It’s almost mid-January and there are still some premium free agents on the market. It’s been a slow offseason for most, but this is almost unprecedented. One guy I thought …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 222 – Alexander, Prior, Yelich, Puig for Bradley?
On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I figure out a way to talk for 45 minutes about the Dodgers, even if not much has happened in the last …
Read More »Christian Yelich is the perfect player for what the Dodgers are doing
We’ve written a lot about players the Dodgers should be interested in — Chris Archer, Andrew McCutchen, Mike Minor, Marcell Ozuna, Giancarlo Stanton — and while none of them are …
Read More »Finding a (new) home for Matt Kemp, in the American League
Matt Kemp‘s reunion with the Dodgers will be short-lived. There’s only a minuscule chance he makes it to Spring Training with the Dodgers, so let’s see if we can find …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: RP Tony Watson
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB (PIT) 46.2 16.8 6.7 1.35 3.66 4.70 4.62 -0.1 MLB (LA) 20 22.0 7.3 0.90 2.70 3.86 3.54 0.0 What Happened …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: OF Trayce Thompson
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 55 .122 .218 .265 25 1 -0.5 MiLB (AAA) 369 .212 .269 .363 58 9 N/A What Happened In 2017: Got off …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: OF Curtis Granderson
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB (w/ NYM) 395 .228 .334 .481 115 19 2.3 MLB (w/ LA) 132 .161 .288 .366 78 7 -0.2 What Happened In …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: OF Franklin Gutierrez
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 63 .232 .317 .339 80 1 -0.2 What Happened In 2017: Signed to be a weapon against left-handed pitchers, but never got …
Read More »Andrew McCutchen makes an incredible amount of sense for the Dodgers
Yesterday, I wrote about an unlikely Yasmani Grandal–A.J. Pollock swap. As much sense as it makes on paper, the whole “Diamondbacks are good” thing continues to be the issue with …
Read More »An interesting but unlikely trade idea: Yasmani Grandal for A.J. Pollock
After Saturday’s trade that brought Matt Kemp back to the Dodgers (for now), the Dodgers were given a bit more flexibility to add to the roster for the rest of …
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