AAA OKC Comets
The Dodgers’ AAA affiliate just finished a series with Round Rock wher they went 4-2. They hit 7 home runs in the game Saturday Night, and Michael Chavis has been named the PCL Player of the week.
Bobby Miller turned in a good start tonight for AAA OKC.
2.1IP 2H 0R 3BB 4K
The 3 walks aren’t ideal, but the bottom line is he didn’t allow a run, and that’s the name of the game.
Miller split time fairly evenly between his 4 Seam and has Sinker and didn’t throw an impressively high amount of strikes with any pitch other than his curveball.
Here’s the Zone % for each pitch type he threw tonight. 4 Seam 41% Sinker 33% Slider 36% Curveball 67% Change 50%
His 4 Seam & Sinker both touched 99, and both averaged a combined 28 inches of movement, which is mind-boggling to think of from a trackman perspective. Sinker got hit, 4 Seam, on average, didn’t.
Miller is a talent that you keep giving the ball to and play the waiting game until the execution catches up with the raw insanity of his stuff. Here’s every pitch of his 2nd inning. All of them, both the good and the bad.
Evan Phillips had had a couple of rocky rehab outings, but he was always closer than you might think. His last outing with OKC shows just that with his scoreless 1 inning, and, although a couple got loose on him, his sweeper was very good.
The 4 Seam was 94! It was a good outing, one outing closer to hopping back into the LA bullpen! Here’s every pitch of his outing.
Ryan Ward can rake! Wardo continued his hot start to 2025, bangin’ out 2 hits again Saturday night to register his 5th multi-hit game of the season. Ward is hitting .380, OPS .959 & is 6 for his last 16.
It was a fun moment, Ward led off the 9th with a hit, then Dean pinch ran for him and stole a base in the FIRST PITCH. Let Wardo hit, and let Dean run. That’s a pretty good plan there from Henny, the OKC manager.
Dean had 61 stolen bases last year and has 215 in his Minor League career. Those stats are courtesy of the MiLB broadcast.
James Outman had 2 home runs Saturday night for AAA OKC, and they were both to dead center. There is a lot to like about his success, considering where he hit his home runs and how smooth his swing looked. It was a tough start with the bat for Outman, but he has hits in 4 of his last 5 games, and he will keep burning the midnight oil to find his stroke.
Matt Sauer gave AAA OKC a great start tonight in Round Rock.
5IP 2H 0R 4Ks 0BB
Cutter was 90-92, averaged 2606 on the spin, which is crazy good. Sinker & 4 Seam were both 95-96, then he flipped in some occasional curveballs, sliders and 2 changeups.
Nothing got hit hard consistently. Here are the average exit velocities for the 3 pitches he threw the most tonight.
Cutter- 89.7 Sinker – 87.8 4 Seam – 88
Sauer has his ERA down to 1.13 in his short sample size of 8 IP so far on the year, WHIP is just 0.50.
Alex Freeland is absolutely smokin’ hot at the plate for AAA OKC. He had 2 more hits Saturday night and has 7 multi-hit games in his last 8. He also has a double in 6 of his last 7 games & he’s 17 for his last 37 (.459).
In that span, he has 6 doubles, an HR, & 15 RBIs. That’s what you call a “serious” heater.
Michael Chavis...Oh, My Goodness! This dude can hit NUKES! Tonight he had hits with exit velocities of 99.5, 111, 107.5 & 106. I mean, holy wow, those nukes could power half the Dallas- Fort Worth metroplex.
He’s also a good hitter as well, beyond splitting the ball in half. He’s hitting .288, OPS, 1.063 & has hits in 4 of his last 5 games.
Eddie Rosario had 2 hits for AAA OKC to raise his average to .365, OPS is 1.022. Rosario played Left Field tonight and has split time between there and RF, plus 1 game at DH.
Rosario has hits in ALL 12 games he’s played in so far this year.
Hyeseong Kim…DAYUM! Kim had 2 Home Runs tonight for AAA OKC and now has 3 Home Runs on the year and 13 RBIs in the 13 games he’s played.
A couple of things here. Good to see Kim go gap to gap with the 2 HRs because that’s a sign that he’s staying on the ball. Also, one of my big questions was how he is going to handle the FB up in the zone, and his 2nd HR was on a fastball up. S
o, great results, that’s obvious, and an even better process to get to those results. Kim is hitting .293, with an OPS of .962. Originally thought he’d be down for a while. Who knows, thoug,h if he keeps playing offense like he ha
AA Tulsa Drillers
Ronan Kopp had another scoreless outing for AA Tulsa, which is his 3rd scoreless outing out of 4 this year. Kopp has allowed just a singular run in outing, but beyond that, he’s gone zeros.
