Much has been made about the lack of free agent spending in baseball this winter. It has been noticeable and caused some to start throwing around the “C” word — …
Read More »Dodgers invite 22 interesting non-roster players to Spring Training
The Dodgers announced on Tuesday that they’re inviting 22 players to Spring Training as non-roster players. This year’s list is a bit intriguing, even if none of them have a …
Read More »Mailbag #33: Clayton Kershaw replacement, pitching depth, Christian Yelich, Yu Darvish
You read that right, this is a mailbag post. It’s the first one in more than a year because, well, we’re awful. I’d really like to start doing them more …
Read More »Dodgers avoid arbitration with all 8 eligible players, including Grandal and Wood
The Dodgers on Thursday agreed to 1-year deals with two of their arbitration-eligible players in Yasmani Grandal and Pedro Baez, and followed that up with two more on Friday in …
Read More »Dodgers are now ~$21 million under luxury tax, but more needed to make a 2018 splash
Back when the Dodgers were spending like $300 million a year on players, the team was much easier to write about because the luxury tax barely needed to be given …
Read More »Josh Ravin, Grant Dayton sent to Atlanta to make room for Trevor Oaks, Dennis Santana
The Dodgers officially added Trevor Oaks and Dennis Santana to the 40-man roster on Monday night, protecting them from December’s Rule 5 Draft. Earlier in the day, I wrote the …
Read More »Dodgers should protect Trevor Oaks and Dennis Santana from Rule 5 Draft
The deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft is today, and the Dodgers have a couple players whom they’re likely to protect. I looked at this when I …
Read More »2017-18 Dodgers offseason plan
Still depressed about the World Series? Same. But the only thing better than watching a winning team is to fire up the Hot Stove, because coming one win away from …
Read More »Rick Honeycutt set to return in 2018, perhaps the Dodgers’ biggest off-season move
As the off-season gets underway, the Dodgers look primed to do a whole lot of nothing. They’ll likely do work around the fringes of the roster and in the bullpen, …
Read More »Logan Forsythe’s option exercised, returns to Dodgers in 2018 on $9 million
Yesterday the Dodgers exercised Logan Forsythe‘s contract option for 2018, bringing him back to the Dodgers for $9 million. While it’s being reported as $8.5 million everywhere, Forsythe’s option actually …
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