The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed former Yankee RHP Tommy Kahnle to a 2 year, $5.25 million contract. Kahnle, 31, has spent his major league career with the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox and most recently the New York Yankees. He has a 3.48 ERA since 2016 and 12.4 SO/9. Unfortunately, Kahnle had Tommy John […]
Dodgers Rumors: Mookie Betts and Dodgers working on a MASSIVE contract extension
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Mookie Betts are rumored to be finalizing a contract extension that could be in the range of 10 years and anywhere from $350 million to $400 million. Lou Merloni of NBC Sports Boston was the first to start this rumor when he tweeted: “Sorry @Jared_Carrabis your dream scenario may come […]
Dodgers option Gavin Lux, sign LHP Jake McGee
Today, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced that they are optioning Gavin Lux to their alternate training facility at USC. Meaning he will not be on the Opening Day roster on Thursday. This does come at a surprise since Gavin Lux was highly talked about for this upcoming season and many critics had him winning the […]
LeadOff Dodgers Notes: Tony Gonsolin, Walker Buehler, Opening Day, Kershaw’s Milestone
This is a big week for the Dodgers and these next few exhibition games will surely determine what players will make the 30 man active roster. We know at least one player that won’t be joining the major league squad on Opening Day and that is pitcher, Tony Gonsolin. Gonsolin, 26, was optioned to the […]
Dodger Baseball Is Only One Week Away!
The Los Angeles Dodgers will open this extremely strange 2020 MLB season against the San Francisco Giants next Thursday. I haven’t been inspired to write for my blog in some time and I think it was due to the fact that there wasn’t much going on in the world of baseball other than speculation and […]
A Whole New Blue: Rebuilding a franchise
On May 1st, 2012, Magic Johnson and members of the Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC officially became the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in baseball and in the sports industry. However, bad ownership and the lack of star players kept them in the world […]
Jackie Robinson Day 2020
“I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.” Jackie Robinson did a lot for baseball both on and off the field. He was a talented athlete as well as a civil rights leader. Without his contribution to baseball and his fight for equality, we would not have modern day baseball. Robinson […]
I miss baseball
It’s been weeks now since sports have been suspended. NHL, NBA and MLB all came to a sudden halt in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic. School work and binge watching TV shows on Hulu has kept me busy but I still feel something missing in my life: Dodger baseball. We are well past Opening […]
Clayton Kershaw named Opening Day starter
Yesterday, March 9th, Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, announced that Clayton Kershaw would be taking the mound on Opening Day. Clayton Kershaw is no stranger to Opening Day and this will be his ninth Opening Day start. Since 2011, Kershaw had only missed one Opening Day start and that was last season when he started the […]
Who will make up the Dodgers starting pitching staff in 2020?
Unlike most teams in baseball, the Dodgers have a plethora of starting pitchers to choose from when it comes time to finalize their roster. Of course, there are the obvious candidates that will make the starting rotation. Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw and David Price are pretty much guaranteed a spot on the Opening Day roster. […]
Dodgers 2019/2020 offseason summary
Today marks the end of the 2019/2020 baseball offseason. Pitchers and catchers officially report today to Spring Training facilities in Arizona and Florida. At first glance, Dodger fans thought that Andrew Friedman and co. were not being as aggressive as they had hoped for. Losing out on big name superstars such as Gerrit Cole, Stephen […]
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