Brilliant is the word used to describe the Dodger’s signing of Brandon McCarthy by some pundits and analysts. Moneyball fan boys and protectors of Andrew Friedman’s wallets hailed the move as genius. The Dodgers had signed McCarthy to a 4-year 48 million dollar contract during the winter of 2014 and
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You know I don’t want to beat a dead horse, especially when things seem to be ticking upwards for the Dodgers. Sunday’s series finale between the Dodgers and Padres at Petco Park was rained out. That’s fine since the Dodgers already won the series by winning the first two games,
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Fresh off the Cody Bellinger coming out party last night in which he blasted two homers. The Dodgers make a change in their rotation today and will go with Clayton Kershaw (4-2, 2.61 ERA) to face off against left hander Clayton Richard (2-3, 4.29 ERA). Brandon McCarthy was supposed to
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Hello everybody. The Dodgers avoided the sweep in Arizona and San Francisco is next. Before Hyun-Jin Ryu takes the mound in the bay, have a look at LADR's latest Youtube video. Oscar recaps and gives his thoughts on the series against the snakes. Enjoy! Just search LA Dodger Report on Youtube or
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The Dodger’s regulars returned to the lineup for the series finale against the dbacks on Sunday afternoon. Thus far the Dodgers have been spanked like a little girl in this series by Arizona. The boys in blue have been outscored 24-10 in the first two games, and the pitching has
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I would love to take responsibility for the Dodger’s latest loss on Monday night, after I screwed up the pregame the other day by arrogantly proclaiming a Dodger sweep. I had mistakenly forgotten that this series was a four-game wrap around and not a three-game set. Alas I can’t take all the
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The Dodgers have responded well to home cooking, taking two of the last three games from the Arizona Diamondbacks. With a win tonight, they'll be able to push themselves into a two-way tie with the Dbacks for second place. Luck may be in the Dodgers' corner, as throwing for the Dodgers
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The Dodgers squeaked out a win over the Cubs on Wednesday night to even their three game series at one game each. The Dodgers can’t hit, but they certainly can pitch. Brandon McCarthy was fantastic tossing 6 shutout frames, and Ross Stripling was lights out as he pitched two scoreless
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The Dodgers placed outfielder Franklin Gutierrez on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. The DL stint is retroactive to April 11. Right handed hitting Trayce Thompson has been recalled and he’ll join the Dodgers in Chicago. Gutierrez injured his hamstring while getting thrown out attempting to steal
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Today's afternoon matinee could not have gone much better for the Dodgers. It featured the boys in blue scoring double-digit runs for the second time in one series, excellent pitching, great fielding, and the crowning jewel(s), two massive bombs sent out of the stadium by Yasiel Puig. Yours truly was lucky
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On Tuesday afternoon the Dodgers announced that they have optioned left hander Adam Liberatore and right handed middle man Josh Fields to the minors, These moves have basically finalized their opening day pitching staff. This means that Luis Avilan and Grant Dayton will serve as the two primary left handed relievers, so
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At this point we know that Andre Ethier will start the season on the disabled list alongside reliever Pedro Baez, southpaw Scott Kazmir, and right handed middle man Josh Ravin. I feel especially bad for Ravin. He had little to no shot to make the roster anyways, but last year
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Today is Trayce Thompson's birthday - and he hit a home run! Most of the time, that would be good enough for the headline...but not this time. Today Andrew Toles stole the spotlight with a magnificent day out on the diamond. Mr. Toles didn't hit a home run, nevertheless, he put up some
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The Dodgers slapped the Texas Rangers around Arizona tonight behind the arm of Brandon McCarthy and the bat of Yasiel Puig. Use whatever adjective you like - it won't be big enough to contain all the ways the boys in blue dominated the unlucky Rangers. Here's how it all played out: The
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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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A few years ago, some of you were saying that Arte Moreno was going to own LA after his signings of Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton. What the Angels did is actually the antithesis of how you build a winner. Two bad contracts have hamstrung them. I believe that when Friedman came
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