http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/players/chris_reed/197476 Recent articles about Chris Reed en-us Happy Easter! My Dodgers prospects pre-season rankings for 2013 are here, but it’s a bit of a short and sweet version. I was planning on re-starting Prospect Profiles again this year, but unfortunately, I got busy and ran out of time. :-( However, since I still have the information I’ve gathered through watching the games and what not, I think what I’ll do is just release scouting reports throughout the year along with fellow writer Dustin Nosler. Hopefully by next year I have the time to do them correctly. Also, if there are any questions or whatever, feel free to e-mail or comment. Note: I’m likely going to edit this with further info and definitions and whatnot later, but I wanted to get the list out before the season, no matter how late, comparatively speaking. —– Abridged Prospect Thoughts Yasiel Puig is now a known commodity among Dodger fans, but I was really close to putting Corey Seager ahead of him. Puig is closer to making an impact, but I think Seager has the potential f... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:02:37 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/los_angeles_dodgers_prospect_rankings_pre_season_2013/13279867 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/los_angeles_dodgers_prospect_rankings_pre_season_2013/13279867 Los Angeles Dodgers Prospect Rankings: Pre-Season 2013 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/los_angeles_dodgers_prospect_rankings_pre_season_2013/13279867 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Months of speculation here at Dodgers Rumors about putting Chase Headley into Dodger Blue. Two weeks ago the Padres agreed to a one-year $8.575MM deal with Headley avoiding arbitration. Most fans and MLB execs expected the Padres to work hard to lock up Headley in a multi-year extension this winter. Though that hasn’t worked out very well at all. San Diego GM Josh Byrnes recently said that two sides had tabled extension talks due to the large gap between both parties. Clearly Byrnes is delusional if he thinks Headley is willing to take a discount to stay in San Diego. Not with teams like the Dodgers, Braves, Red Sox , Yankees, Angels, Mariners, Pirates, and probably a few more 3B needy teams out there. Headley, due to hit free agency after the 2014 season, would instantly become one of the richest players in baseball on the open market. After putting off extension talks the Padres should explore trading Headley before the start of the 2013 season. Headley’s trade value is at its pea... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:31:03 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/never_too_late_to_put_headley_in_dodger_blue/12928156 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/never_too_late_to_put_headley_in_dodger_blue/12928156 Never Too Late To Put Headley In Dodger Blue http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/never_too_late_to_put_headley_in_dodger_blue/12928156 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/9/a9836179255166660723c2163b2c72c11be9b55c/mini/MLB_JUN_06_3df2.jpg The Dodgers have invited 12 players to their Winter Development Camp, which, after operating for its first five years of existence at Dodger Stadium, will move to Camelback Ranch due to construction at Chavez Ravine. Zach Lee, Joc Pederson, Chris Reed, Onelki Garcia, Paco Rodriguez, Chris Withrow, Steven Ames, Matt Magill, Tim Federowicz, Matt Wallach, and newcomers Jeremy Moore and Rob Rasmussen makeup the 12 players selected by the organization. Though Yasiel Puig was originally scheduled to participate in the camp, the Dodgers have opted to leave him with his Puerto Rican Winter League team, which is in the midst of a playoff run. —– The Dodgers signed former Rays lefty J.P. Howell to a one-year, $2.75 million deal with incentives. Chad has details and analysis here. I’m just glad the deal is for one year, especially given Ned Colletti‘s proclivity to give veteran bullpen guys long-term deals. —– Jeremy Moore is one of five players to recently sign a minor-league deal with the cl... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:28:57 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/making_moves_winter_development_camp_sans_puig_howell_signed_minor_deals/12596113 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/making_moves_winter_development_camp_sans_puig_howell_signed_minor_deals/12596113 Making Moves: Winter Development Camp Sans Puig, Howell Signed, Minor Deals http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/making_moves_winter_development_camp_sans_puig_howell_signed_minor_deals/12596113 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png In 2012, four left-handed pitchers touched 93-plus on my radar gun. In Onelki Garcia and Chris Reed, Dodgers prospects accounted for half the list. This is nothing new. Two