*  *  *  “Meaningless Spring Training games.“   *  *  *  *  Keep saying it over and over again, and perhaps you’ll buy into it. Perhaps. We all know that regardless of how good – or bad – Spring Training games are, they don’t count once the regular season begins. But let’s be honest […]

When Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw proclaimed that he had fully recovered from his left elbow injury suffered on October 1 of last season, Dodgers fans were a bit skeptical that he would be ready for Opening Day 2022. That skepticism – and anxiety – increased even more when fans were told that, for only the […]

When the Dodgers entered their final week of Spring Training 2022 and still had not announced who their closer was going to be to begin the regular season, savvy Dodgers fans knew that something had to be up with Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman. Oh, sure, there was speculation that 33-year-old right-hander Blake […]

We hear it from the very first day of Spring Training to the very last: “Spring Training games are Meaningless games.” Try convincing 27-year-old former Dodgers and current Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager of this. During Thursday’s “meaningless” Spring Training game between the two teams at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, AZ, the one time Dodgers […]

After more than a week of hearing Dodgers manager Dave Roberts repeatedly say that two-time All-Star, former National League MVP, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner, and 2017 NL Rookie of the Year Cody Bellinger would eventually come around at the plate, it appears that the 26-year-old Scottsdale, AZ native and Dodgers first-round draft pick […]

When Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman declined to make 34-year-old free agent right-handed closer Kenley Jansen an offer to return to the team for a 13th consecutive season, the Dodgers lost two things: One of the best closers not only in Dodgers history, but in baseball history; The guy with the indisputable single […]

Some just don’t get it and probably never will. Unfortunately, this includes a number of national sportswriters who, quite frankly, don’t have a clue as to what makes 34-year-old Dodgers ace and future Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw tick. When it was announced this past week that it would be 27-year-old right-hander Walker Buehler […]

Late Sunday evening, it was widely reported that 42-year-old free agent and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Albert Pujols was returning to the St. Louis Cardinals, the team with whom he spent 11 seasons before spending the next 10 with the Angels of Anaheim and the 2021 season with the Dodgers. The deal is reportedly […]

It seems to happen every year, almost without exception – a player who, for the most part, wasn’t on anyone’s radar prior to Spring Training camp suddenly has tremendous success during Spring Training camp; nobody’s except for Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman‘s, that is: the guy who has a proven track record of […]