Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
I want to, but I can’t find any reason not to like the Bud Norris acquisition
A few minutes ago the Dodgers addressed the holes in their rotation by acquiring Bud Norris from the Braves. The whole deal is a five-team deal: LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today acquired right-handed pitcher Bud Norris, minor league outfielder Dian Toscano, a player to be named later and cash considerations from the …
Finally a trade rumor that makes sense, come on down Erasmo Ramirez
I typically discount trade rumors because, for the most part, they make little sense for at least one of the two teams, and sometimes both teams. That said, this rumor being floated by Ken Rosenthal makes perfect sense for both teams. To that end, they are talking to the Rays about Erasmo Ramirez, according to …
Better a shot than a knife, Kershaw gets an epidural
Multiple reports from LAD beat writers have Clayton Kershaw getting an epidural shot which would put him on the DL and leave the Dodgers scrambling for a starter on Friday. In a best case scenario, the shot does what it needs to do allowing Clayton to rejoin the team right after the all-star break.
Baseball Notes
The Indians have won twelve in a row to take a six-game lead over the World Champion Royals. Once Carlos Carrasco rejoined the team on June 2nd, the team has taken off with a rotation of Kluber / Salazar / Carrasco / Bauer / Tomlin giving teams fits. Kendry Morales shook off a horrendous early …
Imani Abdullah goes scoreless five for the Loons
Nineteen-year-old Imani Abdullah continues to pitch well for the Great Lake Loons of the Midwest League. The 11th round pick out of San Diego in the 2015 draft is making his case to be a piece of the next great Dodger trade. Imani Abdullah went five innings, gave up zero runs, zero walks, and struck out …
Brock Stewart has one bad inning, the Dodger offense has nine of them
Brock Stewart wowed Dodger fans for all of six batters. At that point, he had struck out two, gotten five outs, and given up two bleeding hits. That would be as good as it gets. Seven of the next eight batters would get on base, and when it was over five runs had scored amid …
LAD – by the numbers 06/29/16
Adrian Gonzalez loves Miller park so much that in 136 plate appearances he has the highest BA (.420), highest OBP (.507), and highest slugging percentage (.795) of his career at Miller park. No wonder that last night he might have broken out of his season-long slump by getting on base five times via three hits, …
Julio Urias wins the first of a possible four game stretch of Dodger rookie starts
On Tuesday night Julio Urias won the first game of a bizarre stretch of games. It is very possible, the Dodgers will start four straight rookies over four games. Yesterday I tweeted to Eric Stephen if any Dodger rookies had started three straight games, eventually, Eric found that the last time the Dodgers used three …
You just can’t get enough Brock Stewart updates
Brock is such a unique story that I’m trying to post what is being said around the baseball universe. Earlier today David Laurila from Fangraphs weighed in. He too was caught off guard when the Dodgers brought up Brock sooner than was what expected. On rare occasion, I’ll interview a player and end up not writing …
Howard Cole of Forbes feels the Dodgers should get Lucroy
I have, to be honest, I go to Forbes for business information, certainly did not expect to run into a fairly well-written Dodger article. If you click the link you will find that Howard Cole feels the Dodgers should do what it takes to acquire Jonathan Lucroy and either Sonny Gray or Julio Tehran. Now …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 