Wednesday was light in Dodgers action in the Arizona Fall League, as the Glendale Desert Dogs were shut out in a game shortened by rain to only six innings. Against the Peoria Javelinas, Glendale managed only four hits, all singles, one of them by second baseman Charles Davalan.
So let’s expand our offseason minor league scope a bit, and turn to the Dominican Winter League (or LIDOM, if you prefer). As far as I can tell, shortstop Emil Morales is the only Dodgers minor leaguer currently active in the league,
which started its season last Friday. Morales, who by season’s end was ranked the No. 22 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline and ranked 29th by Baseball America, did not play on Wednesday, but has played in two of five games thus for for Gigantes del Cibao.
Morales, who turned 20 in September, has a single, double, and two walks in his seven plate appearances thus far. He’s the second-youngest player on the Gigantes, with Rockies prospect Ronny Brito, a switch-hitting infielder/outfielder five and a half months younger than Morales.
Someone who did play on Wednesday was old friend Brent Honeywell Jr., the former Dodgers pitcher, official “dawg” during the 2024 postseason and unofficial NLCS MVP that year. Honeywell suffered some injury that cost him most of the last two seasons, and pitched in seven games for Triple-A El Paso, a San Diego Padres affiliate. The first of those games for El Paso was at Oklahoma City on August 29, his first game action since Game 4 of the 2024 World Series.
Honeywell for the Gigantes on Wednesday pitched a scoreless sixth inning in relief. This is the second time in his career the 31-year-old right-hander has played in a winter league, having also pitched in seven games and 28 innings for Escogido in the 2022-23 season.
Wednesday scores
- Peoria 3, Glendale 0 (6 innings)
- Gigantes del Cibao 14, Leones del Escogido 9
Thursday schedule
- 4 p.m. PT: Gigantes del Cibao vs. Toros del Este (on MLBtv)
- 6:30 p.m.: Glendale at Mesa Solar Sox (AFL live streams)
