Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw) (twitter: @ClaytonKersh22)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX
High Schools: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX), Highland Park HS (Highland Park, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2008 (Age 20)   vs. STL 6.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER
Team: Dodgers 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 2 yrs/$19M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.105, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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• 5/17 mlbreports.com : Greinke Return Can Turn The Dodgers Season Around: Like us on Facebook here Friday May.17/2013  By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent for MLB Reports) I think it’s pretty...
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• 5/17 Baseball Musings: The Mental Game: Stephen Strasburg demonstrates the importance of the mental side of the game: For one night, they could revel in an error leaving...
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• 5/16 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 15th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Raul Ibanez hit a first inning grand slam and later added a second homer as the Mariners demolished the Yankees, 12-2. Jon Lester...
• 5/16 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Resilient Redbirds: After throwing the greatest game by a rookie in Cardinal history, what do you do for a follow-up? Throw another shutout, ......
• 5/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Sweep Away The Scum: After throwing the greatest game by a rookie in Cardinal history, what do you do for a follow-up? Throw another shutout, ......
• 5/15 District On Deck: Lineups: Harper Still Out As Nats Gun For Series Win, NL East Tie: After the Nationals and Dodgers split the first two games of their three-game series thanks to great pitching performances by...
• 5/15 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 14th) – Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Clayton Kershaw pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings, walking only one and striking out 11 and scored as the Dodgers beat the Nationals...
• 5/15 Billy-Ball.com: Clayton Kershaw throws a lot of pitches… a lot: Clayton Kershaw allowed the Nationals just five hits while striking out 11 over 8.2 innings in the Dodgers’ 2-0 victory....
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• 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...
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• 5/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Is There A Catching Controversy Brewing In Atlanta?: When Brian McCann went on the DL to start the 2013 season, the Atlanta Braves had question marks as to who they would put behind...
• 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,...
• 5/7 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 6, 2013): Stephen Drew: Yesterday’s MVP was Stephen Drew (beating out, amongst others, Andrelton Simmons), who went 4-5 with a HR and 3 RBIs, including...
• 5/7 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.07/2013: Stephen Drew hit a game tying homer and a walk off double, going 4-5, as the Red Sox beat the Twins in extra innings, 6-5. The...
• 5/6 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Outdoor hockey invades Dodger Stadium.: Say hello to the “Stadium Series.” That’s what the NHL is calling the first outdoor NHL game in Los Angeles,...
• 5/6 Atlanta Bullpen: Justin Upton Leading MVP Candidate: Still early in the season, but Braves right fielder Justin Upton is the favorite to win the National League MVP Award, according...
• 5/6 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.06/2013: Justin Verlander took a no hitter into the 7th inning and finished with seven shut out innings with 9 strikeouts as the Tigers...
• 5/6 We Talk Fantasy Sports: SF Giants Bullpen Sweeps the LA Dodgers: The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 3 game series, winning by a total of 3 runs, walking off with wins...
• 5/6 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 5, 2013): Yu Darvish: Justin Verlander may have had a no-hitter through seven, but Yu Darvish struck out 14 and gave up only 4 hits (although two of...
• 5/6 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/5: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Anibal Sanchez 29 39.67 32.238 2 Yu Darvish 26 45.67 32.183 3 Felix Hernandez 27 50.67 31.962 4...
• 5/6 Nolan Writin': Yu Darvish Is A God Amongst Men: Yu Darvish, your master Here is what I wrote about Yu Darvish on January 23rd: Dan Symborski, who every year runs his ZIPS projection...
• 5/6 Venom Strikes: D’Backs vs. Dodgers Series Preview: The Dodgers (13-17) are streaking in a bad way, and have now lost four straight games. They were just swept by the San Francisco...
• 5/5 BoSox Injection: Felix Doubront, Losing Velocity, and Maybe His Spot:   Felix Doubront is not pitching very well, by anyone’s standards. Doubront got absolutely shellacked in his fifth start...
• 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 FFLockerRoom: Los Angeles Dodgers Activate Clayton Kershaw, Disable Ted Lilly: The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated left handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw from the bereavement list. To make room for him, the...
• 5/5 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 4, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera is good at baseball. We all know this, but when he gets 2 HRs and 6 RBIs like he did yesterday in the 17-2 Tigers...
• 5/5 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.05/2013: Miguel Cabrera had a night so good that even a Sabermetrics fan would have to concede he owned baseball. The Detroit Tigers star...
• 5/4 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 3, 2013): Drew Stubbs: Drew Stubbs went 4-5 and had the game-winning RBI with his extra-innings double to give the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Twins....
• 5/4 Raising Matt Cain: Fence-bustin' Buster: I used to have this card when I was a kid and later I carried it around with me in my wallet as a sort of good luck charm. Not...
• 5/4 Lasorda's Lair: Painful Loss Highlights Dodgers Need to Make Changes to Roster: At this point it’s just getting ridiculous, and cruel for the Dodgers and their fans. A season filled with injuries of...
• 5/4 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.04/2013: Buster Posey drove in both Giants runs including hitting a walk off solo shot in the 9th as San Francisco beat rival Los Angeles...
• 5/4 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Lose Hanley To Injury, Then Lose Depressing Game To Giants: Dodgers 1 11 1 Giants     2 4 1 WP-Romo-2-2 LP-Belisario-2-3 HR-Posey-4 This season keeps getting worse and worse, with no...
• 5/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey Hits Walkoff Home Run As Giants Top Dodgers: For the Los Angeles Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw was again masterful but their offense was as woeful as ever as the Blue left thirteen...
• 5/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hanley Ramirez Leaves With Injury, Sky May Or May Not Be Falling: I was going to wait until the end of the game for this, because Clayton Kershaw had a no-hitter going through 5.2 innings —...
• 5/3 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Pitcher Ted Lilly Placed On DL, Kershaw Returns: Dodgers' left handed pitcher Ted Lilly was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a rib-cage muscle strain.  The move...
• 5/3 Injury Report: ()
• 5/3 RoxPile: Rockies Face Tough Test In Matt Moore, David Price: Tough left-handed pitchers are constantly a problem for the Colorado Rockies. They have no choice but to face the likes of Clayton...
• 5/3 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 5: When the season began, I figured that Jon Lester would benefit most from the reunion with his former pitching coach John Farrell....
• 5/3 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Anchors Dodger Team in San Francisco Series: Clayton Kershaw (3-2, 1.73) vs. Barry Zito (3-1, 3.29) Lineup: TBA Clayton Kershaw will have to wage on after losing his father...
• 5/3 Lasorda's Lair: Important Roster Move Looms For Dodgers: The Dodgers have a roster move to make today, but will they make the right one? The Dodgers begin an important three game set...
• 5/3 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/2: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 44.33 33.436 2 Anibal Sanchez 29 39.67 32.563 3 Yu Darvish 26 38.67 32.385 4...
• 5/3 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 2, 2013): Denard Span: Going 3-4 with 2 RBIs and a walk, Denard Span is the MVP of Yesterday. According to Fangraphs, Span had the best WAR (Wins Above...
• 5/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: A Second Base BlockbusterNASH!  I have a potential huge trade, I get Robinson Cano for Dustin Pedroia and Matt Moore, I have plenty More......
• 5/3 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.03/2013:   Dominic Brown went 3-4 including a home run and an RBI single leading the Phillies past the Marlins, 7-2. Dan Haren threw...
• 5/2 Splash Hit Blog: The paper says: Two days of strikeouts, and one day of LOL Dodgers: The Dodgers come to San Francisco this weekend for a three-game series against the Giants where there will be a license plate...
• 5/2 Inside the Dodgers: Angels’ Tommy Hanson talks about his first start after returning from bereavement.: Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson can’t relate exactly to what Clayton Kershaw is going through right now, but their situations...
• 5/2 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Dodgers face an important roster decision.: Expect the Dodgers to shed an infielder for this weekend’s series against the San Francisco Giants. Before we assume that...
• 5/2 MLB Injury News: Chris Capuano Impresses in Rehab Start, Eyes Clearance to Return to Dodgers: In his first rehab start since being placed on the disabled list for a left calf muscle strain, Chris Capuano looked sharp in...
• 5/2 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 1, 2013): Jordan Zimmermann: Mike Napoli had a great day at the plate, going 3-4 with 2 HRs, but that came in a blowout win. Jordan Zimmermann, however, went...
• 5/2 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.02/2013: Clay Buchholz pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 and collected his sixth win as the first place Red Sox man handled the...
• 5/2 Injury Report: ()
• 5/2 TheFantasyFix.com: The Rubber, Week 5: Rest of Season Top 75 SP Rankings: This article comes out every Thursday. In previous years it was updated rankings each Thursday, but weekly is too frequent for...
• 5/2 Inside the Dodgers: Postgame thoughts: Colorado Rockies 7, Dodgers 3.: You got the sense that Josh Beckett could live with the smaller strike zone imposed by home plate umpire Larry Vanover tonight....
• 5/1 60ft6in.com: April 2013 F12 #1′s: Here is the list of the pitchers who were #1 in the Factor12 Rating each day of the season so far…. Date Pitcher Age IP...
• 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...
• 5/1 Inside the Dodgers: Javy Guerra adds length to Dodgers’ bullpen.: It came as little surprise when the Dodgers recalled pitcher Javy Guerra from Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday. Guerra was sent...
• 5/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rockies @ Dodgers May 1, 2013: Nicasio vs Beckett: So this isn’t great: for the second night in a row, Carl Crawford sits with a sore right hamstring. Understandably, we’re...
• 5/1 Inside the Dodgers: Dodger pitchers are finding their stroke.: Without prompt, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly did something Wednesday he rarely does: He criticized himself publicly. Dodger pitchers...
• 5/1 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Caving to the #whiff, like the rest of MLB: There’s an episode of The Simpsons in which Krusty the Clown agreed to give away a free Krusty Burger if the United States...
• 5/1 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw to start Friday: The Los Angeles Dodgers recently placed left-handed starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the bereavement list following the death...
• 5/1 TheLeadoffWalk: April All Stars: Pitchers: Starting Pitcher:   Adam Wainwright, Cardinals It’s hard to overstate Wainwright’s candidacy for the...
• 5/1 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 30): Tim Hudson: Tim Hudson threw 7 innings of 3-hit ball, giving up one run. But don’t worry, he got that run right back with a home run...
• 5/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Los Angeles Dodgers Evidence of Just How Quickly A Starting Pitching Surplus Can Collapse: It’s been a topic of much contention for years now–why do the Rays always operate with an enormous pitching surplus? Why...
• 5/1 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4/30: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 44.33 33.655 2 Yu Darvish 26 38.67 32.603 3 Anibal Sanchez 29 33.67 32.192 4...
• 5/1 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.01/2013: Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a pair of home runs including the go ahead shot in the 7th inning against first...
• 5/1 Sultan of Squat: April MLB breakdown (Accountability Week 4) Part 2: Welcome back. In case you missed it, I broke down the first month (minus a day or two) of the American League season. Today, we...

• 4/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 36 - Puig, Ramirez, Kershaw, Magill: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) and I record on a Monday again because I'm attending the Quakes-Ports...
• 4/30 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated April.30/2013: It was a wild night of baseball with many heroes. But only four can own baseball. Despite the heroics of Brandon Moss and the...
• 4/30 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 29, 2013): Brandon Moss: Well, there was a 19-inning thriller between the Athletics and Angels last night, and the A’s finally came out on top when...
• 4/30 mlbreports.com : Carl Crawford Is Off To A Surprisingly Hot Start As The Dodgers Leadoff Guy: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday Apr.30/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent) When the Dodgers acquired Outfielder Carl...
• 4/30 Lasorda's Lair: New Attitude Rockies Clobber Lilly, Wall, and the Dodgers 12-2: Dodgers 2 6 1 Rockies 12 19 1 WP- Chatwood (1-0) LP- Lilly (0-1) HR- Fowler (8), Rosario (7), Hairston (1) Before the game the...
• 4/29 The Baseball Haven: Too Much of a Good Thing: In 2012, Johnny Cueto, Mat Latos, Homer Bailey, Bronson Arroyo, and Mike Leake combined to start 161 of the Cincinnati Reds 162...
• 4/29 Inside the Dodgers: Hanley Ramirez activated from the disabled list, Clayton Kershaw placed on the bereavement list.: The Dodgers placed pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the bereavement list and reinstated Hanley Ramirez from the disabled list prior...
• 4/29 Injury Report: ()
• 4/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers potpourri: Kershaw dominant; Crawford looking sweet: After watching two of three games this past weekend between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers, I have to say that...
• 4/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rockies @ Dodgers April 29, 2013: Welcome Back, Hanley: Hanley Ramirez is back! Sort of. Less than an hour prior to game time, Ramirez was activated from the disabled list and he’ll...
• 4/29 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: More on Clayton Kershaw, Hanley Ramirez, and wrapped body parts.: I could have written a lot more about Clayton Kershaw for my game story from the Dodgers’ win yesterday but I didn’t...
• 4/29 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 28, 2013): Giancarlo Stanton: Giancarlo Stanton didn’t do well in the WBC, he wasn’t so hot in Spring Training either, if memory serves. And he...
• 4/29 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.29/2013: Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of homers and delivered an RBI double as the Marlins got a very rare win. Clayton Kershaw threw...
• 4/29 Billy-Ball.com: Sweeps and more: The Boston Red Sox had no trouble sweeping a four-game set from the Hapless Astros, outscoring them by a 28-10 margin in games...
• 4/29 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4/28: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Yu Darvish 26 32.67 34.262 2 Adam Wainwright 31 37.33 33.614 3 Anibal Sanchez 29 33.67 32.399 4...
• 4/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Clayton Kershaw and Giancarlo Stanton deliver big: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
• 4/29 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Roundtable: Should The DH Be Used for Both Leagues or Eliminated?: This week’s Red Sox Roundtable discussion concerns the Designated Hitter rule. Is it good for baseball? Should the two leagues...
• 4/29 Rum Bunter: Pirates Return To House of Horrors To Face Brewers:   The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t been on top of the NL Central since last July.  Oh, what a time that was, the city...
• 4/29 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 28 Observations: Pitchers: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 Phil Hughes: Though a whopping 25 foul balls doomed his pitch count, Hughes had yet another...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Two Man Show: Clayton Kershaw struck out 12 Brewers and Carl Crawford hit two solo home runs as the Dodgers shutout Milwaukee 2-0 Sunday afternoon....
• 4/28 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw’s Domination And Crawman’s Two Home Runs Lead Dodgers To Series Win: Brewers  0 4 0 Dodgers  2 6 0 WP-Kershaw-3-2 LP-Lohse-1-2 SV-League-8 HR-Crawford-3-4 It is Clayton Kershaw’s world, and we...
• 4/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 2, Brewers 0: The Stars Lead the Way: The heroes may have been few for the Dodgers today — Clayton Kershaw, Carl Crawford, & Nick Punto (!) were really the...
• 4/28 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Staff Needs Health Insurance: One would hope the coverage plan is solid for the Los Angeles Dodgers because their pitchers need all of the TLC Blue Cross can...
• 4/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Brewers @ Dodgers April 28, 2013: Lohse vs Kershaw: I suppose Ramon Hernandez isn’t just Hyun-jin Ryu‘s personal catcher, because he gets a chance to work with Clayton...
• 4/28 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 27, 2013): Carlos Gomez: Going 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBIs that helped the Brewers to a 6-4 win over the Dodgers, Carlos Gomez is the MVP of Yesterday. Go...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Just as a side note, David Price and Doug Fister both pitch today. This means we have a chance of getting the most commercial...
• 4/28 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.28/2013: Travis Hafner homered and tripled as the Yankees overcame shaky pitching to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Matt Moore of the Rays...
• 4/28 Lasorda's Lair: Rubber Game Match Up Features Clayton Kershaw vs. Kyle Lohse: Clayton Kershaw (2-2, 2.14) vs. Kyle Lohse (1-1, 2.52) Lineup: TBA The Dodgers will try to bounce back after losing Saturday night...
• 4/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Top starting pitcher options for streaming for Sunday April 28th, 2013 (waiver wire): So you have worked all week to win your matchup, and it all comes down to this… Sunday, week 4, 2013 and you need to find...
• 4/27 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.27/2013: Pitching ruled Friday in an unbelievable way. How much so? Kyle Kendrick threw a complete game shutout against the Mets and Wei-Yin...
• 4/27 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday: Jordan Zimmermann: Anibal Sanchez may have had 17 Ks, but Jordan Zimmermann‘s 1-hit, 1-walk complete game 1-0 shutout victory over the Reds...
• 4/27 60ft6in.com: 21 PicKup: With strikeouts reaching a historic level in 2013, could there be an MLB-record 21-strikeout game this season? The average pitcher...
• 4/26 Reviewing the Brew: Rickie Weeks Debate: The Argument: Fellow RtB contributor Justin Schultz and I seem to agree on most things Brew Crew.  We both agree that Ron Roenicke is awful...
• 4/26 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 4: The early season dominance of Yu Darvish gives us a new number 1. Every one else is settling into the season. Guys like Jon Lester...
• 4/26 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 25, 2013): David Ortiz: Going 3-4 with a homer and two RBIs, David Ortiz is the MVP of Yesterday. MVP Standings (after jump): Bryce Harper: 3 Clayton...
• 4/26 Mets Merized: 3 Up & 3 Down: Those Darn Dodgers Edition: The Los Angeles Dodgers were in town this week, taking 2 out of 3 games against the Mets. This was a fun series, that pictured...
• 4/26 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.26/2013: Clay Buchholz of the Red Sox dominated the Astros and improved to 5-0. Alex Gordon of the Royals smashed a grand slam that sunk...
• 4/25 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.25/2013: Last night was another wild and loopy night of baseball with come from behind wins, dramatic homers and dominating pitching. But...
• 4/25 My Pinstripes: Rays Continue to Churn Out Pitchers: Cobb Chews Up Yankees: The Rays key to pitching success While the Yankees have been waiting for their pitching prospects to pan out, the LA...
• 4/25 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 24, 2013): Alex Cobb: Going 8.1 innings, giving up just 3 hits and striking out 7, Alex Cobb of the Rays is yesterday’s MVP. Go below the jump...
• 4/25 Mets Chronicle: Recap: Game 18 - Dodgers (7) at Mets (2) - Not a Niese Night: Final123456789RHE L.A. Dodgers (9-10)«0100103207121 N.Y. Mets (9-9)002000000240 W: R. Belisario (1-2) L: B. Lyon...
• 4/24 Baseball News Source: Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Injuries May Force Moves: With Zack Greinke, Chad Billingsley and Chris Capuano on the disabled list – and Aaron Harang recently traded to Colorado...
• 4/24 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated April.24/2013:   Lots of terrific performances in baseball last night, and none by the Red Sox, whose only positive quality was seeing their...
• 4/24 Mets Merized: Welcome To The Show: Lagares Singles In Major League Debut: Last night, in the Mets 7-2 loss to the Dodgers, Juan Lagares entered the game in the top of the fifth inning to play center field...
• 4/24 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 23, 2013): Mark Ellis: The MVP of Yesterday is Mark Ellis, who went 4-5 with two homers and two four RBIs in the Dodgers’ win against the Mets....
• 4/24 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Mark Ellis Powers Dodgers to Victory. Wait, What?: Yes, that's right, 35 year old Mark Ellis and his 2 home run performance led the Dodgers to a win on the road against the New...
• 4/24 Call to the Pen: Chad Billingsley to Undergo Tommy John Surgery: The injury woes keep coming for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as the team announced Tuesday that right-hander Chad Billingsley will...
• 4/24 MLB Injury News: Dodgers’ Chad Billingsley requires Tommy John surgery: Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed starting pitcher Chad Billingsley requires Tommy John surgery, which will sideline him for...
• 4/24 Mets Merized: Mets Lose To Dodgers 7-2, Niese Day To Day After Leaving With Leg Injury: Mark Ellis was a one man wrecking crew as the Mets lost to the Dodgers by the score of 7-2 last night at Citi Field. The Dodgers’...
• 4/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Chad Billingsley To Miss Season: The Los Angeles Dodgers rotation received a big blow today as it was announced that starting pitcher Chad Billingsley will undergo...
• 4/24 Lasorda's Lair: Mark Ellis’s Pair of Homeruns and Big Offense Gives Dodgers a Big Apple Win: Dodgers 7 12 1 Mets 2 4 0 WP- Belisario (1-2) LP- Lyon (1-1) HR- (2) M. Ellis (1, 2) What’s better than New York pizza and...
• 4/24 Rising Apple: 4/23 Game Recap: Niese Leaves After Bruising Leg as Mets Fall to Dodgers 7-2: Robert Carson scored a run…what else do you need to know? What started out as a matchup against two young southpaws turned...
• 4/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cubs, Dodgers, Padres: Former Red Sox GM and current Cubs president Theo Epstein, speaking along with Athletics GM Billy Beane at a panel discussion...
• 4/23 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 18: Loss to Dodgers: Dodgers 7 Mets 2 Had Don Mattingly given Mark Ellis the day off, the Mets might have won this ballgame. Ellis was a one-man wrecking...
• 4/23 mlbreports.com : Who owns baseball? Updated for April 22, 2013: But here we are in late April and already it is a laundry list that takes longer to read than the school cancellations on the...
• 4/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Mets April 23, 2013: Smell You Later, Chad Billingsley: Does finding out that your longest tenured pitcher needs Tommy John surgery hurt any less when absolutely everyone expected it...
• 4/23 MLBTradeRumors: Billingsley To Undergo Tommy John Surgery: Dodgers righty Chad Billingsley will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow, announced the team, with the standard expected recovery...
• 4/23 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Clayton Kershaw’s changing repertoire; Chad Billingsley verdict coming soon.: The Dodgers are playing the Mets in New York tonight. Clayton Kershaw is pitching. Before you breathe that every-five-days sigh...
• 4/23 Lasorda's Lair: Start Spreadin’ The News, Dodgers In New York: Dodgers Lineup vs. New York-   Clayton Kershaw-2-2 vs. Jonathon Niese-2-1 Start spreading the news, the Dodgers are leaving...
• 4/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even In the Darkest Days, There’s Always Clayton Kershaw: Somehow, I think, not getting swept in the finale in Baltimore really didn’t help as much as it ought to have. Dodger fans...
• 4/23 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 22, 2013): Jay Bruce: The MVP of Yesterday is Jay Bruce, who went 2-5 with a HR and 3 RBIs. However, it’s not just that: in the bottom of the...
• 4/23 Billy-Ball.com: Pitchers who hit homers: Pitcher Wade Miley of the Diamondbacks hit the first home of his career last night as he took the Giants’ Ryan Vogelsong...
• 4/22 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 21, 2013): Joey Votto: Yesterday’s MVP is Joey Votto, who went 3-5 with a HR. Honorable Mentions: Nelson Cruz, Yuni Escobar, Greg Holland, Ervin...
• 4/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of April 22In 2012, Dixon’s Picks was not only something I did every week, but I really enjoyed it. So, here we More......
• 4/22 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of Predictions (Week 3): Hey everyone, happy Sunday to you all. What a great week of baseball we have had. The Rockies went streaking, the Braves stopped...
• 4/21 Rising Apple: 4/21 Game Recap: Mets Blank Nats 2-0: Today at Citi Field, the Mets edged the Nationals 2-0 to secure a series victory.  Dillon Gee got the start for the Mets, and...
• 4/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 17: Win Over Nationals: Mets 2 Nationals 0 For once, it’s the opposing team that beats itself. Mets Game Notes Credit this victory to Jayson Werth,...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 21, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I ask if Don Mattingly‘s job as Dodger manager is in danger?...
• 4/21 Splash Hit Blog: Depth at SP for #Dodgers once was amusingly deep, now it’s mostly used up: This morning’s news from LA Times beat writer Dylan Hernandez: Chad Billingsley to the DL with elbow pain, doesn’t...
• 4/21 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (4-20-2013): Bryce Harper… again.: 3-for-3. Two homers. 3 RBIs. A walk. All in a close 7-6 Nationals win. Bryce Harper is pulling ahead in the MVP standings (which...
• 4/21 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Place Bills On DL (Elbow Again), Stephen Fife Recalled: Very early this morning, like before I even had a chance to have my cup of coffee, and of course before we had a chance to edit...
• 4/20 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 20, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I talk about how the Red Sox are a symbolic healing of Boston. They need to also offer...
• 4/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: An Interview with Blue Jays Prospect Chase DeJong: Pitcher Chase DeJong was selected last year in the second round of the 2012 amateur draft, #81 overall and made 6 appearances...
• 4/20 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 19, 2013): Matt Harvey: The MVP of Yesterday is the Mets’ Matt Harvey, who out-pitched Stephen Strasburg, going 7 innings of 4-hit and one run ball...
• 4/19 mlbreports.com : Dodgers Struggle After Brawl With Padres: Like us on Facebook here Friday Apr.19/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  After the brawl last week with the...
• 4/19 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 3: A lot of pitchers went down last week. Some of whom fantasy owners depended on to lead their rotations. I wrote a piece about...
• 4/19 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 19, 2013: On today’s episode, I make a plea to the many eccentric billionaires who listen to The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast: Please...
• 4/19 Reviewing the Brew: Yovani Gallardo Is Not An Ace: Yovani Gallardo just might be the most overrated player in Milwaukee Brewers history. It befuddles me when people label him as...
• 4/19 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 18, 2013): Chris Johnson: Yesterday’s MVP was Chris Johnson of the Braves, who went 3-4 with a HR and 2 RBIs in a tight 6-4 win over Pittsburgh. Honorable...
• 4/18 Splash Hit Blog: Pulse Check: Sixteen games in for the #SFGiants: There being 162 games in the season, 16 games in seems like a fine place to check in with 10% of the regular season finding its...
• 4/18 60ft6in.com: Predicting the Season’s First No-Hitter: It is not easy to predict a specific baseball event.  However, there is plenty of data available to make an educated guess about...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 18, 2013: Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast was taped during the San Jose Giants and Stockton Ports game played...
• 4/18 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 17, 2013): Bryce Harper: Bryce Harper may not have had the most RBIs or the clutchest hits. But he did have 4 hits… despite flu-like symptoms that...
• 4/18 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Friars Fry Clayton Kershaw: The San Diego Padres got Chase Headley back last night as the Padres swept the Los Angeles Dodgers and beat Clayton Kershaw...
• 4/18 Billy-Ball.com: Celebrating 1-0 wins: PEDs took the joy of homers away from me, which is a discussion for a whole other time. So now, I look to great pitching and great...
• 4/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-17: RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 22.00 34.946 2 Yu Darvish 26 19.67 33.323 3 Matt Harvey 24 22.00 33.108 4 Hector...
• 4/18 TheLeadoffWalk: Padres vs. Dodgers: Day 17 Observations: Padres 6, Dodgers 1 Clayton Kershaw: With the Dodgers facing the a potential sweep against the Padres, Kershaw wasn’t...
• 4/18 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: April 18, 2013: Yesterday was not a good day. The picks broke even for a mediocre day for a (thus far) tepid week. Heh, even Anita Marks is...
• 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 17, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I look at the negative things in our life that we can express as...
• 4/18 Inside the Dodgers: Postgame thoughts: San Diego 7, Dodgers 2.: “We had 10 hits today?” Adrian Gonzalez asked in an otherwise silent Dodgers clubhouse. Yes. “Same old story,”...
• 4/18 Obstructed View: The Ghosts of Free Agency Future: In the aftermath of the recently announced deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field, Theo Epstein spoke to the media about...
• 4/18 Lasorda's Lair: Not Even Kershaw Can Save The Dodgers From The Hello Kitty Curse, And The Padres: Padres    7 13 0 Dodgers 2 10 1 WP-Brad Brach-1-0 LP-Kershaw-2-2 HR-Cabrera-2-Denorfia-1-Blanks-1 Let’s go over some quick...
• 4/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So You Just Got Swept By the Padres: Clayton Kershaw absolutely didn’t have it tonight — even the great Kershaw falters every now and then, I suppose —...
• 4/17 Lasorda's Lair: Help Donate To The RBI Program By Contributing To The Season Of The Whiff: Head & shoulders has declared the 2013 MLB season as the season of the Whiff.  For every whiff (strikeout) tweet, Head...
• 4/17 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers recall Tim Federowicz and place Chris Capuano (calf) on the 15-day disabled list.: Chris Capuano was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, ruling him out for the next time the Dodgers will need a fifth...
• 4/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Padres @ Dodgers April 17, 2013: Capuano Gone, Kemp Out: As we all expected, Matt Kemp gets his first day off of the season as he attempts to shake himself loose from what’s been...
• 4/17 Sports Out West: Chase Headley back in Padres lineup vs. Dodgers: As the San Diego Padres prepare to attempt a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time since 2007, they’ll have...
• 4/17 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers Need to Right Ship Before They Hit the Road: Clayton Kershaw (2-1, 1.16) vs. Tyson Ross (0-1, 4.82) Lineup: TBA After the lopsided loss last night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodger...
• 4/17 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 16, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: By going 3-5 with a HR and 4 RBIs in a win against the Mariners, Miguel edges out David Wright, Joe Mauer, Robinson Cano and others...
• 4/17 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 16, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I ask Is Mike Scioscia‘s job safe? Are the Angels making a stupid lineup decision?...
• 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...
• 4/16 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-15: RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 23.33 35.925 2 Adam Wainwright 31 22.00 34.740 3 Matt Harvey 24 22.00 34.700 4...
• 4/16 Nolan Writin': Regular Season Musings: So, I was notified via email this morning that my Boston Marathon article has been taken down. So that’s good. Either way,...
• 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Dealing With Elite Players: Writer’s Note: Monday was obviously a really strange and sad day for everyone. What happened in Boston was an absolute...
• 4/16 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday: The Real Heroes: Today, I’m not going to write about yesterday’s baseball MVP (although I did pick one- you can see who it was by going...
• 4/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers place Shawn Tolleson on DL, recall Josh Wall, Zach Lee is awesome: Remember that time Shawn Tolleson was put in a 1-0 game in Arizona and attempted not to pour gasoline all over the mound?...
• 4/15 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 15, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I discuss Jackie Robinson Day and ask to pay tribute to Larry Doby, the second pioneer...
• 4/15 mlbreports.com : MLB (R) Weekly Power Rankings – Week 2: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Well, the Atlanta Braves are...
• 4/15 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 14, 2013): Hiroki Kuroda: Throwing a complete game 5-hit shutout against the Orioles, Hiroki Kuroda of the Yankees is the MVP of Yesterday. Honorable Mentions:...
• 4/14 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of predictions (Week 2): Hey everyone, happy Sunday to you all. What a great week of baseball we have had....especially for us Braves fans. We've had some...
• 4/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-13: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 23.33 36.567 2 Adam Wainwright 31 22.00 35.409 3 Matt Harvey 24...
• 4/14 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 13, 2013): Adam Wainwright: Perhaps had Matt Harvey gotten a no-hitter, he would have been the MVP. But he didn’t so Adam Wainwright wins it. In his...
• 4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers say, Chris Capuano, come on down!: I was talking with my buddy about the Zack Greinke fiasco against the San Diego Padres. I was explaining to my pal (who doesn’t...
• 4/14 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 14, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I review the movie 42. I also look at the famous moment when Pee Wee Reese put his...
• 4/13 Baseball News Source: San Diego Padres Carlos Quentin Gets Eight Game Suspension: MLB  suspended Carlos Quentin  for eight games for his role in the bench clearing brawl with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday...
• 4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Brewers vs. Cardinals: Day 13 Observations: Cardinals 8, Brewers 0 Adam Wainwright: One day after getting dominated by Shelby Miller, the Brewers lineup didn’t...
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• 4/13 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-jin Ryu’s First Road Start Features Formidable Foe in Ian Kennedy: Hyun-jin Ryu (1-1, 2.13) vs. Ian Kennedy (1-0, 4.15) Lineup: Where art thou offense? That’s the question plaguing Dodger...
• 4/13 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 12, 2013): Justin Masterson: The MVP of Yesterday is Justin Masterson of the Indians, who threw a 5-hit shutout with seven strikeouts that allowed the Indians...
• 4/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Patrick Corbin: Arizona Diamondbacks Hidden Gem: The Arizona Diamondbacks had their rookie pitcher Patrick Corbin starting a game on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Corbin...
• 4/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-12: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 23.33 37.117 2 Matt Harvey 24 14.00 35.986 3 Yu Darvish 26 19.67...
• 4/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: More of the Same For a Run-Starved Offense: A quality Clayton Kershaw start was wasted by a non-existent offense, and stop me if you’ve heard that one before. Let’s...
• 4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks: Day 12 Observations: Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 0 Clayton Kershaw: The final box score does little justice to how well Kershaw pitched while...
• 4/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Ten Funny Statistics From This MLB Season: Ten surprising statistics to start the 2013 MLB Season: 1. If on March 30th I took Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw in HR derby...
• 4/13 Lasorda's Lair: Post-Brawl Dodgers Are Bitten By D-Backs in 3-0 Loss: Dodgers 0 6 0 Diamondbacks 3 6 0 WP- Corbin (2-0) LP- Kershaw (2-1) S- Putz (2) After a shocking brawl the night before, the Dodgers...
• 4/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Swisher’s Walkoff Gives Masterson, Tribe Big Win; Indians 1, White Sox 0: By Bob Toth Justin Masterson blanked Chicago for nine innings and Nick Swisher drove in the winning run with a two-out single...
• 4/12 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 12, 2013: I recorded today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s. Don’t ask....
• 4/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Diamondbacks April 12, 2013: At Least There’s Still Kershaw: As we’re still waiting on the fallout from the Zack Greinke / Carlos Quentin situation, the cold reality of baseball is...
• 4/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' OF Carl Crawford proves he's healthy by dominating NL thus far: Full disclosure: I didn't think Carl Crawford would begin the 2013 season on the active roster. Not because I didn't want...
• 4/12 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 2: The name of this column takes on some special meaning today with what happened last night in San Diego. Carlos Quentin charged...
• 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 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 11): Bryce Harper: Going 2-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 walks, Bryce Harper helped pace the Washington Nationals to a 7-4 win over the White Sox. Honorable...
• 4/12 Venom Strikes: Angry Dodgers vs. Arizona. Game 1 Preview: The Los Angeles Dodgers (6-3) have arrived in Arizona for a three-game series starting tonight. Their plane was probably delayed...
• 4/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Nothing But Bad News From the Brawl That Injured Zack Greinke: It’s kind of a running joke in the Dodger online community that whenever anything newsworthy or exciting happens, Hawaii-based...
• 4/12 EDSBaseball: Zack Greinke fractures collarbone in bench-clearing brawl: San Diego's Carlos Quentin took offense to being hit by a pitch (and some comments) from Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke in...
• 4/12 Baseballhotcorner.com: Pittsburgh Pirates Start to the Season: The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten off to a 3-6 start in their first nine games of the season but their record does not indicate...
• 4/11 Jays Journal: Organizational Filler (In) – Week One: As the title hints at, week one of the minor league season is in the books.  After a great start by all the Jays feeder teams,...
• 4/11 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 10, 2013): Brandon Moss: The MVP of Yesterday is Brandon Moss of the Athletics, who went 3-5 with 2 walks, a triple, a HR and 5 RBIs. The .318 WPA was...
• 4/11 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 Update thru 4-10: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 16.00 38.870 2 Zack Greinke 29 6.33 36.726 3 Matt Harvey 24 14.00...
• 4/11 Tyler's Think Tank: NL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Dodgers 2012 Record: 86-76 2012 Pythagorean: 86-76 2013 Projected: 93-69 Matt Kemp has an MVP-type...
• 4/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 33 - First week, Kershaw, Kemp, prospects: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) and talk about the first week of Dodger baseball while being...
• 4/10 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 9, 2013): Robinson Cano: The Yankees again routed the Indians yesterday, led by Robinson Cano, who went 4-6 with a HR and 5 RBIs. While the game wasn’t...
• 4/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Hyun-Jin Ryu, Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp win the Internet this week: We all knew it was coming, and it's finally here. This is probably the greatest thing on the Internet, at least until the next...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Good Players Are Going Year-To-Year?: More than ever, baseball's best players are choosing the security of a multiyear deal as opposed to the higher risk and reward...
• 4/9 StoopSports.com: Leading the Way: Chandler Bullock- It may be only one week into the season, but the Dodgers have already shown that they will play late into September....
• 4/9 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 8, 2013): Travis Hafner: Travis Hafner is the MVP of Yesterday, as he went 2-3 with a HR, 4 RBIs and two walks in his return to Cleveland with the Yankees....
• 4/9 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/9:   CBSSPORTS Justin Upton homers, 4 for 4 as Braves blank Marlins Justin Upton is hitting enough for an entire team. The...
• 4/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Reaction: Tim Lincecum’s First StartThe season’s barely a week old, but 2013 has already been an interesting season for aces, or at least one More......
• 4/9 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Clayton Kershaw negotiations over $200 million: Many around the league expect Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw to become the first pitcher to receive a $200 million...
• 4/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' pitching staff picking up for early-season offensive deficiencies: The Dodgers' offense is off to a slow start, which is pretty much the norm for this club in the last, oh, 25 years. At least,...
• 4/8 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Kershaw, Padres, Rockies: Earlier today, Tim Dierkes took a look at the Rockies' offseason as one of the final entries in MLBTR's Offseason In Review series....
• 4/8 Inside the Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw is the National League Player of the Week.: Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who won his first two starts of the season without allowing a single earned run, was named the...
• 4/8 StoopSports.com: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Anthony Pucik- This weekly piece will talk about the five players in the MLB who are on hot streaks, and five players who are...
• 4/8 Baseball Jerks: MLB Week 2: A Look Ahead at Key Matchups and Storylines: Week one of the 2013 Major League Baseball season is now in the books and, as fun as it’s been, there is even more to look forward...
• 4/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fans Should Have A Say Regarding the Designated Hitter in the National League: Two of Baseball Hot Corners Finest Writers give their respective opinion on the much discussed Designated Hitter rule in the National...
• 4/8 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 7, 2013): Billy Butler: There were lots of good candidates for the MVP of yesterday, but I’m going with Billy Butler of the Royals. The main reason...
• 4/8 mlbreports.com : Dodgers 1st Week In Review: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.08/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly began...
• 4/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Carl Crawford Making a Wonderful First Impression: Yesterday on Twitter, I joked that at this early point in the season, Ned Colletti was looking really good for agreeing to eat...
• 4/8 Call to the Pen: Starting Lineup: Designated Hitter History, Shoulder Injuries, and April Fool’s: Four organizations made their debuts on this date in 1969, with three winning their first games. The San Diego Padres, Seattle...
• 4/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: What Did We Learn In Week 1 Of The MLB Season?: Week 1 is in the books, what have we learned? Up until today we learned that pitchers started out hot!  There were 12 games on...
• 4/7 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of predictions (Week 1): I know it's early, but every Sunday I will own up to my predictions by looking at the the current records and what record they...
• 4/7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 6 Recap - Dodgers 6, Pirates 2: -Another disappointing game. This was much of the same even if the game started out different but it is what it is I guess. The...
• 4/7 MLBTradeRumors: NL Notes: Fernandez, Fowler, Pirates, Giants: The Marlins were questioned about their decision to overlook service time considerations when they added Jose Fernandez to their...
• 4/7 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Weekend Thoughts: Twins at Orioles: The Twins won the final two games of the weekend series and now sit at 4-2.  They have won both series in this young season...
• 4/7 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Jimenez: The Yankees can learn from the Red Sox's approach to free agency, writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post.  Other teams could...
• 4/7 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 6, 2013): Justin Upton: The MVP of Yesterday was Justin Upton, who went 3-5 with 2 homers (including the game-winner) in the Atlanta win over Chicago-...
• 4/7 Baseball News Source: NL Scores: Upton’s Help Braves Rally Past Cubs, Kershaw Dominant: It was only a matter of time before the Atlanta Braves Justin Upton and B.J. Upton homered in the same game.  B.J  led off the...
• 4/7 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-jin Ryu Looks For First Win as Dodgers Go For a Sweep: Hyun-jin Ryu (0-1, 1.42) vs. Jeff Locke Lineup: The Dodgers evened up their record to 2-2 on Saturday evening as they shut out...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: The Wall: The Dodgers shut out the Pirates for the second night in a row, posting a 1-0 win as Clayton Kershaw allowed just two hits in...
• 4/7 TheLeadoffWalk: Diamondbacks vs. Brewers, Padres vs. Rockies, Pirates vs. Dodgers: Day Six Observations: Diamondbacks 9, Brewers 2 Diamondbacks Bats: Gerardo Parra, Martin Prado, Aaron Hill, Paul Goldschmidt, and...
• 4/7 Lasorda's Lair: The Pirates Get Kershed as the Dodgers Squeak Out a Win: Dodgers 1 8 0 Pirates 0 2 0 WP- Kershaw (2-0) LP- Burnett (0-2) S- League (2) Thankfully Clayton Kershaw was once again dominant...
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 5 Preview: No-hitter alert (duh): Pirates at Dodgers: Pirates (1-3) at Dodgers (2-2) 9:10 PM–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Bucs will look to right...
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0: Well, it wasn’t a no-hitter, but that’s where the positives ended for the Pirates’ offense…again. A.J....
• 4/7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 5 Recap - Dodgers 1, Pirates 0: Before the game this was ROOT Sports was showing in the pregame:This was how today's game turned out:Really just another embarrassing...
• 4/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0: Well, At Least This Team Can Pitch: Apparently, all you really need in this life is Clayton Kershaw, who added seven more scoreless innings to his ledger tonight...
• 4/6 Sports Out West: Dodgers SP Hyun-Jin Ryu doesn’t throw between starts: New Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu is a little different than the rest of the starting pitchers in the Major Leagues....
• 4/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pirates @ Dodgers April 6, 2013: Ramon Hernandez, The Newest Dodger: So after a brief period of excitement earlier this afternoon when we heard the Dodgers had acquired catcher Ramon Hernandez from...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Kershaw, Fernandez, Davis: Baseball is back, and that also means the return of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  Let's dive in.. Clayton...
• 4/6 Lasorda's Lair: What Will Clayton Kershaw Do For An Encore?: Dodgers Lineup vs. Pirates   A.J. Burnett-0-1 vs. Clayton Kershaw-1-0   Last night we saw the debut of Birdman Zack Greinke...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Colby Rasmus Changes Agents: The Blue Jays' Colby Rasmus has changed agents, switching to Excel Sports Management and Casey Close over the spring, reports...
• 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 BoSox Injection: The Designated Hitter Rule Turns 40. Is It Good For Baseball?: April 6, 1973. The Yankees’ Ron Blomberg digs into the batters box against Boston’s Luis Tiant. In and of itself a...
• 4/6 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 5, 2013): Chris Davis: The MVP of Yesterday- and a good leader for MVP of the whole first week of play- is Chris Davis of the Orioles, who’s 8th...
• 4/6 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 5: I told you.  Squandering.  It’s what the Pirates do best.  They take major positives and just flush them down the toilet....
• 4/6 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 4 Recap - Dodgers 3, Pirates 0: -Just another brutally bad game for the Pirates offense. I mean I know it is only four games into the season but nobody has put...
• 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 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week One: As we head into the first weekend of the baseball season, we've seen the first starts of all the top pitchers and we'll get to...
• 4/5 Lasorda's Lair: Zack Greinke to Make Blue Debut as Dodgers Hope to Break Out vs. Bucs: Zack Greinke vs. Jonathan Sanchez Lineup: After a much needed day off, the Dodgers are handing the ball to their offseason splurge....
• 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...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Smith, Royals, Wells, Gyorko: On this date three years ago, President Barack Obama stepped on to the mound at Nationals Stadium wearing a White Sox cap and...
• 4/5 Rum Bunter: Pirates Dodgers Preview With Lasorda’s Lair: Who Are They, Who Wins Series?: When we need to know answers about the most talked about team in Major League Baseball– The Los Angeles Dodgers, we ask...
• 4/5 Lasorda's Lair: Conversation With The Enemy-Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rumbunter Edition: We are bringing our conversation with the enemy series back for the start of the 2013 season. This time we sat down virtually...
• 4/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers: The good, bad and ugly of the opening series: Yes, I’m ticked off that the Los Angeles Dodgers blew the momentum from Clayton Kershaw’s other-worldly performance on opening...
• 4/5 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Real facts about A.J. Ellis, Ryu Hyun-Jin.: One of the most frequent questions I get asked by friends, readers and fans is, “who are the best players to interview?”...
• 4/5 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 4, 2013): Cliff Lee: Cliff Lee had 8 IP, 2 hits allowed and 8 strikeouts against the heavy-hitting Braves offense yesterday- a good way to notch up...
• 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Pittsburgh Pirates: Series 2: The Pittsburgh Pirates finished their opening series against the Chicago Cubs in disappointing fashion losing the final game 3-2....
• 4/5 mlbreports.com : Confessions Of A Ball Park Chaser: 2013 Edition: Like us on Facebook here Friday Apr.05/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Last year at this time, I was...
• 4/5 PaulLebowitz.com: 2013 MLB Awards Predictions: American League MVP: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays If the Blue Jays are contending as they’re supposed to, they’ll be doing it...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Notable April Extensions: Earlier this week, the Rangers officially signed Elvis Andrus to an eight-year extension with a vesting option for a ninth year...
• 4/4 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Injury News: Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly: The Los Angeles Dodgers will get some pitching help soon.  They already have plenty of help in the rotation, but two of their...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : “Who Owns Baseball?” An explanation for a subjective title.: Like us on Facebook here Thursday April.04/2013 By Paul Francis Sullivan (Lead Baseball Writer/Personality): On my podcast, The...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : Kershaw Smacks 1st HR And Nets Win In Dodgers Opener – Before LA Loses 2 In A Row: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.04/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Everything just went right for the...
• 4/4 60ft6in.com: 2013 Factor12 Posted Today: The first 2013 installment of Factor12 was posted today, amid much fanfare.  Yu Darvish, coming off his near perfect game, is...
• 4/4 District On Deck: Game 2: Moments That Mattered: Source: FanGraphs Most important pitch (Nationals pitching): Justin Ruggiano grounds into double play. (-0.144) Like I mentioned...
• 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is on the cusp of greatness: Last fall, New York Mets pitcher Jonathan Niese declared to anyone listening “He’s going to be great. He’s going...
• 4/4 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 3, 2013): Cliff Pennington: A bit of an “out there” pick today, but Cliff Pennington of the Diamondbacks was a key player in Arizona’s win...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Players With Opt-Out Clauses: The opt-out clause seems to be gaining in po**** over the last ten years or so.  The most po**** example is Alex Rodriguez's...
• 4/4 Baseballhotcorner.com: First Glance At Dodgers And Giants In 2013: With a team right across town from the NBA proving that big names don’t win titles, the Los Angeles Dodgers are getting a clear...
• 4/4 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Clayton Kershaw extension 'not imminent': Many around the league believe Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw could be the next high-profile...
• 4/4 District On Deck: Game 2: Washington Nationals 3, Miami Marlins 0: We all knew that run prevention was going to be a strength of the 2012 Washington Nationals. I just don’t think that we...
• 4/4 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Pop Out and Drop First Series of the Season: Dodgers 3 7 2 Giants 5 6 1 WP- Lincecum (1-0) LP- Beckett (0-2) S- Romo (2) HR- Sandoval (1), Pence (1) Other than Clayton Kershaw‘s...
• 4/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 32 - Opening day, Kershaw, minors rosters: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) and talk about perhaps the best opening day either of us have...
• 4/3 Sultan of Squat: 2013 MLB Predictions (Full List): Hello there Loyal Subjects. I attempted to write a simple and short snippet for every team in my predictions/preview this year...
• 4/3 numberFire: The 20 Most Likely MLB No-Hit Pitchers in 2013: Get ready, Dodgers Stadium: Clayton Kershaw is the most likely no-hit pitcher this season.See More Clayton Kershaw Gio Gonzalez Stephen...
• 4/3 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 2, 2013): Yu Darvish: It’s hard to argue with a guy who was one out away from a perfect game. In fact, had, for example, Elvis Andrus made a miracle...
• 4/3 More Than A Fan: Thoughts on MLB Opening Day: by Ryan Isley I love baseball – always have, always will. That is why this is one of my favorite times of the year. Sure, we...
• 4/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants 3, Dodgers 0: Why Is Justin Sellers?: You know, one game is one game, and it’s not like anyone questioned Justin Sellers‘ defensive pedigree heading into...
• 4/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers April 2 2013: The Monster’s Debut: So how, exactly, does Hyun-Jin Ryu follow Clayton Kershaw‘s Opening Day fireworks? How do you land in a new country to make...
• 4/2 Mastersball.com: Box Score Blitz: Opening Day: It's back! If you recall that Box Score Blitz used to be a regular feature of the site, you have an excellent memory but better...
• 4/2 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-jin Ryu Ready to Make Major League Debut Versus Giants: Hyun-jin Ryu vs. Madison Bumgarner Lineup:     Hyun-jin Ryu hopes to continue the positive momentum which his colleague...
• 4/2 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Opening Day Loss, Should They Throw In The Towel?: Opening Day didn’t go the way San Francisco Giants fans had hoped for, but guess what?!?! It’s just game 1 of 162!...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: Big Name Pitchers Own Opening Day: One baseball tradition is to roll out your ace to start the season. Opening day is the one day all season when pretty much every...
• 4/2 Venom Strikes: D’backs’ Opening Day Observations: Here is an easy question to answer.  Isn’t it great to have baseball back?   The Arizona Diamondbacks continued their...
• 4/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Opening Day Game Thoughts: I'm not going to write about every game or every day of the season.  However, I watched a lot of baseball yesterday and I...
• 4/2 Billy-Ball.com: Clayton Kershaw throws a Lemon: The Dodgers defeated the champion Giants, 4-0 in the opener, but the story was all Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw threw a complete game...
• 4/2 AroundTheFoghorn: The San Francisco Giants Are Carrying Three Catchers Again, Why?: When Spring broke, there were suggestions that the San Francisco Giants could carry three catchers due to Hector Sanchez’s...
• 4/2 Baseball Musings: Dodger Ks: Sandy Koufax threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium yesterday, then Clayton Kershaw threw a Koufax like game: “It made...
• 4/2 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 1st, 2013): Clayton Kershaw: In this new semi-daily feature that semi-replaces Picture of the Day, I will decide who was yesterday’s MVP… Yesterday...
• 4/2 MLBTradeRumors: Starting Pitcher Contracts And New Money: Seven years, $180MM!  The largest contract ever signed by a pitcher!  I'm no accountant, but I was slightly annoyed to read...
• 4/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Shortage of Good Pitching on Opening Day: 1953: Yes, that is the last time that anybody in baseball achieved what Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw did on Monday....
• 4/2 Sports Out West: Clayton Kershaw puts on dominant performance, improves to 2-0 on opening day: Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has never given up a run in an Opening Day start. He’s also never hit a home run...
• 4/2 Lasorda's Lair: Los Angeles Celebrities Come Out To Support Dodgers On Opening Day: Nearly the entire city of Los Angeles came out yesterday afternoon to support the Dodgers and cheer them onto victory. We were...
• 4/2 Baseball Musings: Good Day for Aces: Opening Day this year turned out to be a pretty good day for aces. Felix Hernandez, Brandon McCarthy, and Ian Kennedy all pitched...
• 4/2 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: April 2, 2013: Monday gave us our first semi-full day of Major League Baseball and it was delicious. Only having all thirty teams in action...
• 4/2 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 2, 2013: The First Pitch We have to start today’s Fix with this video of Anthony Rizzo absolutely raping the first pitch he saw this...
• 4/2 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball news and notes – Opening Day 2013 fantasy waiver wire sleepers and busts – Page 2: This is page 2 of my opening day 2013 article, for page 1 please click here Royals vs White Sox This was the pitcher’s duel...
• 4/2 Splash Hit Blog: Highlights: What I Liked from the Second Opening Day: While I was workin on the railroad all the live-long day (or like, about a third of it), MLB was celebrating its second of three...
• 4/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, not from this planet, dominates on opening day: Wow. There really isn't much else to say about Clayton Kershaw's opening day performance on Monday against the Giants. Kershaw...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day: The anti**** and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball,...
• 4/2 Lasorda's Lair: Win a Opening Day Program!: Once again we have one Opening Day program to give away to a lucky Lasorda’s Lair reader! Some of you may not have been able...
• 4/2 Puckett's Pond: Big Statisticles: Special Opening Day Edition: Welcome to Big Statisticles, where mild inappropriateness and fantasy baseball reign supreme. Each week this will be your home...
• 4/1 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw, The San Francisco ManHandler: Giants    0  4 0 Dodgers 4 7 0 WP-Kershaw-1-0 LP-Kontos-0-1 HR-Kershaw-1   This afternoon’s opening day was history in...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Reds, Orioles: The Dodgers received an epic performance from their young ace today, as Clayton Kershaw hit his first career home run for what...
• 4/1 TheLeadoffWalk: Opening Day Recap and Observations: Giants vs. Dodgers:      Giants 0, Dodgers 4 This was the Clayton Kershaw show from the first pitch until the last. L.A.'s...
• 4/1 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Clayton Kershaw Beats Giants With Homer, Opening-Day Shutout: Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw hit his first career home run in the eighth inning to break a scoreless tie, and went...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: It's Kershaw's Day: Matt Cain pitched well. Six innings, no runs, eight strikeouts (Game Score 71). Clayton Kershaw pitched better (Game Score 86),...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 4, Giants 0: Clayton Kershaw Is Just Living the Dream: Sometimes, the words just fail you. Because what we saw today… I have no idea how to describe it. If I could vocalize it,...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: All Pitching: Matt Cain went six scoreless innings, and Clayton Kershaw completed eight scoreless innings when the Dodgers starter came to the...
• 4/1 Lasorda's Lair: Outfield Production Huge in Deciding Dodgers 2013 Success: Spring Training 2013 is finally in the books & the Dodgers eagerly anti**** regular season debut at the gorgeously pimped...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: Jered Weaver's contract suddenly looks awesome: There are several different angles to which one could take when attempting to evaluate the extension bonanza that took...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB staff predictions for 2013 MLB season: It’s a yearly tradition for the Through The Fence Baseball staff to weigh in with its predictions for the upcoming season....
• 4/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 31 - Kershaw, 2013 MLB predictions: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) and talk about some unexpected news -- a potential Clayton Kershaw...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers April 1, 2013: It’s Time For Dodger Baseball: I’m trying to figure out how to write this game thread without simply resorting to “ohmigod baseball ohmigod baseball...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Welcome to the Most Anti**** Season of Dodger Baseball In Years: Twenty-five years ago this month, the Tommy Lasorda Dodgers were coming off consecutive 89-loss seasons and merely hoping to get...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Zack Greinke Makes the Final Game of Spring Actually Meaningful: The final game of an endlessly long spring training usually doesn’t mean a whole lot more than just “please, no one...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 24 Hours Left For the Dodger 25-Man Roster: Is Alex Castellanos about to trade in his Dodger blue for Isotope red? By 3pm ET / 12pm PT on Sunday, the Dodgers will need to...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Justin Sellers, Really?: As we wait for confirmation of Clayton Kershaw‘s reported deal — TrueBlueLA has a good roundup of the other reports...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Maybe Yasiel Puig Doesn’t Walk Because He’s Unaware of What a Walk Is: ESPN’s Jim Bowden listed Yasiel Puig as one of “six players who wowed” him this spring. But Bowden may have...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Say Goodbye to Camelback Ranch… and Yasiel Puig & Dee Gordon, Too: So those questions we had about the Dodgers earlier this afternoon? We’re starting to get some answers already. Where to...
• 4/1 Sports Out West: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, AT&T Park hosting free season opener viewing party: There are few rivalries on the West Coast better than the San Francisco Giants versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. A storied rivalry...
• 4/1 Sports Out West: Dodgers place Ted Lilly, Chad Billingsley on disabled list: The Los Angeles Dodgers have trimmed down their roster to the final 25 players by placing pitchers Ted Lilly and Chad Billingsley...
• 4/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Week 1 - Two Start Pitchers: Every season, fantasy owners rely on streaming starting pitching.  If you don't know which pitchers will get two starts that...
• 4/1 The Baseball Continuum: The 2013 Season Prediction Spectacular: Okay, so maybe it’s not so spectacular. But here’s my predictions for division winners, awards, etc.: American League:...
• 4/1 Splash Hit Blog: Postseason and Award Predictions: Don’t Worry, They’ll Be Wrong: The regular season begins this Sunday tomorrow at 5:05PM PST when the Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros in that famous AL...
• 4/1 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Opening Day, Giants Roster, Wilson Invited To Ring Ceremony: Opening Day has finally arrived and this is the day that all San Francisco Giants fans have been waiting for!  Matt Cain will...
• 4/1 MLB Injury News: What to watch for on Opening Day: Happy Opening Day all!  For most baseball fans, today is the first real holiday of the year.  Forget about those other...
• 4/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: Barry's 2013 Baseball Predictions: Check out Brandon and I on the latest redsoxmaineiacs podcasts for a full breakdown of the AL east.  Here are my predictions...
• 4/1 Full Spectrum Baseball: Stephen Strasburg – Is he a keeper?Well, I guess that’s too late to figure out now. I kept him. He’s now the "ace" of my fantasy baseball team....
• 4/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Spring Stats Stay in Arizona When Tribe Heads to Toronto: By Mike Brandyberry This afternoon, the Indians conclude their Cactus League play with their final game against the Cincinnati...
• 4/1 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Best Of West: Seems as if I’ve twice heard Don Mattingly trying to tamp down expectations for his Los Angeles Dodgers this season, which...
• 4/1 Lasorda's Lair: Opening Day 2013 Marks a New Chapter of Dodgers Baseball: Clayton Kershaw  vs. Matt Cain Opening Night of the 2013 Major League Baseball season opened with a Texan rodeo of sorts. Yet...
• 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...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: Twenty-five Guys, One Purpose: Beat LA!: It's Andres Torres in LF today, not Gregor Blanco. I'm not sure either of them can hit Clayton Kershaw, but then again, very...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Justin Verlander Easter basket is most deserved: What an Easter gift. As predicted, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander has agreed to a record-breaking contract extension...
• 4/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Zack Greinke solid in final spring start, Rodriguez and Sellers make team: This hasn't been the greatest month for Zack Greinke leading up to the start of the 2013 season, but Saturday night was the...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There are so many great matchups on opening day, it’s tough to choose the best. Start with the Red Sox at Yankees as Jon...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/24/13 - 3/30/13: Here's a look at the week that was here at MLBTR. The Angels traded outfielder Vernon Wells and cash to the Yankees for...

