Second year phenom Julio Urias has had a modest spring. He’s appeared in 4 games and has posted a 4.76 ERA while striking out 8 and posting a 1.2 WHIP in 5.2 innings tossed. Urias is just 20-years old and we hear every day how the Dodgers want to handle
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The last time we saw Scott Kazmir was exactly ten days ago. He was ordered off the mound after throwing just one pitch in the second inning of a game against the Rockies. He was scheduled to throw two innings that day, but that didn't happen. He later said he was
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Today is Trayce Thompson's birthday - and he hit a home run! Most of the time, that would be good enough for the headline...but not this time. Today Andrew Toles stole the spotlight with a magnificent day out on the diamond. Mr. Toles didn't hit a home run, nevertheless, he put up some
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There’s some discussion about which relievers are going to occupy the final couple of spots in the Dodger bullpen this season. We know that Kenley Jansen is the closer and Sergio Romo will probably be the set-up man providing the eighth inning duties. Second year southpaw Grant Dayton is likely to
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Do you remember when Yasiel Puig was THE FACE of the Dodgers? Think way back to when the team used to be available for all of Los Angeles to watch on TV. That's how long ago that was. Today only 60% of L.A. can watch the Dodgers on the tube, and
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Dodger’s starting catcher Yasmani Grandal is a talented backstop. He’s one of the best pitch framers in the game and hits well for power from both sides of the plate. The problem with him is that he is injury prone. He gets hurt a lot. To be fair a lot
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I always like to keep an optimistic outlook, but prepare for the worst. Perhaps that’s what the Dodgers are doing with wonder kid Corey Seager’s latest oblique injury. The club has so many injuries from day-to-day that it can be hard to diagnose or determine timelines for return. Initially Seager’s
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The Dodgers slapped the Texas Rangers around Arizona tonight behind the arm of Brandon McCarthy and the bat of Yasiel Puig. Use whatever adjective you like - it won't be big enough to contain all the ways the boys in blue dominated the unlucky Rangers. Here's how it all played out: The
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Are you heading out to see the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch? Are you curious where the prices for Dodgers tickets fit in the grand scheme of ticket prices for all the other teams? If so, here's a couple of handy charts that illustrate where Spring Training ticket prices for the Dodgers
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Fiction abounds with stories of greedy and uncaring characters who eventually see the flaws in their game. They learn the lesson that selfishness only hurts themselves, and being open brings lasting rewards that are far greater than hoarding and stinginess ever could. Today those fantasies became real, as the Los Angeles
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Our good friends over at numberFire.com have released their projections for the 2017 season. They have projections out for all 30 clubs, including league wide projections as well. Projections are always fun to look at before the season begins. Projections are a good way to gauge how a player or
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Dodger baseball just wouldn’t be Dodger baseball without a ton of injuries. Last season the Dodgers set records for most days on the disabled list and most players on the DL. For whatever reason the current group of Dodgers are injury prone and have trouble going even a few days
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Here we go again, yet another spring with scarce opportunities to watch the Dodgers play Spring Training games. This despite the fact the team has an $8 billion dollar broadcasting deal, a 24-hour channel available, and all the equipment and people in place to show it. Today the Dodgers' ace, the
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Just when Scott Kazmir was making progress in his quest to return to the Dodgers' starting rotation, cruel fate stepped in and shoved him right off the mound in his start against the Colorado Rockies today. Kazmir was scheduled to pitch two innings, but he didn't get anywhere close to that modest
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Julio Urias , Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig all played big roles in today's Dodgers win over the Seattle Mariners. Urias set the tone early with two scoreless innings, two strike outs, no hits and one walk. Sergio Romo took over in the third. He brought with him high Dodger blue socks with
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It’s far too early in the spring to make any type of determination about the 2017 Dodgers yet. So far through 9 exhibition games the Dodgers have a 5-4 record. There are some things we do know, such as Clayton Kershaw will be the opening day starter, and Corey Seager
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