His name is Miguel Vargas. He is 18 years old and is the son of 53-year-old Lazaro Vargas, who played 22 years for the Havana Industriales in Cuba’s Serie Nacional and won two Olympic gold medals while a member of the Cuban national team. So revered was Lazaro Vargas in his homeland, he was featured on the country’s 15 […]

It’s no secret that Dodgers top pitching prospect Dustin May has been and continues to be the focal point of trade talks by interested teams as the July 31 trade deadline is rapidly approaching. It’s also no secret that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Farhan Zaidi, and the entire player development […]

It’s certainly understandable that nearly all of the buzz among Dodger fans over the past month and a half has been about Max Muncy, Matt Kemp, Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson, and the rest of the homer-happy Dodgers offense. Add to that the fact that Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda, Rich Hill, and Alex Wood are […]

The Dodgers have acquired right-handed pitcher Dylan Floro, minor-league right-handed pitcher Zach Neal and international signing bonus pool space from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for minor league right-handed pitchers James Marinan and Aneurys Zabala. Floro has made 25 relief appearances with the Reds this season, going 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA (11 ER/36.1 IP) and […]

When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts informed the media that right-hander Walker Buehler had been optioned to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga last Friday, it raised a few eyebrows. Generally, in fact nearly always, when a Dodger player is still under team control and has options remaining, he is sent back down to Triple-A Oklahoma City, not Single-A […]

It’s never an easy thing for a general manager or, in the Dodgers case, a general manager and a president of baseball operations to do – designate a player for assignment. In essence, they are saying ‘Thanks, but you no longer fit our program.’ For some, it opens the door to a fresh start with […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) in partnership with the Dodgers, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes will host a Community Service Day at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 25 at LoanMart Field (8408 Rochester Ave.) in Rancho Cucamonga. Dodgers alumni Lee Lacy and Derrel Thomas along with players from the Dodgers’ […]

Much like the Dodgers themselves, the franchise’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes got off to a slow start. In fact, they finished the first month of the 2018 season with an 11-14 record and, at one point during April, lost five in a row. Interestingly enough, however, is that 11 of those first 25 […]

It’s one of those things that, unless you follow the Dodgers minor league affiliates closely, it pretty much flew under the radar. But if you are indeed one of those who do, it is akin to the Dodgers (heaven forbid) losing Justin Turner, or Max Muncy, or even Matt Kemp. During Tuesday night’s thrilling game […]

Pitching rehab assignments should always be taken with a grain of salt. After all, we’re talking about major leaguers pitching against kids who, for the most part, are all under 22 years of age and who have never seen major league pitching, except perhaps during spring training. But the simple truth is that a fastball […]