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GLENDALE, AZ - MARCH 21: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Emil Morales (96) runs to third base against the Chicago White Sox in a Spring Breakout Game on March 21, 2026, at Camelback Ranch at Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Dodgers have a new Class-A affiliate in the California League this season. After 15 years linked with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, 2026 is the inaugural season for the Ontario Tower Buzzers.
Ontario’s first roster is headlined by shortstop Emil Morales, who was named to top-100 prospect lists this offseason by Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, ESPN, The Athletic, and MLB Pipeline. The 19-year-old headlined the Dodgers’ international signing period in 2024, and later that year won Dominican Summer League MVP. Morales impressed last season in his first taste of Class-A, hitting .339/.420/.548 with a 160 wRC+, 11 doubles, five home runs in 30 games for the Quakes. If he follows outfielder Eduardo Quintero’s path from last year, Morales’s stay in Ontario might not be a long one.
Morales is one of 13 players on Ontario’s roster this year who played for Rancho Cucamonga last year, including infielders Joendry Vargas and Chase Harlan, and pitcher Marlon Nieves.
Nine 2025 draft picks by the Dodgers are on Ontario’s roster, including second-round pitcher Cam Leiter and third-round outfielder Landyn Vidourek. Vidourek played briefly for the Quakes last season. Leiter will be making his professional debut in 2026, one of nine players on the Tower Buzzers roster set to debut this year.
This group will be managed by the Dodgers’ captain of player development John Shoemaker, in his 50th year in the organization.
Ontario’s first game is this Thursday, April 2, at home against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), at the brand new ONT Field.
| Player | Pos | 2026 age | Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Ayon | RHP | 24 | 2024 draft (18th) |
| Javier Bartolozzi | RHP | 21 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Luis Carias | RHP | 21 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Mason Estrada* | RHP | 22 | 2025 draft (7th) |
| Will Gagnon* | RHP | 22 | 2024 draft (14th) |
| Domingo Geronimo | RHP | 21 | 2022 int’l FA |
| Jholbran Herder | RHP | 21 | 2022 int’l FA |
| Jhonny Jimenez | RHP | 22 | 2021 int’l FA |
| Cam Leiter* | RHP | 22 | 2025 draft (2nd) |
| Jecsua Liborius | RHP | 21 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Logan Lunceford* | RHP | 22 | 2025 draft (12th) |
| Matt Lanzendorfer* | LHP | 24 | 2025 draft (15th) |
| Accimias Morales | RHP | 21 | 2022 int’l FA |
| Marlon Nieves | RHP | 21 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Robby Porco* | RHP | 22 | 2025 draft (13th) |
| Brady Smith | RHP | 21 | 2023 draft (3rd) |
| Jesus Tillero | RHP | 20 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Anson Aroz* | C | 23 | 2025 draft (19th) |
| Conner O’Neal* | C | 23 | 2025 draft (9th) |
| Chase Harlan | 3B | 19 | 2024 draft (3rd) |
| Jose Hernández | IF/OF | 23 | 2019 int’l FA |
| Mairoshendrick Martinus | IF/OF | 21 | 2022 int’l FA |
| Emil Morales | SS | 19 | 2024 int’l FA |
| Easton Shelton | 1B | 20 | 2023 undrafted FA |
| Joendy Vargas | IF | 20 | 2023 int’l FA |
| Jaron Elkins | OF | 21 | 2023 draft (8th) |
| AJ Soldra* | OF | 22 | 2025 draft (16th) |
| Brandon Tunink | OF | 20 | 2024 draft (8th) |
| Landyn Vidourek | OF | 22 | 2025 draft (3rd) |
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