Tim Federowicz
Timothy Joseph Federowicz
Positions : Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 215 lb.
Born : August 5 , 1987 in Erie, PA
High School : Apex HS (Apex, NC) School : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 2008 amateur draft.Signed July 7, 2008.
(All Transactions ) Debut : September 11, 2011 (Age 24)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Team : Dodgers 2011-20132013 Contract Status : Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$491k (13) (details ) [*] Service Time (01/2013) : 0.056, Arb Eligible : 2016, Free Agent : 2019 [*] , About biographical information
News -- May 2013
5/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Braves 3, Dodgers 1: The Wrath of Kenley : I did not, in the interest of full disclosure, watch tonight’s game, opting to take in the new Star Trek movie instead. ...
5/18 Lasorda's Lair: Bullpen Ruins Capuano’s Gem By Allowing Consecutive Atlanta Homeruns : Dodgers 1 2 0 Braves 3 7 1 WP- Gearrin (1-0) LP- Jansen (1-2) S- Kimbrel (13) HR- Gattis (8), Simmons (5) The Dodgers bullpen ...
5/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Braves May 18, 2013: Capuano vs Medlen : Good news, friends! Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register is reporting that Ted Lilly will be activated tomorrow, though ...
5/13 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Analyzing Matt Kemp’s power outage. : Matt Kemp collected his 1,000th career hit yesterday afternoon. Good thing the Dodgers recognized the accomplishment on the video ...
5/12 Inside the Dodgers: The best laid schemes of mice, men, publicists and catchers …. : A random note about today’s game … A publicist for the company Game Signs, which makes the colored fingernail tape ...
5/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Marlins @ Dodgers May 12, 2013: Maybe Win a Series, Maybe? : On Mother’s Day at Dodger Stadium, it’s kids day in the lineup: Tim Federowicz, Dee Gordon, & Scott Van Slyke ...
5/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Marlins @ Dodgers May 10, 2013: Now is the Van Slyke Of Your Discontent : Well, nothing boring about today, is there? Hours before the Dodgers officially announced they were adding Scott Van Slyke to ...
5/8 Inside the Dodgers: Tim Federowicz is the backup catcher again; Justin Sellers optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. : Tim Federowicz returned to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. In his mind, and on the depth chart, it was like he never left. Dodgers ...
5/8 Lasorda's Lair: Pre-game Thoughts With Don Mattingly : The gracious Don Mattingly is always willing to sit down and discuss questions with the media before the game, and this afternoon ...
5/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: D’Backs @ Dodgers May 8, 2013: The Three Catcher Society : No need to worry, friends: Elian Herrera is starting in left field tonight. Our problems are solved! Actually, there was some ...
5/8 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Recall Fedex, Option Sellers : Most Baseball teams only carry two catchers on their respective rosters, however the Dodgers will now be carrying three backstops, ...
5/8 FFLockerRoom: Los Angeles Dodgers Option Justin Sellers, Recall Tim Federowicz : The Los Angeles Dodgers have optioned short stop Justin Sellers to Triple-A Albuquerque. To take his spot on the active roster ...
5/8 Call to the Pen: Atlanta’s McCann on the Block? : Atlanta welcomed back its starting catcher, Brian McCann, two days ago and he has proceeded to go 1-8 with a single, a walk and ...
5/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Giants May 4, 2013: Welcome Back, Dee : Hanley Ramirez has been placed on the disabled list, and Dee Gordon‘s back in town. None of that is surprising, and we’ll ...
5/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Tattered Dodger Roster Gets Even Thinner : Well, I suppose we don’t have to worry about Dee Gordon moving to second base any time soon, do we? We still don’t ...
5/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Giants May 3, 2013: Win One for Clayton : Ellis Watch: Day 7. Tonight marks the seventh consecutive day that Mark Ellis is active yet out of the lineup as he tries to overcome ...
