Yasiel Puig hits cleanup, no Hanley Ramirez, Justin Sellers recalled, Matt Magill optioned

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Yasiel Puig wins NL Player of the Week

Puig, in his first week in the big leagues, had five multi-hit games in seven days.

Yasiel Puig had one of the great opening weeks in MLB history, and on Monday was rewarded with the National League Player of the Week Award. Puig is the first player to win the award in his first week in the big leagues since Manny Machado of the Orioles for Aug. 6-12, 2012.

The last Dodgers rookie to win NL Player of the Week honors was Andre Ethier, for July 3-9, 2006. Puig is the second Dodger to win the Player of the Week award this season, joining Clayton Kershaw, who won for the opening week of Apr. 1-7.

Puig hit a whopping .464/.483/.964 with four home runs, two doubles and 10 RBI in seven games. For the period of June 3-9, Puig...

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  led the National League with a .607 wOBA
  
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  led the NL with a 1.447 OPS
  
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  led the NL with a .964 slugging percentage
  
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  was second in the NL with a .464 batting average (Everth Cabrera hit .485)
  
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  was seventh in the NL with a .483 on-base percentage (Matt Carpenter was one of six with an OBP of .500 or above)
  
  

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  Dave Cameron at FanGraphs wrote about the growing legend of Puig.
  
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  Jon Morosi at Fox Sports wonders, on video, if Puig will end up in the All-Star Game in New York.
  
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  Danny Knobler at CBS Sports talked with Matt Martin, Puig's first professional manager in the Arizona League. Martin compared Puig to Adrian Peterson.
  
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  David Leon Moore at USA Today wrote about the Dodgers' struggles while Puig excelled.
  
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  Hell, even Forbes wrote about Puig, though I hope Patrick Rishe's 'Getting Puiggy Wit It' idea never catches on.
  

2013 MLB Draft: Dodgers & bloodlines

The Dodgers took RHP Greg Harris Jr., son of the former Expos pitcher, in the 17th round - Getty Images

A look at 2013 MLB Draft picks by the Dodgers with ties to baseball, as well as picks by other teams tied to the Dodgers.

Many major league teams like to draft players with major league bloodlines, and the Dodgers are no different. Here is a look at the players picked by the Dodgers in the 2013 MLB Draft who grew up in and around the game:

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  Cody Bellinger, the son of former big league infielder Clay Bellinger, a high school first baseman from Arizona was picked in the fourth round, 124th overall. Bellinger has reportedly already agreed to terms with the Dodgers.
  
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  J.D. Underwood, the son of former major league pitcher Tom Underwood, a junior college right-handed pitcher from Florida was taken in the fifth round, 154th overall
  
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  RHP Nick Keener, the 10th round pick out of Mansfield in Pennsylvania, is the son of Stephen Keener, the president and CEO of Little League International.
  
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  In the 12th round the Dodgers took BYU third baseman Adam Law, son of former major league infielder Vance Law and grandson of 1960 Cy Young Award winner Vernon Law.
  
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  In the 17th round the Dodgers took RHP Greg Harris Jr. out of Los Alamitos High. Harris is the son of former big league pitcher Greg Harris, who pitched with both his right and left hand in his penultimate major league game in 1995. The normally right-handed Harris walked Hal Morris as a left-handed pitcher, then got Eddie Taubensee to ground out.
  
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  The Dodgers in the 19th round drafted Florida high school shortstop Blake Hennessey, son of Dodgers area scout Scott Hennessey, credited with finding first round pick Chris Anderson, 16th round pick RHP Peter Miller and 39th round pick Jake Sidwell, a high school catcher.
  
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  The Dodgers in the 20th round drafted Holy Cross third baseman Michael Ahmed, brother of Diamondbacks prospect Nick Ahmed.
  
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  High school third baseman Andrew McWilliam is the son of Tigers scout Tim McWilliam.
  
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  In the 33rd round the Dodgers took Pacific outfielder Tyger Pederson, the older brother of Dodgers prospect Joc Pederson and son of former Dodgers relief pitcher Stu Pederson. The Pedersons, it appears, had some fun when it came to baby naming.
  
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  Dillon Moyer, the shortstop taken in the 38th round out of the great school UC San Diego, is the son of former and possible future pitcher Jamie Moyer.
  
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  Jake Sidwell, the high school catcher taken in the 39th round, is the son of Dodgers scout Rob Sidwell, who was credited with finding the 5th rounder Underwood.
  

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  J.P. Crawford, a distant cousin of outfielder Carl Crawford, was taken by the Phillies in the first round, 16th overall.
  
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  Chad Wallach, son of third base coach and former third baseman Tim Wallach, was drafted by the Marlins in the fifth round, 142nd overall. The Dodgers drafted Wallach in the 43rd round in 2010, but he did not sign. The Dodgers have drafted all three of Wallach's sons; they still have Matt Wallach in the system, while Brett Wallach is still in the Cubs system after getting traded for Ted Lilly.
  
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  Ricky Knapp, son of Dodgers pitching coordinator Richard Knapp, was selected by the Mets in the eighth round.
  
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  Jordan Sheffield, nephew of former outfielder Gary Sheffield, was taken by the Red Sox in the 13th round.
  
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  Cal Quantrill, son of former relief pitcher Paul Quantrill, was drafted by the Yankees in the 26th round.
  

2013 Dodgers draft profiles: OF Matthew Haggerty, 40th round

The final selection of the Dodgers was Matthew Haggerty, a high school outfielder/pitcher from Arizona

Starting today I'm going to be doing profiles on each of the players selected by the Dodgers in the 2013 draft. Eric and Ben already provided a ton of draft coverage, but now that it's all over I wanted to take a deeper look at each player. I will be working backwards, from the 40th round down to the 1st round, and will plan to have them all done by the July 12th signing deadline (meaning some days will have multiple posts). Some of the profiles will be shorter than others because there just isn't a lot of information about some of the players, but I'll do my best to gather as much data as possible.