• 3/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 3/29 Lasorda's Lair: Pre-Game Talk With Don Mattingly: I am sitting here in the Dodger Stadium Press box looking out over the newly upgraded Chavez Ravine Field. Actually, the field...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers Discussing Deal: Pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers are discussing a contract extension, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The news that...
• 3/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers, Clayon Kershaw close on record contract extension: With Justin Verlander, Buster Posey and Paul Goldschmidt (one of these things is not like the other ... yet) all landing...
• 3/29 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Extend Justin Verlander Five years $140 million: A few months after the Seattle Mariners locked up Felix Hernandez long term, the Detroit Tigers signed Justin Verlander to a five-year...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers, Justin Verlander Agree To Contract Extension: The Tigers announced that they have agreed to terms with Justin Verlander on a five-year contract extension through the 2019...
• 3/29 Billy-Ball.com: From the Bill Chuck Files…Medlin, Pence, Burnett, King Felix, Ian, Austin, Lohse, Bautista, Encarnacion, Dickey: In his career, Kris Medlen is 19-8, which is really good, but his 15-2 record as a starter is sick. Not only did Hunter Pence’s...
• 3/29 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the National League West: The San Francisco Giants got hot at exactly the right time last season and carried that momentum not only to a National League...
• 3/28 mlbreports.com : LA Dodgers Organizational Depth Charts, Rosters And Salaries (Majors And Minors): Like us on Facebook here Thursday, Mar.28/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): and welcome Jeff Kleiner...
• 3/28 KC Kingdom: Knights of the Round Table: National League Predictions: This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the...
• 3/28 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Welcome Back To AT&T Park, Pablo Sandoval And Hector Sanchez Update: Yesterday was getaway day for the San Francisco Giants. They played their final game in Arizona, and then boarded a plane to head...
• 3/28 mlbreports.com : LA Dodgers Payroll In 2013: And Contracts Going Forward: Thursday Mar.28/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst And Website Owner): I must say I am completely shocked at the Dodgers...
• 3/28 Venom Strikes: NL West Predictions Sure To Go Wrong: Predictions are sure to go wrong. They are some of the most useless things bloggers do but it’s also some of the most enjoyable...
• 3/28 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' SPs Chad Billingsley and Ted Lilly likely to start season on DL: Maybe it's a good thing the Dodgers didn't rush to trade Chris Capuano, as Chad Billingsley and Ted Lilly are both expected...
• 3/28 TheFantasyFix.com: How To Do A Snake Draft: A Flow Chart: If you have a draft coming up this weekend and you have no idea what to do, I have the answer for you. The answer is the image...
• 3/28 Sports Out West: Clayton Kershaw tight-lipped on contract extension negotiations: Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was tight-lipped when asked by the LA Times if he’s been in contract extension negotiations...
• 3/28 Lasorda's Lair: Final Round Of Cuts Looms For Dodgers: The Dodgers have some decisions to make, and they are running out of time. The deadline to set 25 man rosters for the start of...
• 3/28 Tomahawk Take: 2013 NL Awards Predictions: With the season just a few days away, it is a great time to predict the next six months, trying to project who could win the major...
• 3/28 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 1 of fantasy baseball 2013: Another season of fantasy baseball is upon us, as the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros kick off the season under the lights on...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Kershaw, Dodgers, Young, Wells, Booty: Commissioner Bud Selig weighed in on the Houston Astros' strategy and payroll, saying that the organization has "chosen the path...
• 3/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Maybe Yasiel Puig Doesn’t Walk Because He’s Unaware of What a Walk Is: ESPN’s Jim Bowden listed Yasiel Puig as one of “six players who wowed” him this spring. But Bowden may have...
• 3/27 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Announce Opening Week Starters, Bills Prepares To Begin Season On DL: The Dodgers have announced their opening week starting rotation, but things could change between now and opening day on April...
• 3/27 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw And Dodgers Battle King Felix In Final Cactus League Game: The Dodgers prepare to play their final Cactus League game this afternoon in Peoria Arizona, against the Seattle Mariners. After...
• 3/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to take with the 12th pick in a twelve team ESPN snake draft?: So you drew the short straw for your 12 team ESPN fantasy draft, and you find yourself with the 12th pick.  There is no question...
• 3/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Say Goodbye to Camelback Ranch… and Yasiel Puig & Dee Gordon, Too: So those questions we had about the Dodgers earlier this afternoon? We’re starting to get some answers already. Where to...
• 3/26 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers’ starting rotation watch drags into final week.: The Dodgers still have eight starters in camp, and all eight remain on a starter’s plan. Even Ted Lilly. “We’ve...
• 3/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Zack Greinke Looked Awful And There’s Nothing Wrong With That: Your opinion on Zack Greinke‘s return to the Cactus League tonight depends on a whole lot on what you were expecting....
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: National League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason...
• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Phillies, Dodgers: The Astros and GM Jeff Luhnow are drawing polarized opinions this spring, writes Danny Knobler of CBS Sports. Luhnow argues that...
• 3/24 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers coaches meeting tomorrow to discuss plans for pitching staff.: Don Mattingly said that the Dodgers’ coaching staff will meet tomorrow to discuss plans for their pitching staff. There...
• 3/23 Angelswin.com: Angels GM Jerry Dipoto Talks with the Fans at the 2013 AngelsWin.com Spring Training Fanfest: If you could make one move as the Angels GM, what would it be? Would you start planning a budget to sign Justin Verlander...
• 3/23 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Preparing To Start Birdman For April 5th Debut: If everything goes according to plan that is. Keep your fingers crossed that it will. The Dodger’s 147 million dollar Mark Fidrych...
• 3/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodger Hat Contest Update: You People Are Hilarious: Mike’s in Florida to catch some spring training games for the weekend, though sadly not the Dodgers. (Go Orioles!) In the...
• 3/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the tenth pick in 10 team formats for 2013 fantasy baseball – late round sleepers: No one really wants to have to pick last on draft day, but the fact remains someone will draw the short straw, and if that someone...
• 3/23 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Carl Crawford Will Make Defensive Debut on Saturday: If the Los Angeles Dodgers are going to justify the blockbuster trade it made with the Boston Red Sox last August, Carl Crawford...
• 3/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Rotation Outlook in 2013: The Arizona Diamondbacks have a starting rotation that will be able to contend in the NL West division this season against powerhouse...
• 3/22 Lasorda's Lair: Yasiel Puig Leaves Game Because Of Injury, But Walks Off Under Own Power: The Puig alert sirens have been silenced momentarily. The Dodger’s Cuban sensation, and top prospect Yasiel Puig has left the...
• 3/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: To Puig Or Not to Puig (Plus Friday Lineups): So there’s this, from Yahoo’s Jeff Passan… The Legend of Yasiel Puig is greater than The Truth of Yasiel Puig....
• 3/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Host Cincy In Final Home Day Game Of Spring: The Dodgers return to Camelback Ranch this afternoon for the very last day game at Glendale. After today’s game, the Dodgers...
• 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...
• 3/21 KC Kingdom: NL West Predictions: Every spring, it is always fun to make pointless and meaningless predictions on the outcome of the upcoming baseball season. Regardless...
• 3/21 Blog Red Machine: Will the US Ever Embrace the WBC?: As I was watching the WBC final, I’m sure I wasn’t alone in wondering if the US will ever truly embrace the idea of...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Tips: Auction drafts aren’t for children. They take drafting to a higher level with their seriously slippery strategy. In auction...
• 3/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: First impression of Dodgers' Hyun-Jin Ryu: Not an ace, but not bad, either: Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched at Camelback Ranch on Sunday -- the last day of my spring training trip. I was lucky enough to see...
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Theriot, Kershaw, Kunz: Free agent infielder Ryan Theriot is interested in playing this season, but only if he's likely to get substantial playing...
• 3/20 Inside the Dodgers: Zack Greinke shines in minor-league game, opening regular season healthy still a possibility.: Zack Greinke wants to make 34 starts during the regular season. He might get that chance after all. Making his first start against...
• 3/20 On The Way Home: Zack Greinke: Is He Worth $147 Million for the Los Angeles Dodgers?: Everybody associated with the Los Angeles Dodgers collectively held their breath yesterday, as Zack Greinke was scratched from...
• 3/19 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Los Angeles Dodgers: Chandler Bullock- How the Dodgers did not make the playoffs last year still amazes me. They acquired Hanley Ramirez and about...
• 3/19 The Baseball Haven: Is Roy Halladay Finished?: The 2012 season was one to forget for Roy Halladay, as he posted a 4.49 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP while going 11-8 in 25 starts and...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: 3rd overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013? Here is an idea of who to take and which players may be available: So you drew the third spot in your fantasy baseball draft and want to know who is likely to fall to you on draft day?  Here are...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Watch Out For Fantasy Pitching Giants Laying In The Weeds: Don’t ignore those fantasy sleeping giants. The best part about fantasy baseball is there are so many numbers to look at, so...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Makes Major Minor Moves: Alex Anthopoulos has made some of the biggest moves of the off-season and undoubtedly the most important ever made in Blue Jays...
• 3/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers preview: Deep pockets deliver division title: To put last season into context for the Los Angeles Dodgers, we need to consider two main areas. The first is Matt Kemp. After...
• 3/17 MLB Injury News: Dodgers’ Zack Greinke plays catch; Opening Day still in question: Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke resumed playing catch yesterday, and everything appeared to go well for the team’s pricy...
• 3/17 Lasorda's Lair: Looking Ahead to April’s Schedule: Opening Day is just a mere two weeks and one day away! We’ve almost survived through the incessant boredom that is life...
• 3/16 Radical Baseball: WBC final four countries 2012 MBL players.: With team USA eliminated last night the World Baseball Classic (WBC) has teams these four teams remaining: - Dominican Republic -...
• 3/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A.J. Ellis Gets Featured In the New York Times (Plus Saturday Lineups): You know who will never stop being awesome and still doesn’t seem to get enough credit for it outside of Dodger circles?...
• 3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco,...
• 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: How much to spend per player in an 8 team auction league draft over at Yahoo for 2013 fantasy baseball: It is always tough to gauge how much is too much per player, and many times it will depend on a multitude of factors including...
• 3/16 Lasorda's Lair: Elbows, Groins, and Flu… Oh My!: A scary moment occurred during the Dodger game versus San Diego Friday afternoon when reliever Shawn Tolleson was hit on his pitching...
• 3/15 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers president Stan Kasten talks about rebuilding … the 1986 Atlanta Braves.: I finally had a chance today to listen to Stan Kasten’s 42-minute, 40-second chat at the SABR Analytics conference last...
• 3/15 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting for a shallow head to head 8 man fantasy baseball league – Yahoo draft results: Let’s face it, some people enjoy drafting in shallow formats because everyone ends up with a stacked lineup.  There is...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you rather? Cole Hamels or Matt Cain: If you can’t get your hands on a Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, David Price, or (maybe) Stephen Strasburg,...
• 3/15 The DoubleDay: Team U$A : Tyler DrenonRecently, commissioner Bud Selig said he'd like to further the internationalization of the game. Obviously, the...
• 3/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: First day at Dodgers' spring training was basically heaven on earth: Aside from seeing every player I absolutely wanted to, my first day at Dodgers' spring training couldn't have gone better. After...
• 3/14 Billy-Ball.com: Why it’s okay to root against the US in the WBC: Let me start by saying that rooting against the US in the World Baseball Classic should not be considered a non-patriotic act....
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated current auction values prices and results from 10 team ESPN H2H points draft on March 14th, 2013: Ever parti**** in an auction draft?  If you have, you know the value of having current auction values at your fingertips, and...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live fantasy baseball snake draft results from ESPN – H2H Points based league: In my continuing quest for fantasy baseball draft perfection I bring you yet another installment of live fantasy baseball snake...
• 3/14 Lasorda's Lair: Whether You Love Him or Want to Platoon Him, Andre Ethier is Important for 2013: This is not just another pro-Ethier post, and by now you should know that I am a big Andre Ethier fan. He’s my favorite...
• 3/13 SoDo Mojo: 2013 American League Preview: A few weeks ago, I gave my predictions for the American League West division. This week, I will finish my projections for the...
• 3/13 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | Price Quotes: Tyler DrenonIs there a finer sound in the unrestricted sonance of baseball than the efficient hum of the Rays talent machine? Yes...but...
• 3/13 Lasorda's Lair: Which Dodger Injuries Worry You The Most?: The Dodgers are enjoying a much needed off-day today. After losing yesterday 6-2 at Goodyear park, to the Cincinnati Reds, the...
• 3/13 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Atlanta Braves: In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't...
• 3/13 Sports Out West: Dodgers news: Zack Greinke injury puts opening day in jeopardy: Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke may be in danger of missing opening day due to an injury to his right throwing...
• 3/13 fantasyteamadvice.com: Forecasting the 2013 National League West or who will win the NL west and who will be the cellar dwellers: Here they come down the homestretch and OH NO the Dodgers broke a leg a quarter mile out and it looks like the Giants will run...
• 3/12 Mets Merized: MMO Fantasy Top 10: Starting Pitching: I enjoy researching starting pitching for any reason whatsoever, so looking into them for fantasy purposes was more fun than anything...
• 3/11 RoxPile: World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Eliminated, USA Advances: Team Venezuela defeated Team Spain soundly on Sunday by a final score of 11-6. Unfortunately for them, they had already been eliminated...
• 3/11 60ft6in.com: Cactus League Barbs: Clayton Kershaw: Dodgers ace, Clayton Kershaw, got stretched out to five innings in yesterday’s start against the Rockies. The left-hander...
• 3/11 MLB Injury News: Dodgers’ Zack Greinke scratched; having elbow examined: Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke has been scratched from today’s spring training start and sent to LA to have...
• 3/11 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Zack Greinke To Have “Precautionary Exam” on Sore Elbow: Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke complained of an irritation in his right elbow while throwing on Sunday. That was...
• 3/11 Lasorda's Lair: While Birdman Has His Arm Examined In Los Angeles, The Rest Of The Dodgers Battle The Brewers At Maryvale: So as it turns out, Birdman Zack Greinke will miss his scheduled start today at Maryvale park against the Brewers. The Dodgers...
• 3/11 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: LA in no hurry to trade starter: The Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to trade one of their extra starting pitchers before camp breaks. However, general manager...
• 3/11 Baseball Press: A Different Strategy on Fantasy Baseball Pitching: Jason Motte recorded 42 saves and 10.75 K/9 in 2012. (US Presswire)As the traditional five-by five rotisserie or head-to-head...
• 3/10 The Baseball Haven: Is WAR Useful for Fantasy Leagues?: Wins Above Replacement, better known as WAR, came to the forefront of MVP balloting last season for many voters. Mike Trout, who,...
• 3/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Is Ted Lilly Actually More Appealing Than Chris Capuano & Aaron Harang?: I’m fully aware of the source here, so take it with a giant grain of salt, but I have to admit I was surprised to see this...
• 3/10 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Detroit Tigers: It was 10 years ago that the Tigers went 43 and 119 for a .265 winning percentage. In the modern era (since 1969), it is the worst...
• 3/9 Swingin' A's: Crafting the 2013 Athletics and the Work Still to Be Done: It seems somewhat crazy to consider the notion that the Athletics are in need of more depth, Billy Beane has spent the entire...
• 3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Tasty tidbits tantalize L.A. Dodgers fans this spring: Spring has definitely sprung in Major League Baseball! Spring training is a few weeks old now, and the 2013 season is just weeks...
• 3/8 MLB Injury News: Orioles rumors: Baltimore targeting Dodgers starters: The Baltimore Orioles continue to scout Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitchers Aaron Harang, Ted Lilly and Chris Capuano, according...
• 3/8 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Kansas City Royals: How many fans of the Royals think, “Dayton Moore is the worst GM in baseball.” I almost have sympathy for Royals fans....
• 3/7 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Uncle Charlie: Examining the best curveballs in the Dodgers' farm system: Uncle Charlie. No. 2. The Hammer. Public Enemy No. 1. The Deuce. No matter what you call it, the curveball is probably the most...
• 3/7 Splash Hit Blog: What the WBC Measures: I wake up and my timeline is angry. Shouting about this and that, but they’re not fighting with each other, they’re...
• 3/6 Inside the Dodgers: Lining up his options, Don Mattingly shuffles Dodgers’ rotation.: Outside of the news that Matt Kemp will be in center field for the first time this spring, the most interesting tidbits out of...
• 3/6 Inside the Dodgers: (Re-)sizing up Yasiel Puig with the Dodgers.: We can see now why the Dodgers gave Yasiel Puig all that money. We can also see why they won’t say where Puig will begin...
• 3/6 The Sports Critic: Major League Baseball: Ranking the 2013 Division Races: The 2013 Major League Baseball season begins on March 31 with most teams playing their first games on April 1. Most teams made...
• 3/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 26 - Dodgers, Kershaw, Puig, Harang: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (Dodger Diamond) and I look at Dodger spring training up to this point. Clayton...
• 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...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Do The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers View Their Rotation Surpluses The Same Way?: When you’re looking for the exact opposite edge of the financial spectrum in major league baseball for teams looking to...
• 3/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Is a David Price Extension Possibly Feasible for the Tampa Bay Rays?: Hi Rays fans. I’m Steve Givarz and I will be joining Rays Colored Glasses as a staff writer. I lived in Tampa for ten years...
• 3/5 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Orioles, Brewers eyeing Aaron Harang: The Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers scouted Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Aaron Harang Monday, a veteran that has...
• 3/4 MLBTradeRumors: NL Notes: Pirates, Nationals, Cardinals, Kershaw: With Spring Training in full swing, wonderful stories from present and past are always emerging. Take Rays starter Chris Archer,...
• 3/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Makes Major Minor Moves: Alex Anthopoulos has made some of the biggest moves of the off-season and undoubtedly the most important ever made in Blue Jays...
• 3/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Yakkers: Examining the best sliders in the Dodgers' farm system: The slider is associated with power. Most times, it's a power pitch thrown by a power pitcher. There are few exceptions to this...
• 3/2 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance: In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1...
• 3/2 Chicken Friars: SanDiegoJosh’s 2013 National League West Predictions: The top 3 teams in the NL West all have a chance at the postseason, but its the Los Angeles Dodgers that are the team to beat....
• 3/1 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #2 – Justin Verlander: Justin Verlander has been very consistent over the last few years. K% BB% HR% ERA FIP xFIP 2010 23.7% 7.7% 1.5%...
• 3/1 Chicken Friars: Robert Moreno’s 2013 National League West Predictions:   Expect a tight divisional race this season with the divisional crown coming down to the wire. Their should be a lot of...
• 3/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Trout, Rangers, Felix: One American League executive told Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com that he'd be talking to Mike Trout about a "crazy-long deal"...
• 3/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings: With big names leading this list, it can be hard to pass on them in the early rounds.  I think this is the season we should...
• 3/1 The Baseball Haven: Top 250: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings:         While I’ve already posted a top 10 fantasy baseball player at each position piece, I figured...
• 3/1 North and South of Royal Brougham: King Felix and Decreased Velocity: Part Two: So how I am supposed to tell what led to his improvement in 2010? (Or better put, his sustained awesomeness since Felix was...

