Back in November the Dodgers exercised Logan Forsythe’s 8.5 million dollar club option. He can become a free agent after the 2018 season, and it is fair to wonder if this is his last in Dodger blue. The club acquired him from the Tampa Bay Rays in a deal that
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The economy of baseball is broken. Nothing is adding up at this point. In case you haven’t heard and not hearing anything (News) is part of the problem. What I mean is that over half of the MLB free agents have yet to sign and we’re nearing the end of
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The Dodgers are preparing to enter the 2018 season with another season of a Yasmani Grandal and Austin Barnes catching tandem. That’s a good thing because both backstops are young talented catchers. If healthy Grandal should see the lion’s share of the playing time with Barnes serving as the backup
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The National League pennant winning Dodgers were a great team in 2017. But they had to improve in several areas from the previous season in order to do that. Two major areas come to mind and it’s important to take a look back and recognize how much that helped the
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I know this isn’t thrilling news and quite a few of you don’t even like the following players, but it is news and it gives us something to write about over here. There hasn’t been a lot to write about with the lack of player movement this winter. There was
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The Dodgers have been rumored to be shopping Yasiel Puig for several years now, but have yet to move the enigmatic right fielder. For the record I have never been in favor of moving Puig, despite Oscar wanting to trade him for Giancarlo Stanton earlier this winter. Nevertheless according to Alex
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This has been one of the slowest uneventful offseasons in recent memory. However the Dodgers have been quite busy over the last couple of weeks though. They made a huge trade with the Atlanta Braves dumping several huge contracts which included parting ways with Adrian Gonzalez, Brandon McCarthy and Scott
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The Dodgers have made another move, this time on the minor league side. Ken Rosenthal is reporting that The Dodgers have inked right hander Zach Neal to a minor league contract. Neal a 29-year old from Colombia, South Carolina spent the majority of the 2017 season pitching for the Nashville
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The Dodgers made a trade this afternoon to help bolster their bullpen and infield depth for the upcoming season. The boys in blue acquired left handed reliever Scott Alexander, and infielder Jake Peter from the Kansas City Royals in a three team swap with the Chicago White Sox. The Pale
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The Dodgers have reportedly acquired flame throwing right hander Dylan Baker from the Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon, but it’s important to understand why. Baker a 25-year old from Roseburg, Oregon had spent his entire career with the Cleveland Indians before they recently placed him on waivers. The Brewers claimed him
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We’re counting down the top moments of 2017 and there is no better time to do so with the year coming to a close. One of the best moments of 2017 happened very quietly and quickly. It may not have been a headline story but was still a remarkable accomplishment.
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The Dodgers don’t have a lot of open positions coming into the 2018 season. Of the starting eight positions only one is up for grabs as spring training approaches. As of right now Left field will be a battle between three players. The three men competing for the spot are
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We’ve been looking back on the incredible career of recently traded veteran Adrian Gonzalez. With 2017 ending and a new year beginning it’s a good time to take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of the Dodger’s 2017 season. It sure was an exciting year for Dodger
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As we anxiously await the start of spring training with sugar plums dancing in our heads, we here at LADR want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Looking back on the 2017 season reminds me of how thankful I am to be a Dodger fan and writer.
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The Dodgers flipped veteran Adrian Gonzalez to the Atlanta Braves alongside pitchers Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir and infielder Charlie Culberson in exchange for former Dodger Matt Kemp in one of the most shocking steamy salary dumps in recent memory. While Gonzo is no longer with the Dodgers his accomplishments and
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For the life of me I can't understand why. The Dodgers are trying their darndest to move Matt Kemp. There’s only one problem, nobody wants him. The Dodgers are dangling Kemp in the trade market like a prime choice cutlet at a meat market, but nobody is biting. The market for
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