The Dodgers lost their Spring Training game against the Colorado Rockies by a score of 2-0 at Salt River Fields on Thursday afternoon. That’s the bad news. The good great news is that 35-year-old veteran eight-time All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman went 1-for-2 in his 2025 Cactus League debut as the Dodgers designated hitter with a sharp single to right in his first … [Read more...] about Dodgers Lose – But Win
Dodgers Announce 2025 Minor League Coaching Staffs
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their Minor League coaching staffs for the 2025 season with Scott Hennessey (Oklahoma City), Eric Wedge (Tulsa), Jair Fernandez (Great Lakes), John Shoemaker (Rancho Cucamonga), Juan Apodaca (Arizona Complex League Dodgers), Leury Bonilla and Sergio Mendez (Dominican Summer League Dodgers) all leading their respective squads. ‘Shoe‘ returns … [Read more...] about Dodgers Announce 2025 Minor League Coaching Staffs
Snell Sharp In Spring Training Debut
Although 32-year-old Dodgers right-hander Blake Snell needed 30 pitches to the four Seattle Mariners batters he faced in his 2025 Spring Training – and Dodgers – debut on Tuesday afternoon, 20 of those were strikes. The Seattle, WA native and first-round draft pick in 2011 by the Tampa Bay Rays out of Shorewood High School in Shoreline, WA allowed only one hit, a harmless … [Read more...] about Snell Sharp In Spring Training Debut
It’s Still Early
It’s something that we hear often this time of year: “Spring Training games are meaningless games,” and “It’s still early.” But what’s ironic is that you rarely (if ever) hear it from fans of teams that are atop their respective Spring Training leagues, be it the Grapefruit League or the Cactus League. By the same token, you often hear it from fans of teams that … [Read more...] about It’s Still Early
The Force Be With May
The last time 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dustin May threw a pitch in an MLB game was on May 17, 2023. That was 20 months ago – or 90.4 weeks ago – or 648 days ago. May’s last competitive pitch in an actual MLB game was on May 17, 2023, on which he got Twins designated hitter Byron Buxton to fly out to left for the final out of the top of the first inning. (SportsNet … [Read more...] about The Force Be With May