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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
top prospects: dodgers
baseball america's top ten dodgers prospects:
1. Andy LaRoche, 3b
2. Clayton Kershaw, lhp
3. Scott Elbert, lhp
4. James Loney, 1b/of
5. Etanislao Abreu, 2b
6. Ivan DeJesus Jr., ss
7. Jonathan Meloan, rhp
8. Blake DeWitt, 2b/3b
9. Josh Bell, 3b
10. Preston Mattingly, ss
the dodgers still have a very strong system, with some key new additions. they're not nearly as strong as they were last year, though. some guys moved up, and some guys got traded.
last year's list
Career Batting Statistics for Andy LaRoche:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Ogden Pio 20 La Rk 20 1 4 0 1 .048 .800 .063 .211
2004 Columbus SAL 21 La A 246 37 30 13 20 .131 .878 .153 .283
2004 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 222 19 42 10 13 .079 .811 .128 .237
2005 Vero Beach FSL 22 La A+ 251 20 38 21 15 .074 .849 .169 .333
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 22 La AA 229 35 54 9 12 .133 .764 .120 .273
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 23 La AA 232 45 32 9 13 .162 .862 .110 .309
2006 Las Vegas PCL 23 La AAA 203 27 32 10 15 .117 .842 .146 .322
andy laroche has everything: good patience, good contact, good power. he's gonna be a strong contributor or difference maker for a long time.
Career Pitching Statistics for Clayton Kershaw:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2006 GCL Ddgers GCL 18 La Rk 37.0 28 0 5 54 .035 .612 .000 1.95
this guy's one of the new additions. clayton kershaw is a lefty with dominating stuff in every department. those rookie league numbers are retarded. 5 walks. 54 strikeouts. 0 home runs. 37 innings. 18 years old. he should move quickly.
Career Pitching Statistics for Scott Elbert:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2004 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 49.2 47 5 30 45 .133 .770 .033 5.26
2005 Columbus SAL 20 La A 115.0 83 8 57 128 .118 .701 .027 2.66
2006 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 83.2 57 4 41 97 .117 .685 .019 2.37
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA 62.1 40 11 44 76 .162 .665 .073 3.61
scott elbert has been able to strike people out but his control is terrible. i couldn't put him this high on the list until he showed some ability to locate.
Career Batting Statistics for James Loney:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 great flls Pio 18 La Rk 170 27 18 5 25 .137 .894 .197 .371
2002 Vero Beach FSL 18 La A+ 67 6 10 0 6 .082 .851 .105 .299
2003 Vero Beach FSL 19 La A+ 469 44 80 7 34 .086 .829 .105 .276
2004 Jcksnvlle Sou 20 La AA 397 45 75 4 21 .102 .811 .078 .238
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA 510 61 87 11 33 .107 .829 .104 .284
2006 Las Vegas PCL 22 La AAA 372 34 34 8 35 .084 .909 .127 .380
2006 LA Dodgers MLB 22 La MLB 102 9 10 4 11 .081 .902 .163 .284
james loney this is one of my favorite predictions from last year. i said "he's gonna crush the ball in vegas." then he went and hit .380, with a .909 CON and a .127 POW!
unfortunately, success often breeds overaggressiveness, and this seems to have happened, but with that kind of contact and that kind of power, james will be hitting in the majors for a long time.
Career Batting Statistics for Etanislao Abreu:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 GCL Ddgers GCL 18 La Rk 163 16 24 0 12 .089 .853 .086 .294
2003 Vero Beach FSL 18 La A+ 10 1 2 0 0 .091 .800 .000 .000
2004 Columbus SAL 19 La A 362 15 59 8 29 .040 .837 .122 .301
2004 Vero Beach FSL 19 La A+ 44 2 8 0 4 .043 .818 .111 .419
2005 Vero Beach FSL 20 La A+ 398 20 56 4 30 .048 .859 .099 .327
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 20 La AA 97 5 21 0 5 .049 .784 .066 .250
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA 463 42 69 6 27 .083 .851 .084 .287
etanislao abreu became tony abreu on the baseball cube. he showed marked improvement with his patience. he has to improve his power to make it in the bigs.
