Here are the Dodgers' 2024 Top 30 prospects
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The Dodgers have gotten to the point where any year that doesn't end with a World Series championship is a disappointment. So winning 100 games for the fourth consecutive full season and making the playoffs for the 11th straight time in 2023 qualified because the Diamondbacks swept them in the NLDS, leaving them without a postseason victory for the first time since 2012.
They still remain the model organization in terms of winning in the Majors while consistently churning out quality talent in the Minors, doing it better than anyone has since the Braves of the 1990s and early 2000s. Last year alone, Los Angeles graduated Top 100 Prospects Bobby Miller, Miguel Vargas and Emmet Sheehan to the Majors along with James Outman, who finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting.
The system remains strong, albeit radically different from a year ago. Ten of the first 19 prospects from our 2023 preseason Dodgers Top 30 since have shed their prospect status or been traded.
Los Angeles has just two Top 100 Prospects, matching its lowest total in the last decade, and one of them (right-hander Nick Frasso) may miss this season following shoulder surgery. But the Dodgers do have a pair of outfielders with potent bats (Andy Pages, Josue De Paula), another wave of nearly-ready arms (River Ryan, Gavin Stone, Kyle Hurt) and plenty of young talent stacked up behind them. They also replenish their system by masterfully trading for prospects while contending, which is how they landed Frasso, Ryan and Hurt in the past and left-hander Jackson Ferris, outfielder Zyhir Hope and shortstops Trey Sweeney and Noah Miller this offseason.
Here’s a look at the Dodgers' top prospects:
1. Dalton Rushing, C/1B (MLB No. 75)
2. Nick Frasso, RHP (MLB No. 80)
3. Andy Pages, OF
4. Josue De Paula, OF
5. River Ryan, RHP
Complete Top 30 list »
Biggest jump/fall
Here are the players whose ranks changed the most from the 2023 preseason list to the 2024 preseason list:
Jump: Kyle Hurt, RHP (2023: NR | 2024: 7)
He might have the best stuff of any Dodgers pitching prospect but never harnessed it before 2023, when he was the organization's Minor League pitcher of the year and made his big league debut.
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Fall: Yeiner Fernandez, C/2B (2023: 16 | 2024: 28)
He's still a viable prospect with bat-to-ball skills and unusual versatility for a catcher, but he profiles more as a reserve than a regular.
Top 30s
NLE: ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WSH
ALE: BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR
NLC: CIN | CHC | MIL | PIT | STL
ALC: CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN
NLW: AZ | COL | LAD | SD | SF
ALW: HOU | LAA | OAK | SEA | TEX
Best tools
Players are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale for future tools – 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average. Players in parentheses have the same grade.
Hit: 60 -- Josue De Paula
Power: 60 -- Andy Pages
Run: 80 -- Kendall George
Arm: 70 -- Jose Ramos (Andy Pages)
Defense: 65 -- Noah Miller
Fastball: 70 -- Nick Frasso
Curveball: 60 -- Maddux Bruns (Jackson Ferris, Hyun-Seok Jang, River Ryan)
Slider: 60 -- River Ryan (Maddux Bruns, Hyun-Seok Jang, Ronan Kopp, Payton Martin)
Changeup: 70 -- Gavin Stone
Control: 55 -- Landon Knack
How they were built
Draft: 9 | International: 13 | Trade: 7 | NDFA: 1
Breakdown by ETA
2024: 6 | 2025: 9 | 2026: 6 | 2027: 5 | 2028: 3 | 2029: 1
Breakdown by position
C: 4 | 3B: 3 | SS: 4 | OF: 7 | RHP: 8 | LHP: 4