Pitchers and catchers report back to camp for many groups Feb. 14-15, however, imagine it or not, we’re technically lower than every week away from spring coaching beginning. The Dodgers have pitchers and catchers reporting on Feb. 9, so meaning come this Friday we will say it is spring coaching.
Within the meantime, there’s nonetheless loads of offseason enterprise to be settled. And but, it appears slower than ever. Let’s attempt to discover some nuggets.
Kershaw, Dodgers nonetheless speaking
“We proceed to remain in contact with Clayton and we’ll progress,” mentioned Dodgers basic supervisor Brandon Gomes Saturday (by way of Invoice Plunkett of the OC Register).
Bear in mind, Clayton Kershaw had shoulder surgical procedure in early November and is predicted to be out till no less than the center of the season. He is additionally a free agent, although it looks as if a foregone conclusion at this level that the Dodgers would be the crew that indicators him. The 35-year-old future Corridor of Famer has been with the group since he was drafted out of highschool in 2006 and after 16 big-league season, there’s little motive, it appears, for him to discover outdoors employment.
The Dodgers’ rotation, because it stands, is Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Bobby Miller, Emmet Sheehan and Walker Buehler, who’s coming back from Tommy John surgical procedure. There are sufficient questions with workload there that Kershaw might give them a pleasant increase in, say, August and heading towards the playoffs.
Longoria ‘weighing choices’
Veteran free-agent third baseman Evan Longoria is “weighing choices,” in accordance with the Tampa Bay Occasions. It is unclear if a type of choices is retirement or if he has a number of job presents from which to decide on.
Longoria, 38, hit .223/.295/.422 (93 OPS+) with 11 homers in 74 video games for the Diamondbacks final common season. He was their common third baseman throughout the unlikely run to the World Sequence, hitting .167/.226/.229 in 16 playoff video games.
At this level, Longoria should not actually be an on a regular basis participant, however he nonetheless has energy and glove to convey to the desk from a bench spot.
