The Dodgers have gotten to the purpose the place any 12 months that does not finish with a World Sequence championship is a disappointment. So profitable 100 video games for the fourth consecutive full season and making the playoffs for the eleventh straight time in 2023 certified as a result of the Diamondbacks swept them within the NLDS, leaving them with out a postseason victory for the primary time since 2012.
They nonetheless stay the mannequin group when it comes to profitable within the Majors whereas persistently churning out high quality expertise within the Minors, doing it higher than anybody has for the reason that Braves of the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s. Final 12 months alone, Los Angeles graduated High 100 Prospects Bobby Miller, Miguel Vargas and Emmet Sheehan to the Majors together with James Outman, who completed third within the Nationwide League Rookie of the 12 months balloting.
The system stays sturdy, albeit radically totally different from a 12 months in the past. Ten of the primary 19 prospects from our 2023 preseason Dodgers High 30 since have shed their prospect standing or been traded.
Los Angeles has simply two High 100 Prospects, matching its lowest whole within the final decade, and one in all them (right-hander Nick Frasso) might miss this season following shoulder surgical procedure. However the Dodgers do have a pair of outfielders with potent bats (Andy Pages, Josue De Paula), one other wave of nearly-ready arms (River Ryan, Gavin Stone, Kyle Harm) and loads of younger expertise stacked up behind them. Additionally they replenish their system by masterfully buying and selling for prospects whereas contending, which is how they landed Frasso, Ryan and Harm prior to now and left-hander Jackson Ferris, outfielder Zyhir Hope and shortstops Trey Sweeney and Noah Miller this offseason.
Listed here are the gamers whose ranks modified probably the most from the 2023 preseason listing to the 2024 preseason listing:
Bounce: Kyle Harm, RHP (2023: NR | 2024: 7)He may need the perfect stuff of any Dodgers pitching prospect however by no means harnessed it earlier than 2023, when he was the group’s Minor League pitcher of the 12 months and made his massive league debut.
Fall: Yeiner Fernandez, C/2B (2023: 16 | 2024: 28)He is nonetheless a viable prospect with bat-to-ball abilities and weird versatility for a catcher, however he profiles extra as a reserve than a daily.
Gamers are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale for future instruments – 20-30 is effectively under common, 40 is under common, 50 is common, 60 is above common and 70-80 is effectively above common. Gamers in parentheses have the identical grade.
Hit: 60 — Josue De PaulaPower: 60 — Andy PagesRun: 80 — Kendall GeorgeArm: 70 — Jose Ramos (Andy Pages)Protection: 65 — Noah MillerFastball: 70 — Nick FrassoCurveball: 60 — Maddux Bruns (Jackson Ferris, Hyun-Seok Jang, River Ryan)Slider: 60 — River Ryan (Maddux Bruns, Hyun-Seok Jang, Ronan Kopp, Payton Martin)Changeup: 70 — Gavin StoneControl: 55 — Landon Knack
How they have been builtDraft: 9 | Worldwide: 13 | Commerce: 7 | NDFA: 1
Breakdown by ETA2024: 6 | 2025: 9 | 2026: 6 | 2027: 5 | 2028: 3 | 2029: 1
Breakdown by positionC: 4 | 3B: 3 | SS: 4 | OF: 7 | RHP: 8 | LHP: 4
