Ask any Dodger fan where they would prefer to see former Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado end up after his brief but contemptuous time with their beloved team and the overwhelming answer would most likely be: “Who cares, as long as it isn’t L.A.” It’s not that the 26-year-old Hialeah, Florida native and 2010 first-round draft […]
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
December 29th, 2018 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka When former Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal turned down his $17.9 million qualifying offer from the Dodgers in November, opting instead to try his luck at landing what he hoped would be a multi-year free agent contract that would potentially rival the highest ever in MLB history, there was a collective sigh of relief among Dodger […]
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MLB minimum increases to $555,000 in 2019
December 28th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson almost had it right: “Mamas’ don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys, Don’t let ’em pick guitars or drive them old trucks, Let ’em be doctors and lawyers and such. Almost. What Waylon and Willie should have said was was: “Let ’em be major league baseball players.” Beginning in 2019, […]
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Could Walker Buehler become ‘The Right Arm of God?’
December 27th, 2018 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Since being drafted by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft (24th overall) out of Vanderbilt University as a 21-year-old, now 24-year-old Walker Buehler has often drawn comparisons to 1988 Cy Young award-winner, three-time All-Star, 1988 World Series champion, 1988 World Series MVP, Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger winner, […]
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Dodgers not out on Harper just yet
December 26th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Depending on which rumor you choose to believe (or which way the wind is blowing at the time), the Dodgers are apparently still in on the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. …just not for the 10 years that he and super agent (and baseball’s Antichrist) Scott Boras are hoping for. “Bryce is an intriguing free agent, largely […]
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The Other Guys
December 24th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As Dodger fans slowly (and painfully) begin to come to grips with the fact that there will be no more insane bat flips, bat licks, or dugout kisses by eccentric Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig; no more late-inning heroics by veteran Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp; no more epic dugout rally caps by Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood; […]
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An overdue ‘Thank You’
December 24th, 2018 at 7:00 am by Lauren Jennings Over the years, I have had to say goodbyes that I didn’t want to when it came to minor league baseball players. The first goodbye that really hit me was Mike Trout. I have been a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes fan for as long as I have been alive, which meant that I was during the […]
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Lopsided blockbuster trade only Round-1 for Dodgers
December 22nd, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you honestly believe that Friday’s blockbuster trade that sent popular Dodgers outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, left-hander Alex Wood, and back-up catcher / utility infielder Kyle Farmer to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for veteran right-hander Homer Bailey (whom the Dodgers immediately released) and Reds top prospects Jeter Downs and Josiah Gray is […]
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Dodgers make Joe Kelly signing official
December 22nd, 2018 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers officially announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Joe Kelly to a three-year contract on Friday morning. The 30-year-old Anaheim, California native is 43-25 with a 3.87 ERA in 250 career Major League games (79 starts) over seven seasons with St. Louis (2012-14) and Boston (2014-18). As a reliever, Kelly has posted a 3.29 […]
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Dodgers let one get away
December 20th, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Since it began in 1981, there have been four Baseball America Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Manager of the Year awards presented to members of the Dodgers family. In 1985, former Dodgers infielder and 1965 MLB Rookie of the Year Jim Lefebvre was named MiLB’s Manager of the Year while piloting the Phoenix Giants (former Triple-A […]
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