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Baseball Notes 4/10/17
I love early season stats. Matt Kemp leads MLB in slugging % and OPS at 1.125 / 1.654. Matt has four doubles and two home runs sixteen at-bats. Jason Castro of the Twins walked seven times last week and leads MLB in OB%. Castro walked only 45 times all of last year. Matt Reynolds leads …
LAD System POTW – 4/10/17
Dodgers: Pitching – I’m going with Hyun-Jin Ryu simply because he made his first start in Coors, and no one really thought he’d ever get there. He didn’t win his game but he pitched well enough to win and more importantly, he looks very much like the Ryu who was the best number three starter in …
Weekly summation 4/9/17 – Runs a plenty, wins not so much.
With a week of baseball in the books, the Dodgers managed a 4 – 3 record which puts them smack in the middle of the NL West. It was a strange week where the offense scored in double digits three times in seven games. When you outscore your opponents 40 runs to 22 you’d probably …
OK O’Koyea
Cody Bellinger, Willie Calhoun, Rob Segedin, Edwin Rios, and Alex Verdugo will have to wait their turn because this weeks LAD Farm Factory award goes to O’Koyea Dickson who out muscled every hitter in the system. O’Koyea started hitting with authority last May and has yet to stop. He hit all summer. He he hit …
Blast from the Past – Go Go Go
With Phil on vacation here is a blast from the past with Easter just around the corner. Almost three years to the day, Dee Gordon was enthralling Dodger fans with his blend of speed and excitement. I hearkened back to the day of Maury Wills, and the inaugural season of Dodger Stadium when Maury captivated Dodger …
Hill joins Kazmir and Stewart on DL
It didn’t take long for Rich Hill’s blister to show it’s ugly face in 2017, putting Hill on the DL after only one start. He’ll be joining Scott Kazmir and Brock Stewart on the DL. The rotation spot for this Monday will either be taken by Alex Wood, Ross Stripling, or Julio Urias. This might depend …
The frugal fan
Just how inexpensive can you make a trip to Dodger stadium and still sit in premium seats? I intended to find out today. Using SeatGeek I was looking for one ticket in the Field Box and was willing to pay around $15 – 20 knowing full well that no matter where the seat was, that a …
Weaver time
Jered Weaver is a pitcher, not a very good pitcher anymore, but nonetheless, he’s a pitcher. At one time Weaver was one of the best in the game, but that time has long past. He gets by on guile alone now, with a fastball velocity that is the lowest for any right-handed major league pitcher …
Hill cruises, Puig goes boom
Rich Hill toyed with the young Padre offense for fifteen outs, and then let the new Dodger bullpen build the bridge to Kenley Jansen. Sergio Romo and Alex Wood got their nine outs and Jansen finished things up with a perfect ninth. The right fielders traded home runs in the 4th, with Renfroe taking Hill …
Baseball Notes 4/5/17
Mauer went hitless 27 straight times against the Royals before collecting a single in the 3rd innings against Ian Kennedy. Not long ago Mauer looked like a HOF catcher, a few concussions later, he’s now a light hitting first baseman. 1118 hits as a catcher, almost 2000 in his career (1826). Hard to believe that AJ …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 