• 2/28 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Vin Scully interviews Sandy Koufax, which is about as good as it gets: It really doesn't get much better than this. Vin Scully chats with Sandy Koufax. It doesn't even matter what they're talking...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Goldschmidt, Kershaw, Crawford: No National League division has produced more pennant winners over the last 15 seasons than the NL West.  The Giants have own...
• 2/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hand Halos Their Seventh Straight Spring Loss: Angels      8 12 1 Dodgers 10 13 1 WP-Kershaw-1-1 LP-Williams-0-1 HR-Cruz-2-Kendrick-1   The Dodgers toppled the Angels...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braves, Red Sox, Barton: We can expect Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Clayton Kershaw to be among the game's best players in 2018, Dan Szymborski of ESPN...
• 2/28 Lasorda's Lair: Is Aaron Harang The Odd Man Out?: Aaron Harang? Or Ted Lilly? Or Chris Capuano? Which starter is going to be the odd man out? That’s been one of the big questions...
• 2/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Angels @ Dodgers Feb 28, 2013: The Joy of Vin Scully in February: Rejoice, for there is televised Dodger baseball. Sure, there’s no Matt Kemp or Carl Crawford — dealing with stiffness...
• 2/28 Billy-Ball.com: Quality Time: Quality Starts is a fascinating stat. At first, when I looked at the stat created by John Lowe of the Philadelphia Inquirer in...
• 2/28 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Spring Training 2013: Week 3: As Opening Day inches closer, the Giants’ roster is slowly starting to shape up for the season. This week, the team revealed...
• 2/28 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Los Angeles could trade Aaron Harang: Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly doesn’t view veteran pitcher Aaron Harang as a candidate for the team’s bullpen,...
• 2/28 Lasorda's Lair: Ted Lilly Set To Pitch Thursday as Dodgers Host the Angels: Thursday we will see Ted Lilly pitch for the first time this Spring as the Dodgers play the Angels at 12:05 p.m. Clayton Kershaw...
• 2/27 Lasorda's Lair: Cochito Out With Flu, Gwynn Sidelined With Groin Injury: As the Dodgers continue on with their cactus league schedule, two Dodgers are sitting today out with minor injuries. Third baseman...
• 2/27 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics: The Longoria Window | The AL East: Tyler Drenon          Arbitration is one of the murkiest concepts in the economic...
• 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”....
• 2/26 MLB Injury News: Rangers rumors: Zack Greinke gave Texas chance to beat Dodgers’ offer: Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke told Jon Heyman of CBS Sports that his decision on where to sign this offseason...
• 2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Greinke Gave Rangers Chance To Beat Dodgers' Offer: Zack Greinke signed a contract that made him -- at the time -- the highest-paid right-handed pitcher ever this offseason (Felix...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Analyzing The 2014-15 MLB Free Agent Class: We're always looking ahead here at MLBTR, sometimes way ahead, hence our recent publication of the 2014-15 free agent class.  These...
• 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...
• 2/24 Swingin' A's: Yoenis Cespedes and the Stuff of Legend: It’s been a while since I’ve written about the simple fact that the sky is not nearly high enough for the limit to...
• 2/24 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Stephen Strasburg: Capping off the rotation section of our fantasy previews, we have Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg. In his first full major league...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Weaver, Giants, Dodgers, Walker: Jered Weaver isn't worried that he might have lost out on a bigger contract when he signed a five-year, $85MM extension with...
• 2/24 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Shutout 9-0 in Cactus League Opener: Dodgers 0 3 1 White Sox 9 14 0 WP- Axelrod (1-0) LP- Kershaw (0-1) HR- Flowers (1), Loman (1)   The Dodgers only managed...
• 2/23 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Who to Draft in Round One if You Don’t Have a Top Three Pick: By Jeff Boggis “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires Most fantasy baseball league experts have either Mike Trout,...
• 2/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: White Sox “at” Dodgers: The Return of Dodger Baseball: For the record, no — I’m not planning on running game threads for every spring training game, since the games are...
• 2/23 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Gio Gonzalez: Fresh off his steroid scandal, Gio Gonzalez is primed for a strong 2013. He threw 199.1 innings last year, with a 2.89 ERA, 207...
• 2/23 Lasorda's Lair: Cactus League Play Begins for Dodgers and White Sox Tomorrow at Camelback Ranch: We’ve made it through the long, cold offseason! Tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. the Dodgers will take the field for the first time...
• 2/22 BoSox Injection: It’s World Baseball Classic Time! Are You Not Stoked? Yeah, Neither Am I.: I’ve covered this ground before but I feel I wouldn’t be true to my values if I didn’t give the World Baseball...
• 2/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Baseball Over-Unders: Here are the lines released by Atlantis Casino sports book director Steve Mikkelson as well as my personal take on each team....
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic: In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility...
• 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast: In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming...
• 2/22 For Baseball Junkies: Dodgers All-Time Team v.2012: Sorry for the brief hiatus - tax season (baseball blogging isn't paying the bills yet).Today we're taking a look at the Dodgers...
• 2/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Bold Predictions for 2013: 1. The Boston Red Sox make the playoffs Why this is bold: The Red Sox lost 93 games last year and haven't won a postseason game...
• 2/20 mlbreports.com : Raising Cain: The New Ace Of The San Francisco Giants: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February 20, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): On Saturday, February 16, the Los...
• 2/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Best Team in Baseball…?: Over the last few days, Baseball Prospectus has been rolling out their yearly PECOTA projection updates,  and included in that...
• 2/19 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Buster Posey: Buster Posey Bats: R | Age: 26 | Team: Giants | Position: C | ADP: 1 (13)   Year LVL AGE PA HR R RBI SB/CS SO% BB% AVG OBP SLG OPS BABIP HR/FB 2010 MLB 23 443 18 58 67 0/2 12.4% 6.8% .305 .357 .505 .862 .315 16.1% 2011 ML...
• 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...
• 2/18 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Villalona, Sandoval, Cain, Etc.: Once infielder Angel Villalona reported to camp on Friday, Villalona was reinstated from the restricted list by Major League Baseball....
• 2/18 Behind the Plate: 2013 Rankings: LH Starting PitchersClayton Kers [...] ...
• 2/18 Billy-Ball.com: The Dodgers Opening Day Starter is… No Surprise: When the Los Angeles Dodgers open their season on April 1, their starter, against the World Series champion San Francisco Giants,...
• 2/18 Talkin Sox with Dan: Lowering the Bar: Jon Lester is not an ace. Don’t tell me about four straight years of at least fifteen wins (2008-2011). I don’t want...
• 2/18 MLB Dirt: 2013 MLBDirt Mock Draft Results: On January 27, 2013, I had the pleasure of hosting and taking part in the first annual MLBDirt.com Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft....
• 2/18 Lasorda's Lair: Sandy Koufax Arrives at Camelback Ranch: Sandy Koufax was welcomed by Dodger fans and the team Sunday as he arrived in Glendale, Arizona to begin his one-year job as Special...
• 2/17 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Named Opening Day Starter: For the third season in a row, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been selected by Don Mattingly to be the Opening Day starter on...
• 2/16 Raising Matt Cain: Your 2013 Giants: I'm a thirteen guy. It's my favorite number. I suppose having a favorite number is a little too far along on the nerd spectrum...
• 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,...
• 2/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Rated 99 In MLB The Show 13: In just a few weeks, the beloved MLB The Show: 13 video game will be released – bringing joy to baseball fans across the...
• 2/15 The Flagrant Fan: Rating by pitch values - Clayton Kershaw is really good: Every year I like to look at the pitch values given by PitchF/X. There are lots of ways to look at how valuable pitchers are...
• 2/15 Lasorda's Lair: Hyun-Jin Ryu Sets Hearts Aflutter In First Bullpen Session: Hyun-Jin Ryu and Zack Greinke, the two newest additions to the Dodger rotation, parti**** in their first bullpen sessions of Spring...
• 2/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 23 - Dodgers, prospect lists, signings: On this episode of "Dugout Blues," Jared Massey (L.A. Dugout) and I somehow talk for more than an hour despite almost no news...
• 2/14 Lasorda's Lair: Spring Training 2013: Pitchers and Catchers Workout for First Time: Cell phone pictures depicting some of our Boys in Blue began to hit Twitter and the internet. That only means one thing…Spring...
• 2/13 Call to the Pen: The Los Angeles Dodgers Offseason: Will Big Money Mean Big Results?: The Los Angeles Dodgers had an active offseason following a cataclysmic ending to 2012. In March 2012, the Guggenheim Partners...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Capuano, Harang, Mattingly, Beckett: Yesterday, we learned that Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw doesn't want to have extension talks during the season.  It could...
• 2/13 Billy-Ball.com: The Bill Chuck Files: 250 strikeouts is the new mark of pitching dominance: Three hundred strikeouts at one time was the mark of pitching dominance. Yesterday, the terrific duo of Jim Duquette and Mike...
• 2/13 Redlegs Review: What kind of season can be expected out of Johnny Cueto?: In 2004, the Reds signed an amateur free agent by the name of Johnny Cueto out of the Dominican Republic. In 2013,...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Kershaw, Torres: After an offseason of aggressive spending, it's time for the Dodgers to start working toward their first postseason appearance...
• 2/12 Blog Red Machine: Is Johnny Cueto A Top 10 Starting Pitcher?: Welcome to the second article in my Top 10 series. In this series, I take some of the best players on the Reds, run through some...
• 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Felix Hernandez elbow a reason to balk?: Throughout the offseason, many headlines grabbed our attention. Josh Hamilton goes to the Angels, Justin Upton gets traded to...
• 2/11 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger Spring Training Home Opens For Business Tomorrow: Well folks, we made it. A long, tiring, and exciting off-season is now behind us. Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow! As Camelback...
• 2/11 mlbreports.com : Without Limitations, Is Stephen Strasburg In Line To Win The NL Cy Young Award In 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Monday February 11th, 2013 By Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer Had the Washington Nationals not constrained...
• 2/11 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Scott Diamond's Place in MLB History!!: Hey, did you know that Scott Diamond is the only player in MLB history to have attended Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute...
• 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Will the Los Angeles Dodgers party like it’s 1988 this season?: Baseball writers everywhere have already been naysayers about the 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite signing the best free agent...
• 2/10 Call to the Pen: Gio Gonzalez to Pitch for Team USA: The upcoming World Baseball Classic has another big name committed to parti**** as Washington National starter Gio Gonzalez has...
• 2/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Depth Chart Analysis: The Few, the Proud, the Southpaws: Editor’s note: Chris Jackson checks in with a look at the lefty starting pitching in the Dodger organization. Not only are...
• 2/9 Tyler's Think Tank: King Felix Collects : It must feel pretty good being king. Felix Hernandez is getting a five-year contract extension worth $135.5 million on...
• 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,...
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Notable Transactions From February 2012: We're nine days into February and after the Mariners' signing of Joe Saunders earlier this week, only three of Tim Dierkes' Top...
• 2/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Not Your Daddy’s Steinbrenner: If Hal Steinbrenner is being sincere when he says he doesn’t understand why fans are concerned and upset that the Yankees haven’t...
• 2/8 MLBRandomFandom: Mariners Pay a King's Ransom for Felix: By Nick CesareThe Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez have agreed to the parameters of a 5 year, $135.5 million contract extension...
• 2/8 Baseball Jerks: Felix Hernandez Gets Big Deal, Sets Bar for Future Contracts: For the last several years, most of the 29 teams not named the Seattle Mariners have sought after Felix Hernandez. Many have inquired...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Hernandez, MacDougal, Headley: Links from around MLB on a day that many are still buzzing about Felix Hernandez’s seven-year, $175MM contract extension with...
• 2/8 The Baseball Continuum: And now, a quick thought…: If Felix Hernandez is worth $175 million dollars over 7 years… … just how much will Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander...
• 2/8 Call to the Pen: Money May Not Buy Happiness For Dodgers: Things have calmed down notably for a Dodgers team that spent early and often once the 2012 season ended, but that doesn’t...
• 2/8 Lasorda's Lair: Show Kersh the Money!: The Seattle Mariners came to an agreement with pitcher Felix Hernandez for a contract extension  for five years and $135 million....
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kershaw Have "Mutual Interest" In Extension: If Ned Colletti has his way, we won't be hearing much about his club's negotiations about a new contract with Clayton Kershaw,...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners/Felix Hernandez Links: Analysis & Fallout: The Mariners' pending seven-year, $175MM extension with Felix Hernandez is expected to be finalized before Spring Training, USA...
• 2/7 Call to the Pen: Felix Hernandez, Mariners Agree to $175M Contract: Seattle Mariners ace right-hander Felix Hernandez has reportedly reached an agreement with the team on a new contract, according...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners, Hernandez Agree To Seven-Year Deal: Felix Hernandez is about to sign the most lucrative contract any pitcher has ever obtained. The Mariners have agreed to sign...
• 2/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Chris Capuano Might Be the Best Option For the Dodger Bullpen: Chris Capuano appeared on 570′s Dodger Talk yesterday with Jorge Jarrin, and as you’d expect from a man holding an...
• 2/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: LA Dodgers Hitting and Pitching Projections:   Will the Dodgers celebrate a trip to the post-season? Los Angeles Dodgers – Predicted Finish: Second Place, NL West Did...
• 2/6 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Jonathan Sanchez: Upside Project or Wheel Spinning?: Basically there are two schools of thought on the Pittsburgh Pirates signing the polarizing Jonathan Sanchez.  Sanchez is a...
• 2/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Has Impeccable Style: So here’s Clayton Kershaw on ESPN this morning, answering questions about which off-season move he found most impressive...
• 2/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: What Does It Take To Be Worse Than Juan Uribe?: Over at MLB.com, they’ve recently unveiled their 2013 fantasy baseball preview, including ranking 843 players — in...
• 2/3 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Chad Billingsley Says Elbow Feels Fine; LA to Deal A Starter?: Tommy John surgery seems to have become a right of passage for big league pitchers.  Chad Billingsley, veteran Dodger...
• 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: Can Chad Billingsley Beat the Odds?: Chad Billingsley told Jorge Jarrin Thursday night on DodgerTalk that “tomorrow I’ll throw off a mound for the eighth...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Rhodes, Tatis, Rodney: No one should be surprised if the Yankees engage in a major spending spree during the 2014 offseason, writes Jim Bowden of ESPN.com...

• 1/31 Blog Red Machine: What Can The Reds Expect From Aroldis Chapman in 2013?: Aroldis Chapman‘s proposed transition to the starting rotation has arguably been the most polarizing Reds issue this offseason....
• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Headley, Wells, Lowe, A-Rod, Mariners: Earlier tonight, the Padres avoided arbitration with Chase Headley by agreeing to a one-year, $8.575MM deal.  The third baseman...
• 1/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees’ Plan This Offseason Could Be Setting Them Up For Future Failure: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) One of the posts I read over the weekend that really stuck with me...
• 1/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Chad Billingsley: Delaying the Inevitable?: The Dodgers, as you may have heard once or twice or twenty times this winter, have a whopping eight starting pitchers under contract...
• 1/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers New T.V. Deal Reached With Time Warner For 2014: Apparently next season, if you want to watch the Dodgers then you better have cable through Time Warner. That’s the direction...
• 1/28 Call to the Pen: Mariners, Hernandez Discussing Extension: Despite the organization’s overall success (or lack thereof) in recent years, there’s no denying the fact that the team’s...
• 1/27 MLB Injury News: Dodger's News: Clayton Kershaw's Hip Not an Issue: For much of the second half of the 2012 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers and fans focused on Clayton Kershaw's ailing hip.  There...
• 1/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw not bothered by hip: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) said he hasn't been bothered this offseason by right hip pain. His throwing program...[+] has been similar to what he's used in previous offseasons but he has also added a workout program designed to strengthen his hip.
• 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...
• 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Kershaw, Dodgers: It won’t be a surprise if the Dodgers’ aggressive new ownership group looks to sign Clayton Kershaw to a long-term deal....
• 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | No contract talks for Clayton Kershaw : The Los Angeles Dodgers have yet to start talks with SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) regarding a long-term contract extension, but they...[+] are expected to begin talks before the start of spring training. Kershaw will make $11 million this year and will be eligible for free agency after the 2014 season. He said he's already throwing off a mound and his hip isn't giving him any problems.
• 1/25 Lasorda's Lair: Stan Kasten Updates Dodger Fans Via Letter: If you haven’t yet read the letter written by Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten addressed to the fans, here it is in...
• 1/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): Rosenthal: Plan 189 could be less lucrative than anti****: I'm not sure if this is reporting anything that we didn't already know, but Ken Rosenthal passes along that the Yankees' ownership...
• 1/23 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Yu Darvish: This is a new concept to NolanWritin’, but since it’s a fairly common knockoff to the whole 30 Clubs In 30 Days thing,...
• 1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'!: End of year awards are fun.  That is really all they are, but they are fun.  Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
• 1/22 Lasorda's Lair: Farewell Sweet Diamond Vision: One of the unique aspects of Dodger Stadium will be going away for good in 2013. As part of the upgrades to Dodger Stadium taking...
• 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...
• 1/20 Lasorda's Lair: Has Time Warner Cable Taken The Lead To Win The Dodger’s T.V. Rights?: As the new Dodger ownership prepares to build the perfect roster, upgrade Dodger Stadium, rebuild their international scouting...
• 1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/19 Baseball Jerks: 2013 World Series Odds: Toronto Blue Jays Up, Cincinnati Reds DownSo much is made of odds. It gives fans a chance to gauge where Vegas is putting their chips, and in turn it provides 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...
• 1/18 Lasorda's Lair: Matt Kemp Named Celebrity Grand Marshal of MLK Parade: We’ve seen some of the charity work of Adrian Gonzalez this fall. Chad Billingsley visits kids in the local hospital. Of...
• 1/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My Top 50 Dodgers prospects for 2013: The Dodgers' farm system hasn't been great in recent years. It has developed some good major leaguers, but nothing like the wave...
• 1/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers Top 50 prospects: The Dodgers' farm system hasn't been great in recent years. It has developed some good major leaguers, but nothing like the wave...
• 1/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Is Going To Get All of the Dollars: As the Dodgers have gone on an unprecedented spending spree, there’s still the great white whale out there: the little matter...
• 1/14 AroundTheFoghorn: Season in Review: Gregor Blanco: Twenty-eight year old journeyman fringe backup outfielders are not the people you would expect to have a huge role on a World...
• 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....
• 1/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #51: MGR Don Mattingly: 86-76 C+ 2012 in brief: Infuriated us all with bunting and lineup choices but generally kept a steady hand over a roster constantly...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Mat Latos: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...
• 1/13 The Baseball Haven: Who is Ian Kennedy?: Ian Kennedy has posted some pretty solid numbers over his career, going 46-30 with a 3.76 ERA over 112 games (110 starts). Having...
• 1/12 El Maquino: EM TAKES THE ‘USA TODAY’ ROSTER CHALLENGE: USA Today has this cool thing where they use the median team salary in the Major Leagues to construct the best 25-man roster they...
• 1/9 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger Stadium Upgrades-Dodger Stadium Should Stand Forever: The new Dodgers ownership continues to impress and delight me in many different ways. Today the Dodgers announced the details...
• 1/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #49: RP Jamey Wright: 3.72 ERA 3.39 FIP 67.2 IP 7.18 K/9 3.99 BB/9 0.5 fWAR A- 2012 in brief: Veteran retread was surprisingly adequate as only reliever...
• 1/6 MLBRandomFandom: Battle of the Rotations: Dodgers-Giants: By Blake WilliamsOne of the most historic rivalries in sports is Dodgers vs. Giants. The Giants won the 2012 World Series led...
• 1/4 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Reach Agreement with J.P. Howell: One-Year Deal $2.75 million: Howell will replace Randy Choate in the Dodgers bullpen The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached an agreement with free-agent left-hander...
• 1/3 El Maquino: EM’S INADVISABLE AND WAY TOO EARLY 2013 POWER RANKINGS: Major qualified free agents Kyle Lohse and Michael Bourn remain unsigned due to the first round draft pick that has been assigned...
• 1/2 Lasorda's Lair: A Glimpse into the Future: Onelki Garcia: The Dodgers chose to go in an atypical direction in the 2012 draft last year. Usually the Dodgers favor pitching with their selections,...
• 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: David Price: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...

• 12/31 Lasorda's Lair: Here’s to a Happy Blue Year for 2013!: As we begin a New Year with Spring Training and Opening Day right around the corner, we want to wish you and your family a safe...
• 12/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Do Dodgers resemble Catrinel Menghia or Lindsay Lohan?: We’ve all seen those candid pictures of celebrities without their makeup. You know the ones – snapped by a paparazzi stalker...
• 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Few Free Agent Ground Ball Pitchers Remain: Generally speaking, teams prefer pitchers who get ground balls. Ground balls can sneak through the infield for base hits, but...
• 12/27 Talkin Sox with Dan: Power Plays: On Wednesday, the Red Sox officially addressed an area of surplus. They have a closer. Andrew Bailey is injury-plagued. There...
• 12/27 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Will Be Key Factor in Dodgers 2013 Success: While the Dodgers have been busy stock piling starting pitchers this offseason, now having Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Josh...
• 12/25 Lasorda's Lair: A Dodger Christmas Carol: Twas the day before opening day, and all through the Ravine, everyone was stirring, it was so serene, The uniforms were hung...
• 12/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Hamilton to Hollywood: Hamilton is happy to be an Angel Last December the Los Angeles Angels dominated the Hot Stove headlines by committing more...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: For a Few Dollars More Dodgers May Extend Kershaw: Kershaw could become baseball’s first $200 million player This past weekend The Los Angeles Dodgers reached agreements with...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Reach Agreement Korean with Hyun-Jin Ryu: Dodgers commit $36 million in salary to Ryu Fresh off an agreement with free-agent Zack Greinke yesterday, the Los Angeles Dodgers,...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Zack Greinke Reaches Agreement with Dodgers – Six-Years $147 Million:  Greinke will pitch in Los Angeles, this time wearing Dodgers blue Zack Greinke has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: There’s Still Room for the Dodgers to Improve: Colletti said the Dodgers are never “going to be reckless with what we do.” Apparently no one told the Los Angeles...
• 12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Let’s play six degrees of Dodgers separation with Mark McGwire: Everyone has heard of the eclectic game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” That’s the game where you can trace any actor back...
• 12/22 The Beanball: There’s Still Room for the Dodgers to Improve: Apparently no one told the Los Angeles Dodgers that other teams use a standard five-man rotation. But perhaps the Dodgers just...
• 12/21 Baseball News Source: There’s Still Room for the Dodgers to Improve: Colletti said the Dodgers are never “going to be reckless with what we do.” Apparently no one told the Los Angeles...
• 12/21 Cubbies Crib: Former Cub Adam Greenberg Signs With Baltimore: It’s the story that every Cubs fan knows all too well. Former Cubs’ prospect Adam Greenberg was plunked in the head...
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals...
• 12/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: Why you don’t Overpay for Saves: You have undoubtedly heard the fantasy baseball adage at some point, “don’t pay for saves”, but do you know the More......
• 12/20 Lasorda's Lair: Farewell John Ely: John Ely. He never really was going to get a chance with the Dodgers, was he? We’ve seen many promising and or respectable...
• 12/18 mlbreports.com : The Battle Of Los Angeles: Dodgers or Angels?: Tuesday December 18, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . 2012 was a year to remember for Los Angeles fans. Even though...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade, Part II—As A Means To Bash The Mets: R.A. Dickey was found money for the Mets. Rather than spend it immediately, they invested it wisely in blue chip stocks to secure...
• 12/16 Through The Fence Baseball: One word now describes the cash-crazed Dodgers: relevant: “Relevant.” That word sums up our society today. “Relevant” means this, according to Merriam Webster: “Having significant...
• 12/16 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft: Interview with top left-handed prospect Jonah Wesely: Jonah Wesely is a 6’-2”, 210-pound left-hander from Tracy HS in Tracy, California. He is rated as one of the top players in...
• 12/16 Lasorda's Lair: Will There Be a West Side World Series for 2013?: The poles have shifted. Or rather, the baseball pendulum has swayed from the East to the West. The Dodgers’ payroll will...
• 12/15 The Biz of Baseball: Dodgers Will Knock Yankees Off Top Salary Spot Held Since 1998: Step aside, New York Yankees, you’re about to be passed up in the amount of money you spend of player salaries. When the 2013...
• 12/15 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Rumors: LA Shopping Aaron Harang, Chris Capuano: After signing Zack Greinke and Ryu Hyun-jin the Los Angeles Dodgers veteran starting pitchers Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano...
• 12/14 Lasorda's Lair: Are The Angels Trying To One-Up The Dodgers? Nope They Want To Win: Over the last year and a half, the balance of power in Major league Baseball has shifted. For years, the east coast teams dominated...
• 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...
• 12/13 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2013 Team Top 12 Prospects: Baltimore Orioles: The prospect lists I have created are based solely on my perspective as a baseball fanatic and nothing more, ultimately attempting...
• 12/13 Lasorda's Lair: Happy 12-12-12 Dodger Fans! Watch These Videos: Hey guys, Today is a rare day indeed. Today is 12-12-12. Not often does this happen. Last year we had the infamous 11-11-11, and...
• 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Rockies, Fowler, Greinke, Dodgers: The Diamondbacks could be on the verge of completing a three-team deal with the Indians and Reds, but that's not all that's happening...
• 12/11 The Baseball Continuum: So about the weekend…: Things we learned over the weekend: The Dodgers have a lot of money You know how I wrote that analogy of how the Yankees are like...
• 12/11 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Could Look to Extend Ace Clayton Kershaw: If 2012 was a down year for Clayton Kershaw, he has a Hall of Fame career ahead of him.  Kershaw battled through injury...
• 12/11 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Rumors: LA Targeting Kevin Youkilis, Anibal Sanchez?: No one believes the Los Angeles Dodgers are done spending, and the team could next turn its attention to veteran corner infielder...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Might explore extension for Clayton Kershaw: According to Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti Monday, Dec. 10, the team might explore a contract extension for...[+] SP Clayton Kershaw in the coming weeks.
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: For a Few Dollars More Dodgers May Extend Kershaw: Kershaw could become baseball’s first $200 million player This past weekend The Los Angeles Dodgers reached agreements with...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Could Explore Kershaw Extension: The Dodgers recently gave Zack Greinke the largest contract of any right-handed pitcher in baseball history, but general manager...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Revamp Rotation Over Weekend: The Dodgers are doing some high end holiday shopping this offseason. After spending $183 million between Zack Greinke‘s...
• 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...
• 12/10 Baseball Analytics: Greinke, Kershaw Get Ks in Different Ways: Now that Zack Greinke has joined the Dodgers, signing the richest contract in history for a right-handed starting pitcher, he'll...
• 12/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So What’s Next For the Dodgers?: Fun note: last night, I was on the Baseball Prospectus “Effectively Wild” podcast with Ben Lindbergh & Sam Miller,...
• 12/10 MetsToday.com: Would You Rather: R.A. Dickey or Zack Greinke?: Upon hearing the news that the Dodgers signed Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147M contract, I couldn’t help but think, who...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Come to Terms With Hyun-Jin Ryu: After winning the right to negotiate with Hyun-jin Ryu with a $25.7 million bid back in November, the Los Angeles Dodgers have...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: What Will The Back-end Of The Dodger Rotation Look Like in 2013?: So after the Dodgers have now signed Zack Greinke, and Hyun-jin Ryu, it’s time to look at what the Dodger rotation might look...
• 12/10 Lasorda's Lair: The Hits Keep Coming! Dodgers Sign Ryu Hyun-jin For Six Years 36 Million: I really hate it when awesome Dodger stuff happens when my modem dies, and I can’t get online. Good thing I have my phone to...
• 12/9 Baseball Musings: Greinke-Dink and Ryu: The Dodgers finish the revamping of their rotation with the addition of Korean star Hyun-jin Ryu. The Dodgers paid $25 million...
• 12/9 Baseball Jerks: Dodgers Continue to Spend, Sign Zack Greinke: It wasn’t so long ago that the Los Angeles Dodgers were a pawn in Frank McCourt’s divorce proceedings and were financially...
• 12/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DODGERS SIGN HYUN-JIN RYU. NEXT UP? ANYONE THEY WANT: Who can't the Los Angeles Dodgers sign right now? Magic Johnson is Don Mattingly's angel because they have done it again. ...
• 12/9 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Reach Agreement Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu: Dodgers commit $36 million in salary to Ryu Fresh off an agreement with free-agent Zack Greinke yesterday, the Los Angeles Dodgers,...
• 12/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hyun-jin Ryu Beats Deadline To Add To Embarrassment of Dodger Pitching Riches: Well, they weren’t kidding about taking this down to the wire, were they? It took a Jon Heyman tweet four minutes after...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Hyun-Jin Ryu: The Dodgers have signed Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu for $36MM over six years, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Zack Greinke Signing Reaction: Zack Greinke's record-setting six-year, $147MM contract with the Dodgers will have a ripple effect throughout baseball. MLB.com's...
• 12/9 Lasorda's Lair: The Impact of Zack Greinke On The Dodger Pitching Staff: The other day I wrote this post, mostly out of frustration. At the time it appeared that Zack Greinke had preferred the Rangers...
• 12/9 Lasorda's Lair: It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas…: I was offline for most of the day busy with my daughter, plus I was ready to accept that Zack Greinke was most likely going to...
• 12/9 MLB Injury News: Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers Agree to Huge Contract: After being all but out of the negotiations with Zack Greinke, the Dodgers suddenly became the favorites again to sign the young...
• 12/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Zack Greinke: Dodgers New Ace Will Stay Strong with LA’s NL TeamThe biggest pitching name of this year’s class is off of the market as per John Heyman of CBS Sports, More......
• 12/9 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Sign Zack Greinke: The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to spend freely. Their newest addition is 29-year-old Zack Greinke, the biggest pitching prize...
• 12/9 SocraticGadfly: Leave it to ESPN to fluff Greinke — a No. 2 starter: So, the Ddodgers decided to pay nearly $25M per year, or clear No. 1 starter money, for a guy in Zack Greinke who, except for...
• 12/9 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Dodgers Sign Zack Greinke: Zack Greinke lands a six-year deal with the Dodgers. (US Presswire)The Los Angeles Dodgers were able to land the most prized...
• 12/8 Baseball News Source: Zack Greinke Reaches Agreement with Dodgers – Six-Years $147 Million:  Greinke will pitch in Los Angeles, this time wearing Dodgers blue Zack Greinke has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles...
• 12/8 Feelin' Kinda Blue: All is right: Dodgers to sign RHP Zack Greinke to record-breaking contract: Of course the Dodgers would agree to terms with Zack Greinke while I was watching the latest iteration of the James Bond...
• 12/8 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Zack Greinke Gets That Sweet Dodger Money: The Zack Greinke dance is officially over, and the ace starter has chosen the Los Angeles Dodgers as his partner of choice. It...
• 12/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Zack Greinke. Los Angeles Dodger. (It’s Done!): Updating tonight’s earlier news… pending a physical, Zack Greinke is a Los Angeles Dodger. Just think on that for...
• 12/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 24 Hours to Hyun-jin Ryu: It’s 2pm in the Pacific Time Zone. Do you know where your Hyun-jin Ryu is? As we’ve been slowly, agonizingly waiting...
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Dickey, Greinke, Shields: One year ago today, the Astros hired Jeff Luhnow to be their new GM. Luhnow, who had spent the previous few years in the Cardinals...
• 12/7 AroundTheFoghorn: 25 Days of Home Runs, #7 Brett Pill May 8: Brett Pill hit a home run off of Clayton Kershaw on May 8, 2012. The ball traveled 384 ft. Pill gave the Giants a 2 run lead and...
• 12/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pondering a Potential Post-Greinke Existence: For months, we’ve assumed that the Dodgers were going to sign Zack Greinke; at times, it was more of a “when”...
• 12/7 mlbreports.com : The Milwaukee Brewers 2013 Roster: State Of The Union: Friday, December.7, 2012 Ben Dobson (Guest Baseball Writer and Brewers Correspondent): Disastrous? Horrifying? Cataclysmic? ****...
• 12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: How Valuable is Troy Tulowitzki?It’s not hard to see why Troy Tulowitzki is so dang appealing to fantasy owners out there. From 2009 through More......
• 12/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #34: SP Stephen Fife: I can’t stand to think about the winter meetings for one second longer, and anyway, everyone’s traveling home from...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw pain-free: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) is pain-free and has no tightness in his right hip. He is on a full running program...[+] and is doing physical therapy to strengthen the muscles around his hip.
• 12/5 The Baseball Haven: Is Zack Greinke Worth More Than $100 Million?: Zack Greinke is an excellent pitcher, having won the 2009 American League Cy Young with Kansas City and accumulating 91 wins in...
• 12/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day Three: The Calm Before the… Calm?: The Winter Meetings technically last through tomorrow, but to be honest, the final day barely counts. After the Rule 5 draft,...
• 12/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers should target James Shields, no matter what happens with Greinke: Someone who is -- and isn't -- getting a lot of coverage during these Winter Meetings is James Shields. He was once reported...
• 12/4 Lasorda's Lair: Winter Meetings Rumors: R.A. Dickey: Another day, another free agent rumor. The Dodgers have been linked to quite a number of free agents this offseason, but they...
• 12/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day Two: The Dodgers Are the Death Star. You Are Alderaan.: Okay, the first day of the winter meetings was pretty fun, but it’s mostly posturing and feeling each other out. Day Two...
• 12/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers check in on R.A. Dickey, but an acquisition doesn't seem likely: It isn't too often a Cy Young award winner is traded less than a month after winning the award, but the Mets are trying to...
• 12/3 Lasorda's Lair: Is Dee Gordon Expendable?: The winter meetings begin Monday, and Ned Colletti will be using everything in his arsenal to pick up the shopping list items...
• 12/2 MLBTradeRumors: Peter Gammons Q&A: On Friday I had the privilege of speaking via phone with legendary baseball journalist Peter Gammons.  Peter will be part of...
• 12/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #32: SP Josh Beckett: (w/ LA) 43.0 IP 2.93 ERA 3.82 FIP 7.95 K/9 2.93 BB/9 0.5 fWAR B  2012 in brief: Former ace is far from the flamethrower he once...
• 12/1 RoxPile: If The Dodgers Land Zack Greinke: In a way this is an appropriate continuation of the news that the Los Angeles Dodgers are putting away stacks of money in preparation...

• 11/30 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors: A.J. Pierzynski: Could the Dodgers double down on A.J.s? The rumor mill is swirling, and one of the newest ones connected to the Dodgers is that they are...
• 11/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On Having Too Many Starting Pitchers: I think one of my favorite side effects of this whole “o**** I has it” approach to team building the Dodgers have...
• 11/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: How Valuable is Troy Tulowitzki?: It’s not hard to see why Troy Tulowitzki is so dang appealing to fantasy owners out there. From 2009 through More...The...
• 11/29 Lasorda's Lair: Happy Birthday Mr. Vin Scully-We Love You: Happy 85th Birthday Mr. Vin Scully! Dear Vin, From all Dodger fans across southern California and the world, from the high rises...
• 11/29 AroundTheFoghorn: Top 10 SF Giants Games of 2012: #9 Giants Beat LA…Again: August 20, 2012; Giants vs. Dodgers; Giants 2, Dodgers 1 Your browser does not support iframes. Nail in coffin. Giants took the...
• 11/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Happy 85th Birthday, Vin Scully: I post about this every year on this day, and I’m not sure why I would stop now: happy birthday to the best there is and...
• 11/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Building an Elite Staff With Pitchers that aren’t: Clave and I recently spoke about pitchers, we have both noticed that the “elite” guys are slim this year. VERY More...The...
• 11/29 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Kershaw, Wright, Porcello, Soriano: In today's Insider-only blog post, ESPN's Buster Olney wrote about the character clause on the Hall of Fame ballot as well as...
• 11/28 Puckett's Pond: Joe Mauer and/or The Minnesota Twins?: I had a conversation over Thanksgiving with one of my cousins.  We were talking about how bad the Twins were and trying to figure...
• 11/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger’s Hot Stove Recap, Can We Sign Someone Already?: This winter has been passing by at the same rate as a snail. Am I right? I mean the Dodgers have been doing a lot of positioning,...
• 11/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger Front Office Takes Shape, Several Executives Promoted: The new GBM Dodger front office continues to take shape, as Several Dodger executives were promoted the other day, as announced...
• 11/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #30: SP Chad Billingsley: 3.55 ERA 3.34 FIP 149.2 IP 7.70 K/9 2.71 BB/9 fWAR B- 2012 in brief: Turned frustrating first half into dominant second half before...
• 11/26 Feelin' Kinda Blue: If the Dodgers sign Zack Greinke, they'll need to trade a pitcher or two: You can never have too much pitching, but I think the Dodgers might take this notion a bit too far. The Dodgers are considered...
• 11/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Can Afford Zack Greinke, and They’ll Get Him: After a bit of a holiday lull, the offseason is about to get very real, very soon. The winter meetings (next week in Nashville)...
• 11/25 Lasorda's Lair: Four Dodgers Nominated For Gibby Awards: Four Dodgers are nominated for this year’s Gibby awards. The Gibbys are the Greatness in Baseball Yearly award. Each season...
• 11/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Have not begun talks with Clayton Kershaw: The Los Angeles Dodgers have reportedly not yet started discussions with SP Clayton Kershaw on a contract extension, although...[+] general manager Ned Colletti claims the situation is on the team's winter agenda. Kershaw and his agent, J.D. Smart, recently changed representation, from Hendricks Sports to Excel Sports.
• 11/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #29: SP Joe Blanton: 4.99 ERA 3.74 FIP 7.96 K/9 2.50 BB/9 0.9 WAR C+ 2012 in brief: Surprise August addition got off to brutal start before providing...
• 11/24 MLB Injury News: Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw Have Not Begun Extension Talks: The re-tooled, re-build, money-rich Los Angeles Dodgers failed to reach the play-offs in their first season under new ownership....
• 11/24 Lasorda's Lair: News And Notes On Black, I Mean Blue Friday: I expect everyone to be in the midst of their respective turkey hangovers by now. So on the night of Black Friday, or as I should...
• 11/23 MLBTradeRumors: Excel To Represent Clayton Kershaw: Excel Sports Management now represents Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports. When agent J.D....
• 11/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #28: SP Aaron Harang: 3.61 ERA 4.14 FIP 179.2 IP 6.56 K/9 4.26 BB/9 1.5 fWAR B+ 2012 in brief: Provided a steady, if unspectacular, back-end presence....
• 11/22 Lasorda's Lair: Ten Reasons Why We’re Thankful To Be Dodger Fans: 10. The Dodger Dog. The perfect Ballpark food. 9. Dodger Stadium (Blue Heaven on Earth) 8. Tommy Lasorda 7. Jackie Robinson 6....
• 11/21 Lasorda's Lair: Hiroki Kuroda Signs One-Year Deal With Yankees: Former Dodger Hiroki Kuroda will be wearing pinstripes again next season. The Yankees announced Tuesday that they have come to...
• 11/20 Baseball Jerks: Bidding War Expected to Drive Up Greinke’s Pay Day: Zack Greinke, the top starter available on the free agent market this winter, will command a big pay day, for sure. Though just...
• 11/19 Lasorda's Lair: Lasorda’s Lair Egraph Trivia Contest Giveaway: You know over here at Lasorda’s Lair, we’re all about fun. And what could be more fun than another Lasorda’s Lair trivia...
• 11/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Finding Sleeper Pitchers: If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time spending early round draft picks on guys like Justin Verlander, Clayton...
• 11/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #26: SP Clayton Kershaw: 2.53 ERA 2.49 FIP 227.2 IP 9.05 K/9 2.49 BB/9 5.5 fWAR A 2012 in brief: Reigning NL Cy Young winner followed up with a season...
• 11/19 mlbreports.com : Hiroki Kuroda: Is A Return To LA In His Future?: Monday November 19, 2012 Kyle Holland: The 2012 season should have been a great season for the Dodgers.  They had Matt Kemp and...
• 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Tricky Dickey, Price is Right: Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw replicated their numbers from 2011, when both won their league's pitching triple crowns...
• 11/19 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Odds Of Signing Anibal Sanchez May Be Shrinking: According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald (relayed via MLBTradeRumors) the frontrunner for Zack Greinke (the number...
• 11/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Cy Young voting wasn’t so terrible: There’s been a lot of chatter about the selection of Miguel Cabrera as MVP over Mike Trout. Make no mistake, Trout is and...
• 11/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #25: RF Scott Van Slyke: .167/.196/.315 57pa 2hr -0.2 fWAR (inc.) 2012 in brief: Andy Van Slyke‘s kid showed good raw power and a strong throwing...
• 11/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Hopeful That International Progress Helps Break Disconcerting Streak: Back on September 27, 2011, Hiroki Kuroda made his final start for the Dodgers, pitching six scoreless innings on the road against...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Ryu, Affeldt, Giambi, Rockies: Buster Posey was named the NL MVP today, becoming the first Giant since Barry Bonds in 2004 to capture the leagues highest...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey NL Cy Young Winner: The last man standing. R. A. Dickey’s coup in capturing the National League Cy Young award for the New York Mets this season...
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
• 11/15 Crashburn Alley: Cliff Lee Had A Pretty Good Season: Remember way back at the start of July, when Cliff Lee had yet to win a game? When the city of Philadelphia was bemoaning his...
• 11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners: Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American...
• 11/15 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Finishes Second Behind R.A. Dickey for the NL Cy Young Award: Earlier this afternoon the results of the Cy Young Award voting was announced. Disappointingly for Dodgers fans, the BBWAA ranked...
• 11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR: > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves...
• 11/14 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Cy Young Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: R.A.Dickey Becomes First Knuckleballer to Win Cy Young Award: Dickey won 20 games on a Mets team that went 74-88 this past season The New York Mets R.A. Dickey received 27 of 32 first-place...
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: And the Cy Youngs Go To…: Tampa Bay number one overall draft pick David Price just edged out Justin Verlander in what the BBWAA called the closest race...
• 11/14 Rising Apple: R.A. Wins NL Cy Young Award: Praise be to Dickey!! What we all dreamed of happening finally became a reality tonight as R.A. Dickey has won the NL Cy Young...
• 11/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw finishes second to R.A. Dicket in NL Cy Young voting: Clayton Kershaw fell well short of winning his second consecutive Cy Young Award on Tuesday as the Mets' R.A. Dickey was voted...
• 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: David Price & R.A. Dickey Win Cy Young Awards: Congratulations go out to David Price and R.A. Dickey, who were named the Cy Young Award winners in their respective leagues...
• 11/14 Lasorda's Lair: If Kershaw Doesn’t Win The Cy Young, I’ll Scream: Indeed, he better win it. I’m serious, I will scream if he doesn’t. In just a little over three hours the BBWAA will...
• 11/14 60ft6in.com: Cy Young Awards Announced Tonight: The NL and AL Cy Young Award winners will be announced tonight at 6pmET on MLB Network. The AL race appears to be locked up, as...
• 11/14 Venom Strikes: Wade Miley Had a Year to Remember- Even if the Writers Failed to Recognize it.: Wade Miley just turned 26 on Tuesday following his impressive rookie campaign in 2012. On Monday he was told he lost out on the...
• 11/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Isn’t Going To Win the Cy Young, and That’s Okay: If you know me, you know that I don’t put a ton of stock into postseason awards, simply because I know how flawed the process...
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: Top 10 SF Giants Games Of 2012: #3 Revenge on Kershaw: May 8, 2012: Giants vs. Dodgers, Final score; Giants 2, Dodgers 1 Your browser does not support iframes. This was a game of Ryan...
• 11/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' rededication to international scouting something to be excited about: The Dodgers' ownership group promised to refocus and make international scouting a big part of its new regime -- and it has...
• 11/13 El Maquino: CLAYTON KERSHAW IS GETTING SCREWED TOMORROW: > The Cards fired Kyle McClellan and picked up former Mets catcher Rob Johnson to replace him on the 40-man and Bryan Anderson,...
• 11/13 Tomahawk Take: Should Braves Swap Kris Medlen For Alex Gordon? No Thanks.: I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s become commonplace for those who watch the Braves now and then and look at statistics...
• 11/13 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' rededication to international scouting something to be excited about: The Dodgers' ownership group promised to refocus and make international scouting a big part of its new regime -- and it has...
• 11/13 Call to the Pen: Rays Stocked with Pitching and Open for Business: For nearly half a decade, the Tampa Bay Rays have brought relevant baseball to the state of Florida and have been a serious player...
• 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...
• 11/11 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Winners—National League MVP: Here are my top five finishers for the National League Most Valuable Player along with who I picked in the preseason. —...
• 11/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There Is Just Nothing Juan Uribe Can’t Do Poorly: Over at FanGraphs, Matt Klaassen has been going through the best and worst plays of 2012 based on WPA. (For those not familiar,...
• 11/10 Lasorda's Lair: The Eagle Has Almost Landed-Dodgers Bid for Negotiating Rights to Ryu Hyun-Jin Accepted: Major League Baseball announced some big news as the Dodgers were officially declared the winning negotiating team for Korean...
• 11/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Ehtier, Hunter, Kershaw, Ryu: Earlier today, the Dodgers made history when they submitted the winning bid on Hyun-Jin Ryu for $25,737,737.33, the largest ever...
• 11/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers post winning bid for Korean left-handed pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu: The Dodgers were rumored to be interested in Hyun-Jin Ryu, and that rumor turned out to be true. The team posted $25.7 million...
• 11/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Win Bidding For Hyun-Jin Ryu: The Dodgers won the negotiating rights to Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu with a $25,737,737.33 bid, MLB has announced. It's the...
• 11/9 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors-Angry Birdman Zack Greinke: Today we’ll be discussing the crown jewel of the free agent pool for starting pitchers, Zack Greinke, also known as Angry Birdman....
• 11/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Have the Dodgers Submitted a Bid on Korean Lefty Hyun-jin Ryu?: As we continue to worry about ongoing rumors that the Dodgers may be heavily interested in surrendering a first round pick to...
• 11/9 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Targeting Anibal Sanchez, Hiroki Kuroda: The Los Angeles Dodgers are the team all the other teams fear this Winter. No organization has the same financial freedom as the...
• 11/9 Lasorda's Lair: Is Hiroki Kuroda’s Awsomeness Worth More Than a Draft Pick?: Is Hiroki Kuroda’s awesomeness worth more than a draft pick? In one word….Yes. That’s the question we were all asking ourselves...
• 11/9 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors: Anibal Sanchez: According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the Dodgers are targeting Hiroki Kuroda and Anibal Sanchez as their top two free agent...
• 11/8 Rising Apple: Wheeler and Harvey Considered “Untouchable”; Dickey Named Cy Young Finalist: The GM Meetings began yesterday in California, and will run through tomorrow. While Sandy Alderson is not looking to sign any...
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Trade for starter unlikely: The Los Angeles Dodgers are “probably unlikely” to trade for a starting pitcher this winter and might have to address that need...[+] in the free-agent market, General Manager Ned Colletti said. Colletti’s assessment was based on conversations he had with other teams at the general managers’ meetings, which started Wednesday, Nov. 7. The Dodgers are looking for a No. 2 or 3 pitcher behind SP Clayton Kershaw.
• 11/8 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw is a Finalist for the National League Cy Young Award: Award season is upon us. The GM winter meetings are under way, players with qualifying offers are mulling over whether they will...
• 11/8 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Catching up on Dodgers' news: Kerhsaw, Greinke, Sanchez, prospects: Clayton Kershaw is one of the three finalists for the National League Cy Young Award. He's competing against the Mets' R.A....
• 11/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Jurrjens, Dickey, Blue Jays, Dodgers: Wednesday night linkage.. Braves pitcher Jair Jurrjens is drawing some trade interest, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. ...
• 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 NL Awards Picks and Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season started, we liked Justin Upton to level up and take home his first MVP award as he continued...
• 11/7 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Rumors: LA Eyeing Zack Greinke, Hiroki Kuroda, Anibal Sanchez: Even with six veteran starting pitchers under contract for the 2013 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the market for another...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Kershaw, Haren, Berkman, Calendar: You've got roughly 24 hours left to parti**** in our Free Agent Prediction Contest, so make sure you get your picks in before...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Eyeing Anibal Sanchez: The Dodgers appear to be considering many of the top starting pitchers available in free agency. Not only are Zack Greinke and Hiroki...
• 11/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw healthy, wants deal: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) said his hip is fine, and he is healthy. He'd like to avoid arbitration and sign...[+] a multiyear deal with the club.
• 11/6 Lasorda's Lair: Matt Kemp Named Dodger’s Wilson Defensive Player of The Year: Our very own Bison, Dodger’s center fielder Matt Kemp has been named the Dodger’s Wilson Defensive player of the year. The...
• 11/4 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: MLB Free Agency Season Is Upon Us!: Sunday November 4th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
• 11/4 Baseball With Matt: Charity Is The Way To Be! 11/4/12: Hey baseball fans!Today's post is about a very special ballplayer. This person is one of the most inspirational, famous, and well-liked...
• 11/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America names their Cy Young Award winners: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball...
• 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: James Shields: So far, we’ve looked at Zack Greinke & Hiroki Kuroda as potential starting pitching additions, and there’s more...

