On Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, 50,215 fans witnessed Dodgers 20-year-old phenom left-hander Julio Urias pitch five innings that included no runs, five hits, four walks and one strikeout to lower his 2017 ERA to a stellar 0.84 through his combined two starts and 10.2 innings pitched. But for as good as Urias was and […]
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Finding a solution for Trayce Thompson
May 4th, 2017 at 8:35 am 
by Jacob Rudner A slump in baseball is normal, everyone has them. As a matter of fact, I think even the best players have had rough stretches where it was tough to get a hit – and by tough I mean they just did not happen. But just as often as a player enters a slump, they break […]
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Kiké Hernandez is now expendable
May 3rd, 2017 at 12:19 pm by Ron Cervenka With the meteoric rise by the youngest Dodger on the team – 21-year-old first baseman / outfielder Cody Bellinger – the Dodgers front office is looking for ways to not only keep their blazing hot 2013 fourth-round draft pick on their 25-man roster but in their every day lineup. Although there has been considerable talk […]
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The new Yasiel Puig
May 3rd, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who watched the Dodgers pound the San Francisco Giants 13-5 on Tuesday night witnessed one of the most impressive offensive power displays by the Dodgers in recent history and certainly since their 14-3 opening day shellacking of the lowly San Diego Padres. In fact, every spot in Tuesday night’s lineup scored at least one run and […]
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Dodgers make first of several pending roster moves
May 2nd, 2017 at 4:06 pm by Ron Cervenka As a surprise to no one, the Dodgers made the first of what figures to several looming roster moves on Tuesday afternoon when they optioned struggling utility outfielder / first baseman Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room on their 25-man roster for returning outfielder Franklin Gutierrez, who had been on the […]
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Bellinger beats Buster Posey at ‘The Posey Rule’
May 2nd, 2017 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka Although there weren’t many, there were some positive takeaways from the Dodgers (and Clayton Kershaw’s) bitter 4-3 loss to The Hated Ones on Monday night. The obvious ones are Dodgers rookie left fielder Cody Bellinger going 2-for-4 that included a ground rule double and yet another perfectly executed bunt to beat the defensive shift, and […]
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AGon is broken, Bellinger is not
May 2nd, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Since before opening day, Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez has been dealing with tendinitis in his right (non-throwing) elbow and a back and neck issue that has been nagging the soon-to-be 35-year-old (on May 8) San Diego, California native for at least the last two years and perhaps even longer. Much to his credit (and […]
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Quakes nab Player of the Week honors for second straight week
May 1st, 2017 at 2:30 pm by Ron Cervenka One week ago today, Dodgers 2016 first-round draft pick Will Smith was named as the highly competitive California League’s Player of the Week, representing the franchise’s Advance Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. All the 22-year-old Louisville, Kentucky native and former University of Louisville Cardinals catcher did was post a week that included going 11-for-25 at the plate (.440) […]
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Forsythe hopeful to rejoin team on Friday in San Diego
May 1st, 2017 at 8:33 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has ever accidently kicked a coffee table leg or a bed frame with their little toe knows exactly how excruciating something so ridiculously simple can be. That’s why when Dodgers second baseman Logan Forsythe fractured his right big toe when hit by a pitch on April 18, the rest of us could only imagine his […]
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Lancaster winds blow away stellar outing by Quakes Dennis Santana
May 1st, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Along with death and taxes, there’s another absolute in life – there is no such thing as a guaranteed win at The Hangar – the home ballpark of the Colorado Rockies Advanced Single-A affiliate Lancaster JetHawks – especially when the wind is blowing; and it is always blowing there. On Sunday afternoon, the Dodgers Advanced […]
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