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October Bullpen battle
Rich Hill pitched a complete game on Wednesday so no one pitched in the bullpen. On Thursday Ryu pitched six strong innings, making both his case for a spot in the Dodger October rotation or the bullpen. The odds are against him in both cases but if he keeps pitching like that, he might not …
Historical Branch Rickey Winners
The Branch Rickey award has a long history that dates back to 1989. The award itself has as many hits as it does misses, so winning the award does not guarantee major league success. Mike Huff started it all off and Mike Huff should give you fair warning when the winner is older than twenty-four. …
Dodgers honor Walker Buehler and Keibert Ruiz
Per the Dodger Press Release: DODGERS NAME WALKER BUEHLER, KEIBERT RUIZ AS THE BRANCH RICKEY MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER/PLAYER OF THE YEAR LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today named right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and catcher Keibert Ruiz as the Branch Rickey Minor League Player …
Rich Hill gets 27 outs, can’t get 28
Rich Hill found out how Harvey Haddix felt fifty-eight years ago when he finished the 9th inning with his no-hitter intact but with no decision because his team was unable to push across a single run. The Dodgers went quietly in the 10th, and Rich Hill gave up a lead off home run to take …
The six man rotational disabled list
Jon Weisman tweeted yesterday that the Dodgers have a full rotation on the disabled list. The Los Angeles Disabled Listers look like they’re headed for a six-man rotation: Kershaw, Darvish, Wood, Urias, McCarthy, Kazmir — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) August 22, 2017 Not just five starters but six Not just any starters either: A 3 time …
The Monthly walk LAD leaderboard
With Yasiel Puig taking walks this month more than he has ever done before, I decided to bring back the leaderboard for walks in a month. Of course, Jimmy Wynn is on top, that was his bread and butter. How about the rest of the group that has managed at least twenty-three walks in a …
October bullpen countdown
The Dodgers have two big decisions to make come October. Who will start game three and game four, and who will make up the October bullpen. The bullpen is so crowded that when I did my breakdown of the Walker Buehler chances I forgot to mention Josh Fields who reminded me tonight how foolish that …
Puig has added the walk to his repetiore
Puig has fifteen walks in August which made me run a search to find out how many Dodgers had at least fifteen walks since Puig started playing baseball in 2013. Some surprising findings: This only the second time in his career that he has gotten at least fifteen walks in a month. Adrian Gonzalez has only …
A Sidewalk Sunflower Season
Chapter One: The Goldfinch picked at the sunflower and gobbled up the ripe seed while keeping one eye and both ears on the interested feline below. The bell tinkled on the cat’s neck, setting off the alarm within the Goldfinch and so he bounced into the sky for safety but the seed he had just …
Walker Buehler relief experiment
Watching Pedro Baez struggle last night, I was left wondering how the Walker Buehler experiment is doing. Walker Buehler is currently the Dodgers top pitching prospect and after a disastrous first start in AAA he settled down and looked more like the Dodgers top pitching prospect. A few weeks ago the Dodger front office moved …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 