Category Archives: 2017 Dodgers
Chavez Ravine domination
If you have been going to the Ravine to watch the Dodgers since Cody Bellinger joined the team the odds have been in your favor that you will have watched another Dodger home victory. Overall the Dodgers are fifty games over .500 with a winning percentage of .712 which is insane, but at home they …
Dodgers own the lineup positions
We all know that Yasiel Puig has been the best number eight hitter in baseball but when Joe Davis said that Chris Taylor has been the best leadoff hitter in baseball that made me turn to Fangraphs and use the batting position split tool to find out how the rest of the lineup stacks up. I …
Imagine if Puig started hitting LHP again
Last year at this time Yasiel Puig was playing in AAA. Not only had the front office had enough of him, so had the majority of fans. There was a barely a whimper of indignation when Puig was shipped off to AAA and his job was given to the recently acquired Josh Reddick. I was …
Dodger Front Office hitting on all cylinders
I’m sure there are still some fraudman folk out there, but these have to be fans who will never be happy with a modern day analytical approach to running a baseball team. Back in his day, I’m sure they wouldn’t have been happy with Branch Rickey either. The major league team is on pace to …
Jake Lamb is the new Goldy
Not long ago, Paul Goldschmidt owned the Dodgers but in the past two years, the Dodger pitchers have been able to corral Goldy and keep him under control. That is the good news, the bad news is that the guy who follows him in the lineup is crushing the Dodgers. Besides the two home runs …
Turner leads all NL in wRC+ on August 9th, 2017
You gotta take these snapshots when you can. With Justin Turner rocking two home runs last night he took the lead in the NL for wRC+. Using smart baseball methodology you could make a case that Justin Turner is the best offensive player in the NL right now. The Dodgers have four of the top 11 …
Dodgers still undefeated against B-Z since July 4th
The Dodgers lost last night but should we have been surprised? They were, after all, playing a team whose name starts with an “A”. Since July 4th the Dodgers have now only lost to the Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks going 23 – 4 in that span. When you are on a pace to win …
Dodger record without Kershaw is insane
In 2016, Clayton Kershaw the best pitcher during the regular season in the universe went on the DL after making a start on June 26th. The Dodger record was 41-36. When Clayton Kershaw made his next start on Sept 9th,2016 the Dodger record was 79-60. The Dodger record without Clayton Kershaw in 2016 was 38-14. …
Ryu Rules Sunday Nights
Hyun-Jin Ryu once again dominated on a nationally televised game on Sunday night pitching seven shutout innings for the second Sunday in a row. The pitcher who no one was counting on in March has now thrown fifteen scoreless innings in a row and has thrown a monkey wrench into the Dodger future rotation. Ever …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 