I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news, at least for fans of struggling Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock, is that he came through his surgery on Thursday successfully; a procedure to remove metal hardware that had been inserted in the growth plate of his right (throwing) elbow during a surgery […]
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Dodgers best reliever might not be who you think it is
May 4th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Make no mistake about it, 31-year-old Dodgers right-hander Kenley Jansen is among the best closers in the game today. I mean, why else would the Dodgers have given him a 5-year / $80 million contract extension back on January 10, 2017 that will take him through the 2021 season (unless he exercises his opt-out clause […]
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Dodgers to host Braves, Nationals and Padres during nine-game homestand
May 3rd, 2019 at 6:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The first-place Los Angeles Dodgers return home Monday for a nine-game homestand with games against the Atlanta Braves (May 6-8), Washington Nationals (May 9-12) and San Diego Padres (May 14-15). The homestand features some of the team’s most popular promotions with $1 Dodger Dog Night presented by Draft Kings on May 7, Corey Seager Bobblehead […]
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Dodgers depth being tested
May 3rd, 2019 at 2:00 pm by 0799291000348 Do these names ring a bell: Charlie Culberson, O’Koyea Dickson, Brian Dozier, Brett Eibner, Kyle Farmer, Logan Forsythe, Matt Kemp, Tim Locastro, Manny Machado, Yasiel Puig, Rob Segedin, Scott Van Slyke, or Trayce Thompson? It’s likely that some of these names are more familiar to you than others, but they all are right-handed hitters who […]
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Quakes take 3 of 4 from Storm
May 3rd, 2019 at 12:00 pm by Lauren Jennings At about the one-month mark into the Advanced Single-A California League season, the defending Cal League Champion Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are atop the standings board with a 17-11 record. To begin the month of May, the Quakes wrapped a four-game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), winning three-of-four. Game-1 of the series pitted Padres […]
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Toles getting what will likely be last chance with Dodgers
May 2nd, 2019 at 2:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When position players reported for spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona on February 18, everyone was there; all 21 non-roster invitees and everyone on the Dodgers 40-man roster. …except one. Missing was 26-year-old outfielder Andrew Toles. The extremely popular and extremely quiet Decatur, Georgia native and 2013 third-round draft pick by the Tampa […]
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The Dodgers won the trade
May 2nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman traded outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, left-hander Alex Wood, and utility infielder / catcher Kyle Farmer to the Cincinnati Reds on December 21, 2018, his target in the transaction was not 32-year-old right-hander Homer Bailey. In fact, the La Grange, Texas native and 13-year MLB veteran […]
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A.J. Pollock update
May 1st, 2019 at 6:11 pm by Ron Cervenka During his pregame media scrum on Wednesday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided an update on outfielder A.J. Pollock, who was placed on the Injured List on Tuesday for what was being called “an infection” in his twice surgically-repaired right elbow. Here is the information from longtime Dodgers beat reporter Ken Gurnick (via Twitter): Stay […]
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