Category Archives: 2017 Dodgers
Cody Thomas and Carlos Rincon make history
I don’t normally do individual minor league games unless they warrant special attention but the Loons had a quite a historical game last night. The Loons hit seven home runs last night but the more interesting part was that it was done by only three hitters. Yeah, that is kind of cool but not as …
Alex Wood about to pounce on the Vulture
In 1966 Phil Regan won fourteen games as a relief pitcher for the NL Champion Dodgers and earned the nickname “The Vulture” for pilfering wins from the starting pitchers. He also only lost one game and has the greatest winning percentage of any Los Angeles Dodger with at least twelve wins. Eric Stephen explains how …
Kenta and Ryu add to their game score leaderboards
Kenta Maeda put up a game score of 78 last night and if you happen to think that was one of his best games ever, you’d be correct. It was the second best game of his career using game score as the criteria. Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2016-07-10 SDP W …
Checking in on Tony and Tony with Fangraphs
With so many writers you can almost always count on Fangraphs to have written something about someone and sure enough, they have a nice article up about the Dodgers two newest relief pitchers. Of course, it is not pleasant reading for Dodger fans. The title is The Best Reliever Traded at the Deadline by Eno Sarris …
July is in the books
The best July in Dodger history is in the books. Year W L W-L% 2017 20 3 .870 1962 20 6 .769 2013 19 6 .760 2004 21 7 .750 1997 20 7 .741 1985 20 7 .741 1961 19 7 .731 1960 19 7 .731 1963 21 10 .677 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play …
Yu Darvish and the NL
One of the reasons I wanted Yu Darvish was because of his exceptional work against the NL during his time with the Rangers. Let me demonstrate: Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2014-06-01 WSN W 2-0 8.0 5 0 2 12 82 2014-06-11 MIA W 6-0 9.0 6 0 3 10 82 …
Hello to Yu and goodbye to you
The Dodgers made the big splash at the last second to save what had been a very disappointing trade deadline day. Until 12:59:05 Dodger fans were trying to reconcile with the idea that the biggest moves the Dodgers had made were to bring in Tony Cingrani and Tony Watson. All that changed when this tweet …
Farmer joins the Dodger party
Kyle Farmer may not be around long in August but he can rest assured he will now forever be part of the winning lore of 2017. Getting a walk off double against the Giants would already be enough to be part of the fabric but when your first major league hit is a walk off …
A helping Hand could be all the Dodgers need
Getting Brad Hand might be all the Dodgers need to wrap their arms around a 2017 World Championship. They clearly don’t need any help regarding the lineup. They could use a stud starting pitcher but questions abound if Yu or Gray are really stud pitchers and if the cost is Verdugo or Walker Buehler I …
Cavalry coming?
Adrian Gonzalez has been out for several months and the Dodgers have not missed him a lick. He has been taking batting practice and will head out for a rehab assignment that should last at least a week to shake off the rust. Adrian should be rejoining his teammates by at least mid – August. …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 