Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Scooter Gennett is not living upto his nickname
Usually, if you have a nickname of Scooter you would think your baseball game is more along the lines of grit instead of grand with speed the biggest asset not power. Scooter Gennett is having none of that. Scooter was just named the NL Player of the Week after destroying the Dodgers over a four …
Kyle Garlick FFA Weekly winner for May 7th – May 13th
Kyle Garlick was promoted to AAA on April 30th and has already made quite an impact. In seventy-eight plate appearances in AA , Kyle hit five home runs. In only twenty-two at-bats last week, Kyle hit four home runs for OKC in the PCL. For the week Garlick had nine hits in those twenty-two at-bats. …
Before you panic, remember we went 5 – 20 last season during a 25 game stretch
It is easy to panic when the record is 16 – 24 to start a season but every season will have hot and cold streaks. I’m sure no one has forgotten the Dodgers went 5 – 20 from Aug 26th to Sept 20th in 2017 on the way to 104 wins. If the 2017 team …
Schebler and Joc, a starting path with similar forks
Joc Pederson and Scott Schebler were both drafted by the Dodgers in 2010, they were both left-handed outfielders, and neither were high draft picks. Joc was drafted in the 10th round, and Scott Schebler way back in the 26th round. They both had high strikeout rates headed into 2018 and they have both dropped their …
Dodger prospect notes for May 10th
Dustin May, Dennis Santana, and Yusniel Diaz have done enough this week to already garner some notes for this Thursday. Dustin May made his 2018 debut last week and pitched okay, but last night in his second start he showed why he just might be the highest ceiling prospect left in the Dodger minor leagues. …
Jansen and Dodgers winding into shape
Kenley Jansen still isn’t striking out anyone, but he is getting weak contact and is no longer walking anyone which bodes well for future Dodger fortunes. Date Inngs Dec IP H ER BB SO HR May1 8-GF(8) 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 May2 9-GF S(4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 May3 9-GF S(5) …
Matt Kemp has blown my mind
As of today, Matt Kemp has the highest wRC+ for National League left fielders. Matt Kemp has the third highest WRC+ for any positional National League player. We are now thirty-five games into the season which is about 21% of the season and Matt Kemp isn’t slowing down, he’s getting better. Many of us hoped for …
Reviewing the updated Fangraphs top 23 LAD Prospect List
Fangraphs dropped their updated LAD top 23 Prospect list today, and I have to admit I have some quibbles with it. Acknowledging they know way more than I do about such things I still feel the need to put in my two cents. This is a good article to read as they also address many …
Papa Down, long may you run
I’m not sure how to best measure a man or if I’m the person who has the right to put a ruler on a man given all of my own shortcomings, but I’m going to give it a shot here. A man passed away today, a man I didn’t know that well but always enjoyed …
Padres can’t fix what ails Dodgers
Normally a series against the Padres can solve whatever ailment a Dodger team is feeling, but this weekend in Mexico, the Padres refused to be the antidote to the Dodgers injury bug. Winning the last two games against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers won the first game of the Padre series and had taken three games …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 