It came as a no surprise to no one when, on Friday morning, it was announced that Dodgers had given new free agent catcher Yasmani Grandal a qualifying offer to remain with the team for the 2019 season for the pre-determined (by MLB) amount of $17.9 million. It’s not that the Dodgers actually want the […]
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Done Deal – Kershaw to remain a Dodger
November 2nd, 2018 at 1:45 pm 
by Ron Cervenka After more than two years of speculation and a week of extreme anxiety for Dodger fans, 30-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw has agreed to remain in Dodger Blue, at least for the next three seasons and perhaps for the remainder of his Hall of Fame-worthy career. Just minutes after the 1:00 p.m. PT deadline, is was […]
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Dodgers hoping to improve starting rotation from within
November 2nd, 2018 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka During Thursday’s season-in-review press conference at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was asked if he and Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi are planning to seek additional starting pitching help from what figures to be an interesting – and expensive – free agent market this off-season. Although there is no disputing that […]
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The 30-second press conference you didn’t see
November 2nd, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke is a very interesting guy. To put it mildly, you either really really like him, or you really really don’t. He is, hands down, among the greatest antagonists of all time. He is also an award-winning journalist who does not pull his punches. After Thursday morning’s 2018 season wrap-up […]
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The Dodgers other waiting game
November 1st, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka *** (UPDATED November 1, 2018 at 6:15 p.m. PT) *** While the entire baseball world waited anxiously (in vain) for the announcement as to whether of not Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw was going to opt out of his $7-year / $215 million contract with the Dodgers, there was another Dodger […]
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