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Here is some Hot Stove news in February Dodger fans. The Dodgers have signed pitcher Todd Coffey. According to Ken Rosenthal on twitter Kem Rosenthal Tweet The deal is for one year worth 1.3 million dollars and includes a club option for 2013. As you may or may not know, Coffey is the big relief pitcher that sprints out of the bullpen. He pitched for the Nationals last season, and every time he was called into pitch he is well known for sprinting out of the bullpen, most of the time to the WWF’s Ultimate Warrior song.

Attention Dodger fans, attention, we have a Belisario sighting! Ronald Belisario has arrived to spring training several weeks early. That’s how he rolls. He’s either several weeks early, several weeks late, or he doesn’t show up at all. Ronald Belisario is either a month late or a dollar short. There is no happy medium with him. He was seen at the Dodger’s spring training complex in Camelback Ranch, Glendale, Arizona working out and preparing for the upcoming season. He is just a tad bit early though. It seems Belisario just can’t get it right. If he doesn’t repeat his vanishing [...]

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office cited that there was insufficient evidence to charge Dodgers first baseman James Loney with any crime in the events surrounding his Maserati accident. Loney was arrested for suspicion of DUI last November 14th after sideswiping several cars on the 101 Freeway in Sherman Oaks and acting bizarrely afterwards. He was tested for alcohol and drugs, and all tests came back negative.

Today is Justin Sellers‘ (SellBlock) Birthday. Justin is 25-years old, and was born in Bellflower, California. Sellers was originally drafted by the Athletics, and was traded from the Cubs to the Dodgers in 2009. Sellers has always been an exceptional defensive player. He won Defensive Player of the Year honors in the Hawaii Baseball League. He was also a Southern League all-star in 2009 when he was playing in the Cubs’ farm system. In 2011, the young right handed hitting infielder spent time between the Isotopes and the Dodgers. For Albuquerque, Sellers hit .304 with 14 home runs in 89 [...]

We actually have some Dodger news that’s not about the sale. The Dodgers have made an acquisition. The Dodgers have signed outfielder Chris Pettit to a minor league deal according to Jerry Crasnick, Jerry Crasnick Tweet. Pettit is a 27-year old outfielder that was originally drafted by the Angels in the 19th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Pettit is 6’0, 200 pounds, and a right handed hitter. Pettit is from Southern California, born in Pasadena. Pettit attended San Dimas High School, and was named male Scholar-Athlete of the year in 2002. He went to Loyola Marymount University, and then was drafted [...]

I guess Mike Petriello of MSTI feels the same way as I do. I was happy that we can finally move on from the Prince Fielder story, but then this broke today over the inter-webs. Jon Heyman reports that the Dodgers did make an offer to Prince Fielder. Apparently the Dodgers offer was for seven years and about 160 million, which is well short of the 10 year 214 million dollar contract he got from Detroit. What does this mean?……

Well Dodger fans, agent Scott Boras got his man alright. News just broke all over the world. Prince Fielder has signed with the Detroit Tigers for a mega-deal for nine years and 214 million dollars. WOW. Well that does that right? Time to move on. We never had a chance anyways. I’m talking about a tweet from Joel Sherman, that I’m not even going to link to now, that said the Dodgers might be in play to sign Fielder. I knew instantly that it was likely bogus. The Dodgers had no chance to sign Fielder. Or did they……

Tonight at the Baseball writer’s dinner, Clayton Kershaw will receive his Cy Young Award plaque. The dinner will take place in New York, but not before Kershaw made a stop at the New York stock exchange. Kershaw has been touring around Southern California with his wife Ellen to promote their book called “Arise”. A book written about their lives, and charity work in Africa. Kershaw will be flying out Dodger’s pitching coach Rick Honeycutt as his guest for the dinner. Honeycutt has been the Dodgers pitching coach for the last six seasons.

The Dodgers have gone through a lot of roster transition this winter, and many longtime Dodgers have moved on to other teams. Former Dodgers are spread throughout the league now. We like to keep you guys informed of where these former Dodgers end up. Yesterday catcher Dioner Navarro A.K.A. “Pudjito” signed with the Cincinnati Reds. The contract is a minor league deal worth 800,000 dollars with an invite to spring training. According to Jon Heyman on Twitter  the deal has 200,000 dollars worth of incentives. According to reports Navarro will provide the Reds with catching depth, and likely start the [...]

We can close the book on Hiroki Kuroda now. He finally signed today. According to the tweet from Jack Curry of the YES network, reported on MLB trade rumors, Kuroda has signed with the Yankees, pending a physical. Jack Curry Tweet Kuroda had yet to sign until today, but had been talking to several teams, the Yankees being one of those. The terms of the contract are one year for between 10-11 million dollars. Kuroda made 12 million last year with the Dodgers.  This is a sad day indeed, Kuroda has been one of my favorite Dodgers for a while [...]