After reporting that a two-year extension of the Player Development Contract (PDC) between the Dodgers and the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes was imminent a week ago, the two parties officially announced the extension on Thursday evening prior to the Quakes game at LoanMart Field. The contract extension will run through the 2018 season “The relationship with […]

I absolutely cannot believe it is that time of the year again. That is, time to look at the playoff picture with the Dodgers minor league affiliates. In one month the minor league season will be over. That is one depressing thought, at least for me. In any event, it appears a number of the […]

Right-hander Tony Gonsolin was selected by the Dodgers in the ninth round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Saint Mary’s College, a Division I School in Moraga, California. Gonsolin was born in Vacaville, California and attended high school in Vacaville which is located roughly midway between Sacramento and San Francisco. Following his […]

Left-hander Leonardo Crawford made his debut with the Great Lakes Loons on Sunday, August 7 in an afternoon game against the South Bend Cubs. The native of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua was signed as a free agent on July 2, 2014, the first day of the 2014-15 international signing period, having been discovered by Dodgers scouts […]

First baseman Ibandel Isabel was promoted from the rookie level Ogden Raptors to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class-A Midwest League on Wednesday, June 3. The 6’4”– 225-pound native of Yaguate, Dominican Republic was signed by the Dodgers as a minor league free agent during the 2012-2013 signing period. Now in his fourth year […]

With the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft now two months behind us and with the Dodgers having signed all but 10 of their 42 draft picks, things are finally beginning to settle down in the Dodgers low minors. As is usually the case, kids drafted out of high school generally land with the Arizona Rookie League Dodgers […]

There is no getting around the fact that the loss of Clayton Kershaw has been a devastating blow to the Dodgers. His loss has not only had a huge impact on the NL West standings but it has taxed the Dodgers bullpen to the point where two of their best relievers have landed on the […]

ThinkBlueLA has learned that a two-year Player Development Contract (PDC) extension agreement between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the City of Rancho Cucamonga for the team’s Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes could be nearing completion. Although no exact time frame was given, sources say that the two parties “hope to have something finalized soon.” The yet-to-be-confirmed information comes one day after […]

By the time most minor leaguers reach the Advanced Single-A level every MLB team already has them on their radar and has a book on them. Granted, some of these kids have already been unceremoniously scratched off the respective team’s list of who to watch by their scouting staffs – most, in fact – but the players […]

If you are among those Dodger fans who have little or no interest whatsoever in the franchise’s minor league system you’ve probably never heard the names Edwin Rios or Joey Curletta before. But if you are among those who even remotely follow the Dodgers farm teams, you’ve undoubtedly heard these two names before – especially recently. “They’re the […]