• 10/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Hiroki Kuroda: Continuing the look at potential starting pitchers that we started yesterday with Zack Greinke… old friend Hiroki Kuroda...
• 10/31 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 12 Players Picked to Outperform Projections Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Zack Greinke: “Pitchers break,” said Dodgers chairman Mark Walter in explaining that the team might be reluctant to offer a long-term...
• 10/30 Lasorda's Lair: Please Don’t Trade Andre Ethier: Good lord I hope this isn’t true. I just want to put these rumors to bed right here and now, but I can’t, and it’s irritating...
• 10/29 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw, and Ethier Nominated For Gold Gloves Again: The finalists for the gold gloves were announced today, and low and behold guys, two Dodgers were named as finalists. The Rawlings...
• 10/29 Blog Red Machine: Six Reds Finalists for Gold Gloves: And I’d like to point out, one glaring omission as well. Nowadays, MLB reveals the three finalists for the Rawlings Gold...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Wins Roberto Clemente Award: One of the top honors in baseball - THE top honor in my opinion - went to Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday....
• 10/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw honored with Clemente Award: Major League Baseball presented Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw with the Roberto Clemente Award at a news conference before...[+] Game 4 of the World Series Sunday, Oct. 28, at Comerica Park. The award recognizes the player who best represents the game through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement.
• 10/29 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Wins 2012 Roberto Clemente Award: Prior to Game Four of the World Series in Detroit, Clayton Kershaw was awarded the 2012 Roberto Clemente Award in a pregame ceremony....
• 10/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Could offer extension to Clayton Kershaw: The Los Angeles Dodgers may consider offering a long-term contract extension to SP Clayton Kershaw this offseason. 'It's probably...[+] something we'll think about,' general manager Ned Colletti said. Kershaw will make $11 million in 2013 and will be eligible for salary arbitration in 2014.
• 10/27 Blog Red Machine: Cueto Continues Positive Steps: Every time Johnny Cueto takes the mound, Reds fans see his continuing maturity and growth. No one should ever question Cueto’s...
• 10/27 Rising Apple: Year in Review: R.A. Dickey: “And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain…” Yes folks, we’ve come to our final day of our Year in Review...
• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Baker, Hunter, Kershaw, LaRoche: Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera, who was named the Sporting News MLB Player of the Year. Here are some more links from around...
• 10/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers 2012 Season Review- Starting Rotation: Even though the Dodgers lost Ted Lilly in the early start of the 2012 season, they lost Chad Billingsley with a torn elbow ligament...
• 10/24 Mets Merized: Analyzing The 2012 Mets Pitching Staff Using The Factor12 Rating:   For the most part, Mets fans were pleasantly surprised with the production of the Mets pitching staff in 2012. The bullpen...
• 10/23 Lasorda's Lair: A Glance at the Free Agent Pool- Starting Pitchers: The Fall Classic is about to start, and once the Tigers hopefully take the 2012 crown the free agent market will begin to heat...
• 10/22 Mets Merized: Analyzing The 2012 Mets Pitching Staff Using The Factor12 Rating:   For the most part, Mets fans were pleasantly surprised with the production of the Mets pitching staff in 2012. The bullpen...
• 10/19 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors-James Shields: Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti has already stated that starting pitching will be the Dodger’s top priority this winter,...
• 10/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 8 Great Fantasy Baseball Players under 25 Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/19 SoDo Mojo: A-Rod and Slumps: A Former Mariner’s Non-story: Inspired by the recent controversy surrounding the play of former Mariner, Alex Rodriguez, I did some interesting (perhaps interesting...
• 10/18 North Side Notch: BBA: 2012 Stan Musial Award: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I have the privilege to vote on all of the awards that are handed out by the organization...
• 10/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Rotation: Aside from Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' rotation -- despite posting decent numbers -- was generally underwhelming in 2012....
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers will seek pitching in their first offseason under new ownership. Guaranteed Contracts Matt Kemp, OF: $150MM...
• 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 North Side Notch: BBA: 2012 NL Walter Johnson Award: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I get the privilege of voting on all the awards handed out at the end of the season....
• 10/17 The Beanball: Mets Off-Season Mission: Trade Johan Santana: According to Adam Rubin, the New York Mets only plan to spend between $10 to $15 million this off-season, despite favorably settling...
• 10/16 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Yankees and Tigers play game three of the 2012 ALCS Tuesday night in Detroit. Phil Hughes faces Tigers ace Justin Verlander...
• 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
• 10/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers Interested in Japanese High Schooler Shohei Otani: From MLB Trade Rumors earlier today… High school pitcher Shohei Otani, 18, is being courted by every NPB team and at least...
• 10/9 MLB Dirt: NL Cy Young Award Belongs to Clayton Kershaw: The 2012 American League Cy Young Award was really only a race between two pitchers but the National League Cy Young Award will...
• 10/9 The Flagrant Fan: MLB 2012 Post season awards: As a card-carrying member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, one of my favorite duties is to vote in the alliance's post...
• 10/9 Phillies Nation: Run Support Likely Costs Lee Cy Young: Cliff Lee‘s season seemed to follow the same narrative from month to month: he pitched very well, received no run support,...
• 10/8 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Houston Astros: This is a guest post aut**** by Greg Thurston of FanSided’s Astros’ site, Climbing Tal’s Hill, and is the first...
• 10/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #1: C A.J. Ellis: .270/.373/.414 505pa 13hr 4.1 fWAR A++ 2012 in brief: Minor league lifer turned real life folk hero contributed a breakout season...
• 10/6 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game One – Reds v. Giants: Well, we’re finally here. The Giants’ first postseason game is set to get underway in less than three hours, with...
• 10/6 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Injury News: Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp: Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp underwent surgery on his left shoulder yesterday, the team announced. Today,...
• 10/6 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Visits The UCLA Children’s Hospital: Clayton Kershaw, isn’t the only Dodger pitcher with a heart of gold. Dodger’s starting pitcher Chad Billingsley made his...
• 10/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The 2012 MLB Awards Voting - Per B3P: The 2012 Major League Baseball season was certainly an eventful year. From an improbable run by the...
• 10/5 Lasorda's Lair: Can Clayton Kershaw Capture a Consecutive Cy Young Award?:   After capping off a stellar season with an eighth inning performance where he only allowed one run on three hits while...
• 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Kershaw, League, Ramirez, Cruz: Good news for Dodgers fans as General Manager Ned Colletti confirmed that Clayton Kershaw will not require surgery on his right...
• 10/4 MLB Injury News: Dodgers Injury News: Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw: The Los Angeles Dodgers did not quite live up to the hype after making their blockbuster trade for Josh Beckett, Adrian ...
• 10/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: 2012 Final Ratings: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 10/4 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Say Adieu to 2012 Season in Winning Style Behind Their Ace Clayton Kershaw: Dodgers 5 8 0 Giants 1 3 1 WP- Kershaw (14-9) LP- Hensley (4-5) HR- Castellanos (1), Rivera (9)   Game 162. Here we are....
• 10/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 86-76: From the ongoing lows of the McCourt saga to the unbelievably heady dollar figures of the Guggenheim empire… from incredible...
• 10/3 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw Starts For Dodgers In Final Game of Season: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Victorino 7 Cruz 5 Federowicz 2 Kershaw 1   Ryan Vogelsong 14-9 vs. Clayton...
• 10/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers October 3, 2012: The Battle of Who Could Care Less: Nope… still not over it. You know, I think we all knew that tying St. Louis and getting into a one-game playoff on Thursday...
• 10/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw won't need surgery: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) will not need to have offseason surgery on his right hip, and he's starting the team's...[+] season finale against the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, Oct. 3.
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: R.A. Dickey Pitched Most of 2012 With Torn Muscle: Dickey will undergo surgery on October 18 to repair the tear Leading NL Cy Young candidate R.A. Dickey disclosed after his start...
• 10/3 For Baseball Junkies: Final Day of the Regular Season - What to Watch: The 2012 MLB regular season is nearing its end.  Each team plays 162 games so the season is certainly a marathon of epic...
• 10/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers officially eliminated from playoff race, baseball season over: Mark Ellis' short fly ball to center field that, at first looked like it had a chance to drop, ended the Dodgers' season...
• 10/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Two out, two to go for the Dodgers: If only the Dodgers didn't wait to, you know, start playing good ball again, we'd be looking at this week differently. But...
• 10/2 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Face Elimination Again Tonight as Chris Capuano Makes Final Start: Chris Capuano (12-11, 3.69) vs. Barry Zito (14-8, 4.19) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez...
• 10/2 Raising Matt Cain: Giants Delay Dodgers Vacation: The Giants forced LA to play at least one more meaningful game by losing a nail-biter in the 9th last night. The fans have already...
• 10/1 Tomahawk Take: Who Might the Braves Face in the Wild Card Game: There’s been a lot of hullabaloo about who the Braves should put out there to pitch the Wild Card 1-Game ultrapalooza sudden...

• 9/30 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Pitching Matchups Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Monday: Giants’ Matt Cain (16-5, 2.77) vs. Aaron Harang (10-10, 3.68), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday: Giants’ Barry Zito (14-8,...
• 9/29 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers 3 Games Back With Five To Play: Dodgers Lineup vs. Colorado Punto 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Victorino 7 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Blanton 1 Tyler Chatwood-5-5...
• 9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw earns win Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (13-9) allowed five hits over eight scoreless innings in a victory over the Colorado Rockies...[+] Friday, Sept. 28, with two walks and 10 strikeouts. He leads the National League with a 2.58 ERA and trails New York Mets SP R.A. Dickey in the strikeout race, 222-221. Kershaw is scheduled to start the last game of the regular season against the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, Oct. 3.
• 9/29 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: September 29, 2012: The early picks were a mess. The Phillies, Braves, Royals and Pirates all were picked and lost. In fact, the Pirates...
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/29 Call to the Pen: Both Cy Young Races Offer Multiple Legitimate Options: In many seasons, it’s pretty easy for a discerning and knowledgeable fan to pick out the legitimate Cy Young award winner...
• 9/29 RoxPile: Rockies Still in Danger of Losing 100 as 2012 Draws to a Close: Rockies 0, Dodgers 8 Recently there has been a bit of an uproar over the rumor that Facebook has released private messages written...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: King Felix and the Cy Young: Perfection So, remember how Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game on August 15th against the Tampa Bay Rays?  That...
• 9/28 RoxPile: Rockies at Dodgers, September 28, 2012: Game Time, Lineups, And Preview.: Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 8.10 P.M. MT The Rockies (62-94) look to continue their hot streak on the road when they...
• 9/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rockies @ Dodgers September 28, 2012: Francis vs Kershaw: And so it comes to this. The Dodgers may not deserve to be still alive for a playoff spot, and it’s only because Bud Selig...
• 9/28 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 25: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/28 Lasorda's Lair: Three Back and Six to Play: Clayton Kershaw (12-9, 2.68) vs. Jeff Francis (5-6, 5.54) Lineup:  Mark Ellis 2B Cruz 3B Kemp 1B Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS Ethier...
• 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...
• 9/27 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Angels might let Dan Haren walk; should the Dodgers pursue him?: As the Dodgers attempt to hold onto their less than 1 percent chance at making the playoffs after exploding for eight runs...
• 9/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Slip Back Further in Wild Card Race as Season Draws to Close: Aaron Harang (9-10, 3.80) vs. Clayton Richard (14-12, 3.81) Lineup:  Herrera LF Punto 2B Kemp CF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS Cruz...
• 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to start Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw is lined up to make his next start against the Colorado Rockies Friday, Sept. 28, on regular...[+] rest.
• 9/26 MLB Injury News: Clayton Kershaw Still 'Feels Good': Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw threw a “full-scale bullpen session” yesterday and is scheduled to make...
• 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Decision coming on Clayton Kershaw: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw threw a normal bullpen session prior to the game in San Diego Tuesday, Sept. 25, and cleared...[+] himself to pitch 'as soon as possible - tomorrow.' Manager Don Mattingly said that he would meet with general manager Ned Colletti for a final decision on Kershaw's next start. They seem to be leaning toward letting Kershaw start on regular rest Friday, Sept. 28, against the Colorado Rockies.
• 9/25 Blog Red Machine: #TakeTheNo.1Seed?: The Reds may have clinched the NL Central, but their work isn’t done yet. They need to get that No. 1 seed. Sure, the players...
• 9/25 i70baseball.com: 2013?A young man's look at the Royals through advanced statistics....
• 9/25 Blog Red Machine: Reds Potential Playoff Match-Up Part 3: LA Dodgers: Continuing up the ladder of potential playoff opponents, we arrive at the LA Dodgers, a team that just took 2/3 from the Reds...
• 9/24 Rising Apple: R.A. Dickey Goes For 20 in Final Home Game of 2012: One of the few constants throughout this season for the Mets has been knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. When he was busy cruising through...
• 9/24 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Solid in Return to the Mound: Clayton Kershaw was not even a certainty to pitch until Sunday morning.  The Los Angeles Dodgers' ace has been battling...
• 9/24 MLB Dirt: Picking the National League’s Top Starting Pitcher Cy Young Candidate: With the regular season winding down there are few playoff spots or post season awards that have been definitively decided. One...
• 9/24 Lasorda's Lair: New Dodgers beat up on NL Central Champs: 5-3: Dodgers 5 8 1 Reds        3 6 1 WP-Tolleson-3-1 LP-Bailey-12-10 SV-League-14 HR-Gonzales 2 (18)-Phipps-1   After missing...
• 9/24 MLBTradeRumors: Four Agents Join Excel Sports Management: Four MLB agents are joining Excel Sports Management, the firm owned by baseball agent Casey Close and two others, Liz Mullen of...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw returns: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) returned to toss five innings against the Cincinnati Reds Sunday, Sept. 23, after...[+] missing nearly two weeks with a hip injury. Kershaw walked five hitters but also struck out five in the outing.
• 9/23 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw,Dodgers Go For Series Win in Rubber Game at Cincy: Dodgers Lineup vs. Reds M.Ellis 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Kershaw 1   Aaron Harang-9-10 vs. Homer...
• 9/23 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Continue To Frustrate Fan Base: Last night we saw the Giants clinch the NL West. The division is officially over. It was a disgusting and sobering reality. I...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw likely to start Sunday: Updating previous reports, there now appears to be a better than 50 percent chance that Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw...[+] (hip) will start against the Washington Nationals Sunday, Sept. 23.
• 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...
• 9/21 mlbreports.com : The Dodgers Are Going To Force the MLB Into Changes: Friday, September.21/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): Baseball is about to receive a serious wake-up call from the Dodgers. ...
• 9/21 MLB Injury News: Should the Dodgers Rush Clayton Kershaw Back?: Baseball has a 162 game season for a reason.  Yet, we often forget that.  We get caught up in the excitement and...
• 9/21 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 24: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw throws off mound: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) threw a short session off a mound Friday, Sept. 21, and he could still return to...[+] pitch this season. He threw around 20 pitches under the watch of the coaching staff, and he also did agility drills in the outfield and ran.
• 9/21 MLB Injury News: Clayton Kershaw Resumes Throwing; Return Unknown: Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw resumed his throwing program earlier this week, but manager Don Mattingly...
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw continues throwing program: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) has continued his throwing program, but he'll have to show he is completely pain-free...[+] before he's allowed to pitch again, according to manager Don Mattingly.
• 9/20 Redbird Dugout: Making the Case: Lohse for Cy Young: On Major League Baseball’s Facebook page yesterday there was a picture posted that featured images of R.A. Dickey, Gio Gonzalez,...
• 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Premature adulation – the MVP and Cy Young Awards go to …:   There are still a couple of weeks left to play in the season, and the wild card races are getting pretty intense as we...
• 9/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Nationals September 20, 2012: Note: Mike’s on his honeymoon until September 28! Enjoy this auto-published post and help pray that some giant breaking...
• 9/20 Lasorda's Lair: The Greatness Of Clayton Kershaw Can’t Be Overstated: The greatness of Clayton Kershaw cannot be overstated. At only 24 years old, the reigning Cy Young award winner has accomplished...
• 9/20 Tomahawk Take: Medlen’s Cy Young Chances: The Atlanta Braves have had a roller coaster season, especially on the pitching front.  First, Brandon Beachy starts the season...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | No timetable on Clayton Kershaw : Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) resumed throwing on flat ground Wednesday, Sept. 19, but there is no set timetable...[+] for his return. 'I just think he needs to be able to start doing everything he usually does without any pain at all,' manager Don Mattingly said. 'It's up to him, really. He's the one who directs what he wants to release. He kind of dictates how he wants to let information out.' SP Stephen Fife will likely keep filling in for Kershaw in the rotation, and SP John Ely could enter the rotation also.
• 9/19 MLB Injury News: Clayton Kershaw Injury: Dodgers LHP Diagnosed with Hip Impingement: Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw met with a hip specialist yesterday who confirmed the diagnosis of a right...
• 9/19 Lasorda's Lair: If money is no object…: What can we expect for 2013. Not to get ahead of ourselves, but 2012 has been somewhat of a disappointment.  Which is odd to...
• 9/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should shut down Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp: Look, I'm not one for giving up on a season -- and that's in no way what I'm doing here -- but the Dodgers need to make...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Pitching from the HipA hip specialist says it’s okay for Clayton Kershaw to continue pitching, but the Dodgers are going to be careful. ...
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw not risking further damage: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) is not risking further damage by continuing to pitch, according to Dr. Bryan Kelly....[+] Kershaw will resume throwing Tuesday, Sept. 18. The Dodgers will continue to seek second opinions on Kershaw's hip, though.
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw has hip impingement: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) has been diagnosed with a right hip impingement. He will restart his throwing program...[+] but will be shut down again if he experiences any pain.
• 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 | Clayton Kershaw could return this year: Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) could return to pitch this season, however, the team has...[+] yet to find out the results of his visit with a hip specialist Tuesday, Sept. 18. Mattingly said 'it didn't sound too bad,' though. SP Stephen Fife will stay in the rotation for now.
• 9/18 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: September 18, 2012: Short schedule days like yesterday are usually troublesome because there is not enough games to make up for bad picks....
• 9/18 MLB Injury News: NL West Injury News: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers, Padres: Although the division race is not all that tight, the National League West still has a total of four teams mathematically...
• 9/18 Lasorda's Lair: Injuries Hobbled 2012 Dodgers-Now They Limp Into the Home Stretch: It is amazing that the Dodgers are still five games above .500 and within one game of a playoff spot considering how injury has...
• 9/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: CanPredictBall: Dodgers will sign Zack Greinke to mega contract this winter: Figure I should get this out there now because it's all but a sure thing. The Dodgers, which tried to acquire Zack Greinke before...
• 9/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Keep Calm and Go Dodgers: As I’m sure you all know by now, I’m taking off this afternoon for ten days in Europe, specifically Spain & Germany....
• 9/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hanging Out With Vin Scully, Steve Garvey, & Dan Evans At Dodger Stadium: There’s no game today, and perhaps that’s just as well; the less we have to think about yesterday’s missed opportunities...
• 9/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw out indefinitely: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) is out indefinitely while dealing with inflammation in his right hip. He will see...[+] a hip specialist Tuesday, Sept. 18, and the team has no idea if he will have to miss the rest of the season. Manager Don Mattingly said the team could use a four-man rotation for the final 17 games of the season.
• 9/17 Call to the Pen: Clayton Kershaw’s Injury Could Linger Well Into 2013: The Los Angeles Dodgers lost a heart-breaker on Sunday that dropped them a game behind St. Louis for the final National Leaue...
• 9/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw could be out until May: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) could be out until the middle of May if he needs surgery on his right hip. A decision...[+] will be made after he receives a second opinion Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• 9/16 El Maquino: CARDS TAKE DODGERS IN TWELVE; CARP RETURNS FRIDAY: THE POSTGAME Given how badly the Cardinals and Dodgers have been in spite of their lineups lately, it’s no surprise that...
• 9/16 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Need All 12 Frames To Choke Away Important Game To Cardinals: Cardinals 5 8 0 Dodgers   2 7 0 WP-Miller-1-0 LP-Ely-0-2 SV-Motte-35 HR-Ethier-19 The Dodgers choked away another critical game...
• 9/16 MLB Injury News: Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw to Miss Series Finale Against Cardinals: The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled into a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card last night thanks to a walk-off...
• 9/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Chapman, Hamilton, WBC, Billy Corgan and Neiko Johnson: Sunday September 16th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
• 9/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cardinals @ Dodgers September 16, 2012: Live Free or Fife Hard: So the immutable laws of nature hold true: I drop off the grid, and good things happen. In this case, that’s two wins and...
• 9/16 Baseball News Source: Clayton Kershaw – Season Could Be Lost With Hip Injury: Dodgers Rotation Without Kershaw and Billingsley Already without right-hander Chad Billingsley and left-hander Ted Lilly, who...
• 9/16 Lasorda's Lair: Stephen Fife’s Biggest Game of His Young Career Could Give Dodgers Sole Possession of Wild Card Spot: Stephen Fife (0-1, 2.16) vs. Adam Wainwright (13-13, 4.01) Lineup: TBA   Last night’s miraculous come from behind walk-off...
• 9/16 Lasorda's Lair: The Wild Card Race Gets Wild as Luis Cruz Leads Dodgers to Walk-Off Win: Dodgers 4 6 0 Cardinals 3 6 2 WP- Belisario (6-1) LP- Motte (4-5) HR- Craig (21) M. Ellis (6)   Worrisome news came out of...
• 9/15 Lasorda's Lair: The 4th Out: Don Mattingly not long term manager for championship team:   I’ve talked to many people who have had the pleasure of being in the company of current Los Angeles Dodgers manager...
• 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...
• 9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw ruled out for Sunday's start: Updating a previous report, Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) will not make his scheduled start Sunday, Sept. 16, against...[+] the St. Louis Cardinals due to his hip injury. P Stephen Fife will make the start in his absence.
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: Kershaw Done?: It looks like Clayton Kershaw needs hip surgery: Kershaw will see specialist Dr. Bryan Kelly in New York for a second opinion,...
• 9/15 Baseball News Source: Colletti, Mattingly will return to Dodgers: Mattingly will be back in 2013 Since making the blockbuster trade that brought first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, right-handed starting...
• 9/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hope To Tie For Wild Card In Critical Game Against Red Birds: Dodgers Lineup vs. Cardinals M.ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 5 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Blanton 1   Jaime Garcia-4-7...
• 9/15 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Agree To Extend Ned Colletti: The Dodgers and GM Ned Colletti have agreed to a contract extension, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The two sides have been...
• 9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw questionable to start Sunday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip) is questionable to make his next scheduled start Sunday, Sept. 16, against the St....[+] Louis Cardinals due to continued pain in his right hip, according to manager Don Mattingly. SP Stephen Fife is the likely emergency starter if Kershaw cannot go.
• 9/14 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 19: How to Name Your Keg: It’s getting cold again, which excites me to no end. I love the change in weather, as would anyone who sweats as much as...
• 9/14 El Maquino: LYNN LEAVES NO ROOM FOR DOUBT, WINS PIVOTAL GAME ONE VS. DODGERS: THE BIG PIECE It just wasn’t the same. The Angels were getting besten up by the Oakland A’s, who are fending them...
• 9/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 23: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/13 mlbreports.com : Gio Gonzalez: 2012 NL Cy Young Winner?: Thursday September 13th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  Before I get into Nationals star pitcher Gio Gonzalez‘ achievements, I...
• 9/13 Crashburn Alley: Starting Rotation Keys Phils’ Late Surge: On Monday, I looked at the starting rotation’s volatility compared to last year, concluding that overall, the rotation had...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: September 12, 2012: Those stupid Cardinals. Despite great picks like the Astros and Ian Kennedy over Clayton Kershaw, the picks foundered...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: September 10, 2012: Yesterday's picks did little to pull the month up to water level. Nine of the sixteen picks were correct. But when you consider...
• 9/12 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes: Athletics 6, @Angels 5: A 9th-inning roller-coaster left the Halos queasy and their fans downright nauseous. After the visitors...
• 9/12 Lasorda's Lair: Don’t Know What You Got Until It’s Gone-The Sad Story of Chad Billingsley: You know what they say, you don’t know what you got, until it’s gone. That describes Chad Billinglsey’s story. Dodger...
• 9/12 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Waste Another Kershaw Start: Dodgers 0 5 1 Dbacks    1 4 0 WP-Kennedy-13-11 LP-Clayton Kershaw-12-9 SV-Hernandez-3 On a night when we remember the heroes...
• 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,...
• 9/11 Rising Apple: Spinning Straw Into Gold: Three Reasons Why R.A. Dickey Will Take Cy Young: Tonight R.A. Dickey goes after his 19th win of the season, taking on the Nationals the day after Washington’s Gio Gonzalez reached...
• 9/11 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers and D-backs Meet for Final Time in Brief Two-Game Series: Clayton Kershaw (12-8, 2.79) vs. Ian Kennedy (12-11, 4.39) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Arizona M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8...
• 9/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: What Does it Mean to “Make The Playoffs”?: I think most of us would agree that after losing two of three in a disappointing weekend series in San Francisco to fall five...
• 9/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw start pushed to Tuesday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (hip), who was supposed to pitch over the weekend, had his next start pushed back to Tuesday,...[+] Sept. 11, as a result of a hip injury. Kershaw underwent an MRI on Saturday, Sept. 8, that revealed inflammation, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. He had a cortisone shot administered later in the day. The injury is not believed to be serious, Mattingly said.
• 9/10 Venom Strikes: Dbacks vs. Padres Quick Sheet: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly: Everyone in unison as we leave San Diego: Good Riddance. Perhaps whatever stomach bug the club had going around the last few days...
• 9/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers and Blanton Blanked; Divisional Hopes Dashed: Dodgers 0 5 0 Giants 4 7 0 WP- Zito (11-8) LP- Blanton (9-13) HR- Posey (20)   Before the game we learned that Clayton Kershaw...
• 9/10 Giants Nirvana: Five and a Half Games Up: The Giants caught a huge break when it was announced earlier that Clayton Kershaw would not be making tonight’s start, and...
• 9/9 Baseball News Source: Dodgers’ Kershaw Scratched from Start With Sore Hip: Losing Kershaw would be devastating to Dodgers Already reeling from the loss of right-handed starter Chad Billingsley for...
• 9/9 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Take 2 Of 3 Against Dodgers, NL West Crown In Sight: The San Francisco Giants made a huge stride in their effort to capture the National League West crown this evening with a 4-0...
• 9/9 Raising Matt Cain: Giants Stake Claim to the West: Bruce Bochy tried to "stretch" his three starters this weekend and the results were mixed. Tim Lincecum delivered six solid frames...
• 9/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Injuries mounting at the wrong time for Dodgers, hurting playoff chances: Everything was supposed to be OK after the big trade. Adrian Gonzalez was supposed to magically be the Gonzalez of 2011 and...
• 9/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Lose Yeah Whatever Over It: I don’t want to recap tonight’s game. I really, really don’t. So I’ll say this: yes, Joe Blanton is crappy,...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Blanton, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park (Kershaw Scratched With Hip Injury): Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Cruz 5 Ethier 9 Rivera 7 Ellis 2 Blanton 1   Clayton Kershaw Joe...
• 9/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Giants September 9, 2012: Are You Kershawking Kidding Me?: So here’s a list of Dodgers who have made it through 2012 without being DL’d, optioned, traded, suspended, or scratched...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants   Clayton Kershaw-12-8 vs. Barry Zito-10-8   Just as it appeared the Dodgers were dead in the water,...
• 9/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers May Not Be Exciting, But The Isotopes Certainly Are: The Dodgers might be playing a particularly uninspired brand of baseball lately, but as we wait ten hours for Clayton Kershaw...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees go for a split with the Orioles as Freddy Garcia faces Zach Britton Sunday afternoon. It’s been a homer happy...
• 9/8 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Bullpen Flutters, Offense Stutters In Loss To Dodgers: It was a scene all too reminiscent at AT&T Park this afternoon as Matt Cain was, well, Cain’d. The Giants’ horse...
• 9/8 Raising Matt Cain: It Slipped Away Today: If you had told me, before the game, that Matt Cain would pitch into the 8th inning and allow only two runs, I'd have said "Giants...
• 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 22: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/7 Giants Nirvana: The Upcoming Dodgers Series: Tonight, the Giants begin a three-game series against the Dodgers. San Francisco currently has a four and a half game lead in...
• 9/7 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants Are 77-60: Beat LA!: The Giants have been up and down lately, but so has the D-gers, unable to lift off the ground, as they had expected, when they...
• 9/6 AroundTheFoghorn: Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers (73-65) vs. San Francisco Giants (77-60): Since August 30th, the number “4.5″ has been involved in many-a-sentence when talking about the NL West since that’s...
• 9/6 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Rotation Will Be Tested Without Billingsley: Right-hander Chad Billingsley was shut down As they prepare for a critical three-game weekend series at San Francisco, the team...
• 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....
• 9/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Is The Loss of Chad Billingsley Going to Sink the Season?: Yesterday, in “news that is horrendously disappointing yet in no way surprising…” we learned that Chad Billingsley...
• 9/5 RoxPile: Drew Pomeranz’s Progress: In the National League West last night, two left-handed starting pitchers who have been dubbed integral to future success by their...
• 9/5 AroundTheFoghorn: A Pair of 11′s For Los Angeles Dodgers And San Francisco Giants: Didn’t have anything to do last night? Well then, you probably stayed up to watch some good ol’ NL West 7:00 PM start...
• 9/5 Lasorda's Lair: Planning for the Postseason: The West and the Wild Card: If I was Don Mattingly, I would begin to start strategizing for a potential postseason run. Even though we still have 25 games...
• 9/5 Lasorda's Lair: Matt “Give it Away” Guerrier Delivers the Pain, As Dodgers Lose in Extras: Padres     6 11 0 Dodgers  3 10 1 WP-Layne-1-0 LP-Ely-0-1 SV-Gregerson-4 HR-Denorfia-6-Ethier-17-Grandal-7 Tootblan-M.Ellis-Gonzo...
• 9/5 Raising Matt Cain: Extra Effort: Both the Giants and Dodgers lost in extra innings last night. Arizona spoiled a great comeback by hanging on for the win. The...
• 9/5 Chicken Friars: Forsythe’s Knock Gives Padres The Win In Extra Innings: The Dodgers had an opportunity to win their third straight game in a walk-off fashion, but Logan Forsythe‘s clutch two-run...
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw reaches 200 K's: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed a run over seven innings and struck out nine in his no-decision against the San...[+] Diego Padres Tuesday, Sept. 4. He reached 200 strikeouts for the third straight season.
• 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 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers Seek to Continue September Momentum: Clayton Kershaw (12-8, 2.85) vs. Eric Stults (5-2, 2.43) Dodgers Lineup: vs. San Diego M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Gonzalez 3 Kemp 8...
• 9/4 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants Are Leading: Dumping the D-backs: The Giants have done a good job showing the majors that it was not Melky responsible for their good showing up to now, that it...
• 9/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees are perilously close to losing sole possession of first place as they continue their series with the Rays. Freddy...
• 9/4 Rising Apple: More Than Just Misunderstood: Three Ways R.A. Dickey Loses Out on Cy Young: On Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis, R.A. Dickey will further his case for the greatest single-season honor that can be bestowed...
• 9/3 Yanks Go Yard: Sabermetric Outlook: Hiroki Kuroda: Who saw this coming from Hiroki Kuroda? Before he joined the Yankees, I always thought the Japanese right-hander was underrated,...
• 9/3 Rising Apple: Mets Diamond Notes: Wheeler Ends Season on High Note, Collins Says Dickey is Cy Young Worthy: With Zach Lutz and Mike Nickeas joining the team on Saturday as the first round of September call-ups, Terry Collins said more...
• 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...

• 8/31 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 21: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/31 Lasorda's Lair: Demonbacks too Young for Dodgers and Vin:     Diamonbacks   2 10 0 Dodgers 0 5 0 WP-Kennedy-12-11 LP-Kershaw-12-8 SV-Putz-27 HR-Young 14   On a night when Vin...
• 8/31 Mets360.com: R.A. Dickey’s resurgence, odd SB trio, Wright’s second-half slump: After he got hosed out of starting the All-Star game, Mets fans want R.A. Dickey to get the Cy Young Award for the 2012 season...
• 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 Venom Strikes: Dbacks vs. Reds Stat Recap: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly: “We had a terrible homestand, we scored 13 runs in our last six games…Everyone’s searching, and the more you search...
• 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...
• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar – A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma: Riddle me this Royals fans – How does the guy who faced 12 batters and gave up 7 embarrassing earned runs in the first inning...
• 8/29 Blog Red Machine: Snub Providing Motivation for Cueto, Phillips: Upon the announcement of the National League All-Star team, two Reds players whose exclusion created a harsh backlash were those...
• 8/28 El Maquino: THE DODGERS ARE BIGGER THAN BASEBALL: THE POSTGAME Tonight’s was one of the worst of the year. Jake Westbrook figuratively got knocked on his back, giving up...
• 8/28 mlbreports.com : Josh Beckett: Will The Change Of Scenery Deliver A Hollywood Ending For the Struggling Veteran?: Tuesday August 28th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Josh Beckett, or more formerly known as the most hated man in Boston, won’t nearly...
• 8/28 Rising Apple: Can R.A. Dickey Win The Cy Young Award?: A not so funny thing happened to R.A. Dickey on the way to September.  In July of this season, on Friday the 13th no less, Murphy’s...
• 8/28 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Not Done Trading – Spending: Dodgers Looking For More Pitching Seemingly operating on an unlimited budget, the Los Angeles Dodgers are evidently not content...
• 8/28 Lasorda's Lair: Can the Newly Refurbished Dodgers Pull it Together to Make a Postseason Run?: Chris Capuano  (11-9, 3.37) vs. Tyler Chatwood (3-3, 4.98) Lineup:  Mark Ellis 2B Victorino LF Kemp CF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS...
• 8/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Santanas Struggling: 2012 has not been kind to the three (unrelated) Santanas playing in the major leagues this season. Johan Santana (6-9, 4.85...
• 8/28 Phillies Nation: Megadeal Confirms Existance of Boogeymen: It has already been a few days since the Dodgers and Red Sox engaged in one of the most unprecedented, and seemingly improbable,...
• 8/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Who Should Win the MVP?: Buster Olney got it started early this morning...In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1....
• 8/28 MLBTradeRumors: Kershaw Open To Talking Extension: The Dodgers have spent aggressively to acquire players from other organizations this summer, but at some point in the coming months...
• 8/27 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Seek Starting Pitcher: Eight of the 25 players on the Dodgers’ active roster have been acquired in trades since the end of July and they may not be...
• 8/27 mlbreports.com : Top Ten Stat of the Week: Special Trade Edition! LA Dodgers 2013 Payroll: Monday August.27/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): – I must say I am completely shocked at the Dodgers spending as...
• 8/26 PaulLebowitz.com: The Red Sox-Dodgers Trade, Part III—Ned Colletti’s Style On A Larger Scale: Because Frank McCourt is gone and the Dodgers have a new ownership that’s going all, all, all out to win by taking on massive...
• 8/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Would A-Rod make sense for the Dodgers?: In the wake of the mega-deal that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto from the Red Sox to the Dodgers,...
• 8/25 Baseball News Source: Los Angeles Dodgers – Win Now and Win at All Costs Approach: New Ownership Wants to Win it all in 2012 Funded by the deep pockets of their new ownership, the Los Angeles Dodgers did not...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: The Dodgers' Future Payroll Obligations: Considering the contracts changing hands, the Dodgers and Red Sox completed the largest player transaction in baseball history...
• 8/25 Baseball News Source: Dodgers – Red Sox – Trade Analysis and Impact: One of the biggest blockbuster trades in recent baseball history is designed to dramatically help both teams. As Baseball News...
• 8/25 StanGraphs: The Pending Dodgers-Red Sox Deal: What It Means for Both Teams: We interrupt this months-long absence from Stangraphs to bring you this not-so-breaking news: The Los Angeles Dodgers and the...
• 8/25 Radical Baseball: Qualifying for average leadership: more: See previous post. I received this, which the sender assumes supports the idea that the criteria is based on 162 scheduled...
• 8/25 Lasorda's Lair: Adrian Gonzalez, Clayton Kershaw, and Revamped Dodgers Go for Series Win Against Fish: Clayton Kershaw (11-7, 2.87) vs. Josh Johnson (7-10, 3.73) Lineup:  Victorino LF Mark Ellis 2B Matt Kemp CF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez...
• 8/24 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Awarded Claim On Beckett – Bigger Deal Brewing?: On Thursday, Baseball News Source speculated about a potential deal between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers involving...
• 8/24 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 20: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/21 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers and Giants on First Place Seesaw, but The Ride Ends October Third: Joe Blanton (8-11, 4.96) vs. Tim Lincecum (6-13, 5.45) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Giants Victorino 7 Kennedy 4 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Ramirez...
• 8/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot: Tampa Bay Rays rotation: Let’s throw a little change of pace into this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Instead of individual players, we...
• 8/21 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Take Back the Lead in the West With a Victory in LA: The Giants scored a first inning run off Clayton Kershaw. Knowing that runs were at a premium, Madison Bumgarner decided to make...
• 8/21 Lasorda's Lair: Are Poor Hitting Approaches At Home Causing the Dodgers Problems?: Last night’s Dodger game was the proverbial representation of being kicked in the nut sack over and over again until your balls...
• 8/21 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Come Home, but Their Offense is Still On the Road: Dodgers 1 5 0 Giants 2 6 1 WP- Bumgarner (14-7) LP- Kershaw (11-7) S- Lopez (2) HR- Ramirez (19)   The much anti**** showdown...
• 8/21 Giants Nirvana: Madison Bumgarner Outduels Clayton Kershaw in 2-1 Giants Victory: We all came into this game expecting a pitching duel. Clayton Kershaw, reigning Cy Young Award winner, 24 years old, going up...
• 8/21 Baseball Musings: Ten K Control: The Madison Bumgarner and Clayton Kershaw matchup lived up to the hype, as both walked none and struck out 10 as the Giants took...
• 8/20 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants are 66-55: Downward Dog Position: I haven't done this in a long while, but Richard from Canada mentioned his wish for my daily notes at another site.  I assume...
• 8/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Giants @ Dodgers August 20, 2012: Bumgarner vs Kershaw: The last time the Dodgers saw the Giants, back at the end of July, they walked into San Francisco and swept them by a cumulative...
• 8/20 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers And The Melky-Less Giants Battle For First Place: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Kershaw 1 Madison Bumgarner-13-7...
• 8/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Four series with playoff implications open today. The Braves start off the evening with a trip to Washington to try to gain ground...
• 8/20 The Beanball: Mets Off-Season Mission: Trade Johan Santana: According to Adam Rubin, the New York Mets only plan to spend between $10 to $15 million this off-season, despite favorably settling...
• 8/19 Raising Matt Cain: Outta Gas in SD: The Little Engine That Could couldn't quite do it today. It ran out of gas after the first inning. Ryan Vogelsong had another...
• 8/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 19: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/16 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Belatedly, and most imperfectly…. @Orioles 5, Red Sox 3: For 5-1/3 innings, all Baltimore could do with Aaron Cook‘s...
• 8/16 Operation Shutdown: Game 117 Recap - Dodgers 9 Pirates 3: (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)Losing Streak Continues, Bucs Lose 9-3WP: Clayton Kershaw (11-6)LP: Wandy Rodriguez (7-12)Source: FanGraphsBack...
• 8/16 Raise the Jolly Roger: Wednesday was a bad day: It was apparent right away that Wednesday’s game was going to be another disaster for the Pirates. To start the night, Shane...
• 8/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Win Series and Bump San Francisco Back to Second Place: Dodgers 9 15 0 Pirates 3 6 1 WP- Kershaw (11-6) LP- Rodriguez (7-12) HR- McCutchen (24)   What a strange day in baseball....
• 8/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Keeps the Good Times Rolling: Once again, I have no idea what to make of this team. Remember back in June, when we were talking about how they went weeks without...
• 8/15 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 117 - Dodgers: Pirates (64-52) vs Dodgers (64-53)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsPNC Park - Pittsburgh, PAStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Wandy Rodriguez...
• 8/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Look to Unearth Buried Treasure At PNC Park:A Series Win: Dodgers Lineup vs. Pirates Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Kershaw 1 Clayton Kershaw-10-6...
• 8/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Dodgers: Dodgers (64-53) at Pirates (64-52) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports For the...
• 8/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Pirates August 15, 2012: Kershaw vs Wandy: Tonight in Pittsburgh, the Dodgers and Pir– Wait, hang on a second. BahahahahahahahaMelky Cabrerabahahaha. We should try...
• 8/15 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 116: Bucs get blown out by Dodgers: Thanks to a rain delay, I didn't get to see all of this game. I mean that in more ways than one. Mostly, I'm literally thanking...
• 8/15 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 117: Positive Recap From Mellie. You will get not get a positive outlook from me. I know most people disagree with my assessment, even...
• 8/14 The "Mc" Effect: 8/14 Recap | Dodgers 11 Pirates 0: The Pirates lost tonight by the score of 11-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kevin Correia got his first loss since June 13th,...
• 8/14 Redbird Rants: Can They Do it Again?: It’s the middle of August and, once again, the Cardinals find themselves looking up when it comes to fighting for a playoff...
• 8/13 Rising Apple: Jonathon Niese: As Good as He Needs to Be: Jonathon Niese did his part last night to make sure the Mets weren’t swept out of Citi Field by the Atlanta Braves, tossing...
• 8/13 StanGraphs: Aroldis Chapman, Relievers, and Cy Young Awards: Now I didn’t actually hear this because I had already turned the game off in complete disgust, but my brother assures me...
• 8/13 The Baseball Page: Two start pitchers for week 21 of fantasy baseball 2012 (August 20th – August 26th, 2012): The time has come for owners to start considering their rotations for...
• 8/11 Tomahawk Take: Remaining Schedule Favors Braves (a little bit):   It’s Crunch Time As I write this the Braves are riding a hot streak, just 4 1/2 games in back of the Nationals in the...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Roy Halladay Dominant in Win over St. Louis: St. Louis 1 – Philadelphia 3 - Roy Halladay allowed just one run and two hits over eight innings of work, while striking...
• 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...
• 8/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: All Smiles In Miami for Hanley Ramirez & Dodgers: For five innings, tonight’s kickoff to the East Coast road trip seemed like it’d be “same old Dodgers”....
• 8/10 Baseball Musings: Triumphant Return: Hanley Ramirez returned to Miami for the first time with the Dodgers, going 3 for 5 against his former team with two RBI and a...
• 8/10 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 18: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/10 Lasorda's Lair: Hanley’s Homecoming Heralds a New Chapter in His Career: Clayton Kershaw (9-6, 2.88) vs. Mark Buehrle (9-10, 3.70) Lineup:  Victorino LF Mark Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ramirez SS Ethier RF Rivera...
• 8/10 Lasorda's Lair: The Degraded Dodger Bench: Just picture this guys, it’s the bottom of the eighth inning. The Dodgers are down 2-1 to the Giants but are threatening. There...
• 8/9 Tomahawk Take: Daily Notes (8/9): Pitching Issues, Dan Uggla: Well so far every time I have done the daily notes feature we have come away with a win. So back off Fred and Lee, I’ve got...
• 8/8 Bay City Ball: New Theory: Ryan Vogelsong is a wizard: Sometimes when I watch Ryan Vogelsong pitch, I’m reminded of this video. I imagine that Ryan Vogelsong is wearing a kilt...
• 8/8 Lasorda's Lair: Take A Deep Breath Dodger Fans, It’s Going To Be Ok: I know it doesn’t feel like it right now, especially after totaling 1 run in the first 2 games against the Rockies, yes...
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Cueto Headlines Top Five For NL Cy Young Award List: With only 57 days until the last day of the regular season, it is time to talk Cy Young Award.  With much of the regular season...
• 8/6 The Baseball Stance: Debating the NL Cy Young Award: Major League Baseball's seasonal awards debates are fun because there are so many differing opinions and typically at least...
• 8/5 Release Points: Blanton Trade Reaction: An Easy Win for LA: The Los Angeles Dodgers continued to add pieces for the stretch run, acquiring veteran right-hander Joe Blantonfrom the Phillies...
• 8/5 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw’s Dominance Pitches Dodgers to Series Victory: Cubs        1 3 1 Dodgers  3 7 0 WP-Kershaw-9-6 LP-Volstad-0-8  SV-Jansen-21 HR-Kemp-16   People keep complaining about...
• 8/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp & Joe Mather Team Up For Game-Winning Homer: They say that all wins look the same in the standings, and that being the case, I suppose we’ll take this one and be happy...
• 8/4 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley Have Found Their Groove: Clayton Kershaw (8-6, 2.95) vs. Chris Volstad (0-7, 7.94) Lineup: Victorino LF Mark Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ethier RF Ramirez SS Loney...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 17: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should absolutely claim Cliff Lee off waivers: As soon as the non-waiver trade deadline passed on Tuesday, people immediately speculated whether Cliff Lee would be claimed...
• 8/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cubs @ Dodgers August 3, 2012: Claim All of the Phillies: As morning turned into afternoon, all seemed quiet in Dodgertown, with only the prospect of a weekend series against the atrocious...
• 8/3 Baseball News Source: Dodgers awarded claim on Phillies’ Cliff Lee: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ new ownership group continues to show that it is committed to winning it all in 2012. After acquiring...
• 8/3 Baseball News Source: Phillies Trade Joe Blanton to Dodgers – Continue Roster Purge: Continuing their roster purge in the midst of a disappointing season that has seen their roster depleted by injuries, the Philadelphia...
• 8/3 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Acquire Joe Blanton: The Dodgers acquired Joe Blanton from the Phillies for a player to be named later or cash considerations, the Phillies announced. The...
• 8/2 MLB Dirt: Fiers Defies Scouts and Numbers But Can it Last?: If you were to ask me in the offseason what my thoughts on Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Mike Fiers were I would likely...
• 8/2 Full Spectrum Baseball: Taking a flier on FiersSigh: 2012 has been one of those years....
• 8/2 Call to the Pen: The West Just Got Wilder: All season long, the National League West has been kind of a joke. It houses a team with the league’s worst pitching (Colorado),...
• 8/1 Lasorda's Lair: Trade Deadline Consequences: No Rotation Upgrade?: It was a crazy week of trade deadline madness in Los Angeles. Our Dodgers added two bats and two bullpen arms, while waving goodbye...
• 8/1 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Trade Analysis – Add Victorino, Ramirez Without Losing Top Pitching Prospects: The future is now for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fueled by the deep pockets and exuberance of a new ownership group that includes...

