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 …
Read More »This Is How Dee Gordon Apparently Ruined His 2013 Season
As you’ve no doubt heard, MLB has approved a new rule limiting home plate collisions between runners and catchers, and the reaction from Dodger backstops has been mixed at best. …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Center Field
Name Age System BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Matt Kemp 29 2013 .270 .328 .395 .316 103 0.0 ’14 ZiPS .274 .339 .473 .342 N/A 2.6 ’14 Steamer .271 …
Read More »Yasiel Puig, Australia, Cricket, Star Wars, GIF
Your browser does not support iframes. Yasiel Puig is ready for the season opener in Australia in this Dodgers promo, where he uses a cricket bat as a lightsaber, complete …
Read More »SNLA Launches Tuesday, And You Probably Won’t Get It Yet
First, the good news: SNLA does in fact launch tomorrow at 7 p.m. Pacific Time. We’ll get to the assorted negatives in a minute, but it’s important not to gloss …
Read More »The Recent History of Dodgers Spring Hitting
With spring training games fast approaching, we’ll undoubtedly start seeing some interesting stat lines among the Dodgers’ hitters. While everybody remembers Yasiel Puig‘s amazing spring training performance from last season, …
Read More »Hello, Erisbel Arruebarrena. So Long, Justin Sellers.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought for sure Justin Sellers was going to get DFA’d over the last two years. Five? Ten? A dozen? He’s always seemingly …
Read More »Is It Possible To Trade Brandon League?
I was browsing over at River Ave. Blues a while back, and came across a post about whether the Yankees would be able to find a trade match for Ichiro …
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Left Field
Age BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Carl Crawford 32 2013 (Dodgers) .283 .329 .407 .322 108 2.9 ’14 ZiPS .266 .308 .412 .314 N/A 1.5 ’14 Steamer .274 …
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