Kenley Geronimo Jansen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: September 30, 1987 in Willemstad, Curacao
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 2010 (Age 22)   vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Team: Dodgers 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$512k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.073, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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• 6/16 Raise the Jolly Roger: Dodgers 5, Pirates 3: The Pirates fell to the Dodgers in a wild, wild game on Saturday afternoon, evening this weekend’s series. Brandon Cumpton...
• 6/16 Lasorda's Lair: Zack Greinke and Dodgers Look to Take Rubber Game vs. Bucs: Zack Greinke (3-1, 3.68) vs. Gerrit Cole (1-0, 2.84) Lineup: TBA The Dodgers somehow came back to win game two in eleven innings...
• 6/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Take Game Two in Extras in Pittsburgh Yet Kershaw Misses Out on Another Win: Dodgers 5 10 1 Pirates 3 9 1 F/11 WP- Moylan (1-0) LP- Mazzaro (3-1) S- League (14) HR- Snider (3) The Dodgers were shut out in...
• 6/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 5, Pirates 3: ….And Exhale: If not for an awful throwing mistake by Hanley Ramirez in the first inning, Clayton Kershaw would have been working on a shutout...
• 6/15 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 12 Closer Report: Get me rewrite! I wanted to stay up late to see if the Mariners got a save opportunity. And if they did, how Eric Wedge would...
• 6/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Observations: Part Two: David Price: Following a simulated game, the Rays seem more confident in the prompt return of Price, with late June looking like...
• 6/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball updated in season holds rankings – week 12 – June 14th, 2013: There was a slight upheaval in the fantasy baseball holds rankings this week, as Kenley Jansen finally made the expected move...
• 6/13 Baseball Jerks: Week 11 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Stock Market: Gee-Unit: A season ago, former-first round pick and top 100 prospect Tyler Colvin was blossoming into a serious hitter, batting .290 with...
• 6/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 43 - Puig, Jansen, Urias, Seager, draft: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) talk about everything Dodgers from the previous week, but not...
• 6/12 BaseballGuys.com: FSTA, Pitching & Vacation: For those of you that don’t know, I’m in Chicago for the next couple of days for the Fantasy Sports Trade Association...
• 6/11 Inside the Dodgers: Kenley Jansen is the Dodgers’ new closer.: Brandon League is out as the Dodgers’ closer and Kenley Jansen is in. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said that he had been...
• 6/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: D’Backs @ Dodgers June 11, 2013: Call In The, Uh, Calvalry?: After a disaster like last night — this entire season, really — the people demand action. And action we have, though...
• 6/11 Lasorda's Lair: Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Dodgers Hand Ball to Greinke in Game Two vs. Snakes: Zack Greinke (3-1, 3.89) vs. Ian Kennedy (3-4, 5.72) Lineup: TBA Don Mattingly chose to stick with Brandon League in the ninth...
• 6/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Brandon League Strikes Again. Now What?: Brandon League is an absolute mess. I know this. You know this. Don Mattingly, despite his refusal to publicly throw his closer...
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• 6/7 Braves Journal: Dodgers 5, Braves still deplaning: If you are going to win 54, and you’re going to lose 54, and it’s the 54 in the middle that makes the difference,...
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• 6/5 Lasorda's Lair: San Diego Gets Puig’d, As Super Phenom’s Two Home Runs leads Dodgers To Win: Padres    7 13 1 Dodgers 9 10 1 WP-Howell-2-0 LP-Ross-0-2 SV-League-13 HR-Denorfia-3-Blanks-4-Fedex-2-Quentin-6-Puig-1-2 Before...
• 6/4 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (23-32) at LA of AAA Angels (25-33): The Cubs head to LA for a short 2 game series against the Angels, who are fresh off being swept in a four game series by the Astros....
• 6/4 Billy-Ball.com: Year of the Strikeout: Pitchers edition: Nine to Know 2013 strikeout leaders Rk Player SO Tm IP 1 Yu Darvish 111 TEX 81.1 2 A.J. Burnett 94 PIT 81.0 3 Max Scherzer 91...
• 6/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 7, Rockies 5: No Really, Brandon League Gets the Win: Reason #10,292,982 why pitcher wins are mind-blowingly stupid: Clayton Kershaw pitched into the eighth inning, left with a lead...

• 5/31 fantasyteamadvice.com: Most holds in Major League Baseball through end of May – Updated Hold rankings 2013: Due to po**** demand (3 people stated they really enjoyed this weekly article!) I have decided to continue releasing updated holds...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Prospect Rumor Roundup: Conversion Projects: Hitters converting to pitchers, and vice versa, is nothing new in Major League Baseball. One of baseball's all-time best hitters...
• 5/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 8, Angels 7: A Memorial Day to Remember: Sometimes, you’re just not sure where to start. But I suppose that’s what’ll happen when you’ve just witnessed...
• 5/26 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Matt Kemp On Outburst: “It’s over now”: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was removed in the seventh inning of a one run game by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly...
• 5/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3: And That’s Why You Want Adrian Gonzalez: Ted Lilly was actually pretty good tonight, allowing only two hits and an earned run (two total) in 5.1 innings — and I...
• 5/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated In Season Fantasy Baseball 2013 Hold rankings – best relievers to own if you have the holds category in your format:   Not much change to the hold rankings this week with the exception of Eric O’Flaherty of the Braves who will be undergoing...
• 5/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cardinals @ Dodgers May 24, 2013: Back to Baseball: So long, Dee Gordon? I had planned to focus on just how badly he’s been struggling in three or four days when he had received...
• 5/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers move former pitching prospect Aaron Miller to the outfield: The Dodgers have a propensity for drafting players who are athletic and two-way guys. Darren Dreifort was one of the more...
• 5/21 Baseball News Source: Brandon League May Be Out As Dodgers Closer Soon: Brandon League has been trying to do just about anything to give away his closer’s role. Despite League’s high salary...
• 5/20 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Need Accountability, Not Excuses: You know guys, I thought the Dodgers couldn’t get any lower when they lost that first game against the Marlins last week, and...
• 5/20 Baseball Analytics: Don Mattingly is nearing the end, and that's no bull: Warming up in the bullpen is the next manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Whether, or when, the reliever manager gets the call,...
• 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Gose, Dodgers, Relief Market: The Blue Jays announced today they've recalled 22-year-old outfielder Anthony Gose, who has a .227/.343/.325 line playing center...
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• 5/19 Lasorda's Lair: Has Don Mattingly Lost Control On The Field?: Not to say he’s ever really had it. But if you read between the lines you may be able to see that the players are running the...
• 5/19 Lasorda's Lair: Matt Magill and Dodgers Hope to Avoid Atlanta Sweep: Matt Magill (0-0, 6.92) vs. Mike Minor (5-2, 2.75) Lineup: TBA Sunday sweep day? The Braves are looking to complete the three-game...
• 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 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 8 Closer Report: So, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe there is more volatility coming to the closer’s position. What’s happening in Tampa Bay? How...
• 5/17 Baseball Jerks: Week 7 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Citizen Cain: Fantasy baseball is a game of relative value, especially when it comes to finding sleepers. Take Travis Hafner and Yuniesky Betancourt,...
• 5/16 District On Deck: Walking Wounded Nats Drop Series Finale in L.A.: It’s been a rare day this season that the Washington Nationals have been able to field a fully functional, Opening Day lineup....
• 5/16 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Dodgers at Braves, L.A. Views:   After losing the series to the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1, the Braves head back home to face the Las Angles Dodgers.  The...
• 5/15 Baseball News Source: Kenley Jansen Not Brandon League Gets Save For Dodgers: With one out to get to preserve Clayton Kershaw‘s fourth win of the season Dodgers manager Don Mattingly chose Kenley Jansen...
• 5/15 Lasorda's Lair: Ker**** The Nationals Are Kershed As Dodgers Even Series: Nationals 0 5 0 Dodgers   2 4 0 WP-Kershaw-4-2 LP-Haren-4-4 SV-Jansen-2 The Dodgers Kershed the Nationals on Tuesday night,...
• 5/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: It's time: the Dodgers need to replace Brandon League with Kenley Jansen: OK, it might be time for the Dodgers to make a change. I'm not talking about firing Don Mattingly (yet), I'm talking about...
• 5/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Could A Closer Switch Be On The Horizon For Los Angeles Dodgers?: Change is brewing in the bullpen of the Los Angeles Dodgers 36 games into the 2013 season. The position of closer was given to...
• 5/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 5, Marlins 3: Scott Van Slyke, For You: That was, all in all, a relatively uneventful and workmanlike victory over an inferior roster. I say that without any negative...
• 5/11 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 7 Closer Report: If you are chasing saves, I hope you’ve been paying attention to some of my recommendations this year. We’ve seen Heath Bell...
• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fed-up fan’s fixes for Los Angeles Dodgers: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Last year...
• 5/9 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated MLB Hold Rankings – fantasy baseball 2013: I will release these updated articles throughout the season, as I find there is a shortage of MLB Hold rankings online.  You...
• 5/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Fed-up fan’s fixes for Los Angeles Dodgers: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Last year...
• 5/9 Billy-Ball.com: The Dodger losing streak is now seven: The Dodgers now have baseball’s longest losing streak of the season. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Dodgers, 3-2,...
• 5/9 Baseball News Source: Paul Goldschmidt Homers Twice In D-Backs Win: Paul Goldschmidt  was again a one-man wrecking crew against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Goldschmidt hit two home runs,  one off...
• 5/9 Lasorda's Lair: Paul Goldschmidt-One Man Wrecking Crew: Sometimes there are players that just have your number, and it’s best just not to let them beat you. I remember when I was a...
• 5/9 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Are Once Again Goldschmidted as They Drop Seventh Consecutive Game: Dodgers 2 8 3 Diamondbacks 3 6 0 WP- Miley (3-1) LP- Jansen (1-1) S- Bell (3) HR- (2) Goldschmidt (8,9)   The Dodgers have...
• 5/8 Inside the Dodgers: The Dodgers’ closer debate continues, at least in the manager’s mind.: One day after Brandon League allowed the game-winning home run in the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, Dodgers...
• 5/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So You Want to Fire Your Manager: Brandon League was again awful last night, walking the leadoff man in the ninth and then giving up a two run home to Paul Goldschmidt...
• 5/8 Baseball News Source: Brandon League Struggles Continue For Dodgers: Brandon League has converted eight of nine save opportunities this season although he allowed a run in three of those games. League...
• 5/8 Inside the Dodgers: Brandon League’s job is in jeopardy after the Dodgers’ sixth straight loss.: You get the feeling that the Dodgers will have a new closer soon. Tomorrow, perhaps. Brandon League didn’t blow a save Tuesday,...
• 5/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Memorable Tuesday Night Baseball: Matt Harvey was unstoppable tonight. The White Sox never had a chance against him. As just about anyone reading this knows, Harvey...
• 5/7 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodger Pitching Staff Is Not Getting The Job Done: The Dodgers have always been a team that has revolved around great pitching. From the legends of Sandy Koufax, and Don Drysdale,...
• 5/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants 4, Dodgers 3: Swept Right Out of Town: I’m glad there’s not a day off between the end of this series and the start of a set against Arizona back in Los Angeles...
• 5/5 Lasorda's Lair: Something Has To Give; Hyun-jin Ryu and Dodgers Need To Avoid Sweep: Hyun-jin Ryu (3-1, 3.35) vs. Matt Cain (0-2, 6.49) Lineup: TBA After two consecutive heartbreakers where the San Franciscan catchers...
• 5/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers hurting and their reluctance to recall Scott Van Slyke is curious: The Dodgers are hurting -- big time. Adrian Gonzalez has been scratched the last couple games, Jerry Hairston needed stitches...
• 5/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers/Giants Part 2: Ready for Weird Baseball: As we head into extra innings of a game that was once a 5-0 deficit after 1.1 awful Matt Magill innings, let’s reset this...
• 5/2 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated Fantasy Baseball Hold rankings for May 2013 – Middle reliever and setup men emerging as talented relief: There are a number of arms beginning to establish themselves as the premier middle relievers to own for holds in 2013, and there...
• 5/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Survive Wild April with a .500 Record: Dodgers fans who thought they had experienced an injury plagued 2012 and figured 2013 couldn’t possibly come close to...

