Baseball America recently named 21-year old Gavin Lux as its 2019 Minor League Player of the Year. He is in good company with the last three award recipients: Chicago White Sox Yoan Moncada (2016); the Atlanta Braves Ronald Acuna Jr. (2017), and Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2018). A terrific honor for Lux, and […]

The Dodgers have named infielder Gavin Lux as the Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year and right-handed pitcher Josiah Gray as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Lux, 21, started the 2019 season with Double-A Tulsa batting .313 (81-for-259) with 13 home runs and 37 RBI in 64 games. He […]

Just two days before the 2019 Arizona Fall League season opener, some roster changes have been made for the Glendale Desert Dogs.  Four players have been removed from the roster while five new players have been added, including another Dodgers prospect. Justin Yurchak will now be joining the team in Glendale after splitting the 2019 season […]

With the OKC Dodgers, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and Great Lakes Loons seasons officially over and the Tulsa Drillers and Ogden Raptors fighting for championships in their respective leagues. the Minor League Baseball season is just about over, despite the majors running through October. However, fans of baseball’s up and coming stars need not turn to […]

For the second game in their last four, the Quakes offense failed to show up when it was needed most. The defense and bullpen also had rough nights, ultimately culminating in the Quakes dropping the must-win Game-4 in the California League South Division Finals against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) on Saturday night. On paper, […]

Down to their final three outs of the 2019 season, the Rancho Cucamonga Quake trailed the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) 6-5. Elsinore started the inning with a new pitcher, one who had struck out the Quakes 1-2-3, two of them looking, to end game one of the California League South Division Finals. Pinch-hitter Starling Heredia […]

After a miserable showing from the Quakes offense in game-1 of the Cal League South Division Finals, the Storm (Padres) took a 1-0 series lead with one game left to play in Lake Elsinore before the series moved to Rancho Cucamonga.  Game-2 looked like it had the right combination of things to allow the Quakes […]

Amidst a sky of smoke and falling ash, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes began a best-of-five series against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) seeking a game-1 road win in the California League South Division Finals. The Storm sent rehabbing major league pitcher Garrett Richards to the hill while the Quakes countered with Gerardo Carrillo.  Carrillo came […]

After sweeping the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), the Quakes appeared to have an easy last four games of the regular season as they went up against the last place Inland Empire 66ers (Angels). However, the 66ers put up quite a fight, taking 3-of-4 from the second-half champ Quakes over Labor Day weekend.  Game-1 The 66ers […]

Although a surprise to absolutely no one, ThinkBlue LA has learned from a trusted source that 21-year-old middle infielder Gavin Lux has been called up to the Dodgers. As most Dodger fans know by now, the Kenosha, WI native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2016 out of Indian Trail High School in Kenosha flat out […]