News -- April 2013
4/24 FFLockerRoom: Los Angeles Dodgers Activate Ted Lilly Option Tim Federowicz : MLB News: The Los Angeles Dodgers activated left hander Ted Lilly from the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, in time for him to ...
4/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Mets April 24, 2013: Sigh, It’s Ted Lilly : For the first time since May 23 of last year, Ted Lilly starts a game for the Dodgers. How’d that work out last time? Actually, ...
4/24 Lasorda's Lair: Ted Lilly Makes His Season Debut in NYC; Dodgers Draw Matt Harvey : Ted Lilly vs. Matt Harvey (4-0, 0.93) Lineup: TBA On Tuesday, the Dodgers announced that Chad Billingsley will undergo Tommy ...
4/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Orioles April 21, 2013: Now Billingsley’s Hurt, Because of Course He Is : I think we all knew Chad Billingsley‘s elbow was going to pop at some point — remember, we went through the lousy ...
4/18 MLB Injury News: Dodgers place Chris Capuano on DL : The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-handed starting
pitcher Chris Capuano on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left ...
4/18 Lasorda's Lair: Not Even Kershaw Can Save The Dodgers From The Hello Kitty Curse, And The Padres : Padres 7 13 0 Dodgers 2 10 1 WP-Brad Brach-1-0 LP-Kershaw-2-2 HR-Cabrera-2-Denorfia-1-Blanks-1 Let’s go over some quick ...
4/17 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers recall Tim Federowicz and place Chris Capuano (calf) on the 15-day disabled list. : Chris Capuano was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, ruling him out for the next time the Dodgers will need a fifth ...
4/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Padres @ Dodgers April 17, 2013: Capuano Gone, Kemp Out : As we all expected, Matt Kemp gets his first day off of the season as he attempts to shake himself loose from what’s been ...
4/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Padres April 11, 2013: Greinke vs Marquis, Really? : Aaron Harang‘s not a Dodger any longer, and he’s not a Rockie either — he’s now moving on to Seattle, ...
4/10 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers option Tim Federowicz to Triple-A Albuquerque. : The Dodgers, carrying three catchers and needing to make room for right-hander Chad Billingsley, optioned backstop Tim Federowicz ...
4/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Padres April 9, 2013: Happy Birthday, A.J : Looks like Luis Cruz‘ season-opening hitless streak is going to last at least one more day, pending some late-inning switches, ...
4/8 Lasorda's Lair: What Are We Getting From Ramon Hernandez? : The Dodgers acquired veteran Catcher Ramon Hernandez this weekend from Colorado, in exchange for right handed starter Aaron Harang, ...
4/8 mlbreports.com : Dodgers 1st Week In Review : Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.08/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent): Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly began ...
4/8 Inside the Dodgers: His days numbered in Los Angeles, Dodgers catcher Tim Federowicz keeps a brave face. : Tim Federowicz played like a man on a mission in his first game of the season Sunday because, well, he was. “Absolutely,” ...
4/7 Lasorda's Lair: Scrubbies Lead The Way To Help Dodgers Sweep Bucs : Pirates 2 4 0 Dodgers 6 11 1 WP-Ryu-1-1 LP-Locke-0-1 HR-McCutchen-1-Sellers-1 After the Dodger’s one to nill win ...
4/7 Inside the Dodgers: A day of firsts for the Dodgers’ starting lineup. : Nick Punto gets his first start, Luis Cruz and Andre Ethier get their first day off, and Tim Federowicz gets his first start behind ...
4/7 Inside the Dodgers: New Dodgers catcher Ramon Hernandez is happy for a change of scenery. : New Dodgers catcher Ramon Hernandez was a happy man as he took in his new surroundings Sunday morning. “This is one of the ...
4/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pirates @ Dodgers April 7, 2013: Ryu Goes For the Sweep : In his major league debut last Tuesday, Hyun-jin Ryu scattered 10 hits over 6.1 innings against the Giants, allowing three runs ...
