The Dodgers started game action yesterday against the Cubs, and although the scoreboard wasn’t pretty, there was a lot of good action.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto got the start and flashed his devastating splitter, his cutter and his fastball was up to 97. Spring Training is all about the process, and one thing Dave was hoping to get from Yamamoto was and up/down. Meaning he had to pitch, sit, get back up then pitch again. So the amount of pitches he threw in the 2nd inning was way less important than the fact that he had to throw pitches after an up/down.
Spring Training is awesome!
Ryan Sublette Sighting!
If you watched our last Down on the Farm on Dodgers Dawgs, Sub was the 1st prospect we covered, and for good reason, he has a lot of potential. Super talented 3/4 slot who, despite the arm angle still stays behind the ball and gets all the benefits of spin rate.
Big year for the former Texas Tech Red Raider!
Eddie Rosario…Welcome to the Dodgers! Dude went yard in his 1st at bat. He’s been with the Braves the last 2 years, was with Minnesota the 6 years before that, and was signed by the Dodgers this off-season to a Minor League contract.
Major League experience, Minor League contract, that’s a classic Dodgers move on the margins. And, as we always like to point out, the Dodgers spend, but they also do the best on the margins. And, without the excellent work on the margins, they would not be anywhere near having built the type of roster they have.
Atta Baby Feddy!
Hunter Feduccia got a hit in his 1st AB of ST, and, if you follow the system much, it should come as no surprise. Feduccia has been good for a long time, but on this roster, there just aren’t very many opportunities. As a result, the dude just goes to work every day and keeps getting better.
Mad respect for this dude!
From Lake Charles, played for legend Glen Cecchino at Barbe HS, went to LSU Eunice, then transferred to LSU. Shaped his body, kept getting better, and made himself a Major Leaguer.
If you can’t root for Feddy, you don’t have blood in your veins.
Talk about Scary! Bobby Miller is one tough sumbuck. Dude got centered by a 106 mph line drive and walked off on his own power. Wow!
First look at Justin Jarvis who the Dodgers signed in the offseason. Jarvis made it to AAA with Syracuse, the AAA affiliate of the Mets, and chose Free Agency after his 6th year in the Minor Leagues.
He was in the International League in AAA, then wasn’t in the Texas League in AA, and I’m sure I saw him when he was with Wisconsin in the Midwest at High A in 2021 but don’t remember it.
So, yesterday was my first time ever getting to see him pitch, and super excited about that. He’s listed on the AAA OKC roster, so excited to see more and more of him pitch.
To be very clear as well, I could care less about “results” when it comes to Spring Training. Just excited to see these guys get their “process” started.
While Ryan Sublette was our 1st prospect on our last Down on the Farm, Antonio Knowles was our 2nd. Like a pitcher, that’s called good “sequencing”, lol.
Antonio is a very talented young man who grew up in Key West, and then ended up in College at Stetson, after a stint in Juco. He spent all of last year in AA and is known to go on long heaters.
His mix revolves around his slider, which is a GREAT pitch, but he also knows how to get in on hitters, especially with the cutter to lefties, and sinkers to righties.
Tones, as he’s known, is an absolutely elite human being, and has a ton of potential. I would assume, in most other organizations, he’d already be a Major Leaguer and having success. Not gonna hide it, he’s one of my favorites to root for.
We have a lot of content on him, interviews, feature articles and more if you want to know more about him.
Giovanny Gallegos has 335.2 MLB innings and signed with the Dodgers on a Minor League contract in the off-season. Another classic Dodgers transaction on the margin, that easily could pay off.
Like Nabil Crismatt or Dinelson Lamet last year! I keep harping on it, but those types of situations get overshadowed by the movie star type Celebrity of this roster, but they absolutely make a difference.
Gallegos features a right turn with his change-up, a left turn with his slider, and a 4-seam in the 92 range.
Matt Sauer got Major League experience last year with the Royals but chose Free Agency after his 7th year in professional baseball. Yet another pitcher that will likely start in OKC that has Major League experience, and is on a Minor League Contract.
I haven’t seen a lot of him, excited to see more, but is listed as having a 4 Seam, slider, Curveball, Sinker, and Split. 4 Seam and Slider are the 2 primary pitches.
We covered Jose Hernandez on our last Down of the Farm too. Hernandez was hitting 99 in the Dodgers system back in 2022, then was taken by the Pirates in the Rule 5 Draft after that season, and spent 2023 on their MLB roster.
He came back to the Dodgers last summer, worked some mechanics to get back to the form he had last time he was in the system, and is looking to make an impact this year.
Rough outing today, but nothing to take from being the 1st time out, and he’s a very talented lefty, who is used to throwing high-leverage innings.
Sam Carlson was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2017 Draft, so he has some pretty loud tools, as he showed today. Fastball explodes and rides in on righties pretty hard, and his bullet-shaped slider is a tight left turn.
He had Tommy John surgery in 2018 and hasn’t put it back together enough yet to make his MLB debut, but he has some fairly loud stuff.
Carlson’s tools, plus the Dodgers pitching instruction could be a good marriage. Stay tuned, super excited to watch his progress as he gets more experience in the system.
Griffin Lockwood Powell….Let’s Go! GLP, Lock, Griff, whatever you want to call him, he was another one we covered on our last Down on the Farm on Dodgers Dawgs. He’s a really good ball player who grew up in South Dakota, went to Central Michigan, went undrafted, and has worked his ass off to get a Non-Roster invite to Spring Training.
Lock is a big dude, but centers his hitting approach with the opposite field gap to “stay on” the ball, which is an approach that allows him to hit “gap to gap”.
Griffin catches, plays 1st base, can play the outfield, drive the bus, mow the infield, could definitely manage, or anything other thing a club might need him to do.
Easy one to root for, that’s for sure!
Next Up
The Dodgers and Cubs play each other again today and just flip locations. The game will be at the Cubs Spring Training location and will start at 12:05 Pacific. Tony Gonsolin is scheduled to get the ball, so super excited to see him back in action.
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