On the surface, the Dodgers infield appears to be set for the 2026 season, with future Hall of Fame players Freddie Freeman (first base) and Mookie Betts (shortstop) anchoring the group. If he isn’t needed in centerfield, Tommy Edman should be the second baseman and third base is the current domain of Max Muncy. The […]
(Read More)A Heartfelt Thank You and Farwell
When Scott Harvey and I launched ThinkBlueLA.com back in 2015, we did so at a time when there were relatively few pure Dodgers-based blogsites out there. We also did so with one goal in mind: to provide our readers and followers with the latest news and information about MLB’s eighth-oldest franchise and their Minor League […]
No Excuses
Although it has long been known, understood, and accepted that any baseball team can beat any other baseball team on any given day, there are some losses which, quite frankly, are unacceptable and inexcusable. Such was the case in Saturday’s ugly 4-3 loss by the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers loss to the NL […]
The New Babe
It’s one of those things that every Dodger fan – and Shohei Ohtani fan – should be aware of: Here’s the line score and Dodgers pitching stats from of Wednesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Dodger Stadium: And then there’s this: Play Ball! * * * * * *
A Day of Firsts
Long time followers of ThinkBlueLA.com know that we always attempt to keep things objective (based on actual facts and statistics) rather than subjective (based on personal knowledge and experiences), although this is sometimes difficult to do as lifelong, through and through, born and bred, die-hard Dodger fan. Today it gets personal. Lovingly personal. Among the […]
Have (Another) Night, Max Muncy!
There is an exceptionally good chance that the 53,675 on-hand at Dodger Stadium for Friday night’s interleague game between the National League West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League West first-place Texas Rangers witnesses the single most exciting game of their respective lives – especially for those sporting Dodger Blue. They witnessed 35-year-old […]
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Dodgers Bullpen 2026
January 1st, 2026 at 10:00 pm 
by Jesse Pearce Dodgers fans are well aware of the bullpen failures during the 2025 regular season, in particular the awful performances of veteran relievers Tanner Scott, Blake Treinen, and Kirby Yates. Collectively, the Average Annual Value (AAV) of those three pitchers was $40M and they were responsible for 15 blown saves, 24 home runs allowed, 70 earned […]
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A Three-Peat in 2026?
January 1st, 2026 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce Shortly after the Dodgers secured their first ever back-to-back World Series victory, the players were already talking of another World Championship; seemingly, three-peat is the unofficial mantra for 2026. Three-peat isn’t a euphoric fantasy for the Dodgers, this is a team with an incomparable core group of returning stars: shortstop Mookie Betts, first baseman Freddie […]
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