True Blue La

A look at the amazing Max Scherzer, who has a 1.05 ERA in his first seven starts with the Dodgers, who have needed every bit of it to stay in contention in the National League West. Plus a look at last week’s series loss to the Giants, the pending return of Clayton Kershaw, and AJ Pollock’s hamstring injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at how the Dodgers have used rest for their position players and pitchers, plus several Dodgers questions about Corey Seager’s free agency, Will Smith’s postseason starts at catcher, and who has more Hall of Famers between the current Dodgers and Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers won nine straight games and moved closer to the Giants in the National League West. A look at that, plus what’s ahead in the final seven weeks of the regular season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at a week that saw the Dodgers win five of six games on the road against the Phillies and Mets, overcoming various obstacles along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers have added several players over the last few weeks. Max Scherzer and Trea Turner are the headliners from the trade deadline. But there have been several other waiver claims, signings, and call ups on the fringes as the Dodgers try to fill a pitching gap they will have until September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the trade deadline, the Dodgers acquired Max Scherzer, who is starting this week, and Danny Duffy, who will be ready in late August or early September. But with two starting pitchers currently on the injured list, did they add enough pitching to the staff? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers made a huge splash at the MLB trade deadline, adding future Hall of Fame pitcher Max Scherzer to shore up a leaky starting rotation and infielder Trea Turner in a blockbuster deal with the Nationals. A look back at all the deals at the trade deadline, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mookie Betts went on the injured list for the first time in three years with hip inflammation, after missing a week’s worth of games. Cody Bellinger has hurt off and on since November, and after snapping a long hitless streak he got hurt, too. Corey Seager still entering his 11th week on the injured list. The Dodgers depth chart is getting tested with only a few days until the MLB trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With a week and a half until the MLB trade deadline, we look at the state of the Dodgers pitching staff and possible targets for adding to the staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLB great John Kruk joins Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, Brady Klopfer and a host of community guests from around SB Nation to watch the 2021 MLB Home Run Derby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SB Nation’s all-star cast (Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, Eric Stephen and guest Jeremy Brener) breaks down everything that happened in the 1st round of the 2021 MLB Draft! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SB Nation welcomes you to it’s coverage of the 2021 MLB All-Star Week, powered by T-Mobile! On today’s episode, Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, and Brady Klopfer break down the rosters, set the state of the league, discuss trade rumors PLUS Talking Chop's Demetrius Bell joins the show to talk about the move from Georgia to Colorado! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trevor Bauer is accused of assault and a Los Angeles judge granted a temporary restraining order against him, with a hearing date in court set for July 23. Bauer was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball on July 2. Here’s what comes next for Bauer and the Dodgers. Note: the Bauer discussion ends and gives way to a general Dodgers update at approximately 23 minutes into the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A couple of former All-Stars returned to the Dodgers lineup and were the best hitters in a week that ended with a four-game winning streak. It followed a four-game losing streak, which included a three-game sweep by the division-rival Padres and the Cubs throwing a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium. That skid was called “embarrassing” and “a wake-up call” by the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We went two weeks in between True Blue LA podcasts, so we caught up on Dodgers news in the interim, including both Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger getting hurt and concluding their injured list stints within that time. Also, 30-somethings Andy Burns and Steven Souza Jr. debuted with the Dodgers, and 2017 draft pick Zach Reks made his MLB debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Weisman updated his seminal book, '100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die' after the Dodgers won the 2020 World Series, and included so many eventful things that happened in the eight years since the previous edition published, the most prolific stretch for the franchise in at least 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We briefly recap the latest kerfuffle surrounding MLB with foreign substances on baseballs, including Trevor Bauer’s comments. And we also compare the first 60 games of 2021 to the 60-game 2020 season, recap the last week, and answer mailbag questions that mostly have to do with the trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at Max Muncy’s incredible May, and how he’s become a heightened version of his 2018-19 self, a strike zone-owning power hitter who has kept the Dodgers offense afloat amid several injuries. Also, some of those injured players have returned or are close to returning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers won eight straight games for the second time in 2021, and have moved near the top of the National League West, fueled by a starting rotation that is the backbone of the team and an offense that is coming back around after a three-week slump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The losses kept coming for the Dodgers, but not on the field. Corey Seager broke his hand, AJ Pollock got hurt, and Edwin Ríos is out for the year after shoulder surgery. With the Dodgers needing all the position-player help they can get, it made more sense that they signed a 41-year-old Albert Pujols, and traded for Yoshi Tsutsugo, both hitting under .200. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices