Although it wasn’t the blockbuster breaking news that Dodgers fans have been anxiously waiting for, the team announced on Monday morning that they were bringing back 34-year-old right fielder Jason Heyward on a one-year/$9 million deal, as was first reported on Twitter by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. Although the extremely popular Ridgewood, NJ native and first round […]
(Read More)Keeping It in the Family
When you peruse the list of the Dodgers 24 non-roster invitees to Spring Training 2025 and in addition to 23-year-old international superstar right-hander Roki Sasaki, there is one other name that jumps out at you. It is, of course, that of 24-year-old right-hander Jared Karros, who was selected by the Dodgers in the 16th round out of […]
Dodgers Announce Spring Training 2025 NRIs
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their 2025 non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training, including 13 pitchers, three catchers, four infielders and four outfielders. The group of 24 non-roster invitees that will be at Major League camp are right-handed pitchers Sam Carlson, Carlos Duran, Julian Fernandez, Giovanny Gallegos, Justin Jarvis, Jared Karros, Jack Little, Jose […]
Stop the Whining!
As you all know by now, Ichiro Suzuki was one vote short of a unanimous, first-ballot selection to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. There couldn’t be hanging chad, the ballots were old fashioned paper and pen/pencil. Were all of the mail ballots thoroughly checked; double and triple checked? There must […]
Remaining Roster Tweaking
With 23-year-old Roki Sasaki added to the Dodgers pitching staff, the team can now focus on tweaking the roster for their pursuit of the 2025 World Championship. Reportedly, there has been a subtle but very important change in the Dodgers player acquisition strategy. Andrew Friedman, the team’s President of Baseball Operations, was recently quoted that […]
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Old Friend Alert
November 27th, 2023 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s no secret that the Dodgers are very much in need of pitching help this off-season, especially starting pitching. It’s also no secret that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has a history of signing (or re-signing) veteran (old) pitchers often overlooked by other teams, a few who actually worked out well for the […]
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The Dodgers’ Lost Art
November 19th, 2023 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was a game changer. An art. A skill. And it was a key to the Dodgers enormous success “back in the day,” as veteran (old) Dodgers fans say today. It is, of course, the stolen base. There is no disputing that today’s opposing pitchers and most certainly today’s opposing catchers work long and hard […]
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Dodgers Tender Contracts to 12
November 18th, 2023 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka On Friday afternoon, the Dodgers announced that they had tendered contracts to all 12 of their arbitration-eligible players: For those unfamiliar with this whole tender/non-tender thing, here is the definition from the MLB.com glossary: When a club “non-tenders a player, it declines to give that player a contract for the upcoming season, thereby immediately making him […]
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Nothing Left To Prove
November 16th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka In order to receive baseball immortality in the sacred Halls of Cooperstown, a Major League Baseball player must be five years removed from the game, them’s the rules. As such, if Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw were to retire right this second, the earliest that the former MLB MVP, three-time Cy Young award winner, former Triple-Crown […]
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Dodgers Add Much Needed Catching Depth
November 15th, 2023 at 8:30 am by Ron Cervenka In a move that wasn’t entirely unexpected, the Dodgers have added 26-year-old catcher Hunter Feduccia to their 40-man roster on Tuesday ahead of the December 6 Rule-5 Draft deadline. It’s certainly no secret that although soon-to-be (on December 28) 34-year-old Fullerton, CA native Austin Barnes is an above average defensive catcher, his offense has been […]
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Lift Each Other Up
November 14th, 2023 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 The Los Angeles Dodgers Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) hosted its Second Annual Women in Sports and Entertainment Conference on Monday, November 13th, at Dodger Stadium. More than 400 women, this writer included, flocked to the ballpark’s infield for an afternoon of speakers and community. When the event was initially announced, Dodgers Controller and Executive Sponsor […]
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Are There Two Hernándezes in the Dodgers Future?
November 12th, 2023 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman declined to re-sign (then) 28-year-old utility infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernández following the Dodgers 2020 World Series championship season after his six seasons with the team, it caused quite a stir among the Dodgers faithful. Granted, the San Juan, Puerto Rico native and sixth-round draft pick in 2009 by the […]
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Thank You Veterans
November 11th, 2023 at 8:05 am by Ron Cervenka The entire staff at ThinkBlueLA.com sends a heartfelt thank you to all of our veterans past and present. Without your service, sacrifice, and dedication, there would be no Major League Baseball. …or United States of America. Thank you all. Just thank you. Play Ball! * * * * * *
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Betts Adds To Growing Hardware Collection
November 10th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts has won the 2023 Louisville Silver Slugger Award for outfield. Betts, 31, wins his sixth Louisville Silver Slugger award (2016, 2018-20, 2022-23) and his third as a member of the Dodgers. With his third award, he joins Mike Piazza (1993-97) as the only two players in franchise history with three or […]
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