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Alex Wood closing in on most LAD wins in May
With four wins in May, Alex Wood has a decent shot at matching the most wins in May for an LAD. Fifteen times a player has won five games in May. According to the schedule, Wood has only one more start scheduled for May. If he was to win his fifth game in five starts …
Updated May Pitching 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 Alex Wood owns the month of May so far. You can see why Julio Urias is now in AAA working on his command. Ryu may only have a few more starts before …
Alex Wood joins Ramon Martinez
as a double-digit Coors master. Before the series started I posted the LAD leaderboard in strikeouts at Coors and was surprised to find that Ramon Martinez was the only Dodger to have double-digit strikeouts in a game at Coors. He is no longer alone after Alex Wood pitched a masterful game on Saturday night. Wood …
Wood / Urias / Maeda sweep away Pirates
The unlikely trio blew through the anemic Pirate offense to give the Dodgers a much-needed sweep as they head into Colorado for an early season bruhaha with the first place Rockies. To accomplish the sweep the trio put up some personal accomplishments: The first time Maeda pitched into the 9th inning Heck, it was the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hatcher and Stripling survive final cuts
Adam Liberatore and Josh Fields were optioned to the minors yesterday giving the Dodgers their full pitching staff. Not quite full with Baez headed to the DL. The pitching staff looks set for the time being, but it won’t be long before changes are made. Starting Rotation – Kershaw, Maeda, Hill, Ryu, McCarthy Right-Hand Bullpen …
Rotation attrition hits acceptable levels
The Dodger rotation depth headed into spring was eleven deep which was what allowed the front office to trade Jharel Cotton / Frankie Montas / Grant Holmes / Jose DeLeon / Chase De Jong over the past eight months. That and Walker Buehler / Yadier Alvarez / Trevor Oaks / Imani Abdullah / Mitchell White. …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 