• 4/27 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Brandon League's effectiveness, velocity down to start the 2013 season: Brandon League really hasn't endeared himself to fans or those who questioned the 3-year, $22.5 million contract he signed...
• 4/26 Mets Chronicle: Recap: Game 20 - Dodgers (3) at Mets (2) - Rice Takes Loss: Final123456789RHE L.A. Dodgers (10-11)«100000002361 N.Y. Mets (10-10)000001001250 W: K. Jansen (1-0) L: S. Rice...
• 4/25 Lasorda's Lair: Juan Uribe Knocks in the Crucial Run as Dodgers Take Series in NY: Dodgers 3 6 1 Mets 2 5 0 WP- Jansen (1-0) LP- Rice (1-1) S- League (6) HR- Davis (4) After the devastating bullpen collapse last...
• 4/25 Rising Apple: 4/25 Game Recap: Collins’ Puzzling Move Leads to a Loss as Mets Fall to Dodgers 3-2: In this afternoon’s rubber game at Citi Field, the Mets fell to the Dodgers 3-2. Jeremy Hefner opened things in the first...
• 4/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Mets 7, Dodgers 3: Now That’s a Gut Punch: This is Josh Wall. He’s about to give up a walkoff grand slam to Jordany Valdespin. As you might imagine, Wall isn’t...
• 4/23 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' LHP Paco Rodriguez should utilize his 4-seam fastball more often: Mariano Rivera is famous for being a one-pitch pitcher. He's the most dominant reliever of all-time, thanks to a ridiculous...
• 4/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball 2013 – Week 4 updates – Holds rankings – Best middle relievers to own off waivers: The holds rankings remain as volatile as ever entering the 4th week of fantasy baseball 2013.  A number of the hottest teams...
• 4/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Luis Cruz Experiment Just Isn’t Working Out: On August 29th of last season, the Dodgers went to Colorado and jumped out to a 10-1 lead against the Rockies, nearly blowing...
• 4/22 Lasorda's Lair: Blue Ponderings During Off-Day, Billinsley, Offense, Kemp, Base Running: So the Dodger losing streak is finally over. That was a particularly nasty one. Six in a row, seven of their last eight, and swept...
• 4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Dodgers vs. Orioles: Day 20 Observations: Orioles 7, Dodgers 5 Orioles 6, Dodgers 1 Chris Davis: Just when it seemed safe to say Davis was slumping, Baltimore...
• 4/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Orioles 7, Dodgers 5: That’s Five Losses In a Row: I’d love to tell you that I know what’s wrong with Ronald Belisario these days, but I can’t. With one out and...
• 4/17 Inside the Dodgers: Chris Capuano injury: How long will he be out, and will the Dodgers notice?: It’s too soon to know how much time Chris Capuano will need to recover from his strained left calf muscle. It’s also...
• 4/14 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Reunited With Home Plate In Monster 7-5 Win Over Snakes: Dodgers 7 14 0 Dbacks   5 11 0 WP-Ryu-2-1 LP-Kennedy-1-1 SV-League-4 HR-Gonzalez-2-Prado-2 Tootblan-Sellers   Some people were...
• 4/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 5: All Hail Babe Ryuth: This, friends. This was the game we were all waiting for, at least before the bullpen made things interesting. This was the game...
• 4/12 Lasorda's Lair: Embattled Dodgers Ready To Rumble With Snakes: Dodgers Lineup vs. Arizona-Coming soon-   Clayton Kershaw-2-0 vs. Patrick Corbin-1-0 After the cowardly and unprovoked attack...
• 4/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Sleeper Closer CandidatesNash, I play in a 10 team, 5×5 roto points league. NL players only. I opened the season with only More......
• 4/11 Lasorda's Lair: Zack Greinke Eyes Second Win in Rubber Game Match: Zack Greinke (1-0, 0.00) vs. Jason Marquis (0-1, 3.00) Lineup: I’m just going to forget about that ninth inning last night....
• 4/11 TheLeadoffWalk: Dodgers vs. Padres: Day Ten Observations: Dodgers 4, Padres 3 Carl Crawford: Crawford’s resurgent season continued in this one with two more extra-base hits....
• 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball 2013 holds rankings – Top 40 middle relievers heading into week 2: Here are the updated fantasy baseball 2013 holds rankings heading into week 2! As I continue to focus on the most overlooked category...
• 4/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So How Are the Dodgers Going to Make Room for Chad Billingsley?: Chad Billingsley is scheduled to make his season debut for the Dodgers on Wednesday in San Diego, since he had no problems in...
• 4/6 Lasorda's Lair: The Birdman Cometh: Pirates    0 2 1 Dodgers  3 7 0 WP-Greinke-1-0 LP-Sanchez-0-1 SV-League-1 HR-Ethier-1 Tootblan-Crawford   Birdman Zack Greinke...
• 4/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 3, Pirates 0: Smiles All Around: Sometimes, when you want to get healthy & happy, all you need is Jonathan Sanchez and the Pittsburgh Pirates to come to town....
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers: Not surprisingly, the Dodgers issued the biggest contract of the offseason and spent more than any other club. Major League...
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• 4/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Set 2013 Opening Day Roster: The Dodgers announced their 2013 opening day roster. There was quite a few surprises. The Dodgers will be using an eight man bullpen...

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• 3/21 StanGraphs: 2013 NL West Preview: 1. Los Angeles Dodgers Not even a setback with Hanley Ramirez can convince us to put this radically revamped team in anywhere...
• 3/19 Inside the Dodgers: Hanley Ramirez leads Dominican Republic into WBC final; Kenley Jansen, Netherlands out.: Hanley Ramirez said before the World Baseball Classic that he would play each game as if it was his last. Turns out he really...
• 3/18 Baseball de World: World Baseball Classic Finals Preview: Netherlands: Going through our previews of the teams in the 2013 World Baseball Classic we come to the pair of teams that play in the semifinals...
• 3/18 The Baseball Continuum: WBC Semi-Final Preview: Dominican Republic vs. Kingdom of the Netherlands: It’s a showdown tonight, a grudge match four years in the making. In one corner, the mighty Dominican, now by far the biggest...
• 3/18 Lasorda's Lair: From Closer to the Minors: Can Javy Guerra Work His Way Back?: The Dodgers have far too many pitchers as of right now, so it wasn’t completely surprising that the Dodgers would have to...
• 3/17 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers sign four to minor-league deals.: The Dodgers have signed four players to minor-league deals: Curacao native Dashenko Ricardo, who is playing for The Netherlands...
• 3/17 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Sign Netherland Catcher Dashenko Ricardo And Three Other Guys: Wow, imagine if you are one of the three other guys I mentioned above.  That’s how you know you are very low on your team’s...
• 3/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Opening Day Is Not the Ultimate Deadline For Injured Players: Starting in just a few minutes, there’s going to be at least six hours of almost uninterrupted Dodger baseball. Sure, none...
• 3/15 Lasorda's Lair: Team Netherlands Adds Kenley Jansen to Roster for WBC Semifinals: While Hanley keeps homerin’ for Team Dominican Republic, Kenley Jansen will get the chance to pitch for Team Kingdom of...
• 3/14 Inside the Dodgers: Reports: Kenley Jansen likely to play in WBC: Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen told reporters Thursday he’s “95 percent sure” that he will join The Netherlands...
• 3/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers to Roll Out Nearly a Real Starting Lineup Against Cubs Today: You know how you know that the longest spring training ever is starting to drag? The top headline on dodgers.com this morning...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Hold rankings and projections 2013 fantasy baseball (punting saves?): A new category has been gaining steam in recent years of fantasy baseball – holds.  Many owners are considering punting...
• 3/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 27 - Greinke, Crawford, Cruz, WBC, Cano: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) talk about everything going on in Dodger spring training before...
• 3/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Thoughts From The Last Day Without Dodger Baseball Until April: Real life has become extremely busy over the last few days, so we’re going to lightning round this business. Lists! The...
• 3/12 Inside the Dodgers: The Dodgers’ Carl Crawford is a hitting machine.: Carl Crawford was scheduled to face three live major-league pitchers Tuesday, teammates J.P. Howell, Kenley Jansen and Brandon...
• 3/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitching Injuries Beginning to Pile Up in Dodgers Camp: After a relatively uneventful first month of camp, health-wise, all of a sudden there’s a variety of bumps and bruises hitting...
• 3/9 Baseball Analytics: Mo Makes Retirement after '13 official; Who's the next cutter king?: It's official: Mariano Rivera will retire following the 2013 season. The 43-year-old wants to go out hoisting his sixth World...
• 3/8 Camden Depot: 2013 World Baseball Classic: Netherlands: This is the sixth in a series to introduce everyone to teams parti**** in 2013's World Baseball Classic.  As this series...
• 3/7 Lasorda's Lair: Stephen Fife Picks Up Win in Fun Exhibition Game vs. Team Mexico: Dodgers 10 12 1 Mexico 2 9 2 WP- Fife (1-0) LP- Rodriguez (0-1) HR- Pena (1), Ethier (1) I always enjoy when the Dodgers play...
• 3/6 Lasorda's Lair: Greinke Scratched From Start With Flu Bug, Fife Starts Second Game Of Split Squad: According to a tweet from Eric Stephen, Birdman Zack Greinke has been scratched from his scheduled start against team Mexico due...
• 3/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Split Squad Dodgers Playing Against Five of Their Own Players Because Spring is the Best: A sentence we don’t get to say all that often: in the next three days, there are five Dodger games. Another unusual statement:...
• 3/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Saturday in Peoria, Featuring Future Dodgers Franklin Gutierrez & Casper Wells: It’s a **** shame that today’s game in Peoria against the Mariners isn’t televised — it can be heard on...

