Now, before you all lose your minds, let me say that I am rooting for Shohei Ohtani to return to the mound and be a successful pitcher… I just am skeptical that he will! Look no further than our own (formerly) Walker Buehler and remember what a struggle it was for him last year to come back from his second Tommy John Surgery. Yes, he saved the World Series, but…
Workhorses are Overrated
In case no one told you… baseball is changing. Well, actually, it HAS changed. Most fans and insiders alike now understand that “Three Outcome Players” are no big deal. They understand that OPS is more important than BA. They understand that how we used to value players is not how we value them now. Some of us hate change, while others embrace it. Perhaps nothing has changed more than the…
The Dodgers Get their Heart and Soul Back
If you think that Kike Hernandez is “just another poor hitting utility player” you may suffer from the same malady Kike did the first half of last season: LACK OF VISION. Kike hit .191 in the first half of 2024, and during that time, he had a conversation with Martin Maldonado. “He told me that he and a couple of his teammates needed glasses, and they didn’t really know through…
100% Guaranteed Accurate Super Bowl Prediction
I am here to tell you the team that will win the Super Bowl tonight. Listen up! I guarantee the accuracy of this prediction 100%! OK, here it is: THE TEAM THAT SCORES THE MOST POINTS WILL WIN! Or.. I could have said THE TEAM WITH THE MVP WILL WIN! How the hell do I know who will win? I don’t dislike either team, so I do not have a…
You Might Be Stupider After Reading This…
There are some baseball projection services such as ZIPS and STEAMER, and I always say that I will never look at or consider them again because they are never right, but come the Dog Days before Spring Training, I end up looking ZIPS and here are some of their 2025 Projections: Hitters: I think the ones that are Highlighted are probably pretty accurate. Pitchers OK, I am stupider after reading…
Do We Know What We Don’t Know?
Let’s start with what we know: What we think we know: What we don’t know: What do we know that we don’t Know? You can build a superteam on paper, but then you have to play the game. Time and again, it has been proven that buying the best team and having the best team on paper often does not mean anything. That’s why they play the game, and that’s…
Spring & 2025 Possibilities
Everyone is considering what might happen by “Thinking in the Box.” A few of you are thinking “Outside of the Box,” but you all need to be aware that there is no box. Before I do so, I would like to have a moment of silence for Faye Vincent. He was a great man. He lived in Vero Beach, and I loved to talk to him as he sat in…
Fanfest 2025
A friend took this photo at Fanfest today. It is being held in the Parking Lot, but the Concessions are open inside, so when he went inside, he snapped that picture. They are making significant progress and ready to work on the field soon. It looked like a fun time, but we did get a few juicy tidbits: The Dodgers arguably have the best starting rotation and bullpen in baseball….
The Dodger’s Prospect Machine
This time last year, Baseball America ranked the Dodgers Prospects like this: Of those Top 30, 16 are gone, either graduating, being traded, waived, or just dropped out of the Top 30. That means that 16 new prospects are ranked in the Top 30. That’s a lot! Here are the 2025 Top 30 Dodger Prospects (the ones in BOLD are new) Don’t assume that the ones who just dropped out…
Mark Kertenian Update
In case you don’t know who Mark Kertenian is, he was the Manager of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2019 and was a rising star in the Dodger Organization. Here is a video as he approached the 2019 Season: He was slated to be the Bench Coach at OKC in 2020, but that never happened as COVID-19 hit. Then is the Spring of 2022, he was diagnosed with Functional Neurological…