When the Dodgers traded middle infield prospect Jacob Amaya to the Miami Marlins for 34-year-old veteran Miguel Rojas, the team figuratively slapped a five-million-dollar Band-Aid on the shortstop position for 2023. Like a medical dressing that protects an injury as it heals, Rojas is a temporary measure, as the team searches for a regular shortstop […]

As most baseball fans know, Saturday was the deadline for teams to agree to terms with their non-contracted players in order to avoid arbitration. For the Dodgers, the good news is that they came to terms with nine of their arbitration-eligible players. The not good news is that they had ten. Very noticeably missing from […]

Perhaps there are some Dodgers fans who were more in tune with the team’s plans at shortstop for the 2023 season, but for most, the team’s trade for Miguel Rojas (34 years old next month) for 24-year-old middle infield prospect Jacob Amaya came as a bit of a shock. Dodgers fans have grown accustomed over […]

As a surprise to absolutely no one, the Dodgers on Thursday morning announced (via Twitter) that they have unconditionally released 31-year-old right-hander Trevor Bauer, effective immediately. The much-anticipated announcement is a result of the North Hollywood, CA native and first-round draft pick (third overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011 out of UCLA’s indiscretions for […]

It was a play that not only saved Clayton Kershaw‘s no-hitter on June 18, 2014, but also endeared him with the entire City of Los Angeles and every Dodgers fan on the planet. I am, of course, speaking of (now) 33-year-old utility infielder Miguel Rojas who, on that fateful day, was the Dodgers spry (then) […]

First and foremost, please allow me to apologize for posting another article on Trevor Bauer. Hopefully, it will be my last on the … well, you know. But this one is both noteworthy and significant. On January 9, 2023, MLB Network‘s (and New York Post columnist) Jon Heyman posted this on Twitter: Say what you […]

Although football is in season and headed into the playoffs, all baseball fans want is for the Superbowl to be played so that baseball has the floor again. The 2023 season will bring new faces to each team … and the umpiring staff. At the end of December, a source released to the media that […]

Now that the you-know-who mess is in its final stages of DFA administrative procedures, the Dodgers can turn their full attention to other roster decisions. While trades and/or free agent signings have been the front and center topics of MLB journalists and fans for the last several weeks, the Dodgers have ten players who have […]

When the Dodgers signed (then) 31-year-old A.J. Pollock to a one-year / $4 million contract back on January 26, 2019, a good many skeptical Dodgers fans said (or at least thought): “Oh, great. Just what we need. Another over-the-hill outfielder to block our prospects from being promoted.” Little did they – or anyone – know […]