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Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports After the league issued a memo back in March stating they’d be tougher on pitchers using “foreign substances” on the baseball, the early months of the season saw no change in approach from the league. With hitting down across the league, and a slew of evidence implicating pitchers brought to last week’s owners meetings, MLB is poised to start laying down the hammer. For the Rockies, the question then becomes: will the stricter rule enforcement hurt pitchers or help hitters more? It’s no secret that pitchers have long looked to get a better grip on the ba...

Damon Casetta-Stubbs worked six no-hit innings in the Modesto Nuts 6-3 win over the Visalia Rawhide on Sunday afternoon at John Thurman Field. Casetta-Stubbs (W, 1-1) allowed just two baserunners in the first three innings. In the fourth, AJ Vukovich roped a line drive up the middle

Zach Reks is percolating in Triple-A, and because he’s on the 40-man roster he’s just a phone call away from reaching the majors. That’s the focus for now, but on the back burner is an idea he has already put in motion: he’s starting a non-profit coffee company. He’s not sure yet of the name, or who might join him, or what the final scope of the organization will be. But the germ of the idea was to help minor league players. “The original aim of the whole project is to help struggling minor league players,” Reks said last week. “I know a lot of minor league players don’t get...

Hits were at a premium for the three Dodgers minor league affiliates in action on Wednesday night. Player of the day It’s been a solid start to the season for Julian Smith for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga. He pitched four scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts on Wednesday night, keeping the Quakes in the game despite a dismal offensive night for the home team. The Dodgers drafted Smith, who turns 24 in June, in the 15th round in 2018. His first outing was another four strong relief innings, earning the win on May 5 while allowing only one unearned run. On the season, Smith has a 0.00 ...

Kevin Richards (R) The five players in bold are members of our Community Prospect List Top 30, with Soderstrom and Puason in particular ranking in the top four in the A’s farm system. The best way to look at this group is to split them up by draft year, including three players who went unselected in last year’s short five-round draft but then signed afterward as free agents. 2019: Dicochea (8th), Schofield-Sam (12th), Valenzuela (13th), Coletti (17th), Cushing (22nd), Jones (27th), Baram (30th), Nambiar (34th), Walkinshaw (36th), Leal (38th), Whittlesey (undrafted) 2018: Butler (6th), Cot...