Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Dodger new found frugality not resonating with all fans
This Monday night I had an interesting conversation with an enlightened lifelong Dodger fan who is very unhappy the Dodgers have stopped trying to buy a World Championship. His season ticket prices have doubled over the past five years and he feels that this is no time for the franchise to become frugal. This conversation was …
Dodgers whiff on Baseball America top 20 league lists for 2017 Draft
A few days back Craig Minami over at TBLA in the comment section mentioned that no Dodger draft picks from 2017 made any Baseball America top 20 prospect lists that they compile for each league. This was only the second time this century that has happened. The last time was 2013 I don’t put much …
Dodgers building a nice rotation in the bullpen
Some teams are building a bullpen by signing pitchers who have been relief pitchers for most of their careers. For example, the Rockies have signed Bryan Shaw, Jake McGee, and Wade Davis in the past month. Combined those three pitchers have made zero starts over the past three years. The Rockies will be paying them …
Dodgers shake up bullpen
In a three-team deal, the Dodgers traded left-handed bullpen piece Luis Avilan while picking up left-handed bullpen piece Scott Alexander. It has been trendy lately to call Scott Alexander a Zach Britton clone and that is what Fangraph’s Tavis Sawchik went with in his headline. Dodgers grab Zach Britton Lite in three-team deal Travis focused on …
Kiké rides tall in Rose Parade
The LA Times ran a great story on Kiké and his family as they prepared to ride in the Rose Parade sitting on the City of Hope float. The Dodgers partner with the City of Hope on annual “Think Cure” cancer research fundraisers. As the Hernandez family scrambled to learn the options for treating multiple …
Dodger prospect busts 1990 – 1999
Last week we took a look at the Dodger prospect busts of the 21st century. Today we will take a look at the busts from 1990 – 1999. Thanks to an old Dodger Thoughts column by Jon Weisman I was able to find this link to all of the Baseball America Top 100 lists from …
Players Who Died, died
We lost many baseball players in 2017 but none of them meant as much to me as the announcer we lost in Dick Enberg. Last week Spectrum Channel 30 played a Tribute to Dick Enberg and it was possibly the best I’ve seen of such shows. Mainly because Dick Enberg hosted his own tribute show. …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 