The Dodgers are loaded with critical roster decisions for the 2023 MLB season: shortstop, starting pitching, bullpen, centerfield, and left field. Nonetheless, there is another important decision that literally should be a no-brainer – re-sign just-turned (this past Wednesday) 38-year-old Justin Turner as a part-time third baseman/designated hitter. The team decided to pay JT $2 […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24th, 2022 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka The entire staff at ThinkBlueLA.com wishes you a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Play Ball! * * * * * *
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Judge Wars
November 23rd, 2022 at 8:02 am by Ron Cervenka You certainly do not need a degree in computer science to realize that despite this being the so-called Hot Stove season, there really isn’t a whole lot happening in the baseball world right now, especially over the Thanksgiving holiday. But as is normally the case with out beloved National Pastime, there is always some news. […]
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Boras Targeting One-Year Deal For Bellinger
November 21st, 2022 at 8:15 am by Ron Cervenka As is often the case during the so-called ‘Hot Stove Season,’ there are days – and an occasional week – where it is ice cold. But even on those ice cold days, there is usually some MLB news to pass along. Such was the case on Sunday morning, when The Athletic’s (subscription required) Ken Rosenthal […]
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Baseball’s Biggest Fall From Grace
November 20th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When a then 22-year-old Yasiel Puig hit the baseball scene at Dodger Stadium on June 3, 2013, he bought with him an excitement and enthusiasm that the baseball world had not seen in decades – or ever. In fact, in his Major League debut, he went 2-for-4 as the Dodgers leadoff hitter in their eventual […]
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Dodgers Could Soon Have A Closer Issue
November 19th, 2022 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Ok, I admit it – that title was intentionally misleading. The ‘closer issue’ that I am referring to would be in the form of a closer on an opposing team – more specifically, on their most-hated division rivals, the San Francisco Giants. It was reported by MLB Trade Rumors (a great website and Twitter follow, […]
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Bellinger No Longer A Dodger
November 18th, 2022 at 5:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The writing was on the wall. After two consecutive well below-average seasons offensively, 27-year-old former National League Rookie of the Year (2017), former NL MVP (2019), two-time All-Star (2017, 2019), former Gold Glove Award winner (2019), former Silver Slugger Award winner (2019), and longtime huge fan-favorite, Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was non-tendered a contract by […]
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We’re Still Here … For Now
November 18th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When we launched ThinkBlueLA.com more than a decade ago, first as an interactive fan forum and eventually into a full-blown website, we, more specifically, Scott Harvey, the technical brains behind our operation, created it so that every article written by our passionate staff of writers would not only post directly onto this website, but would […]
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The Dodgers 2023 Shortstop is ____________
November 17th, 2022 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Go ahead, fill in the blank. The Dodgers do not have a more important 2023 roster decision. Join in the prognostications of MLB analysts Jim Bowden, Ken Rosenthal, John Heyman, Jon Morosi, and others, as they stoke the 2022-23 Hot Stove season with this Dodgers dilemma. The free agency of Trea Turner has the potential […]
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Dodgers Add Four to 40-Man Roster
November 16th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have added catcher Diego Cartaya, infielder Michael Busch and outfielders Andy Pages and Jonny DeLuca to their 40-Man Roster. Cartaya, 21, split the 2022 campaign with Great Lakes and Rancho Cucamonga last season, hitting a combined .254 (92-for-362) with 22 homers and 72 RBI in 95 games. The 2022 Dodgers Branch Rickey Minor […]
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