• Dodgers Prospects: Happy Mother’s Day

    Many prospects in the Dodgers minor league system took to Instagram to wish their Moms a Happy Mother’s Day.  First up is Michael Grove (Instagram: @mgrove_2) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAyIH2hT6u/?igshid=uh6aumhiywem Next up is Casey Crosby (Instagram: @caseycrosby2) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Casey Crosby (@caseycrosby2) Some moms are watching from above as we are…

  • MLB: The 2020 Draft Will Only Be Five Rounds

    It has been announced that the 2020 Major League Draft will only be five rounds instead of the normal 40. SOURCE : 2020 mlb draft rules set:*Will occur on June 10th* 5 rounds * Teams can utilize their allotted money as they see fit.* Undrafted player signing period begins on 6/13 (20K max bonus)*Draft signing…

  • Dodgers Unheralded Prospect Series: Brett de Geus

    We continue our Unheralded Prospect Series with Brett de Geus. The path that de Geus has taken to becoming the Dodgers 29th ranked prospect (according to MLB Pipeline) is almost unbelievable. He was drafted in the 33rd round of the 2017 draft out of Cabrillo Community College. His professional career didn’t actually start until 2018 (a…

  • Dodgers Unheralded Prospect Series: Luis Rodriguez Is A Breakout Candidate According to Baseball America

    Baseball America thinks that the Dodgers Luis Rodriguez has a chance to break out as a prospect. We take a quick look at him.

  • Dodgers Nation Throwback: The Latin House in Rancho Cucamonga

    One of my favorite articles I ever wrote was The Latin House in Rancho Cucamonga for Dodgers Nation. I’m not going to re-write the story but here’s the players starting from the left going clockwise and what has happened to them since this was written in September of 2018. Carlos Rincón – he was promoted…

  • Dodgers 2080 Appearance On Blue Heaven Podcast

    The guys from the Official Dodgers Nation podcast, Blue Heaven, had me on the show last month. The podcast is on almost every social media outlet so make sure to check it out every Monday night at 7:00 PM.  

  • Adopt A Minor Leaguer – An Opportunity to Help

    Taking a quick look at the Adopt A Minor Leaguer program.

  • Welcome to Dodgers 2080

    We just wanted to welcome you to the new Dodgers 20-80 web site. First off, the “20-80” is the scale scouts use to rank prospects. Check out the full story on FanGraphs. This site is dedicated to all the players who are in the Dodgers minor league organization. Our job is to bring as many…

  • Gerardo Carrillo Putting On Some Muscle

    When I first heard of Gerardo Carrillo all the publications had him listed at 154 pounds. Well, as of April 30, 2020 some stuff have him listed at 154 pounds. The snapshots below were just taken. It seems that the measurements above are quite a bit out of date. If you follow Carrillo on Instagram…

  • Dodgers Unheralded Prospect Series: A Couple of Outfielders

    We continue our Unheralded Prospect Series by changing things up a little bit. In order to get as much exposure to more players we’ll do multi-player articles. For this article we’ll take a look at a couple of outfielders; Donovan Casey and Drew Avans. Both of them spent some time worth the Quakes and were promoted to…

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