Coming off a solid 2014 and with minimal holes to fill, the Dodgers were able to go into the draft with the primary strategy of adding to the bullpen while also taking the best player available. The bullpen was an area of concern, for the Dodgers recently parted with Joaquin Benoit and Jordan Walden in order to buy low on Jay Bruce.
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| Jon Singleton has time to percolate on the Dodgers' farm |
Round 2: Brad Boxberger. Was set to take Mike Fiers or Dallas Kuechel as they kept falling in order to upgrade the weakest part of my team (the rotation). Keuchel was selected the pick before. Ended up taking Boxberger here because of his current year card value and age. Still, if I were to do it over again I would have taken Matt Shoemaker here who got selected the pick after mine. A ton of right handed relievers still left on the board at this point.
Round 3: Jon Singleton. best prospect available in my eyes. Debated between Singleton, Vargas, Heaney and Jimmy Nelson here. Vargas and Nelson have shown more to date in the major leagues, but it is a bet on the athleticism and the tools. He's still just 24 years old and hit lefties very well as a rookie, though the 40% K rate and the makeup are big concerns. Thought the upside validated the risk here. No pressure to develop right away with Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez ahead of him at 1b and DH, respectively.
Round 4: Roenis Elias. Sort of surprised he dropped here as he has 164 innings and plus units on both sides of the card. The control isn't great, but 2014 was also the first year in the rotation and some of his rate stats are encouraging (GB%, K rate). A welcome upgrade to the rotation who can slot in as my #5 starter.
Round 5: Collin Cowgill. With Jon Jay only having 414 at-bats this year I needed to find a corner outfielder to either caddy with Jay or play full time for a month or so. Cowgill fits the bill as he is a 2 defensively in either corner and he hits left handers very well (131 RC+ in 2014) with decent pop and K/BB ratios.
Round 6: Eugenio Suarez. No holes left to fill, so best available prospect. Suarez was included in the offseason trade that sent Alfredo Simon to Detroit, and Cincy acquired Suarez and starting pitching prospect Jonathon Crawford. Suarez is 23 years old, capable of playing 2b and SS, and developed some power later in this minor league career. He was rushed to the majors last year with almost no Triple-A experience, as Detroit was trying to fill the holes left by injuries to Jose Iglesias and Omar Infante. He is sort of in no-man's land in that he is a young player with major league experience but played too much to qualify on any prospect list. I am hoping this could be a steal in the future.
The Dodgers are in the market for impact righthanded starting pitching. Willing to give elite bullpen pieces (Sean Doolittle, Jake McGee) and/or picks (any of them) to acquire one. Let me know if you have any interest in dealing.
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