Remember last offseason, after Andrew Friedman, Farhan Zaidi, and friends came in to replace Ned Colletti? Looking back on it now, you probably recall it as a whirlwhind, with Matt …
Read More »Did You Want That?
Last night and into this morning, the Mets and Royals played one of the most memorable World Series games of all time. As I joked on Twitter, Alcides Escobar‘s leadoff …
Read More »Will the Dodgers Focus on Free Agents Who Don’t Cost Draft Picks?
If we know anything about the current Dodgers front office after one year on the job, it’s this: They love draft picks. Love them. This is a team that ate …
Read More »The Dodgers Should Hand Out Three Qualifying Offers
Let’s talk about qualifying offers, the weird quirk introduced in the last CBA that almost certainly will be either eliminated or considerably changed in the next CBA. Intended to provide …
Read More »Let’s Reset The 40-Man Roster For the 2015-16 Winter
When the season ended on Thursday, it felt like we had to get to some immediate needs. Yasmani Grandal‘s shoulder news came out immediately, and then of course we had …
Read More »Don Mattingly, Clayton Kershaw, Pedro Baez, and the Seventh Inning
Look, I don’t really want to talk about last night. I prefer writing about happy things. You probably don’t want to read about last night, either, because reliving a nightmare …
Read More »This Is A Pretty Good Day, So Enjoy It
Hasn’t been easy this year. Hasn’t. Remember when Hyun-jin Ryu never pitched, or when Brandon McCarthy made four homer-prone starts before blowing out his arm? Or the ludicrous panic of …
Read More »About all those Dodger platoons
The Dodgers have faced a lot of left-handed pitching this month. Because of that, guys like Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford and, to a lesser extent, Joc Pederson, have gotten more days …
Read More »Let’s Update That NLDS Roster Prediction
I never get tired of rosterbating, and things seem a little clearer with the expectation that Enrique Hernandez will be available for the NLDS and that Yasiel Puig will not. …
Read More »The Dodgers Are Catching the Ball
Sometimes, we have long, in-depth, very well researched think pieces on cool topics. (Which is to say, sometimes Brim writes articles). And sometimes, it’s Friday and you see an interesting …
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