Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Ex-Dodgers receive 334 HOF votes
The complete list of 2017 HOF votes Jeff Kent – 74 votes (16.7%) Manny Ramirez – 105 votes (23%) Gary Sheffield – 59 votes (13.3%) Fred McGriff – 96 votes (21.7) Casey Blake and JD Drew got zip Dodger killer of dreams Matt Stairs got zip Gary Sheffield has quite a HOF case and gets …
LAD second base has a fine history, Part Two
Last week I took a look at the greatest LAD 2nd baseman using OPS+ to display the best seasons and best careers. Today we will use bWAR to examine the same seasons, and careers which will show huge differences since bWAR incorporates all of a players production, not just the offensive side. As you can see, …
What does Puig/Harper/Stanton/Cutch have in common?
Andrew Simon of MLB.com thinks that all of these players are candidates to bounce back in 2017. That isn’t a very big limb to climb out on. Harper is just one year removed from being the MVP. Cutch is just one year removed from being a top five MVP four years in a row. Stanton …
Updated Dodger Prospect Rankings
Baseball Prospectus chimed into today with their top ten Dodger prospect list. A few days ago I put out the lists by MLB, FanGraphs, Rotowire, and Baseball America. Today I’ll update that list with Baseball Prospectus and remove Rotowire for the time being. Yadier Alvarez gets the BP top ranking, giving Alvarez two number one …
Adrian Gonzalez and age 35 seasons
Eric Stephen did an excellent review of what Adrian Gonzalez did in 2016, but I’m curious about what to expect from him in 2017. As Eric noted Adrian had a slow start but turned things around to end up with a somewhat productive season even though it was his least productive season of his career. …
Josh Lindblom hoping this is his time
A few weeks ago we looked at the ex-Dodger prospects who were finding jobs around the major leagues. One of the names we looked at was Josh Lindblom who had signed with the Pirates in early December. At the time he was just a footnote to the story but Adam Berry of MLB.com gave us …
Dipping into DIPS
Fangraphs released their 2017 Dodger DIPS a few days ago. I like to compare projection systems from the previous year to see what they got right. These were the 2016 Dodger DIPS, and this was the 2016 Actual Dodger stats. You can click on the links to see the details but for this comparison, I’m going …
LAD second base has a fine history, Part One
As the 2017 LAD search for their second baseman, I thought it would be a good time to look at the LAD historical second baseman. I first did this using the Bill James Win Share formula over at TBLA in January of 2009. Things have changed quite a bit since that day. Ever since Peter …
Wendell Tyler didn’t fumble this one
In the fall of 1975, Wendell Tyler became my first UCLA Bruin football hero. The speedy slashing runner would make your jaw drop with his game-changing runs, while also making you wince with his propensity to fumble. In a ghastly giveaway show before 80,927 people in the stands and a national television audience, UCLA fumbled 11 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 