The OFFICIAL 2017 LA Dodgers Thread - Sponsored by The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

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You know the drill, if you're going to talk about your own team, start another thread. (Which won't happen considering how god awful the Angels are going to be this year.)

I think 2017 will go down to the wire, considering San Francisco's Achilles heel last year was their bull pen. They picked up a few decent arms, especially Melancon, and that might shore up the main problem that took them out of playoff contention last year. The Dodgers need to remain healthy, which is easier said than done. If our pitchers are healthy and we don't have to rely on a rag tag crew to get us through the year, we may pick up the NL West, but as it stands, we will get hurt. It's the Dodgers.

But, we still will qualify for the Wildcard spot.

Will Ryu ever come back? When will Baez blow his first game? Will Urias have a 1st inning that doesn't require a minimum of 42 pitches? Will Puig have another kid before the All Star Game? In what inning will Rich Hill get his first blister? Will Gonzo hit more homers than his age? Will Justin Turner earn his keep?

Prognostications:

NATL WEST W L

San Francisco vaGiants 88 74
Los Angeles Dodgers 87 75
Colorado Rockies 84 78
Arizona Diamondbacks 70 92
San Diego Padres 69 93


Dodger Stats
• 2017 Schedule (Execution Dates)
• 2017 TV Broadcast Schedule (Even Though You're Still Blacked Out)
• 2017 Active Roster (What Happened to All of Our Cubans?!)
• 2017 Depth Chart (24 Outfielders, 1 Catcher)
• 2017 Transactions (We Traded Howie Kendrick? Oh Noes!)
• 2017 Batting Statistics (Offensive Stats? You Mean Corey Seager's Stats)
• 2017 Pitching Statistics (Pitching Stats? You Mean Kershaw's Stats)
• 2017 Salary (We're Still Paying Matt Kemp HOW Much?!)
• 2017 Injuries (You'll be clicking on this often)

Dodger News
• LA Times
• Yahoo Sports
• ESPN
• ESPN LA
• Sports Illustrated
• Fox Sports
• Time Warner SportsNet LA
• MLB Trade Rumors
• Bleacher Report

Dodger Blogs
• Dodger Digest
• Vin Scully Is My Homeboy
• True Blue LA
• Dodgers Blue Heaven
• Dodger Therapy

Twitter Accounts (So you can yell at them personally, #superfan)

Garcia	Gonzalez
Hatcher	Hernandez
Jansen	Kazmir
Kershaw	McCarthy
Pederson	Puig
Ryu	Turner
Van Slyke	Wood

no possible way Riyu pitches another major league inning. no way

this season (like last season) will be another place-holder until the youngsters come into their own. any success (or another vaGiants meltdown) will be a happy coincidence.

patience is the watchword for the next few years whilst the farm system fleshes out our roster.

Thanks for putting together the useful links DS.

It may be far fetched, but the Dodgers might not have as many injury problems as they did last year...I'm wondering how far Dave Roberts can take them if that happens? I'm hoping to see Joc hit over .275...if not they need a different center fielder...they certainly have enough candidates.

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Originally Posted by Stumpknocker

Thanks for putting together the useful links DS.

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No prob! Not everyone needs daily updates on Lumber Liquidators stock.

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Originally Posted by Stumpknocker

I'm hoping to see Joc hit over .275...if not they need a different center fielder...they certainly have enough candidates.

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If Joc hits .275 and flashes the same leather as he did last year, I don't think there are many candidates within our system that can take over his spot.

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Originally Posted by DarkShadow

If Joc hits .275 and flashes the same leather as he did last year, I don't think there are many candidates within our system that can take over his spot.

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I thought "flashing the leather" meant Besty Devos going topless....?

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Originally Posted by City Dad

I thought "flashing the leather" meant Besty Devos going topless....?

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Devos? Naugahyde, buddy. Naugahyde.

And our great sponsor for this post, the 9th District, has flashed their own leather today and played some great defense.

:Cool:

Oh checks and balances, how I never understood thee in high school government, but I sure do now.

Go Dodgers!

Any fan who has the time should really make it out to Camel Back for Spring Training. It is a blast...

...but if ya can't, first televised spring game is 25th...

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Originally Posted by City Dad

Any fan who has the time should really make it out to Camel Back for Spring Training. It is a blast...

...but if ya can't, first televised spring game is 25th...

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Is there a television schedule somewhere? The Dodger website has a spring training schedule but no broadcast schedule yet.

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Originally Posted by Stumpknocker

Is there a television schedule somewhere? The Dodger website has a spring training schedule but no broadcast schedule yet.

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Edited my original post to now contain the broadcast schedule:

• 2017 TV Broadcast Schedule (Even Though You're Still Blacked Out)