Jeff Passan‘s book ‘The Arm‘ revolves around the quest to build harder throwing, healthier baseball pitchers, and he released the first excerpt for the book the other day on Yahoo! …
Read More »Wright’s retirement, along with cuts of Liberatore & West leave Dodgers at 38
The Dodgers have cut three more players on their quest to get down to a 25-man Opening Day roster, leaving the team with 38 players still in camp. Those three …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 149 – Ethier out, Seager coming back, injuries
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue) and I record on a Saturday again, since Sunday was Easter. Andre Ethier broke his tibia after fouling a ball …
Read More »Dodgers 25-man roster beginning to take shape
Happy Easter! Despite the number of injuries suffered by the Dodgers this spring training, the 25-man roster for opening day is starting to take shape. There don’t stand to be …
Read More »Vin Scully will miss the roar of the crowd
Members of the media had the special opportunity to ask questions of the legendary broadcaster Vin Scully on Friday at Camelback Ranch before working in the booth for his only, …
Read More »2016 Dodgers prospects: Projected 2019 Lineup
The penultimate entry in the 2016 prospect series, I attempt to project the Dodgers’ 2019 lineup. There are obviously a lot that can happen in three years, and this is …
Read More »Carl Crawford & Austin Barnes should benefit from Andre Ethier’s injury
Andre Ethier is going to miss what amounts to at least half the season. The Dodgers are deep enough to mitigate the loss, as Sarah wrote on Tuesday. But losing him …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw isn’t some innocent victim of the Dodgers ineptitude
Clayton Kershaw wants to win a World Series. Of course he does. Kershaw also has an opt-out after the 2018 season, and after the Zack Greinke debacle, people are understandably …
Read More »Andre Ethier out 10-14 weeks; Mike Bolsinger & Yasmani Grandal hurting
We finally got an update on Andre Ethier’s condition, and it’s not good: We also got this less specific update on Mike Bolsinger: Ethier, who had a very good offensive …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu’s recovery is too important to rush
Hyun-Jin Ryu will start the season on the disabled list, which is something we already knew. But his rehab from left shoulder surgery has continued to progress without any further setbacks. …
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