Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Edwin Rios hits first AA home run
Edwin Rios has used the minor league ladder in the proper manner going up one rung at a time, but he is fast stepping it, appearing on three rungs in one season. A MWL Loons – six home runs in 119 at bats A+ California League Quakes – sixteen home runs in 177 at-bats AA …
How wrong can a blogger be? Let me count the ways
Back on July 1st, for fun I wrote a rebuttal of Jon Weisman who had made the case for staying positive, and as the Dodgers conclude an especially satisfying July, I will need to eat some crow. It is never a good idea to bet against Jon, and once again he proves this to …
Grandal has 15 home runs, and 5 of them are 3 run home runs
When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, Yazmani Grandal can lay claim to being one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball with two runners on. Even before today Yaz had a plus .900 OPS with RISP. He has now hit six of his fifteen home runs with RISP. Say what …
No Kershaw, no problema, no Norris, no problema
The Dodgers continue to see their rotation dwindle but it doesn’t slow the locomotive down one bit. When Bud Norris replaced Kershaw in the rotation the team was expected to take a hit when that spot in the rotation came up, but Bud Norris was able to at least tread water. Today when Bud Norris …
Corey Seager now tied with Eric Karros for most LAD doubles by a Rookie
When Corey Seager hit his tenth double of the month he tied Eric Karros for the most doubles by a LAD rookie. One more double and he’s all alone. Shawn Green holds the all time LAD double record with 49 set in 2003. Green broke the long standing record of 47 set by Wes Parker in …
Corey Seager moves to within one of Eric Karros on LAD Rookie Double leaderboard
With two doubles last night and twenty-nine overall, Corey said good-bye to Raul Mondesi and is nipping at the heels of Eric Karros. The complete list at baseball reference: Player 2B Year Age Eric Karros (RoY-1st) | 30 | 1992 | 24 Corey Seager | 30 | 2016 | 22 Raul Mondesi (RoY-1st) | 27 | 1994 …
Brandon Davis gets a little Baseball America love, while Omar Estevez hopes July never ends
The Great Lake Loons waltzed to a 13 – 1 win last night led by the double play combination of Brandon Davis and Omar Estevez. Not often you will feel the need to write about two players in low A ball hitting .233 and .237 respectively but these aren’t ordinary players. Estevez is only eighteen …
The writer finally gets his wish
Back in 2008 when Jay Bruce was the hottest thing in baseball and Matt Kemp was underappreciated in Los Angeles by just about every mainstream writer, I took exception to a column written on the now defunct SportshubLA run by the Kamentzky brothers. That particular writer (not the brothers) wrote about how the Dodgers needed …
Tradeable assets
Heading into the trading deadline weekend here are the currently tradeable assets that are not on the major league roster plus Ross Stripling. The MLB Ranking column is how major league baseball recently ranked the Dodger prospects. The Dodger farm system is loaded from top to bottom, with quality and quantity, so the Dodger front …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 