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 »What Can Statcast Teach Us About the Dodgers?
Sabermetrics, at their core, should always be changing. A few years ago we were using VORP, win shares, and the like. Most stats we used 10 years ago are gone or …
Read More »Dodgers eye Starling Heredia as potential big July 2 signing
The rumors of the Dodgers going all-out on international prospects gained a little more validity on Monday when Kiley McDaniel of FanGraphs named a prospect he heard the Dodgers are …
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 »White Sox @ Dodgers Mar. 4, 2015: Finally, Some (Kinda) Real Baseball-ish
Finally! Five months after the Dodgers’ early playoff exit, three months after they had their entire offseason in one day. A baseball game. Well, for some of us. SNLA is still …
Read More »2015 Dodgers prospects: 2018 Pitching Staff
This is the penultimate piece in my 2015 Dodgers prospects series. I look at how I think the 2018 pitching staff could shape up. There are a few Dodger pitching …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 111 – Spring training, Olivera, Urias
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I talk about the first week of spring training and our pending trips to Arizona. First off, we want …
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 »Dodgers Sign Mike Adams to a Minor League Contract
Yesterday, the Dodgers announced that they have signed right-handed relief pitcher Mike Adams to a minor league contract: Today, the #Dodgers signed RHP Mike Adams to a minor league contract …
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