Welcome back! It’s the off-season mailbag and you can probably expect these more frequently now as we desperately dig for content! HOORAY! Drew: Do you trade Puig and a not …
Read More »2014 Dodgers in Review: Catcher/Criminal Miguel Olivo
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR AAA 81 .368 .407 .605 n/a 4 n/a MLB 13 .217 .240 .304 49 0 -0.1 What happened in 2014: Oh, lord. You know, …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: Catcher/Relief Ace Drew Butera
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 192 .188 .267 .288 60 3 0.2 What Happened In 2014: Drew Butera supplanted Tim Federowicz as the primary backup to A.J. …
Read More »Dodgers decline Chad Billingsley’s option for 2015, but hopefully he returns
The Dodgers declined the $14 million option on Chad Billingsley and will instead buy him out for $3 million. This move makes him a free agent and ends the three-year, …
Read More »Is Gabe Kapler Coming To The Dodgers? (Yes, Please!)
In my senior year of college, I interned for NESN, which is basically the Red Sox equivalent of SNLA, except that people can see it. That gave me some great …
Read More »Remember How Many Starting Pitchers A Team Really Needs
Yesterday, Dan Haren announced that he’d be using his 2015 player option to return, and for the moment, the Dodgers have 80% of a starting rotation. Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, …
Read More »Dan Haren Exercises His 2015 Option
Today in “the least surprising news ever,” Dan Haren will be back.: RHP Dan Haren has exercised his option to return to the Dodgers for 2015. pic.twitter.com/h7L3VAyIML — Los Angeles …
Read More »Offseason Dates To Remember
Finally, the 2014 season is over. The Giants are champions again. The cold, dark, nothingness of the winter looms. You’re older than you’ve ever been, and now you’re getting older. …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 101 – Logan White leaving, GM, Joe Maddon
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I talk about the departure of Logan White. As prospect buffs, we really couldn’t think of worse news. White …
Read More »Get To Know This Year’s Foreign Imports: Japan
After yesterday’s look at Korean import possibilities, today we move on to a pair of Japanese pitchers. Remember, while in Korea, the old posting rules are in effect — MLB …
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