News and tidbits from Camelback Ranch on Citrus League, Opening Day Eve... Scott Kazmir and Hyun-Jin Ryu threw live batting practices. Good News Dept: Ryu's batters reported he showed good command of his pitches. As of noon today, the skipper had not yet decided on who would start at first base in tomorrow's
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Here's tonight's tidbits from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts announced his Spring Training, Cactus League starting pitcher will be.....Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw is scheduled to pitch just one inning, so he'll be finished quickly. Hershiser's day will be done as Vin Scully says, "before the seats are warm". Sunday's
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Here are the latest notes from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Kenta Maeda, Brock Stewart, Sergio Romo faced live hitters today. Maeda added ten pounds of muscle coming into this spring. He's also working on a new pitch - a cut fastball. Trayce Thompson worked out with full squad, but is expected
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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 Dodger hitters are not the fleetest of foot. Everyone knows this. Nobody in the Dodger lineup is going to steal 100 bases, or make pitchers scared when they are on base. Howie Kendrick actually led the club with only 10 steals. Joc Pederson was second with 6 swipes. The
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Here's tonight's news from Week 2 at Camelback Ranch: Clayton Kershaw tossed live batting practice today. He threw two innings of BP (29 pitches), and according to Andy McCullough from the LA times, Kershaw looked "a lot like Clayton Kershaw". Alex Wood also threw live BP. Wood is returning from an elbow
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Nobody likes to be negative, but as a writer I have the responsibility to bring all of you the truth, no matter how non-positive that may be. One undeniable truth is that every season there are several players in spring training and during the regular season that make the Dodger
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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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