Dee Gordon bats for the Chattanooga Lookouts in this file photo.The Chattanooga Lookouts have yet to win a Southern League playoff game as Class AA affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but effective player development is evident.
Eight players who have called Chattanooga his temporary home the past three years began spring training with hopes of making and impacting Los Angeles this season. Dee Gordon will be the starting shortstop for the Dodgers, who open play Thursday in San Diego, with Javy Guerra the closer and Kenley Jansen the top set-up reliever.
“We’ve really been excited about the young guys we’ve had come through the minor league system, and we are excited about the guys coming through now,” Dodgers farm director De Jon Watson said. “We think they can help us win important games for us at the major league level. I think it’s a testament to what we’re preaching and teaching in the minor leagues.
“We want these guys prepared as they continue progressing forward.”
Here are where some former Lookouts stood in the Dodgers organization as of Monday night: