He saw his batting average in the DSL improve to. Carlos Aquino as a member of the Dominican Summer League Dodgers moves into this slot. He was a returning member of the 20 and Under Team.Ĭarlos Aquino (19) – Second Base: Jesmuel Valentin would have been a repeat member to the 20 and under team but was traded to Phillies at the MLB trading deadline. Gifted with a sweet swing the young left-hander had 21 extra base hits on the season and finished the year with seven multiple hit games in his last eight games. His 49 runs were the third most in the league. 328/.369/503 which ranked him in the top ten in all three categories. With the Rookie League Ogden Raptors in 2014 he posted a triple slash of. After a slow start during the 2013 season with the Arizona League Dodgers he demonstrated why he was drafted by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2012 First Year Player Draft. (Photo courtesy of Munger English Sports Management)Ĭody Bellinger (19) – First Base: Bellinger also played most of the 2014 season as an 18-year old. The pair also recently attended the annual Winter Development Camp at Dodger Stadium. Both are now moving close to or into Top 10 Prospect lists. He and fellow pitcher Jose De Leon were selected as league all stars. His 57 RBI ranked second in the Rookie Pioneer League as was his. 420 OBP while totaling 12 homers and 14 doubles in short-season ball. Julian Leon (19) – Catcher: Leon played the entire season with the Ogden Raptors as an 18-year old. The age given – in parenthesis – is the age as of today’s posting: It also includes seven 18-year old prospects.
This year’s group includes four players who are regularly being listed in the Dodgers Top 10 Prospect lists with another three included in the Top 20 list. The other six, still very young, did not progress as well as they as they most likely had hoped. Two of them – Jesmuel Valentin and Victor Arano – were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in the deal that brought Roberto Hernandez to the Dodgers. Five of those players are still young enough to be on this year’s team. Seventeen players were included on the 2014 team.
Now I am looking back to the 2014 season to see how they have progressed and also to again determine who would be on the scorecard as members of the 2015 edition of the 20 and Under Team. Last March I compiled a list of players that were 20-years of age or younger in the Dodger farm system that I felt were the best at their positions.
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