California League rumors, news

California League news, rumors

  • Musical Chairs in California League
    • Musical Chairs in California League
    According to several local news outlets, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the City of Ontario have agreed on a new ballpark and sports complex that will be home to the Dodgers low A affiliate that is currently playing in Rancho Cucamonga. The city of Ontario has acquired 200 acres of land for the development of … Continue reading "Musical Chairs in California League"...2024
  • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    Image courtesy of the Fresno Grizzlies Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, October 14th, 2024 The Low-A Fresno Grizzlies put together a season to be proud under second year manager Steve Soliz. The Grizzlies had a winning first half at 38-27 and a winning record overall at 67-64. Unfortunately they were unable to clinch a playoff spot. The Grizzlies finished 3.5 games behind the Mo...2024
  • • Dodgers Prospect Notes: Cameron Decker & Hyun-Seok Jang finish strong, Jared Karros active, Emil Morales DSL MVP, more
    (Via @RCQuakes) Top Farm Batter Cameron Decker had an impressive season in Single-A, making headlines with his ability to drive in runs. Decker drove in 10 runs in a single game in August, and in total, he drove in 36 runs in his final 31 games. "The Quakes are alive!"Hope you like your California League …...2024
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  • California City Pledges $100 Million to Build Minor League Park for Dodgers Affiliate
    • California City Pledges $100 Million to Build Minor League Park for Dodgers Affiliate
    As efforts to attract a younger and more diverse fan base are starting to show results, baseball teams are pulling out of minor league and major league markets in the nation’s most populous state. In the past seven years, three affiliated minor league teams in the California League — Bakersfield, Lancaster, and Adelanto — ceased …...2024
  • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The first-ever splash hit by a right-hander in San Francisco. MLB sells out even more. A look ahead to the playoff races and other news from around baseball. Good morning. My wife says the one overriding principle of modern ballpark design is to have something interesting to hit home runs in. I can’t argue with that. This is kind o...2024
  • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Now, we get to the top half of this year’s PuRPs list! Now we enter the top half of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, and 20-16. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For each player on the PuRPs li...2024

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California League injury and suspension

  • • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
  • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Five position players make the next cut We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
  • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
  • Weekly Pebble Report: Back to the Futures Game (July 8th-July 14th)
    • Weekly Pebble Report: Back to the Futures Game (July 8th-July 14th)
    Colorado Rockies minor league report for Monday, July 15th, 2024 This is the new home of the Weekly Pebble Report here on Purple Row, your weekly Colorado Rockies minor league update. We have decided to make the Pebble Report a stand-alone article for ease of access and to better even out our content for our readers. Starting today, the Pebble Report will go up after the Monday Rockpile on Monday ...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, July 15
    • Baseball history unpacked, July 15
    Jim Thorpe | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Mordecai Brown, Alvin Dark, Fergie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan’s arm, Albert Belle’s bat, Thorpe’s Decathlon win, and other tales of whoa. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, ...2024
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  • Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players
    • Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players
    Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 The results are in. The Athletic ran an MLB Player poll with questions covering a variety of topics, ranging from “Who is the best player in baseball?” (Shohei Ohtani) to “Who has the best vibes?” (Mookie Betts) and even the age-old question “Is the MLB season too long?” (No). The Ath...2024
  • Thursday Rockpile: We may be on the ground floor of Zac Veen’s breakout season
    • Thursday Rockpile: We may be on the ground floor of Zac Veen’s breakout season
    Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 18, 2024 As expected, the Colorado Rockies’ major league product has been less than desirable so far this season. Sitting at a franchise-worst 4-15 mark to start the season, Colorado is firmly entrenched in the cellar of the division and tied with the Miami Marlins for the worst record in the Nationa...2024
    Read about Zac Veen injuries
  • Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Spokane Indians’ rotation is off to a special start
    • Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Spokane Indians’ rotation is off to a special start
    Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 15th, 2024 While the Colorado Rockies starting rotation is still bad—mired in the muck of a rotten start in which their dead-last ranked combined ERA is almost a full point worse than the 29th ranked team—it’s important to look to the farm system and towards a hopeful future. Last week I p...2024
  • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 8, Benny Montgomery
    • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 8, Benny Montgomery
    Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 2021 eighth-overall pick possesses a star-level ceiling and will likely stick in center field 8. Benny Montgomery (477 points, 23 ballots) The eighth-overall pick in the 2021 draft is thought of by scouts to possess three plus tools (run, arm, field) with above-average power and athleticism that should keep Montgomery in center field defen...2024

California League lifestyle

  • • Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
    2016
    Read about Yoan Moncada
  • • The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
    2015
    Read about George Brett

Timeline

  • 2024
    "Agnos led all of Minor League Baseball in saves with 27 and was named a California League All-Star."

