Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
The curious case of Gilberto Reyes
With 19-year-old Keibert Reyes being promoted to AA this week to help Tulsa with their postseason run I was curious if any Dodger catching prospect had ever made it to AA while still a teenager. I headed to Baseball Reference and sorted every catcher and their rookie season with the Dodgers to find out the age …
Dodgers don’t lose twelve in a row
and if Clayton Kershaw doesn’t get hurt they might win three more games this season. Levity kids, levity. Anyway, Clayton was not at his best last night but the offense woke up just enough to break the Dodgers eleven game losing streak. If you want more levity the Dodgers are 0 – 15 since August …
Second half stats and Sept stats
Staring at an eleven game losing streak I was curious about the team stats for the second half and just sept. Second Half Stats: Puig has squeezed himself into the top four passing Bellinger, Seager, and Turner. Player Split Year OPS GS PA 2B HR BA OBP SLG Chris Taylor 2nd Half 2017 .915 49 …
Maybe Kershaw is the curse?
Forget about the Sports Illustrated curse, maybe the curse is the Dodgers starting pitcher tonight. On July 23rd the game started by Kershaw the Dodger record was 68 – 31. On August 31st the last game before Kershaw would make his first start back from the disabled list, the Dodger record was 91 – 41. …
Reddick and Granderson
Last year the Dodger front office bet on Josh Reddick as their right fielder and banished their regular right fielder Yasiel Puig to AAA. It was not a good bet. For the first thirty days of his Dodger career, he put up one of the worst months of any LAD outfielder in history. Player Split …
Remember when the Giants had the best record at the break in 2016?
For two years in a row now, the team with the best record in baseball at the break came from the NL West, and for two years in a row, both teams have had major issues in the second half. The Giants had 57 wins at the break in 2016, the Dodgers in the midst …
Font, Rios, Peters, and Ferguson make Baseball America Prospect All-Star teams
Wilmer Font made the AAA All-Star team Edwin Rios made the AA All-Star team as the DH DJ Peters made the A+ All-Star team as an outfielder and Caleb Ferguson made it as a starting pitcher Notable exceptions were Alex Verdugo and Walker Buehler. Walker had a tough task because he split time between AA …
Dennis Santana pitches minor league game of the year for Dodgers
Dennis Santana hasn’t had the greatest success at Tulsa since being promoted a few months ago but he saved his best for the biggest moment of the season. Tulsa went with four starters before calling on Dennis Santana in game five of a series tied at two games a piece. Santana responded with seven shutout …
Another game, another beatdown
The Dodgers lost their 10th game in a row but more disturbing is how they are losing. They continue to be a punching bag for the NL West going 1 – 13 against the Diamondbacks, Rockies, and Padres over their past fourteen games. They aren’t losing close games either. Of those 13 losses, they lost …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 