Dodgers Sign Mark Ellis, Matt Treynor

Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com reported today the Dodgers' General Manager Ned Colletti met with Aaron Harang's agent. However, Hiroki Kuroda is still the Dodgers' priority.Harang made $4 million last season with the Padres and received a $500,000 buyout when the team didn't exercise the mutual option.So, he made $4.5 million. Kuroda made $12 million last season with...

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday announced that they have signed second baseman Mark Ellis to a two-year contract with a club option for a third year in 2014. Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. Mark brings a veteran presence to our lineup and he knows how to handle the bat, said Colletti. On defense, hes been one of the most dependable second...

Hooray! The Dodgers are going to sign superstar Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160 million contract extension!!! Booo! The Dodgers just gave middle-aged infielder Mark Ellis a two-year deal worth around $9 million!!! Oh, you silly Dodgers, your decision making is so befuddling paradoxical. How can one team be so smart and yet so stupid at the same time. I mean that literally,...

This sweet spot signed ball comes courtesy of Steiner Sports Memorabilia. It was on sale for an awesomely ridiculous price, a truly great discount I could not pass up. It normally sold, at the time of purchase, for 90 bucks. I picked it up for thirty big ones. I absolutely love that Clayton inscribed his number. Good. Stuff.It was a fantastic deal I took advantage of months and months...

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt (left) and Matt Kemp attend the opening of a new little league field in Compton, CA. Kemp remained silent about reports he was ready to sign an 8 year, $160 million deal with the team. Frank McCourt may have been a terrible owner but he is turning into quite the apologist. Ever since he lost his battle with Bud Selig to retain control of the Dodgers, McCourt...

Even with a little fuzz on his face, Clayton Kershaw still looks like a kid off a Texas farm. He has unkempt hair and an "aw shucks" smile, but he'd be the first person you'd think of if a little old lady needed help crossing the street. He's that kind of guy sweet and self-effacing when he's not trying to throw a 95-mph fastball past Prince Fielder. But...

Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Cy Young Award in a runaway Thursday.

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Clayton Kershaw, at 23, blossomed into the rotation leader the Dodgers envisioned when they selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2006 draft. His 21 victories were eight more than his previous career high and matched Arizona's Ian Kennedy for the most in the National League. Kershaw also led the league with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts.

Kershaw is the winner of NL Cy Young Award (Dodgers.com) photo by Jon SooHoo/Juan Ocampo/Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are complaining that Fox Sports is illegally trying to interfere with efforts to sell the team and its assets, including media rights to future games.

I wrote this about last weekend's Jamey Carroll Sweepstakes over at the Outside Corner. I'm planning on making my winter posts over there part of a recurring theme: the winter is a rough time to be the fan of any team except for a few of baseball's biggest spenders.

The latest out of the National League West.. Rockies General Manager Dan O'Dowd is after a "No. 3 or No. 4" pitcher, writes Troy Renck of The Denver Post.  The team's search has led them to talks with Roy Oswalt, and the team is being aggressive in their pursuit, according to several agents and executives, Renck tweets.  While Oswalt is interested, he'...