The Dodgers have acquired infielder Chris Taylor from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-handed pitcher Zach Lee. Taylor, 25, was hitting .312 with 41 runs, 19 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 29 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 63 games with Triple-A Tacoma, including a .414 mark with runners in scoring position (24-for-58). He […]

There is little doubt that athletes talented enough to play the game of baseball at its highest level didn’t get there on their own. When you consider that there are only 750 players in Major League Baseball, it’s probably safe to say that most of them started playing when they were five years old (or younger). It’s also safe […]

(Reposted from June 19, 2014) There isn’t anyone, not one single person who follows the game of baseball even casually who didn’t expect this night to come. Clayton Kershaw pitched a no-hitter. And but for a throwing error by Hanley Ramirez on a very difficult play in the seventh inning it would have been a perfect […]

Take your pick: hot, red hot, white hot, blazing hot, smoking hot. But whichever adjective you choose, just be sure that it precedes the noun Justin Turner who, on Friday night, was hotter than the postgame fireworks at Dodger Stadium. In a game that played out much more difficult than it should have for the […]

It’s a statistic that is absolutely shocking; one that leaves you saying “How is this even possible?” When the Dodgers score exactly six runs … six of them, they are an unbelievable 1-5 this season. (h/t to @RyanWaltonSBN for that statistic). The Dodgers scored six runs on Thursday night … and they lost. Oh sure, it’s easy to […]

The date was April 13, 2012. It was a Friday night – yes, Friday the 13th. The Dodgers were playing those pesky San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium – the same San Diego Padres who always seem to be involved in unusual games with the Dodgers. (Who can forget that historic four-consecutive four-home-run game – […]

One day after releasing light-hitting outfielder Carl Crawford, the Dodgers have signed light-hitting free agent outfielder Will Venable to a one-year contract. The 33-year-old, left-handed-hitting Greenbrae, California native was originally selected by the San Diego Padres in the seventh round of the 2005 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Princeton University. He owns a career .251 batting average with 81 […]

The Dodgers currently have exactly one player hitting above .275 – 22-year-old rookie shortstop Corey Seager at .284. But on the other end of that spectrum the Dodgers have five guys hitting below .205 – including all three Dodger catchers  – A.J. Ellis (.195), Yasmani Grandal (.187) and Austin Barnes (.105). To be fair, Barnes should not be lumped in […]