It took awhile to become official, but the Dodgers tonight tendered contracts to nine of their 12 arbitration-eligible players — including Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Julio Urias. The Dodgers …
Read More »Dodgers avoid arbitration with all seven arb-eligible players
Photo: Stacie Wheeler Yesterday was a busy day for the Dodgers. Along with trading for an old friend (which Dustin wrote about here), they managed to agree to one-year deals …
Read More »Dodgers tender all arbitration-eligible players, agree on contract with Tony Cingrani
The Dodgers tendered contracts to nine arbitration-eligible players today and agreed to one one-year contract before the 5 PM PST non-tender deadline. There were a few that were far from …
Read More »Yimi Garcia’s elbow surgery eats into pen depth, highlights need for help
Immediately after it was announced that Kenley Jansen would re-sign with the Dodgers, people started to wonder who would replace Joe Blanton to help secure the bridge to the closer. …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RP Yimi Garcia
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB (LA) 8.1 11.4 2.9 0.00 3.24 2.91 5.31 0.2 MiLB (3 levels) 7.1 34.4 10.3 3.68 7.36 not good N/A N/A …
Read More »Yimi Garcia’s Hidden Regression
Yimi Garcia is an extremely interesting pitcher. As a result, we write about him a lot. Early last year, he looked like one of the very best relievers in baseball. He …
Read More »Yimi Garcia Is King Of Fastball Spin
You probably know that I write for MLB.com and specifically about Statcast, and so earlier this month I put together some visuals about how spin and velocity correlate. For the …
Read More »Yimi Garcia, Up the Ladder
When Yimi Garcia was a prospect, his standout pitch was a “high spin” fastball. In December of 2013, Chad noted a public Trackman report on the pitch. Trackman is a radar-based system …
Read More »That Quietly Great Dodger Bullpen Is Getting National Attention
With an early game today, this is just a quick thing to pass along some very favorable pieces on the Dodger bullpen. Remember the bullpen? The one that everyone freaked …
Read More »Dodgers @ Diamondbacks April 11, 2015: Yasiel Puig sits, because reasons
Last night’s game was all kinds of frustrating. The Dodgers had ample opportunities to win, but they couldn’t pull through. Oh, and I know he’s a great player and all, …
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