Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Scott Van Slyke finally contributes to the 2016 Dodgers
SVS has had a rough start to the 2016 season. When Andre Ethier went down it was expected that SVS would take up the slack and possibly get full-time at bats but after just a few appearances, a back injury would sideline Scott until June. Once activated in June, Scott sat on the bench and …
Dodgers have nine prospects on Rotowire updated top 200
Rotowire is a baseball fantasy site, so these ranking do not reflect their possible future major league production, but it does give an idea of how well stocked the Dodgers are in the farm system. This particular top 200 was recently updated to reflect the influx of the 2016 draft class, which added twenty-six draftees’ …
Ron Cey does Penguin walk
Very few baseball players were defined by their nickname as Ron Cey was. He really did resemble a Penguin when he walked, but when he played the game he resembled the greatest third baseman in LAD history, and it is not even close. The stats speak for themselves: Most hits Most home runs Most doubles …
Bill Sudakis – always in my heart
Bill Sudakis was a power bat switch hitting 3rd baseman who arrived in Sept of 1968 with great fanfare. The 1968 Dodgers had an anemic offense, so anemic that Len Gabrielson would lead the team in home runs with a mere 10. That is not a typo, that has been one of the best baseball …
Corey Seager keeping pace with Piazza
The LAD offense continued to sputter last night but not Corey Seager who launched a massive home run to right center against ex – Dodger Grienke. Legend has it that Grienke was pleased when the Dodgers drafted Seager, to bad he didn’t stick around to pitch with him behind him. Seager’s 15th home run moved …
Arizona Diamondback Preview 06/13/2016
The Diamondbacks went all in this winter much as the Padres did last year, and the results have been pretty much the same. Padres were out of the race by the all-star game in 2015, and unless things change dramatically for the Diamondbacks that will be the same story in 2016 for them. Much of …
SVS watches the Dodger offense do nothing
A rookie manager not only has to learn about his team and their strengths, the fans of the team get to learn the same about the rookie manager. The one thing I’ve learned so far this year, is that David Roberts has a strange affinity for Howie Kendrick in LF. With Carl Crawford finally being …
Trayce Thompson – Steal of the Deal
With Andre hurt, Puig struggling, and Crawford now gone, it is a good thing the Dodgers pulled the trigger on the three-way trade that brought Thompson to the Dodgers. Frankie Montas was supposed to be the key to this deal and may still be, but right now Thompson has been the steal of the deal. …
Urias will be first LAD teen-ager to pitch at Dodger Stadium since Fernando
While most of the hoopla has gone out of the fact that the Dodgers have a 19-year-old pitching in their rotation, it is still an extremely rare event. Just about every time he takes the mound he breaks ground that hasn’t been trod on in decades. No LAD teen-ager as has pitched at Dodger Stadium …
Corey Seager holding court
Five days ago Corey Seager had hit nine home runs and was just about to crack the LAD leaderboard for home runs by a shortstop. Since then, Corey blasted five more home runs and is poised to break all sorts of records this June. For now he can be satisfied with having the fourth most …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 