Tag Archives: Howie Kendrick

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 …

Chase Utley has appealed his two-game suspension, and with the appeal not going to be heard in time for tonight’s game, he will be available. The question is: Will he …

A.J. Ellis is due back from the disabled list on Tuesday. Yay-J! That likely means the end Austin Barnes on the 25-man roster for the time being. But it shouldn’t …

There really is no such thing as having too much talent. It’s obviously better to have too much than not enough. But here we are about two weeks from the …

Howie Kendrick has worked out pretty well, right? His 111 wRC+ is better than his career average of 108, and just about exactly in line with what he put up …

Hey, the Dodgers scored five runs last night. Sure, it wasn’t enough to beat the hated ones, but five runs is five runs. It was the first time in since …

We all knew that when the Dodgers traded Dee Gordon, they weren’t going to have a legitimate stolen base threat. There is no one in the organization who could swipe …

ESPN’s Buster Olney has recently been ranking his annual Top 10s — rotations, defense, outfields, etc. — and unsurprisingly, the Dodgers fared pretty well. Far more surprisingly, they showed up …

A pre-Christmas mailbag for your reading pleasure. Send mailbag questions to thedodgersdigest at gmail dot com or through the form on the right sidebar. Thank you everyone reading and have …

When the Dodgers acquired Howie Kendrick for Andrew Heaney, my first thought was, “that seems like too much.” It still might be, but Kendrick is an undeniable upgrade at the …