Mike Antebi

The Dodger Family Hurts

Apr 302013
 

After a stellar outing on Sunday, Clayton Kershaw immediately left his shut out game and was placed on the bereavement list by the Dodgers. It was not immediately known why, but reports stated he would be ready for his Friday start against the Giants in San Francisco. Today we learned that Clayton Kershaw’s father passed away.

It was later reported that Ned Colletti, the General Manager of the Dodgers, has suffered the loss of his mother.

In both cases, the immediate cause of death is unknown.

On behalf of the Dodger Rumors team, we wanted to wish our condolences for the the losses to their families.

 04/30/2013  Posted by at 11:03 pm Dodgers News 6 Responses »

Greinke Breaks Collar Bone In Win Over Padres

Apr 112013
 

That is no typo. Greinke out with no timetable.

Pitching in just his second game as a Dodger, Co-Ace Zach Greinke suffered a collar bone fracture during a scuffle with Hit By Pitch King, Carlos Quentin. Quentin, who has lead the majors for two seasons was plunked during a 3-2 count in the 5th and charged the mound. In a surprise to catcher A.J. Ellis, who was steps behind Quentin, did his best to scramble and eventually tackle Quentin.

The replay shows Greinke turn his left side towards the charge, not to take damage to his pitching arm. As benches cleared, the jawing and scuffle continued, eventually leading to the tossing of both Matt Kemp and Jerry Hairston Jr.. The blow comes off the heals of an injury free pitching staff, where Chad Billingsley returned to earn his first win of the season.gqdodgers

After the game, Don Mattingly was furious to put it nicely. “He [Quentin] shouldn’t be allowed to play another game until Greinke can… If he does.. well then that is just stupid.” The normally calm and precise skipper lashed out at all questions regarding the “why” this all happened. A brave reporter asked him “you seem upset by all this, how upset are you?”

“I’m happy.”

Yikes.

Obviously there will be some suspensions here, but a fair point for Don to make. In a 2-1 game, full count, why would Greinke throw at Quentin? Why would Quentin think it was intentional? Has he considered backing up from the plate a little bit?

Quentin who has 30 pounds on Greinke, attacks, gets suspended maybe for 2-3 games and is back in commission. Greinke gets the brunt of it and could potentially out 4-6 weeks. Doesn’t seem fair. Don isn’t pleased. Management can’t be thrilled with their pricey investment getting injured. Chris Capuano’s stock is rising.

 04/11/2013  Posted by at 11:34 pm Dodgers Injury Reports, Dodgers News 1 Response »

Dodgers Trade Aaron Harang To Rockies

Apr 062013
 

With Chad Billingsley slated to come off the disabled list on Wednesday, the Dodgers traded veteran pitcher Aaron Harang to the Colorado Rockies for equally veteran but not as prosperous catcher Ramon Hernandez.

The move sends Harang, who has not pitched this year, to the Rockies with $7 million dollars, while no reports of gaining payroll from the $2.3 million owed to Hernandez. This move likely puts youngin’  Tim Federowicz out and back down to AAA. Ramon figures to be the backup to A.J. Ellis, hasn’t seen a productive year behind the plate since 2006 where he hit belted a career high 95 RBI’s and 23 home runs.

This is an interesting as the league is starved for pitching, I feel like they could have gotten a bit more for Harang. Hernandez was optioned by the Rockies, so if he can’t cut it as a 2nd string over there, how is that going to look here? All they can hope for is a veteran catcher helping A.J Ellis into another productive season. On the plus side, Chad Billingsley will made a bigger splash than Harang multiplied by Hernandez, so I guess it will work out. The next question is what to do with Chris Capuano?

 04/06/2013  Posted by at 1:28 pm Dodgers News, Transactions 2 Responses »

Dodgers And Greinke Come To Terms

Dec 082012
 

Multiple sources report that premier free agent Zach Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers have come to terms with a 6-year $147M contract that likely to setup one of the best 1-2 starting combinations in baseball. The contract which will be the 14th largest in history is sure to make waves as impending free agency for Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw is set in about 2 years.

The Dodgers have been favorite in nearly every player they’ve had interest in, since the influx of fresh money from their new owners Mark Walter, Magic Johnson and their Guggenheim partners. 

Greinke will make the 50 minute freeway commute (plus traffic of course) to a Los Angeles Dodger team looking for a fresh start as hundreds of millions of dollars are being added to their payroll. More to come on this development as this deal, like in any are always pending a physical.

 12/08/2012  Posted by at 6:52 pm Dodgers News, Transactions 1 Response »

Dodgers Close To Greinke

Dec 082012
 

The potential for the largest pitcher contract in baseball history in the balance, the Dodgers are reported to have gotten closer to inking a deal with free agent Zack Greinke. Sources close to the deal have stated that there was a deal put in place, although no financial details were disclosed.

 12/08/2012  Posted by at 5:56 pm Dodgers Rumors 1 Response »
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