When legendary Dodgers scout Mike Brito signed left-handed phenom Julio Urias on August 23, 2012 – exactly 11 days after his 16th birthday – he knew immediately that Urias was special. So special, in fact, that Brito boldly predicted that the Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico native would be pitching in the big leagues as an 18-year-old. Two years later, on […]

With the official start of spring training less than 36 hours away, the Dodgers received their first bit of bad news on Tuesday evening – very bad news. They will be without their closer Kenley Jansen anywhere from eight to twelve weeks. Late Tuesday evening Dodgers Director of Digital and Print Content Jon Weisman reported that […]

Depending on who you talk to, the Dodgers are predicted to win anywhere from 88 to 98 games in 2015, with many of the so-called experts pinning them at right around the 94-win mark. Interestingly, this just so happens to be the exact number of wins that they had in 2014 en route to their second consecutive […]

Nobody saw it coming. In fact, there’s a good chance that most Dodger fans didn’t even know it existed until it happened. On November 9, 2006, Dodgers right fielder J.D. Drew opted out of his five-year/$55 million contract with the Dodgers after only two seasons in L.A., thus leaving $33 million on the table. What made this […]

As every baseball fan knows, the Dodgers have a long history of having had some of the best pitchers to ever play the game – especially after moving to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958. Now this certainly isn’t a knock on the many great Brooklyn Dodgers pitchers such as Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Ralph Branca. […]

The Dodgers have announced their full lineup of ten scheduled bobblehead giveaway nights for the upcoming 2015 season. And while it is impossible to argue that any of ten are not deserving of the most popular promotional giveaways, there is one name that continues to be noticeably absent from the list – longtime Dodger Stadium organist […]

During the 2009 season, former Dodgers right-handed reliever Ramon Troncoso was good – very good, in fact. He was so good that Dodgers manager Joe Torre called upon him 73 times that season – more than any other Dodger reliever. Every time the bullpen phone rang, Troncoso was up to the challenge; but then, what was he […]

If you played T-Ball, Little League, high school or college baseball, softball or professional baseball any time in the last 36 years, you have undoubtedly heard of Big League Chew – the shredded bubble gum that (sort of) resembles chewing tobacco and even comes in a resealable chewing tobacco-type pouch – which was the very premise of the […]

If you weren’t paying close attention this past September you probably missed it. But if you were paying attention, you undoubtedly noticed that Dodgers top outfield prospect Joc Pederson was constantly in motion during his 12 games in the Dodgers outfield. He was moving before, during and after each pitch, and according to former MLB manager and […]