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….
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…
There are 1,458 innings in a 162-game baseball schedule. Of course, games will inevitably go into extra innings, so let’s call a season 1,500 innings (give or take). I have stated before that I would not be surprised if no Dodger starter pitched more than 125 innings. For argument’s sake, let’s say that is true. Let’s see how that looks: That’s just 750 Innings, half of what is needed in…
As you have probably heard, Eric Wedge was recently named manager of the Dodger’s AA Affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers. Scott Hennessey was formerly the manager of Tulsa, but he moved up to the OKC Comets last fall after former OKC Manager Travis Barbary decided that he would rather be a roving instructor. Being a roving instructor is a much lower-pressure job and much less demanding, although vitally important in player…
Padre Fans, Giant Fans, Ranger Fans, Braves Fans, Blue Jays Fans, and every other baseball fan on the face of this earth are bitching up a storm about how the Dodgers are “ruining baseball.” They would be fine if their team was doing what the Dodgers are doing, but no one else can do what the Dodgers are doing! Nobody but Nobody! The fact of the matter is that it’s…
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…
The Los Angeles Dodgers finally signed Tanner Scott for their bullpen, giving them a plethora of closers… or maybe we should just call them “high-leverage relievers.” In addition to Scott, who has a total of 55 saves in his career, the Dodgers have the following pitchers with closing experience: But, the pitcher with the most closing experience is Blake Treinen with 80 saves. Adding Scott certainly gives them more options,…
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…
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…