Yadier Álvarez | |||
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Born: Matanzas, Cuba |
March 7, 1996 |||
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Ralston Cash | |||
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Ralston Cash with the AA Tulsa Drillers
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Cornelia, Georgia |
August 20, 1991 |||
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Yusniel Díaz | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Havana, Cuba |
October 7, 1996 |||
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O'Koyea Dickson | |||
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Dickson with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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First Baseman | |||
Born: San Francisco, California |
February 9, 1990 |||
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Kyle Farmer | |||
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Farmer with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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Catcher | |||
Born: Atlanta, Georgia |
August 17, 1990 |||
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Pablo Fernández | |||
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Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Holguin, Cuba |
August 5, 1989 |||
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Paul Hoenecke | |||
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First baseman / Third baseman / Catcher | |||
Born: Kewaskum, Wisconsin |
June 8, 1990 |||
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Drew Jackson | |||
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Shortstop | |||
Born: Orinda, California |
July 28, 1993 |||
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Gavin Lux | |||
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Shortstop | |||
Born: Kenosha, Wisconsin |
November 23, 1997 |||
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Trevor Oaks | |||
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Born: Riverside, California |
March 26, 1993 |||
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Below are brief bios of some of the Los Angeles Dodgers' more notable prospects:
Yadier Álvarez Ventosa (born March 7, 1996) is a Cuban baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Álvarez defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball (MLB). He has a fastball that touches 98 miles per hour. Scouts believe he has number two starter upside and one National League official has said that he is the best 18-year-old pitcher he had ever seen. He received interest from numerous MLB teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Ranked as the second best prospect by mlb.com heading into the 2015 international signing period, Álvarez signed with the Dodgers on July 2, 2015, for a $16 million bonus. He made his professional baseball debut for the Dodgers Arizona rookie league affiliate on June 20, 2016 and struck out seven while only allowing one hit in 3 2⁄3 innings pitched. In five starts for the team, he was 1–1 with a 1.80 ERA and 57 strikeouts. He was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League and struck out 10 in his debut for the Loons on July 21, 2016. He made nine starts for the Loons with a 2.97 ERA and 55 strikeouts in only 39 1⁄3 innings.
Ralston Alexander Cash (born August 20, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Cash attended Lakeview Academy in Georgia and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He played in 2010 for the Ogden Raptors and the Arizona League Dodgers. Major hip surgery ended his season early and caused him to miss the entire 2011 season. He returned to action with the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2012, where he was 1–6 with a 6.42 ERA in nine games. In 2013, also with Great Lakes, he was 4–3 with a 3.19 ERA in 16 games (eight starts). He transitioned to the bullpen in 2014 where he was in 29 games for the Loons and another six for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Double-A Southern League. He was 3–1 with a 2.90 ERA combined. In 2015, with the new AA affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League he was 2–6 with a 3.47 ERA in a career high 49 games. After the season, he played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the league's Fall Stars Game. He returned to Tulsa to start the 2016 season. He was 5–3 with a 3.00 ERA in 29 appearances for the Drillers and was then promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he was 4–0 with a 2.62 ERA in 17 appearances. After the season, the Dodgers assigned Cash to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.