• 7/30 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—7/23/12 to 7/29/12:   This week began with a four game series with the Dodgers in which the Birds took 3 of 4.  Then the Cardinals traveled...
• 7/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Give Aliana Wheeler the Perfect Birthday Gift, First Place: Dodgers  4 12 1 Giants      0  5 1 WP-Kershaw-8-6 LP-Vogelsong-8-5 Just one year ago today, Stacie gave birth to her second...
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw throws a gem: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed five hits and a walk while fanning seven in a complete-game shutout over the San...[+] Francisco Giants Sunday, July 29.
• 7/29 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Anthony Rizzo and Cubs Walk-Off In Victory over Cards: CHICAGO -  Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 7/29 Raising Matt Cain: Feckless Giants Flop in Finale: Not to disrespect Ryan Vogelsong, who gave it a hell of a go, but he does that every time. He doesn't have to prove he can hang...
• 7/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Flying High to Complete Sweep of Giants, Gain Share of First Place: Bask in this, friends. Bask in it. I know there’s a lot happening outside of the lines right now as far as trade rumors...
• 7/29 Baseball Musings: San Francisco Shutdown: The Dodgers completed a sweep of the Giants as Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout, the Dodgers winning 4-0. The Giants have now...
• 7/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Giants July 29, 2012: Finish That Sweep: Over the last few days, the three NL West teams with a prayer of making the playoffs have all made moves to upgrade the left side...
• 7/29 Lasorda's Lair: DodgeRONI The San Francisco Sweep: Clayton Kershaw (7-6, 3.14) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (8-4, 2.26) Lineup: It’s been an amazingly fun couple of days, hasn’t...
• 7/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Zack Greinke makes his first start for the Angels Sunday afternoon. Photo: © Gary A. Vasquez-US PRESSWIRE Two good games take...
• 7/28 60ft6in.com: Operation Shutdown or World Series Parade?: “First in war, first in peace, and last in American League” once depicted the fledgling Washington Senators franchise.  However,...
• 7/28 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Opposite Field: What’s McCracken: ESPN Park Factors tells us that Dodgers Stadium is in the bottom 8 in both runs scored and home runs allowed. If you follow baseball...
• 7/27 Baseball News Source: Dodgers Need Top of the Rotation Arm to Join Clayton Kershaw: Watching their crosstown rivals boast about the acquisition of Zack Greinke, the Los Angeles Dodgers are still in need of a starting...
• 7/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 16: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/27 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #4 7/27: The Dodgers Need More Pitching- Evaluating the Options: Friday July 27th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: After acquiring shortstop/third baseman Hanley Ramirez from the Marlins, the Dodgers...
• 7/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Cardinals July 25, 2012: Hanley!: Hey, so… anything happen today? No? Okay. Hanley Ramirez makes his Dodger debut tonight in St. Louis, hitting fifth and...
• 7/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: …And That Happened: I saw The Dark Knight Rises tonight, so I won’t pretend I saw even a pitch of this 8-2 mess that included Clayton Kershaw...
• 7/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Cardinals July 24, 2012: Kershaw vs Wainwright: Hey, remember when Ryan Dempster was all headed to the Braves yesterday, and then he wasn’t, and then Dempster himself claimed...
• 7/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Hanley Ramirez in Los Angeles? Bring on the baggage!: Han-Ram is an L.A. Dodger! Those words are sweet to the eyes and ears (just humor me and read them out loud!). When I awoke on...
• 7/26 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Wainwright cruises against Dodgers offense:   The Cardinals took it to Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright silenced the Dodger bats as the Cardinals evened their series...
• 7/25 The Baseball Page: Biggest Win of the Season for Redbirds: Without being overly dramatic, it's time the Cardinals step up and start...
• 7/25 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: @Phillies 7, Brewers 6: It was 1-1 through 5. Four HRs later, Cliff Lee was staring at a 1-7 record. But one bullpen acid flashback...
• 7/25 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #3 07/25: HanleyWood: Hanley to the Dodgers, Wandy, and More: Wednesday July 25th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Some more trades came down, including one exciting blockbuster to report. One of...
• 7/25 WasWatching: Cole Hamels Signs $144 Million 6-Year Extension: Source. There have been few better since 2006: Rk Player ERA+ G From To Age GS W L IP BB SO ERA 1 Roy Halladay 144 207 2006 2012...
• 7/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Wandy Rodriguez to the Pirates and What it Means for Fantasy Baseball: As expected, more wheeling and dealing is taking place in the week leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. As was confirmed...
• 7/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 97: Cursing Kershaw: Clayton Kershaw has dominated the Cardinals forever, and it looked like he was cruising to yet another shutout until the offense...
• 7/24 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw’s Sweaty Meltdown Blows game and Win Streak for Dodgers: Dodgers  2 7 0 Cardinals 8 8 2 WP-Wainwright-8-10 LP-Kershaw-7-6   The Dodger’s five game winning streak was snapped Tuesday...
• 7/24 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers are Hotter Than a St. Louis Day in July: Clayton Kershaw (7-5, 2.74) vs. Adam Wainwright (7-10, 4.42) Lineup: Hairston 3B Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ethier RF Loney 1B Rivera LF...
• 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...
• 7/20 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 15: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 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 Call to the Pen: Los Angeles Dodgers Have Proposed a Trade for Ryan Dempster: According to Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago, the Dodgers have made a trade proposal to the Chicago Cubs for Ryan Dempster.  Levine...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Angels, Ichiro, Bundy: David Wright's remarkable offensive production continued today, as he homered twice against the Nationals. He now boasts a .353/.443/.586...
• 7/19 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Matt Kemp Leads Los Angeles Dodgers to Extra Innings Win Against Philadelphia Phillies: NATIONAL LEAGUE Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (F/12) Matt Kemp had two hits Wednesday against the Phillies, and...
• 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...
• 7/18 Baseball Musings: Kemp’s Clout: Matt Kemp saved the Dodgers twice in extra innings Wednesday afternoon. After the Phillies scored two runs in the top of the tenth,...
• 7/18 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw and Lee Set to Face Each Other in Last Game With Philly: Clayton Kershaw (7-5, 2.84) vs. Cliff Lee (1-6, 3.92) Lineup:   Today’s game will be the final matchup between the...
• 7/18 Phillies Nation: In Doc’s Return, Phils Down Dodgers: The Phillies celebrated Roy Halladay’s return with a pitching-dominated 3-2 win over the Dodgers, be**** of the ace of aces....
• 7/16 Lasorda's Lair: Reviewing the Trade Rumors: There’s no getting around it anymore. Our Dodgers need a little help. Even with Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier back healthy,...
• 7/16 Lasorda's Lair: Phillies Come To Town, and Why I Think The Dodgers Should Stand Pat at Trade Deadline: Joe Blanton-7-8 vs. Nathan Eovaldi-1-5 Lineup: Hairston 3B Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ethier RF Rivera LF Loney 1B Cruz SS Ellis C Eovaldi...
• 7/16 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Phillies at Dodgers, July 16-18: The Phillies (39-51) continue their road trip when they begin a three-game series against the Dodgers (48-42) on Monday night.Both...
• 7/14 Lasorda's Lair: Friday the 13th Ushers in Good Luck for Dodgers in Second Half:  Dodgers- 2 6 0 Padres- 1 7 0 WP- Kershaw (7-5) LP- Richard (6-10) S- Jansen (16) HR- M. Ellis (3)   The Dodgers waited...
• 7/13 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Begin Second Half, Fully Locked and Loaded…Well Almost: Dodgers Lineup vs. San Diego Hairston 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Ellis 2 Uribe 5 Cruz 6 Kershaw 1 Clayton Richard-6-9...
• 7/12 Cubbies Crib: Los Angeles Dodgers Interested In Matt Garza: TheLos Angeles Dodgers Interested In Matt Garza - Cubbies Crib - Cubbies Crib - A Chicago Cubs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion...
• 7/12 Giants Nirvana: 2012 First Half Review: The Starters: Since there’s no baseball today or tomorrow, I figure I’d be remiss if I didn’t take a stab at a first half...
• 7/11 The Rays Today: 2012 All Star Game: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyWell the 2012 All Star game didnt go as the AL had planned, but you have to give it to the...
• 7/11 Call to the Pen: National League Dominates American League in All-Star Game: The National League got smoked in interleague play again this season. From that point, the analysts made sure to point out how...
• 7/11 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Pitches Tough Fifth Inning in NL All-Star Victory: Clayton Kershaw was the lone Dodger who played in any of the 83rd All-Star game Tuesday evening. Matt Kemp was shown smiling from...
• 7/10 Call to the Pen: MLB All-Star Game T-Shirts: Selected Thoughts: The MLB All-Star Game is tonight. That is certainly something! I’ll leave it up to you to decide what that something is....
• 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: National League Edition: The National League All-Star team has a chance to do something tonight that it hasn’t accomplished since 1996: win three All-Star...
• 7/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers' midseason analysis and grades: This has been one of the stranger Dodger seasons I have ever witnessed. They've gone from baseball's best team to possibly...
• 7/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: How to Value Your Roster: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost of a...
• 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...
• 7/8 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Look to Remain in First-Place Going into All-Star Break: Chris Capuano (9-3, 2.62) vs. Trevor Bauer (0-1, 9.82) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Arizona Gwynn8 M.Ellis4 Abreu7 Rivera3 Hairston5 Herrera9...
• 7/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All-Star Repost: 8 Players Under 25 that are Going to Be Great: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost of a...
• 7/7 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Looks to Halt Four-Game Skid and Is James Loney “Back?”: Chad Billingsley (4-8, 4.20) vs. Trevor Cahill (6-7, 3.63) Lineup: Herrera CF Cruz SS Hairston LF Loney 1B Kennedy 2B AJ Ellis...
• 7/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Glass half-full or half-empty for 2012 Dodgers thus far?: Okay, Los Angeles Dodgers fans, here is the question of the year: Are you happy about where the Dodgers are as the All-Star break...
• 7/7 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw is Bitten by the Snakes in the Sixth as Dodgers Lose in Arizona: Dodgers 3 13 0   Diamondbacks 5 6 1 WP- Collmenter (1-2) LP- Kershaw (6-5) S- Putz (15) HR- Kennedy (1) The Diamondbacks snapped...
• 7/6 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 13: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/6 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Look to Charm Snakes Behind Clayton Kershaw in Game Two: Dodgers Lineup vs. Arizona-coming soon   Clayton Kershaw-6-4 vs. Josh Collmenter-0-2   The Las Vegas odds makers don’t...
• 7/6 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox get a chance to get back into the AL East race as they host the Yankees in a three-game series leading into the All-Star...
• 7/5 Lasorda's Lair: Why I Don’t Care About This Year’s All-Star Game: I’m sorry guys, but I just don’t care much about this year’s all-star game. It’s like a guilty pleasure I’m scared...
• 7/3 Lasorda's Lair: Matt Kemp Begins Rehab Assignment; Capuano and Cueto Collide: Chris Capuano (9-3, 2.69) vs. Johnny “Kickin’” Cueto (9-4, 2.26) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Reds Gordon 6 Ellis 2 Abreu...
• 7/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Know Thine Enemy II: Know Thine Crackerjacks: I know Clave wrote about the importance of knowing your competition a while back, but I want to reiterate that, with a slight...
• 7/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Biggest Small Market All-Star Snubs: We need to face facts folks. The All-Star game, with voting starting just a few weeks into the season, is a po**** contest...
• 7/2 Redbird Rants: A message to Johnny Cueto: Shut up!: With the All Star rosters being announced yesterday, it was expected that there would be talk of snubs and miscues. It was easy...
• 7/2 District On Deck: Game 77: Nationals 8, Braves 4: The Nationals learned they’ll be sending at least 2 players to the All-Star Game, but it was a former All-Star, Ryan Zimmerman,...
• 7/2 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Begin July on a Winning Note: Mets       3 5 3 Dodgers 8 7 2 WP-Kershaw-6-4 LP-Gee-5-7   There is no middle ground in Dodger Baseball guys, they’re...
• 7/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 79: Loss to Dodgers: Dodgers 8 Mets 3 As Meatloaf might have said, three out of four ain’t bad. Mets Game Notes When I predicted a sweep by the...
• 7/1 Lasorda's Lair: Please Kershaw, Save us!: Dodgers Lineup vs. Mets Gordon 6 Ellis 2 Abreu 7 Rivera 9 Kennedy 4 Loney 3 Uribe 5 Gwynn 8 Kershaw 1 Dillon Gee-5-6 vs. Clayton...
• 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...
• 7/1 Philly Phanatics: Ruiz, Hamels, Pap to KC: Carlos Ruiz was named to his first NL All-Star team, as a reserve. Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon will be joining Chooch in...
• 7/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 79: Win Over Dodgers: Mets 5 Dodgers 0 This is getting to be a habit. For the first time in a long time, I felt like a Yankees fan watching this game....
• 7/1 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Season Recap: Tipping Point: Don’t look now, but we’re just nine days away from the All Star break and the conclusion of the first half of the 2012 season....

• 6/29 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 12: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/28 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Greinke, Hamels, Kershaw: In the latest Hot Corner video, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal gives his take on three of baseball's top aces... The likelihood...
• 6/28 Call to the Pen: A New Era of Offense: The various offensive eras in baseball history are well documented, but it’s possible we may be witnessing the birth of...
• 6/28 Mets360.com: Ike Davis breaking out of slump in big way: Well, that 17-1 trouncing of the Cubs on Wednesday was exactly what the Mets desperately needed in more ways than one. First,...
• 6/27 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Shutout Dodgers Behind Vogelsong; 2-0: The Giants have won 2 consecutive games against the Dodgers in the series at AT&T Park this week.  Ryan Vogelsong apparently...
• 6/27 Lasorda's Lair: 21 Scoreless Innings:   Chad Billingsley (4-6, 4.15) vs. Tim Lincecum (2-8, 6.07) Lineup: I’m right there with you, Dodger fans. The Dodgers...
• 6/27 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Shutout Again, Does the Earth Spin?: Dodgers 0 7 1 Giants    2 8 0 WP-Vogelsong-7-3 LP-kershaw-5-4 SV-Casilla-21 HR-Cabrera-7   This team is just lost, and...
• 6/27 Raising Matt Cain: 10-zip: That's 18 scoreless innings in San Francisco for the first-place Dodgers. Ten runs in two nights for the Good Guys, zero for the...
• 6/27 Bay City Ball: Vogelsong still going strong: In last night’s win against the Dodgers, Ryan Vogelsong, feel good baseball story of the century, continued to excel for...
• 6/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Need to Regroup and Focus on Task at Hand-Beating the Giants: Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.73) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (6-3, 2.41) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Giants Gordon 6 Herrera 5 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Abreu...
• 6/26 AroundTheFoghorn: Zito Shuts Down Dodgers; Bats Come Alive in 8-0 Shutout: That headline contains two very specific things that I rarely get to write. I have to admit, I wasn’t optimistic about last...
• 6/26 Raising Matt Cain: Studly Barry-Z: Barry Zito did not allow a hard-hit ball in his seven shutout innings. He was "missing the sweet spot" as Kruk said. The Dodgers...
• 6/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Indians try to even their series with the Yankees as Justin Masterson takes on Phil Hughes. Masterson’s season see-saws...
• 6/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers promote top prospect Zach Lee to Double-A Chattanooga: In a move that was expected in a month or two, the Dodgers today promoted top prospect Zach Lee to the Chattanooga Lookouts...
• 6/25 Lasorda's Lair: The Battle For First Place Begins Tonight at Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Gordon 6 Herrera 7 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Hairston 4 Ellis 2 Uribe 5 Gwynn 8 Eovaldi 1   Nathan Eovaldi-0-3...
• 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Tigers: Tigers (34-37) at Pirates (38-32) 1:35 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs...
• 6/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Dodgers @ A’s Game 70: The A’s completed a sweep of the National League’s best team today in Oakland. With the loss the Dodgers fall to 42-28...
• 6/22 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 11: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/22 High Heat Stats: Thursday recap: I haven’t kept up with the recaps due to a busy week — haven’t seen a single pitch since Dickey’s last....
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw pitches well : Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed one run on three hits in eight innings against the Oakland Athletics Thursday,...[+] June 21. He struck out eight batters and walked two in the game.
• 6/21 Lasorda's Lair: Cespedes Walk-Off Blast Seals Dodger’s Fate: Dodgers 1 3 0 Athletics 4 5 0 WP-Cook-2-1 LP-Lindblom-2-1 HR-Cespedes-7   Boy the Dodgers really suck right now. What else...
• 6/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Derek Norris Called Up; Norberto Added: Derek Norris got called up to the A’s today and Jordan Norberto was activated off of the disabled list. Norris acquired...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Matching Starters: Occasional major league pitcher Travis Blackley matched Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw Thursday afternoon as the Dodgers battled...
• 6/21 Lasorda's Lair: Wherefore Art Thou Offense?: Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.86) vs. Travis Blackley (1-2, 3.76) Lineup: Clayton Kershaw seeks to stop the sweep at the hands of the...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Oakland Athletics go for a sweep of the Dodgers as Clayton Kershaw takes on Travis Blackley. Kershaw isn’t quite as...
• 6/20 High Heat Stats: Wild but Effective – the Return of Intimidation Pitchers?: Reading the title of this post, you might be asking “Haven’t there always been intimidation pitchers?”. What...
• 6/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers have interest in Cubs' RHPs Matt Garza and Ryan Dempster: I wasn't intending to write a post about the Dodgers' interest in Ryan Dempster, but it goes hand-in-hand with the Dodgers'...
• 6/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: I just got home from New York, so here’s quick and dirty games of the day. The Reds send Johnny Cueto against the Mets and...
• 6/16 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Goes for Third Win in a Row and Series Win: Chad Billingsley (4-4, 3.57) vs. Philip Humber (2-4, 5.92) Lineup: Gordon SS Herrera CF Ethier RF Hairston 2B Abreu LF Ellis C...
• 6/16 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Hamels, Dempster, Cubs, Red Sox, Draft: Some rival executives believe that unless the Phillies run off a string of victories between now and the deadline, they will seriously...
• 6/16 Lasorda's Lair: Battle of the Titans: Part I: Dodgers- 7 10 1 White Sox- 6 9 0 WP- Belisario (2-0) LP- Thornton (2-4) S- Jansen (11) HR- Dunn (23), Rios (7,8) It was supposed...
• 6/16 Bay City Ball: Three facts inspired from last night’s game: 1. Santiago Casilla has been very, very good over the past three years. Rk Player ERA+ IP 1 Mariano Rivera 233 129.2 2 Craig Kimbrel...
• 6/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Zach Lee has been great this season for the Quakes in the California League: The word "great" is thrown around a lot in sports and life in general. Far too much, actually. I try to be conservative when...
• 6/15 High Heat Stats: Thursday early games / Late Wednesday notes: @Reds 12, Indians 7: Joey Votto reversed a 2-0 deficit with a 3-run bomb, Brandon Phillips had a second straight big game, and...
• 6/15 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 10: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Theo Epstein’s last place teams meet in Chicago and the Red Sox play the Cubs. One of Theo’s big signings goes against...
• 6/13 High Heat Stats: Wednesday wanderings: Nationals 6, @Blue Jays 2: So what else is new? Six strong by Strasburg (8 Ks, just 89 pitches); two scoreless by Stammen (4...
• 6/12 High Heat Stats: Weekend game notes: SUNDAY @Pirates 3, Royals 2: Ladies and gentlemen, your first-place Bucs! Winning 12 of 15 (including 4 of 6 from Cincinnati),...
• 6/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The beasts of the East rule: In baseball, however, there is one way to quantify which is better and that’s the team standings. And so far this year, it’s...
• 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers To Extend Andre Ethier: The Dodgers have reached an agreement on a five-year, $85MM extension with Andre Ethier according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale...
• 6/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Want to Wrap Up Road Trip on a Winning Note: Chad Billingsley (3-4, 3.80) Blake Beavan (3-5, 5.22) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Seattle Gordon 6 Herrera 5 Ethier 9 Hairston DH Abreu...
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw strikes out 12 in win: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw struck out 12 Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 9, in an 8-3 victory. The 12 K's were a season...[+] best for Kershaw.
• 6/9 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw’s Foot Looks to Stomp Out Seattle: Clayton Kershaw (4-3, 2.55) vs. Jason Vargas (7-4, 3.64) Dodger Lineup: vs. Seattle Gordon 6 Herrera 5 Rivera 7 Ethier DH Hairston...
• 6/8 FanSided: Breaking Down the Nats Season by Division: As the Washington Nationals begin their annual stretch of interleague match-ups, it seems like a decent time to check back and...
• 6/8 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebookWe have heard it said repeatedly that the NL East is a tight race. Ron Opher shows us why that is simply untrue....
• 6/7 MLBTradeRumors: Platform Years For First-Time Eligible Starters: Clayton Kershaw's salary jumped from $500K to $7.5MM this year, and it wasn't just because of his Cy Young performance. Kershaw...
• 6/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Podcast: 'Dugout Blues' episode 8 -- Dodgers, MLB Draft, Seager, Valentin, plus other news and notes: The latest episode of "Dugout Blues" is live (actually has been since draft night). Jared Massey and I discuss, briefly, the...
• 6/6 Baseball Musings: Putting his Foot Down: Clayton Kershaw suffers from plantar fasciitis. It only bothers him when he runs, so it’s a good thing the Dodgers are starting...
• 6/5 Lasorda's Lair: Chad Billingsley Has Something to Prove: Chad Billingsley (2-4, 4.09) vs. Cliff Lee (0-2, 3.00) Lineup: Gordon SS Herrera 3B Rivera 1B Ethier RF Castellanos LF Hairston...
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw dealing with plantar fasciitis: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (foot) has been receiving treatment for plantar fasciitis in the last week, but manager...[+] Don Mattingly said it hasn't affected him while pitching.
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw solid in no-decision: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed three earned runs, eight hits and no walks with five strikeouts over seven innings...[+] in a no-decision Monday, June 4, against the Philadelphia Phillies. He also threw 69 of his 104 pitches for strikes in the quality start.
• 6/4 Lasorda's Lair: Herrera’s Diving Catch and Gordon’s Flying Triple Help Dodgers Win in Philly: Dodgers 4 9 1 Phillies 3 8 1 WP- Belisario (1-0) LP- Papelbon (0-2) S- Jansen (7) HR- Polanco (2) Clayton Kershaw was on the verge...
• 6/4 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: June 2012: Monday June.4, 2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-We are going to bring you...
• 6/4 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Dodgers (33-21) vs. Phillies (28-26): Los Angeles Dodgers (33-21) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (28-26) Vance Worley (3-2, 3.07) vs. Clayton Kershaw (4-3, 2.42) Time: 7:05,...
• 6/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Draft big board, plus other news: Richie Shaffer, future Dodger? Kevin Goldstein says no. Happy MLB Draft day! The Dodgers choose at No. 18 an No. 51...
• 6/4 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Dodgers at Phillies, June 4-6: Fresh off a series loss to division rival Miami, the Phillies (28-27) will host the team with the best record in the National...
• 6/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: NL Pitching Planner: June 4 – June 10Not a lot of high end pitchers for the NL this week, but the middle tier is stacked....
• 6/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jeff Samardzija and Ryan Vogelsong square off in an afternoon contest in San Francisco as the Giants face the Cubs. Samardzija...
• 6/3 Phillies Nation: Phils Drop Game, Series to Marlins in Ugly Fashion: The Phillies lost to the Marlins on Sunday 5-1, losing their first series since the Nationals series on May 23. It was an ugly...
• 6/1 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Dickey Deserves a Quality Contract:   Dickey’s focused on making hitters look silly, not on his contract status. When Omar Minaya signed a relatively unknown...
• 6/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should take note: It pays to draft third basemen early: The MLB Draft is a crap shoot -- more so than any other draft in professional sports. When there's as many as 40 rounds, that's...

• 5/31 The "Mc" Effect: Where Does the Pirates "Big Three" Stack Up?: The Pirates have watched their top three starting pitchers have fantastic starts to the 2012 season. Through two months, James...
• 5/31 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Lose Three in a Row; Matt Kemp Leaves Angrily with Injury: Dodgers 3 10 0 Brewers 6 14 0 WP- Gallardo (4-4) LP- Kershaw (4-3) S- Axford (10) Clayton Kershaw goes to the mound tonight in...
• 5/30 mlbreports.com : Don Mattingly has managed The Dodgers to the ‘Best Record in the MLB’: Wednesday, May.30/2012 Douglas “Chuck” Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-At first glance at 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 PaulLebowitz.com: The Dodgers Are Lucky And There’s Nothing Wrong With That: Are you wondering how the Dodgers are 32-15 and 7 ½ games in front in the National League West? Here’s how. Journeyman utility...
• 5/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 7: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/27 Lasorda's Lair: Walking James Loney to Get to A.J. Ellis=Always a Bad Idea: Dodgers 6 12 0 Astros 3 7 0 WP- Jansen (4-0) LP- Wright (0-1) HR- A.J. Ellis (5) The Dodgers try to fend off the young guns of...
• 5/26 Climbing Tal's Hill: High-flying Dodgers grounded by Lucas Harrell: The Astros won their fourth straight game last night, beating the Dodgers 3-1 in Los Angeles. Astros starting pitcher Lucas Harrell...
• 5/25 Climbing Tal's Hill: Dodgers welcome Astros to Chavez Ravine: The Astros open a three game series in L.A. tonight against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers. Lucas Harrell gets the start for...
• 5/25 Lasorda's Lair: Houston Astros Make Last Visit to Dodger Stadium as National Leaguers: Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 1.90) vs. Lucas Harrell (3-3, 4.09) Lineup: Gwynn CF Herrera 2B Abreu LF Ethier RF Hairston 3B Loney 1B...
• 5/24 Crashburn Alley: Hamels and Harper: The Rematch: For all the hand-wringing about Cole Hamels hitting Nationals wunderkind Bryce Harper in the small of his back a few weeks ago,...
• 5/22 Release Points: Jim Bowden’s Failed Draft Logic: “Win too many games and where does it get you?” –Stan Kasten via Jim Bowden Over at ESPN, former Cincinnati Reds and...
• 5/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Mark Ellis a huge loss for Dodgers, plus other news and notes: I was definitely in the minority when the Dodgers signed Mark Ellis in November. Perhaps it's because living in Northern California,...
• 5/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Trading: Buyer Beware: So, twice this season I have been on the very lucky end of trades. In each case, one of the players I was sending to another team...
• 5/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 40: Bad Moon Rising: Wasting a good start from Jake Westbrook with errors is frustrating, and losing is never fun. However, a devastating injury to...
• 5/20 Redbird Rants: Daily Rants: Cardinals shut down by dominant Clayton Kershaw.: The Cardinals had another late game in Los Angeles last night and faced reigning Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw. The results...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw masters St. Louis at home: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw got the seventh complete game of his career, striking out four and not allowing a runner...[+] past second base in a 6-0 shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals. He did not walk a batter for the third time this season while lowering his ERA from 2.22 to 1.90. Kershaw is 14-1 with a 1.40 ERA in his past 19 starts at home.
• 5/20 Baseball Musings: Surgery for Ellis: Mark Ellis needed emergency surgery Saturday a day after a collision caused a problem in his left leg: Los Angeles Dodgers second...
• 5/19 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Will Try to Deal Cards Series Loss: Clayton Kershaw (3-1, 2.22) vs. Jake Westbrook (4-2, 2.35) Lineup: Tony Gwynn 8 Elian Herrera 4 Bobby Abreu 7 Andre Ethier 9 Adam...
• 5/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers host Cardinals in tilt between two of MLB's best, plus other notes: In the only non-interleague series, the Dodgers are hosting the Cardinals -- two of the most historic franchise in baseball,...
• 5/17 Cubbies Crib: Thursday One Liners Including Three’s A Company: May 8, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster throws a pitch during the first inning against the...
• 5/16 Lasorda's Lair: Letting Go of Loney: Let me first start this off by saying that I like James Loney. Loney was a member of the young core of home-grown Dodgers which...
• 5/15 High Heat Stats: Warming up in the bullpen: Notes from Monday games, to whet your appetite: – Starlin Castro ranks 12th in MLB with a .333 BA … and 64th with a .349 OBP. Through 35 games, he has 48 hits and...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw wins with four-hitter: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw scattered four hits over seven innings, struck out six and walked three in a 3-1 win over...[+] the Arizona Diamondbacks. The win helped the Dodgers improve the best record in the majors to 24-11. It also helped Kershaw bounce back from winless starts against Colorado and San Francisco in which he gave up four home runs.
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Low scoring ruled the west coast Monday night as no game produced more than five runs. The Angels continued reeling as Tyson Ross...
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees try to close the gap with the first place Orioles as Ivan Nova meets Jason Hammel in Baltimore. Nova owns a good record...
• 5/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: NL Pitching Planner: May 14 – May 20Will a full slate of games for all NL teams, there is an abundance of two start pitchers to choose from this week....
• 5/13 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 5/6/12 - 5/12/12: Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there reading this (including my own)! Let's take a look back at the week that...
• 5/10 The "Mc" Effect: Pirates Against Big Name Pitchers: The Pittsburgh Pirates haven't exactly been an offensive juggernaut the last few years. Things are getting better, but their...
• 5/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Nationals: Nationals (18-12) at Pirates (14-16) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Pirates...
• 5/10 Raising Matt Cain: Pitching, defense, two-run homer: Every time Brett Pill gets up in a game I say "this guy has one job--hit the ball hard off a left-hander." It seems young Mr....
• 5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Team impressed with Brandon Belt: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said 1B Brandon Belt's at-bats against Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday,...[+] May 8, were some of the best Belt has had all year. Belt has made an adjustment the team sought. He is standing more upright. As for future starts against lefties, Bochy said, 'Again, we'll see what the matchups are.'
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | No in-season talks with Clayton KershawThe Los Angeles Dodgers will not engage in long-term contract talks with SP Clayton Kershaw during the season....[+] The Los Angeles Dodgers will not engage in long-term contract talks with SP Clayton Kershaw during the season.
• 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: No In-Season Talks For Kershaw, Dodgers: The Dodgers don’t have plans to discuss a long-term contract extension with defending NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw...
• 5/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: What if the Yankees aren’t serious about the $189M budget: What If? There’s been a lot of hubbub about the Yankees shrinking their payroll to around $189,000,000 by 2014. There’s...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw has rough outing: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed three long balls against the Colorado Rockies for the first time in his career...[+] Wednesday, May 2. He gave up a season-high five runs in 7 1/3 innings but was bailed out by his offense and took the no-decision. It would have been his first loss since Aug. 7 of last year. Kershaw allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out six.
• 5/1 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Nats Come Home After Adding New Faces to Slumping Offense: After the euphoric start to the 2012 season, and a decidedly failing grade on their first major test, the Nationals are limping...

