We just recently learned that first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was diagnosed with “tennis elbow” due to excessive weight lifting and offseason workouts. Tennis elbow is the equivalent of a sore elbow and the Dodgers are being cautious by ordering him to rest for the first couple of weeks of spring training. I have
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The Dodgers didn’t really need left handed reliever Vidal Nuno, nor were they likely to ever give him a chance to make the opening day roster. The only reason the Dodgers acquired Nuno was because they were trying to dump veteran catcher Carlos Ruiz to clear roster space. They did
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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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I never like writing about a player’s failures. It’s not something I ever take joy in no matter how sarcastic my words are in said article. I find it depressing and I never take joy in somebody’s suffering. However as writers we have a responsibility to document everything from the
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On February 21st Franklin Gutierrez will celebrate his 34th birthday. The Dodgers just signed Gutierrez to a 2.6 million dollar contract last week. What’s important is not that Gutierrez is turning 34, but what he’s had to deal with throughout his career. Now after reading a very interesting article on Fangraphs by Jeff Sullivan
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Adam Liberatore is a 29-year old left handed reliever the Dodgers acquired on November 20, 2014 from the Tampa Bay Rays alongside Joel Peralta for flame throwing youngster Jose Dominguez and minor leaguer Greg Harris. The trade wasn’t considered any kind of game changer. Dominguez was a hard throwing rookie
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The Dodgers were one of The Worst Hitting clubs against left handed pitching in 2016. Addressing that glaring weakness has been one of their goals this offseason. So in order to do that the Dodgers have reportedly brought another outfielder into their crowded mix and signed 33-year old Franklin Gutierrez
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The continuing effort to improve their bullpen has resulted in the Los Angeles Dodgers choosing to sign a relief pitcher whose greatest days came as a member of the Dodgers’ arch enemy, the San Francisco Giants. The signing of right hander Sergio Romo was recently announced, with the hope of
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According to Andy McCullough of the LA Times, the Dodgers have re-signed infielder Chase Utley on a one-year deal. Financial terms of the contract have not been released. The Dodgers acquired Utley midseason of 2015 and he was signed to a one-year 7 million dollar deal last winter. https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/830272176720793602 The 38-year old
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File this under hilarious but remember former Dodger and Giant reliever Brian Wilson? Sure you do. Wilson was part of two San Francisco World Championship clubs before blowing out his elbow and having Tommy John surgery. He had two Tommy John surgeries during his career, probably from throwing so hard.
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Now that Sergo Romo is officially a Dodger (the deal has yet to be announced by the club, so not officially official) we can finally stop talking about him until the season starts. I feel like we’ve been talking about Romo so much around here of late that we should change 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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