On Enjoying this Moment of Dodger Baseball

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman11 Comments

The Los Angeles Dodgers are enjoying a well deserved off day at home, after sweeping both the Giants in San Francisco, and the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

Many players, coaches and friends will convene Monday evening at Chavez Ravine for Clayton Kershaw’s Ping Pong for a Purpose. The annual fundraiser which raises money for Kershaw’s Challenge and Arise Africa is a fun event where attendees wear bright and colorful outfits and try to one up each other in Ping Pong. Kershaw is usually a member of the winning team.

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Dodgers Injury Notes: Brusdar Graterol, Edwin Rios, Blake Treinen and More

Published on by Dennis Schlossman6 Comments

Imagine if you’re a major league manager and your GM tells you there’s an influx of player additions coming in mid-August without even needing to sacrifice any of your organization’s top prospects.
That’s exactly the position the Dodgers are in after standing pat at a busy 2022 tradeline, keeping nearly the entirely of their farm system intact.

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Dodgers Roster: Sorting Out the Starting Pitching Situation

Published on by Dennis Schlossman12 Comments

The 2022 summer trade deadline was a bit strange for the Dodgers this year, as they mostly stayed pat and decided to hang onto their plentiful stock of prospects in the minors, seemingly content with their chances at another deep postseason run in October.

Not many fans were concerned about starting pitching heading into the deadline. At the time, there seemed to be plenty of options for both the rotation and the bullpen, as there were a handful of key players approaching their prospective returns from the injured list.

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Dodgers Face Padres in Weekend Division Series

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo3 Comments

Due to the recent events of the last week, this Dodgers and Padres series figures to be one of the most anticipated ones throughout baseball.

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Dodgers Sweep Giants, Announce Vin Scully Tribute for Friday

Published on by Dennis Schlossman8 Comments

To say this week has been intense and crazy would be an understatement.

The Dodgers benefitted from some timely hitting and a solid bullpen effort to defeat the Giants in Thursday’s finale 5-3, securing a four-game sweep and temporarily extending the division lead to 12 games over the Padres.

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Thoughts on the Dodgers Activity at the Trade Deadline

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman5 Comments

Hello everyone, and a very pleasant Wednesday to you, wherever you may be.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the baseball community lost an icon Tuesday evening with the passing of Vin Scully. Dennis covered this news here, and we will do our best to carry on without him.

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Baseball World Mourns Passing of Vin Scully

Published on by Dennis Schlossman11 Comments

(This post comes courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers Public Relations Department)

He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more. He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.

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Dodgers Roster: Recapping the 2022 Trade Deadline

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo13 Comments

Another trade deadline has come and gone. The Dodgers, with an NL-best record of 69-33, were rumored to be interested in some huge names. Ultimately, they kept the farm system intact and didn’t make any significant trades.

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Miguel Vargas Set to Make Major League Debut

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After all the smoke settled on the 2022 trade deadline news, the Dodgers made a huge announcement by selecting the contract of righty-hitting blue-chip prospect Miguel Vargas from Triple-A Oklahoma City.

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How Will Dodgers Make Room for Chris Taylor?

Published on by Dennis Schlossman43 Comments

With most of baseball’s current news surrounding Tuesday’s summer trade deadline, the Dodgers find themselves in somewhat of a unique position because of the potential influx of players returning from the injured list.

For weeks now, it seems like we’ve been discussing player returns from the pitching perspective — see players like Blake Treinen, Dustin May and Brusdar Graterol — however, many of us have forgotten about some of the position players who could provide an impact upon their returns, specifically super-utility man Chris Taylor.

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