• 2/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ned Colletti on “Clubhouse Confidential”: Yesterday, Dodgers GM Ned Colletti sat down with Brian Kenny of MLB Network for a chat as part of “Clubhouse Confidential”....
• 2/24 The Baseball Haven: Dodgers Can’t Dodge Confusion: Money, and lots of it, has been thrown around in the Los Angeles area since Frank McCourt sold the Dodgers to the Guggenheim group...
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• 2/18 The Sports Provocateur: : Without further ado, here are the National League Dream Lineups and Rotations for each National League Division. The links will...
• 2/17 Lasorda's Lair: Chris Withrow Injures Back, Jansen Has Ingrown Toenail Removed: Former Dodger first round draft pick, Chris Withrow, will miss a few days of workouts because of a back injury that is causing...
• 2/16 The Flagrant Fan: Relievers by pitch value - Craig Kimbrel is the bomb: I took a look yesterday at qualifying starting pitchers using PitchF/X pitch values to find the top ten and bottom ten values...
• 2/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Opening Day Roster Contest: Win a Brooklyn Dodgers Hat: This morning in Arizona, the Dodgers will conduct their first full squad workout of the spring. Spring training is in full swing,...
• 2/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Isotopes To Add Humidor; Science World On Edge: News out of Albuquerque: steps are finally being taken to make Isotopes Park somewhat less of a nightmare for pitchers. According...
• 2/9 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers 2013 Player Projections Part Two: As a follow up to my hitter projections, below you will find the pitcher projections.  This proved to be quite a bit more challenging,...
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• 2/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Add Mark Lowe to Crowded Bullpen: Per Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com — and, I might add, a fellow BU Terrier — the Dodgers have signed reliever Mark Lowe...
• 2/2 Call to the Pen: The National League West Dream Rotation 2013: The National League Dream Rotation 2013 features two elite starters topping the staff. There is no lefty reliever worth adding,...
• 2/2 Lasorda's Lair: Ronald Belisario Will Be Vital To The Dodger’s Success in 2013: Where in the world is Ronald Belisario? That is the question we’ve been asking every year. Stop me if this sounds familiar....
• 2/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Heyman: Dodgers Still Looking at Relievers & Catchers, Apparently: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports referenced the Dodgers in a pair of somewhat interesting tweets today: #bluejays still in bullpen market....
• 2/1 Lasorda's Lair: Ned Colletti & Don Mattingly Talk Dodgers with Lasorda’s Lair: GLENDALE – Things couldn’t possibly be more different for the Dodgers entering 2013 Spring Training than they were...

• 1/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Attend Mark Lowe Throw Day; Sign Minor Leaguers You’ve Never Heard Of: This is what counts for news these days: #Dodgers, #bluejays, #angels, #tigers, #orioles, #brewers and #athletics were at Lowe,...
• 1/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen fully recovered: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) is fully recovered from his heart procedure and isn't expected to have any issues...[+] going forward. Jansen said he has thrown one bullpen session already and will head to Arizona next week with the expectation that he will enter spring training at the same point in his offseason workout program that he would have been following a normal winter.
• 1/28 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Kenley Jansen Completely Recovered From heart Surgery: The Los Angeles Dodgers may not use Kenley Jansen as their closer in 2013, but they will have him in their bullpen.  And...
• 1/25 Lasorda's Lair: Three Sleepers That Could Make The Dodger Bullpen: The Dodger bullpen is a crowded place. The Dodgers have too many pitchers, and not all of them will make the opening day roster...
• 1/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Scott Elbert undergoes second elbow surgery, plus other Dodgers' news: Dodgers' reliever Scott Elbert on Wednesday underwent his second elbow surgery in four months. He isn't expected to begin...
• 1/22 Lasorda's Lair: The 2013 Dodger Bullpen is Going to Be Marvelous: The number of days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in Camelback Ranch-Glendale, Arizona happens to be the...
• 1/18 Lasorda's Lair: 19 Dodger Predictions For 2013 That Will Make You Quake: Yesterday was the 19 year anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. In recognition of the 6.7 trembler that dropped a bunch of...
• 1/15 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Rumors: LA Looking Into Rafael Soriano: The Los Angeles Dodgers have been looking into the possibility of signing right-handed reliever Rafael Soriano, according to...
• 1/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers May or May Not Be Interested in Rafael Soriano, & Here’s How They Can Get Him: Buster Olney stirs the pot: Dodgers have been looking into possibility of signing Rafael Soriano, but it’s probably still...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Have Looked Into Rafael Soriano: The Dodgers have already spent big on their bullpen this offseason, adding Brandon League on a three-year, $22.5MM deal and J.P....
• 1/7 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for January 7, 2013: It’s now less than two months until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. We’ve finally gotten to the point of...
• 1/5 MLB Injury News: Los Angeles Dodgers Sign LHP J.P. Howell: The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed left-handed reliever J.P. Howell to a one-year contract worth $2.85 million, as reported...
• 1/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #48: RP Kenley Jansen: 2.35 ERA 2.40 FIP 65.0 IP 13.71 K/9 3.05 BB/9 1.7 fWAR A 2012 in brief: As expected, took over closer’s job from Javy Guerra...
• 1/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #47: RP Javy Guerra: 2.60 ERA 3.34 FIP 45.0 IP 7.40 K/9 4.60 BB/9 0.4 fWAR D 2012 in brief: Disastrous year featured two stints on the disabled list,...
• 1/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #46: RP Josh Lindblom: (w/ LA) 3.02 ERA 5.07 FIP 47.2 IP 8.12 K/9 3.40 BB/9 -0.7 fWAR C 2012 in brief: Lindblom was seemingly one of the more effective...

• 12/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #45: RP Shawn Tolleson: 4.30 ERA 4.08 FIP 37.2 IP 9.32 K/9 4.78 BB/9 0.0 fWAR C+ 2012 in brief: Raw talent dominated minors and showed flashes of excellence...
• 12/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #42: RP Brandon League: (w/ LA) 2.30 ERA 2.77 FIP 8.89 K/9 4.61 BB/9 0.5 fWAR B+ 2012 in brief: Overcame atrocious start after deadline trade to become...
• 12/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Is Joel Hanrahan As Much Of An Upgrade As He Seems?: For weeks now, we’ve been hearing rumblings about the Dodgers potentially looking to alleviate their starting pitching glut...
• 12/13 MLBRandomFandom: Los Angeles Dodgers Team Page: LOS ANGELES DODGERSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Clayton Kershaw (9.25)2. Zack Greinke (8.5)3. Matt...
• 12/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Jason Grilli is back: According to Ken Rosenthal, Jason Grilli will be re-signing with the Pirates (for real this time). It’s a two year deal...
• 12/10 Splash Hit Blog: And So It Begins: Dodgers Favorites to Win the NL West: I’ve only seen one person say this, but to me it’s pretty clear as well: on paper, the Dodgers are very much the team...
• 12/8 The Captain's Blog: The Kurious Kase of Jason Grilli: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Only 21 pitchers since 1901 have struck out 13 or...
• 12/6 Baseball Analytics: Koji Uehara headed to Red Sox, will share bullpen and interpreter with Junichi Tazawa: Right-hander reliever Koji Uehara has agreed to a one-year deal with Boston, the second Texas Ranger after thought...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen on conditioning program: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) is currently on a conditioning program and won't have any limitations heading into...[+] spring training.
• 12/3 RoxPile: Brian Wilson To Dodgers Unlikely: Earlier this week I noted the possibility that closer Brian Wilson, who was non-tendered by the San Francisco Giants Friday, might...
• 12/3 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Pass On Blackbeard: As you guys probably know already, the Dodgers are going to pass on free agent closer Brian Wilson, also known as Blackbeard....
• 12/2 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Not Expected To Pursue Brian Wilson: The Dodgers are not expected pursue closer Brian Wilson, reports Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. Wilson was non-tendered by...

• 11/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Reports: Dodgers and Pirates talking Capuano-for-Hanrahan swap: Word broke earlier today from Mark Saxon and Buster Olney of ESPN and Mike Petriello of Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness that...
• 11/28 Lasorda's Lair: Blackbeard Wants To Be a Dodger, **** Off Giant Fans: Hey I can’t say I blame Wilson. You can file this under hilarious guys. According to our rival brethren Around The Foghorn,...
• 11/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Are Going to Blow Past the Luxury Tax, & That’s Not a Bad Thing: Ever since the Guggenheim group purchased the Dodgers for a record-shattering price earlier this year and started giving Ned Colletti...
• 11/6 Lasorda's Lair: Meet Your Favorite Dodgers at a Los Angeles Area Mall this Holiday Season: The Dodgers are going on a shopping mall tour this holiday season. The first stop on the tour will be this Saturday, November...
• 11/4 Lasorda's Lair: A Glance at the Free Agent Pool- Relievers: Last time we took a look at the free agent options for starting pitching. The hot stove is heating up, but the Dodgers are yet...
• 11/1 Lasorda's Lair: Injuries And Poor Hitting Doom Dodger Season-2012 Season Review: So This is it. The big enchilada. This is the season review post I had up on Call to the Pen a few weeks ago. This is the review...
• 11/1 RoxPile: NL West News: The Los Angeles Dodgers Really Are Throwing Money Around: When the ownership group that included Magic Johnson bought the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this season, we were warned that it...

• 10/31 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Extend Brandon League: Brandon League, who battled a calf injury in 2011, was able to pitch in more games this past season than at any other point in...
• 10/31 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Re-Sign Closer Brandon League to 3-year $22.5 Million Deal:  League converted all six save chances for the Dodgers with a 2.30 ERA The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed 30-year-old Brandon...
• 10/31 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Sign Brandon League to a Three-Year Deal: Tonight the Dodgers announced that they have inked heavily tattooed relief pitcher Brandon League to a three-year $22.5 million...
• 10/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers sign Brandon League to 3-year deal, not the end of the world: No matter the similarities in the length and money, the Dodgers signing Brandon League to nearly the same deal Juan Uribe...
• 10/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Brandon League Returns to Dodgers For Three Years, And The Internet is Angry: Well, that was quick: per Dylan Hernandez, Brandon League has re-signed with the Dodgers, and it’s for three years, just...
• 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: Pay Brandon League, or Keep a Bullpen on a Budget?: Midway through June of 2012, I took a look at the quietly effective Dodger bullpen, noting that a group which was made up entirely...
• 10/27 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Discussing Three Year Contract With Brandon League: According to an article from Dylan Hernandez, the Dodgers are in discussions on resigning right handed reliever Brandon League....
• 10/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: If Matt Kemp Hadn’t Been Allowed to Play Through Injury…: I’m not a doctor. Neither are you. (Well, only most of you, as it turns out.) And more than ever this season, I’ve...
• 10/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' news: Kenley Jansen, Shohei Otani, Yunel Escobar, Andres Santiago: Kenley Jansen underwent successful heart surgery on Tuesday. His recovery time will be three to four months. Hopefully,...
• 10/24 Baseball Analytics: Phil Coke, Not the Real Thing?: So, Jim Leyland is not admitting it but with the ongoing  headaches caused by Jose Valverde it appears...
• 10/24 Lasorda's Lair: Kenley Jansen Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery: Kenley Jansen‘s heart is now beating at a normal rhythm after a three hour procedure corrected his irregular heartbeat....
• 10/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen will work out this winter: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) will be on blood-thinning medication for two to three months after his surgery, but...[+] he'll be able to throw and work out without restrictions in the offseason. He might start exercising in the next week to 10 days, too. His surgery Tuesday, Oct. 23, wasn't an open-hear surgery. Instead, the part of his heart that was causing problems was identified and burned, and his heart is currently in normal rhythm. Jansen will be released from the hospital Wednesday, Oct. 24.
• 10/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen to miss three months: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) will be out three months after he undergoes surgery to fix his irregular heartbeat...[+] Tuesday, Oct. 23.
• 10/19 Tomahawk Take: 2012 Review: Craig Kimbrel: Craig Kimbrel has had one of the most dominant seasons a relief pitcher has ever had. After his stellar ROY 2011 campaign, most...
• 10/18 Lasorda's Lair: An Introduction to Advanced Stats: In my opinion, baseball statistics are the greatest collection of data known to man. For the purpose of understanding and discussing...
• 10/17 The Beanball: Casey Janssen Should Close in 2013 Too: Almost a year ago today (well, technically eleven months), I declared that Casey Janssen should be the Toronto Blue Jays closer...
• 10/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen surgery scheduled: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) will have his cardiac ablation procedure Tuesday, Oct. 23, at White Memorial Hospital....[+] The surgery will be performed by Dr. Koonlawee Nademanee.
• 10/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Bullpen: The Dodgers had a pretty good bullpen this season. Aside from a higher-than-desired walks per nine rate, the group was better...
• 10/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should seriously entertain re-signing Brandon League: When the Dodgers traded for Brandon League, I wasn't impressed. League came from Seattle as about as mediocre as one could...
• 10/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Maybe Pedro Baez Has a Future Now, & Other Minor League Notes: As we wait for the playoffs to run their course so we can focus on 2013, it’s important to keep in mind that there’s...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen faces uncertain future: os Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen (heart) is scheduled to meet with head athletic trainer Sue Falsone and the cardiac surgeon,...[+] Dr. Koonlawee Nademanee, early next week to determine when and where Jansen will have his cardiac ablation surgery to correct an arrhythmia that hospitalized him in September. It's expected to happen before the end of October.
• 10/2 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Live to See Anther Day Thanks to Andre Ethier’s 20th Homerun and Elian Herrera’s Walk-Off Heroics: Dodgers 3 9 0 Giants 2 6 0 WP- League (2-6) LP- Casilla (7-6) HR- Ethier (20)   The Cardinals beat the Reds 4-2 in St. Louis...

