Dodger minor league report No. 9: Olivera goes yard and buzz on Bellinger
By Cary Osborne Hector Olivera hit his first career stateside home run on Tuesday. The Cuban import and Tulsa infielder took Kansas City farmhand and reliever Mark Peterson deep in the seventh inning....
View ArticleHector Olivera promoted to Triple-A
By Jon Weisman Cuban import Hector Olivera, who went 2 for 4 (while being robbed of a third hit) in a nationally televised game Thursday at Double-A Tulsa, has been promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City....
View ArticleDodger minor league report No. 10: The Olivera update and new season’s greetings
By Cary Osborne We get started this week much in the way we did in the last two weeks with the Hector Olivera Report. Olivera now has four games under his belt in Oklahoma City, and after going 0 for 4...
View ArticleOlivera hectored by hamstring
Dodgers at Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Yasiel Puig, RF Joc Pederson, CF Howie Kendrick, 2B Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Yasmani Grandal, C Andre Ethier, LF Alberto Callaspo, 3B Jimmy Rollins, SS Zack Greinke, P By Jon...
View ArticleDodger minor league report No. 12: Urias returns Friday, Stripling back on...
By Cary Osborne Julio Urias will be back on the mound Friday, competing in a game for the first time since May 12. The 18-year-old left-hander is scheduled to pitch two innings in a game for the...
View ArticleDodger minor league report No. 13: Swingin’ Sweeney and wedding and birth...
By Cary Osborne Three of the four Oklahoma City Dodgers’ Pacific Coast League All-Stars played in Wednesday’s Triple-A All-Star Game. Darnell Sweeney batted leadoff, started at second base and went 0...
View ArticleFarhan Zaidi discusses Dodger draft signings
#Dodgers prepare for tonight's game in D.C. pic.twitter.com/d5PLtUn6Jo — Jon SooHoo (@JonSooHooPics) July 17, 2015 Dodgers at Nationals, 4:05 p.m. Joc Pederson, CF Howie Kendrick, 2B Justin Turner, 3B...
View ArticleMoving day brings major additions to Dodgers
By Jon Weisman It’s a massive move that puts five established pitchers in the Dodger starting rotation from now through October. It’s a win-now, win-later maneuver that deepens the franchise for years...
View ArticleLive-blog: Andrew Friedman discusses today’s deals
By Jon Weisman Dodger president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is speaking to reporters this evening about today’s three-team trade and other developments. Here’s a live-blog of his comments:...
View ArticleFarhan Zaidi offers insight into dealmaking process
By Jon Weisman As you might suspect, Major League trades — especially when there’s a deadline — don’t come in a neat and tidy process. It’s sloppy and time-consuming and anything but linear. Tonight,...
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