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Prospect Roundup – DeLeon/Alvarez/Rhame/Mieses Shine

On Saturday Jose DeLeon and Jacob Rhame  combined for eight innings, two earned runs. DeLeon went the first six, giving up both earned runs, one walk, five k’s. Rhame went two scoreless innings, walking one, and striking out four. Rhame has been spotless since returning from his ped suspension. On Friday night Yadier Alveraz pitched five scoreless innings, …

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Corey Seager passes Eric Karros for most doubles by a LAD Rookie

With Corey Seager hitting his 31st double today, a bullet past DH playing 1st base David Ortiz, he broke the long-standing LAD rookie doubles record set by Eric Karros. This will put this particular leaderboard to bed until the end of the season. Shawn Green holds the all-time LAD double record with 49 set in …

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A.J. Ellis helps Dodgers to victory but still can’t find any Dodgers to drive him in

A.J. Ellis drove in the first Dodger run, and caught a shutout against the vaunted Red Sox offense, so he did his job on Saturday. Yet, I have this fascination with the fact he can’t score. Last time we looked Ellis had gone 83 at-bats without scoring and was in fifth place for going scoreless by …

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Rich Hill won’t take the mound tomorrow – Didn’t see that coming

Go figure, a 36-year-old pitcher who hasn’t thrown 100 innings since  2007 seems incapable of taking the mound. Fix one blister, find another blister. When the blisters are finally fixed, in all likelihood something else will go wrong. I’m not trying to be a cynic but there is a reason why just a year ago Rich Hill …

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The LAD have had eleven ROY winners and Frank Hondo Howard was the 1st

At 6’7 Frank Howard was a behemoth among baseball players, particularly in 1958 when the Dodgers signed him out of Ohio State University.  Howard would actually join the Dodgers for a brief time in 1958 in Sept after hitting for an OPS of 1.067 in the minor leagues. Howard would again join the team briefly in …

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Big Papi knows how to say good night right

Big Papi is in town but it is doubtful Dodger fans will get much of a glimpse of the big man on the field this weekend. The DH was made for David Ortiz and since we play real baseball in Los Angeles he’ll probably have to spend this weekend watching more baseball than he usually …

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Seager Catches Puig on LAD Rookie Home Run Leaderboard

There was a time when Corey Seager was on a pace to break the Mike Piazza home run LAD rookie leaderboard but that pace has come and gone. Piazza hit his 19th home run on July 19th and never looked back on his way to 35. While Corey is probably out of the running for …

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Corey Seager catches Hanley Ramirez

Corey Seager was having a tough series at Coors field until he launched his 19th home run last night. The home run was significant because it tied Corey with Hanley Ramirez for most home runs by a LAD shortstop. Hanley hit 20 home runs in 2013 but one came as a DH, so he only …

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The season depends on Bud Norris and Rich Hill? Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Either the Dodger FO is shockingly brilliant or a lug nut loose. The Dodger rotation for the month of August appears to be counting heavily on two pitchers who are currently hurt, and who were weren’t even a blip on the major league radar a year ago today. Rich Hill tested his blister and said …

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Dodgers lose 12 – 2 starting a rookie in Coors, Giants lose 5 -4 using Cueto, I call that a win

If the Dodger offense wasn’t going to step up to the plate last night the Dodgers had little chance of a victory so Brock Stewart getting blown out or giving up four runs the end result probably wouldn’t have mattered. I don’t get the use of Urias for three innings but that is another whole …

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