minor league baseball seasons living in the Atlanta area has yielded many hard-throwing Dodgers prospects. What’s new is every top prospect I’ve seen from the Dodgers has been right-handed before this. Big arms, along with deep pockets have allowed the Dodgers to acquire three All-Stars in the past six months. Trading Nathan Eovaldi, Rubby De La Rosa, Ethan Martin, Josh Lindblom and Allen Webster would decimate most minor league systems. For the Dodgers, it’s simply a sign to reload. Seeing both Reed and Garcia pitch on the same September day against a prospect laden Jacksonville Generals team left me focusing on their similarities. Chris Reed started the game for Chattanooga. After a rocky first-inning, the left-hander settled in. With a 91-93 mph fastball, the pitch featured late drop anchoring a ground ball he... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:44:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_find_pair_of_power_lefties/12527632 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_find_pair_of_power_lefties/12527632 Dodgers Find Pair of Power Lefties http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/dodgers_find_pair_of_power_lefties/12527632 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Dodgers will trot out a formidable wave of big league talent to take on the National League West in 2013 but the strength of the major league club comes at the expense of the minor league system. The organization has flipped its home-grown talent to acquire the likes of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, and Hanley Ramirez. The new draft and international free agent rules will affect LA’s ability to over-pay for amateur talent but the club showed the ability to work within the new guidelines and had a solid 2012 amateur draft.   #1 Zach Lee (P) Age G GS IP H HR K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP 20 25 25 121.0 129 15 7.66 2.38 4.39 3.95 Lee, 21, is an athletic pitcher who’s still learning to channel his raw skills to the mound and he doesn’t dominate as much as expected. The right-handed Texan split 2012 between high-A and double-A pitching a total of 121 innings. He walked just 32 batters, displaying above-average control for his age, but also struck out just 103 batters because his second... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:00:44 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/los_angeles_dodgers_top_15_prospects_2012_13/12504388 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/los_angeles_dodgers_top_15_prospects_2012_13/12504388 Los Angeles Dodgers Top 15 Prospects (2012-13) http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/los_angeles_dodgers_top_15_prospects_2012_13/12504388 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Chris Reed isn’t your typical top-rated prospect. Born in London, England, he has a record of just 1-9 since the Los Angeles Dodgers drafted him 16th overall in 2011. A closer in his junior year at Stanford, the 22-year-old southpaw transitioned to a starting role this season with High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga. Limited to 77 innings, Reed proceeded to make 11 relief appearances in the Arizona Fall League. —— David Laurila: Why did the Dodgers send you to the Arizona Fall League? Chris Reed: I actually asked them if I could play winter ball. There were a couple of reasons. One was to throw a few more innings, since my innings count was low. The other was to work on my secondary pitches. Those would be my slider, which I lost about halfway through the year — in Chattanooga — and also my changeup. It’s important to have three pitches as a starter. DL: How did you end up throwing fewer innings than planned? CR: It was basically the setback I had in May. That’s what st... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:00:44 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/q_a_chris_reed_dodgers_top_prospect/12503830 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/q_a_chris_reed_dodgers_top_prospect/12503830 Q&A: Chris Reed, Dodgers Top Prospect http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/q_a_chris_reed_dodgers_top_prospect/12503830 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2012 (23) | 2011 (12) | 2010 (21) | 2009 (23) | 2008 (6) 2012 Affiliate Records MLB: [86-76] NL West AAA: [80-64] Pacific Coast League – Albuquerque AA: [73-65] Southern League – Chattanooga A+: [68-72] California League – Rancho Cucamonga A: [67-73] Midwest League – Great Lakes Arizona Fall League Players — Mesa Solar Sox Eric Eadington (LHP); Onelki Garcia (LHP); Red Patterson (RHP); Chris Reed (LHP); Andres Santiago (RHP); Gorman Erickson (C) Graduated Prospects of Note Nathan Eovaldi (RHP); Shawn Tolleson (RHP); Josh Lindblom (RHP) The Run Down The Dodgers entered the 2012 season with a deep farm system, flush with solid pitching prospects.  It was also a system that was virtually void of high-impact talent.  