Career Batting Statistics for Ivan De Jesus:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2005 GCL Ddgers GCL 18 La Rk 121 10 22 0 5 .076 .818 .051 .339
2005 Ogden Pio 18 La Rk 72 9 18 0 1 .111 .750 .019 .208
2006 Columbus SAL 19 La A 490 67 85 1 19 .120 .827 .049 .277
ivan dejesus jr has patience, and can field, but he'll probably never develop the power necessary to make it as a right-handed hitter.
Career Pitching Statistics for John Meloan:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 Arizona NCAA 19 NCA 43.1 37 2 28 40 .144 .760 .016 4.15
2004 Arizona NCAA 20 NCA 92.2 97 17 45 77 .107 .795 .057 4.66
2005 Arizona NCAA 21 NCA 112.0 115 4 58 130 .114 .712 .012 3.70
2005 Ogden Pio 21 La Rk 39.0 30 4 18 54 .109 .633 .043 3.69
2006 Columbus SAL 22 La A 23.1 9 2 7 41 .081 .481 .053 1.54
2006 Vero Beach FSL 22 La A+ 18.0 15 2 4 27 .055 .609 .048 2.50
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 22 La AA 10.2 3 1 5 23 .125 .343 .083 1.69
jonathan meloan had some retarded numbers in 2006. the stint in jacksonville. jesus. so he's good. in the arizona fall league, he had 21 strikeouts and 8 walks in 18 innings.
Career Batting Statistics for Blake DeWitt:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2004 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 300 31 78 12 22 .094 .740 .153 .284
2005 Columbus SAL 20 La A 484 38 79 11 34 .073 .837 .111 .283
2005 Vero Beach FSL 20 La A+ 31 1 3 1 3 .031 .903 .143 .419
2006 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 430 48 79 18 19 .100 .816 .105 .268
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA 104 8 21 1 1 .071 .798 .024 .183
blake dewitt has balanced hitting skills, with patience, contact, and power. if he can stick at second base, he'll be valuable in the majors.
last year, the dodgers had 4 major league third base prospects. now they have one. although moving one to second has to be counted as an upgrade. they traded the other two away.
ned colletti has basically been giving talent away. it may never hurt them, but why take the risk?
Career Batting Statistics for Josh Bell:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2005 GCL Ddgers GCL 18 La Rk 157 21 33 1 8 .118 .790 .073 .318
2006 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 251 24 72 12 20 .087 .713 .179 .308
josh bell is a new third base prospect. he hits the ball real hard. if he learns patience, he'll be something special.
Career Batting Statistics for Preston Mattingly:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2006 GCL Ddgers GCL 19 La Rk 189 10 39 1 15 .050 .794 .107 .290
preston mattingly needs to learn to take a pitch.
that's it for the top ten. kevin goldstein left off abreu and dejesus, which i agree with, and added bryan morris and chin-lung hu.
Career Pitching Statistics for Bryan Morris:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2006 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 59.2 64 3 40 79 .141 .675 .018 5.13
bryan morris had good strikeouts in 2006, but poor control. he had tommy john surgery, so it'll be a while.
Career Batting Statistics for Chin-lung Hu:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 222 14 33 3 14 .059 .851 .090 .305
2004 Columbus SAL 20 La A 334 23 50 6 19 .064 .850 .088 .298
2004 Vero Beach FSL 20 La A+ 75 5 6 0 5 .063 .920 .072 .307
2005 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 472 26 40 8 30 .052 .915 .088 .313
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 22 La AA 490 53 63 5 22 .098 .871 .063 .254
chin-lung hu really improved his walk rate, which is good. the only thing you'd like to see is the power.
at this point he looks like a very useful backup.
let's talk about delwyn young.
Career Batting Statistics for Delwyn Young:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 great flls Pio 20 La Rk 240 31 60 10 19 .114 .750 .161 .300
2003 S. Georgia SAL 21 La A 447 44 87 15 45 .090 .805 .167 .323
2004 Vero Beach FSL 22 La A+ 474 64 134 22 39 .119 .717 .179 .281
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 23 La AA 375 30 86 16 26 .074 .771 .145 .296
2005 Las Vegas PCL 23 La AAA 160 9 35 4 12 .053 .781 .128 .325
2006 Las Vegas PCL 24 La AAA 537 45 104 18 43 .077 .806 .141 .273
2006 LA Dodgers MLB 24 La MLB 6 0 1 0 0 .000 .833 .000 .000
i guess prospect hounds stopped talking about him, but the kid has talent. he's got lots of power, and it's amazing that he makes any contact at all considering how much he swings. that's the sad thing. it's sad to see a kid with so much talent throw his career away by swinging at everything. you see it all the time.
few more.
