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Matt Sauer got the chance to play for his hometown team, appearing in 10 games for the Dodgers and even making a start while pitchers such as Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw and Blake Snell were all on the injured list. A native of Santa Maria and a former second round pick in 2017 by the […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Nick Frasso returned from shoulder and hip surgeries that wiped out his 2024 season for a full 2025, but he struggled in Triple-A to end his time with the Dodgers. Acquired from the Blue Jays in the Mitch White trade in 2022, the 6’5 Frasso was ranked the 79th-best prospect in baseball by Baseball Prospectus […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
In the last week or so the Dodgers have signed a trio of players to minor league contracts, per the MLB.com transaction logs. Nick Frasso returning after getting non-tendered was already reported, but a couple others have returned as well — catcher Chuckie Robinson and pitcher Carlos Duran. Robinson had a busy year transactionally, spending […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series for the second year in a row, and did so with the highest-paid team in Major League Baseball history. The Dodgers’ payroll in 2025 for competitive balance tax purposes was $417.3 million, per Ronald Blum at Associated Press, which resulted in a record-setting luxury tax levy of […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Chris Taylor will always be remembered for his rise to postseason hero after he was famously traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Dodgers in June 2016 for pitcher Zach Lee. The move revitalized his swing and career as he became a super-utility star and multi-time World Series champion with the Dodgers. After a decade […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Let’s start with a story about Horace Stoneham. Stoneham owned the New York Giants starting in the mid-30s through the mid-70s. After the 1957 season, Stoneham and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley moved both of their teams out of New York and into California, settling in San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively. Before the move, […]
From Royals Review | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
LOS ANGELES – A full postseason share for the Dodgers, who won the World Series for a second straight season, is worth $484,747.57 in 2025, part of a total $128.2 million player pool for the postseason, a source confirmed to True Blue LA. Players’ share of the postseason pool is determined by gate receipts from […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
In what was the final season of his historic career, Clayton Kershaw gave Dodgers fans one last hurrah as he ended his career as a three-time champion and one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. Kershaw played a minor role in helping the Dodgers maintain their supremacy in the NL West in 2024, making […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
It’s been a slow week since for the Dodgers since their signing of Edwin Díaz, and although their names have been attached to marquee outfield names, they have yet to pull the trigger. While the Dodgers have been linked to players such as Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger, they have also been in the mix […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Potentially, no reliever in the entire sport saw a larger dropoff in performance from their 2024 to 2025 production than the veteran Kirby Yates, perfectly encapsulating a trying year for a Dodger bullpen that failed to live up to expectations. Signed to a very lucrative one-year deal following a magnificent campaign with the Texas Rangers, […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Happy Wednesday, everyone! A few little news bites to keep you going through the latter half of the week. We take a look at how the Tigers have strengthened their bullpen with the signing of Kenley Jansen, how the Dodgers are trying to keep Tyler Glasnow from worrying about a potential trade, and questions of […]
From Bless You Boys | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Meet the Mets Part of Edwin Díaz’s decision to go with the Dodgers was the Mets’ refusal to meet some of his contract demands. And now, after the historic collapse and the losses of Díaz and Alonso, David Stearns is taking the chance to remake the Mets. The Mets are reportedly very interested in free […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Edwin Díaz was facing the Dodgers as the star closer for the New York Mets during the 2024 NLCS. Just over a year later, and Díaz is the newest face of the Dodgers’ bullpen as their star closer. The race for Díaz ultimately came down to three teams; the Dodgers offered Díaz a three-year deal […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Happy Wednesday, BCB readers! We’ve got lots of good little news bites to keep you entertained today, including some roundups of trade rumors, looks at some free agent signings that teams are hoping will be the thing they need to compete next year. Some highlights we’ll touch on today are the wild totals being accumulated […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Every year at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, the reigning champion has a display at the museum with various artifacts and highlights from the World Series and postseason. For the second straight year, the ‘Autumn Glory’ display will celebrate the Dodgers. After the Dodgers won the World Series in Toronto […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Twelve months ago, Blake Treinen was a folk hero, as the lanky and taciturn, salt-of-the-earth reliever who bent but never broke getting critical outs as the Dodgers vanquished the New York Yankees with aplomb, earning himself both a bobblehead night on August 17, 2025, and a new two-year contract. With new addition-Tanner Scott to man […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
A few Dodgers items of interest to start your Tuesday morning. First up is an interview Kiké Hernández had with David Vassegh of AM 570 on Saturday. Hernández is a free agent, but note how often he refers to the Dodgers as “we” in this clip, which recounts Hernández’s conversation with fellow Puerto Rican Edwin […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Dodgers finalized their contract for closer Edwin Díaz on Friday, signing the veteran closer for three years and $69 million. At $23 million per year, Díaz has the largest reliever contract by average annual value in baseball history, breaking his own record. Much like several Dodgers contracts in recent years, Díaz has deferred money […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
When looking back on the 2025 season of Michael Conforto with hindsight, one realizes that the Dodgers were using Conforto to answer a question that was quickly rendered moot: what do the Dodgers do if Teoscar Hernandez decides to sign with Toronto or elsewhere? Unlike the 2021-signing of Trevor Bauer or the 2025-signings of Tanner […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Braves Franchise History 1948 – The Dodgers trade Pete Reiser to the Braves for outfielder Myron McCormick. The marvelously talented but reckless Reiser crashed into too many outfield walls and, according to Red Smith, was carried off on a stretcher 11 times. 1960 – The Braves acquire shortstop Roy McMillan and a player to be […]
From Talking Chop | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Julian Fernández signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers in January which included a non-roster invitation to spring training, and the right-hander pitched in the majors for the first time in four years. He was the 35th of a franchise-record-tying 40 pitchers used by the team in 2025. The Dodgers media guide noted that […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
From Dodger killer turned Dodger, the 2021 NLCS MVP Eddie Rosario appeared in just two games with the Dodgers at the big league level in April before bouncing around between the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers minor league systems. Rosario was coming off a disappointing 2024 season where he spent time between the Washington Nationals […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 7 reads
Tarik Skubal has been the talk of the town regarding star players on the trade block, and the Dodgers are certainly in the mix for his services. Should they succeed at luring him in, they would undoubtedly sport the greatest five-man starting rotation in the game. Such a trade would require the Dodgers to send […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Running a baseball team is very much so a numbers game, and even the most successful of organizations will miss on a few acquisitions throughout the course of the year, particularly those on the fringes of your 40-man roster, short-term replacements who might evolve into something bigger. For the Dodgers in 2025, one of these […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Luken Baker spent four days on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster in August and played the final two months of the season in Triple-A Oklahoma City. Position player depth was an issue for the Dodgers in 2025, and at times they grabbed some players as they became available, in hopes of a potential contribution. Some players […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 5 reads