• 9/30 Lasorda's Lair: “It Ain’t Over ‘Till It’s Over”- Yogi Berra: Josh Beckett  (6-14, 4.76) vs. Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 9.45) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Colorado M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez...
• 9/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Pull Within Two Games of St. Louis; Pair of Bison Blasts from Matt Kemp Give Them Fourth Consecutive Win: Dodgers 3 10 0 Rockies 0 7 0 WP- Blanton (10-13) LP- Chatwood (5-6) S- League (15) HR- Kemp (21 & 22) We were all scoreboard...
• 9/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Criticism of Gonzalez Trade Missing the Mark: As I attempt to catch up on the baseball world after the whirlwind last few weeks of wedding and honeymoon, what I’m noticing...
• 9/22 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Still Scrapping For Playoff Spot: Matt Kemp was quite proud to ruin the party for the Cincinnati Reds Friday night when he stroked a two-run single that gave the...
• 9/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Look For Series Win in Cincinnati as They Make Final Wild Card Push: Stephen Fife (0-1, 2.49) vs. Mat Latos (12-4, 3.76) Lineup: TBA Matt Kemp has finally started to feel better, and his late-inning...
• 9/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Rafael Soriano’s Inevitable Opt-Out: By now there’s no denying that Rafael Soriano’s brilliant work in taking over as Yankees’ closer for the injured Mariano...
• 9/21 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Limp Into Cincy On My Birthday: Dodgers Lineup vs. Reds-TBA   Joe Blanton-9-13 vs. Bronson Arroyo-12-8   The Dodgers literally limp into Cincinnati to take...
• 9/21 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 20: A Disturbing Lack of Patriotism: I watched the middle innings of the Great Britain-Canada WBC qualifier yesterday afternoon. Which brings us to our first question,...
• 9/21 Crashburn Alley: **** Should be in Phils’ Future Plans: Todd Zolecki posted a report on the Phillies’ 2013 bullpen wishes, including quotes from Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro....
• 9/19 Lasorda's Lair: When It Rains It Pours, Dodgers Rained Out Doubleheader Scheduled Today: Game one-Aaron Harang-9-9 vs. Jordan Zimmerman-10-8 Game two-Josh Beckett-6-13 vs. John Lannan-3-0 Dodgers Lineup vs. Washington-Game...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen available: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) is available to pitch Wednesday, Sept. 19, for the first time since Aug. 27, when...[+] he experienced an irregular heartbeat. However, manager Don Mattingly will hold off on using Jansen in late-game situations for the time being. 'I'd like to be able to get him into a situation where it wasn't total game on the line,' Mattingly said. 'But it was hard not to use him in the way you really want to use him, because wherever you put him in, it's probably going to be game on the line.'
• 9/18 Lasorda's Lair: When It Rains It Pours, Dodgers Rained Out Doubleheader Scheduled Tomorrow: Game one-Aaron Harang-9-9 vs. Jordan Zimmerman-10-8 Game two-Josh Beckett-6-13 vs. John Lannan-3-0 Dodgers Lineup vs. Washington-TBA...
• 9/18 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Visit D.C. to Open Final Road Trip: Aaron Harang (9-9, 3.79) vs. Jordan Zimmermann (10-8, 3.01) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Nationals M.Ellis 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3...
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen clearedLos Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) has been cleared to pitch Tuesday, Sept. 18....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) has been cleared to pitch Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• 9/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers, unfortunately, sign Ned Colletti to long-term extension: When Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten and Co. bought the Dodgers in May, many assumed (hoped?) it would spell the end...
• 9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen no longer taking meds: Updating a previous report, Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) said Friday, Sept. 14, that he is no longer taking blood...[+] thinners. He plans to return to the mound Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen hopes to return TuesdayLos Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen (heart) said he's feeling great and hopes to return Tuesday, Sept. 18....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen (heart) said he's feeling great and hopes to return Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• 9/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Diamondbacks September 11, 2012: Kershaw vs. Kennedy: After yesterday’s well-received post about A.J. Ellis‘ spot in the order, Don Mattingly responded by moving.. ha,...
• 9/10 Lasorda's Lair: Don Mattingly: an incomplete analysis: Ranking managers is notoriously difficult. Most give managers a pass/fail grade. It’s either the managers fault that they...
• 9/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Narrowly Escape With 3-2 Win: Maybe it’s just the residue of the last week or so, but even when today’s game was tied at 2 after eight innings,...
• 9/7 Lasorda's Lair: Observations from the Los Angeles Dodgers-San Diego Padres Series: I watched the Padres series, and I have a few observations about our boys in blue. First, while starting the season strong, the...
• 9/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Giants September 7, 2012: It’s Go Time: Here’s why Adam Kennedy is going to go 4-4 for tonight: because there’s no earthly reason he should be in the lineup....
• 9/7 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Begin Crucial Series At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Kennedy 5 Ellis 2 Beckett 1   Josh Beckett-6-12...
• 9/7 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Expandables: Fans hear regularly just how much baseball players have improved in terms of strength, conditioning, and speed over the years,...
• 9/6 MLB Injury News: Kenley Jansen Hopes to Rejoin Dodgers This Month: Even though offseason heart surgery awaits him, Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Kenley Jansen hopes to rejoin his club...
• 9/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Chad Billingsley out for season, Dodgers recall Steven Rodriguez: Chad Billingsley's season was cut short on Wednesday as the Dodgers placed the right-hander on the 60-day disabled list....
• 9/5 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Try To Recover Momentum In Rubber Game Against Padres: Dodgers Lineup vs. San Diego M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellia 2 Harang 1   Clayton Richard-12-12...
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen to have procedure after season: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) said he will undergo an ablation procedure on his heart in the offseason, which will...[+] hopefully resolve his irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation.
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen expected back Sept. 17: A cardiologist informed the Los Angeles Dodgers that RP Kenley Jansen (heart) might come off blood-thinning medications in 10...[+] days, meaning he could be back on the field competing a few days after that. Jansen said he will 'definitely' pitch again in 2012, and it appears Sept. 17 is the target date.
• 9/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Padres @ Dodgers September 4, 2012: Hey, It’s Eric Stults!: Oh hey, the Dodger lineup is exactly the same as it’s been every single night, to the point where I wonder why I even need...
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Kenley Jansen Out Due to Heart Problem: The Los Angeles Dodgers have lost another pitcher, at least temporarily.  Their closer, Kenley Jansen, will be out indefinitely...
• 9/4 mlbreports.com : September MLB Call-Ups: The Fantasy Low-Down: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst):  In what many have dubbed the “Year of the Rookie”,...
• 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...
• 9/3 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of September 3: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 9/1 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: September 4-10: 0 0 1 989 5640 Roto Think Tank 47 13 6616 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
• 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 Lasorda's Lair: The 4th Out: Are The Dodgers an arm away from the World Series? – by Nick Hamilton: After the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a blockbuster trade that included top notch first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, and pitcher...
• 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...
• 9/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen to visit heart specialist Tuesday: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Friday, Aug. 31, and is expected to play catch Saturday,...[+] Sept. 1. He is scheduled to visit a heart specialist Tuesday, Sept. 4, who will let him know if he needs to continue taking a blood-thinning medication to treat a heart condition. If all goes well, Jansen could pitch as soon as Friday, Sept. 7, against the San Francisco Giants. However, if he is required to continue taking the medication, he could miss the rest of the season.
• 9/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Offense and Guerrier Falter in Extra Inning Loss to Snakes: Dodgers 3 6 0 Diamondbacks 4 9 0 F/11 WP- Bergesen (1-0) LP- Guerrier (0-2) S- Putz (28) HR- Kubel (27) Tonight the Dodgers continued...
• 9/1 PaulLebowitz.com: What To Watch For Over The Final Month—National League: I discussed the American League and what to watch for over the final month on Thursday along with a warning for those seeing the...

