Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players

Yadier Álvarez
Álvarez with the Great Lakes Loons
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1996-03-07) March 7, 1996 Matanzas, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Yadier Álvarez Ventosa (born March 7, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Álvarez defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball (MLB).[1][2] 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.[3] He received interest from numerous MLB teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.[4][5]

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.[6][7] 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.[8] In five starts for the team, he was 1–1 with a 1.80 ERA and 57 strikeouts.[9] 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.[10] He made nine starts for the Loons with a 2.97 ERA and 55 strikeouts in only 39+1⁄3 innings.[11] In 2017, he was promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League and chosen to represent the world team at the All-Star Futures Game.[12]

Álvarez began 2017 with the Quakes and was promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers at mid-season. Between the two leagues he made 18 starts (and three relief appearances) and was 4–6 with a 4.68 ERA.[13] He returned to Tulsa in 2018 and was selected to represent the Drillers at the mid-season Texas League All-Star Game.[14] In 17 games (eight starts), he went 1–2 with a 4.66 ERA.[15]

The Dodgers added Álvarez to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season.[16] He returned to Tulsa to begin 2019, but he only appeared in two games, allowing six runs in 3+2⁄3 innings.[13] He spent the rest of the season on the minor league injured list before the Dodgers placed him on the restricted list for disciplinary reasons.[17] Álvarez reported for spring training in 2020 with a chance to work his way back into the Dodgers plans but was scratched from his first spring appearance due to health issues and was designated for assignment the next day.[18] He did not pitch again until late in the 2021 season, when he pitched 3+2⁄3 innings over three games on a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League. He allowed three runs to score on three hits and a walk while striking out seven.[13]

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Jacob Carlos Amaya (born September 3, 1998) is an American professional baseball Shortstop in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Amaya was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2017 MLB Draft out of South Hills High School in West Covina, California. He made his debut with the Arizona League Dodgers in 2017, hitting .254 in 34 games. He split the 2018 season between the Ogden Raptors and Great Lakes Loons, hitting .311 in 59 games. He spent 103 games with the Loons in 2019 before a promotion to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes for 21 games. Overall he hit .260. After missing the 2020 season due to the cancellation of minor league baseball because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he played in 113 games with the Tulsa Drillers in 2021, hitting .216. He was assigned to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League after the season and then added to the Dodgers 40-man roster.[19]

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Clayton Howard Beeter (born October 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played college baseball at Texas Tech.

Beeter attended Birdville High School in North Richland Hills, Texas, where he played football and baseball.[20] In 2017, his senior year, he compiled a 0.81 ERA and 106 strikeouts over 55 innings alongside batting .417 with two home runs.[21] Undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Texas Tech University to play college baseball.

Beeter suffered an arm injury in the fall of freshman year at Texas Tech, and underwent Tommy John surgery, thus forcing him to miss the 2018 season.[22] He returned healthy as a redshirt freshman in 2019, going 0–3 with a 3.48 ERA over 20+2⁄3 relief innings, striking out forty.[23] In 2020, his redshirt sophomore season, Beeter moved into the starting rotation, and was named the starting pitcher for Texas Tech's season opener.[24] Beeter went 2–1 with a 2.14 ERA over four starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]

Beeter was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round with the 66th overall pick of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[26] He signed with the Dodgers for $1.2 million.[27] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Great Lakes Loons of the High-A Central.[28] On July 24, Beeter pitched two innings of a combined no-hitter against the Lake County Captains alongside Bobby Miller, Jake Cantleberry, and Cameron Gibbens.[29] After making 22 starts and pitching to a 0-4 record, a 3.13 ERA, and 55 strikeouts over 37+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central in mid-August.[30] Making five starts with Tulsa, Beeter went 0-2 with a 4.80 ERA over 15 innings.[31] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[32]

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Maddux John Bruns (born June 20, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Bruns grew up in Saraland, Alabama and attended UMS-Wright Preparatory School.[33] He was named Alabama's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and Mr. Baseball as a senior after going 7-0 with a 0.86 ERA and 102 strikeouts and just 13 hits and six earned runs allowed in 49 innings pitched.[34] He committed to play college baseball at Mississippi State.[35]

Bruns was selected 29th overall in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[36] He signed with the Dodgers for a $2.2 million signing bonus.[37] In his first professional season, he started four games for the Arizona Complex League Dodgers, allowing nine runs on eight hits and seven walks while striking out five in five innings of work.[38]

