Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Ruf be gone
That sigh you heard might have been Scott Van Slyke who just saw his biggest competition for backup 1st baseman leave the Dodgers to sign a deal in Korea. Darin Ruf can earn twice as much in Korea and doesn’t have to worry about playing AAA instead of Los Angeles. SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) — South …
Mike Petriello / MLB.com follow up on Dodger depth
A few days ago I looked at how a possible 2017 Dodger rotation might look trying to assign games started to the plethora of options available. The one thing I noted was the depth the Dodger front office has assembled in the rotation. They kind of had too, since that depth included multiple injury question …
TC – 9 – Neil Young – Sleeps with Angels / Freedom
Tape Chronicles: Yup, Neil Young again. I’m going to guess that I got most of my Neil Young out of me in the first ten tapes but hey, his catalog is massive so who knows. I know Weld has to be waiting for me, can’t wait. I won’t’ be able to review this tape because …
Blake Griffin wins POTW
Blake Griffin came back from his surgery in the nick of time. It took him a few games to get back in gear but once he did he has shown once again that when completely healthy he’s one of the ten best players in the NBA. Griffin won his sixth career Player of the Week …
Will Trump’s State Dept handle Baseball Visa’s in time?
Given how inept the Trump admin has been so far, one has to wonder if the new state department is up to the task of getting all the foreign baseball players their visa’s on time for the players to report to spring training. Just a quick peruse of baseball fantasy sites one can see a …
Final fWAR iteration
We have done the best fWAR for pitchers for this decade and the last ten years. We have done the best fWAR for hitters for this decade, so now it is time to do best in the last ten years. This will be my post on the work that Bobby Down did with fWAR. Time …
TC – 7 – Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees / Heroes are hard to find
Tape Chronicles: Here we go, this is why I’m doing this. Tape seven is Fleetwood Mac but these albums were before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined them. Most people have never heard any Fleetwood Mac prior to that duo but let me tell you, those prior iterations were great and possibly better than the …
Baseball America Dodger Prospect Centric chat
Baseball America did a top 100 prospect chat several days ago. Since the Dodgers have numerous prospects in the top 100 let’s see what they had to say specifically about the Dodger prospects. Could they be any more giddy about Bellinger? Tony (Lakeland, FL): Who is the most likely of the top 100 to hit …
TC – 5/6 – Neil Young – Decades
Tape Chronicles: Yeah, another Neil Young tape which now makes three of the first five having something to do with Neil Young. Decades was released in 1977 as a triple album. Thus I have used two ninety minute tapes to record the complete package. This package includes all the work that Neil had done up …
The Mike Trout decade
Once again going to the well and using data provided by Bobby Down to show the best fWAR for position players this decade. Clayton Kershaw owns the decade for pitchers and Mike Trout for hitters. How lucky have Los Angeles fans been to have the two best players in baseball playing for them? Trout skipped …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 