Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Yes, I voted for Zack Cozart
It wasn’t even a hard decision. I had hoped it would be but by any account, Zack Cozart has been the best shortstop in baseball this year and thus the vote was easy. Name wRC+ HR AVG OPS wOBA Off Def WAR ISO Zack Cozart 170 9 0.347 1.042 0.435 17.8 6.9 3.2 0.265 …
Usual suspects?
In this order of importance the usual suspects Clayton Kershaw, Cory Seager, Grandal, Puig, and Jansen kept the Dodgers from getting swept at home by the league-leading Washington Nationals. Through six innings, Kershaw had only given up a home run to Babe Zimmerman but otherwise kept the Nationals off the board. With Strasburg dealing it …
Scherzer joins Seaver/J. R. Richard
Only three pitchers have ever struck out at least fourteen Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Tom Seaver was one of the greatest ever. J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era. Max Scherzer can sit easily in that company. I don’t know about you, but I’m way more impressed by a pitcher who pitches twelve innings …
Mike Cameron should have hit the cookie
When I saw that Scooter Gennett had hit four home runs in a game my thought wasn’t congratulations but annoyance that a banjo-hitting utility infielder would impinge upon one of the hardest things to do in a baseball game. None of this was supposed to happen. Gennett, a 27-year-old, 5-foot-10 career second baseman, was waived …
Don Sutton sits on top but this will be about Doug Rau
Don Sutton has the highest game score against the Washington National franchise at Dodger Stadium. It was a crazy game as Little D went eleven innings and they lost 3 – 5 even though he only gave up one earned run. The Expos scored three runs in the top of the 14th to win the …
Ron LeFlore makes a surprising appearance
As I do these leaderboards, I’m learning two things. Hideo Nomo and Shawn Green had some monster games as Dodgers. No Dodger has ever had a double digit total base game against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium, but if we include the Montreal Expo franchise we can find three Dodgers who did the trick. …
Which one of these guys is the relief pitcher?
If you start with the premise that Clayton Kershaw is still the ace, That the NL May Pitcher of the Month Alex Wood is the number two, and Brandon McCarthy is the 3rd part of the rotation you are still left with four pitchers fighting over two rotation spots. The decision to send Ryu to the …
Zimmerman uprising
When the Dodgers played the Nationals last year in the NLDS the one thing they thought they could count on was Ryan Zimmerman not being much of a factor. The weary 1st baseman came into the postseason with the 3rd worst wRC+ in the NL. He had been horrible in the regular season. The postseason, …
Dustin May wins June 4th FFA
There was some heated competition for the Dodger Farm Factory Award for the week ending on June 4th but it involved mostly pitchers and Nineteen-year-old Dustin May got the nod. Wilmer Font had the best game of the week when he struck out ten in a six-inning two-hitter. Trevor Oaks had the most interesting game. …
Dodgers roll through the best of the NL Central
On May 23rd the Dodgers were 26 – 19 and 2.5 games back of the Rockies. They were about to face the Cardinals/Cubs/Cardinals/Brewers. The best teams the NL Central could throw at them. This was the time to answer the question. Can this team beat the good teams? They started the four series set without …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 