True Blue La

MLB completed its opening weekend, but with a COVID-19 breakout on the Marlins, the viability of the entire season is in question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A whirlwind week for the Dodgers saw them sign Mookie Betts to a 12-year, $365 million extension to stay in Los Angeles, then lose Opening Day starter Clayton Kershaw to a back injury, before beating the Giants 8-1 in their first game thanks to Betts and a huge game by Kiké Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a few days before opening day of the 2020 MLB season, a look at Dodgers stories from summer camp and an overview of the most likely 30-man opening day roster.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at all six Dodgers picks from the 2020 MLB Draft, who has signed and who’s left, plus a look at the undrafted free agent market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The negotiations between owners and players have gotten ugly, and public, and each side accusing the other of negotiating in bad faith (one of them is correct). It looked like we were going to have a 2020 MLB season, but now that seems at least in doubt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the safety and testing protocols for a potential Major League Baseball return, breaking down the financial data MLB shared with the players, and California’s governor saying there might be professional sports back as early as June, in empty stadiums of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing the latest news of a possible 2020 Major League Baseball season, including the MLB Draft shortened from 40 to five rounds, and a pending proposal of a reported 80-game regular season starting in July, plus expanded playoffs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Picking the best Dodgers team of players with one Win Above Replacement or fewer, in the style of the movie ‘Major League.’  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking back at the first major league games we can remember attending in person, and the Dodgers memories they entail.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re kind of all over the place in this episode. We talk about Joe Davis’ cutting board, round up what’s going on at True Blue LA, answer some questions from listeners, and of course Questions from Craig.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the quirks and oddities of an old set of Dodgers Monopoly, from the year 2000, and some of the players who are and aren’t included in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are coming up on four weeks without sports, and it’s getting harder and harder to occupy all the time sports used to take up. Here’s a few things we are doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major League Baseball and the players association agreed to terms on how to proceed in the 2020 season, when it might begin, when we might see the postseason, plus salary and major league service time in the case of a shortened or canceled season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The coronavirus pandemic has affected all of our daily lives, and we are now without the distraction of sports, with virtually every sports league or event shut down for the time being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring training games have begun, so it’s time to predict the Dodgers’ 26-man opening day roster. It sure seems like the position players are set, with maybe one actual choice, but the decisions will come on the pitching staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After nearly a week in limbo, the Dodgers finally finalized a trade with the Red Sox that brought Mookie Betts and David Price to Los Angeles, plus another deal that sent Kenta Maeda to the Twins for fireballing reliever Brusdar Graterol. The reported trade of Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling to Anaheim fell through, which makes the Dodgers even more of a favorite in the National League in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the third straight offseason we waited for the Dodgers to make an impact move for which main accomplishment wasn’t getting under the competitive balance tax. It finally happened, with the Dodgers trading for Mookie Betts and David Price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Astros punishment came down for electronically stealing signs during the 2017 season and postseason, but was it enough? While Dodgers fans contemplate how to rationalize one and maybe two World Series losses, they also have some news of their own. Alex Wood is back with the Dodgers on a one-year deal after one season away. Plus, the Dodgers might have their first salary arbitration hearing since 2007.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been three weeks since we last recorded, and the Dodgers didn’t make any moves in the interim. They did, however, lose National League Cy Young Award runner-up Hyun-jin Ryu, who signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the Blue Jays. We take a look at what the Dodgers’ options are to fill that fairly large hole. They also lost Rich Hill, who signed a $3 million deal with the Twins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A winter meetings recap, which was eventful though not as much for the Dodgers, who did manage to sign reliever Blake Treinen, looking to bounce back on a 1-year deal after a 2019 downturn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices