In his 10 seasons as the Dodgers President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman has been responsible for the acquisition of some of the best players to ever wear a Dodger uniform, either by trade, free agency, via the MLB draft, or homegrown through one of the best farm systems in the game today. For those unfamiliar with Friedman’s baseball background, it is rather … [Read more...] about The One That Got Away.
Improbable to Plausible Trades
As the 2024 MLB trade deadline (6:00 PM ET, July 30) draws closer, we read more and more suppositions regarding Dodgers trade targets. More pitching, adding another outfielder, perhaps a middle infielder. Some baseball experts think the team may make a couple of significant deals before the deadline as they prepare for the stretch drive to the postseason tournament. Some big … [Read more...] about Improbable to Plausible Trades
Ohtani Gives Fans What They Came To See
It was textbook, and for Dodger fans, entirely expected. In the top of the third inning of Tuesday’s 2024 MLB All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, 30-year-old Dodgers designated hitter and international superstar Shohei Ohtani hit a 400-foot three-run home run to right-center field to give the National League a (then) 3-0 lead over the American League … [Read more...] about Ohtani Gives Fans What They Came To See
It’s Time
There is no doubt that injuries have brought the Dodgers back to the rest of the NL West pack. Losing players to the Injured List has been crushing to team performance: Mookie Betts, Ryan Brasier, Walker Buehler, Tyler Glasnow, Joe Kelly, Bobby Miller, Max Muncy, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Clayton Kershaw, who has yet to pitch in a competitive game for the Major League … [Read more...] about It’s Time
Never A Doubt
When it was announced last week that 31-year-old Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández had agreed to participate in the 2024 Home Run Derby in advance of Tuesday’s Mid-Summer Classic, there wasn’t a Dodger fan on the planet who didn’t say (or at least think) ‘Well, there’s your winner.’ …and they were right. On Monday evening in front of an announced Globe Life Field crowd … [Read more...] about Never A Doubt