4/7 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-jin Ryu Looks For First Win as Dodgers Go For a Sweep : Hyun-jin Ryu (0-1, 1.42) vs. Jeff Locke Lineup: The Dodgers evened up their record to 2-2 on Saturday evening as they shut out ...
4/6 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Trade Aaron Harang To Colorado For Veteran Catcher Ramon Hernandez : The Dodgers announced a move that really befuddled me, while I was visiting on the SportsSpeakLA show in Hollywood. However I ...
4/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pirates @ Dodgers April 6, 2013: Ramon Hernandez, The Newest Dodger : So after a brief period of excitement earlier this afternoon when we heard the Dodgers had acquired catcher Ramon Hernandez from ...
4/6 Sports Out West: Dodgers trade Aaron Harang for Rockies’ Ramon Hernandez : The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired veteran catcher Ramon Hernandez from the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Aaron Harang and cash ...
4/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers acquire Ramon Hernandez from Rockies for Aaron Harang in confusing deal :
In a bit of surprising news from Saturday morning, the Dodgers have acquired catcher Ramon Hernandez from the Rockies.
Jon ...
4/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Update: Dodgers Acquire Catcher Ramon Hernandez For Aaron Harang : Update, 12:09pm PT: Jon Heyman reports that the deal is actually Harang and cash considerations for Hernandez. Aaron Harang! In ...
4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Acquire Ramon Hernandez For Aaron Harang : 2:08pm: Colorado will recieve Aaron Harang in the deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter). The veteran ...
4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 24 Hours Left For the Dodger 25-Man Roster : Is Alex Castellanos about to trade in his Dodger blue for Isotope red? By 3pm ET / 12pm PT on Sunday, the Dodgers will need to ...
4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Justin Sellers, Really? : As we wait for confirmation of Clayton Kershaw‘s reported deal — TrueBlueLA has a good roundup of the other reports ...
News -- March 2013
3/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Gold Glovers: Examining the best defenders in the Dodgers' farm system : In what is probably the least-sexy tool among baseball players, I examine the best defensive players in the Dodgers' farm system.
There ...
3/29 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Beat The NOT Los Angeles Angels Of Orange County Of Anaheim In First Game Of Freeway Series : Dodgers 3 9 0 Angels 0 2 0 WP-Belisario-1-0 LP-Lowe-0-1 SV-League-1 The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the NOT Los Angeles Angels ...
3/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Six Days Before Opening Day, Six Questions Left For the Dodgers : With less than a week before Opening Day, the Dodgers still have a fair amount to work through. Taking from the most po**** questions ...
3/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers have some tough decisions to make about opening day roster :
The Dodgers have 38 players remaining in Major League camp after releasing reliever Mark Lowe on Sunday. The number has to ...
3/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodger Hat Contest Update: You People Are Hilarious : Mike’s in Florida to catch some spring training games for the weekend, though sadly not the Dodgers. (Go Orioles!) In the ...
3/21 Lasorda's Lair: Scrubbies Weekly-Rating The Dodger Scrubbies : Welcome to Scrubbies Weekly! This is a new series in which we will document the adventures of our lovable little utility players ...
3/20 Lasorda's Lair: Another Round of Cuts Sends Sellers, Tolleson, and Flores to Minor League Camp : The Dodgers continued to trim the roster on Tuesday. Justin Sellers, Shawn Tolleson, and Jesus Flores were all sent to Minor ...
3/19 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers reassign Jesus Flores; option Shawn Tolleson, Justin Sellers to minors. : The Dodgers shed a third catcher from their camp roster in as many days Tuesday by re-assigning Jesus Flores to the minors. That ...
3/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Time For Hanley Ramirez to Come Home (Plus Cuts & Tuesday Lineups) : Despite the ongoing battle over whether the World Baseball Classic “matters”, largely fueled by one national writer ...
