In an attempt to compensate for overusing their bullpen … again, the Dodgers have recalled right-hander Ross Stripling from Triple-A Oklahoma City and optioned left-hander Grant Dayton back there. Stripling, who began the season as the team’s fifth starter, posted a 2-3 record and 4.53 ERA in his nine games (eight starts) before being optioned back […]
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De Jong pleased more with Drillers win than near no-hitter
July 23rd, 2016 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka You would think that taking a no-hitter into the final inning of a 9-0 shutout might be the most important thing on the mind of a young minor league pitcher, and perhaps for many it would. But for right-handed pitching prospect Chase De Jong of the Dodgers Double-A affiliate Tulsa Drillers it was little more than a […]
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Drillers Chase De Jong dominant once again
July 23rd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman On July 2, 2015 the Dodgers raided the Toronto Blue Jays farm system poaching shortstop Tim Locastro and right-handed pitcher Chase De Jong. In return the Blue Jays received three international signing slots from the Dodgers allowing Toronto to sign Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In essence both teams got what they wanted. The Jays picked up […]
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Dodgers re-call Barnes, option Urias
July 22nd, 2016 at 3:12 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have recalled catcher / utility infielder Austin Barnes from Triple-A Oklahoma City and optioned left-hander Julio Urias back to OKC. This will be Barnes’ third stint with the big league club after making the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster this season. The 26-year-old Riverside, California native hit safely in his last eight games for […]
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#PuigNotOK
July 22nd, 2016 at 9:53 am by Ron Cervenka With the August 1 trade deadline less than two weeks away, the last thing … the very last thing that the Dodgers needed was for one of the guy’s whose name is being tossed around as a key trading piece to pull up lame – literally. In the top of the seventh inning of Thursday’s matinee […]
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The Ogden Three
July 22nd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Let’s face it, the chances of us ever again seeing a group of Dodgers minor league prospects like the famed “Jacksonville Five” – Chad Billingsley, Andy LaRoche, Joel Guzman, Russell Martin, and Jonathan Broxton – are extremely remote. They were five of the Dodgers top prospects who came up together through the franchise’s farm system […]
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Dodgers recall Julio Urias, call up Grant Dayton from OKC
July 21st, 2016 at 8:59 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Julio Urías from Triple-A Oklahoma City and selected the contract of left-handed reliever Grant Dayton. Urias will start today’s game against Washington Nationals star right-hander Stephen Strasburg in our nation’s capital. It will be his first start since July 4 (vs. Baltimore) and his ninth this season for the Dodgers. The 19-year-old […]
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Don’t do it Dodgers
July 21st, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka There isn’t a veteran (aka: old) Dodger fan around who doesn’t consider the 1994 trade of right-hander Pedro Martinez for second baseman Delano DeShields as the absolute worst trade in Dodgers history (although the Mike Piazza trade in 1998 runs a very close second). While the then 22-year-old Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic native went on to become one of […]
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Hatcher to DL, Culberson recalled from Triple-A OKC
July 20th, 2016 at 3:09 pm by Ron Cervenka To the surprise of no one, struggling Dodgers right-hander Chris Hatcher has been replaced on the Dodgers 25-man roster by utility infielder Charlie Culberson. What is a surprise is that Hatcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list for a reported strained left oblique instead of being designated for assignment to open up a spot […]
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The night Vin Scully was overshadowed
July 20th, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka It was much like any other typical Dodgers-Giants game except for one difference, one enormous difference. The date was Friday, July 20, 1969 and the two bitter rivals were squaring off against each other at famed Candlestick Park – a still very new Candlestick Park that was celebrating it’s ninth season in existence. As he had done […]
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