Ten years ago today, the Dodgers named Paul DePodesta their general manager. Twenty months later, following a 91-loss 2005 season and endless (and largely unprofessional and indefensible) harassment from the …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Second Base
Age BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Alexander Guerrero 27 ’14 ZiPS .252 .324 .386 .313 n/a 2.5 ’14 Steamer .266 .330 .437 .335 n/a 2.5 Dee Gordon 25 2013 …
Read More »Where Is Corey Seager’s Future?
Yesterday, Ken Gurnick posted a story at dodgers.com about Hanley Ramirez, mainly focusing on Ramirez’ intention to be healthy — he claims to be pain-free in his back and his …
Read More »Kasten: Mystery Player Headed To Dodgers Camp
Stan Kasten is just the best. Sometimes I think he just gets a blast out of messing with everyone. Like this from tonight, for example: Stan Kasten tells fans at …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Catchers
Age BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR A.J. Ellis 33 2013 .238 .318 .364 .304 95 2.2 ’14 ZiPS .244 .337 .367 .306 n/a 2.4 ’14 Steamer .243 .337 .367 …
Read More »So, So Many Dodger Pitchers In Camp
Baseball is happening! Pitchers and catchers — most of them, anyway — are already in Dodger camp, ready to get to work. But maybe that should say “pitchers and pitchers …
Read More »Pitchers and Catchers Report, Life Worth Living Again
The Super Bowl ended like 10 minutes ago, the Winter Olympics just got moving yesterday, much of the nation is still gripped by frigid temperatures, seemingly half of the free …
Read More »Does Bronson Arroyo Help the Dodgers More In Arizona or Los Angeles?
Conversation about Bronson Arroyo and the Dodgers seems to be picking up steam, so I guess it’s time to address it here. We first heard about possible interest weeks ago, …
Read More »Report: Dodgers Sign Justin Turner. Finally.
I feel like we’ve been talking about Justin Turner for so long — months, if we’re including the old MSTI — that the fact that news just came out that …
Read More »Yasiel Puig, Leadoff Hitter?
Remember how the biggest story of last winter was “hey, who is going to hit leadoff?” Carl Crawford stepped into the role and batted first 85 times, generally doing a …
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