Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
With little to fix the Dodgers do little
Headed into day three of the winter meetings the Dodgers have done nothing to enhance the team that got within one game of being the 2017 World Champions but we did learn a few things. We learned once again that Houston feasted on Yu Darvish because he was tipping his pitches but Dave Roberts felt …
Invigorated with Wonder
There is no way to sugar coat how the last twelve months have made me feel about being part of these United States. I understand two party realities but I don’t understand the hatred I’ve seen being delivered by a percentage of our population. We can disagree on abortion, economic issues, tax cuts, spending cuts, health …
Can the Dodgers have their Stanton and eat it too?
Supposedly the Dodgers would like to get under the luxury tax threshold this winter but Derek Jeter is throwing a monkey wrench into this by deciding to trade the greatest active player who played high school ball within 100 miles of Dodgers Stadium. Grant Brisbee thinks it is a done deal that the Dodgers will …
Ira Glass and the deal with mothers
I recently saw Ira Glass the media heavyweight who does This American Life among many other things at the Ace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday Night. I’m not sure what kind of show I was expecting but it turned out to be interesting. There were some nuggets in there and some big surprises. …
Baseball Prospectus Dodger Prospect top ten lists from Nov 2016 – Nov 2017
Now that Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, and John Sickels have all done their Dodger top ten lists, let us look at how they compare this year and last year. This particular article will focus on Baseball Prospectus. Baseball Prospectus gave us a great read and it does not appear to be behind the paywall. Any …
Dodger prospect updates from BA, Fangraphs, and John Sickels
Baseball America just came out with their Dodger top ten prospect list. Dodgers Top 10 Prospects per Baseball America 1. Walker Buehler, RHP 2. Alex Verdugo, OF 3. Keibert Ruiz, C 4. Mitchell White, RHP 5. Yadier Alvarez, RHP 6. Yusniel Diaz, OF 7. Jeren Kendall, OF 8. DJ Peters, OF 9. Will Smith, C 10. Dennis Santana, RHP Read more at https://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2018-los-angeles-dodgers-top-10-prospects/#YOKli2hf64SP63kW.99 This comes …
John Sickels is bearish on Dodger number one pick
John Sickels reviewed the Dodgers minor league system and presented his rankings and grades. John ranked 2017 number one pick Jeren Kendall at eight behind Diaz and Heredia. That doesn’t seem very bearish but he was the number one pick in 2017 and in the comment section he said he agreed with a very bearish …
Largest and smallest take MVP honors
Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge are about as opposite as you can get on a baseball field but they both had MVP type seasons and that might be why baseball is the greatest game of all. No matter how big or how small, desire and athletic skill can get you on the big stage. Jose …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 