On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced that 29-year-old Dodgers Catcher Will Smith had agreed to a 10-year/$140 million contract extension that will keep him in the beloved Dodger Blue through the 2033 season. The Louisville, Kentucky native Smith bats with impressive power with a .263 career batting average, a .358 career on-base percentage, and […]
(Read More)No Surprise Here
If you had been asked who you thought would be the first Dodger player to make a donation in support of the massive firefighting efforts in Los Angeles right now, chances are exceptionally good that your answer would have been 35-year-old Dodgers future Hall of Fame first baseman Freddie Freeman – and you would have […]
Great Scott!
* * * * * * * Four years, $80 million! Those are the reported contract numbers that 30-year-old free agent southpaw reliever Tanner Scott is seeking to sign with a MLB team. While that may be Scott’s starting point in negotiations, it isn’t an unreasonable expectation considering that MLB is going through […]
All Is Well in the Universe
Early Friday afternoon, the Dodgers officially announced that they had re-signed extremely popular 32-year-old outfielder/designated hitter Teoscar Hernández to a three-year/$66 million contract extension that will keep him in Dodger Blue through the 2027 season. “I was going to do everything in my power to come back. For me, money wasn’t an issue,” the Cotui, Dominican […]
Waiting on Roki Sasaki
Why are January 15 and 23, 2025 dates important to the Dodgers completing their roster for the upcoming MLB season? January 15 is the first day of the 2025 international signing period when all MLB teams reset their respective bonus pools. Signing before the 15th greatly reduces Roki Sasaki’s earning potential as a posted NPB […]
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Dodgers ‘Showed Up’ For Home Opener
March 29th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka There is nothing like Opening Day at Dodger Stadium. Absolutely nothing. And even though Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals was the third game of the 2024 season for the Dodgers, who already played two games against the division-rival San Diego Padres at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday was the […]
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It’s SHOW Time!
March 28th, 2024 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers will open its regular season home schedule tomorrow in the first of four games against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium as part of Opening Week, presented by Bank of America. The Boys in Blue began the 2024 campaign internationally by splitting two games against the San Diego Padres in Seoul, South […]
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Dodgers Sign Smith to 10-Year Extension
March 27th, 2024 at 2:34 pm by Ron Cervenka Under the category of ‘Great News,’ it was reported on social media early Wednesday afternoon that the Dodgers had signed extremely popular catcher Will Smith to a 10-year / $140 million contract extension. The report was confirmed a short while later by the Dodgers. Over his thus far six seasons with the Dodgers (including the […]
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Boy Did He/We Need That
March 27th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Twenty-six-year-old Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux entered Tuesday’s final 2024 Spring Training game against the Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium having appeared in 12 of the Dodgers 20 Spring Training games, with 35 at-bats. And even though he had 10 hits in those 35 ABs for a .257 batting average with seven runs scored […]
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Meaningful
March 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Spring Training games have long been referred to as meaningless games, and understandably so. They have no bearing whatsoever on the MLB regular season standings or stats, nor on who will ultimately represent their respective leagues in the World Series. But prior to Monday’s meaningless Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los […]
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It’s Miller’s Time
March 25th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If there were any doubts about 24-year-old Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller being ready for the 2024 regular season, there certainly shouldn’t be now. All the Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2020 out of the University of Louisville did in his final tune-up of the Spring in Game-1 of the […]
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Some Days It Rains
March 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As Angelenos know all too well, 2024 has been among the wettest on record, especially for those living in the Palos Verdes region of the Southland. And wouldn’t you know it, there is a chance of rain, albeit slight, in today’s forecast right around 4 p.m., when the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and […]
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A Ride for a Ride
March 22nd, 2024 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka During Wednesday’s 2024 regular season opener between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea, former Dodgers outfielder and current Dodgers AM 570 radio broadcaster Rick Monday told listener that whoever hits the first home run of the new season would win a brand new Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric car, […]
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Two Games Does Not A Season Make, But…
March 21st, 2024 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka It would be ludicrous to judge a Major League Baseball team after only two regular season games. But it would also be negligent to ignore some potential early warning signs; not for the purpose of reassignment or DFA-ing, but hopefully to work on and correct those early warning sign issues – say, like, committing two […]
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