When the Dodgers signed Cuban defector Alex Guerrero to a four-year / $28 million contract on October 21, 2013, they did so believing that he would be the heir apparent to (then) 36-year-old veteran Mark Ellis as their everyday second baseman. It never happened. In fact, Guerrero – a former shortstop with the Lenadores de Las Tunas […]

When you look at the official numbers you will see that there were 40,525 on hand at Dodger Stadium to witness 19-year-old left-handed phenom Julio Urias make his Dodger Stadium debut on Tuesday night. But by this time next week, there will probably be some three million who will claim that they were there. …but not because of Julio Urias. It […]

Whenever Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman wants to speak with the media, it’s one of those “Drop what your’re doing and get over there” kind of things. Such was the case on Sunday morning prior to the Dodgers series finale with the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium. And though there was zero doubt as […]

It’s a word that we often hear in the game of baseball and it’s as old as the game itself – “adjustments.” Pitchers adjust to hitters, forcing hitters to readjust to pitchers, forcing pitchers to readjust to hitters … and so on and so on. It’s an endless cycle and the good ones – both […]

The date was May 24,2016. During Dodgers manager Dave Roberts’ pregame media briefing, I asked him a very direct question – one that I myself had been asked many times by frustrated Dodger fans: “Are you planning to do anything about the fact that your team is last in the National League and next to last in […]

It wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when. On Sunday morning word spread rapidly that 34-year-old Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford has been designated for assignment and catcher Austin Barnes re-called from Triple-A Oklahoma City. According to AM 570 LA Sports DodgerTalk host David Vassegh, Crawford has been dealing with health issues since […]

It’s never a good thing to lose a player to the disabled list. …or is it? Just minutes before the first pitch of Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium, the team announced that they had placed outfielder Yasiel Puig on the DL for a left hamstring strain and reactivated utility outfielder / first baseman […]

The Dodgers have placed outfielder Yasiel Puig on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring and reinstated infielder/outfielder Scott Van Slyke from the DL. Van Slyke went 1-for-9 with a double in four games this season before going on the DL on April 10 with low back irritation. The 29-year-old played in eight games […]

Any time you hear that a former Tommy John recipient has landed on the disabled list you immediately fear the worst. Such was the case last Sunday (May 29) when Dodgers right-hander Ross Stripling was placed on the seven-day DL by the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Stripling, as you recall, made the Dodgers Opening Day roster as […]