  • 2023
    "com In the California League, Ryan Ritter won MVP honors for the Fresno Grizzlies."

  • 2022
    "Drafted by the Rockies out of UC Irvine in the 24th round in 2010, righty Christian Bergman won California League Pitcher of the Year honors in 2012."

  • 2021
    "3, the Class-A California League will experiment with a new technology that allows catchers to electronically communicate signs to pitchers, rather than doing so manually with their fingers."

  • 2018
    "Hinojosa, who is the team's Number 17-ranked propsect according to MLB Pipeline and currently on the roster of the Class A San Jose Giants of the California League, has received a 50-game suspension without pay following a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program."

  • 2017
    "Trout faced live pitching for the first time in five weeks Wednesday night on a rehabilitation assignment with the Inland Empire 66ers, the California League Class A Advanced affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."

  • 2016
    "Moncada and Dubon earned spots on the Carolina League All-Star team that will play its California League counterparts in the Golden State on Tuesday."

  • 2015
    "Omar Vizquel was one of his teammates, and after the next spring training in Arizona, he went to Salinas in the California League and ended up throwing a seven-inning no-hitter in a spot start."

  • 2014
    "  I would have been comfortable at the prospect of it, excited even, if it wasn't for one key factor: The start in question would be Game 5 of the California League Championship Series, the game that would decide the value of the other 150 games my minor league brothers and I played that season, not to mention the biggest game of my career."

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California League trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    2024
  • • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
  • Weekly Pebble Report: Movin’ On Up (July 29th-August 4th)
    • Weekly Pebble Report: Movin’ On Up (July 29th-August 4th)
    Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 This is the new home of the Weekly Pebble Report here on Purple Row, your weekly Colorado Rockies minor league update. We have decided to make the Pebble Report a stand-alone article for ease of access and to better even out our content for our readers. Starting today, the Pebble Report will go up on Tuesday mornings. ★ ★ ★ With th...2024
  • Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future
    • Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future
    Wait, you’re saying I am the SECOND-BEST hitter on my new team? | Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Three prominent prospects come from the Dodgers in exchange for a 4.6 WAR starter, reliever lost in the wilderness, and fantasy football player Tommy Pham Confirmation has come from the White Sox, in the form of tweets and press releases. Here’s our copyedited version of ...2024
  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Back to the Futures Game (July 8th-July 14th)
    2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 15
    2024
  • • Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players
    2024

California League stats and results

  • • California City Pledges $100 Million to Build Minor League Park for Dodgers Affiliate
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Movin’ On Up (July 29th-August 4th)
    2024
  • • Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future
    2024
    Read about White Sox stats
  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 15
    2024
    Read about Jim Thorpe stats
  • • Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players
    2024
  • • Thursday Rockpile: We may be on the ground floor of Zac Veen’s breakout season
    2024
    Read about Zac Veen stats
  • BCB After Dark: Re-grading Michael Busch
    • BCB After Dark: Re-grading Michael Busch
    Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks your current opinion of the Michael Busch trade. It’s Wednesday evening at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and drown your sorrows with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few good tables available. Bring your own beverag...2024
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California League parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
    Read about Colorado Rockies
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
    Read about David Durochik
  • • BCB After Dark: Re-grading Michael Busch
    2024
    Read about Michael Busch
  • Monday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle and the big “if” (plus Pebble Report)
    • Monday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle and the big “if” (plus Pebble Report)
    Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 11, 2023 In the slog of a 2023 season where the Colorado Rockies are on pace to exceed 100 losses, the small wins have come in the form of the young players that have begun to establish themselves. Ezequiel Tovar is the poster-child of this movement, becoming entrenched at shortstop and putting together a se...2023
    Read about Brenton Doyle
  • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 10 to 6
    • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 10 to 6
    Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Some familiar names begin appearing in the Top 10 We’re now in the top ten of the mid-season 2023 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, and 15-11. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 22 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, ...2023
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  • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 15 to 11
    • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 15 to 11
    Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images We now enter the top half of the PuRPs list! Now we enter the top half of the mid-season 2023 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, and 20-16. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 22 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For ea...2023
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  • Thursday Rockpile: A surging Hunter Goodman is on the precipice of the big leagues
    • Thursday Rockpile: A surging Hunter Goodman is on the precipice of the big leagues
    Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, August 10th, 2023 He’s been claimed by one of our broadcasters as kin despite no relation. He’s quickly propelled himself up the prospect rankings and farm system over the last two seasons. He’s your mom’s favorite player. We’ve talked about Colorado Rockies outfield, first ...2023
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  • MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES
    • MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES
    Joey Terdoslavich with Mexicali in 2021    After winning the Mexican Pacific League championship series against Guasave last month for the city's fourth pennant in over 70 winters, Los Mochis players and coaches boarded a plane for Caracas, Venezuela as the Mex Pac's representative at the Caribbean Series.    However, since the Caneros roster for the Crown Jewel of Latin B...2023
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  • • Amarillo joins Padres as Double-A affiliate
    Amarillo will be rejoining the Padres family of Minor League affiliates in 2019 as the home of San Diego's Double-A Texas League team. The Padres also announced player-development extensions with Advanced Single-A Lake Elsinore of the California League and Short-Season Single-A Tri-City of the Northwest League....2018
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Top California League news

