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#yasiel-puig

The MLB offseason continued to drag along at a pretty glacial pace on Wednesday.Hopefully the winter meetings, which start Sunday, will catalyze some action.There have been some reports that Aaron Judge is expected to decide by the end of the meetings, and that would certainly be some significant news leaguewide, although the seemingly most likely scenario is a return to New York, which is also the least interesting scenario.

While the Los Angeles Dodgers saw Keibert Ruiz during a three-game series with the Washington Nationals, they did not end up facing Josiah Gray, one of their former top pitching prospects.Gray was acquired by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds in a 2018 trade that also involved Jeter Downs and Homer Bailey.

Former Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, who last year withdrew from an agreement to plead guilty to lying to federal authorities in a sports gambling investigation, indicated he will fight the charges at trial after pleading not guilty Friday morning in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.After reneging on the plea agreement, Puig, 32, now faces a charge of obstruction of justice in addition to the original charge of making false statements to federal officials, according to a superseding indictment.

It's getting safer and safer to say that the Dodgers firmly won the Mookie Betts trade.Mookie helped lead LA to a World Series championship in his first season in blue while all of the players the Dodgers sent to Boston have had mixed bags of success.Including the one-time highly regarded shortstop prospect, Jeter Downs, who was designated for assignment by the Red Sox on Thursday.

The Dodgers and Padres face off at Dodger Stadium South tonight for the first match up of the 2023 season.A lot has changed since these two clubs faced off last October in the NLDS.The Dodgers lost some key pieces like All-Stars Trea Turner, Justin Turner, and Cody Bellinger.The Padres meanwhile, went out and signed former All-Stars like Xander Bogaerts, Michael Wacha, Nelson Cruz, and perhaps most importantly, have Fernando Tatis Jr back after missing the 2022 season due to injury and later suspension.

During the 2022 season the Los Angeles Dodgers featured a few different celebrations from their head tap to the hang loose sign and their pepper grinding motion.While those brought some life to the team, they were only featured after a big moment, such as an RBI hit or home run.When the Dodgers were struggling, it sometimes looked like they lacked energy, which was most apparent during the National League Division Series.

Yasiel Puig has bounced around quite a bit since he was traded from the Dodgers after the 2018 season.He played with Cincinnati and Cleveland in the MLB, before playing in the Dominican Winter League and Mexican League.Then, in 2022, he went to Korea to play in the Korean Baseball League - and he's been raking.

Yasiel Puig breaks the internet following news of legal issues stemming from illegal gambling.We discuss the former Dodgers All-Star and his future in Major League Baseball.Beyond Puig, we dive into all the latest news from the general managers' meetings from last week.Qualifying offer updates plus the return of Clayton Kershaw.

It's been an offseason of change for the Dodgers, with longtime stars Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner heading off to new teams.Bellinger's performance on the field the last two years is replaceable, and Turner got more years and money than L.A. was comfortable giving, but it's still a shock to think about the team without those two guys.

We are one day into the MLB Winter Meetings, and a ton has happened already.Justin Verlander will be heading to New York to become a Met, and Trea Turner is heading to Philadephia to join his buddy, Bryce Harper.Many talks are happening, and we aren't even close to the madness that will be upon us.While your Dodgers and president of baseball operations, Andrew Freidman, are cooking something up down in San Diego, a former dodger decided to take the trip down south to the Winter Meetings.

On November 15, it was announced former Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Yasiel Puig was facing up to five years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty for lying to federal investigators regarding an illegal sports-gambling operation.At 31 years old, Puig, who was last seen on a Major League diamond in 2019, was expected to plead guilty to one count of making false statements.

Although the Los Angeles Dodgers had one of the most talented rosters in recent memory and won a franchise-record 111 games, their postseason run ended after just four games, which brought up questions of why the team failed when it mattered most.Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman believes the early exit was an "organizational failure," but also attributed some of the failure to the unpredictability of October baseball.

One of the most notable things about the Dodgers organization is that, despite what some social media trolls will try to tell you, they're not  just a rich team that signs all the big free agents.They definitely are a rich team, and they do sometimes sign big free agents, but the best way to describe Los Angeles is that they're really good at all the different ways of building a team.

A Los Angeles Dodgers ofrenda was set up at Dodger Stadium to pay tribute to the late Mike Brito, Tommy Lasorda, Vin Scully and Maury Wills, among others with ties to the organization in recognition of Día de Los Muertos.All but Lasorda passed away this year.The Hall of Fame manager died in January 2021 at the age of 93.

Overseas, Yasiel Puig has had quite the season.Although we miss him playing for Los Angeles, Puig has dominated in the KBO.In his first season in the league, he helped lead his team to the KBO Championship.But although winning is kinda cool, Puig has a bigger thing he's playing for.His whole goal this postseason has been to #WinforVin.