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Unduly Expectations Have Been Placed on the Dodgers Starting Rotation

Jul 20, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers are arguably the best team in the National League. Yes, they have a remarkably deep pitching staff. That means their starting rotation will be invincible, right? Incorrect, their ro...

Ten Under-the-Radar MLB Free Agents Worth Taking a Flier on

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 3, 2019

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

While Major League Baseball waits for Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon, Stephen Strasburg, and other high-profile free agents to make decisions on where to play in 2020, here are 10 under-the-radar MLB players worth...

Dodgers Begin the Year of Tough Roster Decisions

Jeff J. Snider

Apr 13, 2017

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

The 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers were not built around a 25-man roster. That team, due mostly to a record number of disabled list trips, had 55 different players (including 31 pitchers) make at least one appearance...

Dodgers to Recall Julio Urias, Send Wood to DL

Ryan Waterman

May 31, 2016

Headlines, Injuries, Los Angeles Dodgers

The emotional roller-coaster continues for 19-year-old super-prospect Julio Urias. Just days after making his MLB debut and subsequently being sent back down to the minors, the young southpaw is reportedly m...

Examining the Dodgers’ Struggling Rotation

Hawkins DuBois

May 10, 2016

Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

Coming into 2016 the Los Angeles Dodgers were praised for their depth. Andrew Friedman and company had spent the offseason stockpiling any number of players who could hang out on the bench, in the bullpen, or i...

Hector Olivera Continues to Rake at Spring Training

Steve Benko

Mar 18, 2016

Atlanta Braves

Dealing Alex Wood to the Dodgers for Hector Olivera brought a great deal of uncertainty to the Braves organization. Although a promising prospect, there were some question marks attached to him - for one, he wa...

Jose Bautista and the Prevalence of the Bat Flip

Gershon Rabinowitz

Oct 16, 2015

American League, Features, Major League Baseball, Postseason, Toronto Blue Jays

Emotion is at the forefront of sports. Feelings of accomplishment escape from the soul, finding their way out of the body to display feelings that become publicly immortalized. These days those images are proud...

Dodgers, Braves, Marlins finalize 13-player trade

Joshua Sadlock

Jul 30, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, National League, Transactions

It's taken two days to get done -- as trades involving 13 players typically do -- but the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and Miami Marlins have completed a blockbuster trade, according to ESPN's Jim Bowde...

BREAKING: Dodgers, Braves, Marlins Nearing Blockbuster Deal

Steve Benko

Jul 29, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Breaking News, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the first team to make a big splash in the trade pool. The Dodgers have agreed to send Hector Olivera to the Atlanta Braves, for Luis Avilan, Jim Johnson, Alex Wood, and Jose Peraza...

Daily Fantasy Sports Help: April 24th

Paul Mammino

Apr 24, 2015

Fantasy, Features

All thirty teams are in action on this Friday with all fifteen of the games starting 7:05 ET or later. Weather does not appear to be a factor in any games, as any places with a chance of rain are at fields with...

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