Archive for 2024

Untouchable Prospects

Over many decades, there were certain players coming through the Dodgers development pipeline who were considered ‘untouchable’ – those prospects that the team would not even consider trading because of their high potential to become MLB stars; names like Tommy Davis, Steve Garvey, Don Sutton, Fernando Valenzuela, Mike Piazza, Adrian Beltre, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager, Julio […]

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Another Baseball Off-Season Smile

If you are like me, and let’s face it, you probably wouldn’t be reading this if you were not, you are undoubtedly going through some serious MLB off-season withdrawals and craving any baseball news. And while there is very little of such at this time of year, there is some … if you follow MLB […]

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Ohtani Wins Outstanding DH Award

  *  *  *  (Article Courtesy of LA Dodgers)   *  *  *  *  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has won the 2024 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award.  Ohtani becomes the first Dodger player to win the award and the second player ever to win the award four consecutive years (2021-24), joining […]

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Dodgers Trade Capital

The Dodgers have the economic clout to pursue and sign any free agent currently on the open market. Twenty-three-year-old right-handed Nippon Baseball pitching phenom Roki Sasaki is reportedly on their radar, as is 32-year-old outfielder Teoscar Hernández, who they hope to re-sign. There were even rumors that megastar outfielder Juan Soto might join the World […]

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More Dodgers Hardware

On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that managers and coaches from all 30 MLB teams had selected 30-year-old Dodgers international superstar and future Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani, 32-year-old fellow future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts, and 32-year-old extremely popular Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández to be awarded Silver Slugger Awards for the 2024 season, becoming […]

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Good Things Happen When You Win The World Series

It was being reported on Monday that Dodger Stadium, MLB’s third oldest ballpark (1962) behind only Boston’s Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago’s Wrigley Field (1914), was undergoing major renovations. Although exact cost of the project has not – and likely will not – be made public by the Dodgers, USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale reported last […]

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Just Do It!

It has been twelve days since the final out of Game-5 of the 2024 World Series was recorded, making the Los Angeles Dodgers the Champions of baseball. Twelve days. And 32-year-old outfielder Teoscar Hernández still hasn’t been re-signed by the Dodgers for the 2025 season. As Dodgers fans well know, the extremely popular (again) free-agent […]

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Is There Another Japanese Player In Dodgers Future?

Early Saturday morning, MLB Trade Rumors‘ Anthony Franco reported that the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league have posted 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki, thereby making him available for MLB teams to court. This, of course, suggests that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has already been in contact with Sasaki’s […]

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(Almost) The News We’ve Been Waiting For

On Thursday afternoon, MLB Trade Rumors posted the news (and link) on social media that was almost what Dodger fans have been waiting for … almost. The news that Dodger fans have been – and still are – actually waiting for is that the Dodgers have re-signed outfielder Teoscar Hernández, but at least it’s a […]

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Dodgers have a ‘New’ Second Baseman

Opening Day 2025 for the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers is exactly 131 days from today. And while this may seem like an unbearable amount of time, it will be here before you know it … no, really. When that day finally does come in, of all places, Tokyo, Japan, it will mark […]

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