Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
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 …
Neuromancer strikes my fancy
A few weeks ago Keith Law tweeted this lifehacker list of seminal Science Fiction books. From the age of 10 – 30 the only books I read were nature/baseball/science fiction/westerns so I thought I’d take a look at the list and see how many of them I read. Turns out I had read most of …
Three Dodgers get Cy Young votes
but they will have to settle for a 2nd place, a fifth place, and a tenth place. Scherzer in a rout over Kershaw, 27 first-place votes to three. Kershaw finishes second. Jansen fifth. pic.twitter.com/1oHXLXwXlV — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) November 15, 2017 Have to imagine the last time the Diamondbacks had two pitchers place in the …
Cody Bellinger is more than just another LAD ROY
As expected Cody Bellinger unanimously won the National League Rookie of the Year award for 2017. Like Corey Seager he is more than that, he should be a top ten MVP candidate going forward. Given their ages, it can be expected that improvement will follow and that by the time they have played five seasons …
LAD Rookies of the Year
Should be adding a new player to the LAD Rookies of the Year later today, but this is how it looks right now. Position Players: Player ROY OPS+ PA Year Age HR OPS Pos Corey Seager 1st 137 687 2016 22 26 0.877 *6/H Todd Hollandsworth 1st 113 526 1996 23 12 0.785 *78H/9 Raul …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 