The Dodgers came into the last series against the San Francisco Giants, who are undoubtedly their biggest rivals, with high hopes after a mixed set of performances in Spring Training – including one win and one loss against the Giants – who were put to bed following an offensive masterclass
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Middle relief is important. No matter what the stat people tell you. Don’t believe the hype. Nothing will sink a baseball team faster than poor relief pitching. I’ve been watching baseball for a long time and I’ve seen far too many competitive Dodger teams collapse due to lousy middle relief.
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Dodger’s mop-up reliever Brock Stewart has allowed five earned runs in just 3.1 innings so far in this young 2019 season. Yimi Garcia has allowed two earned runs and three walks in two innings. His ERA is 9.00. Flame throwing right hander Joe Kelly whom the Dodgers just signed has
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Opening Day is mostly ceremonial. You don’t have to win on opening day to win the World Series. It isn’t mandatory, yet it’s something that makes us feel good. It’s nice to get that first win out of the way after the first game of the season. On the flip
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Well March games too, but you get the point. It’s about ten days until opening day and the Dodger’s two best starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler have yet to throw a single inning in Cactus league play. To be fair, Walker Buehler is slated to start on Tuesday
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We’re almost two weeks away from opening day and the Dodger’s top two starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler have yet to throw a single inning in exhibition play. With opening day nearing, it’s looking more and more likely that both hurlers will start the season on the disabled
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As we trudge along towards opening day I’ve noticed that the regulars aren’t getting much playing time. It seems every time I look up at a cactus league game Cameron Perkins or Daniel Castro are hitting. On the mound it’s much of the same with a lot of the regular
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The Dodger's exhibition schedule is rolling right along. The calendar has turned to March and we should start seeing the opening day roster taking shape soon. Most of the roster is set with only a couple of exceptions. We know that A.J. Pollock is the new center fielder. Cody Bellinger
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The Bryce Harper melodrama finally came to an end when the superstar outfielder inked a record breaking 13-year 330 million dollar deal (my god baseball badly needs a hard salary cap), with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers and Giants were also reportedly still in the mix but
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It’s almost a foregone conclusion that when Dodgers spring training camp in Glendale Arizona open that at least one or two guys will get hurt, be sore, or not report on time. Baseball imitates life. It’s the chaos theory proven at Camelback Ranch. Murphy’s law my friends. So when reports
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The La Times had an interesting article about the Dodgers spending habits and the luxury tax. After seeing how Andrew Friedman operates over the last four years we can make a judgment on how he runs one of the largest market and richest baseball clubs in the world. The Los Angeles
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With spring training camps opening this week, pitchers and catchers are reporting as the start of the 2019 season gets underway. For the Dodgers we're getting our first glimpse of the 2019 roster. Now that the winter of our discontent has come to an end we can focus on piecing
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If you don’t know how Andrew Friedman works by now, then I might not be able to help you. I mean I’ll still try and help you, but you’ll end up feeling lost and frustrated by the results. That’s how the Dodgers offseason has felt thus far, but I digress. The
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I was listening to the radio the other day, and the topic of conversation was the Dodgers. More specifically about the 2018 World Series, and even more specifically game 4 of the 2018 World Series. I’m sure you all remember the horrible outcome of that game. That was the game
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The latest Dodgers news this week has the club rumored to be discussing trades involving lefty swinging outfielder Joc Pederson. Apparently they’ve had talks with the White Sox, and the Braves might be interested as well. According to reports the Dodgers are trying to sign right handed hitting outfielder A.J.
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After the Dodgers acquired former catcher Russell Martin from the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday afternoon many Dodger fans and media members pontificated that trading for Martin could possibly be part of something bigger. That maybe the Dodgers would include Martin in another trade for say JT Realmuto. Well I
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