also, DeLuca is absolutely mashing. a top 20 prospect in the system to start the year, but if I had to guess, he is in the top 10 now. We need the OF depth
Good series, y'all. Would love a Yankees/Dodgers World Series. Unfortunately I like your odds to get there way more than ours.
Some good ball in the series. Miller seems to be the next one. What a machine this organization has turned into.
I'm taking the Karros approach that he employed during his playing days... "It's only early June, nothing to worry about."
sure, but losses like that didn't used to happen when the dodgers had a competent bullpen. wasting a lot of Ws set up by this explosive offense. especially hurts when Thor gets on the bump the next day. hopefully the pen gets some arms back over the next few weeks and can sort out what is needed from the trade deadline
from Rosenthal We’ve seen glimpses of the Dodgers’ first wave of young pitching, from Bobby Miller to Gavin Stone, Ryan Pepiot to Michael Grove. Well, another wave is coming behind them, and club officials are gushing over the potential of that group. How’s this for dominance? Through Sunday, the Dodgers’ rotation at Double-A Tulsa had a 2.30 ERA, according to STATS Perform. The next closest team in the Texas League was San Antonio at 3.81. Every other club was at 4.92 or above. Yes, the Dodgers possess greater financial resources than most clubs, but their major-league success routinely forces them into low draft positions. The Tulsa rotation is a testament to their scouting, player development and shrewd trading, not their financial might. The highest pick of the six Tulsa starters was Landon Knack, a second-rounder who went 60th overall in 2020. Nick Nastrini was a fourth-rounder in 2021, Emmet Sheehan a sixth-rounder that same year. The other three members of the rotation came in minor trades — River Ryan from the Padres for Matt Beaty, Kyle Hurt from the Marlins in the Dylan Floro deal, Nick Frasso from the Blue Jays in the Mitch White exchange. Not all of these pitchers will end up stars. Some might not even make it to the majors. But the group’s current strength gives the Dodgers potential depth not only for their major-league club, but also potential capital for trades. Under Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers frequently have moved young pitching at the deadline, and rarely been burned. Frankie Montas, Dean Kremer and Josiah Gray are the only former Dodgers pitching prospects to achieve major-league success, and each was part of a package that brought back high-level players — Montas went to the A’s for Rich Hill and Josh Reddick, Kremer to the Orioles for Manny Machado, Gray to the Nationals for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner. The Dodgers might not want to part with better prospects at the deadline if the available talent is as meager as many executives fear. But however the Dodgers play it, they are once again well-positioned for the future.