Dem Bums – A Dodgers Blog

This is about a week old, but it’s worth looking at again.  Prospect guru John Sickels recently listed the top 20 prospects for the Dodgers and man is it a sweet list.  Ten prospects with a B rating or higher and seven of those have a B+ rating or better.  Chad Billingsley leads the list with an A- and right behind him is Joel Guzman who also received an A-.  It’s also worth comparing it to a mediocre farm system like the Cincinnati Reds that have only three players with a B rating or better.

So the Dodgers definitely have a good pipeline of players and it’ll be interesting to see who makes the big league team this year.  Joel Guzman can play shortstop, third and left field but for him to make the Dodgers out of spring training would mean he’d be skipping AAA.  Jonathon Broxton could find himself on the end of the bullpen after a strong September for the Dodgers and Billingsly will probably spend some time in AAA.  No major rush because he’s only 21.