Tag Archives: A.J. Ellis

A narrative that never seems to go away is the idea that A.J. Ellis is Clayton Kershaw‘s “personal catcher,” despite being less of a hitter and a pitch framer than …

Hey, let’s talk about catchers! Padres Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los Angeles 1B Solarte CF Pederson 3B Spangenberg SS Rollins RF Kemp 2B Kendrick LF Upton 1B Gonzalez CF Venable 3B …

As Clayton Kershaw had another outing that wasn’t quite up to his usual standards yesterday — and while I know no one wants to hear “BABIP,” realize that like four …

GLENDALE, Ariz. — If you just look at the stat line, you’d think Yasmani Grandal was a poor right-handed hitter. For his career, he owns a .225/.335/.379 line, and just five …

You can file this under “things that are ultimately meaningless but nice to see anyway,” A.J. Ellis hit a homer against Milwaukee yesterday. In and of itself, that’s maybe not …

Over the weekend, A.J. Ellis bundled up to attend the Packers/Cowboys game at Lambeau Field. Now, he be pretty happy about a nice raise for 2015. According to Jon Heyman… …

Good holy lord, do we all need another topic to discuss right now. Let’s go with this one: Earlier today, the Dodgers acquired minor league outfielder Matt Long from the …

I’m not going to lie: I am quite happy the Dodgers’ primary catcher is Yasmani Grandal. I’ve been on him for about a year, and with Andrew Friedman’s front office …

The Dodgers went right down to the midnight deadline for tendering contracts to unsigned players on the 40-man roster, and they had to make a decision on eight players eligible …

The Dodgers are continuing to hunt for a catching upgrade after losing out on Russell Martin and are one of three teams that have had talks with the Diamondbacks about …