Three-Inning Save: A Los Angeles Dodgers Podcast

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

A look at the best Dodgers performances of the last 10 years, including Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, Justin Turner, Kenley Jansen, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A final recap of MLB awards season, including Hyun-jin Ryu finishing second in NL Cy Young voting, and Cody Bellinger winning NL MVP, the first Dodgers position player to do so in 31 years. Also, where do those two rank among the best Dodgers in 2010s? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A breakdown of the Dodgers’ roster heading into the offseason, including free agents, options, additions, those eligible for salary arbitration, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking back at the stunning Game 5 loss to the Nationals, ending the Dodgers’ season much sooner than expected. We look at the fallout from the NLDS exit, plus a quick recap of several newsworthy items in the week since their season ended — namely Dave Roberts will return, Andrew Friedman is getting a new contract, Rick Honeycutt is moving to a new role after 14 years as pitching coach, and David Freese retired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers and Nationals split another two games, this time in Washington D.C., sending the NLDS back to Los Angeles for a decisive Game 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers and Nationals split the first two games of their NLDS at Dodger Stadium. A breakdown of those two games, plus reaction to the bigger moments from Walker Buehler, Stephen Strasburg, Max Muncy, Max Scherzer, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An immediate preview of the NLDS less than an hour after the NL wild card game finished, with the Nationals beating the Brewers in dramatic fashion. We look at how the Dodgers matchup with the Nationals and how the pitching usage in the wild card game might affect the division series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two weeks before the National League Division Series starts, we take a stab at predicting the Dodgers’ 25-man active roster for the first round of the MLB playoffs. There are several locks, so this essentially comes down to the figuring out the final 4-5 spots at most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are down to just two weeks remaining in the regular season, with the National League West champion Dodgers having one homestand and one road trip left before October postseason baseball beckons. Here’s what to expect over the final 11 games before the real fun starts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers are just 12-11 over the last 3-plus weeks, which eliminated what would have been the earliest playoff clinch in franchise history. They will still easily win the NL West, but the real concerns are health of a few key players and fatigue of their top three starting pitchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers lost two of three games to the best-in-AL Yankees over the weekend, with an anemic-looking offense to boot. It was a scene eerily reminiscent of the last two World Series, a stigma the Dodgers won’t shake until they actually win one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the Dodgers setting a few home run records last week plus a few individual home run milestones, and in a year in which the baseball is clearly juiced, we wonder if we are at our breaking point of too many home runs these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kenley Jansen is working through some things, no longer at his once-elite status, but the Dodgers continue their faith in him. We also catch up on the seasons for award contenders Cody Bellinger and Hyun-jin Ryu, and take a stroll through the possible timetables for the various injured Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sort out potential roster decisions looming for the Dodgers, both in the next few weeks and closer to October. This week is a mailbag episode, where we answer questions from listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly real-time reactions to the Dodgers’ moves at the one and only July 31 trade deadline, plus analysis of a busy transactional week prior that saw them add bench depth in Tyler White and Kristopher Negrón. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taking stock of the Dodgers under-performing bullpen, what additions they might make by the July 31 trade deadline, and constructing a postseason bullpen from that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head into the All-Star break with Cody Bellinger at the absolute top of his game. The versatile outfielder and first baseman star is building one of the great seasons in Dodgers history thanks to some key adjustments in his already impressive game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With one week before the 2019 All-Star break, we take stock of the Dodgers in the first half of the season, and look at what remains for the second half, including divvying up playing time, trade deadline targets, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A closer look at MLB’s new All-Star voting system, and analysis of who could join Cody Bellinger, Hyun-jin Ryu, and Dave Roberts at the midsummer classic in Cleveland. Plus, we talk about the Walker Buehler Game, the loss of Rich Hill for a while, and those productive Dodgers rookies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description: A look back at the 2019 MLB Draft for the Dodgers with prospect maven David Hood, plus what Corey Seager’s hamstring injury means for the Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Muncy delivered the MLB quote of the year and spawned a t-shirt. Plus we look at Corey Seager hitting doubles again, relive the first Will Smith experience, an appreciation of the two ridiculous Dodgers streaks in 2013 & 2017, and compare the Russell Martin/Dioner Navarro situation to a potential Smith/Keibert