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The Dodgers Shouldn’t Trade for Nolan Arenado

Nov 25, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Fact: no one has repeated as World Series champions since the New York Yankees in 2000. Another fun fact: Nolan Arenado is really good at baseball. But if you're the Los Angeles Dodgers, your aspirations of rep...

The Los Angeles Dodgers Never Wavered

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 29, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It happened: the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series. Years of postseason heartbreak and overall letdown dissipated on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas. Last decade the Dodgers come up short in Octo...

Is This Season Different for the Los Angeles Dodgers?

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 29, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Los Angeles Dodgers won 71.7 percent of their regular-season games, which would've been a franchise record had it been a 162-game season. Furthermore, they won the National League West for the eighth consec...

Unduly Expectations Have Been Placed on the Dodgers Starting Rotation

Robbie Stratakos

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...

Francisco Lindor is the Perfect Target for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Robbie Stratakos

Nov 11, 2019

Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

When a team wins 106 games in the regular season, you don't typically hear people clamoring for them to make a blockbuster move in the offseason. On the other hand, when you're the undisputed favorite to win yo...

This is a New Low for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 15, 2019

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

This is a new low for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They won the National League West by 21 games. They had the best record in the NL by nine games. They were the presumed favorite to win the NL, if not the World...

The Dodgers’ Struggles Start with their Offense

Austin Green

May 9, 2016

Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

Whenever the Los Angeles Dodgers start slumping like they have been this past week, most fans are always quick to blame the shortcomings in the team's pitching staff beyond Clayton Kershaw. It's easy to see why...

Who is Ross Stripling?

Austin Green

Apr 1, 2016

Breaking News, Headlines, Injuries, Los Angeles Dodgers, Spring Training

When the Los Angeles Dodgers' fifth starter job was opened up by an injury to Brett Anderson, I suggested five candidates for the role. As my luck would have it, none of those was the guy who won out: Ros...

Five Memorable Stolen Bases in Baseball History

Josey Curtis

Mar 22, 2016

Baseball History, Features

Seasoned baseball spectators can agree that the timely stealing of a base is capable of impacting the outcome of a ballgame as much as a long home run. However, it is rare that the theft of a bag is as thrillin...

Five Major Questions for the 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers

Austin Green

Jan 22, 2016

Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Credit: Denis Poroy / Getty Images North America The Los Angeles Dodgers' 2015-16 offseason has been unpredictable, unlucky, and sometimes even uninspiring. Expectations are higher among fans than perhaps a...

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