Dodgers Top Prospects: Should they stay or should they go

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GLENDALE, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 25: Gavin Lux #81 of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up before the MLB spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch on February 25, 2019, in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Gavin Lux is having the biggest breakout season of any prospect in recent memory and needless to say, he isn’t going anywhere this year.

The 6’2, 190-pound middle infielder from Indian Trail High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin is hitting .357 this year with 21 home runs, 64 RBI’s, 222 total bases and a 1.051 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A this year and has been vaulted to baseball’s 10th best prospect. This is a guy that, in a dire situation, could be called up right now and more than likely succeed in the major leagues.

With the Dodgers being rather unstoppable in the big leagues right now, there really is no need to burn Lux’s service time and call him up but that’s exactly what he is: a call-up, not a trade piece.

Lux has every hitting tool imaginable plus he can play both second base and shortstop although his throwing accuracy could very well lend itself to him being a second baseman although one Dodgers scout shared, “we plan to push him as a shortstop until he proves he shouldn’t be one.”

Lux is an emphatic keeper for the Dodgers.

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