LA Dodger Talk

On October 14, 2014, Andrew Friedman was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as President of Baseball Operations. Before coming to the Dodgers, he had previously served as Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations of the Tampa Bay Rays, where, despite overseeing one of the league’s lowest payrolls, he led the Rays to four postseason appearances, including two division titles (2008, 2010), in nine seasons from 2006-14. During Friedman’s time…

Around sixty years ago, the Beatles said it best: Money didn’t buy Roki Sasaki… at least in the short term. Roki is likely looking at the big picture, knowing full well that this rotation is likely headed to the 2025 World Series. If he goes to the World Series and wins some games, the payoff in endorsements will be huge! The Dodgers will own the Pacific Rim! ACES: Yamamoto, Snell,…

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…

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…

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…