Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers News: Corey Seager Ranked Top-10 Shortstop By MLB Network’s Brian Kenny & Bill Ripken

Entering last season the Los Angeles Dodgers were in the tricky position of needing to fill the void left at shortstop after Hanley Ramirez signed with the Boston Red Sox without blocking the rise of Corey Seager. Los Angeles wound…

Matthew Moreno

Analyzing Top Dodgers Non-Roster Spring Training Invitees

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their annual non-roster invitees to Spring Training on Monday...

Jared Massey

Dodgers News: Micah Johnson Ranked Top-10 Second Baseman By MLB Pipeline

Under team president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman the Los Angeles Dodgers have carefully protected their crop of prospects while simultaneously focusing on adding to the farm system. Such was the case in a three-team trade last December with the…

Matthew Moreno

Dodgers News: Rob Manfred Says MLB Doesn’t Have ‘Seat’ At SportsNet LA Negotiation Table

With Spring Training around the corner, it serves as another unfortunate reminder Time Warner Cable's SportsNet LA isn't yet fully distributed across the greater Los Angeles area. While TWC managed to strike deals with Bright House Networks and Charter Communications,…

Matthew Moreno

Dodgers News: Jose De Leon, Julio Urias Headline Group Of Spring Training Non-Roster Invitees

UPDATE (Jan. 27, 12:15 p.m. PT): Brandon Beachy, who was outrighted to Triple-A Oklahoma City, joined the group of non-roster invitees to big league camp. Prospects Jose De Leon and Julio Urias are among the 16 players who were extended…

Matthew Moreno

Dodgers News: Clayton Kershaw Ranked Top Starting Pitcher By MLB Network

Coming off a season in which he was named the National League MVP and won a second consecutive NL Cy Young Award (third since 2011), Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw failed to meet the grand expectations placed on him…

Matthew Moreno

Dodgers News: Julio Urias Maintaining Respect Along Path To Majors

When the expectations of an entire city are on your shoulders, the hype and constant analysis can become overbearing. To combat that, the Los Angeles Dodgers have nursed along one of the most formidable young pitching prospects in Major League…

Eric Avakian

Dodgers 2015 Player Review: Howie Kendrick

Last offseason after the Los Angeles Dodgers hired Andrew Friedman to be their president of baseball operations, he made an immediate splash by trading All-star second baseman Dee Gordon to the Miami Marlins. In return for Gordon, Dan Haren and…

Daniel Starkand

MLB News: Joe Torre Details Expansion Of Instant Replay

When instant replay was introduced into Major League Baseball back in August 2008, some were skeptical as to whether or not its benefits would offset the in-game delay(s) that would be associated with it. The use of replay was limited…

Eric Avakian

Dodgers News: Maury Wills Believes Hall Of Fame Induction Will Come

Earlier this month Ken Griffey Jr. and former Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza were the lone players voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for the 2015 class. Griffey, who was eligible for the first time in his career,…

Daniel Starkand

Dodgers Love L.A. Community Tour Scheduled To Begin Jan. 25

With the offseason winding down, the Los Angeles Dodgers will spend next week serving the greater Los Angeles area for the club's 13th annual community service week. Beginning Monday, Jan. 25, the Dodgers Love L.A. Tour presented by Bank of…

Matthew Moreno

Dodgers News: Cody Bellinger Ranked Top-10 First Baseman In Minors

An organization once built on the foundation of their farm system, the Los Angeles Dodgers' crop of Minor League talent was depleted under previous owner Frank McCourt. With Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten leading the charge, the Guggenheim group…

Matthew Moreno