Category Archives: 2017 Dodgers
More needs to be made of Morrow
Much of the talk this year has centered around the amazing seasons that several Dodgers have had who started the year in AAA. That talk has always been about Cody Bellinger and Chris Taylor. For good reason. But, Brandon Morrow would like to you know he is kicking ass as a 100 MPH throwing setup …
Dodgers get their pitcher
Well, not quite, but they did acquire a starting pitcher today. His name just wasn’t Yu Darvish, or Sonny Gray, or Justin Verlander. It was Luke Farrell and the cost was considerably less than Alex Verdugo. Actually, the cost was simply cost. The Dodgers paid cash for Farrell. Farrell is 6’6, and was born June …
LAD already have eight players with double digit home runs
It is only July 27th, but the 2017 wallbangers already have eight players with double digit home runs. Rk Pos Name Age PA HR OPS+ 1 1B Cody Bellinger* 21 342 28 144 2 RF Yasiel Puig 26 365 19 107 3 SS Corey Seager* 23 401 16 130 4 C Yasmani Grandal# 28 318 14 …
Dodgers might have three top five MVP candidates
The first is certainly Justin Turner, and I’ll be the first to admit I mocked a comment over at TBLA when someone suggested that Turner might win the MVP back in March. I liked Turner but I never thought he could put together a full-season of MVP worthy stats. I was wrong, Justin Turner is …
Long and winding road for 1st win for Edward Paredes at age 30
When Edward Paredes took the mound at Dodger Stadium last night you might not have known who he was and for good reason. No one did. Many players take a circuitous route to their first major league game but not many involve the convoluted route that Edward Paredes took. “First of all I want to …
Crap, Kershaw goes down
Just a few days ago I was about to write about how the NL league leader in games started had bounced back quite nicely from his back troubles of a year ago. So much for that column. Guess we won’t have a Clayton Kershaw CYA debate again this year. Shooting from the hip I really …
Damn, I agree with Dylan
Dylan Hernandez has mostly become an annoying columnist following in the vein of TJ Simers since leaving the Dodger beat, but he does make a valid point in this column. The Dodgers should trade for Yu Darvish if he is available. I know that getting a relief pitcher like Andrew Miller is all the rage right …
LAD offensive July snapshot on July 24th, 2017
How about those catchers? More on that later today. Quick July offensive notes: Two players with an OPS over 1.000. The T & T boys Five players with an OPS over .900 Six starters with an OPS over .850 Puig and Pederson holding back the offense Four players with an OBP over .400 Trayce Thompson …
68 – 31, right on track after 4 – 2 week
Last Monday I ran a little exercise to see what it would take to get the Dodgers to 110 wins. I conservatively got them to 108 wins, and by going 4 – 2 this past week they are right on schedule. We didn’t get there the same way but nonetheless ended up 4-2. I expected …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 