…four words that no one likes to hear, especially when that ‘Amount Due’ is $32.65 million. This is the amount the Los Angeles Dodgers owe Major League Baseball in tax penalty fees for exceeding the luxury tax threshold during the 2021 season. They, along with the San Diego Padres (who only owe $1.29 million), were […]

In 1965, Dodgers starting pitchers tossed a combined 58 complete games. In 2021, Dodgers starting pitchers tossed one complete game – an eight-inning 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers by 30-year-old troubled Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer on April 29. In fact, Bauer led all of baseball in complete games in 2020 while a member of […]

On Saturday morning, the Dodgers announced (via Twitter) that single game tickets for all 2022 Dodgers Spring Training games at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, AZ were now on sale, with the sale ending at 11 p.m. PST on Monday night, December 20, 2021. And if early reports are accurate (and there is no reason to […]

Justin Verlander will not be a Dodger in 2022; that is an absolute fact. As such, and as they say: On Saturday morning, it was reported that the soon-to-be (on February 20) 39-year-old Manakin Sabot, VA native and first-round draft pick (second overall) in 2004 by the Detroit Tigers out of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, […]

At 11:59 p.m. ET on December 1, 2021, the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association expired. And even though most baseball pundits expected – and predicted – that the two factions would take a little time off (due to the pandemic) before getting together to begin what […]

  *  *  *  Editor’s Note For those who frequent this site, you are undoubtedly well aware that we purposely stay away from “I / Me-type” articles. This is not by accident. It has been our philosophy since Day-1 to focus on the Dodgers, their minor league affiliates, and occasionally even their fans, and not […]

Dodgers fans have grown accustomed to Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman‘s methodical approach to roster construction (or deconstruction), being a master poker player in the acquisition of talent, and diligently controlling information on roster plans. Stalled negotiations for a renewed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the MLB Players Association and the owners due […]

It is a question that has been on the minds of Dodgers fans for more than three years. On Monday afternoon, the question was finally answered. The burning question? Why didn’t Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman re-sign eccentric – but popular – outfielder Yasiel Puig after the 2018 season, with the Cienfuegos, Cuba […]

As most baseball fans know, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen (et al.) has been interviewing for a new manager. Among the candidates interviewed for one of baseball’s most visible (and scrutinized) positions was 41-year-old Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough, a former seven-year minor league catcher who was initially drafted by the Cleveland Indians in […]