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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Opening day is just a little over a week away, and roster decisions are certainly looming for the Dodgers. Other than some lingering injuries, it’s been a relatively boring spring. There have been a few camp battles, and Logan Forsythe has been pretty solid. Corey Seager is on the mend, and Clayton Kershaw and
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Don’t expect the National league West to be a cakewalk in 2017. The Dodgers are entering the new season in search of their fifth consecutive NL West crown. It’s not going to be easy and they’re bound to have competition of some kind no matter how weak the NL West
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The World Baseball Classic is played only once every four years, like the Olympics. It’s not as popular over here as it should be. Some people have problems with the rules and contrived tournament style. However it’s important to note that Team USA had never won the World Baseball Classic
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So maybe you heard about it. The Championship round of the WBC was taking place in my backyard. Team USA, in its first semi-finals in WBC history, was going up against Team Japan, a former WBC champion, and it was happening at Chavez Ravine. I told myself this was the chance
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Outfielder Andre Ethier is doubtful for opening day. The club announced after the veteran received an MRI on his ailing back. The MRI revealed that Ethier actually has a mild disc herniation. There are no reports as to how long Ethier may be out for, but it’s pretty unlikely he’ll
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I hate to admit this, but spring training is kind of boring. Don’t get me wrong, I am so glad Dodger baseball is back and I can’t wait for the 2017 season to start. I just wish we could skip ahead to opening day. If I could have a magical
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The Dodgers outslugged the White Sox 13-7 at Camelback Ranch on Saturday afternoon. The boys in blue hit four home runs and Kenta Maeda tossed 4.1 innings of one-run ball. The Dodgers scored four runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to take a 10-1 lead. They
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Second year phenom Julio Urias has had a modest spring. He’s appeared in 4 games and has posted a 4.76 ERA while striking out 8 and posting a 1.2 WHIP in 5.2 innings tossed. Urias is just 20-years old and we hear every day how the Dodgers want to handle
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There’s some discussion about which relievers are going to occupy the final couple of spots in the Dodger bullpen this season. We know that Kenley Jansen is the closer and Sergio Romo will probably be the set-up man providing the eighth inning duties. Second year southpaw Grant Dayton is likely to
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Do you remember when Yasiel Puig was THE FACE of the Dodgers? Think way back to when the team used to be available for all of Los Angeles to watch on TV. That's how long ago that was. Today only 60% of L.A. can watch the Dodgers on the tube, and
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Dodger’s starting catcher Yasmani Grandal is a talented backstop. He’s one of the best pitch framers in the game and hits well for power from both sides of the plate. The problem with him is that he is injury prone. He gets hurt a lot. To be fair a lot
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I always like to keep an optimistic outlook, but prepare for the worst. Perhaps that’s what the Dodgers are doing with wonder kid Corey Seager’s latest oblique injury. The club has so many injuries from day-to-day that it can be hard to diagnose or determine timelines for return. Initially Seager’s
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Our good friends over at numberFire.com have released their projections for the 2017 season. They have projections out for all 30 clubs, including league wide projections as well. Projections are always fun to look at before the season begins. Projections are a good way to gauge how a player or
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Dodger baseball just wouldn’t be Dodger baseball without a ton of injuries. Last season the Dodgers set records for most days on the disabled list and most players on the DL. For whatever reason the current group of Dodgers are injury prone and have trouble going even a few days
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