3 easiest top prospects Dodgers can trade at the deadline

2. Jacob Amaya, SS

Jacob Amaya is another infield prospect who ranks above Kody Hoese, as the shortstop checks in as the 18th-ranked prospect in the Dodgers’ farm system (per Pipeline). The current farm system for the Dodgers is absolutely loaded with infield talent, which would make it easier for the Dodgers to part ways with Amaya.

Ahead of Amaya, the Dodgers have shortstop Wilman Diaz (10th), second/third baseman Jorbit Vivas (9th), middle infielder Eddys Leonard (8th), corner infielder Miguel Vargas (5th) and second/first baseman Michael Busch (3rd).

Sure, any of those prospects ahead of Amaya could also be traded, but they do not make this list. That does not mean that they absolutely won’t be dealt, but they do not fit the billing of being an easy prospect to trade. Amaya, on the other hand, might be for the right return.

Amaya is a talented player, but with so much infield talent ranked ahead of him, that is both older and younger than him, it makes sense for the Dodgers to flip his great MiLB production for big-league talent.

Amaya was not originally a top prospect like Hoese and, instead, it was his play that put him on the map. The 2017 11th-round pick posted a quality .870 OPS at Double-A Tulsa before being promoted to Triple-A earlier this season. His production has dipped since he was called up, but he is still a valuable middle-infield prospect for the Dodgers to float out in trades.