Almost a year later, though, the system has a different look.  Thanks to blockbuster trades with Boston and Miami, the pitching depth has shrunk considerably — Nate Eovaldi and Allen Webser were top three arms in the organization.  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:15:32 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/2013_minor_league_preview_los_angeles_dodgers/12310879 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/2013_minor_league_preview_los_angeles_dodgers/12310879 2013 Minor League Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/2013_minor_league_preview_los_angeles_dodgers/12310879 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Reed before his Nov. 8 Arizona Fall League game. Edited for sanity, because nobody wants to read “uh” and “um” and laughs and transitions and crap. —– Pitching in the AFL is always difficult, so are you making any conscious adjustments to that or is it just specifically working on things beyond results? “Yeah, we’re working on a few things. Working both sides of the plate and throwing off-speed in fastball counts. And I’d say adjusting to the hitters too because that’s who you’re going to be facing in the future. Is there a mental aspect to that due to the increased competition or the hitter’s environment there in Arizona? “Guys are looking for fastballs here, so you have to throw off-speed in fastball counts, and you have to be consistent with the fastball. Also, taking a mental approach where you have to pound the zone and make them hit it, hopefully right at somebody.” As far as adjustments go, were there any mechanical or mental things Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:18:22 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/interview_with_chris_reed_mechanical_mental_adjustments_pitch_confidence_and_change/12213787 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/interview_with_chris_reed_mechanical_mental_adjustments_pitch_confidence_and_change/12213787 Interview With Chris Reed: Mechanical & Mental Adjustments, Pitch Confidence, And Change http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/interview_with_chris_reed_mechanical_mental_adjustments_pitch_confidence_and_change/12213787 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Chris Jackson of the Albuquerque Examiner tweeted to me and said that Dodgers left-hander Onelki Garcia hasn’t appeared yet in the Arizona Fall League because of an oblique injury, but he was unable to confirm it. If true, I wouldn’t expect to see Garcia play at all in the AFL, though he could still pitch in another winter league. —– Arizona Fall League Gorman Erickson – C 11 G, .276/.432/.345/.777, 2 2B, 8 BB Erickson is having a decent AFL campaign in his second year in the league. The power he displayed in his 2011 campaign (.204 ISO) is all but gone, as hi ISO at Chattanooga was .095 and it’s just .069 in the AFL. Joc Pederson – OF 9 G, .094/.171/.094/.265, 3 RBI, 2 SB Pederson had been out of action since Oct. 23, but he returned to the Solar Sox‘s lineup yesterday and promptly went 0-for-3. His AFL season has been atrocious, but he still got an invite to the Rising Stars game, which was held on Saturday. Someone mentioned that Pederson could be fatigued and I buy it. He played... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:56:01 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/down_on_the_farm_winter_leagues_onelki_pederson_ynoa_reed_santiago/12134914 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/down_on_the_farm_winter_leagues_onelki_pederson_ynoa_reed_santiago/12134914 Down On The Farm: Winter Leagues – Onelki, Pederson, Ynoa, Reed, Santiago http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/down_on_the_farm_winter_leagues_onelki_pederson_ynoa_reed_santiago/12134914 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Playing for the World Team in the 2012 Futures Game (because he was born in England), the Dodgers lone representative, Chris Reed, got rocked a bit in his one inning of work. He gave up two hits, a walk, four runs (two earned), and struck out one. It’s indicative of exactly nothing, but it would Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:59:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_prospect_chris_reed_struggles_in_2012_futures_game_appearance/11182759 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_prospect_chris_reed_struggles_in_2012_futures_game_appearance/11182759 Dodgers prospect Chris Reed struggles in 2012 Futures Game appearance http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/dodgers_prospect_chris_reed_struggles_in_2012_futures_game_appearance/11182759 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png For the 14th annual Futures Game, Chris Reed of AA Chattanooga Lookouts will be the lone Dodgers representative. In 36 innings at A+ ball, he posted a 3.00 ERA with a 2.59 FIP and 2.96 SIERA, earning him a promotion to AA. In limited time