3/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Tony Gwynn Gets Cut, Tim Federowicz (Probably) Wins a Job, and Monday Lineups : Other than pitcher Juan Abreu getting whacked after the game, we never did get the multiple promised post-doubleheader cuts we ...
3/18 Inside the Dodgers: Tony Gwynn Jr. among Dodgers’ cuts. : Tony Gwynn Jr. accepted an assignment to the Dodgers’ minor-league camp, catcher Ramon Castro was released and catcher Wilkin ...
3/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A.J. Ellis Gets Featured In the New York Times (Plus Saturday Lineups) : You know who will never stop being awesome and still doesn’t seem to get enough credit for it outside of Dodger circles? ...
3/12 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Travel To GoodYear For Rare Evening Game : I count five regulars in the Dodger lineup tonight, as the team travels to Goodyear Park to take on the Cincinnati Reds. Adrian ...
3/9 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers And The Big Show Face An Old Friend : The Dodgers will play the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at Camelback Ranch, weather permitting of course. The Dodgers had both ...
3/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Finding the Perfect Trade Return for Aaron Harang : I think we’re all in agreement that if and when a Dodger starter gets traded, it’s probably going to be Aaron Harang. ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 Venom Strikes: NL West Catching Primer : Where’s the D’back advantage? With almost half, 47 percent, of all games against division opponents this season, it’s ...
2/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Juan Uribe Is Just Too Good to Be True At This Point : The Dodgers are currently up on the Giants, 5-3, in the top of the fourth inning of today’s spring training game in Arizona. ...
2/25 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers and White Sox End Game Two with Tie : Dodgers 2 8 0 White Sox 2 7 1 HR- Dunn (1), Cruz (1) The Dodgers didn’t lose today. The Dodgers didn’t win today either. ...
2/24 Lasorda's Lair: Birdman, and Ryu Scheduled To Make Dodger Debut Against Pale Hose : The Dodgers will play their second exhibition game this afternoon, against the Chicago White Sox. Last night’s 9-0 drubbing ...
2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Could Trade For Starter : The Rockies' offense out-scored all but two National League clubs in 2012, even though Troy Tulowitzki missed two thirds of the ...
2/19 Lasorda's Lair: Dee Gordon Will Spend More Time in Minors : Barring any unforeseen injury or big upset during Spring Training, Don Mattingly has all but confirmed that Dee Gordon will be ...
2/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' full-season minor league team preview: Albuquerque Isotopes : This is the final post in a four-part series projecting the Dodgers' full-season minor league teams. To close out the series, ...
2/12 Lasorda's Lair: 17 Improvements I’d Like to See From the Dodgers in 2013 : Happy Spring Training eve! As pitchers and catchers begin working out at Camelback Ranch tomorrow, I’d like to outline 17 ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 Lasorda's Lair: A Glimpse Into the Future: Tim Federowicz : Barring any breakout showing from the non-roster invitee catchers during Spring Training, Tim Federowicz is penciled in as the ...
1/26 Lasorda's Lair: Baseball America Ranks Top Dodgers Prospects for 2013 : Baseball America recently ranked the top 10 Dodgers prospects in their annual list. Here are their picks for the best players ...
1/17 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Sign Veteran Catcher Jesus Flores and Aussie Reliever Peter Moylan : The Dodgers added two more minor league additions by signing catcher Jesus Flores and relief pitcher Peter Moylan. Flores, a ...
1/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: How Can the Dodgers Take Advantage of Today’s Big Trade? : As you may have heard, the Athletics, Mariners, & Nationals collaborated on a somewhat bizarre three-way trade today, with ...
1/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Jesus Flores Joins Crowded Dodger Backup Backstop Mix : Add another name into the spring battle to back up A.J. Ellis — per Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post, 28-year-old Jesus ...
1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Jesus Flores : The Dodgers signed catcher Jesus Flores to a minor league deal that includes in invitation to Spring Training, Adam Kilgore of ...
