Category Archives: 2016 Dodgers
If you think Adrian Gonzalez is struggling it is because he is
While doing the Washington National series research it struck me how bad Ryan Zimmerman is this season compared to his normal season. I decided to use baseball reference to find out how all the National League 1st baseman are doing this year compared to their historical norm, as we approach July. We all knew Adrian …
Scott Van Slyke finally contributes to the 2016 Dodgers
SVS has had a rough start to the 2016 season. When Andre Ethier went down it was expected that SVS would take up the slack and possibly get full-time at bats but after just a few appearances, a back injury would sideline Scott until June. Once activated in June, Scott sat on the bench and …
SVS watches the Dodger offense do nothing
A rookie manager not only has to learn about his team and their strengths, the fans of the team get to learn the same about the rookie manager. The one thing I’ve learned so far this year, is that David Roberts has a strange affinity for Howie Kendrick in LF. With Carl Crawford finally being …
Trayce Thompson – Steal of the Deal
With Andre hurt, Puig struggling, and Crawford now gone, it is a good thing the Dodgers pulled the trigger on the three-way trade that brought Thompson to the Dodgers. Frankie Montas was supposed to be the key to this deal and may still be, but right now Thompson has been the steal of the deal. …
Urias will be first LAD teen-ager to pitch at Dodger Stadium since Fernando
While most of the hoopla has gone out of the fact that the Dodgers have a 19-year-old pitching in their rotation, it is still an extremely rare event. Just about every time he takes the mound he breaks ground that hasn’t been trod on in decades. No LAD teen-ager as has pitched at Dodger Stadium …
Corey Seager holding court
Five days ago Corey Seager had hit nine home runs and was just about to crack the LAD leaderboard for home runs by a shortstop. Since then, Corey blasted five more home runs and is poised to break all sorts of records this June. For now he can be satisfied with having the fourth most …
Corey Seager moving up the leaderboards
Just five days ago we were waxing eloquently about how Corey Seager was going to be breaking into many of the record books for shortstops. Evidently Corey was not satisfied with being at the precipice of the leaderboard, so he had another crazy weekend and has now put himself squarely in those leaderboards. On June …
Chase stand alone as Cubs / Dodgers get ready to square off
Being Memorial Day I didn’t have time to write a preview but I did find this little nugget interesting while perusing the Cubs record. The Cubs are 34 – 14, with seventeen wins in both April and May. The Cubs have a losing records against three teams. All three of those teams reside in the NL Western …
Alex Wood – Strikeout King?
When Alex Wood struck out thirteen of his eighteen outs in his last start on 5/21/2016 it seemed to get little fanfare. Probably because the Dodgers not only lost the game, but Wood only managed to get eighteen outs. Yet for Wood it was his best strikeout performance of his career. Only four times has …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 