Elbert Pulled - Prospects with bags packed - Dodger Prospects Top Performances and Minor League Box Scores - July 29th, 2009

Scott Elbert was pulled from his AAA start last night and is headed for LA. For what role we can only guess. Ned says he is not part of a trade but questions still remain if my top ranked prospect will actually be in a Dodger uniform come Saturday Morning.

Other prospects that may no longer be part of this series after this Friday  besides Elbert are Lindblom, McDonald, Josh Bell, Chris Withrow, Ivan DeJesus Junior, Tony Abreu, Blake DeWitt, Josh Bell, Andrew Lambo, Victor Garate, Dee Gordon, and Steve Johnson. These are all names we can expect to be bandied about.

The most recent rumor is that the BlueJays are "only" asking for 5-6 of our top prospects instead of Billingsley or Kershaw for the Doc. As much as I like our prospects I can't think of five prospects I wouldn't trade for 1 1/2 years of Doc Halladay. The price is steep but the Phillies sent four prospects to the Indians for Lee. Canuck thinks I'm clueless for saying this, do you agree?

From BP's Kevin Goldstein:

Sleeper Alert!

Steven Johnson, RHP, Dodgers (Double-A Chattanooga)
Monday's stats: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K
A 13th-round pick in 2005 and the son of former big leaguer and Orioles broadcaster Dave Johnson, Steven has taken a slow-but-steady rise through the Dodgers system. He has taken a big step forward this year, striking out 102 in 96.2 innings for High-A Inland Empire and now 15 in 10 2/3 frames over his first two Double-A starts. He's not a monster by any stretch, but his fastball and breaking ball both rate a tick above average and there's some deception to his delivery. Scouts think he could fit in the back of the rotation when all is said and done.

James Adkins showing signs of life with his 3rd straight solid start.  Only two earned runs in his last 19 innings and his walk rate in July is now in single digits with an increasing K rate.

Timothy Sexton saw his teammate Steve Johnson get promoted and wants the same treatment. He's making a good case for himself with eight shutout innings last night, and no walks.

Josh Bell and Tony Abreu both cooled off with hitless nights.

Kensai reviews some A and A+ prospects

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[UPDATE]

Kensai has added some reviews of the rookie league prospects
so be sure to check it out.

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Mid Season Prospect Ranking - True Blue LA
Mid Season Dodger Prospect Ranking from Kensai/Canuck/Phil

• First Inning  link to the Daily Boxscores
  
• Minor League Splits provides a daily recap of the top prospects in baseball along with the top performances 
• Minor League Splits providesTop Dodger Minor League Performances and Box Scores. Sometimes this link is not updated until 11:00 with the previous nights box score.

Check out these links and let us know what you think. From the above links you can see the daily Dodger minor league box scores, a recap of the best Dodger performances, and a recap of all of baseballs top prospect performances, along with a recap of simply the best minor league performances even if they aren't considered prospects. The Hector Luna performances if you will.

From the First Inning site you can check out the leaderboards for each league including advanced statistics like wOBA and FIP. From the minor league split web site you can click on the player link and check every which way they are doing.