On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue) and I are back and ready for baseball. We should return to a weekly publishing schedule now. Spring Training is underway and the …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RHP Kenley Jansen
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 68.2 41.4 4.4 0.52 1.83 1.44 2.41 3.1 What happened in 2016: Kenley Jansen, in a contract year, had his best …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Top 100 Prospects: The Top 10
If you’ve stuck around this long, congratulations, you’re as sick in the head as I am. But seriously, I (and we) appreciate your patronage. Here is this year’s Top 10. …
Read More »Dodgers land Drew Jackson and Aneurys Zabala for Chase De Jong in win-win deal
The Dodgers made a trade with the Mariners — their fifth since December of 2015. They sent right-handed pitching prospect Chase De Jong to Seattle for shortstop prospect Drew Jackson …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Top 100 Prospects: No. 20-11
In the penultimate post ranking the prospects, I bring you Top 20 prospects in the organization. All these names should be recognizable and, barring anything crazy, should see time in …
Read More »Adrian Gonzalez, Chase Utley and some thoughts on the Dodgers’ 1B situation
Adrian Gonzalez is the modern-day ironman. Since 2006, no player has appeared in more games than Gonzalez — 1,745. Robinson Cano is second at 1,716. But with a sore elbow …
Read More »Dodgers’ outfield situation a little clearer, but still murky
The outfield situation began to figure itself out last week when Darin Ruf was sold to the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization. While he wasn’t projected to play …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Top 100 Prospects: No. 30-21
Now, we’re getting into the good stuff. I bring you this year’s Top 30, with 10 prospects who all have a legitimate chance of seeing MLB action at some point …
Read More »Let’s pump the brakes on Hyun-Jin Ryu
When I wrote about the bullpen last week, the overwhelming question I got wasn’t about those in the bullpen (and, conversely, in the rotation), it was, in effect: “What about …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 186 – Trevor Oaks, Utley & Gutierrez back, Romo
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue) and I are back and joined by Dodgers’ right-handed pitching prospect Trevor Oaks. Oaks is a good kid and was very generous …
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