there (nine innings), he has put up a 2.00 ERA, Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:48:14 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_will_represent_the_dodgers_in_the_2012_futures_game/11065961 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_will_represent_the_dodgers_in_the_2012_futures_game/11065961 Chris Reed will represent the Dodgers in the 2012 Futures Game http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/chris_reed_will_represent_the_dodgers_in_the_2012_futures_game/11065961 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The 2012 Futures Game rosters were announced today and London-born (say wha?) Chris Reed will represent the Dodgers in Kansas City this year. It's no surprise to see Reed headed to KC, as he's had a really good season so far: 2.86 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 9.2 K/9 between High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga. Reed, 22, has a good fastball that sits in the low-90s, a mid-80s slider and a showme changeup. He was the Dodgers' first-round draft pick in 2011 -- a pick I wasn't particularly thrilled with. It remains to be seen if he's going to pan out, but he has the stuff. His stamina and durability are the concerns. While it's not a surprise to see him pitching well, it is a little surprising to see he's the only Dodger prospect selected to play in the game. Guys like Zach Lee, Joc Pederson, Blake Smith and Alex Castellanos all deserved consideration. Lee is widely regarded as the Dodgers' best prospect, Pederson as the Dodgers&#... Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:18:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_the_only_prospect_to_represent_dodgers_in_futures_game/11063819 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_the_only_prospect_to_represent_dodgers_in_futures_game/11063819 Chris Reed the only prospect to represent Dodgers in Futures Game http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/chris_reed_the_only_prospect_to_represent_dodgers_in_futures_game/11063819 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Dodgers are suffering through their worst stretch of the season with six losses in their last seven games after Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Rockies, but they have been improving in one area: stealing bases. The Dodgers in 2011 were fourth in the National League with 126 stolen bases and stole those bases at a 75.9 percent clip, fifth in the league. But this year, the club began the year much worse when trying to steal. Though May 26, the Dodgers had stolen just 21 bases in 46 games and were caught 18 times, for a 53.8 percent success rate. First base coach Davey Lopes, who also serves as base-running instructor, was not pleased. "Stolen bases, am I happy with that? No, to be honest with you," Lopes said on May 26. "No one is really doing as well this year as he did last year. Last year's record was very good. This year is not even close, we've went backwards. It's something we'll have to adjust." However, since those words from Lopes, the Dodgers have 12 stolen bas Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:38:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_becoming_more_aggressive_on_base_path/10936952 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/dodgers_becoming_more_aggressive_on_base_path/10936952 Dodgers becoming more aggressive on base path http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/dodgers_becoming_more_aggressive_on_base_path/10936952 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Dodgers' most recent first rounder is back in action after missing time with shoulder soreness. Thu, 31 May 2012 03:14:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_returns_from_injury/10909346 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/chris_reed_returns_from_injury/10909346 Chris Reed Returns from Injury http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/chris_reed_returns_from_injury/10909346 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Pitching was the story this week with the Dodgers minor-league system, despite giving up more runs than scored at all but one level. Some strong performances by Chris Reed, Garrett Gould, and Ethan Martin weren’t enough to make the cut. The Isotopes checked in with the best record at 3-3, while the Lookouts scored the Wed, 02 May 2012 19:22:46 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/down_on_the_farm_week_of_april_23rd_federowicz_magill_santiago_dominguez/10706564 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/down_on_the_farm_week_of_april_23rd_federowicz_magill_santiago_dominguez/10706564 Down On The Farm: Week Of April 23rd – Federowicz, Magill, Santiago, Dominguez http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/down_on_the_farm_week_of_april_23rd_federowicz_magill_santiago_dominguez/10706564 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png