Yasmani Grandal is here for two reasons. One is that he can hit, and that he’s likely to hit better than ever in 2015. (And lest you think that this …
Read More »A.J. Ellis Has Legs, Hit A Homer
You can file this under “things that are ultimately meaningless but nice to see anyway,” A.J. Ellis hit a homer against Milwaukee yesterday. In and of itself, that’s maybe not …
Read More »Andre Ethier Is Officially Untradeable
When camp kicked off last month, I noted, with some surprise, that Andre Ethier was still around. Shocking, wasn’t it? It feels like we’ve been talking about how the Dodgers …
Read More »Our Top Ten, On Your TV
Did you see today’s 6-4 Dodgers spring training loss to the White Sox? Probably not. I mean, it was on at noon on a Wednesday, and it was on SNLA, …
Read More »Still Fighting The Good Fight
Sometimes I wonder if it’s even necessary to push the pro-stats viewpoint in baseball any longer. The battle is long over. The nerds have won. Just look at how many …
Read More »No, The Dodgers Aren’t Being Cheap
I was looking at the mailbag questions — and I swear we’ll do another soon — and I came across this gem, which, what: I read all the time about …
Read More »Don’t Judge The Health Of The Dodger Rotation On Disabled List Trips
What’s the biggest potential weakness of the 2015 Dodgers? Everyone who just said “right-handed power” can go sit in the corner. Stop. Just stop it. That’s not it. That doesn’t …
Read More »Chad Gaudin Is In Dodgers Camp, And You Won’t Like It
Two things I’ve said in the recent past: I’m not going to write about every non-roster invite. The new front office hasn’t yet made a move I’ve disliked. So while …
Read More »When To Call Up Julio Urias? Remember The Lesson Of Adrian Beltre
When Dodger fans talk about “the one that got away,” at least over the last 30 years, they generally mean one of two things. They mean Pedro Martinez, dealt to …
Read More »Dustin McGowan Might Be A Dodger, Maybe
Next up in the “hey, I’ve heard of that guy” brigade, Dustin McGowan, apparently: Expect the Dodgers to sign free-agent reliever Dustin McGowan, who is at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. The club …
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