A play on the words of the old baseball ultimatum “Play me or trade me.” “Trade me or play me” was reportedly demanded by St. Louis Cardinals player Pepper Martin to general manager Branch Rickey in 1931. The Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson made a “play me or trade me” demand in 1955, and Don Zimmer […]

Ask Dodgers future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw who his all-time favorite catcher is/was, his answer will be, without hesitation, 11-year MLB veteran A.J. Ellis … and it isn’t even close. In addition to being one of, if not the best Dodgers batteries over the past decade (or ever), Clayton and A.J. are still best […]

It was meaningless, in the grand scheme of things – just a guy taking some hacks off another guy during Spring Training batting practice. But when one guy is Dodgers All-Star right-hander Walker Buehler and the other guy is perennial All-Star Mookie Betts, it was one of those moments where anyone within eyesight stopped and […]

When Dodgers pitchers and catchers reported for Spring Training on February 17, there was one guy (very) noticeably missing – 22-year-old catcher Keibert Ruiz. “Keibert’s not here. He got hung up with his visa, so we’re working on getting him here,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts of the Valencia, Venezuela native during his first Zoom media […]

During his daily Zoom media session on Wednesday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked where he plans to utilize 30-year-old utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor the most during the 2021 season. It’s probably safe to say that most Dodger fans expected the Dodger skipper to answer with the obvious – second base and give Cody […]

The Dodgers primary position players are established veterans who will use 2021 Spring Training to tuneup their respective skills for opening day; April 1, 2021. This is an accomplished group of offensive players who are the odds-on favorite to continue the Dodgers four-season string of leading the National League in the Fangraphs’ category Weighted Runs […]

For those who may have had concerns over how well 30-year-old oft-controversial right-hander Trevor Bauer would be received by his new Dodgers teammates, you can put your concerns to rest. In fact, you can put them in hibernation. To the man, every Dodger player who has been interviewed during the first full week of Spring […]

  *  *  *  SNLA to air all 29 games, with 17 on English radio and eight Spanish-language broadcasts   *  *  *  *  The Dodgers have announced their Spring Training 2021 broadcast schedule, with all 29 games airing on SportsNet LA, 17 games on AM 570, and an additional eight games on Spanish radio […]

Chances are exceptionally good that if you were to ask a Dodger fan – any Dodger fan – who the team’s heart and soul is, the answer would (probably) be unanimous – 36-year-old Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner. As such, when it was announced – by Turner himself on Twitter – that he had re-signed […]

Back on February 10, LA Times Dodgers beat writer Jorge Castillo posted a link on Twitter to an article he had written (subscription required) detailing a one-on-one interview he had with Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. As with many ‘subscription required‘ online media outlets, not everyone subscribes to them. As a […]