Archive for 2016

Dodgers in excellent position to ‘get younger’

Baseball’s off-season is now a thing. It’s akin to playing high-stakes lotto with someone else’s money. If your team happens to land a top-tier free agent you’re the big winner, if they do not, hey… it’s not your money, right? In fact, the off-season has become so popular that many no longer call it the […]

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Dodgers honor veterans and their families

It’s one of those things that the Dodgers do every year – the Veterans Day Batting Practice event. And if you’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend one of these annual events, you generally leave with an enormous smile on your face and perhaps a lump in your throat and a tear in you eye. […]

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Time running out for Dodgers to protect Rule 5 Draft-eligible players

On Wednesday the Dodgers outrighted right-handed reliever Chin-hui Tsao, sending him to Triple-A Oklahoma City. In doing so, the 35-year-old Hualien, Taiwan native can either accept the minor league assignment or opt for free agency. The hard-throwing right-hander appeared in 57 games over parts of six major league seasons – three with the Colorado Rockies and three […]

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Is there another Bellinger in the Dodgers’ future?

It’s probably safe to say that a year ago not too many Dodger fans even knew who Cody Bellinger was. Yet today, it’s probably even safer to say that there are very few – if any – who do not. By every indication, the now 21-year-old Chandler, Arizona native is the heir apparent to become the […]

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Dodgers announce 2017 Spring Training schedule

While some may argue that announcing next season’s spring training schedule one week after the conclusion of the World Series is a bit premature, if your team wasn’t in it (or lost it), next season can’t get here soon enough. For Dodger fans still licking their collective wounds from having been eliminated from postseason play by […]

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The Dodgers other free agents

Every Dodger (and baseball) fan on the planet is well aware that Gold Glove runner-up third baseman Justin Turner and closer Kenley Jansen became free agents with the final out of the just-concluded 2016 World Series, as did relative newcomers Rich Hill and Josh Reddick. But what many Dodger fans may not realize is that […]

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Seager finalist for 2016 NL Rookie of the Year and MVP

It was pretty much a given that Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager would be among the three finalists for the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year title, but on Monday afternoon it was revealed that the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had also named him as one of the three finalists for the 2016 NL […]

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Dodgers extend qualifying offers to Turner and Jansen

What should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, the Dodgers announced on Monday afternoon that they have extended Qualifying Offers to third baseman Justin Turner and closer Kenley Jansen, both of whom became free agents at the end of the season. What should also come as a surprise to no one is that […]

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Dodgers get early jump on off-season

UPDATED: November 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm PT According to multiple reports, the Dodgers have officially kicked off their off-season by trading 37-year-old veteran back-up catcher Carlos Ruiz to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for 25-year-old left-handed relief specialist Vidal Nuño. The Dodgers acquired Ruiz just prior to the August 31 waiver trade deadline when […]

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Dodgers pitching prospects enjoying Fall League experience

By now most baseball fans are fully aware of the significance of being selected to the annual Arizona Fall League. A quick look at the AFL’s Hall of Fame and most notable former players pretty much tells you just how big of a deal it is to be selected to baseball’s most prestigious off-season league, which began […]

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