1/13 Lasorda's Lair: How Will Mark McGwire Impact the 2013 Dodgers? : Mark McGwire, the new hitting coach for the Dodgers, did not want to speak about the performance enhancing drug debate or Hall ...
1/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Invite Four Former Big Leaguers to Camp : As expected, the BBWAA completely spit the bit by failing to induct even a single candidate from a field that arguably had 10-12 ...
1/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Depth Chart Analysis: A Backlog of Backstops : Editor’s note: Over the next few weeks, our pal Christopher Jackson of the Albuquerque Baseball Examiner will be looking ...
1/5 Lasorda's Lair: Yasiel Puig Will Not Be Attending Winter Development Camp After All : The Dodgers officially announced the prospects who will be attending their sixth annual winter development camp at Camelback Ranch-Glendale, ...
1/4 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Invite 13 Prospects to Winter Development Camp in Arizona : The Dodgers will be holding their annual winter development camp next week at their Camelback Ranch training facility in Glendale, ...
1/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers invite top prospects to Winter Development Program in Arizona :
The Dodgers have invited 13 prospects to their annual Winter Development Program, which begins next week at Camelback Ranch.
The ...
1/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Invite 13 Prospects to Developmental Camp : Per Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com, the club has announced the 13 players who will attend the annual Winter Development camp, to be ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 Lasorda's Lair: Here’s to a Happy Blue Year for 2013! : As we begin a New Year with Spring Training and Opening Day right around the corner, we want to wish you and your family a safe ...
12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Dodgers, Angels, Federowicz, Wells : "The Los Angeles Dodgers ushered in 2012 with a divorce settlement," writes Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles in his recap of the ...
12/14 Baseball Jerks: Los Angeles Dodgers 2013 Preview : The new Dodgers owners didn’t waste any time trying to make good on their $2 billion investment. They are currently looking ...
12/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Complete Skip Schumaker Deal : As I first reported last night, the Dodgers and Cardinals have agreed to a swap of Skip Schumaker and minor league shortstop Jake ...
12/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So What’s Next For the Dodgers? : Fun note: last night, I was on the Baseball Prospectus “Effectively Wild” podcast with Ben Lindbergh & Sam Miller, ...
12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Catchers : Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
12/5 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Brian Wilson, Dodgers, D'Backs : The NL West saw a few free agent signings today, as the Diamondbacks inked Eric Chavez and Wil Nieves and the Rockies re-signed ...
12/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Bid Farewell to Two Pitchers And Oh Good Lord Something Please Happen Already : So long, Joe Blanton. He was never coming back to the Dodgers and I’ve already nearly forgotten he was ever on the team, ...
12/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day Two: Much Ado About Nothing : So after all the buildup to the winter meetings… things have been really, really quiet today. Unless you’re a Boston ...
12/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day One: The Ned Colletti Truth-O-Meter : After nearly a full day at the winter meetings, only Mike Napoli, Joakim Soria, James Loney, & Angel Pagan have already found ...
News -- November 2012
11/30 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors: A.J. Pierzynski : Could the Dodgers double down on A.J.s? The rumor mill is swirling, and one of the newest ones connected to the Dodgers is that they are ...
11/29 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Interested In A.J. Pierzynski : The Dodgers are suitors for free agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. "People familiar with [the ...
11/25 Lasorda's Lair: What Are We Going to Do About the Bench? : All of our focus so far this offseason has been on shoring up the starting rotation. With Chad Billingsley‘s elbow issue, ...
11/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Infield and Catchers : The Dodgers should have a strong infield heading into 2013, and I'm basing that solely on the fact the Dodgers have two potentially ...
11/13 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Add Six More Staff Members to their International Scouting Department : The Dodgers continue to strengthen their international scouting and player development department this offseason, and today it ...
11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Up-And-Comers: Catchers : Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Hanley, Catchers, Pitcher Trades : As ESPN's Jayson Stark writes, the Dodgers are rapidly turning into California's answer to the Yankees with their big-spending ...
