Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Max Muncy is a horrible pinch hitter
and that is the only negative thing you can say about the Max. As of July 5th, 2018 Max Muncy has the highest wRC+ for National LeagueL 1st baseman, 2nd baseman, and 3rd baseman. Super small sample size may be in play for 2nd base but it is what it is. Position wRC+ BB% OBP …
2018 National League All-Star Ballot
Final day for voting so time to get my ballot in. At some point I want to write in Max Muncy, and in my mind, I can do that either at 3rd base where he started the season, 1st base where he started tearing up the baseball world, or 2nd base which appears to be …
American League 2018 All-Star Ballot
Nothing like waiting until the last minute to cast your ballot but maybe that is what I’ll do every year. With a little help from Fangraphs here is what my ballot looks like. American League: 1st Base – wow, the options are very limited. Matt Olson has the highest wRC+ at a very average of …
Andrew Toles hits and waits
The Dodgers are so loaded in the outfield that their top position prospect Alex Verdugo can’t crack the roster and the same holds true for Andrew Toles who was the opening day starting left fielder in 2017. The only thing either of them can do is keep knocking on the door and eventually, the Dodgers …
Max Muncy is now in Manny Ramirez territory
Most Dodger fans can remember the impact that Manny Ramirez had on the Dodger franchise in the summer of 2008. Manny had the greatest run of any Dodger in history, putting up a 1.232 OPS after he was acquired dirt cheap in the summer of 2008. Max Muncy is now one of seven Dodgers to …
Joc Pederson joins the top five Dodger Slug% for a given month
Joc didn’t finish the month with a Slug% > .900 but his June .867 Slug% still ended up being the fifth best in the history of the Dodger franchise with at least fifty plate appearances. Player Split Year SLG PA 2B 3B HR Andre Ethier May 2010 .906 58 9 0 5 Matt Kemp April/March …
Dodger Monthly Home Run Leaderboard
Last week I erroneously wrote a post saying that the most home runs in a month by a left handed Dodger was 10 which was wrong. I’m not sure what went wrong with my baseball reference play index search but it sure didn’t work right and I should have re-checked the data because it didn’t …
June Boom
Late to the party but time to put the Dodger June explosion into proper context. Last year the Dodgers set the monthly home run record for the franchise with 53 home runs in June. This June they broke that record monthly record with 55 home runs. Before last June the previous high mark for the …
On this date 06/20/2016 Kenley Jansen broke the Dodger save record (161).
And two years later he is targeting save number 250 sometime this week. Player SV From To G IP ERA FIP Kenley Jansen 248 2010 2018 506 510.2 2.10 1.94 Eric Gagne 161 1999 2006 298 545.1 3.27 3.40 Jeff Shaw 129 1998 2001 235 235.1 3.37 4.06 Todd Worrell 127 1993 1997 269 268.0 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 