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#yasiel-puig

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.

Shelby Miller was a very promising young player a long time ago, finishing third in the Rookie of the Year voting in 2013 after going 15-9 with a 3.06 ERA.But to illustrate how long ago that was, the two guys he finished behind were Jose Fernandez and Yasiel Puig.Nine years doesn't seem that long, but Nolan Arenado is the only player who got RoY votes that year who is still both in the league and productive.

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.

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.Unfortunately, for Dodger fans, the iconic 2017 World Series squad is no longer intact, as only few players still remain in Los Angeles.Just six players from the Dodgers 2017 team are left; Clayton Kershaw, Chris Taylor, Julio Urias, Walker Buehler, Austin Barnes, and Trayce Thompson.

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 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.

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.

The 2022 season for the Los Angeles Dodgers will forever be defined by their failure in the playoffs.It is a disappointing reality for the club that won a franchise-record 111 games during the regular season, a feat that had not been accomplished by a National League club since the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates.

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.