The Dodgers have played exactly 24 games and are 13-11 (.542) thus far into the 2024 regular season – good enough to hold a 0.5-game lead over the 13-12 (.520) San Diego Padres for first place in the National League West. As you may recall, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team got off to a blazing […]

Any bets on who the best player in Major League Baseball is right now?   *  *  *  “The boy said my name’s Johnny MookieAnd it might be a sinBut I’ll take your betAnd you’re gonna regret‘Cause I’m the best there’s ever been.” (The Charlie Daniels Band)   *  *  *  *  On Tuesday night […]

Looking in the rear-view mirror, 2022 was the beginning of a turbulent time for the Dodgers starting pitching. In 2021, the team signed Trevor Bauer to a three-year/$102M contract, but his off-field problems limited him to a total of 17 starts and 107 innings pitched. He did not throw a single pitch for the team […]

It’s a sayings that has been around as long as the game of baseball itself: “Walks kill you.” Not the physical type of walks, which are good for you, but the base on balls type of walks, which are not. On a rain delayed game at Chavez Ravine on Sunday afternoon, walks killed the Dodgers, […]

Saturday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium was one for the books. Not only did it almost not happen because of significant rain which caused a two hour and 15 minute delay, but at one point, both benches cleared between the division rivals over a pitch […]

  *  *  *  “It’s Dinger Day at Dodger Stadium.” – Dodgers Broadcaster Stephen Nelson   *  *  *  *  If “Chicks Dig the Long Ball,” there were alot of happy chicks at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres hit a combined eight of them, four apiece. […]

Being in first place 15 games into the new season is nice, but it is certainly not indicative of how the 2024 regular season will ultimately play out. However, this week’s nine-game home stand with three against the NL West second-place San Diego Padres, three against the NL East fourth-place Washington Nationals, and three against […]

We have long been told that there are only two sure things in life – death and taxes. Make that three. “It seems like every time you look up, he’s on base,” former Dodger great and current Dodgers broadcast Rick Monday said, after future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts singled to right on the second […]

It’s one of the earliest sayings we learned as kids: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” A quick look at Dodgers right-hander Alex Vesia‘s stats 15 games into the 2024 season confirms he is broke. In his last two appearances on April 9 and 10 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, the Alpine, CA […]

I’ll get right to the point: “Shohei has continued to swing a hot bat, and, you know, if he can continue to go to the middle of the field and go back-side, which he did tonight, he’s tough to beat,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of our generation’s Babe Ruth, following his team’s 4-2 win […]