One of my favorite Dodgers, third baseman Max Muncy has gotten off to a dreadful start. He's slashing just .178/.282./247 (13 for 73) with no home runs and just four runs batted in across 85 plate appearances while playing in 23 games. It's super early, but the most concerning part
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First things first, I am going to be real and state that the odds of Shohei Ohtani pitching at some point this season for the Dodgers are pretty much a guarantee. Another bit of not-so-shocking news, however, is that his pitching debut has been pushed back yet again. I know
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It has been a while since I wrote an article for LADR, and I apologize for that. As they say, life happens, and life has been happening here lately. How about the ultra-competitive NL West so far this young season? Every team not named the Rockies has been off to
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The Dodgers are in Tokyo for a couple of exhibition games tomorrow before the regular season opens up against the Cubs in the Tokyo series. Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki have already received a hero's welcome in their native country as the Dodgers have turned Tokyo and beyond
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The Dodgers got the monkey off their backs on Friday night, releasing several years of postseason frustration by defeating the immature Padres 2-0 in the winner take all game 5 of the NLDS clinching the series and advancing to the National League Championship series where they will face the Mets
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“Is a sweep coming? Oh there’s a sweep coming and it’s not against Atlanta this week. Last year I called the Dodgers season over around June. So many people told me I was crazy. Or that I was “performing”. My analysis was so simple. “when was the last time any team
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The Dodgers returned home after sweeping the New York Mets, (who have been a mess this season) to face the Colorado Rockies for a weekend series before embarking on another road trip and flying back to New York to play the Yankees after playing a series in Pittsburgh. It’s a
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This past winter the Dodgers announced that Mookie Betts would be moving to second base permanently. This was an important announcement because it unceremoniously ended Miguel Vargas’s Dodger career. Before you ask, yes Vargas is still a Dodger and still on the 40-man roster. But let’s read between the lines.
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It’s almost 2024, and with 2023 ending, a lot has changed for the Dodgers in just a few short weeks. Most of the changes involve the massive historic 700 million dollar contract to superstar DH/pitcher Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers have been pretty busy this winter, other than the Ohtani deal.
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The last time I wrote was right before the August 1 trade deadline. The Dodgers were still trying to figure out their pitching and had a slim lead in the NL West over the Giants and Dbacks. The Dodgers traded for complimentary pieces, such as former fan favorite utility player
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The Dodgers returned home from a tough road trip after playing series in New York, Baltimore and Texas. They played well, winning 6 out of 9 and widened their lead in the National League West to 4 games over the Giants and Dbacks at the time. They seemed to be
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As if we haven’t been subjected to enough lousy pitching this season, get ready for Noah Syndergaard the sequel. He’s coming back and the Dodgers are prepared to lose even more games while in a playoff race. Syndergaard who has been on the injured list with a blister since June
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To say the Dodgers are struggling these days is an understatement. They’re 5-10 in June, have dropped to third place in the National League West Standings and just got destroyed at home by their arch rival Giants. Those same Giants are now ahead of them in the standings. The Bullpen
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I’ve been advocating for a Dodger’s youth movement for a couple of years now. This season we are finally seeing those young players promoted to the big club. The Dodgers have called up a large group of rookies in 2023. I’m happy to see them play but they’ve been collectively
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I’ve been toying with the idea of shutting this site down and officially retiring from Dodger writing for a while now. Nobody comes over here and I don’t have much time to write anymore these days. But games like tonight are the reason why I keep going. Infuriating losses like
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Only a good Dodger losing streak can bring me out of my writing funk. It seems like the more things go wrong for the Dodgers, the more fuel I have to write. I’m half joking but as the Dodgers enter tonight’s rubber game against the White Sox they sit at
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