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LAD pinch hitters are ruling the day
The LAD have a long history of productive pinch hitters but in 2016 the tough role only produced a .567 OPS and that included the great work by Andrew Toles. In 2017 however, they are hitting like Manny Mota, Lee Lacy, Lenny Harris, Mike Sharperson and Olmedo Saenz combined. It is only May 6th …
Bellinger goes boom
Cody Bellinger stepped right into Adrian Gonzalez’s big shoes last night and set a few records when he slugged two home runs. Bellinger became the youngest LAD first baseman to ever hit two home runs in a game. Before that James Loney owned the feat. Below is every LAD 1st baseman to perform the feat …
Padre Preview 05/05/17 – Castaways & Prospects
The Padres have been about as bad as I expected. The rotation of castaways is fulfilling their destiny but it is the offense that has been the bigger problem for the last place bound Padres. According to FanGraphs, their starting pitching is 10th in the league which means five teams have been worse. Which is kind …
Edwin Rios going for two POTW honors in a row
Edwin Rios won the Texas League player of the week for the week ending 04/30/17. Rios went 13-for-24 with four doubles and six RBI over the six games that earned him honors, good for a .542/.538/.708 battling line. Rios’ best performance came April 24, when he was 5-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI. Not willing to …
Favorite LAD players by position?
Sometimes the comments at TBLA are stories within themselves. Yesterday they got off on the tangent of Best LAD lineup based on season and that transgressed into Favorite LAD Lineup based simply on players you saw and liked. I’m going to take a swing at the favorite player lineup. Some of these would be easy for …
Struggling Loons
Just about one year ago the Dodgers drafted Gavin Lux with their first pick, and twentieth pick overall. He was considered the best SS in the draft not named Delvin Perez who was picked by the Cardinals with the twenty-third pick. Perez has yet to play in 2017 and Lux so far in 2017 has …
One fairly tough decision down, two to go
The Dodgers activated Franklyn Gutierrez off the DL and sent Scott Van Slyke to AAA. Van Slyke will join Trayce Thompson in an effort to find his swing with full-time at-bats. The last time Scott Van Slyke was in the minors that did not involve a rehab assignment was 2013. This seemed like the obvious move. …
Give the people what they want
Ha ha, yesterday someone started following me on twitter for the simple reason I had made a reference to Dennis Santana. That got me one of my best responses to a farm report so in that vein here is an in depth report on Dennis Santana the best pitching prospect in the system that no …
Should I stay or should I go?
The Dodgers are coming up upon a moment of decision. They brought up their best prospect Cody Bellinger to fill the void of Joc Pederson who hit the ten day DL. The first few games saw Bellinger struggle which led to Dave Roberts proclaiming that no matter what Bellinger did he was going back to AAA …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 