The Dodgers are flying into Washington D.C. to begin a weekend series against the Nationals. The trade deadline is looming and the club is already making moves. They’ve announced that Austin Barnes has been optioned to Oklahoma City and top prospect Will Smith has been called up. Smith will join
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The Dodgers have the major’s best record on July 1 and the biggest divisional lead in baseball. There’s no way they get to this point without the incredible contributions from their young players. The Dodger’s rookies are blazing hot, and it’s safe to say that the youth movement has begun
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There are four Dodgers being sent to the 90th midsummer classic being played at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Cody Bellinger is the lone position player (he’ll be starting) and there are three pitchers (Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Hyun-jin Ryu) Representing the Dodgers at the all-star game. However you can make
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If you looked at the Dodger’s lineup before their game against the Dbacks on Tuesday evening and grimaced then you are probably not alone. When I saw the lineup I did the same. I actually had to slap myself and douse my face with water to ensure I was awake.
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The Dodgers have suffered a rash of injuries lately. Corey Seager and David Freese both have strained hamstrings and Rich Hill was diagnosed with a forearm strain. Because of the injuries the Dodgers called up rookie catching sensation Will Smith along with a couple of other guys. He’s already made
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The Dodgers have an uncanny ability, a knack if you will for finding unrecognizable players from obscurity and turning them into productive regulars. Players like Max Muncy, Chris Taylor, Rich Hill, Matt Beaty were all toiling in relative obscurity before the Dodgers found them and transformed their careers around. Muncy
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It doesn’t take a scientist or a forensic expert to figure out that three Dodger batters are stinking up the lineup. Three Dodgers are terrible hitters and having them in the lineup at the same time let alone hitting back-to-back-to-back is dooming the Dodgers to certain defeat over the last
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Baseball is a game that requires core strength and stability. As a player, you are either swinging the bat or running as fast as you can to give your team a victory. Any fitness expert or experienced athlete will tell you that this is not an easy task if you
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The Dodgers just lost one of their best hitters to injury. The loss of Corey Seager can’t be understated for the boys in blue. The former rookie of the year shortstop strained a hamstring during the series against the Angels in Anaheim. The diagnosis was a grade 2 strain and
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The latest Dodgers bullpen disaster played out like a predictable fairy tale, the kind you read to your children late at night before tucking them into bed. You know how and what will happen in the story, but are still surprised to see it happen nonetheless. It’s because it shouldn’t
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The Dodgers acquired Hyun-jin Ryu back in 2013 and he’s always been a solid pitcher. The Korean southpaw was highly respected in his native country and the old administration saw the value in him. The Dodgers signed him and paid him a little over 3 million dollars in his first
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Dodger’s top catching prospect Will Smith made his major league debut last Tuesday and went 2 for 4 with a single, double and he also threw out a runner trying to steal. He also hit a walk-off home run on Saturday night to lift the Dodgers to a very exciting
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The Dodgers acquired Travis d’Arnaud a few days ago. The right handed hitting backstop had been recently designated and then released by the Mets only hours before the Dodgers picked him up. The move seems wise as the Dodgers are essentially getting d’Arnaud for next to nothing due to the
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After Enrique Hernandez batted .190 in 2016 I wondered if he had peaked. Hernandez a Dodgers fan and management favorite rebounded in the following seasons. He posted a 117 OPS + with 21 home runs and a .256/.336/.470 slash line in 2018. Hernandez had been considered a super utility player
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Baseball season is now well under way and the LA Dodgers have got off to a good start winning the majority of the games played so far. They had a busy offseason, with a number of trades, signings and departures. The Dodgers also said farewell to their General Manager of
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Coming into the 2019 Dodgers season we all expected to get little or no offense from the catcher position. The Dodgers had lost their primary catcher, Yasmani Grandal to free agency after he signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. Austin Barnes was coming off the worst season of his major league
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