Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Are the Dodgers starting the best catcher?
Yesterday I wondered if Austin Barnes might be the best second base option for the Dodgers between Logan Forsythe, Chase Utley, and Enrique Hernandez. Today, Austin Barnes is starting as the catcher for the fourth time in Sept and against an RHP. With Yazmani Grandal continuing to struggle offensively is Dave Roberts starting to think …
Not a good sign
When you score four runs in the first inning and have the pitcher on the mound who is supposed to match up with Strasburg or Ray or whatever the Cubs are using as their second best pitcher you should expect to end a seven game losing streak. Didn’t happen. Yu Darvish once again is making …
Dodger prospects get shutout on Baseball America MiLB All-Star teams
Been a tough month for the Dodgers. Not only are the Dodgers whiffing in Sept, but their prospects are as well. Baseball America announced their season ending minor league all-star teams and… No Dodger prospect made the All-Star first team No Dodger prospect made the All-Star second team One ex-Dodger prospect made the All-Star 2nd team …
I picked the wrong day to go to Lancaster
For years I wanted to visit the home of the Lancaster Jethawks and with the Rancho Quakes starting their playoff run in Lancaster, I decided that Wednesday Night would be the best time to finally make the trip. I picked the wrong night. On Wednesday night the Quakes offense couldn’t register on the seismic scale …
Dodgers becoming a punching bag for NL West
On Sunday, August 27th, the Dodgers played their last game against the NL Central losing to the Brewers 3 – 2. On August 25th the Dodgers had a 21 game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since August 27th the Dodgers have only played NL West teams: The Diamondbacks swept the Dodgers in Arizona outscoring the …
Pedro Guerrero tops this leaderboard
If Jimmy Wynn tops the Dodger leaderboard for consecutive games with a walk, who tops the leaderboard with at least one walk and one hit? Pedro Guerrero Seems the only Brooklyn Dodgers to crack the top ten leaderboard are Jim Gilliam and Roy Campanella. Junior did it seven times in a row as a Brooklyn Dodger …
Trout and Wynn
Mike Trout walked for the 14th game in a row setting the Angel franchise record, which made me wonder who has the record for the Dodgers. Even before I did the search I would have bet on Jimmy Wynn even though he only played for the Dodgers for two years, and sure enough, there he …
September fools
I don’t know why the Dodgers decided to stop hitting as a team but this is why the team has won only one game in Sept and that was the 1 – 0 game on Sept 1st. Player Split HR PA 2B RBI BB BA OBP SLG OPS Chris Taylor Sept/Oct 1 23 1 1 …
Top 15 positional prospects
Take this with a grain of salt but here are my top fifteen positional prospects. Rank ProspecName BirthDate AGE League 1 Keibert Ruiz 7/20/1998 19 A+ 2 Alex Verdugo* 5/15/1996 21 AAA/Majors 3 Yusniel Diaz 10/7/1996 20 AA 4 Starling Heredia 2/6/1999 18 A 5 Jeren Kendall 2/4/1996 21 A 6 D.J. Peters 12/12/1995 21 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 