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Michael Busch
Busch with the North Carolina Tar Heels
Los Angeles Dodgers
First baseman
Born: (1997-11-09) November 9, 1997 Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Michael James Busch (born November 9, 1997) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Busch attended Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, where he played football, hockey and baseball.[39] Busch was rated the #4 player and #1 first baseman in the state of Minnesota by Perfect Game.[40] During his senior baseball season, Busch was Team Captain and an All-State selection.[41] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 MLB draft, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina to play college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

In 2017, as a freshman at North Carolina, Busch appeared in 55 games, hitting .215 with three home runs and 22 RBIs.[42] After the season, he played in the Northwoods League for the St. Cloud Rox.[43] As a sophomore in 2018, Busch broke out, starting all 64 of North Carolina's games, batting .317 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs.[44] He batted .636 during the NCAA Tournament's Chapel Hill Regional and was named the Most Outstanding Player,[45] helping lead North Carolina to the 2017 College World Series.[46] He was named to the All-ACC Second Team.[47] Following the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Anglers, where batted .322 with six home runs in 27 games and was named to the All-Cape League Team.[48]

Prior to the 2019 season, Busch was named a preseason All-American by multiple media outlets, including Perfect Game[49] and Baseball America.[50] He was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft[51] and was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 31st overall pick.[52] He signed with the Dodgers on July 5 for a $2.31 million bonus.[53] He appeared in 10 games in the Dodgers farm system in 2019, split between the Arizona League Dodgers and Great Lakes Loons. He had three hits in 24 at-bats.[54] Busch played for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League following the 2019 season.[55] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers.[56] In June, Busch was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field.[57] Busch appeared in 107 games for the Drillers, hitting .267 with twenty home runs and 67 RBIs.[54] He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star.[58] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[59]

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Diego Armando Cartaya (born September 7, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Cartaya was rated as MLB Pipeline's top international prospect when he signed with the Dodgers on July 2, 2018.[60] He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dodgers Arizona League affiliates, hitting .281 in 41 games.[61] He was rated as the Dodgers ninth best prospect going into the 2020 season.[62] and was added to the Dodgers 60-man player pool for the pandemic affected season.[63] In 2021, with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes he appeared in 31 games and hit .298 with 10 homers and 31 RBI.[61] However, he was placed on the injured list on August 1 with a strained hamstring and missed the rest of the season.[64]

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Hyun-il Choi (born May 27, 2000) is a Korean professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Choi was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018 for a $300,000 signing bonus as a 17-year old High School pitcher from Korea.[65] He made his professional debut in 2019 with in the Arizona League, where he was 5–1 with a 2.63 ERA in 14 games (11 starts). He struck out 71 in 65 innings.[66]

Choi missed the 2020 season as a result of the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to start the 2021 season before being promoted to High-A Great Lakes Loons at mid-season.[67] Across the two levels, he was 8–6 with a 3.72 ERA in 24 games (11 starts) and struck out 106 batters in 106+1⁄3 innings while only walking 18.[66] The Dodgers recognized him by awarding him the organizations Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award.[68]

Tanner Dodson
Dodson in 2019 with the Charlotte Stone Crabs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1997-05-09) May 9, 1997 Sacramento, California
Bats: Switch Throws: Right

Tanner Dodson (born May 9, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Dodson attended Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California. In 2015, as a senior, he batted .430 along with pitching to a 2.10 ERA.[69] He was selected by the New York Mets in the 31st round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft,[70] but he did not sign and instead chose to attend the University of California at Berkeley to play college baseball for the California Golden Bears.

As a freshman at California in 2016, Dodson pitched 61+2⁄3 innings (19 games with nine being starts) in which he compiled a 3.36 ERA.[71] In 2017, as a sophomore, he began playing center field along with pitching. That season, he batted .297 with three home runs and 26 RBIs in 185 at-bats while pitching to a 2-6 record and 5.37 ERA in 19 games (seven starts).[72] After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and batted .365 in 29 games, earning him the league batting title.[73][74] Prior to the 2018 season, Dodson was named a preseason All-American by Baseball America.[75] In 54 games, he batted .320 with one home run and 27 RBIs while along with posting a 2-1 record and 2.48 ERA in 40 relief innings pitched.[76] After the season, he was named to the All-Pac-12 team and the All-Defensive team.[77]

