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Add Walker Buehler near the top of the plethora of Dodger pitching prospects

The Dodgers number one pick of 2015 pitched his first professional game last night and everyone came away raving about his stuff. He only pitched two innings but his stuff showed why the Dodgers didn’t shy away from making him their top selection last year even with the arm concerns. Baseball America checks in on …

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Corey Seager is no top five MVP candidate

A few weeks ago I was wondering if Corey Seager could pull off a Fred Lynn and win not only the Rookie of the Year but also the MVP. He had a compelling case at the time but I don’t think many were taking the idea seriously, at best he was considered a top-five candidate. …

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Oklahoma City Dodgers having no problem finding pitchers

While the Dodgers struggle to find pitchers, the Oklahoma Dodgers seem to be able to use any starter and watch them succeed. Normally it would be  Brock Stewart or Trevor Oaks or Jose Deleon or even Logan Bawcom throwing dominant game after dominant game. Then again some guy named Alfredo Figaro was able to dazzle for …

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Rookies r Us

Dodger rookies continue to pound the baseball helping the Dodgers route Madison Bumgarner and the Giants. Segedin hit a home run in his first at-bat against Madison Bumgarner, giving him two home runs in two games. Segedin isn’t doing it against the lousy lefties either. Two weeks ago when he collected his first hit it was …

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Dodgers could use a little right-handed​ help tonight

As you try to figure out who is going to play tonight one constant keeps on showing up, the Dodgers are short a right-handed hitting outfielder. Chase Utley has been sitting against LHP, so if you move Howie to 2nd base as has been the case, you have three outfield spots that need to be filled. Hard …

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Jose De Leon keeps throwing his panama hat into the ring, and the Dodgers keep throwing it back at him

Jose was already on a hot streak but tonight he may have outdone everything he had already done to get noticed by the Dodger front office. Tonight Jose threw six  no-hit innings and ended up with seven one-hit innings, no walks, and ten strikeouts. That is about as good as you can do. Over his last four …

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Schebler & Peraza torment team that traded them to no avail

They both have hit a home run, and they both have hit a double so far this series. In total, they had 14 hits,  while driving in six runs, and scoring six times. It did seem that Peraza was on base every time in the three games he played. Yet the Dodgers still won the …

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“I just love hitting in this ballpark”

Adrian Gonzalez exclaimed after hitting his 3rd home run today, leading the Dodger explosion over the Reds. It should not have surprised anyone: He had after all already hit five home runs off of Homer Bailer. Adrian destroys Great American Ballpark. Adrian has crushed this year in day baseball with a triple stat line of …

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TOOMGIS!!!!

The LAD just had the greatest morning inning ever. Ever If not ever, someone can point me to a better one. Dodgers Fifth Inning: Toles hits his first major league home run Segedin hits his first major league home run That makes two rookies hitting back to back home jacks Corey Seager hits his twenty-second …

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Julio Urias continues to amaze

I don’t have the superlatives to describe what 20-year-0ld,  Julio Urias did yesterday against the Reds but however you want to describe what he did, it was exactly what the Dodgers needed, and the last thing anything should have expected from someone who just turned 20-years-old barely a week ago. Urias turned in six shutout …

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