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Rick Monday was the first
Fifty-two years ago Rick Monday was the first player ever drafted in a major league draft. For most fans it might be hard to reconcile the idea that there was no draft in baseball until 1965. That any kid from any state or country could sign with any team that he wanted too provided he …
Dodgers draft a Panda
Baseball America with a great review of Jeren Kendall. This kid sounds like a lot of fun. That’s one quirk. Here’s another: Much like the late artist Prince, Kendall has become synonymous with a symbol. A Panda emoji. He’s used it in all of his Instagram captions for a year now. His intrasquad team in …
Did the Dodgers just draft Jonathan Villar or Carl Crawford?
Based on the pre-draft rankings the Dodgers just stole their number one pick Jeren Kendall with the 23rd pick. I’ll be misspelling Jeren for a while unless I get to write it often. MLB had him as their 6th top prospect. Baseball America had him at 18. John Sickels felt he was a top ten …
No June Gloom for Dodgers
June Record 6 – 4 Overall Record 39 – 25 Position – 1 1/2 games back of the Rockies By sweeping the potent Reds the Dodgers moved over .500 for June and kept the Rockies in their sights. The Rockies won seven in a row until yesterday, so it was imperative the Dodgers make hey …
Dodgers newest weapon – the Piggyback
With the plethora of starting pitching who can’t pitch past the fifth inning, the Dodgers may have found a way to turn a struggling asset into a strength. Two weeks ago when they moved Ryu to the bullpen he piggybacked with Kenta Maeda to give the Dodgers a 7 – 3 victory over the Cardinals. …
The Big Red Machine is coming into town
This ain’t the Bench/Morgan/Perez/Foster version but this version kicks ass the same way. The offense was already one of the best in the National League this year, but they have ratcheted it up a notch in June, and have been the best hitting team in June. Talk about firing on all cylinders: Name OPS wOBA wRC+ …
Yes, I voted for Zack Cozart
It wasn’t even a hard decision. I had hoped it would be but by any account, Zack Cozart has been the best shortstop in baseball this year and thus the vote was easy. Name wRC+ HR AVG OPS wOBA Off Def WAR ISO Zack Cozart 170 9 0.347 1.042 0.435 17.8 6.9 3.2 0.265 …
Usual suspects?
In this order of importance the usual suspects Clayton Kershaw, Cory Seager, Grandal, Puig, and Jansen kept the Dodgers from getting swept at home by the league-leading Washington Nationals. Through six innings, Kershaw had only given up a home run to Babe Zimmerman but otherwise kept the Nationals off the board. With Strasburg dealing it …
Scherzer joins Seaver/J. R. Richard
Only three pitchers have ever struck out at least fourteen Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Tom Seaver was one of the greatest ever. J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era. Max Scherzer can sit easily in that company. I don’t know about you, but I’m way more impressed by a pitcher who pitches twelve innings …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 