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Updated May Hitting Stats – May 22nd
Dodger record in May 12 wins 7 losses Dodger overall record, 24 wins 18 loses, tied for 2nd place, two games behind Rockies Three regular players with an OPS over 1.000, 2/3 of the way through May. No wonder the Dodgers have a great record in May. Offense looks to be held down by Seager …
OTDIB – May 22nd – Piazza finds his HOF cap
On this date in baseball: May 22nd, 1998 – Mike Piazza gets traded again, this time to the Met’s where he would enjoy a HOF career. While the Dodgers got slugger Gary Sheffield for Piazza, the Marlins got jack shit from the Mets. Kind of funny how Dodger fans have hated that trade for years, …
May 22nd – Font Farm Factory Award winner
There were a lot of great performances by LAD prospects in the past week but the award has to belong to Wilmer Font. He’s not even really a prospect but when you put up a game like he put up on Monday he has to be on someone’s radar. I don’t care what kind of …
Bellinger climbing up LAD May Leaderboards
With 2/3 of May in the books, Cody Bellinger is already in the top ten in LAD May leaderboards for home runs and RBI. At this moment headed into the May 21st game, Bellinger has 22 RBI and 7 home runs in May. His 7 home runs would put him tied for 4th in LAD …
Urias might be making rotation question easier
With seven starting pitchers for five spots, Julio Urias might be making the tough front office decision easier. Other than one start, Urias simply hasn’t cut muster so far this season. Critics of this statement can point to his three starts where he has given up fewer than one run three times in five starts. …
Dodgers enjoying home cooking
With eight games left on this ten game home trip the Dodgers boast the best winning percentage at home in baseball which is keeping them in the NL West race. MLB Best winning pct. at home, NL – 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers 15-6 .714 Arizona Diamondbacks 18-8 .692 Washington Nationals 12-7 .632 Even with that …
Dodger bench providing relief
When the season started Chris Taylor found himself in AAA. As did Cody Bellinger, Brett Eibner, Rob Segedin, and Trayce Thompson. Enrique Hernández, Chase Utley, Franklin Gutierrez, Scott Van Slyke, and Austin Barnes were the bench. As the team makes a move in May even with all the injuries, Chris Taylor/Chase Utley have been the starting …
OTDIB – May 19th – Frank Howard is finally stopped
On this date in baseball: May 19th, 1968 – Hondo finally goes homerless after hitting ten in six games. At Tiger stadium, Earl Wilson stops Senator Frank Howard’s home run streak. The ‘Capital Punisher’ had established the major league mark by hitting ten home runs in the previous six games. Hondo would go onto hit …
Dodger depth keeps getting tested
The Dodger mantra the last two years has been the depth of the forty man roster. The Dodgers tested that depth to the extreme last year related to the rotation when fifteen different pitchers toed the mound to make a start for the Dodgers. In 2017 it is the position players getting tested. It all …
Isn’t it time we stop giving up on players?
For anyone who follows baseball the slump is part of the game. Players slump for many reasons but rarely does that slump mean the player is done. Sometimes it is true, but given how many times I’ve read that a player is done, it is rarely true. You can quote new stats but do they …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 