Just 4 innings so far, so there is nothing really to evaluate about the stats, but he has 7Ks so far, which shows how explosive his stuff is.
I’ve said this a couple of times, but I think this is a big year for Kopp because his stuff can get Major League hitters out on a consistent basis right now. It comes down to mastering execution, which he’s done, for the most part, to start 2025.
That slider on the last pitch of his outing was nice!
High A Great Lakes
Logan Wagner hit his 2nd HR of 2025 to DEAD center. It’s fun watching hitters who can impact the ball use the middle of the field. It shows the focus is to be a great hitter who can also hit home runs.
Wilman Diaz was the #1 prospect in Venezuela when the Dodgers signed him in 2021. So, that goes to show the tools he carries with him, plus add a lot of positive and fun energy to it.
Diaz is entering his 5th season as a pro and is looking to find the best version of his offensive game. Today was a good start with 2 hits, including a double and an RBI.
Zyhir Hope is NOT Human! Dude had 4 MORE hits today, including 2 doubles, a triple, and then a base hit. So, he came up with a Tank away from the cycle.
His average is .400, and his OPS is 1.202. He has hits in 4 games in a row, has 4 multi-hit games on the year, and today was the 2nd time he’s had at least 3 hits in a game.
Kendall George hit his first HR of 2025! George has 80-grade speed, but he did some work in the offseason to add some thump, which paired well with an exciting offensive game centered on his speed.
Exciting tools; it will be very fun to see what the best version of this young man becomes as he puts all his tools together.
It’s been quite a start to Brooks Auger’s professional career. He’s yet to give up a run in 10.2 innings pitched to this point, his WHIP is just 1.03, and his average against is just .171.
Auger got great experience at Mississippi State, so he entered the Dodgers system ready to make an impact.
He started the first game of the SEC tournament last year against Ole Miss and pitched a career-high 8 innings, striking out 13. The Dodgers drafted him in the 6th Round & he has carried that momentum into his professional career.
His line in his last outing
5IP 3H 0R 1K 4BB
The Mix: 4 Seam, Cutter, Changeup, Slider, and Curveball that he throws occasionally. His curveball is similar to the SL, just a little slower. He’s topped at 97, and the average fb velo is 94-95.
Single-A Rancho Cucamonga
Eduardo Quintero went yard for Rancho yesterday to continue his great start to 2025. Quintero now has 2 home runs so far in the season and is hitting .333, OPS of 1.052.
Quintero has been very consistent offensively as evidenced by the fact that he’s gotten a hit in all but 1 game so far and has 3 multi-hit games.
Quintero is another one of the young prospects who can really fly. The window for LA is fairly big to win Championships, but at some point, when the organization gets turned over to these young guys, we are going to see a super exciting brand of baseball.
Love the focus on speed at the lower levels and baseball talent, not just slug.
Mike Sirota came to the Dodgers in the Gavin Lux deal. Check out what the Stockton Broadcaster had to say about him. Stockton was the opponent of the Quakes tonight, so high praise is going on here.
Kellon Lindsey, the Dodgers’ #1 Draft pick from last summer, hit his 1st HR of 2025. Then hit a 3 hopper back up the middle later in the game for his 2nd hit.
Lindsey has 80-grade speed and obviously has the ability to leave the yard, so it will be a fun process watching him find the best version based on ALL the things he’s capable of doing.
As Dylan Nasiatka says, if you can be a “Big Gulp,” be a “Big Gulp”. Just because you have one elite tool, don’t settle for being a 12-ounce.
That’s the process that will be fascinating to watch with this young man.
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Kellon Lindsey, the Dodgers’ #1 Draft pick from last summer, hit his 1st HR of 2025. Then hit a 3 hopper back up the middle later in the game for his 2nd hit.
Lindsey has 80-grade speed and obviously has the ability to leave the yard, so it will be a fun process watching him find the best version based on ALL the things he’s capable of doing.
As Dylan Nasiatka says, if you can be a “Big Gulp,” be a “Big Gulp”. Just because you have one elite tool, don’t settle for a being 12-ounce.
That’s the process that will be fascinating to watch with this young man.
