As some fans may know, the Dominican Summer League began play on Saturday, May 30th. Teams in the DSL play a 70-game schedule with six teams making the playoff round – the winner of each of the five divisions and one wild card with the best record. The DSL Dodgers play in the Boca Chica Northwest Division […]
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Brandon League likely to rejoin Dodgers in Chicago
June 17th, 2015 at 9:21 am 
by Ron Cervenka For those who have been trying to calculate exactly when Dodgers right-hander Brandon League must rejoin the Dodgers once his rehabilitation assignment began – some say 30 days, others say 20 – you can throw your calculators out the window. “We’re already there,” said League after his final rehab game with the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga […]
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Brandon Beachy strong in first rehab outing
June 16th, 2015 at 10:22 pm by Ron Cervenka The last time right-hander Brandon Beachy threw a pitch in an actual game was on August 20, 2013 – 14 months after his first Tommy John surgery and seven months before his second. So when he took the mound at LoanMart Field for the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Tuesday night for his […]
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Things are about to get interesting in the Dodgers Bullpen… again
June 16th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers broke spring training camp on April 1 with only the annual exhibition Freeway Series with the Angels remaining, their Opening Day 25-man roster was just about set. In fact, the only remaining pieces to the puzzle was in their nearly completely overhauled bullpen. Gone were Jamey Wright, Brian Wilson and Chris Perez and […]
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Mattingly’s choice of Callaspo over Guerrero makes no sense
June 15th, 2015 at 4:46 pm by Ron Cervenka Alex Guerrero has had a grand total of 138 major league plate appearances in a grand total of 59 major league games since his September 1, 2014 major league call-up. So when Dodgers manager Don Mattingly announced his starting lineup for Monday’s interleague game against the Texas Rangers, you could almost understand why he opted to […]
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When a batting champ talks, it is wise to listen
June 15th, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Quick – Name all of the batting champions in L.A. Dodgers history. That’s right, there is exactly one – Dodgers legend Tommy Davis – and he did it twice. He beat out Frank Robinson, he beat out Stan Musial, he beat out Mickey Mantle, he beat out Hank Aaron, he beat out Roberto Clemente – and he […]
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Quakes Bellinger and Trinkwon honored to be All-Stars
June 15th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Being selected to the California League All-Star team in not like being selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star team. There are no punch ballots of which fans can submit as many as they are so inclined to punch (although these have been eliminated for the first time this year), nor can you vote on-line […]
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Van Slyke: ‘I’m really really close to where I need to be’
June 14th, 2015 at 6:24 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodgers utility outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke completed his second rehab game with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Sunday and again came away without any issues. “It feels good. It feels like I’m really really close to where I need to be,” Van Slyke said after the game. Whereas Van Slyke was used as the designated […]
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Van Slyke impressive in first rehab outing
June 14th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers utility outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke made his first rehab appearance with the Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Saturday evening and appears to be on track to return to the Dodgers within the next few days. The 28-year-old Chesterfield, MO native, who was placed on the disabled list on June 2 with mid-back inflammation, was the Quakes designated […]
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Is Yimi Garcia pitching his way back to Oklahoma City?
June 13th, 2015 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s one of those things that nobody likes to talk about and, for the most part, they don’t – sending an established young relief pitcher back down to the minor leagues to work a few things out. But as much as people may not want to acknowledge it, Dodgers right-handed reliever Yimi Garcia could benefit […]
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