It was one of those things where, when you went to bed one night he wasn’t there, but when you woke up the next morning, he was. The ‘there’ might be in the Dodgers Opening Day 2023 starting rotation, and the ‘he’ would be 25-year-old Dodgers left-hander Justin Bruihl. A bit presumptuous, you say? Perhaps. […]

  *  *  *  “If I could save time in a bottle,The first thing that I’d like to do,Is to save every day ’til eternity passes away,Just to spend them with you.” – Jim Croce – “Time in a Bottle” – 1963    *  *  *  *   When former Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti signed […]

If ever there were a double-edged sword, this would be it. On one edge, the Dodgers desperately need a talented – preferably veteran – shortstop to replace Trea Turner, who signed a massive 11-year/$300 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, and with 28-year-old Ponce, Puerto Rico native, two-time All-Star, and (now) free agent shortstop […]

When news broke on social media late Wednesday night that the San Diego Padres had signed 30-year-old shortstop/third baseman Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year/$280 million contract, there were undoubtedly a lot of raised eyebrows … not just among smiling Padres fans, but across the entire baseball universe. I mean, let’s be real here. The Oranjestad, Aruba […]

With shortstop Trea Turner and the Philadelphia Phillies setting a very high bar for contract length (11 years), it is likely that his free agent cohorts Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa, and Dansby Swanson will be expecting similar contract periods. Correa, two years younger than Turner, may be looking to reset the bar for contract length, […]

Day Three of the 2022 Winter Meetings proved to be another eventful one, and the week isn’t yet half over. Loyal fans are still waiting to see what roster moves their respective Front Offices will make in the weeks leading up to Spring Training 2023. Tuesday saw more farewells occurring, as another two pitchers departed […]

The 2022 MLB Winter Meetings are upon us, and for the first time since the pandemic, they will be held – in-person – in San Diego, California. The industry gathering kicked off Sunday at 4:00 pm and promises to be a busy week for most. The thirty teams and their various representatives were already working […]

This was initially going to be a piece on trade targets, but that article went to the back burner when it was announced early Monday afternoon that shortstop Trea Turner had accepted an 11-year/$300 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. While losing Turner is a significant blow to the Dodgers pursuit of the 2023 World […]

It has been a relatively quiet off-season for the Boys in Blue, yet for better or for worse, the ‘Hot Stove’ continues to smolder. When the final out was recorded in the post-season ending a record year for the Dodgers, most fans knew the team would have many free agents hitting the market. Ideally, the […]