Although there has yet to be official confirmation from the team, The Athletic‘s Ken Rosenthal (subscription required) reported on Tuesday afternoon that the Dodgers had signed 32-year-old/10-year MLB veteran right-hander Shelby Miller as bullpen help for the 2023 season. A short while later, ESPN‘s Kiley McDaniel reported that the deal was for one year at […]

It was reported on Monday afternoon that former MLB first baseman Tony Clark has been given a five-year contract extension as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), which will run through the 2027 season. The 50-year-old Newton, KS native and first-round (second overall) draft pick in 1990 by the Detroit Tigers […]

The off-season is a mixed blessing after the long regular and postseason schedule. Many diehard fans need the emotional break but soon miss their favorite sports fix. To stave off the withdrawals from a game that keeps us company from the Spring to the better part of Fall, many turn to the “hot stove” chatter […]

The Dodgers are loaded with critical roster decisions for the 2023 MLB season: shortstop, starting pitching, bullpen, centerfield, and left field. Nonetheless, there is another important decision that literally should be a no-brainer – re-sign just-turned (this past Wednesday) 38-year-old Justin Turner as a part-time third baseman/designated hitter. The team decided to pay JT $2 […]

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You certainly do not need a degree in computer science to realize that despite this being the so-called Hot Stove season, there really isn’t a whole lot happening in the baseball world right now, especially over the Thanksgiving holiday. But as is normally the case with out beloved National Pastime, there is always some news. […]

As is often the case during the so-called ‘Hot Stove Season,’ there are days – and an occasional week – where it is ice cold. But even on those ice cold days, there is usually some MLB news to pass along. Such was the case on Sunday morning, when The Athletic’s (subscription required) Ken Rosenthal […]

When a then 22-year-old Yasiel Puig hit the baseball scene at Dodger Stadium on June 3, 2013, he bought with him an excitement and enthusiasm that the baseball world had not seen in decades – or ever. In fact, in his Major League debut, he went 2-for-4 as the Dodgers leadoff hitter in their eventual […]

Ok, I admit it – that title was intentionally misleading. The ‘closer issue’ that I am referring to would be in the form of a closer on an opposing team – more specifically, on their most-hated division rivals, the San Francisco Giants. It was reported by MLB Trade Rumors (a great website and Twitter follow, […]