If you haven’t heard the incredible story of 33-year-old Verdugo Hills, California native, Blake Gailen, you undoubtedly will at some point in the near future, so why not right now? On Tuesday it was reported that the Dodgers had signed the 5′-9″ / 180-pound Southern California native to a minor league contract … again; this […]

Baseball America (subscription required) has announced its top 100 prospects for 2019. The list includes five Dodgers: Keibert Ruiz (ranked 20th); Alex Verdugo (35); Gavin Lux (40); Dustin May (82); and Will Smith (95). Ruiz is the highest rated catcher in the top 100. As an aside, three former Dodgers prospects also made the top […]

On Wednesday afternoon the Dodgers announced the coaching staffs for their minor league affiliates for the 2019 season. They are as follows: Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers Manager – Travis Barbary Pitching Coach – Bill Simas Hitting Coach – Scott Coolbaugh Coach – Jeremy Rodriguez Double-A Tulsa Drillers Manager – Scott Hennessey Pitching Coach – Dave […]

The Dodgers have acquired 27-year-old right-hander Jaime Schultz from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for 22-year-old right-hander Caleb Sampen. Schultz made 22 appearances (one start) with the Rays in 2018, going 2-2 with a 5.64 ERA, while striking out 35 and walking 17. In six minor league seasons, the Albany, New York native posted […]

When the Dodgers signed 30-year-old free agent right-hander Joe Kelly on December 21, 2018, it received a great deal of attention from Dodger fans everywhere, and understandably so. I mean, who can forget how the Southern California native (Anaheim) and 2009 third-round draft pick (by the St. Louis Cardinals out of UC Riverside) completely dominated […]

Let’s face it, a Dodgers team without All-Star outfielder Yasiel Puig is going to be an entirely different Dodgers team in 2019. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen, but it will be different. As every Dodger fan knows, the 28-year-old Cienfuegos, Cuba native, whom the Dodgers signed as an […]

For some, tragedy is just tragedy. But for others, tragedy can be turned into hope and spark an idea to help change the lives of those who must face the unexpected. For Julie Robertson and her four sons, tragedy struck when her husband/their father, Don was diagnosed with stage IV non-smoking lung cancer. Don, fortunately, […]

Former Red Sox right-hander and newest Dodger Joe Kelly has added his name to the growing list of players scheduled to appear at the third annual Daniel Robertson Family Foundation FanFest event, set for Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Performance Fitness-Athletes, 1253 W. 9th St., in Upland, California from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kelly, […]

It was reported around 11 p.m. PST on Wednesday night, which was actually around 5 p.m. local time in Adelaide, Australia, that the Dodgers had signed 27-year-old right-hander Markus Solbach of the Adelaide Bite, one of eight professional teams in the Australian Baseball League. “I didn’t think anything was going to happen until New Year’s […]

As Dodger fans slowly (and painfully) begin to come to grips with the fact that there will be no more insane bat flips, bat licks, or dugout kisses by eccentric Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig; no more late-inning heroics by veteran Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp; no more epic dugout rally caps by Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood; […]