Andy LaRoche tops a list of the top 20 Dodger prospects over at John Sickel’s fantastic site. LaRoche tore up the PCL after getting promoted and he finished the season with a 64/66 strikeout to walk ratio at both Double A and Triple A. This is a good, patient hitter with a ton of pop and he could be the Dodgers starting third baseman at some point in 2006 with the retirement of Bill Mueller. Oh yeah, and to make it even better, he won’t turn 24 until September, 2007.
Coming in at second was Clayton Kersaw. He tore up the Gulf Coast League and you’ expect the youngster (he’ll be 19 in March) to start the season at Low A.
Rounding out the top five are James Loney, Scott Elbert and Chin-Lung Hu. The Dodgers may not be as stacked as they were last year, but that’s because of all of the promotions.
