Archive for July, 2019

Dodgers May Already Have Their Set-up Man

Quick – Which Dodgers reliever has the lowest earned run average? If you said Kenley Jansen (3.63), you’d be wrong. If you said Pedro Baez (3.40), you’d be wrong. Heck, even if you said Julio Urias (2.25), you’d be wrong. No, the current Dodgers reliever with the lowest ERA, although the sample size is ridiculously […]

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Lux, May Could Soon See Action With Dodgers … Maybe

Unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island (or live in an area with poor cell or Wi-Fi service), you are undoubtedly aware that Dodgers top-ranked prospects Gavin Lux and Dustin May have been absolutely tearing it up in the Dodgers minor league system. In fact, both were doing so well at Double-A Tulsa this […]

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Dodgers Make Minor League Roster Moves with Major League Implications

When ThinkBlueLA broke the news on Saturday afternoon that Dodgers top-ranked catching prospect Keibert Ruiz had been promoted from the Double-A Tulsa Drillers to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, the corresponding lower level roster moves were not yet known. They now are. Late Sunday morning, ThinkBlueLA learned from a reliable source that 24-year-old catcher Stevie […]

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Kershaw Denied Ninth Win by Bullpen … and Roberts

The Dodgers won on Saturday night, that’s the bottom line. But make no mistake about it, Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw was not happy when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts would not let him go back out for the seventh inning – and with good reason. The Dodgers bullpen. When the 31-year-old future Hall of Famer came […]

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Ruiz Promoted to Triple-A OKC

ThinkBlueLA has learned from a trusted source that Dodgers number one-ranked prospect Keibert Ruiz has been promoted from the Double-A Drillers to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers. Ruiz, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday, was signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent at the age of 16. He immediately gain attention as […]

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Quakes Run Out of Steam in San Jose

For the second time in as many series, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes took on the San Jose Giants (Giants), but this time on the road, where their record has surprisingly been outstanding – even approaching a franchise-record of wins on the road. However, this series didn’t quite go the way of the rest of the […]

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One Small Step

Never does a day go by where I do not count my blessings, especially when I walk into the Vin Scully Press Box at Dodger Stadium. It is not lost on me, not for one second, just how incredibly blessed I am to be in the same room with some of the very best journalists, […]

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It Isn’t Just the Bullpen

No intention of minimizing the Dodgers bullpen issues this season, they are significant and must be addressed in order for the team to reach its goal of World Series Champions. But there is a contributing factor that is obvious to those baseball fans who regularly watch the team’s games and / or research Major League […]

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LA Feeds Blue Chef Series Menu Announced

The LA Feeds Blue Chef Series rolls on in the Right Field Plaza with a special menu crafted by award-winning chefs, restaurateurs, and authors Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. The menu is inspired by their iconic Border Grill restaurants and their newest venture Socalo, an all-day canteen serving coastal Latin cuisine, opening this summer. The Border […]

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Smith Injury Not as Serious as Initially Reported

Let’s face it, there is no such thing as a good injury in baseball, especially when you are talking about one of a team’s top-ranked prospects and a huge fan favorite. But when words like ‘tried to stay in the game’ and ‘He’s done’ were initially used to describe an injury suffered by Dodgers fourth […]

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