If you were to ask former MLB manager and current Dodgers broadcaster and baseball analyst Kevin Kennedy when it is officially no longer “still early” in a baseball season, his pat answer would be “Forty games into the season.” And while my personal “still early” threshold actually expires before the first pitch on Opening Day (because […]

Anyone who watched Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and the Rockies at Coors Field in Denver witnessed firsthand what was unquestionably the best pitching performance of 26-year-old Alex Wood‘s five-year MLB career. Not only did the Charlotte, North Carolina native allow no runs on five hits and only one walk, he also struck out 10 […]

When word spread that Dodgers former 2015 first-round draft pick Walker Buehler was being promoted from the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, it was one of those good news / bad news things. The good news is that is moves the phenom right-hander one level closer to pitching under the […]

  *  *  *  UPDATED: Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 2:30 pm PT. *  *  *   In the 148-year history of Major League Baseball, there have been exactly three players who have hit 700 or more career home runs. They are, of course, Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714). And […]

When you look at Chase Utley‘s numbers through the first 24 games in which he has appeared this season, your very first thought might be “Why on earth did the Dodgers ever re-sign this guy?” After all, in his first 67 plate appearances, the 38-year-old Pasadena, California native and UCLA alum went 5 for 51 […]

More than 40 professional baseball players league-wide are coming together on a project called “Striking Out Poverty” that aims to end poverty in El Mirador, one of the Dominican Republic’s most poverty-stricken communities. The players, with the help of relief organization Food for the Hungry and Athletes Brand, will sport limited-edition t-shirts in city-specific colorways […]

It became the Dodgers mantra at the conclusion of spring training 2016. All of a sudden the Dodgers had too many starting pitchers for only five spots in their 2016 opening day starting rotation. It was a problem that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Farhan Zaidi and (then) rookie field manager […]

If someone were to ask you who the hottest Dodger at the plate is right now, chances are you wouldn’t hesitate to say Dodgers rookie phenom first baseman / outfielder Cody Bellinger. But for as hot as the 21-year-old Scottsdale, Arizona native and former 2013 fourth-round draft pick is right now, he is not swinging […]

The Dodgers today placed both outfielder Andrew Toles (torn right ACL) and left-handed pitcher Adam Liberatore (left groin strain) on the 10-day disabled list, while recalling infielder/outfielder Scott Van Slyke and outfielder Brett Eibner from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Van Slyke, 30, returns to the big league club after going 3-for-15 (.200) with a double and […]

You knew the moment you saw it that something was wrong … seriously wrong when Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles remained down on the ground – on his back, no less – after making a valiant effort to preserve Dodgers phenom left-hander Julio Urias‘ no-hitter in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday night. And […]