There is so very much to like about the 2020 Dodgers through their first two weeks of Spring Training. Chief among them, of course, is the addition of four-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner, three-time Silver Slugger, 2018 AL MVP, former MLB Player of the Year and 2018 World Series champion Mookie Betts to an […]

Under the heading of ‘The Inevitable,’ the inevitable happened on Saturday afternoon. The Dodgers designated oft-troubled soon-to-be (on March 7) 24-year-old Cuban right-hander Yadier Alvarez for assignment one day after he was a late scratch from what was supposed to be his first scheduled Cactus League appearance. As most Dodger fans know, the Matanzas, Cuba native was […]

There is simply no other explanation. Twenty-five-year-old Dodgers outfield prospect Cody Thomas is an alien. No one of this world could possibly do what the Colleyville, TX native and 13-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2016 out of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK has done in his first 13 major league at-bats, […]

While it is much too early in the 2020 spring training to draw any firm conclusions on any Dodgers players, there have been some early, notable performances.   *  *  *  *  Pitching In the seven games played thus far, the Dodgers have ten pitchers who have each worked two or more innings without allowing […]

If you buy into the old baseball adage “You can never have enough pitching,” then the answer is no, keep everyone that is above the borderline level and find ways to either use or stash them until needed. Makes sense – unless the roster and minor league depth is as loaded as the 2020 Dodgers. […]

If you didn’t know who Cody Thomas was before this week began, you most certainly do now. For the second time in three days, the 25-year-old Colleyville, TX native and onetime Oklahoma Sooners backup quarterback who was selected by the Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft hit a clutch home run […]

I have a confession to make. I am extremely biased when it comes to Dodgers top-ranked outfield prospect D.J. Peters. Why, you ask? Because in addition to being a terrific five-tool player, the Glendora, CA native and the Dodgers fourth-round draft pick in 2016 out of Western Nevada College in Carson City, NV, D.J. is […]

In fact, it is only the first game of the 2020 Arizona Cactus League season, and the Dodgers were playing the San Francisco Giants, who will be ‘competing’ for the worst win-loss record in the National League regular season in 2020. Nonetheless, there were some really encouraging signs for the Dodgers.: Max Muncy looked like […]

Dodgers fans were ecstatic last week when the trades were finalized for outfielder Mookie Betts and left-hander David Price from the Boston Red Sox, and enthusiastic when the team also acquired right-handed pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol and former Dodger farmhand outfielder Luke Raley from the Minnesota Twins. But with right-hander Kenta Maeda and outfielder Alex […]

The Dodgers have officially announced their 2020 coaching staffs for each level of their minor league affiliates, with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes seeing major changes as they begin their 10th season as the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate. Wearing the manager’s hat in 2020 will be former Quake Austin Chubb, who was initially drafted in 2012 […]