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The chasm between us
My Fathers Day may have gone the way of many my age, as the ability to communicate with my father is limited due to age and geographic proximity. He is going to turn 90 this year, he lives 350 miles away, and the ability to talk with him via the phone has zero rewards. Forget …
Alex Verdugo has little left to prove in AAA
Alex Verdugo is tearing up AAA right now but the Dodgers are so loaded with major league outfielders there doesn’t seem to be any room for the talented outfielder. Over his last ten games, Verdugo is hitting .476. The table below is courtesy of http://www.milb.com. Over those ten games, Alex had multiple hits in seven …
Just saying
The Dodgers brought up Caleb Ferguson on June 6th and he’s now made three starts for the Dodgers with each start getting better and better but doing little to prove that he should actually be in the major leagues right now. The Dodgers have won only one of those three starts and that was due …
Can Matt Kemp escape gravity?
Much has been made about the resurgence of Matt Kemp but we need to keep one very important thing in mind. Matt Kemp had an OPS in 2017 of .922 on this date. It is not like Matt Kemp stopped hitting a baseball and shocked the world with what he has done in 2018. He …
Standings a year ago
The Dodgers had 45 wins at this point in the season a year ago but their actual place in the standing only varies by a few games. Right now the Dodgers are in 2nd place, 2 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks while last year even with ten extra wins they were only 1/2 game in …
Dodgers could get more separation this weekend
It was just one week ago that the Dodgers/Giants/Rockies were all tied for second place, just a scant 1 1/2 behind the Diamondbacks. NL West Standings on June 8th Tm W L W-L% GB RS RA pythW-L% ARI 33 29 .532 — 249 223 .550 LAD 32 31 .508 1.5 302 257 .573 COL 32 …
Bullpen not as good as I thought
After that great bullpen performance last night I wondered over to Fangraphs and expected to see our bullpen near the top for June, but to my surprise they are 19th. As expected Erik Goeddel has been great but did you know that left-handed specialist Edward Paredes has been incredibly effective? Or that Dan Hudson has …
Max Muncy and Dylan Covey have a bit in common besides that “y” at the end of their name.
Max Muncy and Dylan Covey were both drafted fairly high by the Oakland Athletics and both are now producing at the major league level for other organizations while Oakland got little to nothing in return. Most Dodger fans by now, know that Max Muncy was cut loose by the Oakland Athletics after being drafted by …
Joc is on an extra base hit tear
At this point, you could write about every Dodger starter and find something amazing but today I’ll focus on Joc. Since Joc Pederson showed up as a full-time player in 2015 we have learned several things about our Joc. He is one streaky dude. One moment (for long swaths of at-bats) Joc looks very much …
Evidently, Max Muncy can do everything
This is getting beyond the ridiculous. Max Muncy came into yesterday’s game with the best OPS+ of any National League hitter with at least 150 plate appearances. He had appeared in 23 games at 3rd base, 18 games at 1st base, and 5 games in the outfield. He started yesterday at 2nd base. And hit …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 