Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Easy schedule coming up
As we noted a few days ago, the Dodgers first half record is one of the best in franchise history and if the Dodgers can take advantage of an easy schedule coming out of the break they could make a real run a winning 100 games plus this year. Only one time from now until …
Re-visiting the Rotational guesses
On Feb 17th we made our first guesses on how the rotational starts might be distributed in 2017. When spring training ended we did it again since the information had changed. How did we do? Kershaw has been the rock we expected, never missing a start. Urias ended up being the only casualty in the …
LAD July offense stat update
Some surprises here for me. I thought Puig was doing better in July than he is. Corey Seager is hitting but his walk/k rate is strange for him. Thirteen strikeouts in only 32 plate appearances with only two walks. That is not the Seager we know. Kiké Hernandez has been terrible in July. I’m truly …
Cody chasing Piazza/Green/McGwire on July 12th
For the first time since we started doing this series, Cody Bellinger lost ground to everyone. Especially McGwire and Green, but even Piazza picked up some ground. No longer does it look like a lock that Cody will break the long-standing rookie home run record by Piazza though he is still in great shape. He is way …
Updated LAD All-Star History
The greatest baseball franchise has a rich history in the all-star game, with multiple MVP winners. You’d be hard pressed to find a Dodger pitcher who was scored upon in 58 years of Dodger all-star appearances. Don Drysdale holds the all-star record with 19 strikeouts and won back to back games in 1967 and 1968, …
Keibert Ruiz is moving up
My favorite prospect just got promoted from the MWL Loons to the California League Rancho Cucamonga Quakes making him the youngest player in the league. These things happen all the time in minor league ball. Will Smith, the number one pick last year was promoted from Rancho to AA Tulsa which left me wondering who was …
LAD First half leaderboard – Strikeouts
The Koufax and Kershaw show with a ringer named Singer. You have to fully expect Koufax to dominate this list but when you consider that Kershaw is getting about eight starts less per year than the pitchers from 1958 – 1982 it is amazing that he can get on the leaderboard using a cutoff of …
Yusniel Diaz makes BA June Prospect Team of the Month
Yusniel Diaz had a tough start to the 2017 season and made my list as the most disappointing prospect by the end of May. Since his dreadful May, Diaz has turned his season around and Baseball America named him to their June Prospect Team of the Month. OF Yusniel Diaz • Dodgers High Class A Rancho Cucamonga (California) …
Keibert Ruiz and DJ Peters make MLB prospect team of the week
Keibert Ruiz was named to the MLB Prospect team of the week for the week of June 26th – July 2nd. Readers will remember that Ruiz was my June Prospect of the Month, and the Weekly Farm Factory Award winner for June 26th – July 2nd. A few days ago, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus came out …
LAD first half leadersboards – sOPS+ against
If you thought Alex Wood was having a season that could be used in the same breath as Sandy Koufax and Clayton you are correct. 12 LAD seasons from a pitcher with a first half sOPS+ against of 50 or less. Kershaw and Koufax have had six of them. Alex Wood joins Jerry Reuss as …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 