News and tidbits from Camelback Ranch on Citrus League, Opening Day Eve... Scott Kazmir and Hyun-Jin Ryu threw live batting practices. Good News Dept: Ryu's batters reported he showed good command of his pitches. As of noon today, the skipper had not yet decided on who would start at first base in tomorrow's
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Here's tonight's tidbits from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts announced his Spring Training, Cactus League starting pitcher will be.....Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw is scheduled to pitch just one inning, so he'll be finished quickly. Hershiser's day will be done as Vin Scully says, "before the seats are warm". Sunday's
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Here are the latest notes from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Kenta Maeda, Brock Stewart, Sergio Romo faced live hitters today. Maeda added ten pounds of muscle coming into this spring. He's also working on a new pitch - a cut fastball. Trayce Thompson worked out with full squad, but is expected
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Here's tonight's news from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Clayton Kershaw tossed live batting practice today. He threw two innings of BP (29 pitches), and according to Andy McCullough from the LA times, Kershaw looked "a lot like Clayton Kershaw". Alex Wood also threw live BP. Wood is returning from an elbow
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It looks like we can all breathe again (for the time being, at least). Today Hyun-Jin Ryu took to the mound and faced off against live batters for the first time in 2017. Ryu threw 25 pitches to four minor leaguers, and struck out the first three. Batter number four rapped
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There wasn't a lot of hot breaking news coming out of the Dodgers' Spring Training facilities at Camelback Ranch today. I suppose that in itself is a breath of good news after the past few days unfolded around a sub par bullpen session and a shut down first baseman. Which brings
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Would you like the good news first - or the bad news? We'll begin with the big news of the day from Camelback Ranch, which was reported by Ken Gurnick this morning: Adrian Gonzalez has been shut down for the first two weeks of Spring Training because of what Gonzalez referred
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"Hyun-Jin Ryu is washed up." "He hasn't pitched in two years. He's done." The naysayers have been at it all winter. The optimists have kept their fingers crossed and held on to the hope that the big Korean southpaw would bounce back from an injury, surgery and rebab-filled, past two seasons and
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The Los Angeles Dodgers cracked the seal on the 2017 season today, as pitchers and catchers (among others) reported to Camelback Ranch for the first day of Spring Training. There wasn't a whole lot of activity, as players spent time getting settled into the facility and stretching out. However, there were
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Pitching clocks, free advancements to first base, and starting off innings with runners on second base are examples of MLB stupidly trying to fix what isn't broken in baseball. Love it or hate it, Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, is determined to speed up the pace of the game. The
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The Dodgers have done it, they've added another ex-hated one to the Blue. Ken Rosenthal from the L.A. Times has reported the Dodgers and Sergio Romo have agreed to terms: one year and $3 million. The 33-year-old put up a respectable 2.64 ERA in 2016, but he spent nearly half of
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Every sportswriter and blogger who has dared to step outside the white lines of the playing field to offer his or her opinion on something not directly related to sports has heard it - "Why are you commenting on (insert subject) - I read this, or watch, or listen to this, for
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In breaking news reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Dodgers have acquired outfielder Brett Eibner from the Oakland Athletics. The Dodgers sent minor leaguer Jordan Tarsovich up north in return. Carlos Frias was DFA'd to make room for newcomer Eibner. Five days ago the A's designated Eibner for assignment
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The Dodgers and Twins danced around each other for weeks (or had it been months?) over a supposed deal that would have brought Brian Dozier to Los Angeles. Names that might be headed to Minnesota in a trade swirled like the series of winter storms that have been passing daily
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The Dodgers have never had a player as mercurial or debatable as Yasiel Puig. The man can make general managers from other teams drool over his highlights, as they imagine what he could do to elevate their team's lineups and television ratings. Then Puig will promptly follow that up with
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Forget about Chelsea Manning! In other pardon-related news (that I suppose several Dodger fans were keeping watch for) it was announced today that Hall of Famer Duke Snider, was granted a pardon from President Barak Obama. The Duke of Flatbush was convicted of tax evasion in 1995, and sentenced to two
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