article was updated on December 2, 2020, at 7:00 a.m.   *  *  *  LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, is exactly 47.9 miles from Dodger Stadium. It is the home of the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. Was. Oh, The Epicenter (as LoanMart Field is […]

As our name implies, ThinkBlueLA.com is a Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles-based web site. So why, then, are we reporting on a roster move made on Saturday by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim? A valid question. The reason is that the move by the Los Angeles team that isn’t even located in Los […]

The Dodgers have added right-handed pitchers Gerardo Carrillo, Andre Jackson, Edwin Uceta, and outfielder Zach Reks to their 40-man roster to protect them from being taken in the upcoming Rule-5 Draft and putting the World Series champions’ current 40-man roster at 36. Carrillo, 22, spent the 2020 season at the Dodgers secondary site. In 2019, […]

If you are a fan of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, at least the Advanced Single-A (or High-A, as it is often called) version of the extremely popular Dodgers affiliate, I have some bad – or at least disappointing – news for you. If all goes as planned, and let’s face it, not much has gone […]

D.G. Elmore, chairman of Minor League Baseball’s Professional Baseball Agreement negotiating committee, issued the following statement today: “For more than a century, Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) have worked together to grow the game of baseball into America’s Pastime. The current agreement between MLB and MiLB expires today. “Minor League Baseball’s […]

According to baseball experts, 22-year old Dodgers middle infielder Gavin Lux is a ‘can’t-miss’ major league prospect, with the talent to be a regular participant in MLB’s annual All-Star game. In fact, Baseball America named Lux their 2019 Minor League Player of the Year. Reportedly, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has rebuffed other […]

  *  *  *   (Article courtesy of: MiLB.com/Tulsa Drillers)   *  *  *   The Tulsa Drillers are headed to the Texas Collegiate League Championship Game. The Drillers won the TCL North Division title Thursday night with a tense 9-6 win over the Amarillo Sod Squad at Hodgetown. The decisive game featured just about everything, including […]

Quite simply, there is nothing better than watching the game of baseball when played at the highest level by amazing athletes who possess the combination of skills and abilities not required in any other sport. Unfortunately, baseball fanatics had to wait almost nine months after the last out of the 2019 World Series to watch […]

On Monday evening, it was reported on social media that Dodgers 2020 Compensatory Round-B draft pick Clayton Beeter had been added to the Dodgers 60-man Players Pool – although there was no official confirmation of this from the team. That confirmation came on Tuesday afternoon when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked during his daily […]

In a highly unexpected and unprecedented move, the Dodgers have (apparently) added 21-year-old right-hander Clayton Beeter to their 60-man Player Pool. Then again, just about everything that is happening in the MLB – and the world – is unprecedented these days. Late Monday night, @MLBPipeline tweeted out that the Fort Worth, TX native, whom the Dodgers acquired […]