California League rumors, news

California League news, rumors

  • Padres minor league update week #5
    • Padres minor league update week #5
    Leo De Vries has a dominant week The San Diego Padres top prospect, shortstop Leo De Vries, continues to tear up the Midwest League with his bat. The previous week he hit for the cycle and almost did it again, coming just a triple short this past Tuesday. An early promotion would be a natural conclusion if this continues but his defense will need more time before he is ready for Double-A. Although...2025
  • Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)
    • Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)
    Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 Things may be well... pretty darn bad for the Colorado Rockies as they are off to a historically bad start to 2025. The silver lining is that minor league baseball continues to be fun—especially if you’re the Hartford Yard Goats—and there are plenty of prospects making their big league debuts. The Call-Ups Juance again, with feel...2025
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  • Padres minor league update week #4
    • Padres minor league update week #4
    Leo De Vries | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Leo De Vries hits for the cycle with two home runs With the many injuries to the major league team, there has been a lot of movement to the minor league affiliates to backfill rosters. The many players remaining in Arizona for extended spring training/Arizona Complex League have been drawn on to help fill out the Tripl...2025
  • Weekly Pebble Report: Keep ‘Em Coming (April 14th-20th)
    • Weekly Pebble Report: Keep ‘Em Coming (April 14th-20th)
    Colorado Rockies minor league report for Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 The big league club might be scuffling, but I always say that it’s always a good time to be following minor league baseball. With every Colorado Rockies affiliate now in full swing for 2025, there is always fun baseball to watch—except on Tuesdays. Only one affiliate—the Hartford Yard Goats—has a winning record, but the games ha...2025
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  • Padres minor league update week #3
    • Padres minor league update week #3
    Fort Wayne and San Antonio off to good starts The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates have barely gotten started but several prospects have begun well and the two top prospects, Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries have begun slowly. That is to be expected considering the challenge given to both of them. They are the youngest players in both of their levels. It is to be seen whether they can adj...2025
  • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK The right-hander was a headlining international prospect, but was sidelined by Tommy John surgery in 2023 and 2024 13. Jordy Vargas (438 points, 27 ballots) Vargas boasts a pitch mix that includes a mid-90s fastball, a potential plus curveball, a promising change, and the ability to throw them for strikes consistently. At least, he did before...2025

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California League injury and suspension

  • • Padres minor league update week #5
    2025
  • • Padres minor league update week #4
    2025
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  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Keep ‘Em Coming (April 14th-20th)
    2025
  • • Padres minor league update week #3
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    2025
  • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Ryan Ritter
    • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Ryan Ritter
    Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The shortstop was named California League MVP in 2024 despite not playing there after July 2 17. Ryan Ritter (374 points, 26 ballots) Ritter has paired good defensive utility with better than expected offensive performance so far as a pro. The 6’2” 24-year-old shortstop was known as a college prospect for his defense, but the righty a...2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

California League lifestyle

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

  • 2025
    "Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The shortstop was named California League MVP in 2024 despite not playing there after July 2 17."

  • 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

  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)
    2025
  • • Padres minor league update week #4
    2025
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  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Keep ‘Em Coming (April 14th-20th)
    2025
  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Ryan Ritter
    2025
  • Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
    • Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
    Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Juan Soto is welcomed in Flushing. The White Sox trade Garrett Crochet. A Winter Meetings wrap-up and which teams get a participation trophy this winter. Good morning. Trade for Kyle Tucker already, Jed. I’m going crazy checking every ten minutes to see if a deal has been done. Fangraphs has this end-of-the-year recap of how you used the site and the ballplay...2024
  • • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    2024
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  • 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
    2024
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024

California League stats and results

  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Ryan Ritter
    2025
  • • Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
    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
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
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  • • 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
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California League parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
    2024
    Continue with Juan Soto
  • • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    2024
    Visit the page Lachlan Cunningham
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
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  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
    See more articles David Durochik
  • 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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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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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Top California League news

  • • The True Story of Tim Fortugno, the Man Once Traded for a Bucket of Baseballs
    2015
    Check it out George Brett
  • • Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
    2016
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  • • 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
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  • • Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
    2024
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  • • 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
  • • 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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  • • 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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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
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  • • 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
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California League schedule, game

  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Y’all got any more of those big league debuts? (April 21st - April 27th)
    2025
    Click for news about Colorado Rockies
  • • Padres minor league update week #4
    2025
    Continue with Complex League
  • • Weekly Pebble Report: Keep ‘Em Coming (April 14th-20th)
    2025
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  • • Padres minor league update week #3
    2025
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  • • Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 13, Jordy Vargas
    2025
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  • • Monday Rockpile: Recapping the Fresno Grizzlies’ season before they go into hibernation
    2024
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  • • California City Pledges $100 Million to Build Minor League Park for Dodgers Affiliate
    2024
  • • Outside The Confines: Making a splash
    2024
    Check it out Lachlan Cunningham
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 15-11
    2024
  • • Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
    2024
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California League rumors, scandals

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