The date was April 29, 2018. The Dodgers were in San Francisco for the final game of a four-game series against the Giants. After having grounded out once and flying out (deep) twice, and just two days after his 24th birthday, Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager lined a base hit up the middle in what would […]

Although it is rare that what we see during spring training actually carries over into the regular season, it does happen occasionally. I mean, who can forget when a then 21-year-old Corey Seager, who hit .350 during Spring Training 2016, would go on to finish the 2016 regular season with a .308 batting average, 26 […]

Only seven Cactus League games remain before Dodgers break camp and head back to LA for the annual Freeway Series with the Angels. This is the last progress report before final spring training report cards will be posted – rostered players only (non-roster invitees and optioned players not included).  Players who moved up are in bold; […]

For as long as I can remember – and I’m old – the term ‘Meaningless Spring Training game(s)’ has always … always irked me. I fully get that the annual 35-ish games played in February and March have zero bearing whatsoever on the upcoming season, nor do they count towards the annual baseball statistics that […]

The rules changes being considered by MLB and the Players Association are well known to baseball fans: pitch timer; mound visits; designated hitter in the NL; mound distance and/or height; roster size; etc. For the most part, tweaking the game in the name of Rob Manfred’s pace-of-play fetish. MLB has announced a change, effective this season, […]

It’s probably as close as Dodgers manager Dave Roberts can – or will – ever get to saying “No.” On Friday afternoon, the Dodgers skipper was asked – once again – if future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw would be his Opening Day starter on March 28 against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Ever […]

Late Thursday evening, the Dodgers reported that left-handed reliever Tony Cingrani was being shut down completely for what was described as “the same shoulder problem that sidelined him for most of the second half of last season.“ But while this is anything but good news for the the extremely polite 29-year-old Evergreen, Illinois native and […]

Early Thursday morning, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) announced several rule changes that will begin this season, with additional changes coming for the 2020 season. What makes Thursday’s announced rule changes all the more interesting is that they occurred before the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires following […]

Try as we may, it is impossible to figure out many (most) of the decisions and moves made by Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Case in point: Last spring, I asked Roberts what former Dodgers and now Cincinnati Reds catcher Kyle Farmer‘s role was going to be for […]