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Payback at the Plate

On Thursday morning, infielder Max Muncy returned to the Los Angeles Dodger’s roster following a rehab stint in Oklahoma City with the Triple-A affiliate team for left elbow inflammation. In the final matchup of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Muncy was […]

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Pay Day

“I wanted to make them pay.” …and he did. That’s what Dodgers second baseman Max Muncy told reporters after the Dodgers exciting come-from-behind win over the AL Central third-place Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday afternoon. In a move that will undoubtedly be questioned for years to come and with his team down […]

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Gonsolin Improves Chances As Cy Young Award Frontrunner

There are a couple of things in baseball that are absolutely taboo to talk about. Without question, tops on that list is that you never say “No-Hitter” when one is in progress; this despite the endless claims (ad nauseam) by a handful of ignorant broadcasters who insist that uttering those forbidden words has no bearing […]

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Mitch White Nearly Perfect – Not So The Dodgers Bullpen

On Tuesday night and in only his fourth start of the 2022 season, 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Mitch White took a perfect game into the fifth inning. He would finish his 5.0 innings of work having allowed no runs and only two hits, with no walks, a hit batsman, and five strikeouts. He finished that fifth […]

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Dodgers Recall Bickford, Place Kimbrel On Paternity Leave

The Dodgers have recalled right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford and placed right-handed pitcher Craig Kimbrel on paternity leave. Bickford, 26, has appeared in 17 games for the Dodgers this season, going 0-0 with a 3.45 ERA (6 ER/15.2 IP) and 13 strikeouts. In six minor league outings with Triple-A Oklahoma City, he has allowed five runs […]

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Kershaw Eyeing Sunday Return vs. Giants

After making a rehab start with the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Sunday afternoon, it appears that 34-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw will be activated from the injured list for this weekend’s brief two-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. The future Hall of Famer pitched four innings for the franchise’s Low […]

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Speed Doesn’t Always Kill

When 23-year-old right-hander Brusdar Graterol first burst on the Dodgers scene back on July 23, 2020, he became an immediate fan – and teammate – favorite for his fist-pumping, air-punching, skyward-pointing cheerleading on the mound and in the Dodgers dugout. His exciting show of youthful emotions was often caught on camera and shown on the […]

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Bouncing Back

  *  *  *  “[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart…” – A. Bartlett Giamatti   *  *  *  *  Baseball will break your heart, as the quote goes, and Sunday afternoon it did. To be fair, the Boys in Blue are coming off of a long stretch of games with […]

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Buehler’s Struggles Continue

Despite his still respectable (now) 6-2 record, 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler‘s recent struggles continued on Saturday night against the NL East first-place New York Mets at Dodger Stadium. The Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt lasted only 2.1 innings, having allowed five runs on five hits, including two […]

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Dodgers Call Up Eddy Alvarez

The Dodgers have selected the contract of infielder Eddy Alvarez and placed infielder Edwin Ríos on the injured list with a right hamstring strain. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers transferred outfielder Kevin Pillar to the 60-day injured list.  Alvarez, 32, will join the Major League roster after spending the first 43 […]

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