Ruiz timeshare at catcher in the near future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A closer look at the struggling Dodgers bullpen, plus a recap of the recent road trip, Justin Turner’s surge, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A closer look at the excellence of the Dodgers starting rotation, including the incredible emergence of Hyun-jin Ryu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fond look back at the Travis d=E2=80=99Arnaud tenure with the Dodgers, which lasted all of five days. Plus the excellence of Hyun-jin Ryu and more Dodgers news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A disappointing period for the Dodgers included inexplicable losses, a pair of key injuries, a brand new catcher and a stunning walk-off grand slam loss that prevented a winning week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A closer look at the record-setting April by Cody Bellinger, who leads the major leagues in nearly every major offensive category. Also the Dodgers are finally at full strength, though it took 30 games into the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the struggling start for the Dodgers starting pitchers, and how they struggled mightily against the Cardinals and Brewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New True Blue LA Site Manager Elizabeth Islas joins Eric and Jacob to talk about the blazing hot Dodgers offense, rough bullpen options and the first full week of Dodgers Baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob discuss the opening series against the Diamondbacks and make quick evaluations on the highs and lows of the season so far. And after the offseason, Questions from Craig returns! NOTE: We had some pretty major issues with the raw record files this weekend, and we did our best to clean everything up. This caused the few-day delay and you may notice a hiccup/sync issue here and there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob catch up over an uneventful spring and preview the season ahead, including thoughts on what needs to happen for the Dodgers to win the world series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How serious are the Dodgers about re-entering the Harper sweepstakes? Clayton Kershaw was named the Dodgers opening day starter for the ninth year in a row, but shoulder discomfort during spring training casts doubt on the beginning of his season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching up on Dodgers news now that spring training is fully underway at Camelback Ranch in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers signed outfielder A.J. Pollock and traded for old friend Russell Martin to help at catcher, as the offseason starts to take shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching up on the Dodgers offseason with our first podcast episode of 2019. We recap the salary dump trade with the Reds, which included jettisoning Yasiel Puig and more to Cincinnati. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recap of the baseball winter meetings in Las Vegas, where the Dodgers weren't too eventful but the stage is set for a busy winter. The club did sign Joe Kelly and add a member to their television and radio broadcast team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Note: the previous version of the episode got cut off for some reason -- this is the full episode! Setting the stage for the Dodgers heading into the winter meetings with a coaching staff finalized and some additions to the fringes of the 40-man roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast, we look at some predictions for the Dodgers free agents and guess over or under on their contracts. Plus we take questions, including about the Dodgers pitching staff and the outfield heading into 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers lost general manager Farhan Zaidi, who left to lead the Giants baseball operations department on a 5-year deal. Manager Dave Roberts had his 2019 option exercised and has a few coaching spots to fill. Also, Hyun-jin Ryu accepted the qualifying offer, bringing him back for 2019 on a one-year, $17.9 million deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2018 season is over, and free agency has begun. At the start of the offseason, let’s look at what sort of active roster the Dodgers have now, and what they might need to focus on adding this winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers fell short in a second straight World Series, and we’re here to recap the final three games in Los Angeles. Plus we take a first look at the offseason with roster notes and a big Clayton Kershaw decision looming this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob console each other through two frustrating losses and briefly look ahead to a home stand to hopefully turn around the World Series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob go over the last five games of the emblematic NLCS, then preview the World Series (!!!) against the Boston Red Sox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

* Note: Due to travel, today's podcast was recorded via phone -- apologies for the voicemail quality!* Eric and Jacob discussed the NLCS as it heads into Dodger Stadium with a 1-1 tie, going over the good and the bad of the first two games (not necessarily in that order), with a quick preview of Games 3, 4 and 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob discuss the last two games against the Braves and look ahead to The Dodgers trip to Milwaukee with a World Series trip on the line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Jacob talk about the dominating performance by the Dodgers in the first two games against the Braves, and look ahead at Sunday's Game 3 in Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob and Eric have their first playoff episode and go over expected rosters and pitching matchups of the first two games against the Braves at Dodger Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices