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Making Moves: Dodgers cut five, release one + Javy joins/unjoins WBC + I hope...
The Dodgers made their first four cuts of Spring Training, with Dallas McPherson, Nick Evans, Ozzie Martinez, and Kelvin De La Cruz getting their assignments to minor-league camp. Later, Gregory...
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Get lost in Matt Kemp’s eyes and watch him enter the 60/60 club
Matt Kemp represented the Dodgers in a commercial for MLB 13: The Show recently, and I … sorry, just got lost in his eyes. —– Use this every time Don Mattingly decides to bunt… …and this every time...
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Making Moves: Dodgers cut 6, release 4, sign 2 + Puig to start in minors,...
The Dodgers have sent Matt Magill, Steven Ames, and Matt Palmer to minor-league camp, removing them from contention for a 25-man roster spot. Not surprising for any of the three, as Magill and Ames...
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Injury Roll Call: Hanley out weeks & set for MRI, Greinke ready, Bills hurts...
Dodgers designated hitter third baseman first baseman shortstop Hanley Ramirez jammed his right thumb while diving for a groundball in the World Baseball Classic and he’ll get an MRI today at the...
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Injury Roll Call: Billingsley on track, Crawford confident, Uribe still fat,...
Chad Billingsley reported no pain in his injured finger following a minor-league start on Saturday. “In the past few days there haven’t been any issues with any tenderness. The only issue is with my...
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Hyun Jin Ryu cares not for your concept of hustle … and he has a point
Hyun Jin Ryu made his Dodgers and MLB debut yesterday, and in the bottom of the six inning he came to bat and did … well … that. Some people on Twitter didn’t take too kindly to him dogging it, and...
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A Dodgers Opening Day roster prediction with Gregg and Castellanos, but...
Opening Day for the Dodgers is Monday, and since Spring Training feels like it has taken forever, it’s about damn time. Given the closeness of the start of the season though, it’s a bit odd that there...
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Injury Roll Call: Kemp’s shoulder fine, Billingsley ready, Lilly … healthy,...
While Don Mattingly believes Matt Kemp‘s shoulder may be a mental hurdle he’ll have to get past, he and the Dodgers staff are not concerned about it affecting Kemp physically, as the injury hasn’t...
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Dodgers react to Greinke injury + brawl, Quentin continues to be dumb,...
So in case you were under a rock yesterday, Zack Greinke has a broken collarbone and is out for a while, essentially because Carlos Quentin is an idiot. As one could imagine, the reactions to what...
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Injury Roll Call: Hanley declares himself a miracle, Capuano MRI, Lilly...
Hanley Ramirez has resumed baseball activities, including hitting off of a tee and light toss. He plans to return earlier than the timetable originally given, but the Dodgers aren’t getting ahead of...
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Injury Roll Call: In which every pitcher is hurt because … of course
Chad Billingsley, with his elbow basically hanging by a thread and ready to explode at any moment, has been placed on the 15-day DL with right elbow pain. The move is retroactive to April 16 and it...
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Trading things of value for Mike Scioscia are what my nightmares are made of
Mike Scioscia‘s job with the Angels is in jeopardy due to their slow start, much like people seem to think Don Mattingly‘s job is. Ken Rosenthal throws gas on both fires by suggesting that the Angels...
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Injury Roll Call: Greinke starts throwing, Hanley rehab, Ellis MRI, Fife hurt...
Stephen Fife is having shoulder problems, because why wouldn’t he with the way the injuries have been going for the Dodgers. Stephen Fife, who was scheduled to start Saturday night against the...
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Don Mattingly isn’t going to use Kenley Jansen in the closer role, but it’s...
The Dodgers handed Brandon League a three-year contract and the closer’s role heading into the 2013 season, but his predictable fall from temporary grace in the role has led to continued questions...
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On Don Mattingly’s hot seat, the need for a manager with ‘fire’, and...
The discontent with the Dodgers was loud and clear after yesterday’s loss, and for good reason. The team is last in the NL West, have the sixth-worst record in the MLB, and are tied for the...
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Dodgers have recently become one of the most clutch teams in the MLB, all for...
So you’ve heard a lot about Don Mattingly and his job security recently — hell, I just wrote about it — but this article from Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports spread around yesterday, and it touched on all...
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Don Mattingly has his ‘Wu-Tang moment’, keeps it real, we’ll see if it goes...
Yesterday, Don Mattingly had what I call a “Wu-Tang moment”, inspired by the “When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong” skit on Chappelle’s Show. Humorous? Yes, but what it mean to me is that Mattingly...
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Making Moves: Closer change + Castellanos, Withrow debut + two promoted, two...
Don Mattingly has named Kenley Jansen closer following Brandon League being Brandon League and imploding in a save situation yet again. When asked how he would get the ball to Jansen, Donnie Baseball...
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The brawl at Chavez Ravine was stupid for multiple reasons, but hey, at least...
So the Dodgers and Diamondbacks sort of had it out with each other on Tuesday. It all started when Ian Kennedy hit Yasiel Puig in the face with a fastball. Amazingly, he was okay and stayed in the...
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Making Moves: Suspensions, draft signings, and inking the guy accused of...
Suspensions came down from the league following Tuesday’s brawl with the Diamondbacks. Ian Kennedy was suspended 10 games “for intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area of Zack Greinke of the...
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