(Via Wikimedia Commons) After several years of speculation, the dream scenario for MLB and the nightmare scenario for NPB has come to pass: The Chiba Lotte Marines have announced that …
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(Photo: Stacie Wheeler) Just over a third of the way into the 2024 season, the top of the Dodger rotation has been one of their biggest strengths. The high-profile additions …
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(Photo: Cody Bashore) You probably noticed that we haven’t covered this week’s breaking news at Dodgers Digest. This isn’t due to a lack of effort or an attempt to diminish …
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(Via ESPN) Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger. Boy, that feels nice to write. The Dodgers have spent over a decade making that sentence a reality. They tried when he was …
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Via) The 2023 free agent market has a long list of interesting pitchers, and the Dodgers have a desperate need for more pitching. While there are several top-tier …
Read More »Dodgers @ Cubs April 23, 2023: Maybe Win A Series
Photo: Sarah Wexler The Dodgers enter this afternoon’s series finale with the Cubs having not won consecutive games since April 3rd, 4th, and 6th, when they improved their record to …
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In his first career Opening Day start, Julio Urías began the night facing the Diamondbacks’ Kyle Lewis. After getting ahead 0-2, Urías threw a wicked pitch at Lewis’ back foot, …
Read More »Evaluating international free agent RHP Kodai Senga
When Shohei Ohtani was posted after the 2017 season, he was rightfully viewed as having the best fastball among NPB starting pitchers, and it wasn’t particularly close. His slider was …
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