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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Just over two months ago, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed on a change that almost everyone endorsed; the elimination of the August waiver trade period. For all intents and purposes, the July 31 trade deadline is now a legit “deadline” with the Baseball Commissioner (presently Rob Manfred) empowered to veto any […]

ThinkBlue LA has learned from a trusted source that 24-year-old catcher Will Smith has been called up to the Dodgers to (apparently) replace 29-year-old / five-year MLB veteran catcher Austin Barnes, who left Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates for what was being called left groin soreness. At Triple-A Oklahoma City, Smith was hitting .290 […]

As I’ve said before, The Hangar, home to the Lancaster JetHawks (Rockies), is a very hitter-friendly ballpark that can lead to some weird games and epic – often unfortunate – comebacks.  The Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes headed out to said Hangar for a three-game series after their homestand against the Rawhide was mostly […]

As it is, rain is a rare occurrence in sunny Southern California, but it’s even more rare during baseball season. However, the rain got the best of the three-game series between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks) this week. Game-1 was played as expected with no issues, however, game-2 of the series was […]

Stevie Berman, one of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes two primary catchers, has been placed on the Injured List and is reportedly headed to Arizona to recover. Per Quakes Director of Public Relations and longtime ‘Voice of the Quakes’ Mike Lindskog, the 24-year-old backstop suffered an injury to his left (non-throwing) wrist during last Saturday’s (May […]

On May 8th we identified ten Double-A Tulsa Drillers players who were on the cusp of being promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, noting that some would be sooner-than-later. Last week the Dodgers Player Development group assigned three of those players to OKC; right-handed, starting-pitcher Mitchell White, left-handed relief-pitcher Adam McCreery, and left-hand-hitting outfielder […]

For the second time this season and for the first time at home, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes took on the Modesto Nuts (Mariners). In their first go around at John Thurman Field in Modesto in April, the Quakes took 2-of-3 games, however, the Nuts would return the favor at LoanMart Field this time around over […]