Dodgers call up top prospect Josue De Paula

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are calling up top outfield prospect Josue De Paula from Double-A, manager Dave Roberts confirmed after Wednesday's game; De Paula is replacing Shohei Ohtani, who is being placed on the injured list for lingering knee, biceps and neck injuries. De Paula is the Dodgers' No. 1 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and is being promoted straight from Double-A, the first position player to do so during Andrew Friedman's tenure as president of baseball operations. At Double-A Tulsa this year he hit .303/.401/.547 across 124 games with 27 home runs, 104 RBIs, a .948 OPS, 31 stolen bases and an 81-to-87 walk-to-strikeout mark. The 6-foot-3 left-handed hitter originally signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2022 for $397,500 and rose rapidly through the Dodgers' system. The Dodgers plan to give De Paula the lion's share of starts at designated hitter, with the possibility of outfield work as he continues improving his defense under guidance from Jason Heyward in the front office. MLB Pipeline called De Paula the most advanced young hitter Los Angeles has had since Corey Seager. Because De Paula was not on the 40-man roster on September 1 he is not eligible to appear in the postseason for Los Angeles this year.

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The Dodgers are calling up top prospect Josue De Paula, source says. Now is a good time to plug this: www.nytimes.com/athletic/755...

3730d ago

Jeff Passan Bot

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News: The Dodgers are calling up their best prospect, OF Josue De Paula, sources told ESPN. He will be with the team on Friday, for the start of a weekend series in Miami. More to come.

2630d ago

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Mister Dingers3

Shohei is clearly injured and they need another DH, I guess.

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Fuck it lets go JDP

Eric Stephen

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Josue De Paula on Friday will be 21 years, 110 days old Dodgers haven't had a player that young since Alex Verdugo on September 2, 2017 www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

2330d ago

Chad Moriyama

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Twice in one day? Dear, God ... why? @dustinnosler.bsky.social dodgersdigest.com/2026/08/17/d...

1830d ago

Noah Camras

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Josue De Paula will be 21 years old when he makes his MLB debut. He's the Dodgers' No. 1 overall prospect. In 123 games at Double-A, he hit .302 with 26 home runs, 101 RBIs, 31 stolen bases and an OPS of .939. This is an unbelievable development. www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/...

1230d ago

Jeffrey Paternostro

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This is an aggressive move by the Dodgers, but de Paula has already succeeded in the minors on a pretty aggressive track. www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...

829d ago

Keith Law

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our Katie Woo on the Dodgers' callup of #18 overall prospect Josue De Paula (gift link) www.nytimes.com/athletic/758...

1229d ago

illumi

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[looking at a timeline full of Dodgers fans] i'm probably the person most excited for the Josue De Paula call up on this entire webbed site

829d ago

JJ Cooper

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Last year I wrote a piece about how Kevin McGonigle was a Near-Perfect Hitting Prospect. As a hitter, the closest analogue to McGonigle I can find in the minors this year is Josue De Paula. An explanation of their similarities: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/josu...

529d ago

DodgerBlue.com

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RECAP: Dodgers blew out the Reds to complete a sweep. Their winning streak is now a season-best 7 games. Josue De Paula arrives Friday. dodgerblue.com/dodgers-offe...

730d ago

Sam Dykstra

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Josue De Paula’s final homer with Double-A Tulsa from tonight, his 27th of the season (tied for third-most in the Texas League). The outfield defense is going to be a big question mark in the bigs, but that swing sure is pretty from the left side.

630d ago

Rowan Kavner

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Can confirm reports the Dodgers plan to call up top prospect Josue De Paula straight from Double-A on Friday, per source. De Paula’s slashing .302/.400/.539 with 26 HR/31 SB at Tulsa and needed to be added to 40-man this winter.

430d ago

MLB Trade Rumors

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From Double-A to #Dodgers' DH, here comes the debut for top prospect De Paula: www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/09/dodg...

629d ago

Bruce Kuntz

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NEW ARTICLE: What to expect from the #Dodgers calling up No. 1 prospect Josue De Paula dodgersdigest.com/2026/09/10/w...

429d ago

Baseball America

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The Dodgers are calling up their top prospect Josue De Paula, per ESPN's Alden González. The outfielder is BA's No. 4 prospect overall. De Paula will join the team on Friday in Miami. More: buff.ly/Ds3rzF0

430d ago

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Molly Knight57

He mayyybe looks like the best hitter the Dodgers have developed since Corey Seager. This could be fun.

Molly Knight26

I *think* this is the first time the Andrew Friedman dodgers have promoted a position player to the majors directly from double A (skipping triple A entirely) but the source is my memory. I can’t remember it happening before with a hitter.

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