Dodgers three-time All-Star closer Kenley Jansen met with members of the media in the Dodgers spring training clubhouse at Camelback Ranch on Saturday morning … and he opened up. Man, did he open up In addition to spending 20-plus minutes sharing his strong thoughts and opinions on the Houston Astros cheating scandal, the 32-year-old Willemstad, Curaçao […]

It is hard to recall a Los Angeles Dodgers 40-man roster with as much veteran talent and ready-now prospects like the 2020 group. Currently, there are twelve veteran position players: catchers Austin Barnes and Will Smith; infielders Max Muncy, Corey Seager and Justin Turner; outfielders Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Joc Pederson, and A.J. Pollock; and […]

We can all sit down and relax now. The crazy chase to get Mookie Betts and David Price is now over. We officially have them on the roster, numbers and all. Betts will be wearing number 50 which, during the introductory press interview this week on the field at Dodger Stadium, he explained that he […]

While Houston Astros owner Jim Crane was making a complete fool of himself to the media at his team’s spring training facility in West Palm Beach, FL, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told the gathered media at the Dodgers spring training facility in Glendale, AZ that he and his team are looking forward, not back. Although […]

During Wednesday afternoon’s introductory press conference for new Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts and left-hander David Price on the infield at Dodger Stadium, the latter was asked why he had chosen jersey number 33 with his new team. The 34-year-old Murfreesboro, TN native and 2007 first-round draft pick out of Vanderbilt University said that it was ‘a payback’ […]

About this same time last year, just as teams were preparing to open spring training camps in preparation for the 2019 season, we were discussing various rules changes that were being considered by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association: 20-second pitch clocks; lowering and/or moving the pitching mound; balls and strikes […]

Late Monday evening I received a text message from my dear friend Clyle Alt. Attached to it was an Instagram photograph and message from 31-year-old right-hander Kenta Maeda who, earlier in the day, had officially been traded from the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins, along with minor league catcher Jair Camargo and cash considerations. Here […]

It took until the 122nd day of their offseason and only four days remaining until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, but on Sunday evening, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman finally … finally pulled off the trade that nearly every Dodger fan on the planet has been hoping, waiting and even praying […]