With major league baseball’s 40-man roster deadline now past, scouting departments from all 30 MLB teams must now begin the task of sifting through the rosters of every one of the 240 minor league baseball (MiLB) teams trying to find that one guy, that one potential golden nugget whose parent team left them unprotected from […]
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Are there ‘Too Many Cooks’ in the Dodgers front office?
November 20th, 2014 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka When the highly creative short video comedy Too Many Cooks made its debut during late-night cable television’s Adult Swim on October 28, 2014, it immediately went viral. In fact, as of today, November 20, the YouTube version of the 11-minute video clip has had nearly three and a half million hits. It is, of course, a nonsensical parody […]
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Dodgers likely to protect three from 2014 Rule 5 Draft
November 19th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The 2014 Rule 5 Draft in Major League Baseball will be held during the week of December 7-11 at the annual Winter Meetings in San Diego. This marks the first time the Winter Meetings will be held in San Diego since 1985. The Rule 5 Draft was developed to prevent MLB teams from stockpiling minor […]
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Dodgers announce additional front office acquisitions
November 18th, 2014 at 3:34 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced the front office additions of David Finley as Vice President, Amateur & International Scouting, Galen Carr as Director of Player Personnel, Jeff Pickler as Special Assistant, Pro Scouting & Player Development and Jack Cressend as Pitching Crosschecker. Dodger President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman made the announcements. David Finley, Vice President, […]
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Make no mistake – It’s still all about the money
November 18th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka If the 2014 World Series taught us anything, it taught us once again that it’s not always the best two teams that make it to the fall classic, it’s the hottest two teams. It’s difficult, if not impossible to argue that the Dodgers and Angels were clearly the best two teams heading into the postseason, […]
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It’s time to take the kid gloves off of Julio Urias
November 17th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka For the past two seasons former Dodgers Director of Player Development DeJon Watson and former Dodgers Director of Amateur Scouting Logan White were extremely cautious with top Dodgers pitching prospect Julio Urias – and with very good reason. After all, Urias pitched nearly all of the 2013 season as a 16-year-old and nearly all of 2014 as […]
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Scott Schebler – The Dodgers other top outfield prospect
November 16th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Although many Dodger fans might not follow the minor league system in great detail, the majority of those fans will have heard of the Dodgers top three prospects. Corey Seager, Julio Urias and Joc Pederson are invariably listed in the first three spots on Dodger prospect projections. The order may vary but that trio always […]
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Upon further review – Instant replay works
November 15th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Baseball fans who were more concerned about MLB umpires “getting it right” than relying on “the human element” to dictate the outcome of games have reason to celebrate after baseball’s first full season of instant replay. In the simplest of terms, the expanded use of instant replay (aka: video review) in it’s rookie season was a […]
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Kershaw named 2014 NL MVP
November 14th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw was named the 2014 National League Most Valuable Player on Thursday afternoon in voting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Kershaw earned 18 of 30 first-place votes and nine second-place votes, garnering 355 total points. “An individual player is part of a greater whole–a player is part of […]
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IBWAA names Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout as 2014 MVP winners
November 13th, 2014 at 12:08 pm by Ron Cervenka In 1968, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson had a year. Not only did he post an incredible record of 22-9, but he posted the lowest single-season earned run average (1.12) since 1914. As Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully once said of Gibson: “He pitches as though he’s double–parked.” So great was Gibson’s season that received 14 […]
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