• 4/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of April 30: Welcome, one and all to my weekly Dixon’s Picks piece. Last week, we saw the first ever Call Up Report from Clave, and of...
• 4/30 Through The Fence Baseball: How “sweep” it is: Dodgers’ winning ways continue against Nats: After pulling off an impressive three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Washington Nationals on Sunday, I wonder how many baseball...
• 4/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royalman Report: Alan Jaeger and Pitching Development – 7 p.m. CST Sunday: The Royalman Report - logo by @AHairOffSquare Tonight, we’re going to catch up on some of the latest about the Royals and...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw earns win Friday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (2-0) allowed two runs on three hits over eight innings in a victory over the Washington...[+] Nationals Friday, April 27, with one walk and six strikeouts. He has won 10 consecutive decisions dating back to last season and 12 straight decisions at home.
• 4/28 Mets360.com: What’s up with Ike Davis?: Once again Terry Collins went with his instincts and sat the beleaguered Ike Davis. This time Collins sat Davis in favor of rookie...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Mets and Rockies played a slugfest in Denver, Colorado scoring 11 times in the fifth inning and going on to an 18-9 win over...
• 4/27 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Bryce Harper to make MLB debut against the Dodgers, plus other news: It's not often baseball's best prospect makes his debut against the Dodgers -- and that's exactly what's going to happen tomorrow...
• 4/27 Lasorda's Lair: Tough Homestand Continues; Dodgers Host Nationals: Clayton Kershaw (1-0, 1.61) vs. Ross Detwiler (2-0, 0.56) We will have to deal with Jason Werth and the rest of the first place...
• 4/27 Crashburn Alley: Greetings From Clearwater – April 27: It was an interesting week for Phillies pitching prospects, to say the least. Jesse Biddle and Brody Colvin continued to confound...
• 4/27 Baseball Musings: Game of the Day: Ivan Nova returns to the 21st century against the Tigers on Friday. Photo: © Greg M. Cooper-US PRESSWIRE The Tigers already have...
• 4/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 3: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Exploring the Value of the Quality Start: As someone who writes about fantasy baseball and of course plays it, I often find myself trying to find easy ways to value a player....
• 4/24 Talkin Sox with Dan: Ross Puts Sox on Back: **** it. Wrong Ross. Cody Ross slugged two home runs last night, helping the Red Sox snap a five-game skid. His first long ball...
• 4/22 High Heat Stats: Perfection, and its polar opposite: (Trying out a different format here; let me know how it plays. I can only scratch the surface of all that happened on this crazy...
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw gets first victory: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw struck out nine and allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings for his first win this...[+] season after no decisions in his first three games. The victory extends his career-long winning streak to nine games, dating back to an Aug. 13, 2011 win over the Astros.
• 4/21 FanSided: Kershaw, Kemp and Dodgers De-Rail Astros in Game TwoDodgers 5 8 0...
• 4/21 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Still Looking for First Win: Clayton Kershaw (0-0, 2.35) vs. Kyle Weiland (0-2, 8.44) Clayton Kershaw Pitches on Opening Day 2012 Photo by: Stacie Wheeler...
• 4/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hughes needs a better curveball: If you're looking for one singular reason why Phil Hughes continues to struggle as a major league starter, this RAB post by Joe...
• 4/19 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Los Angeles Dodgers surprise: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for our first weekly edition. Each writer ranked...
• 4/19 Baseball Daily Digest: Visions of 2012: The truth is, I was destined to be special from birth. I was delivered by a midwife on our old couch in the living room. It was...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Make Or Break Year: James Loney: Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw are arguably the best player and the best pitcher in baseball, respectively, and both came up...
• 4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Magical season continues for Los Angeles Dodgers: It’s great to be an L.A. Dodger right now! No, I’ve never taken the field at Dodger Stadium wearing the beautiful blue and...
• 4/15 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 4/15 vs. Dodgers: Umpire Dale Scott helps Padres find a new way to lose.  Padres fall 5-4 in series finale WP: Javy Guerra (1-0) LP: Brad...
• 4/15 Lasorda's Lair: Vin Scully Returns for Jackie Robinson Day:   Clayton Kershaw (0-0, 0.90) vs. Edinson Volquez (0-1, 3.00) Lineup: Gordon SS Mark Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ethier RF Rivera LF...
• 4/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Young pitchers Matt Moore and Felix Doubront square off at Fenway as the Rays attempt to get a win in game three of this four-game...
• 4/13 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 4: Pirates vs. Dodgers Recap: Two things have been constant in the infancy of the 2012 season for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their games have been extremely exciting....
• 4/13 Buccos Buzz: Michael McKenry Homers As Los Angeles Dodgers Complete Sweep of Pittsburgh Pirates: The most telling statistic of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ young season: The Bucs scored two runs in last nights loss to the...
• 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...
• 4/13 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB Hot or Not: One Week In: With a full week of baseball in the books, let's take a look at one team, batter, and pitcher playing well, and not so well. 3...
• 4/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 1: Aroldis Chapman dominated National League batters during the first week of the regular season.  The Cincinnati Reds’ flame-thrower...
• 4/12 Operation Shutdown: A **** Night All in All, BUCS LOSE: Dodgers beat Pirates 4-1WP: Chad Billingsley (1-0)LP: Erik Bedard (0-2)S: Javy Guerra (4)Some thoughts on the game after the jump......
• 4/12 Baseball Musings: Blowing Away the Competition: The Dodgers moved into first place in the NL West Wednesday night with a 4-1 win over the Pirates. It’s becoming difficult...
• 4/11 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 5 - Dodgers: Pirates (2-2) at Dodgers (4-1)10:10 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsDodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CaliforniaStarting PitchersPittsburgh- Erik...
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers make fans giddy with excitement: If you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan and you aren’t giddy about the first five games of the 2012 MLB season, then there’s...
• 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,...
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Focus: Building a pitching staff: I like to consider myself something of a fantasy sports junkie. Even when it comes to sports I have little to no interest in,...
• 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 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 4 Recap - Dodgers 2, Pittsburgh 1: There are two ways to look at the game today. You could go the optimistic route and say that you got a pretty good outing out...
• 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...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw bounces back from flu: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw gave up one earned run and four hits while walking none and striking out seven in seven...[+] frames in a no-decision against the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, April 10, after leaving his first start of the year early last week due to the flu.
• 4/10 Buccos Buzz: Game Four: Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers: The Pittsburgh Pirates (2-1) are in Los Angeles today as they take on the Dodgers (3-1) for L.A.’s home opener. Left-hander Clayton...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: The No-K Wonders: Kevin Correia of the Pirates held the Dodgers to one run during his six innings of work Tuesday afternoon, striking out just three...
• 4/10 The Baseball Page: Pittsburgh Pirates-Los Angeles Dodgers Series PreviewPittsburgh Pirates-Los Angeles Dodgers Series Preview...
• 4/10 The Baseball Page: Los Angeles Dodgers week in review: As good (and bad) as advertisedLos Angeles Dodgers week in review: As good (and bad) as advertised...
• 4/10 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 4 - Dodgers: Pirates (2-1) at Dodgers (3-1)4:10 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsDodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CaliforniaStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Kevin...
• 4/10 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 4: A series win from the Phillies, against their top pitchers is big news.  The Pirates were 2-4 against the Phillies last year,...
• 4/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Baseball’s opening daze:   Opening day in baseball has turned itself into a rather confusing experience. First, there was the opening day for the...
• 4/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Big day in LA – Pirates at Dodgers: Pirates (2-1) at Dodgers (3-1) 4:10 PM EST–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports, MLB...
• 4/9 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Notes – April 9: Gerrit Cole, Starling Marte, Charlie Morton: - Right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton threw 7.2 innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ AAA affiliate Indianapolis Indians....
• 4/9 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Justin’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League West: Arizona Central: St. Louis East: Philadelphia Wild Card: Washington Wild Card: Miami NLDS: Phillies def....
• 4/9 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Ryan’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League: West: Diamondbacks Central: Cardinals East: Phillies Wild Card: Marlins Wild Card: Giants NLDS: Phillies def....
• 4/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to make next start: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (flu) will make his second start of the season versus the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, April...[+] 10, after going just three innings in his season opener while dealing with the flu. Kershaw threw a regular bullpen session Saturday, April 7.
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: When Will The Dodgers Contend?: After the much maligned Frank McCourt sold the team to a group headed by Stan Kasten and Magic Johnson, it's once again a good...
• 4/8 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Jim’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League: West: Arizona Central: St.Louis East: Philadelphia Wild Card:  Atlanta Wild Card: Cincinnati NLDS: Arizona def....
• 4/8 The "Mc" Effect: 4/8 Recap | Pirates 5 Phillies 4: So many things to talk about here.When in doubt, we'll start with the starting pitching. James McDonald pitched six strong innings...
• 4/7 Crashburn Alley: Phillies/Pirates Game Thread 4/7/12: Cliff Lee makes his 2012 debut tonight against Jeff Karstens of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies eked out a 1-0 victory on...
• 4/7 Full Spectrum Baseball: NL Pitching Planner: April 9 – April 15: The 2012 season is already underway and has featured many quality starts so far. In the NL, Kyle Lohse, Tommy Hanson, Johan Santana,...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw still sick: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (flu) is still dealing with a stomach flu that cut short his opening day start, but he...[+] is 'pretty sure' he'll be able to make his start in the team's home opener Tuesday, April 10. Kershaw is unsure if he'll be able to throw his regular bullpen session Saturday, April 7.
• 4/6 The Baseball Page: Los Angeles Dodgers: New beginnings with the same old endingLos Angeles Dodgers: New beginnings with the same old ending...
• 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,...
• 4/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Zach Lee's Cal League debut a rousing success, plus other Opening Day news: While the Dodgers were busy dispatching of San Diego 5-3 despite an ailing Clayton Kershaw, Zach Lee (right) was making his...
• 4/5 Lasorda's Lair: Opening Day 2012- The Flu Can’t Stop the Blue: Dodgers 5 7 0 Padres    3 5 3 WP- Lindblom (1-0) LP- Volquez (0-1) S- Guerra (1) HR- Kemp (1), Maybin (1)   April 5, 2012;...
• 4/5 Chicken Friars: Padres vs Dodgers Game Recap 4/5/12: For the first time in 2012, this game recap is covering a regular season game.  With the heart of San Diego (the military) in...
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw leaves early: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (flu) left his opening day start early against the San Diego Padres Thursday, April 5,...[+] due to the stomach flu.
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Oh Those Base on Balls: Edinson Volquez walks in two runs in the top of the fourth inning to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead over the Padres. He walked four...
• 4/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Los Angeles Dodgers will make the playoffs in 2012: Every season, I look forward to Dodger baseball. Even the last couple years when the team wasn't that talented and you know who...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: How Teams Obtained Their Opening Day Starters: The 30 Opening Day starters aren't the 30 best pitchers in the game, but their managers do consider them the best arms currently...
• 4/5 Full Spectrum Baseball: Keeping The Experts Honest: Baseball's spring training never lacks for unsolicited and solicited prognostications from nearly every baseball "expert" on the...
• 4/5 Mastersball.com: A Different Kind of NFBC League: I again have a team in the NFBC but this is a little different.  It’s a satellite league with a different set of rules than...
• 4/5 Crashburn Alley: Opening Day Game Thread 4/5/12: Opening Day is Christmas for Phillies fans. We have had unhealthy amounts of anti**** and excitement coursing through our bloodstreams...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Opening Day: The real opening day is upon us. Here are the top games from seven slated. Jon Lester and Justin Verlander kick things off with...
• 4/4 Crashburn Alley: Cole Hamels and Matt Cain: Matt Cain signed a contract extension with the San Francisco Giants yesterday, spanning five years and totaling $112.5 million...
• 4/4 Baseball Musings: NL West Preview: The 2012 division previews finishes with the NL West. I’ll use 2011 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) from FanGraphs for the...
• 4/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: How to Value Your Roster: Alright, folks, put your economist hats on for a second. Go to your wallet and grab a dollar bill. Then go to your spare change...
• 4/3 60ft6in.com: The Factor12 Rating: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/3 Fragile Freddy's: NL West - A Look Ahead: OK, with Opening Day Wednesday it is time to put pen to paper and lay out some predictions.  I covered all thirty teams over...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers spent aggressively on veteran free agents and locked up their top position player in their final offseason under...

• 3/31 Baseball Press: Our Best Predictions For the 2012 Season: Will Joey Votto win another National League MVP Award in 2012? (US Presswire)The 2012 baseball season has arrived, and the Baseball...
• 3/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Pay 3 Measly Bucks for Clayton Kershaw: These were Clayton Kershaw’s Cy Young winning numbers last year: IP H BB K W SV HD ERA Whip K/9 Clayton Kershaw 233.1 174 54...
• 3/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: National League West: With Opening Day just about two weeks away and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start...
• 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Magic isn’t best man for Dodgers: When I was a kid, I idolized Magic Johnson. Being from Los Angeles, I loved watching the Magic Man take the NBA by storm in the...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: UCB Prediction Week, Part IV: National League West: We continue the March project of the United Cardinal Bloggers by taking a look at the last of our divisions, the NL West.  This...
• 3/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Recap: Dodger blogger and fan fantasy baseball draft: I parti**** in a fantasy draft with some Dodger fans and bloggers this morning. Needless to say, it was an interesting draft.Among...
• 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: What To Expect From the New Dodgers’ Ownership: Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt selected a group led by former Los Angeles Lakers star and NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and...
• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Predictions – NL West: If you are going to prognosticate and likely do a poor job of it, you might as well start by shaking up your Magic 8 Ball and...
• 3/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: $2.15 Billion Offer for Dodgers Reportedly All Cash; McCourt Asks For Small, Unmarked, Non-sequential Bills: I have to admit, I was somewhat surprised by the infusion of negativity into the final thread of the ownership news last night,...
• 3/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Jamey Wright, Los Angeles Dodger: As we’ve expected basically from the beginning of camp, Ned Colletti has informed Jamey Wright that he’ll be heading...
• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Ethier, Kasten, Selig, O'Malley: The sale of the Dodgers to a group headed by Magic Johnson and longtime MLB executive Stan Kasten has been the biggest story in...
• 3/23 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball NL-Only Starting Pitcher Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball NL-Only Starting Pitcher Rankings...
• 3/23 FanSided: Beyond Busch: NL Central and MLB Notes - Spring Training Continues: This week Beyond Busch will switch to bullet style for each team. Notes on each Major League team are supplied after the bre......
• 3/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Pineda’s other pitches: For further commentary on Michael Pineda‘s velocity, check out Larry’s feed from yesterday…brilliant stuff....
• 3/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Break on Through to the Other Side: In what now seems like a previous life, I was a professional poker player. Most of my friends played a lot recreationally, but...
• 3/22 Baseball Musings: Pong Dodgers: James Loney worked his fingers, and Don Mattingly installed a ping-pong table in the Dodgers spring training facility: “I...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Links: Kershaw, Fielder, Cantu, Phillies: At least one of the five groups bidding to buy the Dodgers has asked about the possibility of selling the naming rights to Dodger...
• 3/21 The Baseball Page: 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Preview Show!2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Preview Show!...
• 3/21 60ft6in.com: The Factor12 Statistics Unveiled: The Factor12 (F12) Rating system consists of the following 12 statistics…. Counting: IP and SO Ratios: FIP, WHIP, HR/9,...
• 3/21 22gigantes.com: Indians and Giants go at it today: The San Francisco Giants (11-6-3) take on the Cleveland Indians (5-10) this afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark. LHP Eric Surkamp (2-1,...
• 3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 amateur draft presents rare opportunity for Twins: The Minnesota Twins find themselves in a somewhat unfamiliar position this June when they select second overall in Major League...
• 3/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' starter Chad Billingsley needs to trust his fastball: As the old adage goes, the fastball is the best pitch in baseball. There's a reason for that. Without a good fastball, the secondary...
• 3/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Gomez Shines In Tribe Victory; Indians 4, Dodgers 3:   By Mike Brandyberry In a spring full of question and concern around the Indians’ pitching staff, Jeanmar Gomez has emerged...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Aybar, Abreu, Ownership: Happy birthday to Clayton Kershaw, who turns 24 years old today.  Kershaw has plenty to celebrate this year, between being the...
• 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...
• 3/18 The Baseball Page: Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn and Joe McGinnity are born. Yaz gets node to start in left.Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn and Joe McGinnity are born. Yaz gets node to start in left....
• 3/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Split Squad Dodgers on St. Patrick’s Day: Minor movement in the ownership bidding process, as Steve Cohen has been cleared by the MLB vetting committee to move forward,...
• 3/16 The Baseball Page: Los Angeles Dodgers: Offense is Left to the MiddleLos Angeles Dodgers: Offense is Left to the Middle...
• 3/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday Fantasy Roundup: Halladay, Hanley, Heyward: Spring training is such a crazy time for not only players but for fans, as well. Casual fans can just sit back and wait for April,...
• 3/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Wednesday Notes: Guber, Tweeting, and Nieve, Oh My: Much to discuss on this wonderful Wednesday… ****** We’ve had a lot of great discussion in the comments over the last...
• 3/14 Lasorda's Lair: Rusty Backs and Errors are Rampant in Second Spring Loss: Mar 13, 2012; Glendale, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Chris Capuano (35) walks to the bench after the first inning...
• 3/13 The Baseball Page: MLB Preview: NL West all-position team: Our 2012 MLB preview places the eyeball on the best players by position in each division. Find out how the NL West shakes out...
• 3/13 The "Mc" Effect: Bold Predictions for 2012 MLB Season: by: Drew Brown (@DruBrownESPN)Crazy predictions that will never happen, but cool to think about.LA Angels: Kendry Morales stays...
• 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers’ Spring Numbers Cause Trip To The Doctor: As much as I hate to admit it, I think I might need to visit the doctor. I don’t know too many grown men who relish a trip to...
• 3/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Open Mic: Critique This Draft Part 2Consider this a 2nd open invitation to critique a fantasy baseball draft....
• 3/12 Ramblings of Baseball: Quick Reference – The RomoBall Top 100 Picks – Fantasy 2012: 1. Albert Pujols, 1B – LAA. 2. Matt Kemp, OF – LAD. 3. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF – BOS. 4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – DET. 5. Jose...
• 3/9 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 13 - Los Angeles Dodgers: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/9 Through The Fence Baseball: One man’s junk is another man’s treasure for Dodgers: Now that spring training is in full force, life is good! Gone are the days of suffering through meaningless TV sports like college...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Ownership, Kemp, Kershaw: To nobody's surprise, Vin Scully topped a recent Fangraphs poll that asked readers to rate each club's TV broadcast crew.  As...
• 3/8 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Dodgers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/7 Tyler's Think Tank: 10 Stats You Probably Didn't Know: NL Central: -Corey Hart, one of the more underrated players in the game, has slugged at least 20 home runs in four of his last five seasons. ...
• 3/7 Baseball Musings: Objective PMR, Pitchers: The series on objective probabilistic model of range (PMR) continues by looking at pitchers. Like catchers, range is a small component...
• 3/7 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS Analyst N.L. Auction - Starting Pitchers Part I: Since this is the “pitching” league, I am going to start by taking a look at starting pitching.  Long considered the...
• 3/6 Justin Jabs: MLB 12: The Show Live-Blog: Today is the day! MLB 12: The Show for PS3 comes out today, and I’m very excited. As of right now, my package is in Sturtevant,...
• 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Keeper Emails: This week I’m going to show you some keeper emails I recently received, plus my responses.  Then I’ll going to add...
• 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Giolito looking to make (and avoid) draft history: Never in the 47-year history of the amateur baseball draft has a high school right-handed pitcher been selected first overall....
• 3/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Sign Two From Tryout Camp, and Sadly, I Care: In case you’re wondering how slow things are in a big-league camp that has 95% of its jobs spoken for and no real games...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to throw Monday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (back) will throw a two-inning modified intrasquad game Monday, March 5. Kershaw is a bit...[+] behind the other pitchers due to some mild back tightness. He threw to hitters Wednesday, March 29, and didn't have any problems.
• 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...

• 2/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Future Free Agent Classes and the Impact of Long-Term Extensions: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). Because free agency is often expensive and unpredictable, baseball...
• 2/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Montero determined to stick at catcher: If you aren't a big fan of the Yankees' decision to trade Jesus Montero to Seattle this winter, you might want to stay clear...
• 2/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Finally Get Their (Old, Old) Men: Via Ken Gurnick, we’ve learned that for the Dodgers, signing Aaron Harang and Jamey Wright this winter was actually the...
• 2/26 The Daily Catch: STARTING PITCHER RANKINGS WITH A TWIST!: This article is courtesy of our friends at NJFFL Dynasty  Written by: Michael Pichan You will not find Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee,...
• 2/25 Tyler's Think Tank: NL West Preview: 1st Place-San Francisco Giants 2011 Record: 86-76 2011 Pythagorean: 80-82 2012 Projected: 91-71 San Francisco had one of the...
• 2/24 High Heat Stats: Batters control strikeouts more than pitchers: In 2011, there were 185,245 plate appearances and 34,488 strikeouts, meaning that 18.6% of PAs resulted in strikeouts. This number...
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw feels fine: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (back) felt completely fine during his bullpen Friday, Feb. 24, after throwing 36 pitches....[+] He will make his first spring start March 9 against the Texas Rangers.
• 2/23 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers' potential success starts at the top with Dee Gordon: Every team has a pivotal player -- a guy who is of vital importance to a team's success.It's easy to choose the good players --...
• 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...
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw dealing with stiff back: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw (back) skipped a bullpen session Wednesday, Feb. 22, as a precautionary measure due to...[+] minor back stiffness.
• 2/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Lee, Webster, Eovaldi all make Baseball America's Top 100 prospects: Dodger farmhands Zach Lee, Allen Webster and Nathan Eovaldi all made Baseball America's Top 100 prospect list, released today.Lee...
• 2/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: News From the First Day of Dodger Spring Training: Plenty of news coming in on this first official day of camp, and isn’t that a lovely feeling? Pitchers & catchers have...
• 2/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Tips: Auction drafts aren’t for children. They take drafting to a higher level with their slippery strategy. In auction leagues...
• 2/21 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Begin to Convene at Camelback Ranch:   It is still technically winter, but Spring has sprung within our hearts. Pitchers and catchers report to Phoenix, Arizona...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to start openerLos Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw was named the Opening Day starter....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw was named the Opening Day starter.
• 2/18 The Biz of Baseball: Detailed Salary Info for 142 MLB Salary Arbitration Players Available for Download: For several years, The Biz of Baseball has provided detailed reports on salary arbitration in Major League Baseball. Whether...
• 2/18 Baseball Musings: Changes, Los Angeles Dodgers: The Los Angeles Dodgers finished the 2011 season 82-79 good for third place in the NL West. Team played well down the stretch,...
• 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...
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Average Game Scores for 2011: Messing around on baseball-reference, on the second night of baseball's winter meetings, I ranked starting pitchers by average...
• 2/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: How Much Does Andre Ethier Have Riding On This Season?: At the LA Times Dodger blog today, Steve Dilbeck argues that the Dodgers need to lock up Andre Ethier to a long-term contract,...
• 2/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodger blogger profile: Jon Weisman (Dodger Thoughts): In the eighth part of my Dodger Blogger Profile series, I catch up with Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts. I posted a piece on Feb....
• 2/13 SFPandaBlog: Side by Side – Chipper Jones: At first glance, Pablo Sandoval and Chipper Jones seem like very different people but from a baseball standpoint they are both...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/5/12 - 2/11/12: Here's a look back at the week that was.. The Orioles shipped Jeremy Guthrie to the Rockies on Monday for pitchers Jason...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Kershaw, Moreno, Cespedes, Joyce: Here are a few items from around the Majors as we head into Sunday... The first priority for the new Dodgers owner should...
• 2/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Grading the 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season: Now that pitchers and catchers are reporting soon and any major transactions will likely wait until the trade deadline, I'll take...
• 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: Extensions That Don't Extend Team Control: Major League teams have agreed to 20 offseason extensions so far this winter, as MLBTR's Extension Tracker shows. Nine of those...
• 2/10 The Daily Catch: Can Gio Gonzalez Be Successful Outside Of The Coliseum?: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Nats Blog Written by: William Yoder On a four hour train ride from New York City...
• 2/9 Phillies Nation: How This Offseason Helped the Phillies More Than You Think: We know about the moves the Phillies made themselves to improve, like the additions of Jonathan Papelbon, Ty Wigginton, and Laynce...
• 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...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mets, Phillips, Brewers: Here are some notes from around MLB to cap off a day that saw Billy Beane, Clayton Kershaw and Elvis Andrus agree to extensions...
• 2/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw contract details: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw will make $7.5 million this year and $11 million in 2013 plus a signing bonus of $500,000....[+] Two million of his contract this year will be deferred to January of 2013.
• 2/7 The Daily Catch: Spring Reporting Dates Just 10 Days Away: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole Here we are folks, the NFL is officially...
• 2/7 Baseball Musings: Kershaw Ka-ching: The Dodgers avoided arbitration with Clayton Kershaw, signing him to a two-year contract: The Los Angeles Dodgers have avoided...
• 2/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Avoids Arbitration With Two-Year Deal: No one ever likes going to arbitration, and Clayton Kershaw is no different – he’s avoided next week’s showdown...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kershaw To Sign Two-Year Deal: The Dodgers announced that they have avoided arbitration with Clayton Kershaw, agreeing to terms on a two-year contract. The...
• 2/7 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers avoid arbitration with Clayton Kershaw, sign him to 2-year deal: The Dodgers signed reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw to a 2-year, $19 million deal today, according...
• 2/7 Phillies Nation: The Phillies Ace Effect: Roy Halladay is on the mound. Everyone in attendance at Citizens Bank Park knows he is on today–that his stuff is good stuff...
• 2/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Jared Kushner Emerges In Dodger Bidding, But That’s Not a Good Thing: It’s somewhat amazing to me that in an ownership battle as high-profile as this one has been, we’re still finding...
• 2/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: We’re Running Short on Optimism For Your 2012 Dodgers (Updated): When it comes to the Dodgers, we’re all biased in one way or another. We’re in too deep. We worry if Adam Kennedy...
• 2/6 FantasySportsKings.com: NL West Preview – Sleepers and Prospects: In 2011, the Arizona Diamondbacks won their first division title since 2007. In December they traded for starting pitcher Trevor......
• 2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: REVIEW: If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?: Last week I asked the question, “If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?”  I was curious to see which active...
• 2/3 The Golden Sombrero: Top 50 Prospects: #1 – Matt Moore: #1 Matt Moore Tampa Bay Rays DOB: 6/18/1989 Previous Rank: 31 ETA: 2011 It’s almost impossible to earn a ranking ahead of Bryce...
• 2/2 High Heat Stats: Young hurling stars of 2010-11: Following our post on the young position stars, here are the pitchers’ top bWAR values over the past 2 years by those who...
• 2/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: What Will Be the Spring Training Surprise This Year?: For most of the winter, the common refrain around the Dodgers is that the slew of (often regrettable) veteran signings this winter...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: 25 Arbitration Eligible Players Remain Unsigned: The arbitration hearing period has begun, and 25 players remain unsigned.  At a hearing, the team and the player's agency...

• 1/30 Lasorda's Lair: Beating Tim Lincecum is as easy as 1…2…3…4….: The Dodgers have announced that Clayton Kershaw’s arbitration hearing is scheduled for February 14. However it is possible that...
• 1/29 Justin Jabs: Reliving SI Covers: Pittsburgh Pirates: Remember, there’s only 2 days left to like Baseblog on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Tumblr and be entered to win ten...
• 1/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Date for Clayton Kershaw's arbitration hearing revealedLos Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to have his arbitration meeting Feb. 14, according to a source....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to have his arbitration meeting Feb. 14, according to a source.
• 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Dodgers, Ethier, Red Sox, Cubs, Orioles: As demonstrated by the Red Sox last year, "winning" December and January doesn’t necessarily translate into winning when it...
• 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Remaining Arbitration Cases: When the offseason started, there were approximately 196 arbitration-eligible players left unsigned. The vast majority of those...
• 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: 2012's Highest-Paid Arbitration Eligible Players: Arbitration eligible players may not get paid like free agents Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, but the arbitration process...
• 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Prince, Zimmerman, Scutaro: On this date in 2006, the Cubs and Mark Prior avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $3.65MM. Prior invoked...
• 1/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Prince Fielder Just Broke the Internet: As has been reported by every outlet short of smoke signal and carrier pigeon over the last thirty minutes, Prince Fielder has...
• 1/24 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Second Edition (11-20): In the first round you draft your flagbearer. The guy you would go to war with. The guy you would follow into **** on foot. Okay,...
• 1/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: NL West: Our review of Baseball Prospectus’ 2011 PECOTA projections continues with the hits and misses of the National League West,...
• 1/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Someone Please Sign Prince Fielder Already: …just so we can finally be rid of the “hey, are the Dodgers secretly trying to go after him?” rumors, ones we’ve...
• 1/21 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw Receives Cy Young Plaque Tonight: Tonight at the Baseball writer’s dinner, Clayton Kershaw will receive his Cy Young Award plaque. The dinner will take place...
• 1/20 Lasorda's Lair: How Much Should Clayton Kershaw Be Paid Next Season?: If it was up to me I would immediately sign southpaw Clayton Kershaw to a long-term deal much like what the Dodgers did with Matt...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – First Edition (1-10): The Testing Era is in full swing. And miss. You’re out. Again. Sit down. Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Roy...
• 1/20 More Mariners: Oliver Perez May Be Pretty Valuable For Mariners: Oliver Perez May Be Pretty Valuable For MarinersFollow @MoreMariners Yeah, yeah, I know. Just yesterday I said that the team probably...
• 1/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Plenty of Dodgers Making the Cut on Bill James’ Top 100 Pitcher’s Duels: Last year, ESPN and Bill Simmons teamed up to launch “Grantland“, a new venture aimed at focusing more on long-form...
• 1/19 More Mariners: Oliver Perez May Be Pretty Valuable For Mariners: Oliver Perez May Be Pretty Valuable For MarinersFollow @MoreMariners Yeah, yeah, I know. Just yesterday I said that the team probably...
• 1/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Who are truest staff anchors for 2012?: Each team in Major League Baseball desires to have at least one, true staff anchor; a pitcher who you know you can rely on for...
• 1/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Never too early for a 2012 fantasy baseball preview: I do realize it’s only January. I know you’re probably sitting back and relaxing with a nice warm cup of hot chocolate...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Falling Arbitration Records: Back in April, I outlined the arbitration records for catchers, other position players, and starting pitchers.  As expected,...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Filing Numbers: Many players avoided arbitration today, but dozens of others exchanged figures with their teams in anti**** of hearings. Most...
• 1/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw files for arbitration: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw filed for $10 million in salary arbitration Tuesday, Jan. 17, and the team countered at...[+] $6.5 million. The midpoint will be at $8.25 million.
• 1/17 i70baseball.com: Royals Avoid Arbitration With Three Pitchers: The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has agreed to terms on one-year Major League contracts with right-handed...
• 1/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers avoid arbitration with Andre Ethier and James Loney: The Dodgers avoided arbitration today with Andre Ethier and James Loney, signing them both to 1-year deals.Ethier will earn,...
• 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...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Unsigned Arbitration Eligible Players: The dust appears to be settling from today's arbitration agreement madness.  A few more settlements may trickle in, but at the...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Avoid Arbitration With James Loney: The Dodgers avoided arbitration with first baseman James Loney on a deal worth $6.375MM plus performance bonuses, according to...
• 1/17 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2011 N.L. Pitchers: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 2038 11621 Roto Think Tank 96 23 14271 12.0 0 false 18 pt ...
• 1/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Avoid Arbitration With Andre Ethier: We can strike one potentially contentious arbitration hearing from the schedule, at least according to Andre Ethier’s agents:...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Avoid Arbitration With Andre Ethier: The Dodgers avoided arbitration with right fielder Andre Ethier on a one-year deal worth $10.95MM plus performance bonuses, tweets...
• 1/16 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Book Signing Recap: On Sunday afternoon I attended one of Clayton Kershaw’s Book signings in Porter Ranch, CA. Clayton Kershaw, and his wife Ellen,...
• 1/15 Lasorda's Lair: Three Dodgers File for Salary Arbitration: With only about a month until pitchers and catchers report for Spring training we trudge into the depths of January. That means...
• 1/14 The Biz of Baseball: Details For the 142 Players That Filed for Salary Arbitration in MLB for 2012: As part of the long-tenured agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, last night 142 players eligible filed for salary arbitration....
• 1/13 High Heat Stats: Striking out lots of batters at age 22 (Yankees acquire Michael Pineda): As the Yankees have just acquired Michael Pineda from the Mariners for Jesus Montero (sources say additional players are involved...
• 1/13 Lasorda's Lair: The Los Angeles Sports Council Names Clayton Kershaw Sportsman of the Year:   Kershaw Wins Cy Young (David McNew/Reuters) Clayton Kershaw will add another award to his collection to go along with his...
• 1/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: McCourt 'laughs' at adding Prince Fielder, plus other news: For this being a blog about the Los Angeles Dodgers, I sure am writing about a player with little-to-no-chance of being a Dodger.Anyway,...
• 1/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: How Would Hiroki Kuroda Have Fit Back Into Dodgers’ Rotation?: ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne caught up with Ned Colletti yesterday, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, Colletti said...
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Have not talked extension with Clayton KershawThe Los Angeles Dodgers have not begun contract extension talks with SP Clayton Kershaw at this point....[+] The Los Angeles Dodgers have not begun contract extension talks with SP Clayton Kershaw at this point.
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Yet To Talk Extension With Kershaw, Ethier: The Dodgers locked up MVP candidate Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160MM contract earlier this offseason, but they aren't close...
• 1/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Joe Torre, Time Warner interested in buying Dodgers: Former Dodger and Yankee manager Joe Torre, who signed on as MLB Vice President of Operations less than one year ago, resigned...
• 1/4 Crashburn Alley: The Video Game Phillies: I’m a little bit of a sports video game loser, not because I’m bad at them (I’m not) or because spending as...
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Information: MLB Trade Rumors is the only website you need to track the progress of the 100+ arbitration eligible players this month, a list...

• 12/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: See You In **** 2011: Initially, I had written up a piece about how maybe 2011 wasn’t that bad, not with a winning record, Matt Kemp & Clayton...
• 12/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers 2011 Season in Recap-First Half: As the dawn of the 2011 Dodgers baseball season began, Hope sprung eternal, as the Dodgers made a flurry of moves during the off...
• 12/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: For Dodgers, Lack of International Spending Is Beginning to Show: Regular posting will resume next week. For now, a thought… With the starting rotation of Clayton Kershaw / Chad Billingsley...
• 12/29 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: The Freak: Tim Lincecum was the tenth player taken in the 2006 June amateur draft and took the hill for the Giants in 2007 after only 13...
• 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 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: MadBum: Clayton Kershaw was the King of the Southpaws in the NL West this past season, and one of the best in baseball. But I think the...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligible Extension Candidates: From Matt Moore to Chris Carpenter, extensions for players not eligible for arbitration happen all the time.  More commonly,...
• 12/26 Lasorda's Lair: The 2012 Dodger Rotation: Stacie and I have decided to work on a new series of posts. We will be reviewing all of the different areas of the 25 man roster...
• 12/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Trade Candidates for 2012—Andre Ethier: Andre Ethier is a free agent at the end of 2012; the Dodgers are fringe contenders at best; their ownership is in flux; and the...
• 12/24 High Heat Stats: Do-over: The most valuable pitchers of 2011: (Thanks very much to Sky Kalkman who provided extremely useful feedback to improve my approach to this analysis.)Yesterday, I...
• 12/24 Roto Think Tank: 2011 N.L. Starting Pitchers: Every year, the N.L. experts spend less and less on the top pitchers. Last year continued the trend.Ten Most Expensive...
• 12/24 Baseball Daily Digest: True Value, Part II: Press Your Luck: The sand trap of luck has sucked in a legion of baseball enthusiasts. Lured by deviant BABIP’s, even astute analysts continue...
• 12/22 High Heat Stats: The most valuable pitchers in 2011: The most valuable pitcher of 2011Icon SMIHere's a look at the pitchers who provided the most value relative to their salaries...
• 12/22 Lasorda's Lair: A Look at the Great Lakes Loons: Most Big Leaguers work their way up the ranks of the minors before ever getting a big league at-bat. Let’s take a look at...
• 12/20 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker: As usual, most arbitration cases remain unsettled as we approach the new year, including heavyweights such as Tim Lincecum, Cole...
• 12/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Sunday afternoon news roundup: The hot stove season has been pretty quiet so from the Yankees’ perspective (with nothing much going on since the Freddy...
• 12/15 RoxPile: Conversations With the Enemy: 2012 Rockies/Dodgers Preview: Continuing our series bantering back and forth with writers from other teams within the division, this installment features thoughts...
• 12/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Giants’ Madison Bumgarner pacing for prominence in 2012: Prior to Opening Day each year, MLB experts are typically asked to predict who they believe will win each of the league’s major...
• 12/13 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Non-Tender Kuo 郭泓志: Source: MLB.com It was announced that the Dodgers tendered contracts to James Loney, Clayton Kershaw, and Andre Ethier who were...
• 12/12 District On Deck: District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #12 Chris Marrero: Image coutesy: minorleagueball.com Name: Chris Marrero Date of Birth: July 2, 1988 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Height: 6’3″...
• 12/12 Lasorda's Lair: Arbitration Deadline Looms on Rainy Day in L.A.:     Source: Associated Press As I watch the gloomy clouds outside while I write this, there are a handful of Dodgers...
• 12/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Non-Tender Monday: Tonight at 12am ET / 9pm PT represents the deadline for the Dodgers to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players, and while...
• 12/9 The "Mc" Effect: Erik Bedard Pitch F/X: The Pirates have a brand new starting pitcher, and he's one of the best we've had in a good while. I wrote all about Bedard the...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Lock Up Matt Moore: The Rays have aut**** another precedent-setting contract, locking up 22-year-old phenom Matt Moore for at least five years, according...
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Not rushing to extend Clayton Kershaw: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw's agent is in no rush to sign his client to a long-term contract extension with the Dodgers....[+] Kershaw's $500,000 salary could jump to around $8 million in his first year of arbitration.
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Seek Bat, Reliever: The latest on the Dodgers... Dodgers GM Ned Colletti told MLB.com's Ken Gurnick he's looking for a position player upgrade....
• 12/6 Brotherly Glove: Transactionalysis: Reyes, Hairston, Floyd, Sherrill: The Phillies didn’t make any moves on Day One of the Winter Meetings, but caused a stir when they emerged as major players...
• 12/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings Day Two: Aaron Harang Heads North: When we left off last night, the Aaron Harang signing wasn’t yet official, since it appeared Harang might be holding out...
• 12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers To Sign Aaron Harang: The Dodgers and Aaron Harang have agreed to a two-year deal worth roughly $12MM, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (on Twitter)....
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Aaron Harang Making Progress On Deal: The Dodgers are making progress on a deal with starter Aaron Harang, tweet Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.  The...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kershaw Had Preliminary Extension Talks: The Dodgers already locked up one of their cornerstones this offseason when they signed Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160MM extension,...
• 12/2 Rising Apple: Chris Capuano Signs Two-Year, $10 Million Deal with Dodgers: The “mystery team” is no longer a mystery. The Los Angeles Dodgers inked former Mets starter Chris Capuano to a two-year,...
• 12/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Yankees Willing to Deal Prospects for Big Names: This shouldn’t come as much of a shock to anyone, but Buster Olney of ESPN wrote a short piece describing the Yankees...
• 12/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Fishing At the Bottom of the Starting Pitching Market: As the days go by, we’re hearing little about Hiroki Kuroda’s plan for 2012, and the longer we go, the less likely...

