When Dodgers position players reported to Camelback Ranch-Glendale for Spring Training 2023, there was every reason to believe that 25-year-old utility infielder/outfielder James Outman would begin the 2023 regular season at Triple-A Oklahoma City. When camp ended on March 28, there was every reason to believe that the Redwood City, CA native and Dodgers seventh-round […]
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Home Sweet Home
It is finally here. The day that the baseball faithful have waited all year for. MLB Opening Day 2023. In a season with at least 162 games, and maybe a few more if some teams are lucky, diehards get spoiled watching their beloved teams more days than not throughout the year. After the final out […]
(Read More)From Meaningless to Meaningful
There is no kind or gentle way to put it – the Dodgers had a less-than-stellar camp this Spring. That’s the bad news. The good news is that despite their less-than-stellar 14-13 Spring Training record, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team finished fifth in the 15-team Arizona Cactus League in what many people call ‘meaningless Spring […]
(Read More)Kershaw – 3 Trout – 0
It was, as many like to say, a “Meaningless Spring Training game.” But try convincing Angels center fielder and future Hall of Famer Mike Trout or Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw of that – or the 37,195 on hand at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night for the first of three preseason […]
(Read More)“It’s Time To Go”
Some fans may have gotten a tiny taste of Dodger Stadium after the long winter during the Fanfest event in early February. And for anyone who missed the festivities, Sunday evening was the first opportunity for the Los Angeles faithful to get their baseball fix. It was a perfect precursor for the baseball season that […]
(Read More)Max is Ready
Although Friday’s game between the Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers at Camelback Ranch-Glendale ended in a 6-6 tie, Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy made it abundantly clear that he is ready for the regular season to begin. All the 32-year-old Midland, TX native did was drive in two of the Dodgers six runs with a powerful […]
(Read More)Urías Named Dodgers Opening Day Starter
As a surprise to few (if any), 26-year-old left-hander Julio Urías has been named as the Dodgers 2023 Opening Day starter. It will be the Culiacan, Mexico native and seven-year Dodgers and MLB veteran’s first career Opening Day start. Urías, who finished third in the 2022 National League Cy Young Award voting, will begin the Dodgers […]
(Read More)Dodgers Active Roster
Although it is still subject to change, here is the Dodgers Active roster as of Friday, March 24, with Opening Day 2023 now only six days away: Pitchers NO. PLAYER POS B T HT WT AGE BIRTHDAY 38 Yency Almonte RHP B R 6’5″ 217 28 Jun 4, 1994 52 Phil Bickford RHP R R […]
(Read More)Outman Makes Dodgers Opening Day Roster
As it should be, and as Dodgers fans far and wide were hoping for, 25-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman has made the team’s Opening Day 40-man roster. The news broke shortly after 10 a.m. PDT on Thursday morning. As Dodgers beat writer Juan Toribio notes in his Thursday morning tweet, 33-year-old veteran outfielder Jason Heyward also made […]
(Read More)Do NOT Run on James Outman
It’s simple, really – run on 25-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman at your own peril. On Wednesday evening, 32-year-old Seattle Mariner second baseman Kolten Wong tried. As the great Vin Scully used to say, “He was out from me to you.” Wong had reached first on a one out single to Dodgers center fielder Trayce […]
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