The Dodgers were cruising along in the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opening game of their three game wild card playoff series on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. That 3-0 lead felt like a 10-0 lead at the time. That was until Orlando
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I know I haven’t been as active as I normally am over here. I apologize for the lack of stories this season. I’ve been super busy with non-Dodgers related things. As I’ve said before, sometimes life gets in the way of Dodger Baseball. I’ll be back to cover the postseason
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Last week I wrote this article about Austin Barnes and his struggles at the plate. In my defense Barnes had gotten off to a 2 for 25 start and was hitting .091 at the time. For the record Barnes has languished at the plate struggling to hit above the Mendoza
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Opening Day. Short season, weird rules, universal DH, and a pandemic. I was not enthused, to say the least. Then it was 24 hours away and I could feel the annual excitement growing. By game time yesterday, I had the Opening Day set up ready to go in the garage, and
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There may not be many commenters left over here, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten how to write a good old fashioned recap. It’s like riding a bike you never forget. So let me pull up my suspenders grab my Dodger cap and dust off the computer. The last official
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Mark this day on your calendars. On this date, Wednesday July 22, 2020 the year of our lord Dodger's president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman finally acted like a real large market general manager/executive by signing Perennial MVP Candidate Mookie Betts to a massive 12-year 365 million dollar contract extension.
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Obviously World Series are not won via projections. The game is played on the field not on paper or predictions. However everyone would agree that the 2020 Dodgers are not only going to be very very good, if not great they have the potential to be dominant. According to the
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The Dodgers kicked off their 2020 cactus league schedule on Saturday night with a 10-4 win over the Giants in Scottsdale. Tony Gonsolin and Dennis Santana opened the game with scoreless frames and there were three home runs hit by sluggers Max Muncy, Enrique Hernandez, and Chris Taylor. You can’t
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The Dodgers, Red Sox and Twins finally finalized and completed the trades that have been languishing in pending status for the past week and a half now. The clubs have announced the deals with approval from Major League Baseball thus ending the saga. In the end the Dodgers did what
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The Dodger’s mega blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox, and Minnesota Twins that would send Mookie Betts, David Price to the Dodgers, Alex Verdugo to the Sox and Kenta Maeda to the Twins has been on hold for the last several days since the deal was originally reported on
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Almost lost in the shuffle of the Dodger’s blockbuster deal to acquire Mookie Betts and David Price from the Red Sox on Tuesday night was the deal sending Joc Pederson to the Angels for minor league infielder Luis Rengifo. Some of you may be wondering why the Dodgers dealt Pederson
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In a shocking turn of events, or maybe not, the Dodgers have finally acquired 2018 American League MVP outfielder Mookie Betts, veteran starting pitcher David Price from the Boston Red Sox in a stunning three team trade also involving the Minnesota Twins that changes the landscape of Major League Baseball.
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The Mookie Betts trade rumors are back in full force. Reports are indicating that the two sides have reengaged discussions on a deal that could send Betts and possibly starting pitcher David Price to the Dodgers. According to the reports the Padres are also involved as well. Apparently the Red Sox
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The latest PR generated Dodgers trade rumors now involve Boston Red Sox star and former American League MVP Mookie Betts. The rumors from earlier in the winter involved Cleveland infielder Francisco Lindor. Now those rumors have shifted to Betts, and other Boston stars like starting pitcher David Price. I find
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