One week ago today, Dodgers 2016 first-round draft pick Will Smith was named as the highly competitive California League’s Player of the Week, representing the franchise’s Advance Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. All the 22-year-old Louisville, Kentucky native and former University of Louisville Cardinals catcher did was post a week that included going 11-for-25 at the plate (.440) […]

Along with death and taxes, there’s another absolute in life – there is no such thing as a guaranteed win at The Hangar – the home ballpark of the Colorado Rockies Advanced Single-A affiliate Lancaster JetHawks – especially when the wind is blowing; and it is always blowing there. On Sunday afternoon, the Dodgers Advanced […]

The Dodgers have played exactly 23 games thus far in the 2017 season. And while there are many who buy into that “It’s still early” thing (of which I do not), 23 games out of a 162-game season represents 14.2 percent of the entire regular season. In other words, the Dodgers are 10 games away from […]

Fans who attended (or listened to) last Friday night’s Advanced Single-A game between the Dodgers affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and the Angels affiliate Inland Empire 66ers not only got to witness (or hear) an extremely exciting and well-played game, they also got a glimpse at who the Dodgers’ future catcher might be. Although the first place […]

On Saturday, April 21, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes – the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate – took on the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels). The game was an offensive display from Quakes in which they put up seven total runs, three of them by way of the long ball. Aside from the power showcase, Quakes manager Drew […]

Dodgers top pitching prospect and the organization’s number two overall ranked prospect Yadier Alvarez made his 2017 debut with the team’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes against the Lancaster JetHawks (Rockies) on Monday night at The Hangar in Lancaster. It did not go well. “I felt from a fastball perspective he did a pretty […]

  *  *  *  UPDATE: April 17, 2017 at 10:30 am  *  *  * It was one of those things that make you say “Huh…” Prior to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes home opener last Thursday evening, I received a text message from my good friend David Owen, who is a huge Rancho Cucamonga Quakes fan […]

When the Dodgers selected (then) 20-year-old Walker Buehler in the first round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Vanderbilt University, they did so knowing that there was a good chance that the Crestview Hills, Kentucky native might require Tommy John surgery. “It was no certain thing when we drafted him that he would need [surgery]” Dodgers […]

After a 3-4 start on a seven-game road  trip through Stockton and Inland Empire, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes returned home to LoanMart Field for their home opener on Thursday evening. “Happy to be home. It was a week long [road trip] but it felt like it was a month long,” said Quakes manager Drew Saylor […]

Early in the season the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League are experiencing a bit of a drought at the plate in critical situations. They need someone to get hot or else add a hot bat. Now it is a bit early in the season to classify the dry spell at the plate as […]