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A look at the Dodgers’ start to the season, which has their offense leading the majors in runs scored per game but still feeling like not everyone is clicking just yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recapping April for the Dodgers, in which scoring was way down across MLB. Also, the Trevor Bauer situation moved closer to a resolution, with the pitcher getting suspended two years by MLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The stacked Dodgers lineup hasn’t looked so hot through four games, outside of two big innings. We also wonder what’s up with Julio Urías and his decreased velocity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an extended lockout and a shortened spring training, the 2022 Major League Baseball is finally upon us. We look at where the Dodgers are at heading into their first series of the year at Coors Field in Colorado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers traded outfielder AJ Pollock to the White Sox for closer Craig Kimbrel on the second-to-last day of spring training camp at Camelback Ranch in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After about two weeks of spring training, we try to guess the 28 players who will be on the Dodgers opening day active roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers added first baseman Freddie Freeman, a five-time All-Star and former National League MVP, to an already potent lineup, signing Freeman to a six-year contract worth a reported $162 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB is back in business with a new labor deal and spring training already started. Clayton Kershaw re-signed on a one-year deal, and the Dodgers are reportedly in the mix for Freddie Freeman too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB owners, who locked out the players, canceled the first week of regular season games after failing to reach agreement with players by an artificial owner-imposed deadline.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Commissioner Rob Manfred said Major League Baseball missing regular season games would be disastrous, but he and the owners haven’t acted like anyone with any sense of urgency in labor negotiations. Plus, more discouraging views of minor leaguers, and a Trevor Bauer update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the designated hitter likely coming to the National League in the next collective bargaining agreement, we try to guess which players will have the most plate appearances at DH for the Dodgers in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick off 2022 by catching up on MLB labor negotiations (hint: you haven’t missed much), look at Brandon Gomes getting promoted to general manager and other Dodgers front office hires, plus a brief look at the international signing period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Longtime Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges was elected to the Hall of Fame on his 35th try. Plus Dodgers minor league news, including the Rule 5 Draft and Triple-A Oklahoma City getting bought. Also, a pair of Dodgers coaches interviewed to be the Mets manager, Danny Duffy had surgery, and Yasiel Puig confidentially settled a pair of sexual assault allegations in 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Major League Baseball owners locked out the players on December 2 after the expiration of the league’s collective bargaining agreement. But not before a spending spree that saw former Dodgers Corey Seager and Max Scherzer cash in elsewhere as free agents, and Chris Taylor returned to Los Angeles on a four-year, $60 million contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guessing the 2022 teams for Dodgers free agents Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager, Kenley Jansen, Max Scherzer, Chris Taylor, and more. Plus, a closer look at the Dodgers’ signing of Andrew Heaney and why it happened so early in the offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A postmortem on the Dodgers’ NLCS loss and playoff elimination, plus a look ahead to the offseason, and a look back to Bill North, a centerfielder on the 1978 team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Stolnis, Kris Willis and Ashley MacLennon set the table for the World Series showdown between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros! Presented by T-Mobile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A recap of Games 3-5 of the NLCS, featuring the Dodgers winning two of three games from the Braves to force the series back to Atlanta with the Braves up three games to two. The Dodgers looked dead in the water in Game 3 before Cody Bellinger drug them out of the abyss. Chris Taylor and AJ Pollock kept LA alive with a five-homer power display in Game 5. We look ahead to the (potentially) two games in Atlanta. Note: This episode was recorded before Max Scherzer was reportedly scrapped from his Game 6 start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers in the National League Championship Series did not take advantage of opportunities in the first two games in Atlanta, falling behind 2-0 after two walk-off wins by the Braves. Poor hitting, bad baserunning, and pitching decisions have cost the Dodgers dearly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eric Stephens of True Blue LA and Kris Willis of Talking Chop go head-to-head to preview the MLB NLCS showdown between the Braves and Dodgers! Presented by T-Mobile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices