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I was on the radio call for LBSU men’s basketball last night in a highlight-packed game against Lincoln
Here’s a few highlights from the broadcast 🎙️🏀
🚨 The day has come 🚨
My Top 50 Midseason #Dodgers Prospects list is live!
The system is in a great place right now. Tons of info in here on the players to be excited about. RTs are appreciated!
Bookmark this & use it as your Dodger prospect Bible ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/08/14/2...
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The #Dodgers farm system improved at the trade deadline; should you be disappointed?
I dove into the Dodger philosophy and gave my takeaways from a somewhat inactive deadline in a piece that was fun to write ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/08/02/t...
My favorite overall deadline move would probably be the May trade, with the Feduccia one being a close second. Both value plays that I wouldn’t have expected to be possible
01.08.2025 10:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Final #Dodgers tallies
Out:
-RHP Dustin May
-OF James Outman
-C Hunter Feduccia
-MiLB RHP Eriq Swan
-MiLB RHP Sean Paul Liñan
In:
-RHP Brock Stewart
-OF Alex Call
-RHP Paul Gervase
-MiLB LHP Adam Serwinowski
-MiLB OF James Tibbs III
-MiLB OF Zach Ehrhard
-MiLB C Ben Rortvedt
The reason they stayed conservative is that there’s also a world where everyone is healthy and some of their stars who haven’t looked like themselves turn things around. And I don’t think that world, or something close to it, is very far fetched
31.07.2025 23:28 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Lack of aggression as a buyer is certainly a risk. There is absolutely a world where heading into October the Dodgers wish they aimed higher at the deadline.
But they’ve shown this is how they operate. They only take calculated risks, and today they stayed fairly conservative.
You don’t win the deadline by improving your farm system unless you’re a seller, so the Dodgers did not win this deadline. They won’t grab headlines either. But they made some damn good moves that have a good chance to look like wins moving into the future
31.07.2025 23:28 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Dodger farm system right now is the same or better than it was two days ago. Not what I expected. But the Dodgers accomplished that while also filling the most necessary gaps on the big league roster (though not shooting for the stars)
This was the trademark Dodger deadline
If the Dodgers get/stay healthy, their roster is the best in baseball. If their superstars aren’t on the field or don’t perform anywhere near their ability, there weren’t any deadline acquisitions that would offset that. They are betting on the stars they already have to win.
31.07.2025 23:27 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Dodgers acquire outfielder Alex Call from Nationals for a pair of pitching prospects - By: Bruce Kuntz
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NEW ARTICLE: Here’s my breakdown of the #Dodgers Alex Call trade ⬇️⬇️⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/31/d...
31.07.2025 23:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The Dodgers needed help in the form of relief that could get right-handed batters out. Brock Stewart is exactly that
Righties this season are batting just .104/.178/.149 against him with a 40% strikeout rate. It’s an add that fits the needs of this bullpen extremely well
• Feduccia -> Rortvedt is not a huge difference in value to the org given Rortvedt doesn’t need a 40-man spot now
• Serwinowski could take off and become a legit starting pitching prospect (or not but worth the flyer for sure)
• Gervase is good depth relief w/ chance to grow
So basically the Dodgers got ahead of this move and picked up some solid value in return. If you asked me before this move what the Dodgers could’ve gotten purely from shopping Feduccia by himself, I would not have said a 3-for-1 with a couple intriguing arms and his replacement
31.07.2025 05:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hunter Feduccia was probably going to be moved this offseason anyway if Rushing was sticking around. The 40-man roster always becomes such a crunch that keeping three catchers in the offseason would’ve been tough, especially given Feduccia’s age and lack of a path to playing time
31.07.2025 05:02 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Nothing’s ever a guarantee at the deadline and all that but this is just what came to my mind with Feduccia moving
31.07.2025 05:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Even though they got another catcher, the Dodgers trading away Hunter Feduccia signals to me that Dalton Rushing isn’t going anywhere. Feduccia was already comfortable with the organization & worked well with Dodger pitchers. He would’ve been the better backup catcher replacement
31.07.2025 05:02 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I like this move for the Dodgers. Feduccia wasn’t going to be in a place to be in the majors as long as Smith & Rushing are around. Moving him is fine, and they got back a good southpaw SP prospect, a big strikeout depth reliever and a replacement depth catcher. Thumbs up from me
31.07.2025 05:02 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers set to promote top infield prospect Alex Freeland dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/29/d...
29.07.2025 19:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you want dodgers draft coverage, @bnicklaus7.bsky.social wrote up every Dodgers pick. Not going to link to all of them but they’re all up at dodgersdigest.com
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NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select Seton Hall OF AJ Soldra, Mizzou RHP Sam Horn, Iowa Western CC RHP Finn Edwards, Oregon C Anson Aroz, Canadian prep LHP Shane Brinham in rounds 16-20 of 2025 MLB Draft; plus evaluating full 2025 class
Last one of the day ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/14/d...
NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select OU RHP Dylan Tate, Wake Forest RHP Logan Lunceford, WVU RHP Robby Porco, Georgia RHP Davis Chastain, Virginia LHP Matt Lanzendorf in rounds 11-15 of 2025 MLB Draft
Click to read my scouting reports on LA’s draftees ⬇️
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NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select MIT RHP Mason Estrada, Virginia RHP Jack O'Connor, SLU C Conner O'Neal, KSU LHP Jacob Frost in rounds 7-10 of 2025 MLB Draft
Read for my scouting reports on LA’s draftees in the 7th-10th rounds ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/14/d...
NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select prep SS Aidan West, Rice RHP Davion Hickman, prep OF Mason Ligenza in rounds 4-6 of 2025 MLB Draft
Read my initial scouting reports on LA’s 4th-6th round picks ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/14/d...
NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select select Florida State RHP Cam Leiter, Cincinnati OF Landyn Vidourek with 65th and 104th picks of 2025 MLB Draft
Read my scouting reports of LA’s second and third round picks for @dodgersdigest.bsky.social ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/13/d...
NEW ARTICLE: #Dodgers select select Arkansas teammates LHP Zach Root, OF Charles Davalan with first two picks of 2025 MLB Draft
Read my initial scouting reports for @dodgersdigest.bsky.social ⬇️ dodgersdigest.com/2025/07/13/d...
The #Dodgers first four picks of the 2025 MLB Draft:
40th ovr: LHP Zach Root
41st ovr: OF Charles Davalan
65th ovr: RHP Cam Leiter
104th ovr: OF Landyn Vidourek
Taking four college players might provide LA some bonus pool flexibility for over-slot prep player(s) later in the draft
The Great Lakes Loons announced that top outfield prospects Josue De Paula and Zyhir Hope will represent the #Dodgers in this year’s All-Star Futures Game
30.06.2025 16:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s also possible that they want Sheehan to get another MiLB outing or two to make some additional tweaks. He was brought up off the IL quicker than I thought they’d move his rehab along. But if he remains down in Triple-A, I’d look at it as a practical resumption of rehab more than anything
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