Dodson was selected 71st overall by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft as a two-way player.[78] He signed for $775,000 and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League.[79] He spent the whole season there, batting .273 with two home runs and 19 RBIs in 49 games along with pitching to a 1-0 record and a 1.44 ERA in 25 relief innings pitched.[80] Dodson spent 2019 with the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League but missed the last three months of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[81] Over 15 games, he batted .250, and over 17 innings pitched, he compiled a 5.29 ERA. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[82]

To begin the 2021 season, Dodson transitioned to pitching full time, was assigned to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the High-A East, and then was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double-A South on August 1.[83][84] Over 37 appearances for the year, Dodson went 5-2 with a 3.20 ERA and 64 strikeouts over 56+1⁄3 innings.[85]

On March 18, 2022, Dodson was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Luke Raley.[86] He was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League to begin the 2022 season.[87]

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Omar Estevez
Estevez with the Great Lakes Loons
Los Angeles Dodgers
Shortstop / Second baseman
Born: (1998-02-25) February 25, 1998 Matanzas, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Omar Estevez (born February 2, 1998) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Estevez plated for Matanzas in the Cuban National Series as a 16-year old during the 2014–2015 season.[88] He signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent in November 2015 for a $6 million bonus.[89] He made his professional debut with the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2016, hitting .255 in 122 games.[88] Estevez was promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, where he spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[88] In 2019, he was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League and he hit .291 in 83 games with six homers and 36 RBI.[88] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic but in 2021 he was assigned to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers where he hit .199 in 106 games.[88]

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Michael Grove (born December 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of West Virginia University.

Grove underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2017 while at West Virginia.[90] and did not play in a professional game until 2019 when he made 21 starts for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. After missing the 2020 season due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he played in 21 games for the Tulsa Drillers in 2021. He was added to the Dodgers 40-man roster in November 2021.[19]

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Kody Michael Hoese (born July 13, 1997) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Hoese attended Griffith High School in Griffith, Indiana.[91] As a senior, he hit .388 with four home runs and 29 RBIs.[92] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 MLB draft, he enrolled at Tulane University to play college baseball for the Tulane Green Wave.[93]

In 2017, as a freshman at Tulane, Hoese hit .213 with zero home runs and 10 RBIs in 44 games.[94] As a sophomore in 2018, he started all 58 of Tulane's games at third base and batted .291 with five home runs and 31 RBIs.[95] He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB draft, but did not sign.[96][97][98] After the season, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Newport Gulls, hitting .283 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 38 games.[99][100] In 2019, Hoese's junior year, he hit .391 with 23 home runs and sixty RBIs in 56 games[101] and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[102]

Hoese was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft with the 25th overall pick.[103] He signed for $2.74 million and made his professional debut on June 17, 2019, with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers.[104] He had three hits, all doubles, in three at-bats in that game.[105] After 19 games in the Arizona League, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League in July, with whom he finished the season. Over 41 games between the two clubs, Hoese slashed .299/.380/.483 with five home runs and 29 RBIs.[93] For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central, slashing .188/.241/.245 with two home runs and 17 RBIs over 59 games.[56][93] He missed two months during the season due to injury.[106] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[107] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[108]

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Marshall Kasowski
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1995-03-10) March 10, 1995 Conroe, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Marshall Austin Kasowski (born March 10, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Kasowski attended Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas and played college baseball at the Panola College, the University of Houston and West Texas A&M University.[109] In 2015, he suffered serious head injuries in a car accident that nearly ended his baseball career.[110]

Kasowski was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[111] He spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Dodgers and Great Lakes Loons, pitching to a combined 1–1 record with a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings pitched. In 2018, he played for Great Lakes, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Tulsa Drillers.[112] In 41 games between the three clubs, he pitched to a 2–1 record with a 2.09 ERA, striking out 111 batters in 64.2 innings pitched.[113] In 2019, he returned to Tulsa where he appeared in 27 games and was 4–3 with a 2.27 ERA.[114] The minor league season was cancelled in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and he started 2021 on the injured list, eventually pitching in 13 games between the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers and the ACL Dodgers, with a 4.38 ERA.[114]

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Landon Dakota Knack (born July 15, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Knack attended Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee and played college baseball at East Tennessee State University.[115][116] He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 2020 MLB draft.[117][118]

