Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Dodgers go at Giants with short bench
Rich Hill needed to be activated and they conveniently used Rob Segedin paternity leave as the lever for getting Hill onto the rotation. In so doing they have shorted their bench which now consists of four players and one of those is the backup catcher who rarely gets used outside of catching. This leaves the …
Adrian Gonzalez on a RBI mission
Gonzalez has driven in 11 runs over the last two games. Going into tonight’s game he’ll be trying to become the 7th LAD player to drive in at least three runs in three straight games. Strangely enough Andrew Toles will be trying to accomplish the same thing even though Toles has only driven in three …
Add Walker Buehler near the top of the plethora of Dodger pitching prospects
The Dodgers number one pick of 2015 pitched his first professional game last night and everyone came away raving about his stuff. He only pitched two innings but his stuff showed why the Dodgers didn’t shy away from making him their top selection last year even with the arm concerns. Baseball America checks in on …
Corey Seager is no top five MVP candidate
A few weeks ago I was wondering if Corey Seager could pull off a Fred Lynn and win not only the Rookie of the Year but also the MVP. He had a compelling case at the time but I don’t think many were taking the idea seriously, at best he was considered a top-five candidate. …
Rookies r Us
Dodger rookies continue to pound the baseball helping the Dodgers route Madison Bumgarner and the Giants. Segedin hit a home run in his first at-bat against Madison Bumgarner, giving him two home runs in two games. Segedin isn’t doing it against the lousy lefties either. Two weeks ago when he collected his first hit it was …
Dodgers could use a little right-handed help tonight
As you try to figure out who is going to play tonight one constant keeps on showing up, the Dodgers are short a right-handed hitting outfielder. Chase Utley has been sitting against LHP, so if you move Howie to 2nd base as has been the case, you have three outfield spots that need to be filled. Hard …
Jose De Leon keeps throwing his panama hat into the ring, and the Dodgers keep throwing it back at him
Jose was already on a hot streak but tonight he may have outdone everything he had already done to get noticed by the Dodger front office. Tonight Jose threw six no-hit innings and ended up with seven one-hit innings, no walks, and ten strikeouts. That is about as good as you can do. Over his last four …
Schebler & Peraza torment team that traded them to no avail
They both have hit a home run, and they both have hit a double so far this series. In total, they had 14 hits, while driving in six runs, and scoring six times. It did seem that Peraza was on base every time in the three games he played. Yet the Dodgers still won the …
“I just love hitting in this ballpark”
Adrian Gonzalez exclaimed after hitting his 3rd home run today, leading the Dodger explosion over the Reds. It should not have surprised anyone: He had after all already hit five home runs off of Homer Bailer. Adrian destroys Great American Ballpark. Adrian has crushed this year in day baseball with a triple stat line of …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 