To date, we're all the way down to 4 nationwide retailers which have unveiled their prime 100 prospects in baseball in 2024. The Dodgers have between two and 5 gamers on lists on ESPN, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus and MLB Pipeline.
A complete of seven totally different prospects had been named to no less than one prime 100 listing. However increasing it a bit exhibits a bit extra of the Dodgers' depth. Josue De Paula has made two top-100 lists to date, however he was additionally within the 101-115 vary of “simply missed” prospects at Baseball America. Pitcher River Ryan has but to make a top-100 listing, however he was within the just-missed group at BA and Baseball Prospectus.
Diego Cartaya and Gavin Stone, every of whom made the top-100 listing, had been within the 101-110 vary on MLB Pipeline. That offers the Dodgers seven gamers among the many prime 115 prospects on a number of lists, plus catcher Thayron Liranzo, who was ranked seventieth on Baseball Prospectus.
This depth brings us to how the Dodgers' farm system charges in MLB, with Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and ESPN all presenting the crew's prospect rankings this week.
All three retailers are excessive on Dodgers pitching within the minors, which led to their rankings. Baseball Prospectus ranked Los Angeles third, behind solely the Orioles and Cubs, with this transient overview of the Dodgers' system:
Strengths: Solely a perverse depth, as standard you’ll find potential regulars outdoors the quantity 20
Weaknesses: They solely have two High 50 prospects, and their pitching carries loads of reduction danger
Emmet Sheehan threw 60⅓ innings within the majors final 12 months and exhausted his rookie and prospect standing. He’s at present sixth on the rotation depth chart, after the Dodgers finalized their one-year deal for James Paxton this week.
Rating the Dodgers farm system
| Outlet | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Outlet | 2024 | 2023 |
| Baseball Prospectus | 3 | 2 |
| ESPN | 8 | 6 |
| Baseball America | 10 | 3 |
However on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers have a handful of pitchers nonetheless eligible for starters who might conceivably begin in 2024, together with Stone, Nick Frasso, Landon Knack and Kyle Damage. This pitching depth is why the Dodgers are extremely regarded prospects.
Kiley McDaniel at ESPN ranks the Dodgers because the eighth greatest farm system.
“The system's pitching depth is positively extravagant — at simply the suitable time for the large league crew,” McDaniel wrote. “Led by a Double-A pitching employees that would have had a dozen huge leaguers.”
The Dodgers are ranked tenth in Baseball America, with this observe: “Whereas the Dodgers don't have the highest 25 prospects in baseball, they’ve extra pitchers close to the majors than virtually anybody, led by RHP Gavin Stone.”
