Category Archives: Series Previews
Cardinal preview 07/22/16 If i were a Carpenter
The best part of this preview is that I don’t have to write about Matt Carpenter who is on the DL and was in the midst of a top five MVP season. The worse part is that I don’t get to write about what an incredible season Matt Carpenter is having. Last year the Cardinals …
07/15/2016 – Diamondback Preview – Beware the Lamb
Most Dodger fans are rightly scared of Paul Goldschmidt, but in 2016 they might want to pan out and take in Jake Lamb. The National League is loaded with elite 3rd baseman. Nolan Arenado and Kris Bryant vaulted themselves into the same conversation as Matt Carpenter last year. This year Jake Lamb has thrown his …
Ryan Schimpf?
I pride myself on not only knowing every major league baseball player but most of the players expected to play in the major leagues, so when the Padres called up 28-year-old Ryan Schimpf, I had the same reaction that just about everyone else had. Who? Every year a few minor league journeyman get lucky enough …
Bash brothers – Machado / Davis / Trumbo invade the Ravine
The Orioles are in first place because they bomb the hell out of the baseball. Halfway through the season they already have five players with at least thirteen home runs. They just broke the major league home run record for the month of June, blasting 56 home runs. Jonathan Schoop has 13, career high is 16 …
Milwaukee Brewer series preview – 06/28/16
Coming into the game tonight the Dodgers are 0 -6 in the first game of the second series on the road, and tonight is such a game. Julio Urias will be called upon to break that bizarre little stat, a lot to ask of a nineteen-year-old making his last start for a while. The Dodgers …
Pirates preview – June 24th, 2016
You can count on one thing, the LAD will probably see a bit of Sean Rodriquez who fills in everywhere. Sean has played at least one game at every position except catcher. Earlier we talked about the Pirates June swoon. Now let’s focus on the actual team the Dodgers will be playing the next four …
NL East leading Washington Nationals come to town
Dusty Baker has his Nationals leading the NL East as they come into town for a three game set. The first game will be a marquee matchup with Clayton Kershaw squaring off against Steve Strasburg. The Nationals under performed last year and made one big change adding 2015 postseason hero Daniel Murphy to the lineup. They …
New York Met Series Preview 05/27/2016
The Mets like every other team the Dodgers have faced in October since 1988, broke their fans hearts last year in a deciding game that was in the Dodgers favor with three innings in the book. The ultra reliable Grienke had a 2 – 1 lead, but yet another left-handed hitter did the Dodgers in again, …
Dodger Series Preview – Rockies – a horrible team in all facets of the game
On May 7th, the Rockies were 22 – 14, and tied for first place. Since that time they have gone 37 – 76 for an overall record of 59 – 90. Sure they lost Tulo and Cargo but they were sinking long before they lost two of the best players in the game. Tulo actually …
Dodger / Giant Series Preview – Panik in Detroit
Been a long time since the opening day series preview, and much has changed for both teams. I expected the Giants to be in second place, but I didn’t expect them to be this close. Plenty of time to widen the lead but for now they are legit contenders to take the NL West. Given …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 