Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Tulo just beats out Pujols here. That won't happen today. Browse more photos » The NL MVP award will be going back to St. Louis today at 11am MST. Albert Pujols won the award in 2005 and 2008. Aside from landslide drama, we might be interested to see where Troy Tulowitzki ends up on ballots. The MLB.com article made a serious mistake in appointing two...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers are a "long shot" to land Roy Halladay, while Los Angeles GM Ned Colletti indicated an unwillingness to add Chad Billingsley into any Halladay deal. It doesn't take much of a leap to think the former is a result of the latter. Colletti refused to discuss Halladay specifically, but said of his desire to improve the pitching...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Readers continue to weigh in on the McCourts. Mark Cuban says he wants to buy the Dodgers but, oh yeah, they're not for sale. Jamie McCourt, the "baseball girl," has her own plan to buy the team -- good news for Little League presidents throughout the city. The mediocre left fielder announces that he will indeed come back to suck up $20 million of the payroll, thus insuring that Juan Pierre...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Josh Rawitch set up a Q&A session with Dodger Assistant GM, Player Development, DeJon Watson. For those unfamiliar with DeJon he's a local boy who starred in baseball and football at Santa Monica High School and was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1985 draft by the Royals . He never advanced above A ball and turned to a career in scouting. He quickly moved up the scouting ranks and was the Cincinnati...
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Dodgers press release: LOS ANGELES – The 2009 National League West Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that their entire Major League coaching staff will return for the 2010 season. Led by manager Joe Torre, the staff has guided the Dodgers to two straight National League West Division titles and two consecutive National League Championship Series. General Manager Ned Colletti...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Earlier this week, the Dodgers, as expected, declined to pick up their side of a $10MM mutual option for Jon Garland. However, one has to think that Ned Colletti & Co. would like to hang on to the 6'6 righty after surrendering Tony Abreu for him. In 2009, Garland turned in an ERA of 4.01 in 200+ IP. The 30-year-old shined in his limited time in Dodger Blue, recording a 2.72 ERA with a 2.89 SO/BB...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Browse more photos » All that talk of Joe Torre leaving after his contract expires after next season may have been premature. T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles TImes brings the news that Torre and the Dodgers are working on a contract extension: "We were talking about my coaches and I've...
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In what wasn't much of a surprising move, Los Angeles Dodgers leftfielder Manny Ramirez has decided to exercise his player option for 2010 and will return to the Dodgers next season. His agent Scott Boras let Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti know about Ramirez's decision on Friday night. All of which means that Ramirez will make $20 million with the Dodgers rather than becoming a free agent
The FanHouse - Kansas Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
by Tom Fornelli Filed under: Dodgers , NL West , MLB Transactions In what wasn't much of a surprise, Los Angeles Dodgers left-fielder Manny Ramirez has decided to exercise his player option for 2010 and will return to the Dodgers next season. His agent Scott Boras let Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti know about Ramirez's decision on Friday night. All of which means that Ramirez will make $20 million...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday that the slugger exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. Agent Scott Boras informed General Manager Ned Colletti of the decision, which Ramirez had until this month to make.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog : Dodgers: Manny Ramirez to return in 2010 — Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers next season, according to his agent, Scott Boras. — Boras said that he informed General Manager Ned Colletti today that Ramirez would not exercise the escape clause in the two-year, $45-million contract he signed in the spring.
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez, in a post to his blog for the Los Angeles Times, says that Manny Ramirez is returning to the Dodgers in 2010. …that squelches the “Manny to the Mets” rumors this winter… Hernandez says that Ramirez’s agent, Scott Boras, informed Dodgers GM Ned Colletti that his client will not opt out of the final year [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Dodgers said Friday that Manny Ramirez exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed general manager Ned Colletti of the decision, which Ramirez had until this month to make.
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From Dylan Hernandez . Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers next season, according to his agent, Scott Boras. Boras said that he informed General Manager Ned Colletti today that Ramirez would not exercise the escape clause in the two-year, $45-million contract he signed in the spring. Ramirez will earn $20 million next season. "Obviously, he enjoys L.A.," Boras said. "If he went...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Dodgers signed righty Vicente Padilla to a minor league contract on August 19th; he'd been designated for assignment by the Rangers. Padilla pitched well in 39.3 regular season innings and in two out of three postseason starts. According to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times, Dodgers GM Ned Colletti recently expressed interest in re-signing Padilla. The interest appears mutual. Padilla's agent Adam...
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