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Los Angeles Dodgers Sign Mike MacDougal To 1 Year/$1 Million Contract + Analysis

Los Angeles Dodgers Sign Mike MacDougal To 1 Year/$1 Million Contract + Analysis

Chad Moriyama January 5, 2012 6

Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports that right-handed reliever Mike MacDougal will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 on a one-year deal worth $650,000. The team has an option for

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Arizona League Dodgers 2011 Season Review: Pitchers

Arizona League Dodgers 2011 Season Review: Pitchers

Chad Moriyama January 5, 2012 12

Dominican Summer League Dodgers: Pitchers Dominican Summer League Dodgers: Hitters ===== There’s no Arizona League picture of suitable size, so you’re stuck with what’s actually a better alternative. Anyway, today I continue my off-season

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Around The Web: Missing On Albert Pujols, Minor Moves, And Replacing Offense

Around The Web: Missing On Albert Pujols, Minor Moves, And Replacing Offense

Chad Moriyama January 5, 2012 5

ESPN: From Jonah Keri‘s book on the Tampa Bay Rays, “The Extra 2%“, which I should probably get around to reading. Jennings said he and the other scouts in attendance — all except Arango

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Time Warner Cable Wants To Buy The Los Angeles Dodgers – Do Not Want

Time Warner Cable Wants To Buy The Los Angeles Dodgers – Do Not Want

Chad Moriyama January 4, 2012 2

Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports that Time Warner Cable is interested in pursuing a bid on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Of all the parties that might like to buy the team

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Joe Torre & Developer Rick Caruso To Bid On Los Angeles Dodgers

Joe Torre & Developer Rick Caruso To Bid On Los Angeles Dodgers

Chad Moriyama January 4, 2012 3

Joe Torre, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, resigned as executive vice president for baseball operations of Major League Baseball in order to submit a bid on the Dodgers

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2011 Off-Season Consisted Of Matt Kemp And A Bunch Of Crap

Los Angeles Dodgers 2011 Off-Season Consisted Of Matt Kemp And A Bunch Of Crap

Chad Moriyama January 4, 2012 4

I realize this is hardly the most original topic in the world, especially considering I’ve recapped every move along the way, but seeing it spelled out for me struck a chord. 21. Los Angeles

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Worthy Video Repost: Beyonce Opens The Gates To Hell

Worthy Video Repost: Beyonce Opens The Gates To Hell

Chad Moriyama January 3, 2012 2

If that isn’t the call of Satan, I don’t know what is

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Around The Web: Steven Cohen, International Spending, And A New Dodgers Blog

Around The Web: Steven Cohen, International Spending, And A New Dodgers Blog

Chad Moriyama January 2, 2012 2

Los Angeles Times: Steven Cohen is quickly becoming a player in the Dodgers ownership sweepstakes. Steven Cohen, a billionaire eight times over, is bidding for the Dodgers in a process tilted toward the high

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Chad Moriyama December 31, 2011 Comments Off

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Chad Moriyama December 24, 2011 6

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Around The Web: Minor Moves, The Hit-And-Run, And Overvaluing Prospects

Around The Web: Minor Moves, The Hit-And-Run, And Overvaluing Prospects

Chad Moriyama December 23, 2011 1

MLB Trade Rumors: Reliever John Grabow signed with the Dodgers on a minor league deal. Story was broken by John Scanlan of…Twitter. Oh hells yeah. MLB: Dodgers will invite 15 players to a developmental

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Ronald Belisario Will Be Suspended 25 Games To Start 2012

Ronald Belisario Will Be Suspended 25 Games To Start 2012

Chad Moriyama December 21, 2011 3

Assuming that he actually does show up at Spring Training and that he manages to stay out of trouble between now and then, reliever Ronald Belisario will be hit with a 25 game suspension

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Ronald Belisario Gets His Visa, But Is He Worth The Trouble?

Ronald Belisario Gets His Visa, But Is He Worth The Trouble?

Chad Moriyama December 20, 2011 2

Much maligned reliever Ronald Belisario has been granted a visa and will be with the Dodgers for Spring Training reports Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. Reliever Ronald Belisario, who missed last season

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Around The Web: Bunting For Hits & Dee, Bonds Sentenced, Homegrown Dodgers, And Yoenis Cespedes

Around The Web: Bunting For Hits & Dee, Bonds Sentenced, Homegrown Dodgers, And Yoenis Cespedes

Chad Moriyama December 18, 2011 10

The Book: John Dewan and bunting for a hit. It’s an awesome study and relevant to a player like Dee Gordon. CBS Sports: Thanks to Kevin Malone, Paul DePodesta, and Ned Colletti for getting

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Around The Web: Spring Training Invites, Mattingly’s Managing, And McCourt Staying

Around The Web: Spring Training Invites, Mattingly’s Managing, And McCourt Staying

Chad Moriyama December 16, 2011 Comments Off

MLB: List of players who will attend Spring Training with the Dodgers. — Beyond The Box Score: Don Mattingly is indeed quite the traditional manager. — MSTI: Mike Petriello addresses the elephant in the

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Los Angeles Dodgers Show Surprising Interest In Coco Crisp

Los Angeles Dodgers Show Surprising Interest In Coco Crisp

Chad Moriyama December 15, 2011 4

Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors reported late on December 14th that the Cubs and Dodgers were both interested in having Coco Crisp play left field for them in 2012. — The revelation is

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Matt Kemp Manages To Avoid TMZ Trap Questions About Ryan Braun

Matt Kemp Manages To Avoid TMZ Trap Questions About Ryan Braun

Chad Moriyama December 15, 2011 Comments Off

Dude is like fucking Neo with the media now. So proud. — Video is from Miller Park Drunk

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Why Does Yu Darvish Make People Lazy?

Why Does Yu Darvish Make People Lazy?

Chad Moriyama December 14, 2011 11

As you probably already know by now, bidding on Yu Darvish ended just recently after the star right-hander was posted by the Nippon Ham Fighters a few days ago. I mention this because earlier

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Worthy Video Repost: Nobody Circles The Wagons Like The Buffalo Bills

Worthy Video Repost: Nobody Circles The Wagons Like The Buffalo Bills

Chad Moriyama December 14, 2011 Comments Off

Greatest fan ever? Likely

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Los Angeles Dodgers Tender To Kershaw, Ethier, and Loney But Not Kuo

Los Angeles Dodgers Tender To Kershaw, Ethier, and Loney But Not Kuo

Chad Moriyama December 13, 2011 Comments Off

On December 12th, the Los Angeles Dodgers tendered contracts to a trio of arbitration eligible players: Clayton Kershaw, Andre Ethier, and James Loney. However, they elected to not tender a contract to Hong Chih

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