Knack made his professional debut in 2021 with the Great Lakes Loons and was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers during the season.[119] Between the two levels, he was 7–1 with a 3.18 ERA in 16 appearances (11 starts) and struck out 82 batters while only walking eight.[120] He was selected to play for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League after the season.[107]

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Eddys Leopoldo Leonard (born November 10, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Leonard signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in July 2017. He made his debut in the Dominican Summer League in 2018, hitting .248 in 45 games.[121] In 2019 he played in 55 games, with the majority of them being for the Arizona League Dodgers and hit .285.[121] After sitting out the 2020 season due to the cancellation of the minor league season by the COVID-19 pandemic, he split the 2021 season between the Great Lakes Loons and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, hitting .296 with 22 home runs and 81 RBI in 107 games.[121] He was added to the Dodgers 40-man roster in November 2021.[19]

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Brandon Michael Lewis (born October 23, 1998) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Lewis attended Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California. As a senior in 2016, he hit .366 with seven home runs.[122] After high school, he enrolled at Los Angeles Pierce College where he batted .419 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs in 2017 and .399 with 17 home runs and 55 RBIs in 2018.[123] He transferred to the University of California, Irvine in 2019 where he batted .315 with 14 home runs and 54 RBIs over 54 games.[124] After the season, he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round with the 131st overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[125]

Lewis signed with the Dodgers and spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Dodgers, Ogden Raptors, and Great Lakes Loons, batting .297 with 13 home runs and 46 RBIs over 56 games.[126] He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[127] In 2021, he split the year between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Great Lakes, slashing .269/.348/.569 with thirty home runs and 86 RBIs over 99 games.[128] He was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers to begin the 2022 season.[129]

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Devin Jacob Mann (born February 11, 1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Mann attended Columbus North High School in Columbus, Indiana, where he played baseball. In 2015, as a senior, he batted .410 with nine home runs, earning All-State honors.[130][131] Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at the University of Louisville where he played college baseball.

In 2016, Mann's freshman season at Louisville, he played in 39 games, batting .303 with nine doubles and 17 RBIs, earning a spot on the ACC All-Freshman team.[132][133][134] That summer, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Newport Gulls.[135] As a sophomore at Louisville in 2017, Mann started 64 games, hitting .268 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs.[136] That summer, he played briefly in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Firebirds.[137][138] In 2018, his junior year, he slashed .303/.446/.504 with seven home runs, 52 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases. Following the season, he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[139][140][141]

Mann signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers before being promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League, where he finished the year. Over 65 games, he batted .240 with two home runs and thirty RBIs.[142] Mann spent 2019 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League,[143] with whom he was named an All-Star[144][145][146] alongside being named the league's Player of the Month for June.[147] Over 98 games with the Quakes for the year, Mann slashed .278/.358/.496 with 19 home runs and 63 RBIs. He played in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[148] Mann was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central for the 2021 season where he hit .244 with 14 home runs, 62 RBIs, and 27 doubles over 110 games.[56][149] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[150]

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Ryan Noda
Noda with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2018
Los Angeles Dodgers
First baseman / Outfielder
Born: (1996-03-30) March 30, 1996 Volo, Illinois
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Ryan Anthony Noda (born March 30, 1996) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Noda attended Grant Community High School in Fox Lake, Illinois.[151] He was not drafted after graduating, and then attended the University of Cincinnati, playing three seasons with the Bearcats.[152] In his freshman season, Noda recorded a .230 batting average, seven home runs, and 32 runs batted in (RBI). In addition, he made a one-inning pitching appearance and did not allow a baserunner.[151] After his freshman season in 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL),[153] and helped lead the Red Sox to the league championship.[154] As a sophomore, he batted .250 with six home runs and 34 RBI.[151] Following his sophomore season in 2016, he returned to the CCBL, playing for the Brewster Whitecaps.[155] In his final season with Cincinnati, Noda hit .236 with nine home runs and 36 RBI.

Noda was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and assigned to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League. In 66 games, Noda recorded a .364 batting average, seven home runs, and 39 RBI.[152] He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 23, 2021, as the player to be named later in the deal that sent Ross Stripling to the Blue Jays in 2020.[156] He was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central and played in 113 games for them, hitting .250 with 29 home runs and 78 RBI.[152] He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star.[58]

Noda was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2022 season.[157]

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James Outman
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 77
Outfielder
Born: (1997-05-14) May 14, 1997 Redwood City, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right

James Outman (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Outman grew up in Redwood City, California and attended Junípero Serra High School.

