Carlos Frias is suddenly a very important man. Coming into spring training, he was buried deep on the Dodgers’ starting pitcher depth chart. He filled the fifth starter role in …
Read More »2015 Positional Review: Center Field
After significant struggles at the position in 2014, the Dodgers staked their fortunes in the rookie Joc Pederson. When that faltered (or when he needed a day off), they turned …
Read More »Alex Wood Was Playing Hurt Last Season
Normally this early in Spring Training, most news stories aren’t actually all that important. Somebody’s in the best shape of his life, somebody else is fat, and Josh Collmenter is …
Read More »Yulieski and Lourdes Gurriel Have Defected From Cuba and the Dodgers Should Be Interested
Yesterday morning began with some big, big news in the international baseball community: the Gurriel brothers (Yulieski and Lourdes, previously known as Yulieski Gourriel and Lourdes Gourriel before losing an …
Read More »Yimi Garcia’s Hidden Regression
Yimi Garcia is an extremely interesting pitcher. As a result, we write about him a lot. Early last year, he looked like one of the very best relievers in baseball. He …
Read More »There Are Concerns About Kenta Maeda’s Elbow, Because of Course There Are
In this offseason, could you really expect anything else? Jerry Crasnick passes on some information on why it’s taking so long to finish the extremely weird Kenta Maeda deal: Source …
Read More »Is the Dodger Rotation too Left-Handed?
Even after the signing of Kenta Maeda, the Dodgers are projected to have an extremely left-handed starting rotation. As of now, the starting pitcher depth chart has Clayton Kershaw, Scott …
Read More »Heyman: Dodgers Agree to Deal with Kenta Maeda
Well, that “all-lefty rotation” sure didn’t last long. In what has seemed inevitable for some time, the Dodgers have signed Kenta Maeda: Hearing from a baseball source, kenta maeda and …
Read More »Get to Know This Year’s Foreign Imports: Kenta Maeda, Dae-ho Lee, Nobuhiro Matsuda
It’s that time of year again. Teams are looking for every solution to fill out their rosters. We all know about the big names on the market, and are hoping …
Read More »Dodgers @ Mets Oct. 12, 2015: NLDS Game 3
After all of that time, and the “will they won’t they” leading up to today’s game, is it really surprising that Chase Utley will be on the bench at the …
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