Early Saturday morning, MLB Trade Rumors‘ Anthony Franco reported that the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league have posted 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki, thereby making him available for MLB teams to court. This, of course, suggests that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has already been in contact with Sasaki’s […]
(Read More)Who Ya Gonna Call: Tie-Buster
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood Who ya gonna call – ghostbusters If it’s something weird and it won’t look good Who ya gonna call – ghostbusters “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr. * * * * It wasn’t a ghost but instead a scoreless game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers […]
Just Say No!
Rumors continue to circulate that the Dodgers are exploring the trade market for a center fielder. Those rumors and suppositions are rooted in the performance of Andy Pages, the team’s de facto center fielder, as he struggles offensively and defensively. While Pages occasionally comes through with a big hit or defensive play, his overall body […]
It ‘Could’ Happen Today
Don’t want to put the cart in front of the horse (or jinx it), but it could happen today: First pitch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PT from Globe Life Field in Arlington,TX with a pair of right-handed California Tylers on the hill – 31-year-old Glasnow from Newhall for the Dodgers and 30-year-old Mahle from […]
Fast and Furious
There were 265 pitches thrown in Friday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, but the game was over after the second pitch of the game. That’s when soon-to-be (on May 9) 30-year-old Dodgers second baseman and leadoff batter Tommy Edman (in place of Shohei Ohtani […]
Music To Our Ears
By now every Dodger fan on the planet has heard that future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw made his first rehab start with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets on Wednesday. If you haven’t, you can leave your Dodger hat at the door on the way out. In his 3.0-inning start, the Dallas, TX native […]
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(Almost) The News We’ve Been Waiting For
November 8th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka On Thursday afternoon, MLB Trade Rumors posted the news (and link) on social media that was almost what Dodger fans have been waiting for … almost. The news that Dodger fans have been – and still are – actually waiting for is that the Dodgers have re-signed outfielder Teoscar Hernández, but at least it’s a […]
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Dodgers have a ‘New’ Second Baseman
November 7th, 2024 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka Opening Day 2025 for the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers is exactly 131 days from today. And while this may seem like an unbearable amount of time, it will be here before you know it … no, really. When that day finally does come in, of all places, Tokyo, Japan, it will mark […]
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Dodgers Roster Tweaking
November 6th, 2024 at 9:00 am by Jesse Pearce Should the Dodgers be outbid for each of their free agents (other than Clayton Kershaw), fail to sign a substantive MLB free agent from the 2025 class, and stand pat in the trade market, they will still be the overwhelming favorite to repeat as World Series Champions. But the team will not stand pat and […]
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Kershaw ‘Sort Of’ Back
November 5th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka On Monday evening, is was being widely reported on social media that 36-year-old now free-agent future Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw would be returning to the Dodgers for the 2025 season … sort of. Although there has been no official word from the Dallas,TX native and first-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2006 […]
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Here’s Your Sign
November 4th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a sign that made every Dodgers fan smile and every English teacher cringe, and it was prominently displayed during the Dodgers World Series Championship parade in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. But did its author mean: They Aren’t Like Us or They Don’t Like Us? My guess is both, since both very much […]
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How Do You Even Explain This To People?
November 2nd, 2024 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka It was incredible and “unbelievable,” as a number of Dodgers players themselves described It. ‘It’ was the estimated quarter of a million people who attended the downtown parade and subsequent Dodger Stadium rally for the 2024 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. “I’ll remember this day for the rest of my life,” a […]
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With A Little Help From His Friends
November 1st, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a well publicized fact that 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani did not re-sign with the Anaheim Angels of Anaheim because he wanted to play for a team that actually had a chance to make it to the World Series. Although the extremely popular Oshu, Japan native slashed a Hall-of-Fame-worthy .274/.366/.556/.922 with 171 home runs […]
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Mission Accomplished
October 31st, 2024 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers are the Champions of Baseball. “This is what we said we were going to do and we did it,” Betts said postgame. “Earlier in the day I said if it gets squirrely let me know and I’ll head down there (to the bullpen),” the 30-year-old Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft […]
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Walks Kill You
October 29th, 2024 at 10:15 am by Ron Cervenka It is a long proven fact that walks kill you. Not the ones you take around the block or in the park, but the base-on-ball type in baseball … unless you are the recipient of those walks, that is. In Monday’s 4-2 Los Angeles Dodgers win over the New York Yankees in Game-3 of the […]
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