When the Dodgers signed Cuban shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena, if was a foregone conclusion the team would place Chad Billingsley on the 60-day disabled list to clear a 40-man roster spot …
Read More »Mailbag #2: Billingsley, Numata, Kemp, Spring Training
Mailbag! Don’t forget to hit us with new questions using the form at the right. Lots of good questions today, and the lineups for today’s game against Milwaukee and old …
Read More »It’s Fun To Watch Joc Pederson
Today in Arizona, Joc Pederson did the second-best thing to taking a five-iron to Matt Kemp‘s ankle in terms of trying to make the team: he took Chicago’s Jake Petricka …
Read More »Zack Greinke Is Feeling Better, But Ross Stripling Is Not
Dodger fans everywhere held their collective breath yesterday after Zack Greinke left his first 2014 Cactus League start with a mild calf strain (poor little cow). They’ve since exhaled. Now, …
Read More »2014 Spring Training preview: Right field
Name Age System BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Yasiel Puig 23 2013 .319 .391 .534 .398 160 4.0 ’14 ZiPS .284 .354 .485 .359 n/a 3.8 ’14 Steamer .288 …
Read More »Zack Greinke Really Doesn’t Want To Go To Australia, Probably
This is Zack Greinke this afternoon to Cliff Pennington: See that hop there? That’s what is being termed a “right calf strain,” one that ended his day for “precautionary reasons” because …
Read More »It Must Be Baseball Season, Because Carl Crawford Is Hurting
There’s no such thing as “too many outfielders.” We’ve been saying that forever, but can we finally agree on that, please? We already know that Matt Kemp isn’t going to …
Read More »The Recent History of Dodgers Spring Pitching
Putting together the spring training batting statistics run-down was fun, so I’ve prepared a companion post for pitching statistics. The goal of the batting history post was to illustrate that …
Read More »Seth Rosin Makes An Impression On Day One
I’m not really going to “recap” a spring game. I could bother with the four seconds it would take me to verify that it was actually a 4-1 Arizona win, …
Read More »A case for Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke skipping the Dodgers’ Australia trip
It’s assumed by everyone Clayton Kershaw will start the first game of the season. He’s the ace, he pitches the first game — not unlike the second baseman batting second …
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