Although there have been no official announcements yet regarding the Dodgers minor league assignments, tweets are beginning to come in from players regarding their respective assignments. Here’s what we’ve got so far (and there are undoubtedly many more out there in the Twittersphere): ThinkBlueLA has also learned that Quakes playoff heroes Cody Bellinger and Jacob Scavuzzo […]

Dodgers fans, well, veteran Dodger fans that is, will remember that left-hander Dennis Powell played with the Dodgers in the mid-eighties. He first pitched for the Dodgers as a 21-year old in 1985 and after one more season in Dodger Blue he was traded to the Seattle Mariners in a trade for pitcher Matt Young. […]

Outfielder Mitch Hansen was selected by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2015 First Year Player draft out of Plano High School in Plano,Texas. Being picked by the Dodgers with their 67th overall selection was a bit of a surprise as they had chosen two college pitchers with their first two selections – […]

Right-hander J.D. Underwood was selected by the Dodgers in the fifth round of the 2013 First Year Player Draft out of Palm Beach Community College in Lake Worth, Florida. He was born in Coral Springs, Florida and attended school at Palm Beach Gardens High School before starting his collegiate career. Underwood, son of former major […]

In mid-December the Dodgers announced their minor league managers for the 2016 season. To conclude that there was a shake up in the managerial ranks would be an understatement. Bill Haselman moved from his league championship year with the High A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League to take over the reins of the […]

The youngest player selected by the Dodgers in the 2015 First Year Player Draft was right-handed pitcher Jason Bilous who was 17-years of age when he was picked in the 29th round of the draft. He was recovering from Tommy John surgery and didn’t expect to get drafted although he had set a signing price. […]

The Dodgers signed 34 of their 42 picks in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft by the signing deadline on July 17 including their first overall selection – Walter Buehler – on the last signing day. The big disappointment was that they were unable to sign Kyle Funkhouser chosen with the 35th overall pick. […]

In the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft last June, the Dodgers selected Kyle Funkhouser out of the University of Louisville with their supplemental first-round pick, 35th overall. That was the highest draft selection ever by a Louisville Cardinal but not as high as expected by many – including Funkhouser. Upon the advice of his […]

On December 21, 2015 the Dodgers announced their minor league managers for the upcoming season. There were three new faces among the group including 32-year old Drew Saylor who takes over the reins of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A+ California League. Saylor – born in Barberton, Ohio – became a Wadsworth High […]

It doesn’t seem possible that three years have passed since I watched Trouble With The Curve. I certainly enjoyed it more than The Perfect Storm and the Clint Eastwood production created its own perfect storm for me. I love baseball, appreciate and value the work done by baseball scouts, and I am a huge Clint […]