Dodgers Blue Heaven: Blog Kiosk: 7/9/2015 - Dodger Links - Draft Pick Signings, Kam Uter and Pederson

Thursday, July 09, 2015

Blog Kiosk: 7/9/2015 - Dodger Links - Draft Pick Signings, Kam Uter and Pederson

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

(Todd Rundgren)

The photo above is via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2015. Go here to check out more photos from yesterday's game by Jon. Below are some links to check out:

Via an AP story at ESPN, "Don Newcombe resting at home after hospital stay."
Via a tweet by Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider, the Dodgers have just signed two of their top draft picks - Josh Sborz and Philip Pfeifer.

Dodgers have officially signed draftees @JoshuaTree_27 and @pfeifdawg22.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) July 8, 2015

Via William Boor at MLB.com, "Uter brings intensity from football days to the diamond."

Dodgers prospect Kam Uter had to give up his football career to begin his professional baseball career, but he didn't abandon everything he learned on a football field.

"I didn't bring my football mentality last year, but this year I'm bringing my football mentality," Uter said. "I don't care who it is [that I'm facing], in football you don't care who is guarding you, you see a big linebacker across the middle and you're not scared. I'm bringing a new intensity on the mound now and I hype myself up just like I'm in a football game. I bring a lot more intensity now."

Four Dodger players make Baseball America's "Midseason Top 50 Prospects" list; including Corey Seager at #1. Check out the list here.
As you surely know by now, Joc Pederson will participate in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby. Hopefully, he does better than our representative from last year. Below is the announced bracket for the contest.

Night Owl Cards shares with us "10 Awesomely Awful Airbrushed Dodgers" cards.
Panini America is hosting a wrapper redemption program featuring limited edition cards during the upcoming National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, and they include the Clayton Kershaw and Joc Pederson cards below. Go here to see more preview pics.