What the Dodgers’ qualifying offers to Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner mean
By Jon Weisman Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner, who became free agents at the end of the 2016 season, have received qualifying offers from the Dodgers. Accepting a qualifying offer before the deadline...
View ArticlePreviewing Brothers in Arms … Part Eight: The Bullpen
Because we already used Clayton Kershaw’s birthday as an excuse to delve into Part 9 of Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers’ Extraordinary Pitching Tradition (order now!), our series of...
View ArticleWhich starting pitchers should move into the bullpen for the Dodgers?
All summer long, the big question for the Dodger pitching staff has been which relievers would serve as the bridge to Kenley Jansen. But with the distressing news that Jansen will be sidelined at least...
View ArticleWhat does it actually mean to demote a closer?
If Kenley Jansen is no longer the most dominant pitcher in the Dodger bullpen, then it follows that Kenley Jansen should no longer be the Dodgers’ closer. Right? Well, maybe. But the answer isn’t as...
View ArticleIt’s not the stuff for Kenley Jansen — it’s the command
At the start of lunch today, I watched Kenley Jansen’s eighth-inning outing from Sunday’s Dodger game. It didn’t take long: only five minutes, because Jansen only needed 10 pitches. (Click the video...
View ArticleBest of the 2010s: The All-Decade Dodgers
We have nearly reached the end of the ’10s, and though selections of the Dodgers’ all-decade team should probably wait until after the 2019 World Series, these few days of relative calm before the...
View ArticleDodgers’ winter of discontent gives way to auspicious spring
It feels like 10 years since I last saw a Dodger game. It feels like we’ve lived through an entire era of baseball in the four months and three days the Dodgers last walked off the field, heads bowed....
View ArticleThe Dodgers, Kenley Jansen and the simple practice of warming up relievers...
Let’s start by looking ahead at the Dodger pitching, before we look back. I’m presuming the Dodgers will start Tony Gonsolin tonight, but should they go with Dustin May or Julio Urías, just make a...
View ArticleKindness for Kenley Jansen
This post is not a retrospective of Kenley Jansen’s career. It is not a profound look at what will be his 17th and quite possibly final season in the Dodger organization. It is, above all, not an...
View ArticlePreviewing the 2021 Dodgers: Pitchers
Having glanced a snapshot of the position players on the Opening Day roster for the Dodgers, let’s now turn to the pitchers. Clayton Kershaw is 167 innings away from 2,500 in his career, and its...
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