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April Farm Factory awards
For fun here are the LAD positional awards for the month of April: Catcher – Will Smith is playing all over the field but is still mostly a catcher. He crushed it in April and is doing everything with the bat. 1st Base -it is always nice when the top prospect plays like a top prospect. …
Andrew Toles joins LAD five-homer LF club for April
With Andrew Toles clubbing his fifth home run today he joined a select few LAD left fielders to have hit at least five home runs in the time period of March/April. Player Split Year PA HR Andrew Toles April/March 2017 77 5 Gary Sheffield April/March 1999 102 5 Gary Sheffield April/March 2000 100 10 Gary …
Bellinger and Beltre
Cody Bellinger joins Adrian Beltre as the only LAD 21-years or younger to have two home runs in the month of April. Of course, Beltre was a starter the whole month and got 102 plate appearances to hit his two home runs, Bellinger did it in 20. Player Split Year HR PA OPS Adrian Beltre …
Rotation has turned on a dime
With that seven-inning masterpiece by Kenta Maeda last night, the Dodger starting rotation starting with Brandon McCarthy has been brilliant over the past six games. In five of the six games, each starter has walked only one hitter with Urias having the only blemish. That helps if you want to get more than fifteen outs per …
Kenta Maeda looks to pull a Tanaka
To put it mildly, Kenta Maeda has been a huge disappointment so far in 2017. Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO HR Game Score Apr4 SDP L0-4 5.0 6 3 2 4 1 45 Apr9 COL W10-6 5.0 5 4 1 5 1 45 Apr15 ARI W8-4 4.0 4 4 1 5 1 …
Justin Turner inches closer to another homerless April
Last year Justin Turner became the 2nd LAD starting 3rd baseman to ever go homerless in the time frame of March/April. The key criteria is starting 3rd baseman. Turner is just three games away from turning the same trick in 2017. Given how successful his 2016 season was after not hitting a home run in …
Gonzalez going Loney on us
The last time a starting LAD first baseman went the month of April without a home run was James Loney in 2009. It has only been done four times in LAD History. I used 80 PA as the criteria. At least Loney was hitting, Adrian is not even doing that. Rk Player Split Year PA …
Schimpf and Schebler – Struggling or Super?
I always have my eye on Scott Schebler simply because I enjoyed him as a prospect and have been rooting hard for him to make it with the Reds. Schimpf had such a bizarre 2016 I was curious how 2017 would turn out for him. Both of them are having a strange April and by …
Dodgers lose but many things go right tonight
Even with the Dodgers losing a tough one-run game to the Giants tonight, many things outside of their control went right. The Rockie rotation showed their shaky side as they got lit up for the second straight game by the Nationals. Overall the Rockies gave up twenty-six runs in two games, with the rotation being …
The day Frank Howard led off
With Cody Bellinger leading off tonight, David Young wondered if he was the tallest lead off hitter in Dodger history. He found that Ex-Dodger Frank Howard had once led off but it wasn’t as a Dodger it was with the Senators. Big Hondo was 6’7 and a mountain of a man. Once David posted that …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 