Everyone else is Jealous: Official Dodgers Minor League Thread!

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With the season fast approaching, it's about time we start up the annual minor league thread.
Here are some general organizational rankings.And top 100 prospect lists.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-start-of-2017
http://www.baseballamerica.com/minor...Gmcy1gllSkX.97
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2017-top-100-prospects/
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ar...rticleid=31160
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/...or-league-ball
http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=la

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Feel free to post stat updates or articles on our top prospects as they come out.
For example
http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/articl...creating-buzz/
Apparently, the team is REALLY in love with Buhler despite how few innings he's thrown.
All the time he missed due to TJ really sucked. And I for one at the time was upset they drafted him knowing how bad his arm was and that he would miss basically 2 years. But wtf do I know. It looks like that could be a god send since he would have never fallen to us otherwise.

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This is spring training news and prospect news.

Dodgers 2016 second-round pick Mitch White pitched two scoreless innings against Team Japan on Sunday, allowing only a single. The 22-year-old right-hander out of Santa Clara impressed with three strikeouts. "It was eye-opening to watch him pitch,” Roberts said.

[jaydubb]

Thoughts on bellinger? He's had a hard time in spring training. Might be farther away from the big leagues than I originally thought..

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Thoughts on bellinger? He's had a hard time in spring training. Might be farther away from the big leagues than I originally thought..

We need to keep in mind he only had like 8 games in AAA and the only hitting prospect this organization allowed to bypass AAA was Puig (which was due to special circumstances) everyone else had to play in AAA for a year. That's not a trend I see them reversing going forward, especially with all the depth this organization has.

A lot of people around here just want to rush these shiny prospects to the majors to see what they can do. But the minors are hard for a reason, and there really is nothing wrong with letting guys work on their craft and fix holes in their game in the minors. That's what it's there for, developing players.

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So the minor league season sort of started. We had 2 rain outs. But Bellinger reached based 4 times.

Some players are being held back in extended spring training. Like Immani Abdulla and Yadier Alverez, and Jordan Sheffield.

[LASportsFan1996]

A+ Rancho threw a combined 7 inning no hitter last night ... Last year's 2nd round pick Mitchell White, who has a ton of helium right now, starred for the first 4 innings.


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A+ Rancho threw a combined 7 inning no hitter last night ... Last year's 2nd round pick Mitchell White, who has a ton of helium right now, starred for the first 4 innings.


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He hasn't given up a run yet in the minors. 35k's in 26 innings.

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Taylor Blake Ward

@TaylorBlakeWard

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Walker Buehler has struck out four in-a-row on 16 pitches, fastball up to 98 MPH*#Dodgers

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Taylor Blake Ward

@TaylorBlakeWard

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Walker Buehler done after three innings (47 pitches, 32 strikes); fastball sat 94-98 and touched 99 MPH, good off-speed*#Dodgers

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Taylor Blake Ward

@TaylorBlakeWard

48m

Walker Buehler has struck out four in-a-row on 16 pitches, fastball up to 98 MPH*#Dodgers

Damn!

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Taylor Blake Ward

@TaylorBlakeWard

13m

Walker Buehler done after three innings (47 pitches, 32 strikes); fastball sat 94-98 and touched 99 MPH, good off-speed*#Dodgers

That's not surprising, he doesn't have a ton of experience and is still coming back from TJ so they're slowly working him back in. They'll probably ramp up his pitch count and innings slowly over the course of the season.

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Less heralded prospects.

Brett Eibner followed up his strong spring by going 7 for his last 7, with 3 of those being home runs, a double and an HBP.
Kyle Farmer has been killing it in AA, I wish there was a way for the team to fit both he and Barnes on the bench.
Reliever Ralsoton Cash struck out 5 in 2 innings of work.

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Trevor Oaks had 7 k's in 5 innings last night.

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Organizational filler Willmar Font had 11k's in 5 innings last night.
From truebluela.com

ordan Sheffield made his 2017 debut for Great Lakes, allowing just a run on four hits in his four innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.

Mitch White finally allowed his first hit of the season, he struck out 6 in 5 innings.