• 8/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Diamondbacks @ Dodgers August 31, 2012: Cahill vs Harang: Matt Kemp is back, and all is right with the world. Or at least it would be, if the team would finally start hitting. For the...
• 8/31 Lasorda's Lair: Can The Dodger Season be Saved?: Dodgers Lineup vs. Arizona M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Harang 1 *Bison is back in...
• 8/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Diamondbacks @ Dodgers August 30, 2012: Vin Scully Bobblehead Night: Matt Kemp remains out of the lineup thanks to his bruised knee, though he’s hopeful to play at some point in the series...
• 8/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Return Home to Honor Mr. Vin Scully: Clayton Kershaw (12-7, 2.84) vs. Ian Kennedy (11-11, 4.44) Lineup:  Punto 2B Victorino CF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS Ethier RF Cruz...
• 8/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 31 Games to Go: After narrowly escaping Colorado with a sweep-avoiding-yet-still-terrifying victory, the Dodgers have 31 games left to make a...
• 8/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Survive Colorado Scare, But May Be Without Kenley Jansen: If the Dodgers wanted to reverse their recent slide and avoid a sweep this afternoon, they needed at least one of the following...
• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27: Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his...
• 8/28 Lasorda's Lair: Money Can’t Buy Runs: Rockies Shutout and Beat Up Dodgers 10-0: Dodgers 0 4 0 Rockies 10 13 1 WP- Francis (5-4) LP- Beckett (5-12) S- Belisle (2) HR- Colvin (15), Rosario (21)   Four hits....
• 8/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Keep on Hitting, But Miami Brings the Power in 6-2 Marlin Win: Down 4-2 in the 8th inning, Matt Kemp walked to load the bases. That brought up Adrian Gonzalez, who’d already driven in...
• 8/21 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Option Guerra, Activate Rubby De La Rosa: We have some breaking news just coming in now. The Dodgers have optioned middle reliever Javy Guerra to Albuquerque, and have...
• 8/19 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Say Goodbye to Chipper and Look to Win Third Series of Road Trip: Chad Billingsley (9-9, 3.62) vs. Mike Minor (6-9, 4.93) Lineup:  Victorino LF Mark Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ramirez SS Ethier RF Rivera...
• 8/18 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Go Yard Crazy To Top Braves and Even Series: Dodgers 6 4 0 Braves    2 5 0 WP-Harang-9-7 LP-Sheets-4-3 SV-Jansen-25 HR-Ramirez-17-18-Loney-4-Cruz-3-Prado-7   The Dodgers...
• 8/18 Roto Think Tank: The Ones Who Were Closers: A Sobering Look Back: George asks:Think I can dump Casilla? I've got Jaime Garcia and Shaun Marcumcoming off the DL and have to get rid of someone...
• 8/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Tough Night for Don Mattingly As Dodgers Lose to Braves in 11: A few weeks ago, Russell Carleton wrote about the real-world challenges of being a big-league manager over at Baseball Prospectus....
• 8/15 Roto Think Tank: Ranking the Closers the Rest of the Way - Non-Keeper Edition: I get a lot of questions from people asking me to rank closers. I assume these people are in mixed leagues with a limited number...
• 8/15 Lasorda's Lair: Kenley Jansen Quietly Having Superb Season For Dodgers: Perhaps gone unnoticed in this crazy roller-coaster ride of a season, is Kenley Jansen’s superb season. Jansen is quietly having...
• 8/14 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes: Dodgers 5, @Pirates 4: Shane Victorino‘s first HR for LA put them up 4-2 in the 5th, and an 8th-inning run built on Juan...
• 8/14 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hope to Secure Sole Possession of First Place: Chad Billingsley (8-9, 3.84) vs. Kevin Correia (9-6, 4.49) Lineup: Victorino LF Uribe 3B Kemp CF Ethier RF Ramirez SS Loney 1B...
• 8/13 Operation Shutdown: Game 115 Recap - Dodgers 5 Pirates 4: (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)Late Rally Falls Short, Bucs Lose 5-4WP: Aaron Harang (8-7)LP: Jeff Karstens (4-3)S:...
• 8/13 Lasorda's Lair: Shane Victorino’s First Blue Homerun Lifts Dodgers Over Bucs: Dodgers 5 9 2 Pirates 4 8 0 WP- Harang (8-7) LP- Karstens (4-3) S- Jansen (24) HR- Victorino (10)   The Dodgers came into...
• 8/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Shane Victorino’s Big Night Fuels Dodger Victory: Shane Victorino‘s only been okay since joining the Dodgers, but considering the absolute black hole crew he replaced out...
• 8/10 Lasorda's Lair: Hanley Shows You can Go home Again, As Dodgers Top Fish: Dodgers 5 11 0 Marlins   2 4 0 WP-Kershaw-10-6 LP-Buehrle-9-11 SV-Jansen-23 HR-Ruggiano-10-Rivera-6 Dodger’s infielder Hanley...
• 8/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Captivating Closer ConundrumWell really, unlike TNT, you would rather have your "closer" not know drama. ...
• 8/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hanley! Walk-Off Completes Dodger Sweep: I can’t say it was pretty – far from it – and to be honest, it was pretty boring for the first five innings....
• 8/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cubs @ Dodgers August 5, 2012: Germano vs Blanton: Joe Blanton makes his Dodger debut this afternoon, and that means that opposing starter Justin Germano, acquired from Boston on...

• 7/31 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #7 7/31: League, Snider, Thames, Soto, and More: Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Monday night and Tuesday morning turning out to be a busy one for MLB General Managers!...
• 7/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Powerful Middle Infield Duo of Luis Cruz & Mark Ellis Back Chad Billingsley: Luis Cruz, leading the way with a three run homer. Just the way we drew it up, right? “Luis Cruz being awesome” has...
• 7/24 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Dodgers end Cardinals winning streak with 5-3 victory: The Dodgers came to town last night and ended the Cardinals winning ways with some early offense and shutdown pitching. The Cardinals...
• 7/23 Braves Journal: Nationals 9, Braves 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals – July 22, 2012 Jair Francoise Jurrjens, Atlanta Brave — 2008-2012 After Jair...
• 7/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen sitsLos Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen was unavailable Sunday, July 22....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen was unavailable Sunday, July 22.
• 7/22 Lasorda's Lair: Unlikely Heroes Help Dodgers to 12 Inning Win, First Sweep in New York in Ten Years: Dodgers   8 14 0 Mets         3 16 1 WP-Wall-1-0 LP-Ramirez-2-2 HR-Rivera-5   The Dodgers are one tough team I...
• 7/20 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Head Home, Try To Stay Alive In Playoff Hunt Against Dodgers: The Mets begin another critical series tonight against the Dodgers at 7:10. The Mets and Dodgers are both currently in the hunt...
• 7/20 Rising Apple: Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Mets: The Mets return home to Citi Field for their first home stand since before the All-Star break, and thanks to R.A. Dickey and David...
• 7/19 The Beanball: Casey Janssen Should Close in 2013 Too: Almost a year ago today (well, technically eleven months), I declared that Casey Janssen should be the Toronto Blue Jays closer...
• 7/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Warning: Read this Dodgers article with extreme caution: Warning: The following content may not be suitable for children, nice people or anyone who has lived a sheltered life and doesn’t...
• 7/18 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw/Lee Duel, Dodgers Rally, Phillies Blow it, Kemp Bombs, Dodgers Win: Phillies   3 9 0 Dodgers 5 10 1   F/12 innings WP-Wright-4-2 LP-Diekman-1-1 HR-Kemp-13-Rivera-4   This was a Dodger game...
• 7/15 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Scratched From Start With Injury: Chad Billingsley (4-9, 4.30) vs. Jason Marquis (1-5, 3.71) Lineup: Gwynn 8 Ellis 2B Ethier RF Abreu LF Loney 1B Kennedy 3B Uribe...
• 7/15 Lasorda's Lair: Jansen’s Brainfart in 9th inning costs Dodgers the Game in 7-6 Loss: Padres   7 8 1 Dodgers 6 11 2 WP-Hinshaw-1-1 LP-Jansen-4-3 SV-Street-14 HR-Quentin-8-Ethier-11 You know I had a nice little...
• 7/15 Chicken Friars: Cabrera, Padres Steal Victory From Los Angeles: The Padres were just one strike away from their fifth straight defeat, when Everth Cabrera took advantage of a lackadaisical...
• 7/14 Chicken Friars: Kershaw Bests Richard In Battle Of The Clayton’s: The Padres opened the unoffical start of the second half with a battle against one of baseball’s best pitchers. The Padres...
• 7/12 Release Points: NL Midseason Awards: Without further ado, here the NL Midseason award winners. Cy Young Award R.A. Dickey, New York Mets – as far as extended dominance...
• 7/11 Release Points: NL Midseason Awards, Surprises, and Blunders: Without further ado, here the NL Midseason award winners. Cy Young Award R.A. Dickey, New York Mets – as far as extended dominance...
• 7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Pitchers at the Break: Continuing yesterday's theme of players who were in a groove before the Midsummer Classic interruped the season. Ryan Dempster The...
• 7/8 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Limp Into All-Star Break Barely in First Place: Dodgers 1 5 0 Dbacks   7 12 0 WP-Bauer-1-1 LP-Capuano-9-4 SV-Corbin-1 HR-Goldschmidt-12   The Dodgers limped into the all-star...
• 7/6 Lasorda's Lair: Eovaldi Finally Gets First Win, Dodgers Top Snakes: Dodgers 4 9 0 Dbacks   1 5 0 WP-Eovaldi-1-5 LP-Miley-9-5 SV-Jansen-15 HR-Van Slyke-2-Herrera-1 There have been so many injuries...
• 7/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: McCutchen and Hanrahan make All-Star team; McDonald, Grilli, and Burnett snubbed: The rosters for next week’s All-Star game have been released, and two Pirates are on the list. That’s one more than...
• 7/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw to represent Dodgers in All-Star Game: Matt Kemp was voted in by the fans and Clayton Kershaw was selected by National League Manager Tony LaRussa to represent...

• 6/28 Rising Apple: Series Preview: New York Mets @ Los Angeles Dodgers: Terry Collins and the Mets say goodbye to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field and hello to Chavez Ravine and the Los Angeles...
• 6/18 Lasorda's Lair: Ronald Belisario-The Comeback Kid: While we have been engulfed in the Javy Guerra/Kenley Jansen closer drama this season, there has been one amazing story that has...
• 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen records save Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen recorded his 11th save of the season against the Chicago White Sox Friday, June 15. He struck...[+] out two batters in one scoreless inning.
• 6/15 Through The Fence Baseball: What we learned about the Dodgers from the Freeway Series: The annual Freeway Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Anaheim Angels has come and gone. Yes, I know that the Angels...
• 6/14 Lasorda's Lair: Interleague Play Continues to Trouble Dodgers in Angel “Freeway Series” Win: Dodgers 1 5 1 Angels 2 8 0 WP- Hawkins (1-1) LP- Jansen (4-2) S- Frieri (6) HR- Callaspo (3), Aybar (1)   The Stanley Cup...
• 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen falls again: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen dropped his second game in three days Wednesday, June 13, in a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles...[+] Angels of Anaheim.
• 6/13 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Closers: Where have all the cowboys gone?: One of my favorite baseball memories was several years ago when I was taking a group of high school students on a mission trip...
• 6/13 The Baseball Page: Closers: Where have all the cowboys gone?: One of my favorite baseball memories was several years ago when I was...
• 6/12 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes: (Three outta four ain’t bad…?) Nationals 6, @Red Sox 4: Washington is 5-2 in interleague play, with a scoring margin...
• 6/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen could sit todayLos Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen has pitched three days in a row and could sit out Thursday, June 7....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers CL Kenley Jansen has pitched three days in a row and could sit out Thursday, June 7.
• 6/6 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Edge Out Phillies and Take Series: Dodgers 6 7 0 Phillies 5 7 1 WP- Capuano (8-2) LP- Kendrick (2-5) S- Jansen (9) HR- Victorino (7), Wigginton (6), Rollins (3)...
• 6/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 7 -- Dodgers, Kemp, debuts, draft: In this episode, Jared and I discuss Matt Kemp reinjuring his hamstring, which will keep him out a month. We talk about the...

• 5/29 Roto Think Tank: Valuations to Date: N.L. Pitchers: Last week I took at peek at what American League pitchers have earned to date. Today, I'll take a gander at what their National...
• 5/28 Through The Fence Baseball: A year later, Los Angeles Dodgers reverse fortunes: When the Los Angeles Dodgers started 2012 as the hottest team in Major League Baseball over the first 10 games of the season,...
• 5/23 Lasorda's Lair: Seventh Straight Win and Series Sweep on Dodgers’ Radar: Let’s just take a moment to relish in this… National League West Team W L PCT GB LA Dodgers 30 13 .698 - San Francisco...
• 5/21 High Heat Stats: Weekend roundup: One late note from Saturday before we move on: @Giants 4, Athletics 0: A combined one-hitter by Ryan Vogelsong (7), Javier Lopez...
• 5/20 High Heat Stats: Friday recap, round 2: I knew I wouldn’t be able to do a Saturday recap, so just for the hell of it, here’s the rest of Friday’s action:...
• 5/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' catcher A.J. Ellis: the greatest thing ever: #AJ2KC Fans tend to be hyperbolic about players (especially prospects), but I think the headline for this post is just...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen blows save but records win Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (3-0) was charged with his second blown save of the season but credited with the victory...[+] against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday, May 18. He allowed one run on one hit over one inning with no walks and three strikeouts.
• 5/19 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Inexcusable: Facing baseball’s best team in May, the Cardinals’ offense fought valiantly while everything else collapsed as the...
• 5/15 El Maquino: Yadi Walks Off, Jay Goes Down And Right-Handed Lefty Specialists: Mike Matheny's approach to a one-lefty bullpen could be revolutionary or could be jumping off a skyscraper without a trampoline....
• 5/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 5 – Dodgers, Van Slyke, Lemmerman, Capuano, Lilly and bunting: The newest episode of "Dugout Blues" is up, but it's on a new hosting website now. This time around, Jared Massey (LA Dugout)...
• 5/13 High Heat Stats: Saturday Nightcap: Nationals 2, @Reds 1: Jordan Zimmermann (HQS with 9 SO, 1 BB) trimmed his ERA to 2.14 in 7 starts and even got his 2nd win in...
• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s Kenley Jansen Time in Los Angeles: It was a good day in Los Angeles on Monday. Sure, the Dodgers punked the San Francisco Midgets 9-1, but that’s not necessarily...
• 5/8 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Come out Victorious After a Festival of Errors: Dodgers 9 13 3 Giants    1 8 3 WP- Lilly (4-0) LP- Zito (1-1) Before the game, we learned that Don Mattingly has demoted Javy...
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen named the closerThe Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday, May 7, that RP Kenley Jansen is their closer....[+] The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday, May 7, that RP Kenley Jansen is their closer.
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Dodgers Change Closers: Don Mattingly announced the Dodgers will be using a new closer: Javy Guerra was given the opportunity to open the season as the...
• 5/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Elbert, Guerra among Dodgers' bullpen worries: Coming into the season, I thought the Dodgers' bullpen was going to be a strength for the team. I even made fun of the Cleveland...
• 5/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Did the Dodgers do the right thing in letting MacDougal go?: MacDougal To answer the headline: hell yes! He was awful this season and, unsurprisingly, Ned Colletti was fooled by Mike...

• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen records save Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in one scoreless inning to earn his first save of the season against...[+] the Washington Nationals Friday, April 27.
• 4/26 Through The Fence Baseball: An open letter to Dodgers manager Don Mattingly: An open letter to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly: Don Mattingly 1000 Elysian Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012-1199...
• 4/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers need to be careful with Nathan Eovaldi: The Dodgers' handling of Nathan Eovaldi the last couple outings has been curious. As the top fill-in option for a Dodger starter...
• 4/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Are Dodgers shining the Kenley Jansen “bat signal”?: Mark this date down in Los Angeles Dodgers history: April 17, 2012. It may turn out to be a significant date, much like May 23,...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen has problems with mechanics: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen said a problem with his mechanics was the reason for his struggles during an appearance Friday,...[+] April 13. Jansen had the same problem in his first outing of the season when pitching coach Rick Honeycutt noticed Jansen was standing too upright and not placing enough weight on his back leg. Jansen had three successful outings before his struggles Friday.
• 4/15 The Friarhood: Road, Sweep Road: Friars Fall In Rough Fashion at Chavez Ravine: After dropping the first two, the Padres were hoping to take one from the Dodgers on Sunday, but a call shrouded in controversy...
• 4/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Too soon to worry about Kenley Jansen's velocity?: Probably, but his decreased velocity is noticeable.Depending on which website's data you choose to go with, Kenley Jansen's velocity...
• 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...
• 4/14 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 4/13 vs. Dodgers: Padres rally only to walk the winning run in.  Fall 9-8 to the Dodgers WP: Kenley Jansen (2-0) LP: Andrew Cashner (0-1)Homeruns...
• 4/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Some fun with Dodgers' early-season projections: We all know guys aren't going to hit 96 home runs and drive in 215 runs, but it's always a little fun to look at what guys are...
• 4/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Recapping the Dodgers' home-opener, plus minor-league updates: The Dodgers' kicked off their 50th season in beautiful Dodger Stadium with a 2-1 win against the Pirates on Monday.Clayton Kershaw,...
• 4/10 Operation Shutdown: How Many Cy Young Winners Can We Face?: Bucs fall to Dodgers 2-1WP: Kenley Jansen (1-0)LP: Jason Grilli (0-1)S: Javy Guerra (3)Like I said in the pregame, you need to...
• 4/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Missed opportunity: The Pirates had a great chance to steal another close ballgame today, but a couple mistakes did them in. Kevin Correia looked...
• 4/6 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley On Tap for Game 2: Chad Billingsley (0-0) vs. Corey Luebke (0-0) Lineup: Gordon SS Ellis 2B Kemp CF Rivera 1B Ethier RF Hairston LF Uribe 3B A.J....
• 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Kershaw is Dodgers’ caped crusader: I grew up wanting to be Batman. I thought the Caped Crusader was so cool! He didn’t have superhuman strength or laser vision,...
• 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Jimmy Buffett visits Dodgers-Angels series: Jimmy Buffett was in the news recently when he was seen wearing a “Free Sean Payton” shirt at a benefit concert. Buffett is...
• 4/3 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: NL West: I am finalizing my 2012 prediction series by revealing my NL West standings and adding a few positive and negative predictions...

• 3/19 Lasorda's Lair: Happy Birthday Clayton Kershaw: Today is Clayton Kershaw’s Birthday. He turns 24, and ironically, is also starting today’s Dodger road spring training game....
• 3/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers' bench is going to be an issue this season: The most underrated part of a Major League Baseball team is the bench. Contending teams tend to have strong benches while mediocre...
• 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: The closer stock-market watch: When discussing what a closer is, your mind may wonder a bit to someone who is bad-ass, who is unhittable — the guy in the...
• 3/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Dodgers: With all the off the field distractions last year concerning Frank McCourt, its easy to forget about the actual team on the field....
• 3/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Could Do Without a Thirteen Man Pitching Staff: Yesterday, ESPN’s Buster Olney dropped this seemingly out-of-nowhere tidbit: The Dodgers have quietly put together what...
• 3/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Wrapping up the first week of Dodgers' Spring Training: The Dodgers finished their first week of Spring Training with a 5-1-2 record, which obviously means they're going to the World...
• 3/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen to pitch Saturday: Updating previous reports, Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) is expected to pitch against the Chicago White Sox Saturday,...[+] March 10.
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen being checked out: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (heart) is being checked out by doctors because of shortness of breath Friday, March 9. He...[+] may have experienced heart palpitations the previous day.
• 3/8 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Young bullpen guns make spring debuts: Despite Ned Colletti's infatuation with over-the-hill middle relievers, the Dodgers are relying on quite a few youngsters in the...
• 3/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Key to a better 2012 starts and ends in pen for Dodgers: Bullpens are often underrated in Major League Baseball. Everyone wants to talk about starting pitchers and closers, but middle...

• 2/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Seven Reasons for Optimism in 2012: Nearly five months after the disappointing 2011 season ended when a Kenley Jansen-induced flyball off the bat of Arizona’s...
• 2/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Young hurlers offer bright future for Dodgers: There’s an old adage in football that states defense wins championships. A team that keeps its opponents out of the end zone...
• 2/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should enter the Jorge Soler sweepstakes: While some thought Frank McCourt's final present to Dodger fans could have been to sign Prince Fielder to a mega deal (and the...
• 2/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: This Might Be The Best Thing Javy Guerra and James Loney Do All Year: Very few people believe that Javy Guerra is really going to hold off Kenley Jansen and hang on to the closer’s job all season...
• 2/9 High Heat Stats: Strand Leaders: The best when you’re in a mess: As a followup to this post, I thought I’d run a few tables of leaders at stranding inherited runners in recent years and...
• 2/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Wednesday Notes: Nomo, Prospects, and Owners: Seventeen years ago today, the Dodgers signed Hideo Nomo out of Japan. Nomo won 81 games over two stints and seven years with...
• 2/7 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - 2012 Relief Pitchers: Jordan Walden's stock is on the rise in 2012. (Icon SMI)Baseball Press presents a returning miniseries entitled "Three Up, Three...

• 1/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: James Loney Avoids the Most Depressing Arbitration Case in History: Earlier today on Twitter, I joked that if the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw couldn’t come to some sort of an agreement before...
• 1/4 Roto Think Tank: 2011 N.L. Relievers: As I watched the N.L. Tout Wars auction unfold last March my perception was that the closer prices were higher than normal. But...
• 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: The 6 Most Surprising Trades Of The Offseason: Every offseason has a few trades most people didn't see coming.  Here are my picks so far: Reds acquire Mat Latos from...

• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Strikeout Relievers: Everyone loves having relievers that can strike batters out in their bullpen, guys that can record outs all by themselves without...
• 12/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Why my Dodgers glass is half full for 2012: I’m a glass is half full kind of guy. I always try to look at the bright side of every situation. Even when the odds are stacked...
• 12/28 Lasorda's Lair: The 2012 Dodger Bullpen: The Dodger bullpen will look similar to the last half of the season. Since Jonathan Broxton has moved on and signed with the Kansas...
• 12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers closer candidates doing Rodney Dangerfield impressions: Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, rest his soul, used to have a famous catch phrase for which he became famous. Dangerfield would tug...
• 12/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Ronald Belisario is back, Casey Blake is not: Well, Ronald Belisario is finally going to be back in the country after acquiring his visa, allowing him to pitch for the Dodgers...
• 12/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ronald Belisario Is Suspended, And That’s Great News: Via Steve Dilbeck, we’ve learned that if Ronald Belisario actually does show up to camp this year, he’ll be suspended...
• 12/11 Mets360.com: Daniel Murphy, the Dodgers and family ties: Yesterday we learned that the Dodgers wanted to acquire Daniel Murphy from the Mets during the Winter Meetings but the trade never...
• 12/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Source: Dodgers Had Interest in Daniel Murphy: Last night, we learned that in addition to the reported trade hunt for a righty bat which never happened, the Dodgers also were...
• 12/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Aaron Harang close to signing with Dodgers: Jim Bowden of ESPN L.A. tweeted today the Dodgers and Aaron Harang are close to a deal. Jon Paul Morosi tweeted the deal is expected...

• 11/23 High Heat Stats: Kenley Jansen's MLB-record strikeout rate: Once again, strikeouts hit an all-time high in MLB in 2011. Check out the highest K per 9 innings numbers this past year (minimum...
• 11/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Top 50 prospects: This my Los Angeles Dodgers' Top 50 prospects list. In previous years, I've done Top 30s (Top 15s at midseason). This year, I...
• 11/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Relievers, Part 4: Kenley Jansen (K+) 2.85 ERA, 1.74 FIP, 16.10 K/9, 4.36 BB/9 Let’s start with the obvious: that 16.10 K/9 isn’t a typo....
• 11/20 High Heat Stats: 2011 Relief Odds and Ends: It is difficult to evaluate relievers with isolated classic statistics, but even so it is interesting to note that several relievers...
• 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...
• 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Kimbrel, **** Win Rookie Of The Year Awards: Braves closer Craig Kimbrel and Rays starter Jeremy **** won the 2011 Rookie of the Year awards, announced the Baseball Writers...
• 11/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Dodgers' prospect lists from others thus far: With Baseball America releasing its top 10 Dodgers' prospects on Dec. 2, folks are already in the prospect-ranking mood. No word...
• 11/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Relievers, Part 3: Mike MacDougal (B+) 2.05 ERA, 3.96 FIP, 6.5 K/9, 4.6 BB/9 Sentences I never thought I’d write: “Along with Matt Guerrier,...
• 11/6 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Former Pirate Gets the W: Pirates fall to LA 6-4 WP: Dana Eveland (1-0) LP: Brad Lincoln (1-1) S: Kenley Jansen (3) The Dodgers got off to an early lead,...
• 11/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Relievers, Part 1: Today we move on to relievers, and like the rotation, these are not necessarily ordered by importance, lest I end up with a day...