11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Trade James Shields to the Los Angeles Dodgers? : The latest rumor is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have made trading for Rays starting pitcher James Shields their number one priority ...
11/1 BoSox Injection: The Bright Future: Red Sox Top Catching Prospects : Just two years ago, the Red Sox appeared to be totally stacked with minor league catching. Guys like Ryan Lavarnway, Luis Exposito, ...
News -- October 2012
10/30 Lasorda's Lair: Rivera, Treanor, and Coffey Become Free Agents After Dodgers Decline Their Contract Options : In the wake of the travesty that befell baseball last night, the Dodgers were busy making decisions for the 2013 season Monday. ...
10/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #13: 3B Luis Cruz : .297/.322/.431 296pa 6hr 2.6 fWAR A+ 2012 in brief: Longtime minor leaguer shockingly became the best player in baseball this ...
10/23 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger 2012 Season In Review Series-The Bench : In the latest of our season review installments in which we review different aspects of the 2012 Dodgers, today I will be reviewing ...
10/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #3: C Tim Federowicz : .333/.500/.333 4pa 0hr 0.1 fWAR (inc.) 2012 in brief: Four mere September plate appearances make me regret doing a post on each ...
10/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Dodgers | Tim Federowicz could be backup: Los Angeles Dodgers C Tim Federowicz could serve as the backup to C A.J. Ellis next season. Federowicz hit .294 with 11 home runs, ...[+]
76 RBIs and a .371 on-base percentage with Triple-A Albuquerque. 'We have much more confidence in him than we did a year ago,' general manager Ned Colletti said. 'Not that we didn't a year ago, but his experience is vastly greater.'
10/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #2: C Matt Treanor : .175/.281/.282 122pa 2hr -0.1 fWAR D- 2012 in brief: Card-carrying member of International Brotherhood of Backup Catchers may ...
10/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #1: C A.J. Ellis : .270/.373/.414 505pa 13hr 4.1 fWAR A++ 2012 in brief: Minor league lifer turned real life folk hero contributed a breakout season ...
10/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Season Reviews Start Tomorrow : It’s October, and that’s a wonderful time of year to be a baseball fan. It’s somewhat of a less wonderful time ...
10/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers October 3, 2012: The Battle of Who Could Care Less : Nope… still not over it. You know, I think we all knew that tying St. Louis and getting into a one-game playoff on Thursday ...
10/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers October 2, 2012: Zito vs Capuano : Just all kinds of fun going on today, isn’t there? Chris Capuano, starting tonight in yet another must-win game (though ...
News -- September 2012
9/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers' all-prospect team :
There are lots of familiar names on this list, but also a lot of new names on this year's all-prospect team.
To be eligible ...
9/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cardinals @ Dodgers September 16, 2012: Live Free or Fife Hard : So the immutable laws of nature hold true: I drop off the grid, and good things happen. In this case, that’s two wins and ...
9/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Treanor Is Just the Best : Well, not in a baseball sense, because he’s having what is arguably the worst offensive year of a career that was already ...
9/10 Lasorda's Lair: Albuquerque Isotopes Lose to the Omaha Chasers in the American Conference Championship Series : After a historic come-from-behind win in game four of the American Conference Championship Series, the Isotopes fell to the Omaha ...
9/5 Roto Think Tank: September Call-Ups (and Call Backs): National League : 0 0 1 1147 6543 Roto Think Tank 54 15 7675 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
9/3 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger’s Labor Day Season Grades : Today is Labor Day. The annual holiday is known to most for barbecues, beaches, and traffic. For Baseball, it marks the three ...
9/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Diamondbacks @ Dodgers September 2, 2012: Welcome Back, Bobby : Just barely over a month after being DFA’d when the Dodgers acquired Shane Victorino, 38-year-old Bobby Abreu is back. He ...
