As the 2022 trade deadline nears, rumors and speculation are running rampant on social media. Among the latest and perhaps biggest is that the Dodgers are now reportedly in on 29-year-old right-hander Luis Castillo of the Cincinnati Reds. This from MLB Trade Rumors: “July 11: The Dodgers and Reds have had preliminary talks about Cincinnati starter Luis […]

When you have your health you have everything. Catchy phrase for marketers of health care products, prescription drugs, trainers, gyms, etc. Or, in the case of the 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers, that phrase could be prophetically spot-on. Think about it for a few minutes. Three weeks from today, August 2, 2022, is the trade deadline […]

It is that time of the year when players and fans alike wait in anticipation to see who will get an All-Star Game nod. All the hard work and accumulated stats will help determine who gets chosen. This year the 92nd Midsummer Classic will be held in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. It has been […]

  *  *  *    “My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.” Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda   *  *  *  *  Many fans and self-proclaimed couch-managers have been known to get frustrated when a team is not hitting as well as they could […]

If you are among those who honestly believe that 34-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw‘s best days are behind him, you are definitely among a very small group. Not only does the Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2006 out of Highland Park High School in University Park, TX seem to be getting […]

If you were among those who listened to Friday night’s exciting 10-inning 4-3 Dodgers walk-off win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on the Dodgers radio network, you heard Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner say that he was surprised when Chicago Cubs manager David Ross elected to intentionally walk .297-hitting Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman […]

Fact: 28-year-old Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin is not only the best pitcher in the National League, he is the best pitcher in all of baseball. With his outstanding seven-inning / 93-pitch performance (63 strikes) on Thursday night in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,072, the Vacaville, CA native and Dodgers ninth-round draft pick in […]

You will be hard-pressed to find a more exciting – or intense – game than the Dodgers 2-1 walk-off win over the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. That win came on a Mookie Betts high chopper over the mound and just out of reach of Rockies right-hander Daniel Bard, allowing speedy Dodgers […]

The Dodgers are blessed to have the perfect middle reliever … literally. Twenty-seven-year-old right-hander Evan Phillips, has been Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ go-to-guy for middle (long or short) relief through the first half of the 2022 season. All the Salisbury, MD native and 17th-round draft pick in 2015 by the Atlanta Braves out of the University […]

Immediately after 31-year-old Dodgers outfielder Trayce Thompson stepped on home plate following his fifth-inning three-run home run into the Dodgers bullpen on Monday night to turn a (then) 1-0 Colorado Rockies lead into a (then) 3-1 Dodgers lead, he blew his kiss to someone in the Dodger Stadium stands. Shortly after the Dodgers exciting 5-3 […]