As always, there was some great action over the weekend and we’ve got it covered here on Dodgers Daily.
AAA OKC
Nick Ramirez threw a scoreless inning for AAA OKC on Sunday. He features a sinker, sweeper, change mix, and his sinker hit & sat 86. He threw a very quick Inning, so it didn’t leave a whole lot of data to gather from Sunday & he has just 7 AAA innings, but his ERA with OKC is just 1.80 so far.
Matt Gage threw a scoreless inning for AAA OKC on Sunday & had 2 Ks and a walk. Similar to Ramirez, he also has a very limited sample size (just 3.2 IP) wth AAA OKC, but hasn’t allowed a run yet. His 4 Seam hit 95.5 & he paired that with a cutter, slider & Sinker. His cutter has good swing & miss when he lands it in the strike zone.
Andre Lipcius went yard for the 10th time in 2024 to add to his .317 average, OPS .969. His Home Run was hit 98.9 MPH & traveled 390 very happy feet.
Miguel Vargas had 3 hits on Sunday, including his 13th double & 8th Long Ball of 2024 which was a Grand Slam. The double was hit 103.6 & the HR 97.1. Vargas has his average up to .295, OPS 1.017 & he has 2-3 hit games in his last 4 played.
Austin Gauthier is hitting .474 since his AAA promotion! PCL is hitter friendly because of high altitude locations, but he’s played at OKC & Sugar Land & neither are that. His K% & BB% are identical at AAA & his BB% was 5.5 points higher than K% at AA. His AA WRC+ was 161, and it’s 234 so far with AAA OKC.
AA Tulsa
Ryan Sublette had a very impressive outing on Sunday with 4 Ks in his 2 IP. He also struck out the side in his first inning of work. Sublette has late life on his slider & his Fastball has an explosive last 5 feet or so.
Diego Cartaya had 3 hits Sunday for AA Tulsa, including his 2nd Double & 2nd long ball. He’s off to a slow start, no doubt, and that’s after a rough offensive season last year, but he still has plenty of time & the same talent & elite work process he’s always had, so stay tuned.
Hyun Il Choi got the win for AA Tulsa on Friday! He went 5.1 IP 6 H 2 R 8 Ks 1 BB. Remember, he was the 2021 Dodgers Minor League Pitcher of the Year, missed all off 2022 & most of last year to injury. And, he relies on pitchability, so will take a minute to completely fine tune everything. Starting to give length!
Brendon Davis had 2 hits for AA Tulsa in Friday’s game, including his 6th double of the season. Davis has hits in 4 games in a row & is hitting .393 so far in May, OPS 1.028.
TY had 3 hits for AA Tulsa in the game on last Friday. He also scored 2 runs & stole his 9th bag (Just 51 to go). Young has his average up to .293, OPS .846, has hits in 5 games in a row & he’s 11 for his last 20 with 3 doubles & an HR. He’s hitting .458 so far this month & he’s just gettin’ started.
High A Great Lakes
Signs of a great pitcher are how they handle outings where everything isn’t always perfect. Today, Jared Karros was great on Sunday, but wasn’t as surgical as normal. But, as great ones do, he made BIG pitches to go scoreless and now has 19 scoreless IP in a row. 3 IP 1 H 0 R 4 Ks 3 BB.
Kyle Nevin had 3 hits on Sunday & ALL of them were on the Right Side of the field. Staying inside the ball makes adjustments easier & usually leads to consistency. Kyle Nevin has hits in 22 of the 29 games he’s played in, so how about that for consistency.
You have to watch Dylan Campbell play EVERY day to truly understand how much he can do on a baseball field. As you watch him, you constantly find yourself saying, “I didn’t realize he was that good at …” You name the skill! 10th multi hit game leads the Loons.
Noah Miller had 2 hits for Great Lakes in Fridays game, scored 3 runs & was on base 3 times. Miller has hits in 4 games in a row, has 2 multi hit games in his last 3 & has 4 multi hit games this month in which he’s hitting .313.
Chris Newell went big fly on Friday & made it look effortless! Newell has power to spare & has been reunited with former teammates at Virginia, Jake Gelof & Brandon Neeck. In fact, he & Gelof hit back to back. HR’s in back to back games, 9 total, which leads the Midwest League.
Recently promoted Jake Gelof had 3 hits for Great Lakes on Friday, including a double that tied the game in the bottom of the 10th. Gelof also had a couple of Ribeye’s & now has hits in 7 of his last 8 games.
Really nice start for Jacob Meador on Friday! 4 IP 3 H 1 R 1 K 2 BB FB dotted up well had good carry. Also features a good slider, curve & change. Jacob always does a great job at locating to spots of safety, changing speeds and moving balls off of barrels.
Single A Rancho Cucamonga
Gabe Emmett uses late life on all his pitches, but especially his FB, to induce a TON of weak contact. Good outing for him Friday! 4 IP 1 R 4 H 3 Ks Emmett has had 1 outing go sideways, which, this time of year, affects statistics quite a bit, but the other 4 have been great.
Carlos Rojas does a great job of staying above and over the ball. Lets him make late swing decisions & hit the ball where its pitched. 2 hits & a couple of RBIs Saturday night for the 21 year old Venezuela native, 2nd multi hit game of the month.
Juan Alonso had 2 hits for Rancho on Saturday, an RBI & scored a run. Alonso has a very short & compact, but powerful swing & stays inside the ball very well.
Good outing on Saturday for Lefty Garrett McDaniels for Rancho! 4 IP 6 H 1 R 7 Ks 6 BB Flashed his typical big breaking ball and good fastball & used the top of the zone for swing and miss. Bottom fell out of several pitches & the sweeping action was very good on several as well.
Cam Day had good outing for Rancho after he got settled in! 3 IP 1 H 0 R 3 Ks 2 BB FB had great life and consistently beat bats, especially up in the zone. The late life on ALL of his stuff is a separator for him. Makes swing decisions tough and barreling the ball even tougher.
David Tiburcio threw a scoreless 1.1 innings for Rancho on Friday. Very good hard slider at 86-89, 4 Seam at 94-95, Sinker at 93-94 and changeup at 90-91.
Sean McLain had 2 hits for Rancho Friday night & has hits in back to back games and has a hit in 3 of his last 4. Super talented infielder, looking forward to getting to watch him for a full season, and seeing all the things he can do on a baseball field on a day to day basis.
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