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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While we wait for Super Bowl 54 (Go Chiefs!) let’s take a moment to publicly shame the Houston Astros for cheating during the 2017 regular season, postseason and World Series. The Astros sign stealing trash can banging scheme helped cheat the Dodgers out of a World Series championship in 2017.
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Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court broke down the legal blockades around sports betting. However, change has not come to California just yet. Voters will have the chance to vote on legal betting on athletic events in November. It is likely the vote will be positive, and an instant
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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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This is a Dodgers blog, but I think it’s ok for us to take a moment away from Dodgers baseball to pay our respects to Kobe Bryant and his family. All of Los Angeles and Southern California is still reeling over the sudden and tragic passing of Laker’s legend Kobe
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Every Year the Dodgers and every other MLB team invite players to Major League camp who are not on the 40-man roster. Those are the non-roster invites. Normally these are players who are minor leaguers, prospects, journeymen and players who are trying to resurrect their careers. It’s important to note
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While the Astros cheating scandal has dominated the Baseball headlines over the past week or so, there hasn’t been much Dodgers roster related news. Lost in the shuffle of the public Houston shaming was the Dodgers designating reliever Casey Sadler for assignment and then trading him to the Chicago Cubs
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Major League Baseball brought down the banhammer on the Houston Astros for their sign stealing cheating scandal. The punishment was not nearly severe enough. The Astros were fined 5 million dollars and stripped of their first and second round draft picks for the next two seasons. General Manager Jeff Luhnow
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It’s Alex Wood’s 29th birthday today. The Dodgers gave him a nice birthday gift by signing him to a one-year 4 million dollar contract. The deal is a major league contract giving Wood the chance to earn up to 10 million dollars in incentives according to Ken Rosenthal. Wood returns to
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For the record I think moving Corey Seager would be a big mistake. However Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Cincinnati Reds have been showing interest and have contacted the Dodgers about Corey Seager. I have no idea how much juice these rumors have, but I would doubt the Dodgers
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Let’s talk about top prospect Gavin Lux for a minute. I’m going to write an article that some may find unfavorable. As a matter of fact there may be some people who read this article and become seriously angry with me, perhaps irate. But I am fine with taking an
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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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Happy new year everyone! It’s now 2020, but the Dodgers are still operating like it’s 2019. I figured I would pop in and write another free form article about the Dodger’s lack of movement. I figure if I can convince one Andrew Friedman worshipper that he sucks then my job
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While Dodger’s president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was busy safeguarding Guggenheim’s wallets, he let the Dodger’s best starting pitcher and longtime pitching stalwart Hyun-jin Ryu sign with the Toronto Blue Jays. While Friedman sits around collecting his millions and thinks of new ways to make the Dodgers worse, Hyun-jin
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After the Dodger’s pathetic and incompetent playoff exit versus the Nationals in the NLDS, everyone agreed that the Dodgers should make some type of change. For the record the Dodgers have now had five consecutive (seven consecutive overall) playoff losses and no championships. With the latest playoff disaster hanging over
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I have never liked Andrew Friedman and I have been pretty vocal about that on this blog. I don’t like the way he does business or the way he runs the Dodgers. It’s been nearly five years and he has yet to bring in a top level free agent, nor
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