Cliff Corcoran

Joined: May 28, 2020

Cliff Corcoran covers baseball for The Athletic and is a former lead baseball writer for SI.com. The co-author or editor of 13 baseball books, including seven Baseball Prospectus annuals, he has also written for USA Today, SB Nation, Baseball Prospectus, Sports on Earth, The Hardball Times, and Boston.com, among others. He has been a semi-regular guest analyst on the MLB Network and can be heard more regularly on The Infinite Inning podcast with Steven Goldman. Follow Cliff on Twitter @CliffCorcoran.

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Dodgers vs. Rays World Series Preview

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Dodgers-Brewers Wild Card Series Preview: It's a Trap!

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Awards Watch: Dodgers Still in the Mix as NL Awards Come Down to the Wire

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A's at Dodgers Series Preview

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Dodgers at Rockies Series Preview

This weekend’s four-game set marks the Dodgers’ only trip of the year to Colorado and their final regular-season series against a National League team. The Rockies hold the distinction of being the only team to win a series against the 2020 Dodgers, but o

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Dodgers at San Diego Series Preview

The Dodgers have won four of the seven games between these two teams thus far this season and have outscored San Diego 36-23. However, the last of those games came on August 13. The Padres turned over roughly 30 percent of their active roster at the Augus

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Astros at Dodgers Series Preview

Now things get serious. After a pair of games at home against the Astros this weekend, the Dodgers head to San Diego for three, to Denver for four, then host the A’s, who currently boast the second-best record in the majors, before finishing up the season

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Awards Watch: Dodgers Among Contenders for All Three Major Player Awards

With just 18 games left on the Dodgers’ schedule, there is precious little time for their players to overtake the leaders in these races. However, due to this season’s small sample, there is much more potential for significant change at this late date tha

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Rockies at Dodgers Series Preview

Since opening the season 11-3, the Rockies have gone 7-16, sinking from first place in the National League West to 9 1/2 games behind L.A. and struggling to fend off the Giants, whom Colorado leads by a mere half game for the eighth and final NL playoff s

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Diamondbacks at Dodgers Series Preview

By coincidence, both the Dodgers and Diamondbacks donated a struggling starter to the Buffalo Blue Jays’ effort to back into this year’s expanded playoffs. Ray had a 7.84 ERA in seven starts on the season, allowed seven home runs in his first four starts,

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Dodgers at Texas Rangers Series Preview

Mike Minor’s velocity is way down. His average fastball is nearly two miles per hour slower than a year ago (down to 91 from nearly 93), with his maximum speed falling even farther (from better than 96 mph to less than 94). Accordingly, his hard-hit rate

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Dodgers at Giants Series Preview

The Giants have made a few roster changes since the Dodgers last saw them. Most notably, they have called up catching prospect Joey Bart, demoting Tyler Heineman. Bart has appeared in just four games thus far, but he has hit (4-for-12 with three doubles a

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Mariners at Dodgers Series Preview

The Mariners have the third-worst record in the majors, but, even more tellingly, they have the worst run-differential. The Dodgers have by far the best. Entering Sunday’s games, the run differential differential, if you will, between the Mariners (-46) a

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Dodgers at Angels Series Preview

Despite the continued excellence of Mike Trout, the additions of Anthony Rendon at third base, Jason Castro behind the plate, righties Dylan Bundy and Julio Teheran to the rotation, manager Joe Maddon, and the recent call-up of top prospect Jo Adell, the

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Not Just the Padres: Rockies Also a Legitimate Threat to Dodgers in NL West

The Rockies are the one NL West team the Dodgers have yet to face. Their first meeting won’t happen until a week from Friday, on August 21 in Denver. The two teams will then play roughly a third of their remaining schedules (10 of 34 games) against one an

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Padres at Dodgers Series Preview

What team has slipped past the Padres in runs per game? The Dodgers, of course, with 5.44 runs per game to the Padres’ 5.38. That makes this week’s four-game set a matchup between the two most powerful offenses in baseball on the young season.