Prospect Diaz among Dodgers' spring invites

January 30th, 2018

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have invited 22 non-roster players to Spring Training, which begins when pitchers and catchers report on Feb. 12.
The list:
Pitchers
LHP Manny Banuelos
RHP Joe Broussard
RHP
RHP C.C. Lee
RHP
LHP
RHP Zach Neal
RHP
LHP/RHP Pat Venditte
Catchers
Keibert Ruiz
Will Smith

Infielders
Matt Beaty
Drew Jackson


Edwin Rios

Outfielders
Yusniel Diaz
DJ Peters
Henry Ramos

The list includes eight players who rank among the top 30 prospects in the Dodgers' farm system, according to MLB Pipeline: Diaz (No. 5), Ruiz (No. 6), Smith (No. 8), Rios (No. 15), Peters (No. 16), Jackson (No. 17), Beaty (No. 29) and Peter (No. 30).
A notable inclusion is Venditte, a switch-pitcher.