Category Archives: 2017 Dodgers
The Chicken runs at midnight
The pressure to take over for one of the greatest voices in baseball history had to be daunting, I’m sure some would not even make the attempt, Dodger fans should consider themselves lucky that Joe Davis decided to uproot his Midwestern family and take them West. This weekend has given Joe plenty of fodder to …
Angel Sanchez finally makes his debut
When the Dodgers minor league system was horrible, Angel Sanchez was at least interesting. This little thread from TBLA back in the fall of 2012 shows what I mean. Brandon was conducting a vote for the 9th best Dodger prospect and this was what he had to work with: Again, the candidates for this vote are: …
Historical Branch Rickey Winners
The Branch Rickey award has a long history that dates back to 1989. The award itself has as many hits as it does misses, so winning the award does not guarantee major league success. Mike Huff started it all off and Mike Huff should give you fair warning when the winner is older than twenty-four. …
Rich Hill gets 27 outs, can’t get 28
Rich Hill found out how Harvey Haddix felt fifty-eight years ago when he finished the 9th inning with his no-hitter intact but with no decision because his team was unable to push across a single run. The Dodgers went quietly in the 10th, and Rich Hill gave up a lead off home run to take …
The six man rotational disabled list
Jon Weisman tweeted yesterday that the Dodgers have a full rotation on the disabled list. The Los Angeles Disabled Listers look like they’re headed for a six-man rotation: Kershaw, Darvish, Wood, Urias, McCarthy, Kazmir — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) August 22, 2017 Not just five starters but six Not just any starters either: A 3 time …
Walker Buehler relief experiment
Watching Pedro Baez struggle last night, I was left wondering how the Walker Buehler experiment is doing. Walker Buehler is currently the Dodgers top pitching prospect and after a disastrous first start in AAA he settled down and looked more like the Dodgers top pitching prospect. A few weeks ago the Dodger front office moved …
Dodgers win at games and roster building
Tonight the Dodgers won again, this time with Adrian Gonzalez playing for the first time since June. I don’t think enough is being made about how useful a healthy Gonzalez can help this team. Probably because it appears they don’t need any help in winning, but winning in the summer isn’t the same as winning …
12 months of the Puig elevator
A professional baseball players career is going to be full of ups and downs, but for Yasiel Puig the last twelve months have been quite the elevator ride. On July 31st, 2016 Puig had three hits culminating his July with an overall OPS of .806 which had followed his June OPS of .826. The elevator …
Alex Wood shows both sides of the win
Keith Law has a great book out right now called Smart Baseball telling us in one of the early chapters how wins are a ridiculous stat because so much of a win is team based. I’ve gotten through about five chapters so far and have learned nothing new except on how to tell baseball fans …
All the young dudes
Much like the Cubs of 2016, the Dodgers great season is being fueled by youth. The team is 50 games over .500 and the lineup is loaded with players 26 or younger. Chris Taylor and Yasiel Puig are both 26 Joc Pederson is 25 Corey Seager is 23 Cody Bellinger is 21 Five of the …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 