• 11/29 Phillies Nation: Odds and Ends: d’Arnaud, Rollins, MVP’s: We’ve become so accustomed to the Phillies shipping off their young players to obtain high-priced stars that this is sort...
• 11/28 Baseball Daily Digest: True Value, Part I: Failure to Communicate: Value. It is a simple word, yet such a complicated concept. The meaning of the term is the source of considerable debate, especially...
• 11/25 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Los Angeles Dodgers: 82-79, 3rd place, 11 ½ GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Each...
• 11/24 MLBTradeRumors: Revisiting The MLBTR Writing Staff's Preseason Picks: This Thanksgiving, it's time to eat some humble pie.  Last March, nine members of the MLB Trade Rumors writing staff unveiled...
• 11/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Braun Beats Kemp: Batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS. NL MVP Ryan Braun rated better than Matt Kemp in those three categories this...
• 11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Red Sox 2012 preview, part III: Why Aceves is not the answer in Boston’s rotation: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and what better way to kick off the long weekend than by talking about a group of guys who know a good...
• 11/22 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 NL MVP Award: The final award from the Baseball Writer's Association of America (BBWAA) is out and unlike the AL MVP, the 2011 NL MVP is not...
• 11/22 WSJ Daily Fix: How Braun Was a Brainy MVP Pick: The Count: A standard measure of player value favored the Dodgers' Matt Kemp, but there are lots of problems with that measure...
• 11/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Dig Into the New CBA: Though I wouldn’t have believed it just a few days ago, the big news of the day was not the announcement of the NL MVP Award,...
• 11/22 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Matt Kemp finishes second behind Ryan Braun in NL MVP voting: Ryan Braun doubled up Matt Kemp in today's National League MVP voting. The Brewers' outfielder snagged 20 of 32 first-place...
• 11/22 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 NL MVP Award: The final award from the Baseball Writer's Association of America (BBWAA) is out and unlike the AL MVP, the 2011 NL MVP is not...
• 11/22 Baseball Musings: Braun over Brains: Ryan Braun wins the NL MVP vote, as my post from this morning noted that Matt Kemp might not get his due, and voters placed more...
• 11/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp Loses MVP, Given Extra Draft Pick in Lottery Round: I hate to admit that this feels somewhat overshadowed by all of the collective bargaining ridiculousness which has dropped over...
• 11/22 Brotherly Glove: Verlander’s MVP and Halladay: Justin Verlander won the American League MVP on Monday, becoming the first pitcher to take home both major awards in the same...
• 11/22 Phillies Nation: Everyday a Halladay Again in 2011: We continue on with our 2011 Player Reviews with Roy Halladay. Unfortunately, after a another phenomenal season, Roy Halladay...
• 11/22 Baseball Musings: NL MVP Day: The Awards season ends with the announcement at 2 PM EST of the NL Most Valuable Player Award by the BBWAA. Here’s how I...
• 11/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp Probably Isn’t Going to Win the MVP, and That’s Okay: At 2pm ET / 11am PT on Tuesday, the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce the winner of the 2011 NL MVP, and that...
• 11/21 El Maquino: UTTER NONSENSE: VERLANDER WINS MVP: > Pitcher Justin Verlander won the AL MVP as a result of possibly the biggest baseball media farce ever.  Where it started,...
• 11/21 Through The Fence Baseball: All the Los Angeles Dodgers want for Christmas is …: It’s good to be a Dodgers’ fan right now … well, at least it’s better than it was this summer. Since the end of the 2011...
• 11/20 Phillies Nation: Hamels 2011 Takes Him to Elite Status: We continue our 2011 Player Review series with Cole Hamels. It’s almost as easy as talking about Santa Claus throwing snow...
• 11/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Kemp Nets 8 Years, $160 million: 2011 just keeps on getting better for Matt Kemp. After a disappointing 2010 campaign that saw the ultra-talented centerfielder...
• 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Marlins, Pujols, Wilson, Kershaw: The Red Sox have yet to hire a manager, so Jon Heyman of SI.com looks at the dynamics between GM Ben Cherington and Boston’s...
• 11/18 FanSided: 2011 NL Cy Young Winner: Clayton Kershaw: This season’s end of the year award ceremony continued yesterday with Los Angeles Dodgers’ left-hander Clayton Kershaw winning...
• 11/18 Raising Matt Cain: The price of success: Only Baseball Matters has a post that echoes what we've talked about here, namely that Clayton Kershaw ought to thank the Giants...
• 11/18 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 NL Cy Young Award: Day four of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) end of the year awards for the 2011 MLB season and now we know...
• 11/18 WasWatching: Great Career Starts By Young Lefty Starters: Here’s a list since 1901 - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Clayton Kershaw 3 2009 2011 21-23 Ind. Seasons 2 Frank Tanana 3 1975...
• 11/18 Crashburn Alley: Brief Thoughts on the NL Cy Young Award: Clayton Kershaw ran away with the National League Cy Young award yesterday, earning 27 of 32 first-place votes. Roy Halladay received...
• 11/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Kershaw Nabs NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw may not be the next Sandy Koufax, but for the LA Dodgers and their fans the young lefty is the next best thing. Along...
• 11/17 Venom Strikes: Dodgers Kershaw Beats Out Dbacks Kennedy For Cy Young Award: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy did not win the Cy Young Award on Thursday.  As expected, it went to the Los Angeles...
• 11/17 Chicken Friars: Congratulations Padre-Killer: Clayton Kershaw was just announced as the National League Cy Young winner today.  Congratulations to him, but you’ll forgive...
• 11/17 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 NL Cy Young Award: Day four of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) end of the year awards for the 2011 MLB season and now we know...
• 11/17 Baseball Analytics: Cy Kershaw: L.A.'s Clayton Kershaw took home the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday, beating out half of Philly's Phab Phour (Roy Halladay and...
• 11/17 El Maquino: OFFER TO ALBERT: PREDICTABLY LOW: > Can I get a big “Told you so”?  The Marlins’ offers to the biggest free agents on the market were just...
• 11/17 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Free Agents: Dodgers Targeting Veteran Starter: This afternoon, the Los Angeles Dodgers were told that they had the best starting pitcher in the National League in 2011.  While...
• 11/17 22gigantes.com: Four Giants pitchers receive Cy Young votes: We Giants fans have become somewhat spoiled when it comes to our pitchers and Cy Young award voting. That’s what happens...
• 11/17 Phillies Nation: Cliffmas in 2011; Lee 3rd in Cy, Doc Finishes Runner-Up: The NL Cy Young award was announced today and Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers is your winner, unseating the incumbent,...
• 11/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw wins 2011 NL Cy Young Award: The greatest season by a Los Angeles Dodgers' starting pitcher in more than a decade is rewarded in the National League's best...
• 11/17 The Golden Sombrero: Video: NL Cy Young Winner Clayton Kershaw: 2011 NL Cy Young Winner Clayton Kershaw warms up in the bullpen before a 2010 start window.dctile = Number(window.dctile) + 1...
• 11/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: More crazy MLB news: Selig adding wild card teams: To go along with the Astros’ migration to the American League, MLB is making another change today - adding a wild card team...
• 11/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cy Young Wins the Clayton Kershaw Award: …which is what I can only assume it will be named by 2025 or so. Congratulations to Clayton Kershaw, who today became the...
• 11/17 Baseball Musings: Kershaw’s Easy Cy: Clayton Kershaw won the Cy Young award easily, receiving 27 of 32 first place votes. There was pretty much a consensus on the...
• 11/17 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Prefer Kuroda, Harang, Capuano, Francis: The Dodgers have narrowed their search for starting pitching, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times (on Twitter). Free...
• 11/17 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw Wins NL CY Young: Clayton Kershaw won the 2011 National League Cy Young Award, the BBWAA announced. The 23-year-old left-hander becomes the youngest...
• 11/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw wins NL Cy YoungLos Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw was named the winner of the National League Cy Young award Thursday, Nov. 17....[+] Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw was named the winner of the National League Cy Young award Thursday, Nov. 17.
• 11/17 Baseball Musings: Kershaw or Halladay?: The BBWAA announces the NL Cy Young Award results today at 2 PM EST. Rob Neyer makes the case for Roy Halladay over Clayton Kershaw....
• 11/16 Release Points: Recognizing Clayton Kershaw’s Greatness: Clayton Kershaw is gifted, really gifted.  Not in the sense that every child is gifted either.  No.  He is gifted in the same...
• 11/16 D'Backs Venom: 2011 NL Cy Young Rankings: The 2011 National League Cy Young Award winner will be announced on Thursday, August 17th. The Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy, who...
• 11/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers and Advanced Statistics: Since the Dodgers have seemingly managed to go nearly 24 full hours without signing anyone (though not without filing yet another...
• 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal/Morosi On Dodgers, Astros, Blue Jays: The latest from Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports... The Dodgers' payroll will be well under $100MM in 2012,...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Big Bat Looking Less Realistic For Dodgers: Asked about adding a big bat this winter, Dodgers GM Ned Colletti told reporters including Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times,...
• 11/14 El Maquino: MANAGER MIKE MATHENY: > “Putting the birds on the bat on my chest is something that I know is not to be taken lightly and it’s something...
• 11/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers Close to Signing Matt Kemp (Updated): Update, 11:22am PT: SI’s Jon Heyman reports that the Dodgers and Kemp are in agreement, pending a physical, and that Kemp...
• 11/13 Fungoes.net: 2011 ESPN SweetSpot Awards: As part of the benign oligarchy that is the group of ESPN SweetSpot bloggers, we occasionally parti**** in group votes. Today...
• 11/11 MLB Dirt: 2011 National League Awards: The other week I posted my American League regular season awards and today I present you with my National League Awards. Rookie...
• 11/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA: Mailbag — Bring on the offseason!: Thanks for all of your submissions, folks. Please keep them coming; we’ll certainly address each email as quickly as possible!...
• 11/10 Crashburn Alley: Guest Post: Phillies and the Closer Situation: While the Phillies get their closer situation sorted out, I felt that this guest post was rather relevant. Tom Holzerman (or TH,...
• 11/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kemp Talking Extension: Matt Kemp and the Dodgers are discussing a long-term deal and talks have had “more substance lately,” according to Ken Gurnick...
• 11/9 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2011-12 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season plan: After all the off-season previews, we come to what I would do (or attempt to do) if I were the Dodgers' general manager. I am...
• 11/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yu Darvish: A Rare Opportunity for the Yankees: Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum, Jered Weaver, David Price, Stephen Strasburg.  What do all these pitchers have in common,...
• 11/9 MLB Dirt: Pitchers With Good Stuff: Jonathan Mitc**** posts here a few days ago on the worst pitches in baseball and the best pitches of 2011 has to be this writer’s...
• 11/7 i70baseball.com: Melky Cabrera Dealt To GiantsCabrera dealt to the Giants for Jonathan Sanchez and minor league left hander....
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Trade And Free Agent Market For Starting Pitchers: The Braves, Rays, Cardinals, Brewers, and Diamondbacks probably will not be in the market for starting pitching this offseason,...
• 11/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season preview: Free agent pitchers: The Dodgers, believe it or not, could be in the market for a starting pitcher this off-season. It depends on two things: whether...
• 11/5 Giants Nirvana: The Giants are willing to trade Jonathan Sanchez: According to Jon Morosi of FoxSports.com, the Giants are willing to trade Jonathan Sanchez “in an effort to free up money...
• 11/4 MLB Dirt: The Best Pitches of 2011: Yesterday I showed you who had the worst five pitches in the majors in 2011 and now I will show you who had the best five pitches....
• 11/3 22gigantes.com: Stow writes his name; McCourt to sell Dodgers: Very cool news from the Bryan Stow website today. The 42-year old paramedic and father of three, who is in a Northern California...
• 11/2 Halo Hangout: Aybar First Angel Shortstop to Win Gold Glove Since ’67: Los Angeles's Erick Aybar was named the AL's Gold Glove winner at shortstop for 2011. It's Aybar's first award...
• 11/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: McCourt agrees to sell Dodgers, plus more news: Bill Shakin of the L.A. Times tweeted just minutes ago Frank McCourt agreeed to sell the Dodgers."McCourt agrees to sell #Dodgers....
• 11/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers Close to Signing Juan Rivera (Updated): Los Angeles Times: Juan Rivera and the Dodgers are closing in on a one-year contract that would include a team option for 2013,...
• 11/1 For Baseball Junkies: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2011 MLB Gold Glove Nominees: AL and NL Gold Glove Nominees were announced today kicking off awards season.  In case you didn't already know, the Gold...

• 10/31 SOX & Dawgs: Four Red Sox Up For AL Gold Gloves: I'm pretty sure in the past, we've never known who the finalists are for the Gold Gloves at their respective positions. But this...
• 10/31 MLBTradeRumors: McCourt, MLB Nearing Settlement Agreement : Dodgers owner Frank McCourt appears to be nearing an agreement with MLB on a bankruptcy settlement, according to Bill Shaikin...
• 10/31 SOX & Dawgs: Four Red Sox Up For AL Gold Gloves: I'm pretty sure in the past, we've never known who the finalists are for the Gold Gloves at their respective positions. But this...
• 10/30 AndyPatton.net: 2011 MLB award predictions!: The MLB season has ended (congratulations to the Cardinals) and now it is time to make my award predictions! 2011 AL MVP: Justin...
• 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...
• 10/28 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season preview: Arbitration-eligible Dodgers: The Dodgers are entering expensive territory with some of their arbitration eligible players. Before, guys like Matt Kemp, Clayton...
• 10/28 22gigantes.com: Kemp, Bautista win BBA’s 2011 Stan Musial Awards: There were some outstanding performances this year in Major League Baseball. However, one clearly stood out from the pack. Los...
• 10/28 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Red Sox, Headley, Clippard: Nine years ago today, the Devil Rays signed Lou Piniella to a four-year contract and named him their manager. As compensation...
• 10/27 Kings of Kauffman: Matt Kemp, Jose Bautista Named BBA’s Stan Musial Award Winners: KEMP UNANIMOUS PICK FOR NL Stan Musial AWARD Bautista holds off Ellsbury in American League There were some outstanding performances...
• 10/27 i70baseball.com: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Announces Player Of The Year AwardsJose Bautista and Matt Kemp receive honors....
• 10/27 MLBTradeRumors: Matt Kemp's Agent Talks Extension : If the Dodgers attempt to lock Matt Kemp up to an extension this offseason, they shouldn't expect much of a hometown discount....
• 10/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Is About to Get Expensive: Clayton Kershaw, as you may have heard, is awesome. He’s probably going to win the NL Cy Young next month, and as he enters...
• 10/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Differing Opinions On Jerry Sands in 2012: There’s been a lot of Jerry Sands talk around the internet in the last week, and while Sands hasn’t done anything...
• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers' ownership battle may be coming to a close, but Ned Colletti must endure uncertainty for one more offseason as he...
• 10/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: Stan Musial Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/24 Fungoes.net: Kemp most valuable in 2011: Matt Kemp led all National League players in 2011 with a sabermetric MVP score of 15.13 and is our pick for the Baseball Bloggers...
• 10/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Starting Pitchers, Part 1: Today we start the pitching reviews, and the rotation is split into three sections. With the exception of the fact that Clayton...
• 10/23 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's look back at the original pieces we published here at MLBTR this week.. This week we completed our analysis of the...
• 10/23 i70baseball.com: Verlander Unanimous Selection For Walter Johnson AwardJustin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw named Walter Johnson Award winners by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
• 10/22 Kings of Kauffman: Justin Verlander Unanimous Selection for AL Walter Johnson Award by BBA: You can debate whether Justin Verlander should win the “best player in the league” award.  There was no debate on if he’d...
• 10/21 MLB Dirt: Stan Musial Award – National League MVP: Picking the National League MVP was almost as difficult as picking the American League MVP. It came down to a fight between two...
• 10/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Right Field: Andre Ethier (C-) .292/.368/.421 .789 11hr 1.3 WAR Andre Ethier started out his season with some completely unnecessary public...
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays will work within their budget in an attempt to boost their offense, but they don’t intend to sacrifice run prevention...
• 10/19 Giants Nirvana: NL Awards Voting: As a member of the BBA, and a contributor to Beyond the Box Score, I’ve taken part in a couple end-of-year award votes thus...
• 10/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: Walter Johnson Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/18 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2011 BBA Walter Johnson Award – NL Pitcher of the Year: How **** that in the “Year of the Pitcher” we would be tasked with casting a ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s...
• 10/18 Puckett's Pond: Fansided Names Pitchers of the Year at Call to the Pen: Congratulations to Fansided’s AL Pitcher of the Year, Justin Verlander and the NL Pitcher of the Year, Clayton Kershaw....
• 10/18 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA National League Walter Johnson (Cy Young) Award: The Walter Johnson Award goes to the National League’s best pitcher.  Unlike the American league, there is quite a debate...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles Series: Today we completed our analysis of the arbitration eligible players for all 30 teams, over 200 players in total.  The biggest...
• 10/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Which free agent starter should the Yankees pursue, Part II: Yu Darvish edition: For Part 1 of this two-parter in which we discuss C.J. Wilson, please click here. Ah, Yu Darvish. I first wrote about Darvish...
• 10/13 MLB Dirt: Walter Johnson Award – National League: The National League Walter Johnson Award, given to the top pitcher in each league, may very well be the closest race of any of...
• 10/11 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Awards: Goose Gossage & Walter Johnson: Our next round of awards voting for the Baseball Bloggers' Alliance is upon us and we're examing the Goose Gossage Award and Walter...
• 10/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Rotation: In the second of this series, I review the Dodgers' starting rotation. It was projected to be one of the best in the National...
• 10/11 Mets360.com: Potential Mets trading partner: Dodgers: It’s always nice to have someone worse off than you. For the Mets, we can always say – at least we’re not the Dodgers. Sure,...
• 10/11 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers are next in our arbitration eligibles series. First time: Clayton Kershaw Second time: Tony Gwynn Jr. Third...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Staying Out of Trouble: When I looked at Shaun Marcum‘s stats today, it struck me that he kept himself out of trouble by not facing too many batters...
• 10/8 22gigantes.com: Giants bloggers complete balloting for annual BBA awards: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has concluded its balloting process for the 2011 baseball season awards and the official national...
• 10/8 Baseball Analytics: C.J. Wilson In Driver's Seat vs. Righties: Counting switch-hitters, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland could pencil in as many as eight right-handed batters to face Texas...
• 10/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Parse Ned Colletti’s Comments on 2012: Ned Colletti gave a lengthy interview to Jim Bowden of ESPN/LA this week, and he was surprisingly candid about his thoughts on...
• 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Colletti, Kuroda, Barajas, Legal Ruling: On this day in 1978, the Dodgers clinched the NLCS on Bill Russell's walkoff single in the 10th inning of Game Four.  It was...
• 10/7 Fungoes.net: NLDS Game 5 pits two of baseball’s best pitchers since 1998: Tonight’s Game 5 of the NLDS pits two of baseball’s most formidable pitchers in a matchup of former Cy Young winners,...
• 10/7 Dropped Strike Three: Award Season Is Upon Us: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I am duty bound to provide my own take on the post season awards. Rather than go...
• 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...
• 10/6 Giants Nirvana: Roundtable: MVP talk, Jeff Keppinger, Coco Crisp: Joining Zack and myself for the October roundtable is Bay Area Sports Guy (or BASG) of, well…Bay Area Sports Guy. You can...
• 10/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: First Base: Man, I barely know where to start with this one… James Loney (Grade: ¿ or ¡ maybe? Or æ. Ooh, let’s go with þ.)...
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA NL Cy Young Vote: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America selected Clayton Kershaw as the NL Cy Young award winner. Los Angeles –...
• 10/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Well, That’s One Way to Fix The Dodgers: I’m still trying to put together my 2012 plan, traditionally the longest and most difficult post of the year. It’s...
• 10/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Inaugural TVPRCRP Postseason Awards: The Todd Van Poppel Rookie Card Retirement Plan unveiled our inaugural All-Star Team earlier this year and now it is time to announced...
• 10/2 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 9/25/11 - 10/1/11: It's time to take a look back at the week that was.. This week we learned that the Red Sox and manager Terry Francona have...
• 10/2 Up Along First: 2011: The season in review: The Mets ushered out the 2011 season in an afternoon win against the Reds on Tuesday. They finished up with a 77-85 record, “earning”...
• 10/1 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Fun Stats: I haven't done one of these in over a month, and since the regular season is over I figure this is my last chance until next spring. ...
• 10/1 Brotherly Glove: 2011 NLDS Preview: Game One: The Phillies and Cardinals are set to square off at 5 PM EST Saturday evening in the first game of their division series. The...

• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Arbitration Primer: What does it mean when we say a free agent was offered arbitration?  When a team offers arbitration to one of its own free agents,...
• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Kemp Won’t Talk Extension Once Season Starts: The Dodgers’ best player is a year away from hitting free agency and if they don’t lock him up by the time the 2012 season...
• 9/30 B-R Blog: Matt Moore (3 games in the major leagues) will start Game 1 for the Rays:   The Rays have opted to have rookie Matt Moore start Game 1 of the Division Series against the Rangers. (h/t to LoHud Yankees...
• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Ethier, Wada, Mattingly, Payroll: 2011 may have been the most tumultuous season in Dodger history, but it was still a winning one as the club finished with an 82-79...
• 9/29 Raising Matt Cain: Thank goodness for the little things: At least the Giants had the good grace to collapse early enough in the second-half of the season so that we weren't on pine-and-needles...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Stone Cole Gillespie: The Diamondbacks lost their final game of the season, although by the time they were down 4-0 to the Dodgers it no longer mattered...
• 9/28 Brotherly Glove: Brotherly Bullets: Lee & Wild Cards: Each week, Corey and I shelve a number of ideas that don’t seem worth a full-blown article. However, in the interest of not...
• 9/28 Raising Matt Cain: MadNumbers: Madison Bumgarner Stat--NL rankERA 3.21--11thWHIP 1.21--19thIP 204-2/3--17thQS 23--T7thAGS 56--10thK/9 8.29--12thK/BB 4.15--6thFanGraphs...
• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Padres, Kershaw, Iannetta: On this date 15 years ago, Barry Bonds stole his 40th base of the season to become the second member of the 40-40 club. Matt...
• 9/27 Philly Phanatics: Phillies Notebook: The health of Ryan Howard and Hunter Pence (together in photo) is one of Josh Landsburg's true concerns about the Phillies as...
• 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 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...
• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Dodgers, Mariners, Padres: Clayton Kershaw will win the triple crown for NL pitchers and Matt Kemp homered and drove in three tonight in his quest for...
• 9/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Don Mattingly’s Surprisingly Strong Season: I was filling out an award ballot for Howard Cole’s (of Baseball Savvy and the OC Register) IBWAA this morning (fun facts,...
• 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...
• 9/25 The Friarhood: Friars Fall to Kershaw, Dodgers in Sunday's Rubber Game: The Padres were unable to beat Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in the rubber game as they lost the game and the series on...
• 9/25 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Eliminated-from-Playoff-Contention Edition: Sunday afternoon links… Giants/NL West Tim Lincecum’s Contract Thoughts Are What A GM Should Want To Hear –...
• 9/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw All But Wraps Up the Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw reached the halfway mark of his 23rd year about 2 weeks ago, and with today’s 6-2 victory over San Diego,...
• 9/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Could today clinch the NL Cy Young for Clayton Kershaw?: As I write, Roy Halladay has put up three scoreless innings for the Phillies against the Mets today. Meanwhile, Clayton Kershaw...
• 9/24 Fungoes.net: Sabermetric MVP update: NL top 20: A lot of people are writing about NL MVP candidates these days, and the trendy favorite seems to be Matt Kemp, though of course...
• 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...
• 9/23 Phillies Nation: Late Season Frustration: The Phillies lost again last night. It’s becoming a little bit of a trend, and a very frustrating one at that. Rewind to...
• 9/23 Giants Nirvana: Extending Madison Bumgarner: Giants fans would like to see Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and maybe even Ryan Vogelsong receive multiple-year extensions during the...
• 9/23 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Barajas, Kuroda, Rivera: Clayton Kershaw leads the league in ERA, strikeouts and wins. Matt Kemp leads the league in RBI and isn't far off in home runs...
• 9/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: The obligatory postseason rotation speculation post: The fact that the regular season has just about run its course is hard to fathom. The Yankees, in typical Yankee fashion, have...
• 9/22 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Dana Eveland does Dana Eveland things: Giants 8, Dodgers 5. Last time the Giants faced Dana Eveland, he shut them down. Which isn’t very characteristic of Eveland,...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Dad-gum fired up about Kershaw snub on ESPN: It takes a lot to get me fired up. I don’t mean fired up in a good way like when the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw punk Tim “Dude,...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Jed’s picks for Cy Young and MVP: Well, folks, it’s that time of year when I tell you which players should win the big awards for the season. Yeah, I’m doing...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 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 Baseball Analytics: Kershaw and his evolving slider: Check out the evolution of the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw from a fastball/curveball pitcher to a fastball/slider pitcher.  2008 In...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Dad-gum fired up about Kershaw snub on ESPN: It takes a lot to get me fired up. I don’t mean fired up in a good way like when the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw punk Tim “Dude,...
• 9/21 Call to the Pen: Roy Halladay is Clearly NL Cy Young Frontrunner: It already seems like the NL Cy Young argument has come down to two terrific aces who both have compelling cases. To me, however,...
• 9/21 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Makes Claim for NL Cy Young as Dodgers top Giants 2-1: Did Clayton Kershaw just lock up the Cy Young Award? (Photo from Yahoo Sports) There are so many statistics we can throw out about...
• 9/21 22gigantes.com: Pablo Sandoval may need surgery: Giants manager Bruce Bochy told reporters before tonight’s game in Los Angeles that third baseman Pablo Sandoval‘s...
• 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 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...
• 9/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Might Not Need the Triple Crown: The NL Cy Young race between Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, and Cliff Lee is so ridiculously tight that it’s hard to think...
• 9/21 Baseball Musings: The Races in the West: Clayton Kershaw ended the Giants winning streak as he held San Francisco to one run in 7 1/3 innings as the Dodgers win a squeaker...
• 9/20 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Prepare to Finish off Home Schedule in Style: Did any Dodger fan really think we'd see another lefty like Koufax ever again? Fresh off of  a 15-to-1 pounding of the Pirates,...
• 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Jed’s picks for Cy Young and MVP: Well, folks, it’s that time of year when I tell you which players should win the big awards for the season. Yeah, I’m doing...
• 9/20 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: We haven't handed out any hardware since August 1st, when Justin Upton, Clayton Kershaw, Hideki Matsui, and Justin Verlander won...
• 9/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Goes for History, Whether We Like It Or Not: Pitcher wins are stupid. They’re so, so stupid. They’re the only reason Ian Kennedy is getting any play for the Cy...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays open a three-day, four-game series in New York with Wade Davis facing Ivan Nova. Tampa Bay moved back into the wild card...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Is Ian the One?: Ian Kennedy held the Pirates to two hits Monday night, walking one and striking out 12. He needed to pitch that well as the only...
• 9/20 B-R Blog: Recapping relevant games of Monday, 9/19/2011: -- Marlins 6, Braves 5: With 2 out in the last of the 9th, Omar Infante drilled a tailing-in fastball from Craig Kimbrel for...
• 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 9/19 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Eight Wins: This was a tweet from Andrew Baggarly about a month and a half ago… The Giants look freaking unbeatable … when they...
• 9/17 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective for 9/15/11: -  Who does S**** Duncan think he is?  He must think he is the man he makes sure all bad things happen in 3’s.  Bad joke…maybe. ...
• 9/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Hey Big Spender, Buy Prince Fielder: In just about every conversation about the 2012 Dodgers recently, the topic of “needing a big bat” has come up. Fans...
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Thome: The Dodgers and Marlins may turn out to be surprisingly big spenders this offseason, Jayson Stark writes at ESPN.com. Here are...
• 9/15 Venom Strikes: Notion that Kershaw Ejection Hurts Cy Young Chances is Ridiculous: When the Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw was ejected from last night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, my first...
• 9/15 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodger blogger profile: Chad Moriyama (Chad Moriyama, True Blue L.A.): In the fifth part of my mini-profiles on fellow Dodger bloggers, I catch up with Chad Moriyama. He used to run the now defunct...
• 9/15 MLB Dirt: Odd League Leaders and Trailers: As I was looking through the league leaders this morning I kept noticing the same names at the top of most stats. Matt Kemp,...
• 9/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Defeat Diamondbacks in Dramatic Fashion as Kershaw Wins #19: Someone should figure out a way to eject the home plate umpire Dodgers fans haven’t had a whole lot to cheer about this...
• 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...
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: Giants and Cardinals Inch Closer: Division leader losses helped the Giants and Cardinals Wednesday night. The Brewers fell to Colorado 6-2 as Carlos Gonzalez hit...
• 9/15 B-R Blog: Recapping Wednesday, 9/14/11: Latecomer to the shutout party: -- If they hadn't been in Houston, you could almost believe the Phillies had stage-managed their playoff-berth clincher. In winning...
• 9/14 Brotherly Glove: How Hamels Lost, How Happ Won: When it comes to Phillies-Astros, it never seems to matter how well either team is playing. The Phils are 15-18 against the Astros...
• 9/14 Phillies Nation: Inexplicable Woes With Houston Continue: When it comes to the Phillies and Astros, it never seems to matter which team is better and which is worse. At least not recently....
• 9/12 The Captain's Blog: Hollywood Stars: Dodgers’ Season of Discontent Has Had Bright Spots: In what has likely been the most dismal season in the 128-year history of the Dodgers’ franchise (some older Brooklyn residents...
• 9/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Hollywood Stars: Dodgers’ Season of Discontent Has Had Bright Spots: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). In what has likely been the most dismal season in the 128-year...
• 9/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ned Colletti Thinks the Dodgers Are Close to Contending, Because Of Course He Does: While I was away for the weekend, we saw Clayton Kershaw dominate the Giants as usual, Dana Eveland do his best to match Kershaw’s...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: Starters Who Could Be Extended Before Free Agency: Last year, Brett Myers, Ted Lilly, and Livan Hernandez signed extensions before hitting free agency.  So far this year, the...
• 9/11 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 9/4/11 - 9/10/11: With just a couple of weeks left in the season, there's plenty of talk giving us a picture of what can expect this winter,...
• 9/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers and Andre Ethier need to quit playing games: The Dodgers and Andre Ethier are playing the "say all the right things" game and trying to posture when instead both should just...
• 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: Colletti On The Dodgers' Offseason Plans: Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti looked ahead to the 2012 season and discussed some of his winter priorities with MLB.com's...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
• 9/10 Lasorda's Lair: Raptors Lead Owlz 1-0 in Match-up of Dodgers vs. Angels Rookie League Teams & O’Koyea: Ogden Raptors fans traveled well and Dodger Blue was in the house! While Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum were dueling in the...
• 9/10 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Clayton Kershaw dominates: Dodgers 2, Giants 1 The Giants got on the board early, as Pablo Sandoval singled in a run in the first inning off of Clayton Kershaw....
• 9/9 Through The Fence Baseball: MacDougal having last laugh with Dodgers: Matt Kemp is having a career year and has an outside shot at winning the Triple Crown. Clayton Kershaw should win the NL Cy Young...
• 9/9 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (92-48) at Brewers (85-60): Philadelphia Phillies (92-48) at Milwaukee Brewers (85-60) Roy Halladay (16-5, 2.49) vs. Shaun Marcum (12-5, 3.11) Time: 8:10...
• 9/9 MLBTradeRumors: NL Links: LaMar, Wang, Cubs, Brewers: Here are some links from the Senior Circuit as we await tonight's Clayton Kershaw-Tim Lincecum matchup... Bill Conlin of...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox as the teams open a three-game series in what could be the last gasp of the AL Wild...
• 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PREDICTING THE MVP & CY YOUNG AWARDS: It’s hard to believe that it is already September, which means we are in the final sprint for post-season play and voting...
• 9/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Andre Ethier Done For Season With Knee Injury: Andre Ethier has finally decided the pain in his knee is too much, and he’s made the decision we all called for nearly two...
• 9/7 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Cain pitches well, loses: Padres 3, Giants 1. Matt Cain reached two milestones tonight (h/t @SFGiantsFans): his 200th career start, and his fifth consecutive...
• 9/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Let’s party!: Braves and Yankees expected to collapse … maybe:   This weekend I had the pleasure of being invited to an actual “Hollywood party” in the actual “Hollywood Hills.”...
• 9/5 B-R Blog: Labor Day notes: Lee’s 6th shutout; rook’s near-perfect game: -- Cliff Lee, who was lifted after 8.2 scoreless innings in last start, got his 6th shutout of the year Monday, stopping Atlanta...
• 9/5 Neurotic Sports Fan: Cy Young Races: AL “Race”: Justin Verlander NL Race: This one is a little tougher. The default answer is Roy Halladay, as usual,...
• 9/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Let’s party: Yankees and Braves will collapse … hopefully: This weekend I had the pleasure of being invited to an actual “Hollywood party” in the actual “Hollywood Hills.” The music...
• 9/4 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Dodgers 3: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 04, 2011 – ESPN. That’s the game the Braves...
• 9/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Kershaw Good But Not Good Enough As Dodger Winning Streak Ends: Clayton Kershaw stuck out ten Braves today without walking a single batter, the third time in his career he’s struck out...
• 9/4 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies: (88-47) vs Marlins (61-77): Philadelpia Phillies (88-47) at Florida Marlins (61-77) Roy Halladay (16-5, 2.47) vs Anibal Sanchez (7-7, 3.97) Time: 1:10 PM...
• 9/4 Tomahawk Take: Braves Try To Prevent Sunday Sweep:   The Dodgers try to complete a sweep of the Braves at home today with their ace and potential CY Young winner Clayton Kershaw...
• 9/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Two pitchers try to burnish their Cy Young credentials in separate games Sunday afternoon. Roy Halladay faces Anibal Sanchez in...
• 9/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cubs, Dodgers, Rockies, Gonzalez, Rangers: Sunday afternoon linkage.. ESPN.com's Buster Olney has an interesting take on the Cubs' extension of player personnel director...
• 9/3 Raising Matt Cain: Cain and Beltran lead the way: Carlos Beltran finally delivered the kind of game The Brian Trust was hoping for when they pulled off the trade at the end of...
• 9/2 FanSided: Dodger Weekend Will Test Braves: The Dodgers arrive today hot as that ubiquitous dancing bobcat, winning 12 of their last 15 games and averaging 6.8 runs a game...
• 9/2 Tomahawk Take: Dodger Weekend Will Test Braves: The Dodgers arrive today hot as that ubiquitous dancing bobcat, winning 12 of their last 15 games and averaging 6.8 runs a game...
• 9/2 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 MLB Races Heating Up: Things to Watch in September: The 2011 pennant race will soon be heating up and although things appear to be relatively quiet, there are definitely some headline...
• 9/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Stop the presses! The Dodgers don’t stink: Stop the presses! Newsflash: The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the hottest teams in the majors right now. No, this is not April...
• 9/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Reality Bites: I hate to break the news to everybody else in Cardinal Nation, but the chances of the Cardinals reaching the playoffs increased...
• 9/2 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: McCourt, Kemp, Kershaw: Dodgers owner Frank McCourt received a $1.2 billion offer for the Dodgers and related assets yesterday, though Major League Baseball...
• 9/1 60ft6in.com: Five Month Cy Young Awards: As the pitching in Major League Baseball continues to improve, or the hitting continues to decline, a number of pitchers have...
• 9/1 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Carlos Beltran’s chasing too many pitches: After yesterday’s brilliant performance, Madison Bumgarner now has 157 strikeouts in 173.1 innings pitched. All in all,...

• 8/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: What's gotten into the Dodgers? Plus other news: The Dodgers are playing their best ball of the season. Too bad it's nearly September and the Dodgers have zero shot at the playoffs. In...
• 8/31 Through The Fence Baseball: He said, she said at the heart of Andre Ethier controversy: Growing up as a kid, I was a sportsaholic. I ate, slept and played sports 365 and 24/7. Many of you are probably no different....
• 8/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: CY Clones:   The MVP races are heating up, and thus the baseball blogosphere has been saturated by the competition between the leagues’...
• 8/30 Philly Phanatics: Phillies need to avoid mad dash to finish line: The Phillies are scheduled to play 33 games during the final 31 days of the regular season. It’s important for the Phillies...
• 8/30 Baseball Musings: Kershaw Makes his Bid: Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game as he held the Padres to one run in the Dodgers 4-1 win Monday night. That put Kershaw...
• 8/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: James and the Giant Streak: Not to totally shortchange Clayton Kershaw‘s fifth complete game of the season or Andre Ethier‘s 3-4 performance despite...
• 8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Tampa Bay Rays: We've covered the Orioles, Red Sox, and Yankees; now it's time to look at Rays players who will be arbitration eligible after...
• 8/30 B-R Blog: Recap Lite: Monday 8/29/2011: -- Tim Lincecum's streak of 9 straight starts with at least 6 IP and no more than 2 runs allowed dissolved in an unprecedented...
• 8/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Don Mattingly’s Al Davis Compact: No matter how this season ends for the Dodgers (75-87 looks about right at this point), manager Don Mattingly should get a pass...
• 8/28 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Is Andre Ethier Being Treated Unfairly?: Of the many things that have gone wrong for the Dodgers this season, among the most troubling is the total power outage from Andre...
• 8/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Is Cliff Lee sneaking into the NL Cy Young race?: With all of the talk that Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels have generated this year for the Phillies, it is easy to look past Cliff...
• 8/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Against Roy Halladay For the Cy Young: On Tuesday, Clayton Kershaw tossed six scoreless innings in St. Louis, extending his National League strikeout lead and making...
• 8/24 Bay City Ball: Tim Lincecum is still great: A  lot of our posts are just depressing right now. It’s not our fault–the Mariners passed the Giants in runs scored...
• 8/24 Brotherly Glove: Doc, Lee, Cole and the NL Cy Young Award: Roy Halladay is having the best season of any pitcher in the National League, but his Cy Young Award candidacy has recently come...
• 8/24 C70 At The Bat: It's Either Laugh or Cry: At the end of yesterday's post, I wrote the following:We as fans know that this season is over from a postseason perspective....
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The day starts with one Cy Young winner and ends with another. Felix Hernandez tries to help the Mariners play spoiler to the...
• 8/24 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Tuesday 8/23: -- Ian Kennedy and Clayton Kershaw each won his 16th and remained tied for the NL lead, one ahead of Roy Halladay. Kennedy (16-4,...
• 8/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Kershaw, Barajas Lead the Way in 13-2 Rout: The fun part about a 13-2 win, aside from the obvious, is that there’s generally an inordinate amount of statistical information...
• 8/23 C70 At The Bat: No Words: There comes a point in this season where you just become numb to it all, doesn't there?  While I don't think the fan...
• 8/18 C70 At The Bat: Wrenching Sweep Plans: Like a superhero facing a notorious foe, the Cardinals wrenched the Pirates' plans of pushing the Redbirds farther into irrelevancy....
• 8/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Kershaw, Barajas, Brewer Defense Help Dodgers Avoid Sweep: Considering that the Dodgers had scored all of two runs in the first three games of this four-game set, breaking out for five...
• 8/17 Release Points: Recognizing Clayton Kershaw’s Greatness: Clayton Kershaw is gifted, really gifted.  Not in the sense that every child is gifted either.  No.  He is gifted in the same...
• 8/13 Phillies Nation: Dr. Strangeglove: The Best Pitching Staff: I get the whole “Oh no, there’s nothing to write about” thing all the time. Particularly, after 110 games, not...
• 8/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Fill Slow News Day With Signing of Chris Reed: Here’s some good placeholder news for a night off: per Tony Jackson, the Dodgers have come to terms with their first round...
• 8/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers to recall Sellers to take Gordon's spot: Dee Gordon was placed on the disabled list after re-injuring his shoulder on Tuesday night against the Phillies. Tony Jackson...
• 8/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Roberts, Lester, Nova: Curtis Granderson added to his MVP-caliber season with home run number 32 today and he now has a .276/.367/.584 line. He'll...
• 8/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Wait until next year: James Loney becomes an issue for Dodgers: It’s early August, and fans in cities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston and New York are entrenched in the excitement of division...
• 8/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Catching up on Dodger doings: Eovaldi, Gordon, Webster, Songco: Despite losing Rubby De La Rosa for the season and likely all of 2012, there is another young fireballer Dodger fans can be...
• 8/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw & Ted Lilly Discuss the Phillies Lineup: The official Dodger Twitter feed brings us this picture of Clayton Kershaw and Ted Lilly going over scouting reports, with the...
• 8/9 Baseball Musings: Cy Young Race: Rob Neyer posts on the NL Cy Young race, noting that Roy Halladay should win easily. Halladay’s only competition comes from...
• 8/7 Venom Strikes: Dbacks Avoid Sweep Against Dodgers: Another day of little offense, however that was expected against Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw.  The Arizona Diamondbacks...
• 8/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even Clayton Kershaw has a Tough Start Sometimes: When I saw that today’s starting lineup included the infield foursome of  James Loney, Eugenio Velez, Jamey Carroll, and...
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: Kennedy on Top: Ian Kennedy out-pitched Clayton Kershaw as the Diamondbacks stay 1/2 games behind the Giants with a 4-3 win over the Dodgers....
• 8/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Nathan Eovaldi Wins Debut On a Day That Nearly Lives in Infamy: With apologies to the impressive debut of Nathan Eovaldi, which we’ll get to in a second, just about everything else that...
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Felix Hernandez and Ervin Santana face off as the Mariners try to play spoiler again to the Angels. Hernandez is simply on the...
• 8/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Can the Dodgers expect the next Ryan Dempster with latest call-up?: There’s an old adage that says something about when one door closes, another one opens. That couldn’t be more true for the...
• 8/4 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Loney, Kershaw, Pineiro: On this date in 1948, the Brooklyn Dodgers acquired announcer Ernie Harwell from the Atlanta Crackers for catcher Cliff Dapper...
• 8/4 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CASHMAN HAS 1 MAJOR FLAW: Look, don't get me wrong, Brian Cashman has done a good job for the Yankees as GM since 1998, if he hadn't he would be gone...
• 8/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: What to Watch For the Rest of the Season: With the excitement of the trading deadline fading in the rear-view mirror and Rubby De La Rosa‘s immediate future going...
• 8/2 MLB Dirt: Kershaw is Quietly Having an Amazing Year: When debate over the Cy Young Award arises it is usually in the context of the tight race in the American League. And why not?...
• 8/2 Lasorda's Lair: Despite Another Kershaw Win, Things Just Go From Bad to Worse for Dodgers:   It was the usual suspects leading the Dodgers to a 6-to-2 victory over San Diego. Clayton Kershaw threw his 4th complete...
• 8/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: NL Cy Young race: Clayton Kershaw v. Roy Halladay: As we enter the season's final two months, there isn't much to be excited about on the Dodgers' front. They weren't able to trade...
• 8/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Rubby De La Rosa could need Tommy John Surgery: Rubby De La Rosa went on the disabled list today with elbow inflammation. Anytime a pitcher goes on the DL with elbow issues,...
• 8/2 NY Baseball Digest: MLB’s Trade Deadline: Fan Fantasy Frenzy: When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, we used to celebrate a little-known holiday called St. Nicholas Day. It falls on December...
• 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:...
• 8/2 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: In the most important western game of Monday night the Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 5-2. With a three game winning streak...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: When The 40/60/80 Arbitration Rule Doesn’t Work: If you’re interested in contracts between teams and players, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the 40/60/80 rule (see...
• 8/1 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: The last time we checked player rankings for the past two weeks, on July 10th, our Players of the Fortnight were Jose Bautista,...

