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Julio Urias Update on Aug 12, 2017
All the good stuff that happened to Julio Urias happened in 2016. In 2017 he didn’t make the opening day roster, he didn’t pitch that well in AAA, he came up and didn’t pitch that well for the Dodgers, was sent back to AAA, and blew out his arm resulting in surgery for a torn …
Imagine if Puig started hitting LHP again
Last year at this time Yasiel Puig was playing in AAA. Not only had the front office had enough of him, so had the majority of fans. There was a barely a whimper of indignation when Puig was shipped off to AAA and his job was given to the recently acquired Josh Reddick. I was …
Dodger Front Office hitting on all cylinders
I’m sure there are still some fraudman folk out there, but these have to be fans who will never be happy with a modern day analytical approach to running a baseball team. Back in his day, I’m sure they wouldn’t have been happy with Branch Rickey either. The major league team is on pace to …
Cody Bellinger matches Jose Canseco
With his 33rd home run last night, Cody Bellinger ties Jose Canseco, Earl Williams, and Jimmy Hall. The key to this is that Cody hit his 33 home runs in only 389 plate appearances. It took Jose Canseco 682 plate appearances. When Jose burst upon the scene in 1986 he took baseball by storm much like …
Chasing Piazza/Robinson/Green/McGwire/Judge on Aug 9th
Cody Bellinger now has 33 home runs and is well on his way to obliterating the LAD rookie home run record of 35 by Mike Piazza. He continues to outpace Frank Robinson and looks like a good bet to end the year with at least forty home runs and the NL Rookie Home Run record …
Jake Lamb is the new Goldy
Not long ago, Paul Goldschmidt owned the Dodgers but in the past two years, the Dodger pitchers have been able to corral Goldy and keep him under control. That is the good news, the bad news is that the guy who follows him in the lineup is crushing the Dodgers. Besides the two home runs …
Turner leads all NL in wRC+ on August 9th, 2017
You gotta take these snapshots when you can. With Justin Turner rocking two home runs last night he took the lead in the NL for wRC+. Using smart baseball methodology you could make a case that Justin Turner is the best offensive player in the NL right now. The Dodgers have four of the top 11 …
Seager and bWAR at age 23
Nineteen shortstops have accumulated at least 10 bWAR by the age of 23. Eight of them went on to become HOF. Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, and Francisco Lindor are all 23 right now and each are playing in their 3rd year. Elvis Andrus and Jose Reyes are the other two active shortstops on the list. …
Dicking around with LAD bWAR
With so many Dodgers having great seasons, while premature I thought it would be fun to check in on the all-time bWAR infield leaders for the Dodgers and see how the new brood is matching up. I used > 5 bWAR as the criteria Since bWAR is an accumulation stat the more you play the more you …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 