Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Is AAA/OKC where Dodger outfielders go to die?
Normally when a proven major league outfielder struggles and gets sent to AAA they blow back up and are quickly promoted back to the major leagues. Case in point Keon Broxton of the Brewers was their starting CF for most of the season. In an extended slump, Broxton was sent to AAA on July 21st …
FFA August 28th – Sept 4th
The minor league regular season ended last night so I thought I’d wait a day and get a final Farm Factory Award in with eight days instead of seven. The final eight days had quite a few notable performers so without further ado The Contenders: Yusniel Diaz – AA/Tulsa – Diaz had four multi-hit games, …
About that Pythag!!!
That record breaking season the Dodgers were headed for has hit a brick wall named Arizona. When the Dodgers won their 90th game on August 24th, you saw plenty of tweets about how the Dodgers only needed to go 10 – 26 to reach 100 wins. Or 15 – 21 to reach 105 wins, or …
Catching and passing Piazza, still chasing Frank Robinson
It took longer than expected but Cody Bellinger finally caught Mike Piazza with his 35th home run on Saturday and passed him yesterday with his 36th home run. It was just a matter of time, and now Cody Bellinger holds the Dodgers Rookie home run record in a single season with 36. Rk Player HR …
Dodgers reward Brett Eibner
with his release. The AAA outfielder was asked to pitch by the Dodgers this summer and did so, eventually blowing out his arm and requiring Tommy John surgery. Today the Dodger designated him for assignment. They could have put him on the 60 Day Dl, but they choose not to. I guess to make up …
Baseball America checks in on Verdugo and Font
With Alex Verdugo headed to the Dodgers today, Baseball America gave us a rundown on what they expect to happen. Verdugo is not expected to be on the postseason roster, but the Dodgers are eager to see him against big league pitching in hopes of getting him acclimated to compete for a job in 2018. …
That was ugly
The Dodgers did not end August like they started it, as the Diamondbacks swept the Dodgers all the way to San Diego. The three game barrage concluded with the Diamondbacks winning 8 – 1. Overall The Diamondbacks outscored the Dodgers 21 – 11 The Diamondbacks hit seven home runs The Diamondbacks scored ten runs in …
Angels go big
Last night I looked in on the Angel game and noticed Chris Hatcher pitching for the A’s. The Angels trailed in the game, but not for long, as the Angels would knock around Hatcher and go onto win the game 10 – 8. They had trailed 8 – 3 at one after giving up eight …
Alex Verdugo is on his way
Alex Verdugo will be joining the team this Friday Alex Verdugo will join #Dodgers in SD when rosters expand. Joc Pederson will not. Likely later when AAA season ends — Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) August 31, 2017 , and if Corey Seager still has problems with the elbow I could see him getting some playing time. …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 