It’s something that is bantered about every baseball season, especially at this point of every baseball season: “This is the most important game [or series or homestand or road trip] of the year.” But the simple truth is that every game [or series or homestand or road trip] is important. Yes, circumstances leading up to a specific game […]
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Grant Dayton could be a difference maker for Dodgers
August 16th, 2016 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka With the Dodgers closing in on a new MLB record for placing the most players on the disabled list in a single season, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi have been doing a pretty good job of making the right roster moves that have kept the Dodgers within striking distance of […]
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OKC Dodgers Trevor Oaks just misses no-hitter
August 15th, 2016 at 8:42 pm by Harold Uhlman Right-hander Trevor Oaks got the call on Monday evening as the first-place Oklahoma City Dodgers squared off with the hard-hitting El Paso Chihuahuas. Oaks began his season with the AA Tulsa Drillers and since his mid-season promotion he was making his ninth starts with the Dodgers. The 23-year-old right-hander from Riverside, California was selected by […]
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All-Access event set for September 1 at Dodger Stadium
August 15th, 2016 at 12:38 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) in partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation presents the 3rd Annual Dodgers All-Access taking place at Dodger Stadium, Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. This officially sanctioned Dodgers event gives guests a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go behind-the-scenes of the Los Angeles Dodgers. […]
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Liberatore shaky in first rehab outing
August 15th, 2016 at 9:39 am by Ron Cervenka With a score that resembled a football game more than a baseball game, the Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pounded the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks) 17-8 on Sunday afternoon at LoanMart Field. But while the Quakes offense had a proverbial field day tying their season-high in runs scored and collected 21 hits, Dodgers left-handed reliever Adam Liberatore […]
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Breaking News – Loons Caleb Ferguson walks a batter
August 15th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Left-hander Caleb Ferguson was selected by the Dodgers in the 38th round of the 2014 MLB First Year Player Draft. He was the 1,149th overall pick meaning that only 66 players were selected after him in the 40-round draft. In late May in 2014 Ferguson had Tommy John surgery and was not expecting to be […]
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Norris could play huge role for Dodgers in stretch run
August 14th, 2016 at 1:05 pm by Ron Cervenka With the uncertainty of exactly when Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will return to the rotation – or even begin throwing off of a mound, for that matter – and with right-hander Brandon McCarthy joining him on the disabled list on Sunday with an ailing right hip, all of a sudden right-hander Bud Norris, who himself is […]
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After making history Dean Kremer makes Loons debut
August 14th, 2016 at 7:00 am by Harold Uhlman Right-hander Dean Kremer was selected by the Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Kremer had previously been selected by the San Diego Padres in the 38th round in 2015 following his sophomore year at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California but chose […]
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Today is the most important start of Brandon McCarthy’s career
August 13th, 2016 at 12:52 pm by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers right-hander Brandon McCarthy made his start on August 2 against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field the conditions were less than favorable. In fact, 11 pitches into the game home plate umpire Mike Everitt called for a rain delay. Of those first 11 pitches, one nearly hit Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu and two missed the […]
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Dodgers No. 2 draft pick Will Smith moving quickly through minors
August 13th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When 2015 NL Cy Young runner-up Zack Greinke declined to re-sign with the Dodgers this past off-season two things happened: 1) It upset a lot of Dodger fans and; 2) It gave the Dodgers a first round, 32nd overall compensatory pick in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft. And though it will probably take some time for […]
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