Career Pitching Statistics for Carlos Alvarez:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 GCL Ddgers GCL 18 La Rk 26.1 19 3 12 26 .109 .735 .042 2.05
2004 Ogden Pio 19 La Rk 30.1 29 5 5 38 .040 .683 .061 3.26
2004 Columbus SAL 19 La A 21.2 31 5 8 32 .077 .667 .078 6.65
2005 Columbus SAL 20 La A 38.2 24 0 12 63 .079 .550 .000 0.93
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 20 La AA 38.1 38 4 16 31 .095 .797 .033 3.99
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 21 La AA 55.1 49 7 14 55 .061 .744 .044 2.93
carlos alvarez had very good results in 2006. he was retarded in 2005.
Career Batting Statistics for Cory Dunlap:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2004 Ogden Pio 20 La Rk 247 70 40 7 19 .221 .838 .126 .351
2005 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 437 68 64 7 25 .135 .854 .086 .291
2006 Vero Beach FSL 22 La A+ 288 91 69 14 15 .240 .760 .132 .261
2006 Las Vegas PCL 22 La AAA 5 1 2 0 0 .167 .600 .000 .250
cory dunlap has incredible patience and good power. i heard someone say dh somewhere. that could certainly work.
Career Batting Statistics for Xavier Paul:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Ogden Pio 18 La Rk 269 36 58 7 21 .118 .784 .133 .307
2004 Columbus SAL 19 La A 472 59 127 9 32 .111 .731 .119 .262
2005 Vero Beach FSL 20 La A+ 290 36 81 7 18 .110 .721 .120 .247
2006 Vero Beach FSL 21 La A+ 471 42 114 13 26 .082 .758 .109 .285
xavier paul made improvements in the contact department last year. if he learns to be patient and keeps working, he can make it.
Career Pitching Statistics for Justin Orenduff:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2002 George Was NCAA 19 NCA 59.0 38 0 19 78 .081 .637 .000 1.68
2003 VA Commonw NCAA 20 NCA 95.0 70 8 26 120 .068 .662 .034 2.27
2004 VA Commonw NCAA 21 NCA 100.0 84 4 34 129 .081 .664 .016 2.43
2004 Ogden Pio 21 La Rk 43.2 46 4 25 57 .124 .678 .033 4.74
2005 Vero Beach FSL 22 La A+ 60.1 35 3 26 81 .107 .625 .022 2.24
2005 Jcksnvlle Sou 22 La AA 66.1 59 6 24 65 .085 .748 .031 4.07
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 23 La AA 50.1 40 4 19 54 .090 .717 .029 3.40
justin orenduff has good numbers across the board. he's got decent walk rates, decent contact rates, and decent home run percentages. he can do well.
Career Pitching Statistics for Mark Alexander:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2001 missouri NCAA 20 NCA 5.0 10 1 1 5 .038 .800 .050 10.80
2002 missouri NCAA 21 NCA 7.0 16 0 3 10 .075 .730 .000 15.43
2003 missouri NCAA 22 NCA 19.1 18 2 5 22 .062 .711 .037 5.12
2004 missouri NCAA 23 NCA 54.2 50 4 18 59 .078 .724 .026 2.14
2004 Ogden Pio 23 La Rk 34.0 30 4 8 37 .057 .720 .042 2.65
2005 Vero Beach FSL 24 La A+ 65.1 64 6 23 91 .081 .650 .036 3.03
2006 Jcksnvlle Sou 25 La AA 47.0 26 2 13 72 .072 .569 .021 0.96
2006 Las Vegas PCL 25 La AAA 14.1 11 0 10 13 .156 .759 .000 3.14
mark alexander's stint in jacksonville last year was mental retardation. he got a little case of the walkies in vegas but vegas is not a place for pitchers. he should be successful in the majors.
dodgers dodgers dodgers dodgers dodgers. that's the dodgers.
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