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The Dodgers slugged 244 homers last season, led by Ohtani’s 55. That was 20 more than the second highest, the Mets had. The Mets lost a major power source with Alonso leaving in free agency for Baltimore. LA replaced the 12 homers hit by Michael Conforto with Kyle Tucker, who…
The Dodgers optioned OF Ryan Ward and LHP Ronan Kopp to Triple-A Oklahoma City, and sent pitchers Carlos Duran , Carson Hobbs , Garrett McDaniels , J ackson Ferris, Wyatt Mills , Jordan Weems , and Lucas Wepf, catcher Griffin Lockwood-Powell, and OFs Josue De Paula and Kendall…
The Dodgers’ roster right now looks a little less like a youth movement and a little more like a high school reunion where everyone keeps saying, “Wow… has it really been 15 years?” For the record, I don’t dislike Alex Call or Santiago Espinal. Not at all. Both are perfectly…
Spring Training is baseball’s annual mirage season . A few weeks in Arizona or Florida and suddenly a utility infielder is Babe Ruth, a 29-year-old minor leaguer looks like the next MVP, and fans begin carving statues before Opening Day. Then… the roster comes out and that hero…
The annual Top-30 Dodgers Prospect List is baseball’s version of opening a crate of fireworks. Some rockets soar, some spin sideways into the neighbor’s yard, and one explodes so gloriously that the entire league asks, “Where did that come from?” Here is the completely rational…
Baseball fans are a unique group. Every February, somewhere in Arizona or Florida, a perfectly rational adult watches a 32 year old utility infielder line a double off a pitcher who will be selling insurance by July… and immediately declares, with the confidence of a Supreme…
“ Lockwood-Powell ” is too long a name to be on a jersey. Griffin, sit down with your parents and either become Lockwood or Powell. Geeeeezzzz. Zyhir Hope is so talented and so muscle-bound. It’s slightly freakish. I worry about injury, but he really hits that ball soooooo hard…
Well, spring training is underway. Dodger pitchers have looked great in the first four games, allowing just 4 earned runs. They have scored 34 runs in the four games without hitting a home run, which is also pretty impressive considering the power potential of the team. And the…
NOTE: I had a Dodger fan send me this today. He said that he likes his anonymity. He calls himself an “Anonymous, long-time reader and friend of LADT” and uses the moniker Bill Kreuger , who appeared in one game for the Dodgers in 1988. Here is what he wants to say: I didn’t…
It was a fun week with the family in Arizona. We went to two games at Camelback Ranch and went to the Aquarium as well as frequenting some amazing restaurants. My sons’ kids are 2 and 5 so, this is a special time. I met Paul Vu, a longtime LaDodgerTalk.com reader who doesn’t “…
Most fans do not read too much into the Dodgers’ pickup of Jack Suwinski on waivers from the Pirates, but he could actually make the Opening Day roster (with a good spring) as he is out of Minor League options. He may actually have an outside chance at breaking camp with Los…
I always try not to draw any conclusions from just one game, but I do have eyes, and here are a few things worth considering:
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