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Chasing Piazza / Robinson / Green / McGwire with number 29

With that blast tonight, Cody is still way in front of the Piazza pace, somewhat in front of the Frank Robinson pace, almost right on the Shawn Green pace, but still way behind the McGwire pace.  Should be noted that since both Green and McGwire hit 49 home runs, Shawn Green would hit 19 home …

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Checking in on Tony and Tony with Fangraphs

With so many writers you can almost always count on Fangraphs to have written something about someone and sure enough, they have a nice article up about the Dodgers two newest relief pitchers. Of course, it is not pleasant reading for Dodger fans. The title is The Best Reliever Traded at the Deadline by Eno Sarris …

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AAA – Oklahoma Dodgers – July Snapshot

The hitters: Again I ask, why is Ike Davis in our system? Some amazing plate discipline by both Verdugo and Willie Calhoun. Hope Willie puts it to good use for the Rangers. He’s a hitter.  Verdugo has a pretty poor ISO. Even more so when you realize he is in the PCL. Name Age PA …

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July is in the books

The best July in Dodger history is in the books. Year W L W-L% 2017 20 3 .870 1962 20 6 .769 2013 19 6 .760 2004 21 7 .750 1997 20 7 .741 1985 20 7 .741 1961 19 7 .731 1960 19 7 .731 1963 21 10 .677 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play …

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MLB Prospect Top 30 Update

With Willie Calhoun, AJ Alexy, Brendon Davis, and Oneil Cruz being traded, four new spots opened up on the MLB Prospect top 30 ranking. Brock Stewart has also graduated off the list opening up a 5th spot. 3rd round pick in the 2017 draft, Connor Wong takes the 26th spot. Wong is a 21-year-old catcher …

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The pipeline remains full

This was a stressful deadline. I don’t know if the Dodgers have done enough but they did make waves with the Yu Darvish acquisition and certainly moved the October needle in a positive direction.  I think most of us would have like Justin Wilson given the price that was paid for him but it did not …

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Yu Darvish and the NL

One of the reasons I wanted Yu Darvish was because of his exceptional work against the NL during his time with the Rangers. Let me demonstrate: Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2014-06-01 WSN W 2-0 8.0 5 0 2 12 82 2014-06-11 MIA W 6-0 9.0 6 0 3 10 82 …

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Hello to Yu and goodbye to you

The Dodgers made the big splash at the last second to save what had been a very disappointing trade deadline day. Until 12:59:05 Dodger fans were trying to reconcile with the idea that the biggest moves the Dodgers had made were to bring in Tony Cingrani and Tony Watson.  All that changed when this tweet …

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FFA for Week of July 24th – July 30th

The contenders: Eric Mejia – AA (Tulsa) – The 22-year-old middle infielder had an inexplicable week slugging four home runs. That wasn’t so strange but how about the fact he had not hit a home run in over 200 plate appearances while in Tulsa until he hit those four home runs? How about the face …

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Farmer joins the Dodger party

Kyle Farmer may not be around long in August but he can rest assured he will now forever be part of the winning lore of 2017. Getting a walk off double against the Giants would already be enough to be part of the fabric but when your first major league hit is a walk off …

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