And so ends the Drew Butera … era. The Dodgers traded the light-hitting backup catcher to the Angels on Tuesday for a player to be named later or cash. I’m …
Read More »Let’s Try To Be Honest About Matt Kemp’s Defense
Hey, you guys sick of talking about Matt Kemp yet? No? Cool. Among the many conversations about whether the Dodgers should trade him or keep him — as I’ve said, …
Read More »The Dodger Bullpen Won’t Be Making A Big-Money Addition
If the season were to start today, the Dodger bullpen would look something like this: R Kenley Jansen L J.P. Howell R Joel Peralta R Brandon League R Brian Wilson …
Read More »Winter Meetings Day One: Matt Kemp Is Still A Dodger
Jon Lester is a Cub, unless he’s a Giant, or maybe he’s a Red Sox, unless he’s not. Maybe he’s a Yankee! Brandon Moss is with Cleveland, in a deal …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 104 – Trades, Kemp, Ethier, Lester
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I look at the minor deals the Dodgers have made since the last recording, and dive into all the rumors …
Read More »The Juan Nicasio Relief Experiment, Already In Progress
When the Dodgers claimed Juan Nicasio off waivers last month, it was assumed that he was acquired mostly to pitch in relief. Ignoring the fact that the depth chart would currently …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: 3B/Manager Juan Uribe
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 404 .311 .337 .440 120 9 3.8 What Happened In 2014: At age 35, Juan Uribe managed to post another excellent season, …
Read More »So Everth Cabrera Is Available Now
There weren’t really a ton of interesting names to hit free agency after the non-tender deadline earlier this week, and that makes sense. After all, players interesting enough to want …
Read More »Heyman: Dodgers Offered Martin Four Years and $74 Million
We still don’t really know what the Dodger catching situation is going to look like in 2015, but I imagine it’s not going to look like it does right now. …
Read More »Get to know this year’s foreign imports: Yoan Moncada
The Dodgers love their Cubans. That could be in reference to cigars, but it’s definitely in reference to baseball players. Since the Guggenheim Group took over, the Dodgers have signed …
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