Archive for December, 2020

Dodgers Reportedly Sign Right-Hander Tommy Kahnle

Although there has been no official announcement from team officials, the Athletic‘s Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Dodgers have signed 31-year-old right-handed reliever Tommy Kahnle (pronounced Cain-lee) to a two-year deal for a combined $5.25 million. Per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, Kahnle will earn $750,000 in 2021, $3.45 million in 2022, and will be able […]

(Read More)

Dodgers, LADF Offer Holiday Support as Pandemic Spikes in LA

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) continues to respond to the COVID-19 emergency with essential services and donations for the most vulnerable Angelenos throughout the holiday season. According to the County of Los Angeles, nearly 1 in 4 residents have suffered from food insecurity during the pandemic. In response, LADF has worked with Dodger partners, corporate sponsors, volunteers, and nonprofits to provide 478,000 meals and more than $2.2 million worth […]

(Read More)

Dodgers Extend Holiday Festival 2020 to January 3

At a time when there isn’t much good news to be found, the Dodgers had some great news on Monday when they announced that their extremely popular Holiday Festival 2020 has been extended to Sunday, January 3, 2021. Excluding Christmas Day, the Holiday Festival will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets start […]

(Read More)

Dodgers Hot Stove Chatter – Red Alert

Four days ago, December 18, MLB insider journalist John Heyman reported that the Washington Nationals had spoken with the Cincinnati Reds about 29-year-old third baseman Eugenio Suarez. In a tepid Hot Stove season, that rather innocuous report has led to rumors of Suarez being traded to the Nationals, or elsewhere, presuming the Reds are looking […]

(Read More)

January Can’t Get Here Soon Enough

It is a time-tested baseball fact: You can never have too many catchers on your roster or down on the farm. The problem, of course, is that a back-up catcher sitting on your bench – an absolute must – takes up a very valuable 25-man and 40-man roster spot; during a normal non-COVID-19 season and […]

(Read More)

Mookie Betts – Solid Gold

Baseball is a very generational thing. Ask any 70-year-old who their favorite Dodger is/was and you’ll hear names like Reese, Snider, and Campanella. Ask a 60-year-old and you’ll hear names like Wills, Gilliam, and Davis (both of them). Ask a 50-year-old and you might hear ‘The Infield’ of Lopes, Russell, Garvey, and Cey. But when […]

(Read More)

Roberts Confident of ‘A Full Schedule of Games’ in 2021

During Thursday afternoon’s Zoom press conference, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about what will inevitably be another modification to the current Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association Collective Bargaining Agreement; this because the current CBA does not expire until after the 2021 season. That question was (paraphrasing): How will COVID-19 protocols come into […]

(Read More)

Roberts Wants Turner ‘For As Long As I Can Have Him’

It was the question that everyone was waiting to be asked, yet it took 10 minutes into his first off-season Zoom media conference for someone to finally ask. That someone was ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez: How high up on your list is bringing Justin Turner back? Boom. As expected, Roberts’ predictable answer surprised no one. “He’s […]

(Read More)

Dodgers Hot Stove Chatter – Trade Capital

When discussing Dodgers’ trade options for improving the roster, we must beg the question – which player(s) is the team willing to deal in return for the acquired talent? Maximizing the return while minimizing the loss is the creed — for every team. Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has done a marvelous job […]

(Read More)

BREAKING: MLB & MLBPA Disagree

There are few ‘sure things’ in life: Death. Taxes. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreeing on anything. And even on those rare occasions when MLB and the MLBPA actually do agree on something, it is usually done with reluctance and usually by the narrowest vote margin. On Tuesday morning, MLB and the […]

(Read More)
Powered by WordPress