Dodgers draft infielders Seager, Valentin with top picks
Your browser does not support iframes. As Harvard-Westlake righthanded pitcher Lucas Giolito fell into the teens of the 2012 MLB draft, I began to wonder – and I’m not sure why this didn’t occur to me...
View ArticleBeneath the cliffs of insanity
Friday’s 9-0 loss to the Mets marked the 11th time in Los Angeles Dodger history that the team could have achieved the same result simply by forfeiting. The Dodger offense in 45 innings since Monday:...
View ArticleDodgers ride homers, bullpen to NLDS Game 1 triumph
By Jon Weisman Clayton Kershaw didn’t have his best stuff, not by a longshot. But he had some of his best guile, some his best perseverance and all of his best bullpen. With four Dodger relievers...
View ArticlePitch hits Turner hard, Turner hits pitch far
[mlbvideo id=”1203755383″ width=”550″ height=”308″ /] By Jon Weisman It was the worst of déjà vu, it was the best of déjà vu. Justin Turner had Dodger fans shaking their heads in disbelief when he was...
View ArticleDespite strong start, Dodgers fall in NLDS Game 2
By Jon Weisman The cut on Rich Hill’s non-pitching hand looked small. The bruise on his psyche looked large. On a day that the Dodgers — baseball’s No. 2 offense in 2016 with the bases loaded —...
View ArticleBeauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the Dodgers be holding a 2-1 NLCS lead
By Jon Weisman Pitchers paint on the edge of a cliff. They are artists, tending to a tiny canvas that hovers in mid-air, and they are adventurers who might fall at any moment. Rich Hill took a minor...
View ArticleSporting News awards honor Roberts, Seager
By Jon Weisman The Sporting News has named Dave Roberts its National League Manager of the Year and Corey Seager NL Rookie of the Year. Remarkably, Roberts is the first Dodger named Manager of the Year...
View ArticleSeager, Roberts, Maeda finalists for top MLB awards
By Jon Weisman Corey Seager is a finalist for both the National League Rookie of the Year Award and the NL Most Valuable Player Award, MLB and the Baseball Writers Association of America have...
View ArticleWhat Seager’s lost season signifies for the 2018 Dodgers
Let me start by saying this isn’t a “Remain calm, all is well” post. All isn’t well for the Dodgers, least of all Corey Seager’s right ulnar collateral ligament, which he will spend the remainder of...
View ArticleUneasy lies the head that wears a Dodger cap
Hi ho, it’s February. Dodger pitchers and catchers and other eager beavers are scheduled to report to Camelback Ranch in eight days. The first full squad workout comes two weeks from Tuesday. Vibe:...
View ArticleBest of the 2010s: The All-Decade Dodgers
We have nearly reached the end of the ’10s, and though selections of the Dodgers’ all-decade team should probably wait until after the 2019 World Series, these few days of relative calm before the...
View ArticleCorey Seager, a slider and the Dodgers’ October bubble
It was drowned out by the Howie Kendrick grand slam, by Juan Soto teeing off on the fattest pitch of Clayton Kershaw’s career, by Anthony Rendon taking a golf swing at a Kershaw pitch near his shins....
View ArticlePreviewing the 2021 Dodgers: Position players
Hey there! Since I haven’t actually written much on the defending World Series champions this year, I thought I’d throw down some of the stuff that’s been percolating inside my head about the 2021...
View ArticleLux could be odd man out for Dodgers when Seager returns
A.J. Pollock is hitting better against right-handed pitching this season (.819 OPS) than Gavin Lux (.769 OPS). And Pollock is destroying left-handed pitching (.911 OPS), while Lux is downright Joc...
View ArticleBring on the DH so Dodgers bring back Corey Seager
OK, the timing and subject of this piece might seem weird considering there are bigger fish to fry today, but hear me out … First things first: In the world that I’d prefer to live the rest of my life,...
View ArticleComparing major injuries for the Giants and Dodgers
San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt, who has suffered a fractured left thumb while attempting to bunt (against the shift, apparently) on Sunday for the Giants. Belt will miss at least the...
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