Outman was drafted by the Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of California State University, Sacramento.[158] He played with the Ogden Raptors in 2018 and the Great Lakes Loons in 2019. After missing the 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Outman spent 2021 with the Great Lakes Loons, where he hit .250 with nine home runs and 30 RBI. The Dodgers assigned him to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League after the season. Outman was added to the Dodgers' 40-man roster in November 2021.[19]

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Andy Pages (born December 8, 2000) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Pages signed with the Dodgers for $300,000 in 2018 after defecting from Cuba, where he was a star in the U15 league in 2015, hitting .364/.484/.581 with 25 walks and just three strikeouts in 161 plate appearances.[159] He appeared in 10 games for the Arizona League Dodgers and 42 for the Dominican Summer League Dodgers that year, hitting .229.[160] The following season, with the rookie level Ogden Raptors, he led the league in extra base hits with 43 and ranked second in homers (19), RBI (55), total bases (153) and slugging (.651) as an 18-year-old.[161] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was assigned to the Great Lakes Loons for 2021.[162] He played in 120 games for the Loons, hitting .265 with 31 home runs and 88 RBI.[160] He was selected as a post-season High-A Central all-star and he was also named Most Valuable Player and Top Prospect of the league.[58]

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Ryan Michael Pepiot (born August 21, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Pepiot was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and grew up in Westfield, Indiana, where he attended Westfield High School and played baseball, basketball, and football. In football, he was named Class 5-A All-State at quarterback as a senior.[163]

Pepiot was a member of the Butler Bulldogs for three seasons. After his sophomore year, Pepiot played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior, he went 4–4 with a 3.92 ERA in 14 starts while striking out a school record 126 batters over 78 innings.[164] Pepiot finished the season as Butler's career leader in strikeouts with 306.[165] He was selected in the 3rd round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the highest-drafted Butler player in program history.[166]

Pepiot signed with the Dodgers and was initially assigned to the Arizona League Dodgers before being promoted to the Class-A Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League. He finished the season with 13 appearances (10 starts) between the two levels, recording no decisions with a 1.93 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 23.1 innings pitched.[167] Pepiot was named to the Dodgers' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee.[168][169] He began the 2021 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, where he went 3–4 with a 2.87 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, and 81 strikeouts over 59+2⁄3 innings pitched before being promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers.[170] In his 11 games (nine starts) for Oklahoma City, he was 2–5 with a 7.13 ERA.[171]

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Nicholas Parker Robertson (born July 16, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Robertson attended Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount, Virginia and played college baseball at James Madison University. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2019 MLB draft.[172]

Robertson spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Dodgers and Ogden Raptors. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Robertson was invited to Spring Training by the Dodgers.[173][174] He played the 2021 season with the Tulsa Drillers,[175] where he was 2–4 with a 4.30 ERA in 39 games while striking out 63 in 58+2⁄3 innings.[176]

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Miguel Antonio Vargas (born November 17, 1999) is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Vargas signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in September 2017.[177] He spent his first professional season in 2018 with the Arizona League Dodgers, Ogden Raptors and Great Lakes Loons.[178]

Vargas played 2019 with Great Lakes and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He started 2021 with Great Lakes before being promoted to the Tulsa Drillers.[179] Between the two teams, he appeared in 120 games and batted .319 with 23 homers and 76 RBI.[180] The Dodgers honored him by awarding him the organizations Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year Award.[68] He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star.[58] He was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2022 season.[181]

His father, Lázaro Vargas, played baseball for the Cuban national team.[182]

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Jorbit Jose Vivas (born March 9, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Vivas signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in July 2017. He was added to the Dodgers 40-man roster in November 2021.[19]

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Kendall Allen Williams (born August 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Williams attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida and was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft. He turned down a scholarship offer by Vanderbilt University to sign with the Blue Jays.[183] He began his professional career with the Gulf Coast Blue Jays, where he made five starts (six appearances) and allowed two earned runs in 16 innings.[184] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 1, 2020 (along with another player to be named later) in exchange for Ross Stripling.[185] The Dodgers assigned him to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the new Low-A West league for 2021, where he was 3–3 with a 5.98 ERA in 23 appearances (19 starts) and struck out 87 batters while walking 22.[184]

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