Dodgers notes: Emil Morales, Fernando Valenzuela, stadium transit

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 14, 2026: Emil Morales #96 of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up during a minor league spring training game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on March 14, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | Diamond Images/Getty Images Ian Cundall at Baseball America recently watched Dodgers prospect Emil Morales with Ontario as well as San Francisco Giants prospect Jhonny Level, then compared and contrasted the two 19-year-old California League shortstops ranked in the top 100. “Morales has the makings of a power-over-hit player and is likely a corner infielder.

There’s considerable variance in his profile but also a very high ceiling if he can make enough contact to tap into his raw power,” Cundall wrote . “That’s why he’s ranked slightly higher at this point. He’s the type of player you can envision developing into a bat-first impact regular if everything breaks right.

” In Baseball America’s updated top-100 prospect rankings unveiled on Wednesday , Morales was ranked 67th, after not making the top 120 in January . Morales spoke with Tower Buzzers broadcaster Jeff Woolson on Friday: In the Dugout with Emil Morales 🐝 pic. twitter.

com/ntvW7hvB70 — Ontario Tower Buzzers (@towerbuzzers) May 8, 2026 With Mookie Betts , Kiké Hernández , and Brusdar Graterol rehabbing with Oklahoma City, and Blake Snell having just completed his rehab assignment before rejoining the Dodgers today , this next story feels especially relevant. Old friend Josh Suchon, a longtime host of Dodger Talk who is in his 14th season calling games for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, dug into the history of minor league rehab assignments, and found that St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Silvio Martínez was very first player to appear in a minor league game on a rehab assignment, 46 years ago.