I finalized all my travel, hotel, and car rental requirements for my trip to Camelback Ranch on February 20-23. My son and my nephew are going with me. My son is 25, and my nephew is 38. The last time my son was at Spring Training was at Vero Beach when he was five (see pic below). Tommy signed a ball for my son. We still have it. Tony Jackson…
Sometimes, we find out later what we did not know that we did not know… and sometimes, we never find out. For example, I have some former employees that I am friends with but whom I would never want to work for me again. There may be various reasons for this. I may have reasons that I would never tell anyone. We recently saw the Dodgers jettison two former top…
MLB.com just came out with their first 2025 Power Rankings, and to no one’s surprise, the Dodgers are #1. The Phillies are #2, and the Yankees are #3. They said this about the Dodgers: 1. Dodgers (previously: 1)The Dodgers are basking in the warm glow of their World Series win, and they’ve brought in Blake Snell, Hyeseong Kim and Michael Conforto, while bringing back Teoscar Hernández and Blake Treinen. Most…
I don’t mean financially… I mean offensively! I don’t think it is any secret that he’s no power hitter. But he is a defensive wizard. I don’t know if I believe all the rumors, like Lux to the Yankees, but I do think it is a possibility that Hyeseong Kim could be the Dodgers’ second-baseman in 2025. Lux is below average as a 2B, while Kim has won the Korean…
A few days ago, Jeff Dominique thanked me on his blog (www.LaDodgerChronicles.com) for just passing on some information from Bear (Michael Norris) to him. It was not even a big deal. Just something you do for a friend. Michael did not have Jeff’s phone number and did not have his computer. Bear and I talked for a while and I passed on the information. Easy Peasy! A few years ago,…
Spring Training will be upon us soon enough. I had started by covering a couple of new and upcoming prospects, namely, Wyatt Crowell and Luke Fox. But, there are a lot more to cover and I had better get busy. Today, we are going to discuss some players taken in the 2024 Amateur Draft, namely Kellon Lindsey and Elijah Hanaline as well as other players who played at Rancho Cucamonga…
I am looking forward to what 2025 Brings. I have a busy schedule the first quarter: We are also doing more construction at our house… adding a hot tub and a large deck. Additionally, my wife’s neice and her husband and two kids (7 and 2) are moving in with us for six months. They were homeless in San Francisco, living in their car. We are giving them a second…
Many Dodger fans are worried that Mookie Betts will be a problem at SS. Some are begging the Dodger to put his back at RF or 2B. That is not going to happen. Mookie says that the infield is easier on his body as he does not have to run as much and walk out to the furthest part of the park every inning. He prefers to play SS. I…
Teoscar Hernandez is back… on an alleged three-year deal with a guaranteed $66 Million. It includes a $23 Million Signing Bonus and has $23 Million Deferred (like AF wanted). It also includes an option for a 4th year at $15 million. This is alleged, but the Dodger now have a powerhouser lineup! They were already a powerhouse. Look at This Lineup: Bench: Barnes, CT3, Kike, Rojas *This is after Ohtani…
It seems to many Dodger fans that Walker Buehler won 200 games and three Cy Youngs as a Dodger. The fact is: he won 47 games in his 7 years with the Dodgers, with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.090 WHIP. His best season was 2021, where he went 16-4 with a 2.47 ERA and a .0968 WHIP. He finished 4th in the Cy Young Voting that year. He did…