Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I’m hoping to be on Santa’s good list, because I asked him to fix the Dodgers’ TV situation before the season begins.
It all falls down
Remember the signing of pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma I told you about in the last newsletter? Never mind. Iwakuma returned to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday after the Dodgers retracted their three-year offer after a physical examination that apparently caused concerns about his elbow and shoulder. So the Dodgers are having quite the off-season, trading for Aroldis Chapman and then holding off on it after an MLB investigation into Chapman for an alleged domestic violence incident, and now losing Iwakuma after almost signing him.