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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...

The Best And Worst Trade of The Decade For The Los Angeles Dodgers

Quinn Allen

Mar 24, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The decade of the 2010s started out on the wrong foot for the Los Angeles Dodgers, failing to make the postseason in 2010, 2011, and 2012. But since 2013, LA has impressed, appearing in the playoffs in each of ...

Ranking How Badly Josh Donaldson Suitors Need His Services

Robbie Stratakos

Jan 6, 2020

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Josh Donaldson, 34, is arguably the best player left on the free agent market. The 2015 American League Most Valuable Player Award recipient has four teams on his tail and/or who have been repeatedly linked to ...

Los Angeles Dodgers: Rumored Betts-Price Trade Would Fill Two Voids

Robbie Stratakos

Jan 6, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Los Angeles Dodgers need a starting pitcher and seem to want to make a splash on the position player market. How can they do both? Execute a trade with the payroll-embattled Boston Red Sox for Mookie Betts ...

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...

Advice to Dodgers GM Andrew Friedman

Joe Orsatti

May 1, 2018

Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

The defending National League champions have an uphill battle to even get back to the post season, as three of their four starting infielders (as well as Yasiel Puig) have gone down with injuries over the first...

10 Ways to Spot a Hack Writer

Jeff J. Snider

Oct 9, 2017

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

In a classic episode of Seinfeld, Jerry's fellow comedian and "Dentist to the Stars" Tim Whatley (played by Bryan Cranston) converts to Judaism, and Jerry comes to believe that Tim did so just so he could make ...

Stunner: Dodgers Steal Darvish at Finish Line

Ryan Waterman

Jul 31, 2017

Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Transactions

It took me some time to process before writing this, but Yu Darvish is no longer a Texas Ranger. With approximately 20 minutes remaining before the deadlines, Jeff Passan tweeted out that Darvish would be st...

Clayton Kershaw Starts Are Simply Must-Watch Games

Tom Dorsa

Apr 21, 2017

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

Nowadays, appreciating Hall of Fame-caliber talent is a must, as we never know who and what the voters in Cooperstown will be thinking. Only a few of the active players in Major League Baseball are surefire ele...

Corey Seager and Michael Fulmer Named Rookies of the Year

Josey Curtis

Nov 15, 2016

American League, Detroit Tigers, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, Offseason

On Monday evening, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award recipients for the National League and the American League. In the National League, Los ...

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