Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I thought it was cute how, on Old-Timers Day on Saturday, Tommy Lasorda left Fernando Valenzuela in the game to throw 192 pitches, just like the old days.
The draft
With the 23rd overall pick in the 2017 first-year player draft, the Dodgers chose Vanderbilt outfielder Jeren Kendall. I could tell you a lot of background info about him now (you can read more about him here), but really, the baseball draft is a crapshoot, and just because a player was chosen in the first round doesn't mean he will ever become a major leaguer.