Baseball blogs are nothing if not vehicles for the hottest of takes. Playing on that, I’m going to make five bold predictions about five players for the Dodgers’ 2017 season. …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Prospects: Projected 2020 Pitching Staff
Like last week with the lineup, I’m foolishly trying to predict the 2020 pitching rotation — a venture that will prove to be less fruitful, I’m sure. There are so …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 190 – Kazmir, Hill, Ethier, Toles
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue) and I are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2017 season. It’s one week away. Scott Kazmir is hurt. He pitched on …
Read More »A second shot at predicting the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster
A lot has transpired since the last time I predicted who would be on the 25-man roster come Opening Day. Here’s the second attempt at predicting it. The locks: Starters: Rich …
Read More »Who stands to benefit from Andre Ethier’s back injury?
Andre Ethier hasn’t played since Saturday and had been scratched on a couple of occasions recently. Now, we know why. MRI showed mild herniation of a disc for Andre Ethier. Down 7-10 …
Read More »Chris Taylor, not Enrique Hernandez, should break camp with the Dodgers
One of the more interesting spring training battles is between super utility player Enrique Hernandez and infielder Chris Taylor. Outside of Charlie Culberson (not on the 40-man) and maybe Logan Forsythe …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Prospects: Projected 2020 Lineup
Predicting something in baseball 3-plus years away often times looks foolish. And I have the evidence to back that up. This is a fun exercise to see what a future …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 189 – Ross Stripling interview, Urias, Seager
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodger Blue) and I welcome back to the program Mr. Ross Stripling. It’s his fourth (!) visit. He’ll never admit this publicly, but we …
Read More »Looking at how Dodgers’ prospects rank, globally
Prospect season is just about over. We’re roughly three weeks from Opening Day, so that makes sense. I’ve released my Top 100 Dodgers prospects, while others have released their Top …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: LHP Julio Urias
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP WAR MiLB (OKC) 45 29.2 4.8 0.40 1.40 2.72 N/A MLB 77 25.0 9.2 0.58 3.38 3.17 1.6 What happened in 2016: Began the …
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