Summary: 40th round pick Matthew Haggerty was drafted out of Seton Catholic High School in Arizona as an outfielder. Haggerty is listed at 6'0", 190 pounds and is 18 years old (will turn 19 in September)

Background information: Haggerty was both a pitcher and an outfielder for his high school team, and led them deep into the playoffs this past season. At the plate he hit .414, scored 44 runs in 31 games, and posted an .545 on base %. He didn't show a whole lot of power, however, as it appears he only had 3 homers on the year. He was also a receiver on the football team that won the Arizona state championship in 2012. Matthew's high school teammate, M.J. Villegas, was drafted by the Dodgers in the 23rd round.

Scouting report: I don't have much to go on here other than his stats. The MLB draft tracker lists Haggerty as a center fielder, and that would make sense given that he played receiver in football so should have some good speed. He also stole 12 bases during his senior season. Again he didn't show much power, but reached base a very good clip. As a pitcher he had a 2.12 ERA, but the Dodgers wanted him for his bat.

Signing Status: High school players selected in the very last round of the draft usually don't sign, however the Dodgers might have a chance with Haggerty. His college commitment is to Mesa Community College, but it was this tweet by him shortly after the draft that has some telling signs "I guess I'm gonna be joining some old teammates in LA! @CodyBellinger8 @mvillegas20 #draft2013 #dodgers #40round." As I mentioned above the Dodgers picked his high school teammate in the 23rd round, and they also selected one of his travel ball teammates, Cody Bellinger, in the 4th round. So that might just help convince Matthew to sign.

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Things Getting Interesting with the Dodgers

Things are getting interesting at the Ravine.

Today the Dodgers recalled shortstop Justin Sellers from Triple-A Albuquerque after optioning Sunday's starter Matt Magill back to Triple-A after his emergency start. While with the Isotopes, Sellers batted .337 with a homer and 17 RBI in 24 games. With runners in scoring position he was batting .321 (9-for-28).

Before getting sent down by the Dodgers on May 8, Sellers was batting a paltry .191 with one homer and two RBI.

"I just knew I've got to hit," Sellers said. Getting regular at-bats in Triple-A allowed him to work on shortening his swing. "I'm just trying to get quality at-bats, be a pest at the plate, be a tough out. I've got to keep the ball out of the air."

With Dee Gordon also sitting in Albuquerque, why was the decision made to bring up Sellers? "I wouldn't be able to speak to that, honestly," Mattingly replied. "They let me know who was coming, and that's who it was."

So Mattingly had no input? "No," he replied.

Never has Mattingly thrown management under the bus so explicitly. Both he and general manager Ned Colletti have glowed in the past about the great two-way communication they enjoy. So it just seems interesting that players are being foisted upon Mattingly all of a sudden.

Trouble in paradise?

Let's look at the ninth inning. The Dodgers had a 3-1 lead over the first place Arizona Diamondbacks. In came their closer Brandon League whom Colletti signed to a three-year contract during the offseason.

Although League had three uneventful games since his last blown save on May 31 in Colorado everyone knew this was inevitable. After striking out Miguel Montero, Martin Prado singled and Gerardo Parra doubled. Jason Kubel hit an RBI single that scored Prado. Didi Gregorious walked to load the bases as Josh Wilson came in to pinch run for Kubel.

As Peter Moylan started warming in the bullpen, A.J. Pollack popped up to second baseman Mark Ellis for the second out. And the escape hatch was oh so tantalizingly close.

But Willie Bloomquist hit a single that scored Parra and Wilson giving the D-Backs the 4-3 lead.

"Bases loaded, a ground ball just inches away from being an out," League said. "It's just back to the drawing board tomorrow."

In came Moylan who gave up a single to Goldschmidt before getting Cody Ross to pop out with the D-Backs holding on to a 5-3 lead.

People on Twitter were blasting both League for blowing the game and Mattingly for continually going back to League in the ninth. "He's our closer," Mattingly said. "He's been the guy."

Then came another shot, a dose of sanity amongst all of the palaver. "If I can say that there's been one dominant guy, it would be a different story," Mattingly said. Sure Kenley Jansen has been dominant as of late, especially retiring the side in order in the eighth inning. But we've seen him also go through stretches where he's been struggling. See the two games he pitched in Atlanta in May when he gave up two runs each.

It's easy to criticize Mattingly for the bullpen, but realize that the bullpen he has isn't very good. And if Mattingly is being left out of the conversations of who gets recalled from Triple-A as is apparently the case now, then who's to blame for the quality of the bullpen arms?

The Dodgers did make a comeback attempt. In the bottom half of the inning Juan Uribe led off with a home run off of D-Backs closer Heath Bell. The Dodgers had runners on first and third with no outs, but Nick Punto flied to left, Mark Ellis struck out swinging and Adrian Gonzalez grounded back to the box to give the D-Backs the 5-4 win.

At least it was better than them getting nothing after getting the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth inning. "That hurts us not to be able to tack on," Mattingly said.

So even though Clayton Kershaw pitched seven innings giving up only one run on six hits and two walks. Even though Mark Ellis went 3-for-4 with a walk and a homer in the fifth inning. Even though Yasiel Puig and Jerry Hairston had three singles each. Even though the Dodgers neutralized Paul Goldschmidt, who torched the Dodgers for four homers and nine RBI the last time he was in town, until his single off of Moylan at the end of the game.

Despite all of that, it went for naught.