The Dodgers announced their eight selections from the second day of the 2022 Draft, picking University of Central Florida shortstop Alex Freeland (third round, 105th pick), Virginia Tech outfielder Nick Biddison (fourth round, 135th pick), Arizona State University infielder Sean McLain (fifth round, 165th pick), P27 Academy shortstop Logan Wagner (sixth round, 195th pick), St. Mary’s College infielder Christopher […]

The Dodgers selected 21-year-old University of Louisville catcher Dalton Rushing as their first pick in the 2022 MLB draft on Sunday evening. This from the Dodgers (via Twitter): Here is the scouting report on Dalton from Baseball America: A compact and strong catcher with a 6-foot-1, 220-pound frame, Rushing has been an impressive hitter throughout […]

Prior to Saturday night’s 7-1 pounding of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim by the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles to sweep the brief two-game interleague series, 31-year-old Dodgers left-hander Andrew Heaney made his first of what figures to be several rehab starts, this one with the Dodgers Low Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes […]

With their ugly 8-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night, the barely NL West first-place Dodgers (by .007 over the San Diego Padres) are one game away from being swept for the first time this season. Add to that the loss of 34-year-old future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw to the IL on […]

The 99-day lockout by MLB owners resulted in a significantly reduced 2022 Spring Training period. In the interest of protecting players from injuries during the early part of the season, the league and Players Association agreed to expand active rosters to 28 for the first few weeks of the regular season. However, following the completion […]

It is a phrase that everyone has heard at least once in their respective lives, probably more. But its actual meaning and origin may be unknown (or forgotten since high school History class), which, of course, makes it a popular Google search. The phrase is: “The shot heard round the world,” and here’s how Google […]

At a time when there isn’t much good baseball news to report, there was some on Saturday, albeit not on the Major League level. On Saturday evening, Dodgers Insider‘s Rowan Kavner posted this on Twitter: In the linked article, Kavner notes (verbatim): “Maddux Bruns, last year’s first-round selection, threw live batting practice on one field […]

During the current 2022 baseball lockout, a few things have come to light. Baseball fans just want baseball back and want the players to be taken care of fairly – including Minor League players. Some fans may not have been aware of the Minor League players’ income (or lack of income) until Major League players, […]

The MLB lockout continues to hold baseball hostage, and fans have been going through withdrawals during the long, quiet offseason. To everyone’s disappointment, little headway has been made in recent weeks towards Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association establishing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement after the old one expired on December 1, 2021. […]

It was one of those things that made you say: “Yeah, right. I’ll believe it when I see it,” – beginning the 2022 regular MLB season on time on March 31. On Thursday afternoon, following a marathon negotiations session between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB Players Association Chief Tony Clark that lasted a whopping […]