Word broke on Friday that the Dodgers had narrowed down their managerial search to four candidates. It came from ESPN’s Jim Bowden, so I was immediately skeptical — especially when he …
Read More »Brett Anderson accepts qualifying offer, Kendrick & Greinke do not
To some surprise, today’s deadline for players to accept qualifying offers passed with Brett Anderson accepting the deal from the Dodgers. That was the surprise. To no one’s surprise, Howie …
Read More »Dodgers’ offseason should focus on getting younger in areas
It’s baffling sometimes how things in baseball (and other sports) change. Not long ago, players didn’t debut the same year or the year after they were drafted. In football, the …
Read More »Andrelton Simmons and value to the Dodgers
Jonah Keri dropped the first bomb of the offseason on Wednesday night by tweeting about the Braves having trade talks with an NL West team revolving around Andrelton Simmons. Naturally, …
Read More »Dave Roberts a leading candidate for Dodgers’ manager
I’m going to preface this with the fact that it came from a most unpleasant source, but it does appear Dave Roberts is one of the leading candidates for the …
Read More »Looking at landing spots for Brett Anderson in free agency
If you had said to me last year Brett Anderson would be given a qualifying offer following the 2015 season, I’d have said he must have pitched well. He did, …
Read More »Dodgers could benefit from Royals’ contact-oriented approach
One thing was evident for the 2015 Dodgers: They struggled, at times, to make contact. The Royals just won the World Series by being one of the best bat-to-ball teams …
Read More »Busy offseason lies ahead for Dodgers
The Royals are World Series champions. As weird as that sounds, it is, in fact, reality. Their gambles paid off in the best possible way. They didn’t re-sign James Shields, …
Read More »2015 Positional Review: Catchers
We’re taking a different approach to 2015 player reviews. Seeing as Mike has a newborn, Daniel basically lives in China and Chad and I are pretty busy with life in …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 137 – Mattingly out, replacements, Cotton
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue — note the new website) and I talk, mostly, about the unfortunate, yet expected, Don Mattingly dismissal. We are/were both Mattingly supporters, …
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