According to MLB reports, Dodger's veteran catcher Russell Martin wants to continue playing in 2020. The Dodgers acquired the experienced backstop from the Blue Jay's via trade last winter. He was finishing off the final season of a five year contract. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1192114810994995200 The Dodgers were in need of an experienced catcher after
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Veteran bat and postseason hero David Freese recently announced his retirement from baseball. The Dodgers acquired the former World Series MVP in August of 2018 in a trade with the Pirates and he immediately made an impact. Freese slashed .385/.489/.641 (15 for 39) in 47 plate appearances for the Dodgers
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After a stunningly incompetent playoff exit, the Dodgers have reportedly finally realized that they have to change their losing culture if they are ever to win a World Series. The only way to do that is to bring in star players or experienced postseason performers from outside the organization. It
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Making it to the highest levels of competition in one sport is rare, even among the most gifted athletes. Possessing the dedication and talent to accomplish such a feat in two or more sports is rarer still. Yet, the extremely gifted athletes who excel in multiple sports occasionally come along.
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The Dodgers are not in the World Series as you can tell. World Series clubs need great pitching in order to make it to the Fall Classic and unsurprisingly the Dodgers did not have great pitching in 2019. Two men who were not part of that problem were southpaws Hyun-jin
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Here are a few video clips about the Dodgers from the Jim Rome show. Both videos discuss Dodger's manager Dave Roberts and his future in Los Angeles. Of course Roberts is under contract and will be returning to the Dodger's dugout in 2020 much to the chagrin of a lot
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While Dodger’s president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is clearly incapable of building a great pitching staff, he has been able to acquire some good position players. One particular trade acquisition was one of the most likeable. The trade I am speaking of is the one for veteran Howie Kendrick.
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The Dodger’s 2019 season went up in flames on Wednesday night during a shocking display of utter incompetence. The Dodgers allowed six runs, three home runs and a grand slam in the final three innings of their 7-3 ten inning loss to the Washington Nationals in game 5 of the
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I was driving to work yesterday morning and I decided to take an alternate route. I got on the 405 and it was a bad decision. Normally I don’t take the 405. I take a route that avoids that hellish freeway for obvious reasons. But I made the split second
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They suck. What else can you say? I don’t have anything else to say at this point. The results speak for themselves. Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman have to be fired and Clayton Kershaw should retire at this point. The franchise has to go in a different direction. As I
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Was anyone surprised that the Dodger hitters were completely feckless against Max Scherzer one of the greatest pitchers of our generation in game 4 of the NLDS against Washington on Monday night? It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Scherzer limited the Dodgers to just one earned run on
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Things were looking super grim for the Dodgers in the sixth inning of game 3 of the NLDS at National’s park on Sunday night at Washington D.C. Don’t tell me you weren’t worried. I was petrified. After all things were not going well. They were down by two, the ghost
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I would like to take a few moments to discuss the Dodger’s game 2 loss to the Nationals in the NLDS on Friday night at Dodger Stadium that tied the series at one game each. The Dodgers lost 4-2 on Friday evening to the Washington Nationals and now face two
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As Vin would say, not a bad opening act. The playoffs are finally here and the Dodgers opened their 5-game playoff series against the Nationals on Thursday evening at Dodger Stadium. The boys in blue tabbed Walker Buehler to take the mound while Washington gave the ball to left hander
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Every team in Major League baseball began their game at 12 PM PST on Sunday afternoon, the last day of the regular season. The final day of the regular season has different meaning for each team depending on where you are in the standings. For the Dodgers it’s a meaningless
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The Dodgers are in San Francisco taking on the Giants in their final series of the regular season. Two wins in the three game series will give them 105 wins and the best record in Los Angeles Dodgers history. The 2017 club won 104 games. A sweep will give them
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