Dodgers: Constructing the Future Dodgers Lineup

With all our coverage of the 2017 MLB Draft, I thought it would be a good idea to give fans a glimpse of what the Dodgers future may look like. By this time you all know the Dodgers have one of, if not the best farm systems in all of baseball.

With new ownership at the realm, the new owners really changed the culture of the franchise. Under this ownership, the team has won four consecutive division titles and have made two trips to the NLCS. What often goes overlooked when evaluating the moves of the ownership was their decision to bring in Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi to replace Ned Colletti.

Friedman is known throughout the MLB as an advanced sabermetrics genius that stays ahead of the new age of baseball. Up until joining the Dodgers, Friedman nor Zaidi had the luxury of working for a big market team and always valued and cherished their prospects.

Now with the combination of a Moneyball-esq duo of Friedman and Zaidi and the deep pocket of the new Dodgers ownership, we get the product we see today. Competitive at the major league level, but also at the minor leagues.

When Friedman took over the Dodgers, he began to protect the Dodgers farm system and was able to do so without affecting the product fans see on a day to day basis. This philosophy led to missing out on a lot of big potential trade targets (David Price, Chris Sale, Ryan Bruan, Bryan Dozier, etc.). But now is a better time see if holding onto those prospects will pay off.

I’ll put together what potentially could be the Dodgers lineup within the next two or three seasons with prospects under the age of 28. Let’s get started.