9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Dodgers | Three summoned from minors: The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled P John Ely, C Tim Federowicz and RP Javy Guerra from Triple-A Albuquerque Saturday, Sept. 1. ...[+]
9/1 Lasorda's Lair: Josh Beckett Makes Dodger Stadium Debut as Dodgers Try to Win One Against D-Backs : Josh Beckett (5-12, 5.21) vs. Tyler Skaggs (1-1, 2.92) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Arizona M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8 Ramirez ...
9/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Diamondbacks @ Dodgers September 1, 2012: Skaggs vs Beckett : As many of you know, I’m getting married on September 15, two weeks from today. But now that I’m reading details of ...
News -- August 2012
8/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Roster Expansion Likely to Bring Back Some Familiar Faces : Tomorrow is September 1, which means that rosters expand, and I’d much rather indulge in some good old-fashioned rosterbation ...
8/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers troll Jerry Sands by recalling him for one start :
My fondness of Tony Gwynn is no secret. When the Dodgers signed him to a 2-year deal this winter, I was all in favor of it.
But ...
News -- July 2012
7/31 Lasorda's Lair: Reviewing The Trayvon Robinson Trade, One Year Later : It’s trade season again, and it’s a good time to review trades from season’s past. One of those trades that ended up being ...
7/23 Talkin Sox with Dan: Red Sox Trade Talk : In a three team deal made last season, the Red Sox acquired Erik Bedard from the Seattle Mariners. The Sox shipped Tim Federowicz, ...
News -- May 2012
5/10 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Dodgers : The Dodgers are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (5)
Andre Ethier - The Dodgers ...
5/2 MLB Dirt: Players Begging For a Call-Up: NL Edition : We are into the second month of the baseball season and although most of the samples we have on player performance are small we ...
News -- April 2012
4/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Harang's histroic night and late-inning magic lead Dodgers to win, plus minor-league news : Despite a bad ninth inning by reliever Kenley Jansen, the Dodgers still won their seventh in eight games 9-8 via the walk-off ...
4/7 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The new and improved Chad Billingsley, plus notes from the minors : Chad Billingsley's 2012 season debut was, to put it mildly, beastly. He went 8 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 11 Padres ...
4/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Zach Lee's Cal League debut a rousing success, plus other Opening Day news : While the Dodgers were busy dispatching of San Diego 5-3 despite an ailing Clayton Kershaw, Zach Lee (right) was making his ...
4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers : The Dodgers spent aggressively on veteran free agents and locked up their top position player in their final offseason under ...
News -- March 2012
3/20 MLB Dirt: 2012 MLB Rookie Watch: NL West : I am launching a new series for MLB Dirt, breaking down the rookies to watch for in 2012 for each team. I will be going division ...
3/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Spring Training battles emerging, plus roster cuts and ownership news : The Dodgers made their second round of Spring Training cuts today, reassigning Jeff Baisley, Gorman Erickson, Matt Wallach ...
3/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Albuquerque Isotopes' offense will be fun to watch : At about this time last year, I was writing about Jerry Sands and his hot start in Spring Training.With a 2-for-14 start in Spring ...
3/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Three Weeks Left in the Ownership Race: Cohen, Kroenke, & Magic In the Lead? : For something that is so monumentally important to the future of this franchise, it’s strange to admit that the ownership ...
3/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Chris Capuano Gets Off to a Good Start : Chris Capuano succeeded where Ted Lilly & Aaron Harang could not, becoming the first of the three over-30 Dodger starters ...
News -- February 2012
2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking down the 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers : This is the most exciting time of the year for baseball fans. MLB’s spring training is underway, and every team is undefeated. ...
2/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Are the Dodgers Going To Have the Weakest Catching Situation in Baseball? : All of us love A.J. Ellis around here. How can you not? He’s the kind of guy you always root for, because after having been ...
2/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Breaking down FanGraphs' Top 15 Dodgers' prospect list : Marc Hulet of FanGraphs today published his Top 15 Dodgers' prospects list, and the first eight are pretty standard, but there ...
