Shortly after the 2018 World Series ended, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and (now former) Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi had a decision to make. They had to decide whether or not to make a $17.9 million qualifying offer (as set by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association) to just-turned-30-year-old (on […]

Like him or not, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, he absolutely positively will be at the Dodgers helm for the 2019 season and, in all likelihood, for the next four seasons … as in through the 2022 season. Although it’s probably safe to say that there are many Dodger […]

The Dodgers will once again play host to 400 pre-selected active duty service members and veterans from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard and their families for batting practice and lunch at Dodger Stadium on Monday, November 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in honor of Veterans Day. Dodger third baseman Justin Turner, […]

The entire staff at ThinkBlueLA.com extends our deepest sorrow and our thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by the horrific and senseless events in our neighboring community of Thousand Oaks, California. There are simply no words to express our feelings for all of you. May God’s love and glory give you strength during […]

When word leaked out last week that the San Francisco Giants were courting Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi as a possible replacement for ousted Giants GM Bobby Evans, who was fired by the struggling franchise on September 24, 2018, anyone with half a brain knew – beyond all doubt – that the soon-to-be 42-year-old (on November […]

As Dodger fans, at some point we are going to have to come to grips with how the 2018 World Series ended, just as we had to following the 2017 World Series. When we do, and once we get past the pain and suffering (as best as we can, that is), we are going to […]

Last Friday, while the entire baseball world waited anxiously to learn if Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw was going to opt out of his seven-year / $215 million contract or not, something else happened that, for the most part, went pretty much under the radar – the Dodgers did not engage […]

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 […]