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Updated hurlers for hire
Back on 12/19, I took a look at where the plethora of ex-Dodger hurlers are ending up. At the time Shawn Tolleson, Rubby, Withrow, and Eovaldi didn’t have new homes. With the news that Eovaldi just signed with the Rays, I can update the list. The Rays will pay $2M in 2017 for Eovaldi while he …
Tape Chronicles – 2 – Neil Young Harvest & Harvest Moon
The Tape Chronicles: Number two is an artist that will show up time and time again. From his work with Buffalo Springfield – Crazy Horse – CSNY – Solo artist, Neil Young would be one of my finalists for an island artist. This tape combines his earlier sentinel work Harvest created in 1972 with the …
Rotisserie rotation
Rotisserie drafts are about to start in earnest and preceding these drafts are all sorts of analysis about who to draft and why. I’ve already finished two drafts and will be finishing up a 3rd this week. I peruse Rotowire, BaseballHQ, and Fangraphs to help me get a leg up or at least stay relevant. …
Updated LAD roster
With the addition of Chase Utley and Franklin Gutierrez to the roster, the Dodgers now have a more solidified bench with both of them joining Austin Barnes as a lock to start the season on the 25 man roster unless injuries pop up. Here is the updated roster from my point of view. In a …
Chase Utley decides to stay while Franklin Gutierrez is finally going to see Chavez Ravine
The Dodgers get their greybeard back this summer with Chase Utley deciding to sign a one year contract with the team. Last year headed into spring it looked like Chase was going to be the super utility player and Howie Kendrick the second baseman but spring injuries to Howie gave Chase the chance to take the …
Tape Chronicles – One – X – Whiskey A Go Go
Tape Chronicles: The Tape Chronicles: Number one was X Live at the Whiskey. The album was recorded over a three day period in December of 1987. I was there for one of those gigs. At the time I lived in Santa Monica and worked in Santa Monica. X was my favorite band at the time …
Ducking in with the President
For those unfamiliar with the Duck, you can check out the archived Duck Talk Section at TrueBlueLA or the newer Duck Talk here on Dodgers, Yesterday and Today. We ask the questions we want to ask and try to see through the clichéd responses we normally get. Don’t get confused, this is a complete fabrication based on interviews …
Fangraphs Hitter Contact Series – LAD OF
Tony Biengino of Fangraphs is doing a fascinating series looking at hitter contact quality, utilizing exit speed, and launch angle data. Yesterday we looked at the how the LAD infield is viewed by this data. Today we will wonder through the LAD outfield. Right field is first up, so let’s see what he has to …
Fangraphs Hitter Contact Series – LAD Infield
Tony Biengino of Fangraphs is doing a fascinating series looking at hitter contact quality, utilizing exit speed, and launch angle data. We will start by going around the infield horn. Better have Bellinger ready Adrian Gonzalez is another of those lucky ones who can roll out of bed and hit liners, year after year. That …
Fangraphs checks in on Brock Stewart and Sergio Romo
Jeff Sullivan took a look at Brock Stewart and liked what he saw. Stewart’s fastball just averaged 93.2 miles per hour. Yu Darvish‘s fastball just averaged 93.3 miles per hour. And by spin rate, Stewart’s four-seamer wound up in the 96th percentile, right by Blake Snell and Dylan Bundy. Stewart doesn’t try to survive by …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 