‘Attitude is Everything’ “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important […]

Should Great Lakes Loons pitching coach Bobby Cuellar ever decide to write his memoirs, he most likely would include the 2016 season as one of his most interesting and rewarding. Keep in mind that he was also a pitching coach for former Cy Young winners Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez, as well as All-Star Johan Santana. […]

Being select for the annual Arizona Fall League (AFL) is among the highest honors that a young baseball prospect can receive. It is a collection of the best of the best prospects from each of the 30 MLB teams and the number of former AFL alumni who have gone on to eventually make it to the […]

Among the Dodgers top prospects helping out at last weekend’s Winter Youth Baseball Camp at Dodger Stadium was 2015 first-round draft pick Walker Buehler. Dodger fans may recall that shortly after being selected by the Dodgers as the 24th-overall pick, the (now) 22-year-old Crestview Hills, Kentucky native underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow – […]

Baseball America has announced that the Dodgers have signed former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tyler Holt to a minor league contract. Holt had been outrighted by the Reds to the Louisville Bats of the International League in October and then released by the Bats. The right-handed hitting 27-year-old native of Marion, Indiana was selected by the […]

While following the minor league teams during the past season I naturally followed the high draft picks that the Dodgers have made in the last three years or so. It was relatively easy to see why their farm system is now ranked at or near the top of the pack. There is a new wave […]

The Arizona Fall League functions as a replacement for the winter leagues that flourish in Latin America following the regular minor league baseball season in North America. The AFL has gained a reputation as a league where Major League Baseball’s elite prospects go head-to-head for a six and one-half week span in October and November. […]

The Dodgers did not select any players in the MLB portion of the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday morning, nor did they lose any. That was not a very well hidden secret as they had not cleared a spot on the 40-man roster which would have at least made them eligible to participate in the […]

While waiting for things to happen with the Dodgers at the winter meetings I decided to have a look to see what has happened with the Dodgers full season minor league affiliates since the 2016 season ground to a halt. It certainly was not a surprise here that Minor League Baseball was recently named the […]

The Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) have announced that they will host a Dodger Youth Camp Series, which will feature instruction from 10 Dodger minor league prospects including first-round picks Walker Buehler, Gavin Lux, and Will Smith, and 2016 Arizona Fall League All-Stars Willie Calhoun and Alex Verdugo. The Dodger Youth Camp […]