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Dodgers Backstops Off To Hot Start

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019Scott Andes 7

Coming into the 2019 Dodgers season we all expected to get little or no offense from the catcher position. The Dodgers had lost [...]

Check Out All Eight of The Dodger’s Opening Day Home Runs

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019Scott Andes 22

Now that all the ceremonial glee from the opening day slugfest is over, the season can really begin. The Dodgers and Dbacks continue [...]

Ryu Dominates, Dodgers Hit All The Homers in Opening Day Smashing of Snakes

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019Scott Andes 8

As Joe Davis put it, the Dodger’s 2019 is off to a roaring start. The Dodgers set a major league record by blasting [...]

Nope, The Dodgers Are Not Trading For Realmuto…..Sorry

February 5, 2019Scott Andes 27

If you don’t know how Andrew Friedman works by now, then I might not be able to help you. I mean I’ll still [...]

Dodgers Trade: Old Friend Russell Martin Reportedly Rejoining Dodgers

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019Scott Andes 7

I’m all for bringing back old Dodgers for nostalgic reasons. They brought back Matt Kemp last year and I had all the feels. [...]

Dodgers Reportedly Open To Resigning Yasmani Grandal, But Won’t Offer More Than One Year

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018Scott Andes 28

The Dodgers still don’t have a starting catcher. They only have one major league backstop on the 40-man roster and Austin Barnes is [...]

Potential Dodgers Catching Option: Martin Maldonado

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018Scott Andes 4

The probability of the Dodgers acquiring a catcher with good skills on both sides of the ball is razor thin. The free agent [...]

Sorry But Austin Barnes Can’t Be The Dodger’s Starting Catcher in 2019

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018Scott Andes 22

The Dodgers are without a starting catcher right now after Yasmani Grandal declined the 17.9 million dollar qualifying offer from the Dodgers in [...]

Catching Options Appear Thin For Dodgers This Winter

November 8, 2018November 7, 2018Scott Andes 2

The Dodgers extended the 17.9 million dollar qualifying offer to catcher Yasmani Grandal, but it’s expected that he is going to decline. Doing [...]

Qualifying Question: Should The Dodgers Bring Back Yasmani Grandal?

November 3, 2018Scott Andes 45

The biggest news of the Dodger’s offseason has of course been the recent Clayton Kershaw extension. We’re all super relieved that Kershaw is [...]

NLCS Game 5: Kershaw Provides Legacy Start, Dodger Bats Provide Lethal Weapons as Dodgers Take NLCS Lead

October 17, 2018Scott Andes 31

There was no rest for the Dodgers and Brewers in game 5 of the NLCS on Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. After playing [...]

NLCS Game 2: Justin Turner’s Beautiful Clutch Home Run Helps Dodgers Tie NLCS

October 13, 2018October 13, 2018Scott Andes 37

There was a lot that went wrong for the Dodgers in their 6-5 loss in game 1 on Friday night. Clayton Kershaw pitched [...]

Dodger Catchers Rank Among The Best Pitch-Framers in The Game

September 26, 2018September 25, 2018Scott Andes 1

Whether you believe in pitch-framing or not, the Dodgers certainly do. According to baseball prospectus the Dodgers have two of the best pitch-framers [...]