Mark Timmons

Is this the Master Plan? To have everyone ready for the playoffs? Mookie Betts is suddenly hot. Will the Dodgers catch Lightning in a Jar? The stars are getting aligned... we shall see.

You can defend it all you want, but even Ray Charles can see that Kyle Tucker, Tanner Scott, and Edwin Diaz were not the normal Andrew Friedman moves. What is an Andrew Friedman move? Well, there are three (3) types: (1) Free Agent Signings; (2) Trades; and (3) Waiver Wire Pickups.

The Dodgers will pay Tanner Scott and Edwin Diaz a COMBINED $142 million for much less production unless they suddenly turn into Eric Gagne. Edwin Diaz and Tanner Scott (to say nothing of Kyle Tucker) are a testament to what happens when you say, "Let's be pigs!"

Your three best hitters should generally occupy the #1, #2 and #4 spots. The #2 spot is more important than the traditional #3 spot, and you generally want OBP emphasized at #1 and power emphasized at #4.

It was both surprising and not surprising to me that the Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker. That they can make it work is a tribute to the true genius of Mark Walter and Andrew Friedman. Enjoy it while you can, because it will end soon. In the upcoming CBA and talks among owners, MLB…

The Dodgers aren't just an older team because they have a couple of graybeard pitchers. The offense is where the age discrepancy really lives.

The Dodgers are 6-4 in their last 10 games. Still, they are not hitting on all cylinders. The next time the Dodgers play, Will Smith should be the catcher, and Ben Rotverdt should be gone.

But I am beginning to wonder whether something different is happening in Major League Baseball in 2026. I think the pitchers, aided by an astonishing amount of information, may have gotten ahead in the arms race.

Spin it however you want it, but the better team won the last two games! Now, I fully understand that the Dodgers are without Andy Pages, Will Smith and Dalton…

There are players who look terrific against the Rockies on June 12 and suddenly develop rigor mortis when there are 54,000 people screaming and their season is three outs from ending. Kiké seems to have the opposite disease.

I'm going to attempt to list every significant player acquired from outside the organization who either reached the Dodgers' MLB roster or was a meaningful prospect acquired in a trade.

In 2024, I was driving the bandwagon while some of you were standing alongside the road screaming that the wheels were coming off. Same thing in 2025. I remained confident.

Van Scoyoc has pointed out that launch angle is really a measurement, not necessarily a hitting philosophy. His stated goal is to develop an adjustable swing capable of matching different pitch planes, rather than teaching hitters to simply swing upward at everything.

I do not see the glass as half empty or half full. I see what the glass is: simply a vehicle to show what is inside it. What's inside the glass is sometimes…

Sorry about that. The new LADT has had so many visits and comments that we exceeded our monthly plan, and the damn machines turned it off. So we upped the…

You never know what to expect when a pitcher comes back from an extended stay on the IL, but Blake Snell came back with an eye-popping 10 strikeouts in 6 IP.…

When you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results, you are a moron... and insane!

NOTE: We are running two blogs today. This one and the MiLB Blog by Jeff. The six losses in a row were embarrassing, but last night's game was more than…

I went to London for nine days, and look what you guys did! THE DODGERS ARE STINKING UP THE JOINT. They can't hit, pitch, or field, but otherwise they are fine!

Kike Hernandez and Edwin Diaz will be back next week (barring a setback). Alex Freeland will have to go back to OKC when that happens... or be traded. That…

Mark Timmons is London-bound and will be off the blog for about 10 days.

Winning two games of a three-game series in the Bronx is a good way to start the stretch run. I think you will see more urgency now.

We flipped the website to a new platform yesterday, and this is the first post. It currently feels like a foreign object to me. I will have to get used to it, and so will you. As I said... There will be glitches and changes. Be Patient!

I did this interview a couple of weeks ago with Chef Mike, who runs the Dodgers Food Trailer for the Great Lakes Loons. They are there for every home and road regular season and playoff game. They prepare three meals a day for approximately 50 people (players and coaches). Since games end late most evenings, they do not prepare breakfast. Many of their hotels have a complimentary breakfast anyway. However,…

It’s been a few days since I did this interview. We have evidently been working my son-in-law (the video guy) like a rented mule at US Water Systems. However, I am taking him to London with me in a few days, so maybe Watford will buy him a pint as a tip, but he’s a dang Red Sox fan, so there is that! I thought that it would be interesting…

The Dodgers are not exactly storming toward the finish line right now. They are sleepwalking. They have built an 11-game lead, turned the division race into a cakewalk, and seem to be playing with the urgency of a team waiting for October to arrive. The edge is missing. The intensity comes and goes. At times, they look less like a hungry championship club and more like a veteran team trying…

This version of LA Dodger Talk has been around for close to ten years. It’s time to retire it. In the next couple of weeks, the NEW & IMPROVED VERSION of LADT will appear. Hopefully, it will be free of glitches and downtime, but if you wake up some day and we are gone, be patient – we will be back. Here’s a sneak peek of it: Be patient, but…

I generally don’t have a “favorite” player… kind of like I don’t have a favorite kid… or grandkid. However, I am unashamed to say that Alex Freeland is now my favorite player, simply because of what he has had to overcome to get where he is. I admire his parents for what they did for him, and I admire his indomitable spirit. However, the time has come for Alex to…

This was written by Bumsrap. When we start the new site, his name will appear as the author, but it does not here. Rob: I heard it again after last night’s game. Dawn: “The Dodgers buy championships?” Rob: Every. Single. Time. Ethan: Well…the Dodgers do spend a lot of money. Rob: Exactly! Why does everybody act like that’s some kind of secret? Dawn: Because it’s easier than having a longer…

Yesterday, Dodgerpatch asked about a woman who posted here years ago. She is not forgotten. He wrote this: “Who was the former poster here who loved Sonny Gray. She was a female, and she always wanted the Dodgers to go out and get Sonny Gray when he was with Oakland. She also was very fond of Andrew Toles. She disappeared for a while, and Mark did a little sleuthing and…