A quick final thought on Russell Martin, who will be catching for the next five years in Toronto, and therefore not Los Angeles: I’m not sure if $82 million is …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins should be on Dodgers’ radar for shortstop
While the Dodgers are reportedly “aggressively” pursuing Alexei Ramirez, there’s another shortstop who could be available and might be a better option. That shortstop is Jimmy Rollins. The career Phillie …
Read More »2014 Dodgers in Review: 2B Dee Gordon
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 650 .289 .326 .378 101 2 3.1 What happened in 2014: A strong start fueled a surprising breakout season before a late …
Read More »Dodgers Acquire Kyle Jensen, Because Oklahoma City Needs Players Too
Other teams are trading for Jason Heyward or signing Russell Martin or giving Giancarlo Stanton all of the years for all of the dollars. So far, the new Dodgers braintrust …
Read More »2014 Dodgers in Review: 2B/LF-ish Alex Guerrero
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MiLB 308 .333 .373 .621 n/a 17 n/a MLB 13 .077 .077 .077 -65 0 -0.2 What happened in 2014: Tore up Triple-A …
Read More »Mailbag #14: ‘Unlimited’ Payroll, Friedman Worry, Yoan Moncada, Greinke Out
The mailbag of panic? Jonas Sparkennugen: Why is it that the Dodgers have a seemingly unlimited budget to acquire players, but seem to be quite parsimonious about eating salary by …
Read More »Yasiel Puig & Drew Butera finally make Japan Series relevant to Dodgers fans
The MLB All-Stars opened their time in Japan with an 8-7 exhibition win against the combined teams of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, with Yasiel Puig going 1-for-4 with an …
Read More »Get To Know This Year’s Foreign Imports: Takashi Toritani
Earlier in the offseason, Mike detailed two potential imports from Japan in Kenta Maeda and Chihiro Kaneko. The pair started games one and two of the Japan All-Star Series. Maeda …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s MVP Tiebreaker
Clearly I’m biased, but I would have voted for Clayton Kershaw to win MVP. Shocking, right? I won’t go through the entire exercise of creating a full mock ballot (though, …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw, Most Valuable Everything
Another day, another Clayton Kershaw accolade, though of course this one is far more impressive than yesterday’s Cy Young victory. Kershaw is your 2014 NL MVP, the first Dodger to …
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