• 10/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Open Thread: 2012 Rosterbation: Now that the 2011 season is officially over, I’ll finally post my 2012 plan on Monday, which I’ve been going back...
• 10/15 FanSided: Valverde and Kimbrel Named FanSided MLB Relievers of the Year: Yesterday FanSided MLB publicly announced our choices for American and National League Relievers of the Year. Braves closer, Craig...
• 10/12 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA National League Rookie of the Year: This year, the National League saw a number of rookies make significant contributions to their teams.  The playoff teams...
• 10/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Bullpen: Just like my season preview series, I'll be reviewing each section of the Dodgers' team, starting with the bullpen.Dodger bullpen...
• 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: GM Candidate: Logan White: MLBTR’s list of general manager candidates introduced 20 people who were identified by their peers as potential Major League...

• 9/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Youth In the Bullpen Is Still the Way to Go: I hate to ever, ever use T.J. Simers as a source for anything – **** in the same column we’re about to discuss, he...
• 9/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp Matt Kemps the Diamondbacks. Matt Kemp.: Matt Kemp‘s pursuit of the Triple Crown is all but over tonight, since Jose Reyes had three hits and Ryan Braun came off...
• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: Colletti: Dodgers Can Afford Long-Term Deals For Key Players: T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times talked to Dodgers GM Ned Colletti; here's the latest: Simers writes that "Frank McCourt has...
• 9/26 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Potential Dodgers' award winners: Kemp, Kershaw... Jansen?: While guys like Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw are getting plenty of play for postseason awards, one member of the Dodgers is...
• 9/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Chad Billingsley Tries to End His Season on a High Note: Apologies for interrupting the well-deserved lovefest over Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw, and Kenley Jansen (and the freakshow that...
• 9/22 Lasorda's Lair: Kenley Jansen is Ridiculously Good & Kemp Goes Deep Again Triple Crown in Sight:   Jon Weisman, one of my favorite Dodger bloggers, who writes the blog Dodger Thoughts on ESPN.com has a great article on...
• 9/21 B-R Blog: The Claw and The Freak: If the Giants are indeed done -- pending their own Wednesday outcome, they trail Arizona by 6 full games, and Atlanta by 4 for...
• 9/21 22gigantes.com: Kershaw, Dodgers halt Giants’ win streak: James Loney hit a run-scoring single in the first and Jerry Sands blasted a solo home run off Giants starter Tim Lincecum an...
• 9/21 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Clayton Kershaw does Clayton Kershaw things: Dodgers 2, Giants 1. Same old story. This time, Kershaw kept the Giants to one run over 7.1 innings — his lone mistake a...
• 9/21 Bay City Ball: An obstacle down south: The most interesting thing about last night’s game was Kenley Jansen. I mean, it certainly wasn’t that the Giants...
• 9/15 Baseball Analytics: Kenley Jansen's Cutter: Kenley Jansen will throw a cutter. You shall not hit that cutter. Maybe that's a bit simplistic, but it basically sumps up Jansen's...
• 9/15 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Paul Goldschmidt (again): Top 2: Paul Goldschmidt struck out swinging against Clayton Kershaw Top 4: called out on strikes against Kershaw Top 7: struck...
• 9/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even Arizona Writers Think Kershaw’s Ejection Was Ridiculous: On July 31, Gerardo Parra hit two dingers in Dodger Stadium, the second of which was a bomb off of Hong-Chih Kuo that Parra longingly...
• 9/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Kenley Jansen: A man among boys: When Kenley Jansen converted to reliever from catcher in the middle of the 2009 season, no one knew how he would transition.Two...
• 9/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dee Gordon Makes His Case: When Dee Gordon was recalled in June, most of us were torn between “wow, Dee Gordon! This will be exciting!” and “this...
• 9/8 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Mike Morse:   Bottom 1: Michael Morse struck out swinging against Ted Lilly Bottom 2: struck out swinging against Lilly Bottom 5: flied...
• 9/7 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Brian McCann: Bottom 1: Brian McCann struck out swinging against Nate Eovaldi Bottom 4: walked against Eovaldi Bottom 6: struck out swinging...
• 9/5 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Former Pirate Gets the W: Pirates fall to LA 6-4 WP: Dana Eveland (1-0) LP: Brad Lincoln (1-1) S: Kenley Jansen (3) The Dodgers got off to an early lead,...
• 9/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Winning With Roster in Flux: The Dodgers used 20 players in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Atlanta, their 11th win in 12 games. Of the 20, only eight –...
• 9/2 Future Closers: Potential Future Closers: NL West: Having already discussed potential future closers for the NL East and NL Central teams.  Today I will take a look at potential...

• 8/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Closer Carousel: Teams pay a premium for saves; it's how Rafael Soriano was able to get a three-year, $35MM contract last offseason.  Impending...
• 8/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Most surprising 2011 Dodgers' hitters and pitchers: In the second of a four-part series, I look at the most surprising Los Angeles Dodgers' players. Yes it's only Aug. 25, but there...
• 8/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A.J. Ellis and Friends Bowl Over Cardinals for Sweep: A.J. Ellis, we’ve been waiting all year; it’s a nice way to welcome you back. Ellis’ fifth-inning home run was...
• 8/17 B-R Blog: Perfect in Extra-Inning Games: This season the Dodgers have played in only 6 extra-inning games, but  have won them all. Since 1901, only 3 teams have gone...
• 8/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rubby de la Rosa Is Hurt, Because of Course He Is: Suddenly, trading Trayvon Robinson for filler might no longer be the worst thing that happened on Sunday afternoon. Tony Jackson:...

• 7/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp’s Homer Tops Ted Lilly’s Homers: So much for that mini-slump Matt Kemp was supposedly stuck in during the early-to-mid part of July, right? Kemp entered tonight...
• 7/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Kershaw, Kemp & Kenley Lead the Way: Clayton Kershaw went 6.2 solid innings while setting a career high in pitches, and the Dodger offense finally touched Jhoulys...
• 7/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2011 Midseason Grades: Pitching and Management: Thanks for all the feedback on yesterday’s hitting grades, and today we move on to pitching and management. Remember, the...

• 6/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ted Lilly Should Be An All-Star: …hey, someone’s got to pitch during the Home Run Derby, right? Actually, Lilly had one of the weirder lines I can...
• 6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Eovaldi, Russell enjoying nice seasons for Chattanooga: Dodgers' RHP Nathan Eovaldi is enjoying a great season at Double-A Chattanooga after having just a mediocre season in 2010 in...
• 6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Eovaldi, Russell enjoying nice seasons for Chattanooga: Dodgers' RHP Nathan Eovaldi is enjoying a great season at Double-A Chattanooga after having just a mediocre season in 2010 in...
• 6/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Eovaldi, Russell enjoying nice seasons for Chattanooga: Dodgers' RHP Nathan Eovaldi is enjoying a great season at Double-A Chattanooga after having just a mediocre season in 2010 in...
• 6/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hiroki Kuroda Stops the Slide: For 7 1/3 scoreless innings on Sunday, the Dodgers looked likely to set us up for disappointment. Hiroki Kuroda had sailed through...
• 6/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dee Gordon Is Never Boring: Dee Gordon may be a lot of things, but boring will never be one of them. When he was recalled last week, I noted that he’d...
• 6/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Eovaldi, Russell enjoying nice seasons for Chattanooga: Dodgers' RHP Nathan Eovaldi is enjoying a great season at Double-A Chattanooga after having just a mediocre season in 2010 in...
• 6/3 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Spitballing: Position changes: First thing’s first: this entry was prompted by Buster Posey and his horrific ankle injury, but it’s not just about...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen throws pain-free: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (shoulder) threw Tuesday, May 31, and he was pain-free after having a few days off. He remains...[+] on the 15-day disabled list.

• 5/31 Through The Fence Baseball: Reasons the glass is half full for the Dodgers: There was a famous (maybe “regular” is a better word?) song on the old comedy show “Hee-Haw” that used to talk about bad...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Three roster moves: The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased the contract of RP Josh Lindblom from Triple-A Albuquerque Sunday, May 29. They also placed...[+] RP Kenley Jansen on the 15-day disabled list due to shoulder inflammation, and designated RP Travis Schlichting for assignment.
• 5/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw’s Best Start Ever Leads Group Effort: Earlier this afternoon, I attended the Phillies/Mets game at CitiField, where Philadelphia starter Vance Worley lasted just three...
• 5/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' bullpen hit hard by injuries: Kenley Jansen was placed on the 15-day disabled list today, with the Dodgers calling up Josh Lindblom from Double-A and designating...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Designate Travis Schlichting For Assignment: The Dodgers have designated Travis Schlichting for assignment according to the team's official Twitter feed. Eric Stephen of...
• 5/25 Through The Fence Baseball: If I were GM of the Dodgers, oh, the things that I would do: The Los Angeles Dodgers are toast in 2011; we already know that. It’s not news that the Dodgers have more holes than a slice...
• 5/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Who Had a Better Night?: Rubby De La Rosa, who not only was recalled to make his major league debut, but held a one run lead in the 8th by blowing away...
• 5/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers aren't good, but there are still reasons to watch: It's been almost a month since I blogged. A lot has happened in Dodgerland -- mostly bad. Here are a few of my thoughts.Jerry...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen lets victory slip away: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen allowed three earned runs, three hits and a walk in just two-thirds of an inning Monday,...[+] May 23, against the Houston Astros. He was charged with the blown save and loss after the abysmal 38-pitch disaster.
• 5/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Crushed. Again.: I had written an entire post about how the “stars and scrubs” makeup of this team had really shone through tonight,...
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: More Ks for Kershaw: Clayton Kershaw struck out seven Astros in six innings, but the Dodgers lose 4-3 as Kenley Jansen can’t close the game....
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Expected to use closer-by-committee for now: The Los Angeles Dodgers are you expected to use a committee of RPs Matt Guerrier, Kenley Jansen and Mike MacDougal for closing...[+] situations because of injuries to RPs Jonathan Broxton (elbow) and Vicente Padilla (forearm).
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Vicente Padilla unavailable again: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Vicente Padilla (forearm) was unavailable to pitch for the second straight day Wednesday, May 18. Manager...[+] Don Mattingly said he would close by committee until Padilla is ready to return. Padilla said he felt a little better Wednesday. RP Kenley Jansen pitched the eighth while RP Matt Guerrier received the save chance Tuesday, May 17, and Mattingly said he would likely go with the same combination in another save opportunity. RP Mike MacDougal could also be in the mix.
• 5/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: At Least They Showed Some Life: After the Dodgers fell behind 4-0 in the 4th inning thanks to the Giants ground-ball singling Clayton Kershaw to death (I believe...
• 5/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Tony Jackson Joins the Anti-Sacrifice Bunt Alliance: Though we all groan every time “columnists” like Bill Plaschke and T.J. Simers decide to focus their tired shtick...
• 5/15 Baseball Moves: Waiver Mavens – Week 7 – Minor a Major?: Week 7 and things are rolling along here for Waiver Mavens… Batters Jhonny Peralta, Detroit Tigers (3B, SS, MI, CI) owned...
• 5/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodger Bullpen Has Lost Control: It’s no secret that the Dodger bullpen, once thought to be a strength, has dissolved into a nightmare. Just look at the...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen gets the call: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen got the final out against the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, May 13, to get the save. RP Vicente...[+] Padilla took the ball to start the ninth, but allowed two runs in 2/3 of an inning.
• 5/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rained Out: Two innings of baseball were followed by more than two hours of rain delay, before the umpires finally took mercy upon us all...
• 5/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Barely Avoid Being Swept By Mets: If the Dodgers are going to win these days, this how they’re going to do it – directly on the backs of their stars....
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jonathan Broxton could miss more than a month: Updating a previous report, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said RP Jonathan Broxton (elbow) is likely to be out for...[+] longer than a month, including his rehab time. Mattingly wants to use RP Vicente Padilla as the primary guy in the ninth inning with Broxton sidelined, although the team will be hesitant to use him on back-to-back days. 'It's Chief, pretty much,' Mattingly said, referring to Padilla by his nickname. 'Back-to-back, we've got to see the number of pitches and how it goes. We have to find out. If he gets too many pitches, we won't do it. If it's a typical inning, 12 to 15 pitches, we'll see how he comes back. He's willing to do it.' Mattingly could turn to RP Hong-Chih Kuo on days that Padilla is not available. RP Kenley Jansen, who was just recalled from the minors, is another option. Broxton does not think his injury is at all related to his second-half collapse last season. 'It probably started in the spring and caught up to me now,' Broxton said. 'The ligament is fine, there are no chips or anything. It's just bruised.'
• 5/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Today’s Treat: My Face on Video: This morning, SNY was kind enough to invite me to walk across the street and speak with Ted Berg on The Baseball Show, previewing...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jonathan Broxton to disabled list: The Los Angeles Dodgers placed RP Jonathan Broxton (elbow) on the 15-day disabled list and promoted RP Kenley Jansen from Class...[+] AA Friday, May 6.
• 5/4 Call to the Pen: Broxton Shut Down: The Los Angeles Dodgers have shut down closer Jonathan Broxton after the pitcher complained of elbow pain. The team has scheduled...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Will use closer-by-committee: The Los Angeles Dodgers will use a closer-by-committee approach while RP Jonathan Broxton (elbow) is out. RP Vicente Padilla will...[+] not be used in back-to-back games, due to recently having arm surgery. RPs Hong-Chih Kuo, Matt Guerrier, Blake Hawksworth, Mike MacDougal and Kenley Jansen could also be used in save situations. 'I'm going to deal with what we have,' said manager Don Mattingly, who also pointed out that Kuo is 'not throwing the way he's capable yet.'
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen could return: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen would likely be recalled from the minors if the team is forced to place RP Jonathan Broxton...[+] (elbow) on the disabled list.
• 5/2 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: May 1, 2011: Fernando Salas $16.  Other bids: $12, $8, $7.This is a very aggressive, and likely unwarranted, bid on Salas.  I wrote...
• 5/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Activate Kuo Curiously Send Jansen to AAA: The Dodgers have activated Hong-Chih Kuo from the disabled list, a much needed addition to the NL’s worst bullpen. However...
• 5/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Swap Out Jansen for Kuo: Dylan Hernandez with some unexpected news: The #Dodgers have reinstated LHP Hong-Chih Kuo and optioned RHP Kenley Jansen to Triple-A...
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Hong-Chih Kuo activated from DL: The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated RP Hong-Chih Kuo (back) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned RP Kenley Jansen to...[+] Triple-A Albuquerque.
• 5/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Literally Drop Game to Padres: Good news, Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 26 games, the second longest in LA Dodger history, and also tied a team...

