Dodgers Predicted to Have Best Farm System in MLB at End of Season
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a proven history of homegrown talent.
From Clayton Kershaw, to Will Smith, to Gavin Lux, and even recently departed players who are still continuing to thrive in the majors, it is no secret that a franchise anonymous MLB executives call “elite at everything” has an elite farm system.
Jim Callis of the Pipeline Podcast predicted that by the close of the 2025 season, the Dodgers will once again show their farm system strength as the best in the big leagues.
“The reasoning behind my pick was how young the Dodgers system is. I don’t think they’re going to get a lot of guys promoted out of their Top 30 to the big leagues,” Callis said. “They aren’t going to lose a Jackson Jobe, for instance. The one guy they could lose is Dalton Rushing, a catcher who they did have play some outfield last year. But I’m not necessarily convinced he’ll lose his rookie status.
“They just have this amazing collection of young teenage talent, from Josue De Paula to Joendry Vargas to Emil Morales to Eduardo Quintero to Kellon Lindsey to Zyhir Hope to Ching-Hsien Ko. I can go on and on. These guys aren’t all going to become Top 100 prospects, but I think as they get into full season ball and make their U.S. debuts, they’re going to raise their profiles.”
A name that has many Dodger fans buzzing is No. 1 prospect, C/OF Dalton Rushing.
In 114 games last year both on the Double A and Triple A level, Rushing slashed .271/.385/.512 with an OPS of .896. This included 26 home runs and 85 RBIs.
Since the Dodgers’ current catcher Will Smith is under contract for the next ten years, Rushing has been playing more in the outfield in order to get his batting talents to the majors. MLB.com’s Sonja Chen reported that Rushing only picked up outfield experience “late last season.”
Chen is also hopeful about the 23-year-old making his long-anticipated debut in 2025.
“We’ve heard about Rushing’s ability to hit for a couple years, and now it might be time to see it at the big league level,” she wrote.
Regardless of who debuts in 2025, predicting that Los Angeles will end the year with the best farm system in baseball is a safe bet.
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