When I opined last week that Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke should skip the Dodgers’ trip to Australia, I had the scenario playing out differently. I certainly didn’t have Greinke …
Read More »Liking Seth Rosin Is Just Going To Make It Harder To Let Him Go
It probably says all you need to know about spring training that for the second time in the first week of camp games, I’m choosing to ignore a less-than-impressive start …
Read More »Things Looking Up For Matt Kemp, But Reality Will Require Patience
Matt Kemp‘s MRI came back positive, he’s back running around again, and Mark McGwire is singing praises about his swing returning. Nobody wants to go all-in on all of this …
Read More »Beckett & Maholm return in style, Guerrero needs sliding practice
The Dodgers tied today’s Spring Training bout against the Padres, 3-3, but it’s the Cactus League, so who cares? The main takeaway from today is that Josh Beckett certainly looked …
Read More »Alex Guerrero on Defense: Two Game GIF Recap
After the first four games of spring training, we’ve only seen Alex Guerrero on defense for ten innings. That’s way too small of a sample to make any judgement of …
Read More »Dodgers, Chad Billingsley, shouldn’t rush his return
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 …
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