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…
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…
I realize that in your tenure as President of Dodger baseball, the LA Dodgers have the best winning percentage of any MLB team and that the organization is the envy of all other teams. In short, the Dodgers are the model organization. I understand that and am even amazed at the fact that even though the Dodgers draft near the bottom every year, the farm system is one of the…
Maybe now Dodger fans can put their brains back into their heads and think logically… or is that too much to ask? Two wins in one day! Some good things happened during the games, including the Dodgers coming from behind to win Game 1 and Gavin Stone’s Gem in Game 2 where he became the 13th pitcher in MLB to go seven scoreless innings while striking out 7 and walking…
There are thirteen pitchers who love Austin Barnes. He is an “on-the-field-pitching coach.” He is not going anywhere, so get that out of your mind. Hunter Feduccia, who happens to be LH, may or may not be a better hitter, and maybe his arm is slightly better, but he is no Austin Barnes insofar as a receiver. Unless Barnes is injured, he is not going anywhere (did I mention that…
Yesterday was the first game of the year that I did not watch an inning, but I did go back and watch the condensed debacle. It was about as bad as the Pacers-Celtics game I went to last night. My son-in-law is a a Celtics fan, so it made things even worse. He is also a Red Sox fan and is envious of the fact that the Dodgers are good…
No, not that Bear… the proverbial bear! I guess you are going to lose one-third of the games. It’s baseball… and sometimes it is maddening. The bottom of the lineup continues to be a problem. Vargas got a nice hit but now has to demonstrate that he can keep it up. Lux was 2-4 and is now at .203, but Teoscar is in a slump, having hit .219 in his…
Every now and then, it is all about random stuff: Ambidextrous Freak Jason Gay in the Wall Street Journal has a piece entitled: This Amazing Pitcher Throws 95 MPH Right-Handed—and 93 MPH Left-Handed -Ambidextrous ace Jurrangelo Cijntje is no gimmick—he is a legit major-league prospect helping Mississippi State try to return to the College World Series His unearthly gift must be seen to be believed: a right-handed college pitcher, confident…
Elly De La Cruz has stolen 30 bases in 35 attempts, so it seems logical to keep him off the bases… right? Nah, that’s too easy – let’s have him get on base all five at-bats! Tyler Glasnow will have an occasional bad game. That was one last night. The hitters either show up en masse or they are no-shows. Chris Taylor got an “excuse me” hit on an 81…
As the Dodgers prepare to play the Padres in Slam Diego this weekend, it occurred to me that maybe there is a team sitting on a bad contract that the Dodgers might target to get rid of Chris Taylor. I have not had time to consider who that might be, but I’ll bet there is a longer, bigger, bad contract that the Dodgers might take a flyer on. Have fun!…