• 7/28 Bay City Ball: Letters to Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy: In the exquisite film The Shawshank Redemption, “Andy” Dufresne (Tim Robbins) wrote a letter per day to the State, requesting...
• 7/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Ned Colletti needs to camp out in the Bronx: I’m not a Major League Baseball General Manager, I just play one on TTFB. It’s easy to have all the answers when you’re...
• 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...
• 7/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Should your team want B.J. Upton?: Anybody with passable vision and modest baseball instincts can tell B.J. (Bossman Junior) Upton is a true talent. With the trade...
• 7/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Are the Yankees any good at developing pitchers?: In February of 2007, Baseball America deemed 20-year-old Phil Hughes the league's #4 prospect.  A few rungs lower on the...
• 7/26 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff: We did this a few months ago, when there was such a small sample size, it was almost a waste of time. Tonight, we'll be looking...
• 7/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Looking Back at Opponents' OPS Leaders: Expanding on our last post, looking at pitchers’ Opponents' OPS, here is a historical look at Oops leaders of this millennium....
• 7/23 Lasorda's Lair: More Proof of Just How Awesome Clayton Kershaw Is: Clayton Kershaw deals during his dominating performance against the Giants We all know how good Clayton Kershaw is, we have the privilege of...
• 7/23 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Opponent OPS Leaders: Joe Posnanski published an inspired blog post on Friday. If you're into looking at baseball from different point of views, or...
• 7/22 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodger blogger profile: Greg Zakwin (Plaschke, Thy Sweater is Argyle): This is a the third in a series of Dodger blogger profiles. This time we look at Greg Zakwin, who runs Plaschke Thy Sweater is...
• 7/22 Baseball Analytics: Clayton Kershaw's Platoon-Proof Slider: Is the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw the best starting pitcher in baseball? If not, he's in the discussion. The 23-year-old left-hander...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger: Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the...
• 7/21 Lasorda's Lair: Greetings Dodgers Fans From Maui: Maui Wowie! Lasorda’s Lair has departed on our big summer vacation to the beautiful island of Maui. The bad news is I was en-route...
• 7/21 Raising Matt Cain: Better Than Tim: What can I say? Some things in life just don't call for deep analysis. You know... sunsets, rainbows, pitcher's duels, that kind...
• 7/21 COSFBA: Line of the Day: July 20th, 2011: Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers allowed just three hits and struck out 12 over eight shutout innings to beat Tim ...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Market Update: Drew, Gomez, Beltran : Two contenders lost key players in the same game tonight and the injuries could affect the trade market for the remainder of the...
• 7/20 22gigantes.com: Kershaw, Dodgers mow down Giants 1-0: Lincecum struck out seven Wednesday, but took the loss. (AP photo) It was All-Star vs. All-Star Wednesday at AT&T...
• 7/20 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Dodgers 1, Giants 0: If you missed this game, here's all you need to know... Tim Lincecum was really good.  Sergio Romo was really good. Clayton...
• 7/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Continues to Own the Giants: Earlier today, I wrote this, regarding Clayton Kershaw‘s history against San Francisco: Kershaw historically owns the Giants;...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Duel by the Bay: Tim Lincecum was good, but Clayton Kershaw was great as the Dodger squeeze by the Giants 1-0. Lincecum was a little wild once...
• 7/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There’s Reason to Pay Attention to the Dodgers Today: Despite coming back from a 2-0 deficit, the Dodgers lost to the Giants yet again on Tuesday, meaning… well, it doesn’t...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Pirates go for a sweep of the Reds with Johnny Cueto battling Jeff Karstens. Cueto, like Ryan Vogelsong, got a late start...
• 7/19 Baseball Analytics: Rubby De La Rosa's Gem of a Fastball: Little has gone right for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season. The club is periously close to last place in the NL West standings,...
• 7/19 Raising Matt Cain: So many things to like about last night: Pablo Sandoval fielding (awesome pick-and-throw on the Matt Kemp DP in the 6th)Pablo Sandoval hitting (400-foot HR and two ropes...
• 7/18 Phillies Nation: NL 5, AL 1: Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting: If you’re the confident type, you can buy tickets for Game 1 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park. Ten pitchers combined...
• 7/18 Giants Nirvana: Giants-Dodgers Series Preview: Fresh off a brief 3-1 road series against San Diego, the Giants head back home for a three-game set against the Dodgers. The Dodgers,...
• 7/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Is Brandon Morrow Elite?: He shut down the Yankees We've been fans since he was a prospect in the Mariners organization. A flame throwing right-hander...
• 7/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw doesn't give up a lot of unearned runs: If you had looked at the score of last night's game, you might have thought Clayton Kershaw didn't pitch that well.Did he give...
• 7/16 Venom Strikes: Dbacks Start Second Half on Wrong Foot: Well, sure the Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw is good, but you really still had to have hope going in to tonight’s...
• 7/16 Lasorda's Lair: Kemp and Kershaw Lead Dodgers Past D-Backs:   Clayton Kershaw allowed 4 runs (No earned thanks to a Juan Uribe error) on only 5 hits over 7 innings for his 10th win...
• 7/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Open 2nd Half Tonight in Arizona: The Dodgers ended the first half of the season by doing something they hadn’t done all year, win four games in a row. They...
• 7/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sell, Buy, or Other? Two Weeks Until the Deadline: As we head into the second half of the season, the Dodgers stand at 41-51, 11.5 games behind San Francisco in the NL West and...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Dodgers, Riggleman, Shields, Jimenez: Sixteen years ago today, Ramon Martinez threw a no-hitter against the Florida Marlins.  The former All-Star won 123 games in...
• 7/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodger blogger profile: Evan Bladh (Opinion of Kingman's Performance): In the second installment of my Dodger blogger profile series, Evan Bladh of Opinion of Kingman's Performance answers my questions.His...
• 7/14 Crashburn Alley: Crashburn Alley First Half Awards: At the end of June, myself, Paul Boye, and Jeff Barnes dished out awards to the Phillies we felt were most deserving. Due to some...
• 7/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: How Far Can Rubby de la Rosa Go?: In my latest piece at Baseball Prospectus today, I looked into what young and at-risk starting pitchers may need to be shut down...
• 7/13 mlbcoverage.com: Scouting Report: Rubby De La Rosa: Home | Scouting Reports Player MiLB Stats | Player MLB Stats Originally Posted on May 26, 2011 | Last Updated:...
• 7/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Getting acquainted with the future: Baseball America’s ability to rank prospects and to do it with surprising accuracy is reason enough to pay attention to...
• 7/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' All-Star trio performs well: The National League defeated the American League on Tuesday, 5-1. The Dodgers had three representatives at the game, and they...
• 7/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Dodgers GM Ned Colletti: The good, the bad or the ugly?: Los Angeles Dodgers fans from Eureka to El Cajon are complaining on message boards about the dismal product on the field this...
• 7/12 Yankees Daily: Fielder’s HR propels NL to consecutive All-Star wins: PHOENIX (AP) — Pitching, speed and a little bit of power. The National League is back on top in the All-Star game, using...
• 7/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Going to Detroit: Hiroki Kuroda … coming to L.A. …?: Major-league baseball is the best professional sport in the world! One of the reasons? The July 31 trade deadline. Fans of the...
• 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...
• 7/12 mlbreports.com : MLB All-Star Futures Game 2011: World Team Preview: Thursday, July 7, 2011   Rob Bland (Intern Candidate for MLB Reports):   Since its inception in 1999, the Futures Game,...
• 7/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Dodgers' mideseason analysis and grades: The 2011 season has been one to forget for the organization. The team is not playing well on the field and everything with the...
• 7/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: This Dodger team is bad, but 2005 was worse: Well, at least 2005's team (71-91, Pythagorean 74-88) felt worse.The Dodgers (37-51, Pythagorean 39-49) are struggling and with...
• 7/12 Blog Red Machine: Flaws, Foibles Find Reds in Fourth; Fans Feeling Frustrated: Dusty Baker (Photo: Jamie Ramsey) Well, we have officially reached the All-Star break and our Redlegs could certainly use the...
• 7/12 NY Baseball Digest: Weighing Innings & Pitch Counts Against Optimal Development: This article isn’t meant to be a comparison between two or three specifc players, but as an exercise in how certain organizations...
• 7/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Andre Ethier, All-Star: Per, well, everyone at this point, Andre Ethier has been selected to the All-Star team to replace Shane Victorino, who was placed...
• 7/6 Fungoes.net: NL, Cardinal first-half MVPs: During the broadcast of the Cardinals-Reds game Tuesday night, ESPN ran a quick piece asking who the first-half MVP was. Now,...
• 7/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Hiroki Kuroda increases his value: When Hiroki Kuroda shut the Angels down on Friday night (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K), he not only beat the Dodgers' closest regional...
• 7/2 COSFBA: Line of the Day: July 1st, 2011: Jair Jurrjens of the Atlanta Braves pitched a one-hitter for his first career shutout in a dominant 4-0 victory over the...
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Roy Halladay and Carlos Villanueva get Saturday off to a good start as the Phillies continue their series in Toronto. It’s...
• 7/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Going, going, gone in LA — but don’t call it a fire sale: It’s been nice knowing you. Au revoir. Adios. No matter what language you say it in, “Goodbye” means farewell, and the 2011...
• 7/1 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (40-42) vs Iowa Cubs of Chicago (34-48): Somehow the White Sox are hovering around .500 despite the vortex of suck that is their offense. As @rotopat pointed out on Twitter...
• 7/1 Brotherly Glove: NL All-Star Pitchers Selections: Yesterday, Corey and I each rolled out our NL All-Star batter selections. Many of the selections were similar, as the senior circuit...
• 7/1 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR-Stars: With most teams at or past the midpoint of the season, and the annual Po**** & Pity Game almost upon us, let's stage a fantasy...

• 6/30 mlbcoverage.com: Scouting Report: Rubby De La Rosa: Home | Scouting Reports Player MiLB Stats | Player MLB Stats Originally Posted on May 26, 2011 | Last Updated:...
• 6/30 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Deadline Plans For NL Teams: The trade market is still developing at this point in the season, but it’s starting to take shape. Buster Olney outlines the...
• 6/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: 10 Starting Pitchers the Yankees Could Trade For: Yesterday I ran through a list of 10 relievers that could potentially be available to the Yankees through a trade so I thought...
• 6/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: If the Dodgers had a fire-sale…: So, the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Immediately, this doesn’t really have much of an impact of the Yankees and...
• 6/26 Baseball Musings: Walden: …it is error upon error and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occassion a superfluous and evitable(?) wretchedness....
• 6/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Wait Until Last Second to Avoid Sweep: For most of the afternoon, today’s matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Jered Weaver more than lived up to the hype, matching...
• 6/26 B-R Blog: Justin Verlander: Best Tigers pitcher since … ?: After many hours hunched over my trusty slide rule, I've reached a tentative conclusion: this Verlander chappy just might have...
• 6/22 MLBTradeRumors: Jamey Carroll Q&A: Yesterday I had a chance to talk with Dodgers infielder Jamey Carroll.  Click below to read his preferences in free agency,...
• 6/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Ogden Raptors start season with 20-0 victory: Well, that's certainly one way to start a season.The Dodgers' Pioneer League affiliate, the Ogden Raptors, won its season debut...
• 6/21 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Kershaw Dominates Tigers: We don’t get to see a lot of guys like Clayton Kershaw, but I sure won’t miss seeing him face the Tigers. This guy...
• 6/21 COSFBA: Line of the Day: June 20th, 2011: Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers did it all against Detroit. He pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out 12 and driving...
• 6/21 WasWatching: Putting A Number On Ivan Nova: I was thinking this AM that Ivan Nova is doing pretty good this season for a pitcher his age.  So, I decided to look at pitchers...
• 6/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw, Ace: When the topic of pitcher wins comes up, we’re all enlightened enough to know that they’re generally useless. A pitcher...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Dodgers pitched their second shutout in a row as they defeated the Tigers 4-0. Clayton Kershaw spun a two-hitter, walking...
• 6/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: None of This Should Have Come As A Surprise: Just before camp opened in February – on Valentine’s Day, no less, so I must have been feeling particularly forgiving...
• 6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't?: A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what...
• 6/20 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't?: A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what...
• 6/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't?: A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what...
• 6/15 COSFBA: Line of the Day: June 14th, 2011: Justin Verlander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and finished with a complete game two-hit shutout, striking out a season-high...
• 6/15 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: See Dee Run: (Will all of this crash your browser? Uh, possibly. Apologies if so. If it does, then add “your computer” to the long...
• 6/12 B-R Blog: Sunday Supplement: Recapping Games of June 12: An arbitrary and capricious roundup of today's MLB action: Francisco Liriano's bid for a 2nd no-hitter was ended in the 8th by...
• 6/11 Baseball Musings: Reversed Roles: Going into Friday night’s game, Kyle Lohse was more likely than Chris Narveson to pitch a shutout, but the Brewers touched...
• 6/11 B-R Blog: Game Snippets for Friday, June 10: Ho-Hum, Halladay: -- Placido Polanco hit a grand slam that sent Carlos Zambrano to the showers having allowed 7 ER on 7 hits and 7 walks in 6.2...
• 6/10 Baseball Musings: Late Night Update: CC Sabathia held the Red Sox scoreless for six innings, then gave up six runs in the seventh inning as the Red Sox completed a...
• 6/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw struggles in Coors, but who doesn't?: A Twitter comment about Clayton Kershaw needing to be a better pitcher on the road to be considered elite got me thinking: what...
• 6/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even Matt Kemp Can’t Save This Mess: With the Dodgers up 4-0 five innings into the game, I started thinking about what I might want to write about tonight. Initially,...
• 6/9 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Could Move Hughes to Pen: Even before the news of Joba Chamberlain‘s season ending surgery, I was told by my Tampa source the Yankees were considering...
• 6/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Beat Me to the Punch, Demote Jerry Sands: No one’s going to believe me on this, but I was just now halfway through writing a post about how the Dodgers should demote...
• 6/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rubby and Dee Hit the Big Time: Tonight in Philadelphia, Rubby De La Rosa will make his first MLB start. (As Joe Block notes, it’ll be just his 24th professional...
• 6/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Select LHP Chris Reed: With the 16th pick in the first round, the Dodgers have selected LHP Chris Reed from Stanford. I’m not a draft expert, and...
• 6/6 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Draft With Pick #16 Tonight: Dodgers 2011 Draft Team (Photo from Ben Platt) So will they land another Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley who get to the majors...
• 6/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dee Gordon Arrives, But Is the Timing Right?: I dipped out of a slow day at work early today to enjoy the weather and run some errands, keeping one eye on Twitter for the inevitable...
• 6/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: History of the No. 16 pick in the MLB Draft: The Dodgers have the 16th pick in the MLB Draft, which begins Monday. Some of the players of note who could be available with...
• 6/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox moved their game against Oakland to 1 PM EDT as Trevor Cahill faces Josh Beckett. Cahill’s road ERA is 0.6 runs...

• 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...
• 5/31 B-R Blog: Yovani Gallardo and scoring runs every time on base: Check out pitchers this year who have scored runs at least half their times on base (minimum 10 plate appearances): Rk Player...
• 5/30 COSFBA: Line of the Day: May 29th, 2011: SP Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers allowed two hits and walked one while striking out 10 in an 8-0 victory over the...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw picks up shutout: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw pitched a two-hitter for his second shutout and complete game in the majors, and the Dodgers...[+] routed the Florida Marlins 8-0 Sunday, May 29.
• 5/29 Baseball Musings: Unhittable Kershaw: Clayton Kershaw tossed a two-hit shutout against the Marlins as the Dodgers take the game 8-0. Clayton walked one and struck out...
• 5/29 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Bats Awake as Kershaw Dominates: Kershaw gives the Dodgers a huge lift by pitching his 2nd shutout For a Dodger team averaging just under three runs per game during...
• 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...
• 5/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Shocking, Breaking News: Sports Illustrated‘s Jon Heyman lays some knowledge on us: Executives say Dodgers first baseman James Loney is a likely...
• 5/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw solid in no-decision: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed one earned run, four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over six innings...[+] in a no-decision Monday, May 23, against the Houston Astros. Kershaw's ERA dropped from 3.09 to 2.96 as a result of the solid outing. He has quality starts in four of his past five appearances.
• 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....
• 5/22 Baseball Moves: Week 8 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 8. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: When Adding a Designated Hitter Isn’t All That Helpful: Tonight, interleague play starts yet again, and if you’re not over the moon about the prospect of the Diamondbacks renewing...
• 5/20 Baseball Musings: Short Shutouts: Short Shutout poster child Chris Narveson through his third of the season Thursday night. Photo: Icon SMI Craig Calcatera was...
• 5/19 22gigantes.com: Burriss called up to replace DeRosa: DeRosa = $12 million down the drain According to sfgiants.com, San Francisco Giants infielder Mark DeRosa was placed on...
• 5/19 Raising Matt Cain: Cody Ross saves the day: There seemed to be a bit of desperate scrambling on the Giants bench last night. After Matt Cain battled through a tough 7th...
• 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...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw struggles: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed four runs on seven hits and a walk while fanning six in five innings in his loss...[+] to the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, May 18.
• 5/19 22gigantes.com: Is DeRosa's baseball career over?: Stick a fork in DeRosa. He's likely done. Utility player Mark DeRosa's final line as a San Francisco Giant could very well...
• 5/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Draft Bored: To punctuate the absurdity of the attention paid to the MLB Draft as if it’s on a level with the NBA/NFL versions in terms...
• 5/19 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 8, Dodgers 5: That was one of the least enjoyable games in recent memory. Mark DeRosa's left wrist strain -- Baggs described it pretty...
• 5/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Owns the Giants: Apologies for the radio silence, as I’ve been otherwise occupied for a few days, both with real world commitments and multiple...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Two teams in first place by the smallest of margins battle in Philadelphia as Jorge de la Rosa and the Rockies visit Cole Hamels...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: One Inning Game: Matt Kemp hit his eighth home run of the season in the first inning, a two-run shot that would prove to be all the offense the...
• 5/18 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (22-19) at LAD (20-23): The Jeckyll-and-Hyde San Francisco Giants visit Dodger Stadium Wednesday to begin another quick, two-game series against the Los...
• 5/17 Raising Matt Cain: Denvered again: You'd think the Giants of San Francisco were rich with wins. So bloated with wins that they like to toss a few away, just for...
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Previewing Jaime Garcia's Arbitration Debut: If Jaime Garcia keeps pitching like this, David Price and Clayton Kershaw won’t be the only first-time arbitration eligible...
• 5/17 22gigantes.com: Rockies come from behind to sweep Giants: Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth to help the Colorado Rockies take a 5-3 win over the San Francisco...
• 5/16 MLB Fantasy Recon: Start & Sit Week 7 from The Fix: Re-Joyce for Week 7James Bryce and J.J. Omar offer up some recommendations for your line up in Sit or Start, including some advice...
• 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 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Alexi Ogando out-pitched Jered Weaver as Texas defeated the Angels 4-1. Ogando gave up one home run to Weaver’s two. After...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw dominates: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw hurled seven shutout innings while striking out 11 and giving up just three hits against...[+] the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, May 13. He walked two and improved to 5-3 on the season.
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw picks up fourth win: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed one earned run, six hits and three walks over 6 2/3 innings Sunday, May 8, in a...[+] win against the New York Mets. Kershaw also struck out eight batters in the 111-pitch quality start. Kershaw has won back-to-back starts for the first time this season.
• 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 It's About the Money (Stupid): IIATMS Morning Update: The Yankees dropped their third straight to the Tigers yesterday, 6-3, amidst a hailstorm of wild throws from Eduardo Nunez....
• 5/5 Baseball Daily Digest: Tools of Enlightenment: Catchers have a different way of looking at things – a viewpoint shaped by countless hours of squatting in the dirt behind...
• 5/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley Are Regressing: One year ago today, Clayton Kershaw turned in the worst start of his young career, allowing seven earned runs while lasting only...
• 5/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 5, Cubs 2: If this post comes out looking weird, and with a boring title, you can thank my internet for dipping out halfway through it, thus...
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw evens up at 3-3: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed two earned runs while scattering eight hits over seven innings in a win Monday,...[+] May 2, against the Chicago Cubs, evening his record a 3-3. He also struck out four batters in the 100-pitch quality start.
• 5/2 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (12-15) at Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (14-15): Team Overview Dodgers team stats (NL rank in parens): wOBA: .310 (11th)UZR: -2.9 (10th)DRS: -11 (11th)SP FIP: 3.77 (8th)SP xFIP:...
• 5/1 Baseball Moves: Week 5 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 4. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/1 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a rundown of MLBTR's original content from the past week.... Our Draft Prospect Q&A series rolled on as Ben Nicholson-Smith...

• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Lincecum, Cano, Votto, Weaver, Dodgers: Ryan Braun's $105MM, five-year contract extension through 2020 seemed like it came out of nowhere, but a ton of other young stars...
• 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Price, Kershaw Likely To Redefine Market: C.J. Wilson, Mark Buehrle and (possibly) C.C. Sabathia aren’t the only left-handed starters pitching for contracts in 2011....
• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw stumbles in South Florida: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed four earned runs, six hits and two walks over 5 1/3 innings Tuesday, April 26,...[+] in a loss against the Florida Marlins. 'I think, sometimes, Clayton thinks he has to throw zeroes up all night,' manager Don Mattingly said. In the three games Kershaw has lost this season, the Dodgers have posted a total of four runs of support.
• 4/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Florida Marlins sprinkling CFD to propel winning ways: Florida’s 4-2 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday assured the Marlins of their sixth straight series win or tie, as well as...
• 4/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Depleted Dodgers Fried By Fish: Clayton Kershaw sure helped avoid the “OMG WHO WILL CLOSE **** BBQ” conundrum, didn’t he? You generally don’t...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Records: Starting Pitchers: Several arbitration records could fall in 2012.  Here's my best attempt at finding the current records for starting pitchers...
• 4/26 Bay City Ball: Dodgers’ present murky, future bright – Broxton’s mostly the former: Things aren’t going all that swell in Hollywood right now, not after Old Bud (Selig) decided to summon his infinite powers and...
• 4/25 Marlin Maniac: Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers: After a successful series versus the Colorado Rockies, the Marlins will host the final set of three games of this most recent...
• 4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Better Prince Fielder Than Prince Albert. Seriously.: There’s a great bar called the Mucky Duck in San Francisco where fans gather to watch the Giants.  These are fans who, by...
• 4/22 Redbird Leader: Big Red Machines Set to Battle: When the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals face off tonight at Busch Stadium, the top 2 lineups in the National League...
• 4/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: A Hughes Decision:   It’s no secret that the Yankees fell short of their primary off-season goal, as the Phillies swooped in at the last minute...
• 4/22 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (10-10) at Chicago Cubs of Chicago (9-9): Team Overview This is where I would normally talk about what the team's done, but anything that the Dodgers have acoomplished...
• 4/21 Braves Journal: Brooklyn 5, Boston 3 (12 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Box Score – April 21, 2011 – ESPN. The Braves are so eager to swing...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw pitches excellent in no-decision: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw had a two-hitter going against the Atlanta Braves and was going for the complete game Thursday,...[+] April 21, when he ran into trouble in the ninth and allowed two runs, according to The Associated Press. He faced the minimum of 12 batters through four innings. Kershaw struck out seven and walked four in the game while ultimately allowing three earned runs.
• 4/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp Continues To Impress: If you follow me on Twitter at all, you know that I largely blew off work today to hang out in German beer gardens and sports...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: MadBummed again: The Giants looked pretty helpless against Clayton Kershaw last night despite the 8 baserunners (6 hits, 2 walks) in 6-2/3 IP....
• 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Will John Danks Earn In 2012?: If they don't sign extensions, starters John Danks, Matt Garza, Jeremy Guthrie, and Jered Weaver will enter fairly uncharted...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Clayton Kershaw tries to help the Dodgers to their second win in a row tonight. Photo: Icon SMI The best games today take place...
• 4/17 StLCards.net: Cardinals win again, score 9 runs this time: Cards WIN Are Mobile On The Run stores going to be driven out of business? The Cardinals scored 6 or more runs 7 days in a row,...
• 4/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw struggles again: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw labored through his shortest outing of the season in a 9-2 defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals...[+] Saturday, April 16, according to The Associated Press' Beth Harris. Kershaw (2-2) was chased after 4 2-3 innings. He gave up five runs and six hits, struck out a season-low five and walked a season-high five.
• 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...
• 4/16 StLCards.net: Cardinals at Dodgers Game 3 (Game 15): 14 games into the season and the Cardinals have reached the .500 mark for the second time. After beating the Dodgers in the first...
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Given the ERAs of the pitchers set for Saturday’s games, it looks like it might be a good day for offense. The day starts...
• 4/16 Obstructed View: Matt Garza is not this bad or this good: The start to Matt Garza's career as a Cub has not gone as planned. After giving up Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Hak-Ju ...
• 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rendon, Buchholz, Price: Six years ago today, baseball finally returned to Washington D.C. when the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks in their home opener...
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Different ApproachesAt Baseball Analytics, I look at the difference between Clayton Kershaw and Hiroki Kuroda by count. ...
• 4/12 The Crazy Crabbers: Wasted Opportunities Kill the Giants: Last night was a brutal game to watch. The Giants put eight men on base against Clayton Kershaw but couldn't push one across...
• 4/12 The Crazy Crabbers: Wasted Opportunities Kill the Giants: Last night was a brutal game to watch. The Giants put eight men on base against Clayton Kershaw but couldn't push one across...
• 4/12 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Cleveland Indians 4, Anaheim Angels 0 The Cleveland Indians have won 8...
• 4/12 Giants Nirvana: Clayton Kershaw is an Unstoppable God: Well, that was just awful. Notes: Clayton Kershaw is incredible. That is all. Not the best umpiring in the world...Some...
• 4/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s All Thank the Giants: It’s 6-0 now in the top of the 8th, and that’s probably where I’ll leave you tonight. But with apologies to...
• 4/11 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Payback D-gers: Well, that's a lot better, Giants win series against Cards, coming close to sweeping, but I'm happy with a series win, the Giants...
• 4/11 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Dodgers Series Preview: Giants Dodgers Monday, April 11, 7:15 PM Madison Bumgarner Clayton Kershaw 0-1, 9.00 ERA,...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Top Starters Unwilling To Go Year-To-Year: Baseball players, starting pitchers in particular, are a risk-averse bunch.  Given the choice between multiyear security and...
• 4/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Alexi Ogando hopes to follow in C.J. Wilson's shoes of moving from the pen to the rotation. Photo: Icon SMI Texas and Detroit...
• 4/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Dodgers at Giants April 11-13: Los Angeles Dodgers (5-4) at San Francisco Giants (4-5)April 11-13Games: 10-12Location: AT&T Park2011 record vs. Giants: 3-12010...
• 4/10 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: You’ve Seen This Game Before: If you didn’t watch today’s game, then you didn’t miss anything you haven’t already seen, unless you’ve...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Clayton’s KsAt Baseball Analtyics, I look at how Clayton Kershaw strikes out batters. ...
• 4/8 Chicken Friars: The Duds are coming to town – series preview: The Duds are heading down south to face our Friars in a 3-game series starting today. Kenny Shulsen of Lasorda’s Lair...
• 4/8 NY Baseball Digest: Mike Pelfrey and the Erroneous Ace Moniker: There are going to be constant negative talking points with the Mets this season. Most were started by the mainstream media, but...
• 4/7 Giants Nirvana: Giants-Cardinals Series Preview Q&A: Tomorrow, the Giants begin a three-game series at home against the Cardinals. The match-ups will look like this: Game 1 - Jake...
• 4/7 Bus League Baseball: Welcome To The Show: Major League Debuts From March 31 To April 6: The Rule 5 draft was held in early December, with fifteen teams selecting nineteen players in the major league phase, but the...
• 4/6 MLB Fantasy Recon: The New & Improved Mark Teixeira and More Notes from the Professor: Are you missing out on this Twins lefty?Mark Teixeira is on a personal mission to prove me wrong.  I spent the entire month...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Ted Lilly, SP: three years, $33MM. Juan...
• 4/6 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 1 Josh Tomlin went 7 innings, out-dueling...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw loses second start: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw gave up two home runs in his second start Tuesday, April 5, against the Colorado Rockies,...[+] according to Steve Dilbeck of The Los Angeles Times. Kershaw went six innings, striking out eight, walking one and allowing six hits in a 3-0 loss.
• 4/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Get Used to This: Dodgers Shut Out: Clayton Kershaw came down with the loss on this one, and I suppose it’s hard to feel too badly for him, since he allowed...
• 4/5 MLB Fantasy Recon: Reasons for Concern - Kershaw, Myers, and Papelbon: Papelbon owners should be concernedJosh Smolow over at The Hardball Times takes a look at Clayton Kershaw, Brett Myers, and Jonathan...
• 4/5 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Padres Series Preview: A quick thought before jumping into the preview, how big of a drop off in attendance will there be from Tuesday's...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Madison Bumgarner tries to improve on his rookie season. Photo: Icon SMI The Padres open at home as they debut Aaron Harang in...
• 4/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Incident at Dodger Stadium: This comes a few days after it happened, but the comment sections at several articles got me pretty upset so I felt I’d...
• 4/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Dodgers at Rockies April 5-6: Los Angeles Dodgers (3-1) at Colorado Rockies (1-1)April 5-6Games: 5-6Location: Coors Field2011 record vs. Rockies: N/A2010 record...
• 4/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Billingsley, Dodgers agree to contract extension (Updated): Joe McDonnell of Fox Sports West and KNX 1070 Los Angeles tweeted the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley have agreed to a 3-year, $30-plus...
• 4/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp come up big in Opening Day win: Clayton Kershaw, making the first of many Opening Day starts in his career, was absolutely dominant tonight against the Giants,...
• 4/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Giants at Dodgers March 31-April 3: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles DodgersMarch 31 through April 3Games: 1-4Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Major Arbitration Paydays For 2012: Last month we looked at the best players who will be arbitration eligible for the first time in 2012, including Andrew McCutchen,...
• 4/3 Bus League Baseball: Now Batting For The San Francisco Giants…: Opening day for Major League Baseball was this past Thursday, which means we’re likely to have a bunch of “Now Batting/Pitching...
• 4/2 The Golden Sombrero: Sombrero Staff Prognostications: Mike’s 2011 Predictions: National League West Division 1.     Los Angeles Dodgers 2.     San Francisco Giants 3.     Colorado...
• 4/1 PAAPFLY: Lincecum's Opening Day velocity: Tim Lincecum didn't have either his best changeup or best slider last night, but he got by, despite the defense behind him playing...
• 4/1 Caught Looking: 2011 season: Day No. 1: LEAD OFF The Brewers were seeing Red yesterday afternoon. The comeback kids from 2010 picked up right where they left off last...
• 4/1 The Crazy Crabbers: I have Clayton Kershaw Envy: This must be what the opposing teams feel like after they have faced the Giants on a regular basis. Clayton Kershaw...
• 4/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw sharp in first Opening Day start: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed four hits and a walk in seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts Thursday,...[+] March 31, in his first-career Opening Day start. Kershaw (1-0) also struck out nine batters, throwing 65 of his 96 pitches for strikes.
• 4/1 The Helmholtz Way: Kershaw Overshadows Tiny Tim: It was only one game, but this one game sends a message. The Dodgers will compete in 2011. I had my doubts. On paper the team...
• 4/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp come up big in Opening Day win: Clayton Kershaw, making the first of many Opening Day starts in his career, was absolutely dominant tonight against the Giants,...

• 3/31 Bay City Ball: BCB’s Opening Day Preview: Blind Optimism: What better day is there, other than Opening Day, to have what can only be described as blind optimism? Easy. It’s Opening Day…...
• 3/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So It Turns Out That Clayton Kershaw Is Pretty Good: Earlier today, I noted that I had picked Clayton Kershaw to finish 1st in the NL Cy Young Award voting over at Baseball Prospectus....
• 3/31 Baseball Musings: Poor Timing: The Dodgers put nine batters on via a hit, walk or hit by pitch in seven innings against Tim Lincecum. All they have to show for...
• 3/31 Baseball Musings: 1-0 Mattingly: The Dodgers hold on for a 2-1 win as Pat Burrell homers in the top of the ninth to cut the lead in half, but that’s all...
• 3/31 Baseball Musings: Just a Little to do With Baseball: As Tim Lincecum and Clayton Kershaw trade scoreless innings, you’ll get a good laugh if you click through to this article...
• 3/31 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Play Ball! Beat LA Edition: Well, it's finally here:  opening day 2011 and the Giants fans get to celebrate all season long about our 2010 Giants World...
• 3/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Giants at Dodgers March 31-April 3: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles DodgersMarch 31 through April 3Games: 1-4Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010...
• 3/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Opening Day: At Baseball Prospectus this morning, my weekly fantasy article about relief pitchers went live, and I noted the beginning of the...
• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Half Of Opening Day Starters Were First Rounders: Even though former top picks such as Zack Greinke, Adam Wainwright and Stephen Strasburg are currently sidelined, a substantial...
• 3/30 The Helmholtz Way: The Case For Chad Billingsley: It was officially reported today that the Dodgers signed Chad Billingsley to a contract extension. The terms of the deal amount...
• 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Why Chad Billingsley’s deal is a good thing: It’s pretty rare when spending $12 million a year on something can be called a bargain. But even though most Dodger fans...
• 3/30 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Dodgers Series Preview: Giants Dodgers Thursday, March 31, 5:00 PM Tim Lincecum Clayton Kershaw 16-10, 3.43 ERA, 3.83...
• 3/30 Baseball Press: Our Best Predictions For the 2011 Season: Jered Weaver is good, but can he win the AL Cy Young? (Getty)The 2011 baseball season has arrived, and the Baseball Press staff...
• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: How Teams Obtained Their Opening Day Starters: You can define a No. 1 starter in any number of ways, but in one respect, managers around the game have already done the work...
• 3/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On Chad Billingsley’s New Contract (And Notes): Fun fact: over two years ago, on January 26, 2009, I wrote about Zack Greinke‘s extension with the Royals and wondered how...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Billingsley Agree To Extension: The Dodgers have agreed to a three-year extension with Chad Billingsley that will pay the right-hander over $30MM, according...
• 3/28 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Billingsley, Dodgers agree to contract extension: Joe McDonnell of Fox Sports West and KNX 1070 Los Angeles tweeted the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley have agreed to a 3-year, $30...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 3/20/11 - 3/27/11: The 2011 regular season is now less than 90 hours away, so let's kill some time and recap MLBTR's original content from the last...
• 3/27 The Sporting Hippeaux: Tout Wars Mixed 2011 Pt. 1: Backstops & The Bruce: The 2011 Tout Wars Mixed League Auction began with the nomination of Jay Bruce.  Every year a few players generate an abundance...
• 3/27 Mastersball.com: The Return of the So-Called Expert: The National Fantasy Baseball Championship Classic was held on Saturday, March 26 of this year.  This is a 15-team, 5x5 mixed...
• 3/27 Chicken Friars: Padres late rally come up short against the Dodgers: Los Angeles Dodgers 5 – San Diego Padres 4 W: Clayton Kershaw (2-1) L: Dustin Moseley (0-2) S: Ramon Troncoso (1) Dustin...
• 3/25 B-R Blog: The 20 most productive pitchers of 2010: Following on to my list of the 20 most productive hitters of 2010, here's a list of the 20 most productive pitchers. First, here...
• 3/24 C70 At The Bat: UCB Project: NL West Predictions: Today we finish up our look around the divisions by tackling the NL West.  Cardinal fans probably know less about the West...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw Nears Arbitration Payday: Clayton Kershaw has a considerable amount in common with the ace of the Dodgers’ American League counterpart. Like Jered Weaver,...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Best Arbitration Eligible Pitchers Without Extensions: Earlier today we looked at the best arbitration eligible position players without extensions, including Geovany Soto, Prince Fielder,...
• 3/22 B-R Blog: 5+ Quality Start Losses In 2010: How many pitchers last season threw 5 or more games where they had a "Quality Start" and yet got tagged with a loss? Here's the...
• 3/21 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Catching up on Dodger news: Sorry for the lack of posts the past week. I went out of town for the weekend. Lots of stuff has happened in the past week, so...
• 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2012: Kendrys Morales, Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Geovany Soto, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, and Phil Hughes...
• 3/17 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Lefty Yankee enjoying the dream: Congratulations Manny Banuelos. As a kid growing up in Mexico, you were a loyal New York Yankee fan. Now you are pitching flawlessly...
• 3/16 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Giants Fans' Zito Misconceptions: I've been seeing a lot of fan comment about getting rid of Barry Zito and some saying that Jeff Suppan, anybody, would be better....
• 3/16 Roto Think Tank: CBS Expert Analyst NL-Only 5x5 Results - Starting Pitchers: Because of the sheer number of pitchers auctioned, I am going to make some general comments about some, but not all, of the pitchers...
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw knocked around Tuesday: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw surrendered six runs in 5 2/3 innings in his spring start against the Texas Rangers Thursday,...[+] March 15, according to ESPNDallas.com's Tim McMahon.
• 3/11 Mastersball.com: Cactus League Notes for 3/10: Whither Taveras: One has to wonder if OF Wily Taveras, Colorado is auditioning for other teams or whether the Rockies with four solid outfielders...
• 3/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw works into fifth inning: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed one unearned run, four hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings in a Cactus League start...[+] Thursday, March 10.
• 3/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Looking at Manuel Banuelos:       Ranked 2nd Best Yankee Prospect By this point in Spring Training, I can’t imagine that any attentive...
• 3/9 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There’s No Such Thing As Pitching Depth: For all the happy thoughts about the seemingly solid Dodger starting rotation, I never thought that the front five of Clayton...
• 3/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: How Long Can the Dodgers Keep Jerry Sands On the Farm?: Every day, people ask me if Jerry Sands can break camp with the big club and make the Opening Day roster. Every day, I tell them...
• 3/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: I Think The Rotation Is Ready For the Season: Nice weekend for the starting staff, right? Chad Billingsley, today: 3.2 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 2 K, after last week’s...
• 3/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Breaking Down Manny Banuelos’ Latest Outing: Yesterday’s Spring Training game against the Boston Red Sox allowed me to get my first glimpse of Manny Banuelos in game...
• 3/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to work four innings: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to work four innings in his second Cactus League appearance Saturday, March...[+] 5, reports Ken Gurnick, of MLB.com.
• 3/4 Mastersball.com: How Can I Replace Wainwright?: How can I replace Wainwright? I can’t. I want to thank my friend Lawr for the suggestions he offered after my KFFL team’s...
• 3/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Scott Elbert Should Be in AAA, And That’s Okay: You’ll probably hear people say that Scott Elbert punched his ticket back to the minors this afternoon in Arizona, as he...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Zito, Byrnes, Kershaw, Roberts: There's a lot going on in Giants camp and their division rivals are making headlines, too. Here's the latest... Bruce Jenkins...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Prospect Q&A: Matt Purke: As the 2011 Draft draws closer, MLBTR will be introducing you to a handful of the top eligible prospects with a series of Q&As....
• 3/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw signs: The Los Angeles Dodgers signed SP Clayton Kershaw to a one-year deal for the 2011 season Wednesday, March 2, according to The...[+] Sports Network. Kershaw will reportedly earn $500,000 this year.
• 3/1 Call to the Pen: The Arizona Diamondbacks SystemIn the antepenultimate edition of my system reviews, we're going to be looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks system....
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw allows one run in spring debut: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw allowed one unearned run on two hits while striking out three batters in three innings...[+] of work Monday, Feb. 28, according to The Sports Network. Kershaw got no decision in the team's 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.

• 2/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Over/Under: How Many Will 2011 Yanks Win?: Via VegasWatch, here is a list, by division, of the initial over/unders on each team’s win total for...
• 2/25 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: Donnie Baseball’s Place: Just the title alone leans toward a conundrum. When you look at the two pics placed throughout this piece, it brings that conundrum...
• 2/25 PAAPFLY: Baseball Prospectus bullish on Giants: I hadn’t spent much if any time looking at Baseball Prospectus’ (BP) 2011 projections, that is, until now. Guess what: There’s...
• 2/25 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of the Franchise? NL West: Finishing up with a trip around the NL West, here’s the last of the face of the franchise posts… Arizona – Right...
• 2/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Jesus Montero: an alternative to Albert Pujols: I'm taking a short break from my 2011 Season Preview series to bring you this, which can be filed under "Pipe Dream."Since the...
• 2/24 The Crazy Crabbers: NL West Breakdown: The latest Giants podcast from the Crazy Crabbers, we are joined by @EG110110 and breakdown the division rivals for the...
• 2/24 Fantasy Sports Information: Yahoo ADP Fantasy Values: Another fantasy baseball season is coming and many of you that play in Yahoo Sports baseball leagues are gearing up your player...
• 2/22 Marlin Maniac: 2011 Marlins Season Preview: Johnson, the ace: Now that the hitters are covered entirely, it is time for Marlin Maniac to transition into coverage of the pitchers on the team....
• 2/22 Chicken Friars: FanSided All NL West Pitching Staff: Our National League West BLOGS (Venom Strikes (Diamondbacks), Rox Pile (Rockies), Lasorda’s Lair (Dodgers), andFrisco Fastball...
• 2/18 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Weird Pitching Decisions Almanac in 2010: I’m a big fan of weird pitching decisions. A pitcher with a lot of tough losses pitches effectively but stands behind a...
• 2/16 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Starting Pitcher Rankings, Your Top 90 Starters: Picks 20 - 50 are where you win your league.  Know the under rated pitcher in your draft, pick pitching late.  Load...
• 2/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ronald Belisario’s Troubles Are Far From Over: This morning, it was “we don’t expect Ronald Belisario to arrive today.” Okay, no one really expected him to...
• 2/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw to start Opening Day: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw will start the team's Opening Day game March 31 against the San Francisco Giants, according...[+] to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Tony Jackson.
• 2/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Starting Pitcher Rankings, Your Top 90 Starters: Picks 20 - 50 are where you win your league.  Know the under rated pitcher in your draft, pick pitching late.  Load...
• 2/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Six Reasons for Optimism in 2011: I’ll be the first to say that this hasn’t exactly been the brightest offseason around here. We’ve been dismayed...
• 2/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Preview: Rotation: In the second of a nine-part series, here is my preview of the Dodgers' starting rotation for 2011.LHP Clayton Kershaw- Kershaw...
• 2/7 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Starting Pitchers Rankings, 1: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...

• 1/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Time for Kim Ng to work her magic: With Chad Billingsley agreeing to a 1-year, $6.275 million contract with the Dodgers today, he avoided arbitration and likely...
• 1/31 The Process Report: Jake McGee’s Future: Folks tend to imagine every pitching prospect with an explosive fastball in the bullpen. As well as David Price pitched at Vanderbilt...
• 1/21 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On Jay Gibbons As a Feel-Good Story and a Platoon Risk: With Marcus Thames in the fold and the Dodger roster seemingly all but settled, something I’ve been thinking about quite...
• 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...
• 1/10 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Dodgers: Going into the 2011 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have some very nice fantasy players but how many of them deserve to be keepers...
• 1/7 PAAPFLY: NL West 2011 ZiPS Projections: I have to admit, there’s almost nothing I can think of that’s interesting enough to write about right now regarding the Giants....
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Tim Redding: The Dodgers have signed Tim Redding to a minor league deal and invited him to Spring Training, according to Jon Paul Morosi of...
• 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...

• 12/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On The Topic of “Aces”: Other than pointing out that Jack Morris wasn’t really any better than Orel Hershiser the other day, I’ve tried to...
• 12/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Reviewing my “2010 Bold Predictions”: Boy, this should be fun. This is based on what I wrote on a partially serious (but mostly humorous) outlook for the coming year,...
• 12/24 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Weird Pitching Decisions Almanac in 2010: I’m a big fan of weird pitching decisions. A pitcher with a lot of tough losses pitches effectively but stands behind a...
• 12/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Happy Holidays: …and all I want under my tree is for the Reds or Angels to do us a solid and turn their supposed interest in Scott Podsednik...
• 12/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Missing Bats in the Strike Zone: Here are just a couple of views at one distinctive pitching statistic we don't often talk about but is pretty telling.  Tonight,...
• 12/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Let’s Nip This in the Bud And Talk About Why Zack Greinke Isn’t Coming to LA: Royals ace Zack Greinke has requested a trade. The Dodgers, inexplicably, have been part of the group linked to him in rumors...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Phillies, Uggla, Carmona: On this date six years ago, a three-team trade that would have sent Randy Johnson and Kazuhisa Ishii to the Yankees, Shawn ...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: More Pitching Efficiency: Last week, I started with a question: are strikeouts an inefficient way of retiring batters? I started off by looking at the...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Vicente Padilla: The Dodgers signed Vicente Padilla to a one-year deal, the team announced today. The right-hander, who was nearing a $2MM deal...
• 12/8 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day 3: Yesterday, I was stuck in a work meeting for two hours and then was out of touch with “real life” obligations for...
• 12/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings, Day 2 (Updated): Yesterday was a ton of fun, right? As long as you realize that 99% of what you hear is an outright lie, this can be a hilariously...
• 12/6 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Mark Reynolds traded to the Orioles: Reynolds brings the power, but fails to make consistent contact. (AP) The Winter Meetings are in full swing and the MLB...
• 12/3 The Sporting Hippeaux: GM Hot Seat: Ned Colletti, Los Angeles Dodgers: Clearly, Colletti's job is safe, so long as McCourt Divorcegate continues, which will likely be deep into the 2011 season, if...
• 12/2 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Rumors: Padilla, Varitek, Payroll: The Dodgers are spending aggressively this winter. Here's the latest on who they are pursuing, who they were pursuing and how...
• 12/2