Where the Dodgers' Top 30 Prospects are starting the season
With the 2016 season getting started, here's a look at where the Dodgers' Top 30 prospects are projected to start the season:
1. Corey Seager -- Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)
2. Julio Urias -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)
3. Jose De Leon -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA) -- DL
4. Grant Holmes -- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A Adv)
5. Frankie Montas -- Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) -- DL
6. Cody Bellinger -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
7. Alex Verdugo -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
8. Walker Buehler -- Extended spring camp
9. Jharel Cotton -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)
10. Yadier Alvarez -- Extended spring camp
11. Yusniel Diaz -- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A Adv)
12. Austin Barnes -- Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)
13. Starling Heredia -- Extended spring camp
14. Micah Johnson -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)
15. Trayce Thompson -- Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)
16. Ross Stripling -- Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)
17. Chris Anderson -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
18. Willie Calhoun -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
19. Omar Estevez -- Great Lakes Loons (A)
20. Chase De Jong -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
21. Josh Sborz -- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A Adv)
22. Jacob Rhame -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)
23. Brendon Davis -- Great Lakes Loons (A)
24. Zach Lee -- Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA)
25. Jacob Scavuzzo -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
26. Imani Abdullah -- Extended spring camp
27. Angel German -- Extended spring camp
28. Ronny Brito -- Extended spring camp
29. Johan Mieses -- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (A Adv)
30. Kyle Farmer -- Tulsa Drillers (AA)
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Team to watch
Once right-hander Jose De Leon comes off the disabled list, Triple-A Oklahoma City will have one of the best trios of starters in the Minor Leagues. Julio Urias is baseball's best lefty prospect, De Leon led the Minors with 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings last year and righty Jharel Cotton has a pair of plus pitches in his fastball and changeup. Double-A Tulsa should have a very potent offense built around first baseman Cody Bellinger, outfielders Alex Verdugo and Jacob Scavuzzo and second baseman Willie Calhoun.
Where teams' Top 30 prospects are starting the season
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Oklahoma City Dodgers
Tulsa Drillers
Great Lakes Loons
New faces
Eight members of our Dodgers Top 30 will play their first game with the organization this year. Right-hander Frankie Montas, outfielder Trayce Thompson and second baseman Micah Johnson came from the White Sox in December's three-team Todd Frazier trade. Cuban outfielder Yusniel Diaz, who signed for $15.5 million and cost Los Angeles an equal amount as a penalty for obliterating its international bonus pool, will start his career as a 19-year-old at Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga. Cuban second baseman Omar Estevez, who signed for $6 million and a matching penalty, will debut as an 18-year-old at Class A Great Lakes. Three more big-ticket international signees -- Cuban righty Yadier Alvarez ($16 million bonus, $16 million penalty), Dominican outfielder Starling Heredia ($2.6 million bonus) and Dominican shortstop Ronny Brito ($2 million bonus) -- will make their first pro appearances later in the summer.
On the shelf
Hampered by a minor ankle injury during Spring Training, De Leon will join Oklahoma City toward the end of April. Montas is on the big league 60-day disabled list after having a right rib surgically removed on Feb. 12. Right-hander Walker Buehler had Tommy John surgery last August, soon after signing for $1,777,500 as a first-round pick, and it's too soon to know when he'll make his pro debut.