Let the Young Pups Play

January 5, 2020

Puppies . . .  who doesn’t love them?   Part of the charm of puppies is training them and teaching them to help them along the way in their growth to dogs.  “Raising a puppy is not necessarily easy, but it’s an adventure that’s full of rewards as you develop a deep bond with your pup that will last throughout his life. A lot of patience and a little extra effort…

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Yeah, Follow Them Over the Cliff – That’s the Ticket!

December 10, 2019

Several years ago, when the Dodgers traded for Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez (among others), I called BS. I still do. Yeah, I know what Kasten and Colletti were trying to do, but that was not the only way. Five years ago, when the Dodgers hired Andrew Friedman they had the biggest payroll in baseball and had been bounced from the playoffs two straight years after missing them altogether the…

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Let The Games Begin

November 16, 2019

Well the first domino fell on Thursday when Atlanta signed LHRP Will Smith for 3 years and $40MM.  It is a little less than Craig Kimbrel $$$, but not much.  The Braves are in a position to sign multiple FA and still be well south of the CBT threshold.  I expect them to make a run at MadBum and Yasmani Grandal, and maybe Josh Donaldson.  Some prognosticators have suggested with…

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WE Fickle Fans

July 19, 2019

I have been working on about ten different ideas for what to write, and none of them came to a cohesive blog post. Maybe this one will not as well. There has been a lot of speculation as to who the Dodgers may trade for and who they may be required to include in a trade. It is a huge climb from AAA to MLB, and yet we are ready…

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Why I Hate Joc Pederson

June 17, 2019

Some people evidently think I hate Joc, so I went with that catchy headline. In reality, I am not a hater. I don’t hate Joc Pederson and I don’t even hate the Giants. I don’t like the Giants but I don’t hate them. I love the Dodgers, but the opposite of LOVE is not HATE. It’s ambivalence. When you hate something, it controls you. If you are ambivalent about it,…

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Apples to Oranges

June 14, 2019

Last year when Corey Seager went down with Tommy John Surgery, it was immediately known that he would miss the rest of the season. Thus, the Manny Machado trade. It now appears that Corey will be out a month… maybe less, so there is absolutely NO WAY the Dodgers are going to trade for ANY shortstop, let alone anyone named Lindor. It ain’t happening! Comparing last season to this season…

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Dodgers Draft Day 1

June 4, 2019

Going into the draft it was thought that the Dodgers were going to pick the best player on their board regardless of position. The Dodgers had enough Bonus Pool money that they could have taken a big HS arm and paid to get them out of their commitment. I thought that Daniel Espino would have been the Dodger selection at #25 if he was available, but the Indians took him…

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The Bullpen: Fact & Fiction

May 24, 2019

It has been suggested by some that Craig Kimbrel is the solution to the Dodger’s bullpen woes. Just to be sure that I understand it, this is the Craig Kimbrel that Boston (who needed a closer) parted ways with and 28 other teams have passed on? No one wants him for a reason, but the Dodgers should sign him anyway with some silly “knee-jerk” reaction because he just happens to…

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The Dodgers Miss Yasmani Grandal

April 12, 2019

Well… at least the pitchers do! All that most Dodger fans remember about Yasmani Grandal were the passed balls.  He was regaled, reviled and ridiculed by many fans.  “Sure he hit a lot of home runs, but they were in streaks and he struck out too much even though he had a good on base percentage.  And on top of that he just disappeared in the playoffs last year”.  He…

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Positional Gaps in the Organization

April 6, 2019

The strength of the Farm system is unquestionably the pitching. It is not even close. The breakdown of the MLB Pipeline Top 30 prospects is: 12 – RHP 2 – LHP 4 – Catchers 5 – SS/2B 4 – 3B/1B 3 – OF Baseball America pretty much resembles MLB Pipeline’s prospect list except BA includes reliever Josh Sborz, and OF Carlos Rincon, replacing Braydon Fisher, Marshall Kasowski, and Leonel Valera….

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