Category Archives: 2016 Dodgers
Beleaguered rotation turns to Brock Stewart while awaiting Hill / Anderson and word on Kershaw
Brandon McCarthy did the rotation nor bullpen any favors last night failing for the second start in a row to get at least fifteen outs. In his previous start, McCarthy got only twelve outs, but could manage only nine outs last night, putting a lot of pressure on a bullpen that might be tasked once …
Did the Dodgers acquire a Hill of beans or a King of the hill?
Josh Reddick should provide a consistent bat and glove against RHP and is a very known quantity. Rich Hill, on the other hand, is one of the more bizarre baseball stories of the past ten years. He has been brilliant, and he has been so bad that multiple teams have given up on him. The …
Zaidi breaks down the Dodger deals
A rather pedestrian trading deadline was broken down by Farhan Zaidi but all the fireworks happened after the trade deadline when it was learned that Puig was not on the plane with the team to Colorado even though he had not been traded. As you all know the Dodgers received Josh Reddick, Rich Hill, Jesse Chavez, …
How wrong can a blogger be? Let me count the ways
Back on July 1st, for fun I wrote a rebuttal of Jon Weisman who had made the case for staying positive, and as the Dodgers conclude an especially satisfying July, I will need to eat some crow. It is never a good idea to bet against Jon, and once again he proves this to …
Grandal has 15 home runs, and 5 of them are 3 run home runs
When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, Yazmani Grandal can lay claim to being one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball with two runners on. Even before today Yaz had a plus .900 OPS with RISP. He has now hit six of his fifteen home runs with RISP. Say what …
No Kershaw, no problema, no Norris, no problema
The Dodgers continue to see their rotation dwindle but it doesn’t slow the locomotive down one bit. When Bud Norris replaced Kershaw in the rotation the team was expected to take a hit when that spot in the rotation came up, but Bud Norris was able to at least tread water. Today when Bud Norris …
Corey Seager moves to within one of Eric Karros on LAD Rookie Double leaderboard
With two doubles last night and twenty-nine overall, Corey said good-bye to Raul Mondesi and is nipping at the heels of Eric Karros. The complete list at baseball reference: Player 2B Year Age Eric Karros (RoY-1st) | 30 | 1992 | 24 Corey Seager | 30 | 2016 | 22 Raul Mondesi (RoY-1st) | 27 | 1994 …
The writer finally gets his wish
Back in 2008 when Jay Bruce was the hottest thing in baseball and Matt Kemp was underappreciated in Los Angeles by just about every mainstream writer, I took exception to a column written on the now defunct SportshubLA run by the Kamentzky brothers. That particular writer (not the brothers) wrote about how the Dodgers needed …
Tradeable assets
Heading into the trading deadline weekend here are the currently tradeable assets that are not on the major league roster plus Ross Stripling. The MLB Ranking column is how major league baseball recently ranked the Dodger prospects. The Dodger farm system is loaded from top to bottom, with quality and quantity, so the Dodger front …
Dodgers put the best day record on the line today at noon
The Dodgers are a season-high 13 games over .500 and you can thank their 17 – 8 record during the day for that lofty ranking. A lot is at stake during the day today, the Dodgers day time win % is .680 but the Giants are right behind them at .676. The Giants will also …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 