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Dustin May made his return to the mound after missing nearly two whole years due to elbow and esophageal surgeries, but his return proved to be underwhelming and frustrating, prompting a trade to the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline. Prior to the beginning of the 2025 season, May had last pitched for the […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Jeff Kent, who played the final four seasons of his career with the Dodgers, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night. He reacted to the news on a conference call, per Ronald Blum of Associated Press: “I hugged my wife after the the phone call had come in,” Kent said, […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
J.P. Feyereisen reached the Jake Reed zone in 2025, a previous pitching acqusition finding his way back to the Dodgers on waivers after some time away, and only for a short time. After riding the up-and-down between Oklahoma City and the Dodgers, Feyereisen ended his 2024 off the 40-man roster and elected free agency. He […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The baseball winter meetings start on Sunday night in Orlando, in which the entire baseball world convenes, a period that often stokes the hot stove flames. We are already five weeks into the offseason, and the Dodgers have made several roster moves after winning the World Series. Clayton Kershaw retired. Michael Kopech, Michael Conforto, Kirby […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Michael Grove’s seven and a half years in the Dodgers organization was very much a portrait of a modern major league pitcher. But after shoulder surgery kept him out of action for all of 2025, his time with Los Angeles has ended. Grove had Tommy John surgery in 2017 while at West Virginia, but that […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Dodgers brought back one of their 2025 champions in the form of Miguel Rojas earlier this week, and now, the Dodgers hope to do the same with another fan favorite. Where would the Dodgers be without Kiké Hernández over the last two seasons? Hernández spent the last two regular seasons serving as a utility […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Kyle Hurt has been on the cusp of getting some sort of run in the majors with the Dodgers, but sadly nominative determinism has spoiled most of the last two seasons. The right-hander out of USC, who came to the Dodgers along with Alex Vesia in the 2021 trade of Dylan Floro to the Marlins, […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
It’s a challenging task to find a player who, in a very specific way, better represents the evolution of baseball, and particularly pitching, than Edgardo Henriquez. Not so long ago, a pitcher with his natural abilities would be seen as the jewel in the crown of a bullpen and someone whose production or lack thereof […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Freddie Freeman was born in California but both of his parents were from Ontario, Canada, and the first baseman has played twice for Canada in the World Baseball Classic. So it was only natural that Freeman teamed up with famous Canadian star Ryan Reynolds for charitable purposes, filming an ad raising money for the SickKids […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Braves Franchise History 2007 – Andruw Jones leaves the Braves for a two-year, $36 million deal with the Dodgers. Jones will hit .158 with just three home runs and will be released at the end of the season. MLB History 1914 – An indoor baseball game is played in Chicago to raise money for the […]
From Talking Chop | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Esteury Ruiz began his 2025 season with the Athletics organization before being acquired by the Dodgers on April 2. He spent most of the season with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets but managed to find some time with the big league squad. A former top prospect with the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers, Ruiz […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers technically played baseball when they wrestled for the World Series a month ago. Functionally, though, they were playing a game of “the floor is lava” where “floor” meant “relievers.” Both teams relied heavily on their starting pitchers out of the bullpen because their bullpens were vulnerable. Surely, […]
From Royals Review | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
One of the biggest missions for the Dodgers offseason agenda included bringing back integral pieces within the clubhouse. For one final season, no. 72 is back in Dodger blue with one specific goal in mind. Miguel Rojas re-signed with the Dodgers on Wednesday to a one-year, $5.5 million deal, and the plan is to have […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
One does not expect a backup catcher to become beloved by a fanbase. One especially does not expect the backup’s backup to become beloved to a fanbase, in record time no less, and then displace the backup catcher in terms of depth on the playoff roster. Dalton Rushing had pedigree. Ben Rortvedt had none and […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
After the Devin Williams to the Mets announcement, there hasn’t been much activity in yesterday’s hot stove. The biggest move might have been the “The Athletic” beat writer Katie Woo jumping from covering the St. Louis Cardinals to the LA Dodgers. There’s no proof to the rumor that she deffered all but a dollar of […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Dodgers manager was a guest Wednesday night on ‘Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson’ on Amazon Prime, and was asked if Major League Baseball should have a salary cap. “I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. “I think the NBA’s done a nice job of kind of revenue sharing with the players and the […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
After playing an essential role in the Dodgers’ Game 7 comeback to win a second straight World Series, Miguel Rojas as the old saying goes should never again have to pay for a meal in Los Angeles. But just in case a check gets dropped after he dines, he’ll have at least one more major […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
In any conventional sense, the Los Angeles Dodgers have no real business adding a starting pitcher or an elite reliever, but there is nothing conventional about this team. Starting off with their payroll capabilities and going through the injury history of many of its starters, there is the perfect setup for this team to not […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Colorado Rockies keep adding former Dodgers front office members for their own front office. The latest comes from the current group in Los Angeles, with Josh Byrnes heading to Colorado as general manager, per multiple reports. Ken Rosenthal, Dennis Lin, and Maria Torres as The Athletic were first to report Byrnes to the Rockies, […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Six years after he left on waivers, Brock Stewart came back to the Dodgers at his year’s trade deadline, but the reliever’s return to the bullpen was cut short by a shoulder injury. Originally drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round in 2014 out of Illinois State, Stewart pitched in parts of four seasons […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
When the Dodgers landed lefty Tanner Scott, they assumed that he would take over in full force as the team’s closer. Instead, the former All-Star blew 10 saves, put up an ERA of 4.74 and produced negative value in terms of both rWAR and fWAR. There’s still $40.25 million that Scott will receive over the […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Among the news items during Thanksgiving week was the allocation of the annual $50 million bonus pool for players not yet eligible for salary arbitration. Outfielder Andy Pages and pitcher Emmet Sheehan were the two Dodgers to receive bonuses under the system, which began in 2022 with the current collective bargaining agreement. All 30 MLB […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Landon Knack’s second major league season saw rougher terrain as he slid further down the Dodgers depth chart, and regression on the mound. Knack had four stints in the majors in 2025, including making the opening day roster for the first two games against the Cubs in Tokyo. He pitched two scoreless innings of relief […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Ronan Kopp was added to the Dodgers’ 40-man roster on November 18, which puts the tall left-hander one step closer to reaching the major leagues. Same for outfielder and first baseman Ryan Ward, the reigning Pacific Coast League MVP who was added to the Dodgers’ roster on November 6. Among the perks of getting added […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
David Finley has been with the Dodgers since 2015, the first year Andrew Friedman took over as president of baseball operations in Los Angeles. Finley, the team’s vice president of scouting, has won seven championships during his scouting career – 1997 with the Florida Marlins, 2004, 2007, and 2013 with the Boston Red Sox, and […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 6 reads