Aside from death and taxes, there are two other absolutes in life: 1) Clayton Kershaw‘s autograph is the most sought after autograph every year during spring training; and 2) Getting said autograph is akin to finding the Holy Grail. It’s not that Kershaw snubs fans, quite the contrary, in fact. It’s just that he is […]

It’s simple really. So simple, in fact, that it can be summed up in eight short words. “I like the guys in this locker room.” That’s what 38-year-old / 14-year MLB veteran Chase Utley told reporters when asked why he chose to re-signed with the Dodgers for the 2017 season instead of signing with one of […]

After more than a week of speculation, rumors and flat out guessing, the Dodgers locked down their 40-man roster late Sunday afternoon one day before position players were due to report to Camelback Ranch for spring training 2017. The one remaining roster move needed to create a spot for recently-signed veteran outfielder Franklin Gutierrez came […]

In 1984, Dodger great Don Drysdale was enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after a historic 14-year major league career – all with the Dodgers. Fourteen years later, in 1998, fellow Dodger right-hander Don Sutton followed his namesake into the sacred shrine at Cooperstown after his equally historic 23-year MLB career, 16 of which […]

The age-old saying “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time” – aka: “Murphy’s law” – could have very easily been called “Ravin’s law” – as in 29-year-old Dodgers right-hander Josh Ravin. As most Dodger fans know by now, it was exactly one year ago – almost to the day […]

It’s done every year by every team in major league baseball – invitations are given to players within the organization who are not currently on the team’s 40-man roster to attend spring training with the hope – however slight – of making the team’s 25-man opening day roster. And while it may not happen often, […]

Last week’s article talked about the starting pitching depth and also predicted the rotation that I thought would come out of spring training. I highly recommend reading that article before this one so you can see who was left out of the starting five and why some of them may end up in this article. […]

It came as a surprise to no one that when it was Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw‘s time to speak with the media on Wednesday morning after pitchers and catchers reported that he would draw the biggest crowd. And while the recent new dad (for the second time) was clearly upbeat about spring training and about […]

Not that there was ever any doubt but the Dodgers made their acquisition of right-handed reliever Sergio Romo official on Wednesday afternoon, the same day that pitchers and catchers reported for spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. The deal was acknowledged as having been completed on February 6, 2017 but the Dodgers remained […]

Tucked away in the latest MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement is an item that may have escaped our notice. This is not to suggest that I have actually read the agreement, which was signed on December 1, 2016 and will expire on December 1, 2021. That item – of considerable significance – is a change from […]