Category Archives: 2017 Dodgers
Fangraphs looks at Puig
Eno Sarris at Fangraphs took a look at Puig and who is comps might be. Let’s be pessimistic! Let’s cut off those good 2013 and 2014 seasons and focus on the last two years. In those years, he walked 7.4% of the time, struck out 20.6 % of the time, and hit for a .260/.323/.425 …
Building the LAD bullpen with BPV
One of the biggest questions headed into spring is who will comprise the LAD bullpen. Last week we looked at who the best options for the rotation were based on the BPV formula used by Baseball HQ to determine skills levels of pitchers. Again, this is how the BPV formula is calculated: Pitching BPV: ((Dominance …
Spring battles
Now that we know the roster headed into spring, here are the battles that need to be decided in the next 30 or so days. LAD front office said they would probably start the year with 12 pitchers and 13 position players. Position player locks – Adrian, Forsythe, Seager, Turner, Grandal, Puig, Joc, Barnes, Chase, …
Will 2017 serve up anything close to the pleasant surprises of 2016?
With spring training about to go full bore this week I was thinking about where we were last year at this time and the shocking developments of 2016. No one could have predicted that the following players would impact 2016: Brock Stewart – Single A pitcher – Climbed from A to AA to AAA to …
Jose Fernandez joins Dodger camp
My worries about Dodger visa’s proved unfounded for Jose Fernandez who joined the LAD spring training camp today. From Dodger spring training notes: ¡BIENVENIDO!: This morning, the Dodgers announced that recently signed infielder Jose Miguel Fernandez (#87) has joined the club’s big-league camp as a non-roster invitee. The 28-year-old Cuban native signed with the Dodgers …
Ruf be gone
That sigh you heard might have been Scott Van Slyke who just saw his biggest competition for backup 1st baseman leave the Dodgers to sign a deal in Korea. Darin Ruf can earn twice as much in Korea and doesn’t have to worry about playing AAA instead of Los Angeles. SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) — South …
Mike Petriello / MLB.com follow up on Dodger depth
A few days ago I looked at how a possible 2017 Dodger rotation might look trying to assign games started to the plethora of options available. The one thing I noted was the depth the Dodger front office has assembled in the rotation. They kind of had too, since that depth included multiple injury question …
Baseball America Dodger Prospect Centric chat
Baseball America did a top 100 prospect chat several days ago. Since the Dodgers have numerous prospects in the top 100 let’s see what they had to say specifically about the Dodger prospects. Could they be any more giddy about Bellinger? Tony (Lakeland, FL): Who is the most likely of the top 100 to hit …
Rotational depth
I wonder how the rotational depth is going to play out among the 10 rotational options. They removed a key player in 2017 by trading Jose De Leon for Logan Forsythe but they still have many options. When we did the roster a few days ago you couldn’t help but notice that the Dodgers could …
Updated LAD roster
With the addition of Chase Utley and Franklin Gutierrez to the roster, the Dodgers now have a more solidified bench with both of them joining Austin Barnes as a lock to start the season on the 25 man roster unless injuries pop up. Here is the updated roster from my point of view. In a …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 