The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their 2025 non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training, including 13 pitchers, three catchers, four infielders and four outfielders. The group of 24 non-roster invitees that will be at Major League camp are right-handed pitchers Sam Carlson, Carlos Duran, Julian Fernandez, Giovanny Gallegos, Justin Jarvis, Jared Karros, Jack Little, Jose […]
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Stop the Whining!
January 25th, 2025 at 8:15 am 
by Jesse Pearce As you all know by now, Ichiro Suzuki was one vote short of a unanimous, first-ballot selection to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. There couldn’t be hanging chad, the ballots were old fashioned paper and pen/pencil. Were all of the mail ballots thoroughly checked; double and triple checked? There must […]
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Remaining Roster Tweaking
January 18th, 2025 at 8:30 am by Jesse Pearce With 23-year-old Roki Sasaki added to the Dodgers pitching staff, the team can now focus on tweaking the roster for their pursuit of the 2025 World Championship. Reportedly, there has been a subtle but very important change in the Dodgers player acquisition strategy. Andrew Friedman, the team’s President of Baseball Operations, was recently quoted that […]
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Done Deal
January 17th, 2025 at 4:31 pm by Ron Cervenka * * * * * * * Play Ball! * * * * * *
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Taylors Invite Fans to Join Polar Plunge
January 16th, 2025 at 2:03 pm by Ron Cervenka Popular Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor and his wife Mary are set to host their second annual Polar Plunge event on Sunday, February 2 at 10 a.m. at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Given the severity of the recent L.A. wildfires, the Taylors and their CT3 Foundation have decided to contribute a significant percentage of proceeds […]
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No Surprise Here
January 13th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you had been asked who you thought would be the first Dodger player to make a donation in support of the massive firefighting efforts in Los Angeles right now, chances are exceptionally good that your answer would have been 35-year-old Dodgers future Hall of Fame first baseman Freddie Freeman – and you would have […]
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Great Scott!
January 11th, 2025 at 10:30 am by Jesse Pearce * * * * * * * Four years, $80 million! Those are the reported contract numbers that 30-year-old free agent southpaw reliever Tanner Scott is seeking to sign with a MLB team. While that may be Scott’s starting point in negotiations, it isn’t an unreasonable expectation considering that MLB is going through […]
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All Is Well in the Universe
January 4th, 2025 at 10:45 am by Ron Cervenka Early Friday afternoon, the Dodgers officially announced that they had re-signed extremely popular 32-year-old outfielder/designated hitter Teoscar Hernández to a three-year/$66 million contract extension that will keep him in Dodger Blue through the 2027 season. “I was going to do everything in my power to come back. For me, money wasn’t an issue,” the Cotui, Dominican […]
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Waiting on Roki Sasaki
December 31st, 2024 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce Why are January 15 and 23, 2025 dates important to the Dodgers completing their roster for the upcoming MLB season? January 15 is the first day of the 2025 international signing period when all MLB teams reset their respective bonus pools. Signing before the 15th greatly reduces Roki Sasaki’s earning potential as a posted NPB […]
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Happy New Year?
December 30th, 2024 at 8:45 am by Ron Cervenka This would do it: * * * * * * * Happy New Year to all from ThinkBlueLA.com! Play Ball! * * * * * *
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