The Dodgers may see limited action in the upcoming international signing period. The action will be limited compared to the 2015-2016 signing period for the team. That is, the Dodgers – along with the Giants, Cubs, and Royals – are serving two-year $300,000 plus signing bans that began with the 2016-17 international signing period. Those […]

With the MLB non-waiver trade deadline rapidly approaching, Dodger (and baseball) fans are glued to their smartphones checking Twitter by the hour – if not by the minute – for the latest trade reports and rumors. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, you are well aware that […]

This year, like the Dodgers, the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have something special going for them. They are loaded with talent and many of their players have the potential to become big leaguers. In an article written recently in the LA Times, this Quakes team may be among the best ever and has six […]

The Dodgers minor league development plan has gained a bit of a reputation for moving young players along quickly and challenging them at the next level. That philosophy was on full display on Thursday evening when the Great Lakes Loons visited the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Twenty-year-old Imani Abdullah started for the Loons and was limited […]

The Dodgers, a bit surprisingly, selected outfielder Jeren Kendall in the first round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft. The surprising part was that early in the most recent college season, Kendall was projected in most mock drafts to go among the top five selections, often projected as first overall. His draft stock fluctuated up […]

Chances are that one week ago most Dodger fans living outside of Midland, Michigan – population 41,957 and home to the Dodgers Low Single-A affiliate Great Lakes Loons – had never heard the name Keibert Ruiz (pronounced “Kay-bear). Chances also are that after Monday night’s exciting come-from-behind 4-3 walk-off win by the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate […]

Dodger fans who follow this site regularly are well aware that we have been closely following Dodgers right-handed pitching prospect Walker Buehler since the Dodgers selected the (then) 20-year-old Lexington, Kentucky native in the first round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Vanderbilt University. What made Buehler’s selection noteworthy at the time […]

It was a head-scratcher for a few days but the mystery behind the movement of several catchers within the Dodgers minor league system has been solved. Unfortunately, the news is not all good. Last Sunday the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes announced that top ranked Dodgers catching prospect Will Smith had been promoted to the Double-A Tulsa […]

There is absolutely no disputing that Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig was the hero in Friday night’s exciting and extremely intense 6-4 Dodgers win over the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. After all, it was his 412-foot three-run blast with two outs in the top of the ninth inning with the Dodgers down to their […]

  *  *  *  UPDATED: July 15, 2017  *  *  * Dodger fans who simply could not go two days without baseball after the 2017 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday were fortunate enough to have the franchise’s Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to lean on. And those that did witnessed some interesting player movements over […]