Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Gavin Lux turning heads in Rancho
Lux was an easy pick for the Farm Factory Award for the Week of 04/30 – 05/06. For the week Lux went twelve for twenty-four with five walks but that is just the tip of the iceberg for how hot Gavin Lux has been. It took Gavin Lux about two years to get his those …
Bud Norris?
It was twenty-two months ago when the Dodgers traded for Bud Norris to replace Clayton Kershaw in the rotation. It seemed laughable at the time given we were talking about Bud Norris, but Bud had a bit of a comeback season going on in Atlanta and had just thrown seven innings of shutout ball in …
A problematic victory
First the good news. Once Ryu went down and the Dodgers had to turn to the bullpen in the second inning, it seemed very unlikely they could pull out a victory. When they only managed to score two runs it seemed even unlikelier. Yet, baseball being baseball the bullpen shut down the Diamondbacks until Kenley …
What now?
With the season-ending injury to Corey Seager and the comments by the Dodgers that they expect to use internal options how will the Dodgers look for the rest of the year? The Dodgers had two options to replace Seager, Chris Taylor or Kiké Hernandez. Taylor was the starting center fielder but the Dodger opted to remove …
Must win game on May 1st?
The Dodgers weren’t expected to win Monday with bullpen pitcher Ross Stripling going against Greinke and it played out as expected. Tonight is different, tonight Clayton Kershaw needs to be Clayton Kershaw and give the Dodgers a chance for victory. Eight games back on May 1st with three games to go on the road against …
Manny Machado time?
With the news that Corey Seager is headed for surgery and will miss the rest of the 2018 season, it just so happens that possibly the best shortstop in baseball is actually available if the Dodgers decide to make a play for him. I have pretty much ignored all the Manny Machado trade talk since …
Caleb Ferguson takes weekly FFA
Caleb Ferguson doesn’t get the press of the other Dodger pitching prospects. Much more has been written about his teammates, Dennis Santana and Yadier Alvarez, but it is Caleb Ferguson who keeps on plugging away solid game after solid game. This week he threw two gems and won the weekly FFA award. Caleb did it …
4th place Dodgers take on 1st place Diamondbacks
As April turns to May the Dodgers head to Arizona where they take on the 1st place Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks aren’t just in first place, they have won every series so far this year and take a sparkling 19-8 record into the four-game match. The Dodgers could sweep the Diamondbacks and still be three games …
Blach party
Once again, Ty Blach silenced the Dodger bats and sent the team off to Arizona with a faint smell of desperation in the air. Ty Blach has now made seven career starts against the Dodgers in barely two seasons plus, and in those seven games, the Dodgers have not been able to score more than …
Kevin Elster still sits on top of the AT&T Total base leaderboard
It has been eighteen years since Kevin Elster blasted three home runs at AT&T park but only one other Dodger has managed at least ten total bases since that game and it was Yasiel Puig almost four years ago. This weekend would be a good time for a current Dodger or Puig again to put their …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 