The mailbag of panic? Jonas Sparkennugen: Why is it that the Dodgers have a seemingly unlimited budget to acquire players, but seem to be quite parsimonious about eating salary by …
Read More »Yasiel Puig & Drew Butera finally make Japan Series relevant to Dodgers fans
The MLB All-Stars opened their time in Japan with an 8-7 exhibition win against the combined teams of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, with Yasiel Puig going 1-for-4 with an …
Read More »Get To Know This Year’s Foreign Imports: Takashi Toritani
Earlier in the offseason, Mike detailed two potential imports from Japan in Kenta Maeda and Chihiro Kaneko. The pair started games one and two of the Japan All-Star Series. Maeda …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s MVP Tiebreaker
Clearly I’m biased, but I would have voted for Clayton Kershaw to win MVP. Shocking, right? I won’t go through the entire exercise of creating a full mock ballot (though, …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw, Most Valuable Everything
Another day, another Clayton Kershaw accolade, though of course this one is far more impressive than yesterday’s Cy Young victory. Kershaw is your 2014 NL MVP, the first Dodger to …
Read More »If not Russell Martin, then who will catch for the Dodgers?
Russell Martin is going to get paid — and rightfully so. It might be by the Dodgers, but it also might not be (#analysis). He’s looking for a 5-year, $75-80 …
Read More »Just Like Every Year: Clayton Kershaw, Cy Young Winner
Like there was ever any question. Of course Clayton Kershaw was going to win the NL Cy Young award, and despite some worry that someone would foolishly toss a vote …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 102: Zaidi, Hanley, hot stove
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I get ready for hot stove season. It promises to be a busy one for the Dodgers. The Dodgers …
Read More »2014 Dodgers in Review: 1B Adrian Gonzalez
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 660 .276 .335 .482 128 27 3.5 What happened in 2014: Adrian Gonzalez re-established his power and was an anchor in the …
Read More »Dodgers Reportedly Add Three More To Front Office: Bream, Carr, Finley
On Saturday, I wrote about the impressive new Dodgers front office, noting that the strength was coming not only in impressive accomplishments, but in numbers. Andrew Friedman has assembled a …
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