As part of our annual tradition at Dodgers Way, we take a look at each player’s season and assign them a grade based on how they did for that prior season. For Alex Verdugo, his grade for 2018 would be inconclusive. He only received 77 at-bats in 2018 and spent the bulk of his season with the Oklahoma City Dodgers.
For 2019, Verdugo should not only receive enough playing time to receive a grade, but he is projected to start in right field. The departure of Yasiel Puig to Cincinnati all but assures that barring injury or another big-time addition, Alex will be the starter in right field on opening day.