Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Dodger bullpen hits all-star break with breathtaking July
Until Kena Maeda decided to have the game of his young Dodger career, the Dodger rotation in the past week had gotten 15 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 14 / 9 / 15 outs respectively from their starters leaving the bullpen to pick up the pieces. The magnificent bullpen was more than up …
Yasmani Grandal – by the numbers
Grandal hit three home runs last night, and could have had a shot at a home run cycle. Grandal hit a solo home run in the 7th, a two-run home run in the 1st, and a three-run home run in the 3rd. At one point it looked like he might be able to come up …
Ryan Schimpf?
I pride myself on not only knowing every major league baseball player but most of the players expected to play in the major leagues, so when the Padres called up 28-year-old Ryan Schimpf, I had the same reaction that just about everyone else had. Who? Every year a few minor league journeyman get lucky enough …
LAD Rookie hitting streaks – by the numbers
Corey Seager had his hitting streak ended at 19 games. That streak doesn’t stack up very high against all time LAD hitting streaks, but it was good enough for 2nd place among LAD rookies. Below are three tables showing the LAD Rookie data. For the complete baseball reference list, click here. Raul Mondesi stands out …
It takes a lot to score a LAD catcher
AJ Ellis has now gone 74 at-bats without scoring a run. I was wondering how that places him historically so I ran the numbers this morning and to no one’s surprise the leaderboard is filthy with catchers. Doug Camilli sits on top of the scoreless leaderboard with 105 at bats over 36 games. He basically didn’t …
Wild Card race – Pirates don’t know if they are coming or going
The Dodger lead in the wild card race is starting to dwindle, and the main culprit is the Pittsburgh Pirates. Just a few weeks ago the Pirates were being declared dead, and silly rumors of them trading off pieces were surfacing. No one is more Jekyll and hyde than the Pirates, and right now they are …
Chase Utley’s six hits – by the numbers
Chase Utley collected six hits in yesterday’s loss to the Orioles, the most he has ever collected. Six hits is a special number in baseball, a feat accomplished only 103 times in the history of baseball. Chase Utley was the 3rd oldest player to collect at least six hits in a game. The oldest were …
Frankenstein five rotation makes run into All-Star break
A ligament here, a shoulder there, a new brain, can it all add up to extended success? This will be the rotation headed into the all-star game: Bud Norris, coming off of two brilliant games, including his first one as a Dodger. He’ll be facing his ex-teammates the Baltimore Orioles. You can excuse the Orioles …
Corey Seager – anatomy of an eighteen game hitting streak
All-Star Corey Seager tied Bill Sudakis for the second best hitting streak among LAD rookies when he collected a hit in his eighteenth straight game. Seager took all the suspense out of the hitting streak when he doubled in his first at-bat. While I like to say all hitting streaks aren’t created equal, this one …
Manny Machado might just be the best player in baseball
At 23 years old Manny Machado can do it all. The five tool player is in the hunt for the AL MVP this year, and it is easy to see why. At 22, Manny finally put together all the promise he showed at age 20 and had a brilliant season in 2015. In 2016 he …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 