Ogden wins, playoff series even.
The Ogden Raptors, the Dodgers’ advanced-rookie level affiliate in the Pioneer League, kept its season alive with a 13-7 win over the Missoula Osprey on Thursday night. Eleventh-round draft pick Jeremy...
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Daily Distractions: Gearing up for the season; prospect rankings, more...
Are we there yet? We’re getting close. The Dodgers’ community caravan marks its final day today with stops at Santee Educational Complex (1921 South Maple Ave., Los Angeles), Inner-City Arts (720...
View ArticleDevising the Dodgers’ composite prospect rankings.
Before the famous economist/statistician/sabrmetrician Nate Silver was chosen as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2009, he crunched baseball stats for BaseballProspectus.com. He...
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Daily Distractions: Predicting the Dodgers’ plan at the draft table.
Infielder Corey Seager (left, with Matt Kemp) was the Dodgers’ first-round draft pick last year. (Associated Press photo) Aaaaand, stop. Put down your pencils. Time to turn in your mock drafts. The...
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Daily Distractions: More on Yasiel Puig, and when the media glare becomes too...
We in the media wrote a lot about Yasiel Puig yesterday. If anything, you’d figure that would dispel any misconceptions about the Dodgers’ outfielder. Such as this one: @enosarris @Montefan123...
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Daily Distractions: The significance of 2-2.
The Dodgers are 38-8 in their last 46 games and need to win two of their next four to join an elite group of major-league teams. (Associated Press) In his seminal 2000 book “The Tipping Point,” author...
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Corey Seager among eight Dodgers listed on preliminary Arizona Fall League...
Dodgers prospect Corey Seager will play in the Arizona Fall League. (Associated Press photo)Corey Seager was among eight Dodgers listed on the preliminary rosters for the Arizona Fall League, an...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: On the traveling advance scout, a species facing extinction.
Sorry for the delay here. I spent the morning critiquing my college newspaper. I tried to lift their spirits, since any of them intending to pursue journalism professionally are in danger of being...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Onelki Garcia undergoes arthroscopic procedure on left...
Before Clayton Kershaw wins the National League Cy Young Award tomorrow — as close to a sure thing as there in this year’s BBWAA awards — leave it to the Dodgers to fill the week with injury news....
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Nick Punto signs with the Oakland A’s.
Nick Punto did enough in his brief time as a Dodger to remind fans why he was included in the trade for Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett. And that was enough. Punto signed with the...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Finally, a major-league job for a longtime Dodgers...
Matt Martin took the long way to the major leagues. Given the newly created title of defensive coordinator today by Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, Martin has strong ties to the Dodgers...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Dodgers, others still waiting on first domino to fall in...
Tim Hudson is off the board. So is Jason Vargas. So when will the Dodgers jump into the free-agent fray and sign a starting pitcher? A few days ago, I was doing an interview with a Japanese television...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: How Dodger Stadium will turn into a hockey venue.
Dodger Stadium opened its outfield gate Monday, and the transformation began. A crew of about 200 local workers spent their day trudging on and off the field, carrying the components of a giant stage...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Four Dodgers make MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list; what...
If you’re looking for a sign of progress from the Dodgers’ farm system, here’s one: MLB.com released its annual list of the top 100 prospects yesterday, and the Dodgers occupied four spots. Four decent...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: California Superior Court judge tosses class-action...
A California Superior Court judge tossed out a class-action lawsuit filed against the Dodgers, Lakers, and Time Warner Cable on Tuesday, citing federal laws designed to protect the rights of cable...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Which non-roster invitees have a chance at making the...
With the addition of Justin Turner on Wednesday, the Dodgers have extended spring training invitations to 17 non-roster players: Infielders: Turner, Chone Figgins, Miguel Rojas, Brendan Harris, Clint...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Putting Josh Beckett’s optimism in its proper context.
In his first interview of the spring, Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett declared himself healthy and ready to pitch when the 2014 season begins. Beckett’s optimism is nothing new. He was so upbeat about his...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas has a message for the...
Miguel Rojas is watching the news reports from his native Venezuela closely. His wife, Mariana, lives about five minutes from the capital of Caracas. At least five have died in the course of the...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: Julio Urias gets his Mexican food, and Dodgers fans in...
This is a rough map of all the Mexican restaurants in Rancho Cucamonga. Julio Urias is waiting. On March 15, after he pitched a scoreless inning against the San Diego Padres — something Brian Wilson...
View ArticleDaily Distractions: ‘Analyzing’ the Dodgers-Diamondbacks ‘rivalry.’
The rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants has coasted for more than a century on a steady undercurrent of organic circumstances. There have been personal grudges (Wilbert Robinson vs. John McGraw),...
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