On Wednesday, March 1, word leaked out, and then flooded out, that the Dodgers had traded highly regarded fan favorite Chase De Jong, to the Seattle Mariners. For his many fans who have closely followed him since he was poached from the Toronto Blue Jays on July 2, 2015, his departure is more than a […]

With Spring Training underway, rosters will begin to take shape and, with that, there will be ballplayers who will slowly be weeded out and assigned to the minor leagues. But even though they will be sent down, it is an absolute must for Dodger fans everywhere to know these two names that you may have […]

Let’s face it, if you’re a major league hitter in a must-win game, the absolute last guy you would want to face is six-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young award winner and 2014 NL MVP Clayton Kershaw. I mean, we’re talking about a guy with a career record of 126-60 and a career ERA of 2.37 over […]

Updated: February 22, 2017 4:00 pm PT   *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   (Re-posted from December 2, 2016) It was one of the lowest moments of my blogging career. It happened during spring training 2016 while I was at Camelback Ranch covering the Dodgers. Late one afternoon […]

Going into Spring Training the Dodgers needed to clear a 40-man roster space to accommodate outfielder Franklin Gutierrez whom they had recently signed as a free agent. They had a number of ways to accomplish that, but chose to trade left-hander Vidal Nuño – whom they had acquired from the Seattle Mariners on November 7, […]

On Monday, January 23 and Wednesday, January 25, the Dodgers made two acquisitions getting players from the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays. Both trades added key pieces for the team going into spring training, which is less than a month away. So, let’s meet the new guys and talk a little bit about how […]

The Dodgers have acquired outfielder Brett Eibner from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league infielder Jordan Tarsovich. Eibner, who was selected by the Royals in the second round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Arkansas, made his major league debut in 2016 hit a combined .193 with 10 doubles, […]

(Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series by ThinkBlueLA’s minor leagues staff writer Harold Uhlman of his annual 20-and-under team. This year it is broken down into infielders, outfielders and pitchers. The age given is the age as of today’s writing). (Author’s note: The 2017 Dodgers 20 and under pitching staff is […]

The Great Lakes Loons had a season for all seasons in 2016 coming away with the Midwest League Championship in convincing fashion by winning seven of ten play-off games. Many factors played into the championship run with perhaps the most significant being that a number of players got hot at the right time and that […]

With college football’s National Championship game now behind us – and an outstanding one it was – and with the NFL’s Super Bowl game pretty much all that stands between us and spring training, it’s time that we once again start hearing the proverbial and often kidded-about phrase “I’m in the best shape of my […]