The Dodgers open their three-game wild card playoff series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. You can easily say that perhaps they wouldn’t be where they are without perennial MVP candidate Mookie Betts. There is no doubt that Betts had an absolutely fantastic season and nobody
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Kenley Jansen is the most fearsome closers in Dodger’s franchise history. He’s been pitching for over a decade now, and has been beloved by Dodger fans since the first time we heard California Love blaring over the Chavez Ravine speakers during his first trot to the mound in the ninth
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Those who thought Clayton Kershaw's demise were greatly exaggerated. The 2020 version of Kershaw is pitching like the vintage Kershaw of the olden days and the Dodgers desperately need it. Ok maybe they don't desperately need it, but it's very valuable right now. Walker Buehler has sucked this year and
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Dodger's top prospect Gavin Lux's 2020 MLB debut was short lived after the club optioned him back to the team's alternate training site on Thursday afternoon after he played in just one game. Lux was called up and played in the Dodger's second game of their doubleheader against the Giants
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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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The Dodgers completed a clean sweep of the Angels on Sunday afternoon with an 8-3 victory over the Halos in Anaheim. The game was particularly noteworthy for the MLB debut of 22-year old catching prospect Keibert Ruiz, who had been called up from the player pool after Will Smith was
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It’s time for real talk here folks. You know how I do this, with brutal honesty and directness. This may not be an article full of sunshine and moonbeams, but sometimes this stuff has to be said. As I have said before if I am not being 100% honest with
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We saw vintage Clayton Kershaw on Sunday afternoon during the Dodger’s 3-0 win over the Dbacks in Arizona. In the victory Kershaw looked like the pitcher of his glory days as he tossed 5.2 innings of shutout ball. Kershaw issued no walks, just three hits and struck out six. His
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Los Angeles Skipper Dave Roberts and the rest of Dodger’s management have fallen back into a nasty habit of using the entire bullpen every single night. Once again we saw the devastating effects of this in the Dodger’s 5-3 loss to the Dbacks on Friday evening. Using 5-7 relievers every
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Here's some hot takes from Oscar on the Dodger's first week of the 2020 season. https://youtu.be/K2u6HE19C2M
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A lot of people are scratching their heads as to why the Dodgers optioned top prospect Gavin Lux off of the club's active summer opening day roster. The Dodgers announced the move this afternoon as they shuffled Lux to their alternate training site, which is where the young man will
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So we’re getting 60 games this season. That’s the schedule MLB has decided on since the players and owners were unable to come to an agreement. Every club will play a couple of exhibition games before the season will begin on July 23. The teams will play at their home
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When Commissioner Bud Selig retired and current Commissioner Rob Manfred took over for him, I knew there was going to be problems. I had seen Manfred speak and knew of his past record. There’s a huge difference between Selig and Manfred. Selig was a former owner, responsible for bringing baseball
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If the 2020 Major League Baseball season ever does get underway it will be a shortened season due to the Coronavirus pandemic. While owners and players continue to haggle and fight over how to pay the players and how to divide the money, it seems likely that the 2020 MLB
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That's the question MLBTR asks in their latest Dodger related article. If there is baseball this year, it could be Pederson's last with the Dodgers. I've always liked Joc Pederson. He ascended quickly through the minors, making his big league debut back in 2014. At the time he was a
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With Dodger baseball on indefinite hiatus, it’s tough to find topics to write about. There are no games going on so what’s a writer to do? Most sites are doing simulations, or looking back on past games and remembering old players. There was recently an article published outlining and grading
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