It’s a word that front offices of winning baseball teams refuse to use; in fact, it’s a word that they will rebuff if you mention it during an interview – rebuilding. But any way you slice it and even though they may refuse to acknowledge it, the Dodgers are in full-blown rebuilding mode. In spite of having the […]

Boston Globe reporter Nick Cafardo is reporting that Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux “is expected to join a West Coast team – likely the Dodgers – as a part-time special assistant.” Cafardo made it clear, however, that the 49-year-old San Angelo, TX native and longtime Las Vegas, NV resident is not interested in a full-time gig, […]

Yesterday, ThinkBlueLA’s Ron Cervenka posted an interesting article about the fact that in only 13.1 major league innings pitched during the 2015 season, former Seattle Mariners left-hander Tyler Olson issued seven intentional walks – second most in the MLB for the entire season. And while this in and of itself is quite amazing, there is yet another […]

After what seems like a never-ending series of setbacks this off-season, the Dodgers finally signed someone. On Friday afternoon the team announced that they had acquired left-hander Tyler Olson from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Although the 26-year-old Spokane, Washington native appeared in 11 games in relief for the Mariners […]

The Dodgers were dealt another off-season blow when it was widely reported on Thursday that free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma had failed his physical with the Dodgers, thereby nullifying his reported three-year / $45 million deal. And while the non-signing is yet another in a series of off-season setbacks for Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew […]

Let’s face it, there has never been another Jackie Robinson and there never will be. However, there was another young man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball as a pitcher. Some time ago I heard a trivia question to which I knew the answer. The question was: “Who was the first black […]

The Dodgers have officially announced their Major League coaching staff for the 2016 season, with Pitching Coach Rick Honeycutt returning for an 11th season and Bob Geren joining the field staff as bench coach, Turner Ward as hitting coach, George Lombard as first base coach, Chris Woodward as third base coach, Josh Bard as bullpen coach, […]

Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi were brought on board in the fall of 2014 to help right the ship in Los Angeles. The Dodgers ship, that is, as the Angels are on their own. The now 39-year-old Friedman became the President of Baseball Operations with the Dodgers. He had previously served a nine year tenure […]

It goes without saying that the Wednesday’s three-team trade between the Dodgers, White Sox and Reds was a welcome sight for Dodger fans critical of their team’s inactivity thus far this off-season. And while it isn’t the blockbuster deal that they had hoped for, it could very well set up subsequent trades that they might feel […]