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Arizona League Dodgers begin season on winning note

The Arizona League Dodgers began their season with an offensive outburst on Saturday downing the AZL White Sox 10-1 on nine hits and aided by seven walks by White Sox pitchers. Five Dodgers pitchers held the White Sox to five hits with Joel Toribio picking up his first professional win. The 6’6” right-hander spent all […]

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Cody has a multi-home run game – but not the Cody you’re thinking of

A Dodger named Cody had a multi-home run game on Friday afternoon but it wasn’t Cody Bellinger and it wasn’t your typical multi-home run game. Allow me to explain. It all started on Thursday evening at Dow Diamond in Midland Michigan when Dodgers outfield prospect Cody Thomas slugged a solo home run in the second […]

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Urias to undergo shoulder surgery

As a surprise to no one, at least not to those who have been closely monitoring the news that Dodgers top left-handed pitching prospect Julio Urias had been flown to Los Angeles to have his ailing left shoulder examined by renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neil ElAttrache, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman confirmed on […]

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Have a day, Scott Barlow

Okay I admit it, I’m a huge Scott Barlow fan, not only because he, Trevor Oaks and former Dodgers farm hand Chase De Jong led the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (with a lot of help from current Dodgers rookie phenom Cody Bellinger) to the 2015 California League Championship, but also because the right-hander grew up in my […]

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Quakes DJ Peters named Cal League Player of the Week for second time

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes outfielder and Southern California native DJ Peters has been named the California League Player of the Week for the second time this season, this time for the week of June 12-18. He was also the league’s Player of the Week for April 24-30. “It’s an absolute honor and blessing knowing that all of […]

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Jose Miguel Fernandez named Texas League Player of the Week

The Tulsa Drillers are starting to get a lock on Player of the Week awards in the Texas League. For the fourth time in 2017 a Driller has claimed the award. The Texas League has announced that Driller infielder Jose Miguel Fernandez is the recipient of the award for the period of June 12-18. Previous […]

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Dodgers outfield prospect Carlos Rincon wins Midwest League Home Run Derby

Great Lakes Loons outfielder Carlos Rincon was signed as an international free agent by the Dodgers in 2015. The native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic was signed for $350,000. Rincon split his time in 2016 equally between the DSL Dodgers and the AZL Dodgers, playing 26 games at each level. With the DSL […]

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Ogden Raptors kick off the 2017 season

The Ogden Raptors are the Dodgers Rookie League team in the Pioneer League. The Raptors are an advanced rookie team that became affiliated with the Dodgers in 2003. Prior to that, the Ogden team was an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Ogden, with a population of about 83,000, claims to be the oldest settlement in […]

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Chris Cotton – The new Sheriff in town

On Friday, June 16 left-hander Chris Cotton was assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League by the Dodgers. Cotton had been released by the Houston Astros on March 23 and signed by the Dodgers on April 11. The Shreveport, Louisiana native graduated from Byrd High School in 2009 where as a senior […]

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Quakes control their own destiny for playoff berth

It’s one of the many things that make Minor League Baseball so incredibly fun to follow – having the season divided into two separate halves which, in turn, means that teams can qualify for a playoff berth through either half. Ideally, a team would prefer to qualify for the postseason in the first half so […]

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