  • • The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
    2015
    Read about George Brett
  • • Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
    2016
    Read about Yoan Moncada
  • • Dodgers announce 6 new Minor League skippers
    All six of the Dodgers' Minor League affiliates will have new field managers in 2016, the club announced Thursday. Bill Haselman, who managed Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga to the California League title in 2015, will take over at Triple-A Oklahoma City....2016
    Read about Rancho Cucamonga
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
    Read about David Durochik
  • • Trout feels 'great' as rehab stint opens
    For Mike Trout, conquering any mental hesitancy about facing live pitching was more consequential than any feelings of physical discomfort. Trout faced live pitching for the first time in five weeks Wednesday night on a rehabilitation assignment with the Inland Empire 66ers, the California League Class A Advanced affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim....2017
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  • • Under-the-Radar Seattle Mariners Players Ready to Impress This Spring
    2015
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  • • Angels get Tigers rookie Marte in infielder swap
    The Angels and Tigers agreed on a minor transaction Wednesday, when Detroit sent rookie infielder Jefry Marte to the Halos in exchange for Minor League infielder Kody Eaves. Marte batted .213 in 33 games for the Tigers this past season, while Eaves has yet to play above the Class A California League....2016
    Read about Jefry Marte
  • • Angels get Tigers rookie Marte in infielder swap
    The Angels and Tigers agreed on a minor transaction Wednesday, when Detroit sent rookie infielder Jefry Marte to the Halos in exchange for Minor League infielder Kody Eaves. Marte batted .213 in 33 games for the Tigers this past season, while Eaves has yet to play above the Class A California League....2016
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Baseball Fame Ranking

  • 1. White Sox

  • 2. World Series

  • 3. Red Sox

  • . . .

  • 1580. California League

California League fantasy rankings and news

  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
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  • • Full deal details, finally: White Sox look toward the future
    2024
    Read about White Sox
  • • Josiah Gray Prepped To Raise The Barn Roof On Expectations
    Dodgers announced their top pitching prospect Josiah Gray will make his major league debut today. There's gonna be so many Grays/Greys in the majors, it's gonna be like 50 Shades of Grey, and you're gonna be pouring candle wax on your nips while drafting your fantasy teams. "Ow, Grey, please let me just type up this memo to HR without you tweaking my areolae!" That's gonna be you wishing you could...2021
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  • • Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
    2016
    Read about Yoan Moncada

California League schedule, game

  • • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    2024
    Read about Fresno Grizzlies
  • • California City Pledges $100 Million to Build Minor League Park for Dodgers Affiliate
    2024
  • • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
    Read about Colorado Rockies
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
    Read about Colorado Rockies
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
    Read about David Durochik
  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 15
    2024
    Read about Jim Thorpe
  • • Thursday Rockpile: We may be on the ground floor of Zac Veen’s breakout season
    2024
    Read about Zac Veen
  • • Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Spokane Indians’ rotation is off to a special start
    2024
    Read about Spokane Indians
  • • BCB After Dark: Re-grading Michael Busch
    2024
    Read about Michael Busch

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