The Dodgers are set to select the contract of left-handed pitching prospect Caleb Ferguson, as J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group tweets. The news first got out, it seems, when Ferguson’s mother announced it on Facebook (though Hoornsta notes that he’s confirmed the promotion himself as well). The Dodgers have a full 40-man roster, so they’ll need to make a corresponding move to add him to the roster.
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Ferguson, 21, entered the season ranked 15th among Dodgers farmhands, per Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis of MLB.com. Tommy John surgery in high school caused him to drop to the 38th round of the draft, but he’s steadily risen through the Dodgers’ minor league ranks as he’s mended and rebuilt his arm strength. After dominating Double-A opponents with a 1.38 ERA, 40 strikeouts and 10 walks through 39 innings, Ferguson was moved up to Triple-A for a brief eight-inning stint before now ascending to the game’s highest level.
The addition of Ferguson will give Los Angeles an option to start on Wednesday this week. The Dodgers currently have an entire rotation’s worth of talent on the DL (and a very good rotation, at that) with Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda, Rich Hill, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Julio Urias all on the shelf at at the moment. As such, if Ferguson is indeed called upon to start, he’ll step into the rotation alongside Alex Wood, Ross Stripling and fellow rookies Walker Buehler and Dennis Santana. It could be a simple spot start regardless, as the Dodgers have a pair of off-days next week that’ll allow them to skip the fifth spot in the rotation.
The 4 spot is up for grabs. Santana wasnt great at Coors so he could easily be bumped if Ferguson looks sharp
Re-read your words… “Santana wasn’t great at Coors…”
You’re not going to base his ability off of his major league debut pitching in Denver
Way way too many unqualified GMs and Johnny Super Scouts here.
3rfStrike is exactly right!
It’s Monday. Which means the Dodgers gonna DFA someone.
Or put Wood on the DL. He clearly is not right this season.
Or both. Ferguson isn’t on the 40 man so they have to DFA someone and Wood to the DL could be the 25 man move
Newly acquired Conlon seems like the favorite to be DFA
I agree
Keep your fingers crossed that hopefully they’ll DFA Baez!
No chance of that. They wont give up on him with 2 more years of cheap team control
I wouldn’t care if they had ten more years of control for free, he still does not belong on the roster.
He does just because the bullpen is not that great. He is better than Daniel Hudson, Venditte and a few others.
How’s turner doing? Sandoval 18 rbis in 94 abs. 4 bombs. Super utility guy.
Btw, 5 closers in the bullpen. How’s that dodger bullpen? Bum back tomorrow. When kershaws next game? Btw, I’m a huge Kershaw fan. I wish he was healthy so dodger fans couldn’t blame injuries.
Giants leading NL West in hitting. Cutting strikeouts down lately. Gonna be a fun summer. Low expectations for giants. High ones for dodgers. Damn, it’s gotta hurt
You be Giant Fan me tell with Caveman grammar.
Dude Giants are gonna sink again. They should of built up their farm this year and last year instead of investing in downhill veterans like Longo and Cutch. Plus dumping salary killers like Cueto would be wise too.
Turner is back from a broken wrist and is just now seeing live pitching. Can’t expect bombs every pitch but since he’s been back the Dodger bats have come back to life. Kemp is back to MVP performance and the Kids are pitching better than the Veterans. Can’t complain about that man. Even without Kersh, our future is looking bright.
With all the injuries to the rotation, this is giving the Dodgers a chance to bring up their young talent & see what they’ve got. They have a top 10 farm system. This also works if they want to showcase some prospects if they feel the need to make an acquisition at the trade deadline imo.
And somebody is monitoring his mothers facebook account?
I guess it’s a reminder that we need to give credit where credit is due?