Tag: Clayton Kershaw

Dodgers Roster: More Thoughts on 2022 Starting Rotation

Published on by Dennis Schlossman4 Comments

Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers just love to speculate about player depth, seemingly more than any other fan base across the majors.

Los Angeles is probably deeper than any other club in the big leagues with position players, as they virtually didn’t miss a beat when Corey Seager tested free agency and landed a job with the Texas Rangers. The team’s position player depth speaks volumes when a player like Chris Taylor isn’t guaranteed a spot on the lineup card every night, even though skipper Dave Roberts says he much prefers to use CT in a flexible utility role.

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Thoughts on the Kershaw Kerfuffle

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman12 Comments

The Kerfuffle heard ‘round the world.

On Wednesday afternoon in a very cold field in Minneapolis, Clayton Kershaw took the mound and was about as perfect as he could be.

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Kershaw, Dodgers Reportedly Agree to One-Year Deal

Published on by Dennis Schlossman47 Comments

In the first full day back in action, teams around baseball began spinning their respective wheels in terms of major league roster additions. News was coming in left and right as the day progressed, but some big news struck for fans of the Dodgers a little before 6 p.m. Eastern time when reports surfaced that 33-year-old Clayton Kershaw was returning to the team on a one-year deal, pending a physical.

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Universal DH Coming, Dodgers Sign Minor League Free Agents

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo45 Comments

Since pitchers won’t take at-bats regularly any longer, quickly what is your favorite Dodgers pitcher hitting moment? Personally, I’d have to go with Clayton Kershaw hitting a home run and pitching eight shutout innings on Opening Day against the Giants in 2013.

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Dodgers News and Notes: Dave Roberts Extension, MLB Lockout and More

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman29 Comments

On the past week not much has happened on the lockout front, other than what we already know that the owners are not in too much of a hurry to get the baseball season started on time.

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How Should Dodgers Handle a Prospective Clayton Kershaw Deal?

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo30 Comments

The MLB lockdown is still intact and has really deprived much of the baseball content. It looks like there has not been any movement, and it doesn’t seem like there will be anytime soon.

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Dodgers Holiday Wishlist

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo27 Comments

Since we are in the holiday season, and the MLB lock out has deprived us of much baseball content, we are going to take a look at a Dodgers wishlist.

Of course, this is all hypothetical since the lockout impedes any big league roster moves, but in a perfect world there is no lockout.

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Dodgers News, Notes and Rumors

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman28 Comments

The 2021-2022 Hot Stove season is heating up for other teams, but not so much for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After signing Andrew Heaney to a one year, $8M deal, not much else has been happening for the Dodgers as far as free agent signings.

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Thoughts on Clayton Kershaw Facing Free Agency

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman3 Comments

At the end of the postseason, players who were eligible became free agents. On Sunday, qualifying offers were extended from teams to their free agents whom they deemed worth extending that offer to, and who were also eligible for one.

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Ranking the Top 5 Free Agents the Dodgers Should Re-Sign This Winter

Published on by Andy Lane Chapman10 Comments

On Tuesday evening, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in a decisive Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series. And thus, the off-season has officially begun.

This upcoming winter is going to be probably one of the most frustrating and longest in Los Angeles Dodgers memory, and they’ve had quite a few of those recently. From anguish of not getting the job done in the playoffs, to wondering what players may or may not be re-signed, this off-season has all of that with the added bonus of a possible players’ strike.

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