If you’ve ever been to Camelback Ranch in Glendale, AZ to witness Spring Training up close and personal (or Dodgertown in Vero Beach before that) and wandered over to the minor league side of camp, you have undoubtedly seen him. He’s tall and lean and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. His […]

A few months before the start of the 2021 Minor League Baseball season, some changes were announced that would take place in different leagues and divisions. Within the Low A West, home of the Dodgers affiliated Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, two big changes were slated to come into play. The first change affected all of Low […]

His name is Diego Cartaya, and if you are a baseball fan – more specifically, a Dodger fan – it would behoove you to remember his name. Cartaya is a 19-year-old right-handed hitting and throwing catcher who was signed by the Dodgers as a free agent on July 2, 2018 – as a 16-year-old. In […]

The Dodgers have won seven consecutive games and 11 of their last 12, with a combination of strong pitching and an offense that is finally performing to expectations. Yet, to the likely dismay of the other National League teams, they are expected to soon enhance the active roster with the return of several key players. […]

Since 1993, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have been a team in Minor League Baseball’s (MiLB) California League. The Advanced Single-A California League has been an MiLB staple since 1941. But 2021 brings about all kinds of changes, with one of the biggest being changes to the league itself. In 1941, the league was classified as […]

Evaluating a pitcher after only 3.1 Major League Spring Training innings pitched is both risky and foolish. …or is it? On June 10, 2020, the Dodgers selected 21-year-old right-hander Bobby Miller in the first round of the 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Louisville as the 29th overall pick. Due to […]

Major League Baseball defines NRI as: A non-roster invite (NRI) is an invitation for a player who is not on a club’s 40-man roster to attend Major League camp in Spring Training and compete for a roster spot. Clubs can extend NRIs to their upper-level Minor Leaguers and also include NRIs in Minor League contracts […]

One of the beautiful things about Spring Training is that fans get an opportunity to see young players and prospects in live-game action that they otherwise might not have. One of the not so beautiful things about Spring Training is that if Spring Training games are tied at the conclusion of the predetermined number of […]

The writing was on the wall when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced early last season that he planned to eliminate 40 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) affiliates. Sure enough, baseball’s Antichrist did exactly that and more … a LOT more. In addition to cutting teams, Manfred also restructured and, in some cases, completely eliminated several well-established […]

The Dodgers have announced their 2021 non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training, including 16 pitchers, three catchers, 10 infielders, and two outfielders.   The group of 31 non-roster invitees that will be at Major League camp are: Pitchers (16) RHP Josiah Gray RHP Michael Grove RHP Landon Knack RHP Nolan Long RHP Jose Martinez RHP Bobby […]