• 4/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A Much Needed Day Off: The Dodgers have today off, their first after a stretch of 20 games in 20 days, the maximum allowed by the collective bargaining...
• 4/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Start Off Road Trip on the Right Foot: Apparently all it took was the coldest day of the year for the Dodger offense to get hot, because they finally busted out for...
• 4/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Jerry Sands Throws Seven Shutout Innings to Lead Dodgers to Victory: Wait, that is what happened, right? How about this: Jerry Sands was not the star of tonight’s game. How could he be, when...
• 4/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Drop Another Laugher: I’m going to have to think of new and interesting ways to say basically the same thing as always, which is that the Dodgers...
• 4/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Play Two: I’m used to some late nights following the Dodgers, but this was something else: I came home from a night out to see that...
• 4/8 Bus League Baseball: Cal League South Division Preview and Predictions: The season is underway, but hopefully no one feels that one day of results gives me an unfair edge in predicting how the season...
• 4/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants 10, Isotopes 0: On an afternoon where the Dodgers ran out a lineup that featured only three of their usual starters, Ted Lilly was going to have...

• 3/30 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Updated Fantasy Baseball Closer Report - Rankings: Everyone seems to think a lot of Matt ThorntonSome closing situations cleared up this spring (Texas Rangers), some didn't (Atlanta,...
• 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: 2011 Predicted Award Winners: Here are my 2011 predicted award winners: American League MVP: Carl Crawford, Boston Red Sox Cy Young Award: Justin Verlander,...
• 3/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen injured Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen (jaw) was injured Friday, March 4, during a fielding practice drill, reports Ken Gurnick,...[+] of MLB.com. Jansen went to field a slow roller between the mound and first base when his left leg went out and he landed on his right jaw.
• 3/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There May Be More Bullpen Intrigue Than We Thought: Remember the heady days of, oh, three weeks ago, when the top six spots in the bullpen were all spoken for and the only question...

• 2/28 Call to the Pen: The Los Angeles Dodgers SystemWe keep on rolling with the system reviews with a look at the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system....
• 2/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A Valuable Learning Opportunity: During today’s ESPN chat with Tony Jackson and Angels writer Mark Saxon, a question about Jonathan Broxton inevitably came...
• 2/24 Baseball Press: 2011 Walk Years - Pitchers: Heath Bell will probably be on the move in his walk year. (Getty)When a big leaguer has an expiring contract, it typically means...
• 2/18 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Pitchers Hit This Year (or, Two Guys Named Buchholz): Okay, I admit it. This post was originally conceived as a way to talk about the supremely weird line put up by Gustavo Chacin,...
• 2/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Preview: Bullpen: In the first of a nine-part series, I preview the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen heading into the 2011 season.RHP Ronald Belisario-...

• 1/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Analyzing Baseball America and FanGraphs' Dodger Top 10 prospects: Baseball America, one of the foremost authorities on prospects, released its 2011 Dodgers' Top 10 prospects list today. To my...
• 1/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Baseball America's Dodger Top 10 drops Friday: Baseball America releases its Top 10 Dodger prospects on Friday. Here is my best guess at the list. It's a bit different than...
• 1/12 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Draft Dodgers?: Rod Barajas provides LA with a power-swinging backstop.  (Getty) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Who Tops Your Dodger Prospect List?: It’s a big day if you’re at all interested in the Dodger minor league system, because today is the day that Baseball...
• 1/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Should the Dodgers Be Looking For A Lefty Bullpen Arm?: Ponder this: it’s the first week of January, yet there may not be a single pitching spot up for grabs when camp starts in...
• 1/2 Giants Nirvana: Notes: These are by no means worthy of individual posts, so here goes... Kirk Rueter, who's on the Hall of Fame ballot, compiled 818...
• 1/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jonathan Broxton expected to return to closer's role: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Jonathan Broxton will enter spring training camp as the team's closer, although he may be on a short leash,...[+] according to MLB.com's Ken Gurnick. Team management feels the reason for his lack of success in 2010 was primarily mental, even though he lost several mph off his fastball. RPs Kenley Jansen and Hong-Chih Kuo may also be considered for the closer's role.

• 12/23 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Pitchers Hit This Year (or, Two Guys Named Buchholz): Okay, I admit it. This post was originally conceived as a way to talk about the supremely weird line put up by Gustavo Chacin,...
• 12/22 The Juglandaceous Porthole: Better to Burn Out?: Did you get a chance to see the kid pitch in 2010? It’s true the rookie only pitched [23.1, 13.1, 15.1, 27, 20.2, 68] innings...
• 12/20 B-R Blog: Site Fixes (12/20/2010): Notes on a few minor site fixes/additions over the past week: Countries of birth were fixed in Play Index and Bio Section (bug...
• 12/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers Sign Matt Guerrier to Three Year Deal: Update: Ken Rosenthal reports that it’ll be $12m over 3 years. I assume that’s going to be backloaded as $1m, $1m,...

• 11/26 MLBTradeRumors: What's Next For The Dodgers?: The bulk of the moves made by the Dodgers this offseason have focused on shoring up the team's rotation, unsurprising after their...
• 11/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2010 in Review: Relievers, Part 3: Kenley Jansen (A+) 0.67 ERA, 1.82 FIP, 13.7 K/9, 5.0 BB/9, 1.3 WAR I didn’t really talk about Kenley Jansen much entering...
• 11/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2010 in Review: Relievers, Part 2: Continuing our “three random relievers” method of doling out bullpen reviews… Hong-Chih Kuo (A+) 1.20 ERA, 1.81...

• 9/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Casey Blake Gets a Game Ball: I’ve been somewhat critical of Casey Blake around here lately, and one nice series in the mountains isn’t going to...
• 9/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again: Dodger starting pitching, awesome. Dodger offense, crap. I’d go into that a little deeper, but haven’t we been there...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen gets first career victory: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen picked up his first career victory in his 18th major league appearance, according to Associated...[+] Press reporter Kristie Rieken, as the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 6-3 Saturday, Sept. 11.
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Win Probability Added leaders for 2010: We've been talking about WPA on another thread and I just threw together a quick list. Click through for guys whose 2010 WPA total...
• 9/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So That’s How You Stop a 10-Game Losing Streak: …you play the Dodgers. Vicente Padilla was allowed to go just 59 pitches deep, allowing three runs in four innings, before...
• 9/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jonathan Broxton won't close games again this year: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Jonathan Broxton won't be used in save situations the rest of the year, ESPNLosAngeles.com's Tony Jackson...[+] reports. Manager Joe Torre said he could use RP Kenley Jansen or RP George Sherrill to close games that CL Hong-Chih Kuo is unavailable.
• 9/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Talk About the Rest of the Season: After yesterday’s loss to the Phillies, the Dodgers are now two games over .500, and 7.5 back in the Wild Card race. They’ve...

• 8/28 B-R Blog: Stephen Strasburg’s career stats: Stephen Strasburg may have thrown his last MLB pitch. Although not terribly likely given the high success rate of Tommy John surgery...
• 8/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jonathan Broxton taken out of closer's role: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Jonathan Broxton will be taken out of the closer's role temporarily, with RPs Hong-Chih Kuo and Octavio...[+] Dotel being used to split the duties, according to the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez. RP Kenley Jansen could also see a few chances. Dotel would be used in the ninth if a save situation presents itself Friday, Aug. 13. Manager Joe Torre said he wants to continue to use Broxton in close games, but he wants to take him out of the closer's role until he gets his feet under him.
• 8/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Changes in the Bullpen: I’m still working on my mega-Broxton post (believe me, it’ll be interesting), but in the meantime we have changes...
• 8/13 Crashburn Alley: Broxton ****: Jonathan Broxton is an elite closer, averaging 12 strikeouts per nine innings with a 2.92 ERA. Asking him to get three outs in...
• 8/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Bizarro Dodgers: Anyone remember the prognosis for the Dodgers headed into 2010? Tons of offense, especially from the completely stacked outfield, and...

• 7/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dotel For McDonald & Lambo: The Dodgers Just Got a Lot Older: As you’ve no doubt heard (and mourned about) by now, the Dodgers traded James McDonald and Andrew Lambo to the Pirates for...
• 7/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Joe Torre Has Completely Checked Out: Oh, I just can’t wait for the inevitable stories to come out of this one, right? Some of our less-attentive friends are...
• 7/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Bullpen Offers No Relief: I’m going to keep it short tonight, since I’m writing for the first time on an Ipad, and it’s honestly a bit...
• 7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Kenley Jansen picks up first save: Los Angeles Dodgers RP Kenley Jansen struck out two batters and recorded his first major league save as CL Jonathan Broxton and...[+] RP Hong-Chih Kuo had the day off Sunday, July 25, MLB.com's Evan Drellich reports.