News -- January 2012
1/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Baseball Prospectus releases its Top 20 Dodgers' prospects for 2012 : Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus revealed his Top 20 Dodgers' prospects today. There are a few surprises -- good and bad ...
1/20 Lasorda's Lair: Should the Dodgers Bat A.J. Ellis at the Top of the Lineup? : Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis will get his chance to show us what he’s got over an entire season. The 30-year old backstop will ...
1/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers about done with moves, focus on Winter Development Program : To no one's surprise, Ned Colletti said the Dodgers are at their payroll limit, meaning there are not going to be anymore significant ...
1/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A Brief Look At Your 2012 Chattanooga Lookouts : Last week, I took a look at a prospective roster for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes and enjoyed the process enough that I thought ...
News -- December 2011
12/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Checking Into the 2012 Albuquerque Isotopes : Last year at this time, I look a look at how the roster was shaping up for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. Considering how ...
12/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day One : Update, 9:50am PT: This isn’t really a winter meetings rumor, but still fun to share. John Sickels has released his top ...
News -- November 2011
11/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Baseball America's Top 10 Dodgers' prospects leaked : Well, Friday was to be the day Baseball America released its Top 10 Dodgers' prospects. But the Dodgers' official Twitter account ...
11/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers looking to pickup Matt Treanor, plus other tidbits : Well, we knew Ned Colletti wouldn't go into the season with A.J. Ellis and Tim Federowicz as the team's only catchers, so he's ...
11/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Another Day, Another Rumor: Dodgers Reportedly Interested in Matt Treanor : Ken Gurnick at Dodgers.com: The Dodgers’ search for a veteran catcher apparently has turned to Matt Treanor, who split time ...
11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Interested In Matt Treanor : The Dodgers are after a veteran catcher and are now looking at Matt Treanor, a baseball source told Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. ...
11/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers lose Rod Barajas and Jamey Carroll : The Dodgers lost a pair of free agents in the last two days -- Rod Barajas and Jamey Carroll.Barajas signed a 1-year, $4 million ...
11/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Interested in Second Basemen and Catchers : Yesterday at Fox Sports, Ken Rosenthal put some names out there that the Dodgers might be looking at to fill the second base hole ...
11/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rod Barajas Heads to Pittsburgh : It figures that it would come about five minutes after I publish a season in review piece, but there’s real actual news ...
11/7 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season preview: Trade targets : In the last of my off-season previews, I look at potential trade targets. The Dodgers' minor-league system is rich with low-level ...
11/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season preview: Free agent position players : This is the third in my off-season preview series. This time, I look at the free agent market for position players. There are ...
News -- October 2011
10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers : The Dodgers' ownership battle may be coming to a close, but Ned Colletti must endure uncertainty for one more offseason as he ...
10/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Catcher : In the fourth of my season review, I look at the catchers for the Dodgers. Like the rest of the infield, the catcher's position ...
10/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Parse Ned Colletti’s Comments on 2012 : Ned Colletti gave a lengthy interview to Jim Bowden of ESPN/LA this week, and he was surprisingly candid about his thoughts on ...
10/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Colletti, Kuroda, Barajas, Legal Ruling : On this day in 1978, the Dodgers clinched the NLCS on Bill Russell's walkoff single in the 10th inning of Game Four. It was ...
10/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Playoffs, schmayoffs … what are Dodgers’ plans for offseason? : There is some exciting baseball being played in the American League and National League playoffs. No doubt, there are even fans ...
10/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Catcher : As promised yesterday, we’re kicking off the fifth year of MSTI Season Reviews today with the catchers. I’ll probably ...
News -- September 2011
9/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ned Colletti Thinks the Dodgers Are Close to Contending, Because Of Course He Does : While I was away for the weekend, we saw Clayton Kershaw dominate the Giants as usual, Dana Eveland do his best to match Kershaw’s ...