Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Should Rich Hill be allowed to take the Hill on Friday?
Have to admit I don’t quite get that Rich Hill is the scheduled pitcher on Friday. Rich Hill has not pitched since July 7th, and Friday will be August 12th. Who goes a whole month without pitching and doesn’t throw a rehab game before pitching in a major league game again? The man has been …
Corey Seager leading all rookie SS in OPS in HISTORY
We already know how special Corey Seager is, but just in case how about one more leaderboard to drive the point home. In the history of baseball, Corey Seager has the highest Rookie OPS for shortstops. And for good measure OPS+. Boom Player OPS OPS+ Year Age Tm PA Corey Seager 0.889 139 2016 22 …
Cory Seager jumps into top 10 for home runs in a season by a Shortstop twenty-two and younger
Once again Corey Seager showed off his power, blasting two home runs last night. Corey had already broken the LAD record for most home runs by a LAD SS, most doubles by a LAD rookie, most home runs by a LAD rookie infielder non-catcher edition so we need to look for other horizons. Since Corey …
Homegrown home runs
Eric Stephen put together the definitive look at the 300 home run club including anyone who ever played for the Dodgers that has hit 300 home runs and how many home runs they hit as Dodgers compared to their career. What I liked about the list that Eric put together was quickly scanning the homegrown …
Adrian Gonzalez becomes 140th player to hit at least 300 home runs
And that leaderboard is simply too large to post. Rambling time So how many 1st basemen have hit 300 home runs? 32 players – still too large what can I do to cherry pick this down to a decent number? How about, how many left handed 1st baseman have hit 300 home runs? – Woo …
Rob n Robin Segedin Rock the Ravine
It must be some kind of emotional roller coaster to be the wife of a career minor league baseball player, pregnant, and not sure what the future holds for you one minute, and twenty-four hours later you’re the special guest of the Los Angeles Dodgers and watching your husband have as great a debut as …
Prospect Roundup – DeLeon/Alvarez/Rhame/Mieses Shine
On Saturday Jose DeLeon and Jacob Rhame combined for eight innings, two earned runs. DeLeon went the first six, giving up both earned runs, one walk, five k’s. Rhame went two scoreless innings, walking one, and striking out four. Rhame has been spotless since returning from his ped suspension. On Friday night Yadier Alveraz pitched five scoreless innings, …
Corey Seager passes Eric Karros for most doubles by a LAD Rookie
With Corey Seager hitting his 31st double today, a bullet past DH playing 1st base David Ortiz, he broke the long-standing LAD rookie doubles record set by Eric Karros. This will put this particular leaderboard to bed until the end of the season. Shawn Green holds the all-time LAD double record with 49 set in …
A.J. Ellis helps Dodgers to victory but still can’t find any Dodgers to drive him in
A.J. Ellis drove in the first Dodger run, and caught a shutout against the vaunted Red Sox offense, so he did his job on Saturday. Yet, I have this fascination with the fact he can’t score. Last time we looked Ellis had gone 83 at-bats without scoring and was in fifth place for going scoreless by …
Rich Hill won’t take the mound tomorrow – Didn’t see that coming
Go figure, a 36-year-old pitcher who hasn’t thrown 100 innings since 2007 seems incapable of taking the mound. Fix one blister, find another blister. When the blisters are finally fixed, in all likelihood something else will go wrong. I’m not trying to be a cynic but there is a reason why just a year ago Rich Hill …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 