After taking three of four from the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels), the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes continued their seven game homestand with a three-game series against the Lancaster JetHawks (Rockies). It did not go well. Game-1 Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes joined the Quakes for two rehab games as he worked his way back from a strained […]

First things first, biographical info on the Dodgers second selection in the 2019 MLB First Year Player Draft – Michael Busch: Date of birth: November 9, 1997 Height: 6′-0″ Weight: 207 pounds Bats and throws: right-handed High school: Simley High School, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota College: North Carolina University – Chapel Hill, NC According to […]

Let’s face it, when you’re the defending California League champions looking to repeat as such and there are three other teams in your division who would love nothing more than to be the ones to knock you off, there really isn’t a good time to struggle. But when you are on the very cusp of […]

Since 2010, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and U.S. Bank have joined forces to make a difference in the community by hosting annual Youth Baseball Clinics at beautiful LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga. “2010 was our first year,” said Mike Lindskog, director of public relations and longtime Voice of the Quakes. “That was our first year […]

Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes completed the first of what is expected to be two rehab appearances with the team’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Tuesday night at LoanMart Field. According to the 29-year-old Fullerton, CA native and 2009 ninth-round draft pick (by the Miami Marlins), his five innings of play went off without […]

First things first – biographical info on Dodgers first selection in the 2019 MLB First Year Player Draft Kody Hoese (pronounced Hose-ee): Date of birth: July 13, 1997 Height: 6′-4″ Weight: 200 pounds Bats and throws: right-handed High school: Griffith High School, Griffith Indiana; as a senior batted .388 with four home runs. College: Tulane […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]