In news that floored everybody, Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner rejected the qualifying offers of $17.2 million to play 2017 with the Dodgers. kenley jansen will, of course, decline the …
Read More »Re-signing Turner & Kenley (& Hill?) is a boring plan, but also the correct one
Even if you disagree with the end product, I thought Dustin’s article on Monday about the Dodgers offseason plan was well worth the time spent. Sure, there were sections I disagreed …
Read More »Dodgers might have to choose between Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner
The two most significant free agents the Dodgers have are Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner. Rich Hill is a close third, but as I laid out yesterday, the Dodgers have a …
Read More »How Justin Turner turned his 2016 season around
Back in May, Justin Turner was not a good hitter. He was playing great defense, but the hitting to which the Dodgers and their fans had become accustom was nowhere to …
Read More »Cuban 3B Yulieski Gurriel free to sign, Dodgers interested
I wrote a couple weeks ago about the Dodgers needing an offensive upgrade. Outside of Jonathan Lucroy, there weren’t a whole lot of options that made sense for the Dodgers …
Read More »Exploring the cause of Justin Turner’s power outage
Justin Turner was one of baseball’s best hitters in his first two seasons with the Dodgers. Going by wRC+, he was in the company of guys like Edwin Encarnacion and …
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 »A look at Dodgers’ 11 arbitration-eligible players & salaries
It’s never too early to think about next year. The Dodgers have 11 arbitration-eligible players (I know, I’m surprised, too), but not all of them are locks to return. Here …
Read More »What to do with Corey Seager this month
The first round of September call-ups will happen later today (officially). A player, rightly, not in the group is Corey Seager. Last week, I looked at Julio Urias (and others) …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers August 12, 2015: Name This Infield
Raise your hand if you thought the Dodgers would be starting Jose Peraza, Enrique Hernandez, and Alberto Callaspo as three-quarters of the infield in August. I mean, if you did, …
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