Tag Archives: Alex Wood

Ryu throwing a monkey wrench into rotation plans?

Of all the options that were being considered for the rotation after the big three (Kershaw, Maeda, Hill) Ryu was the longest shot among Kazmir, McCarthy, Wood, Urias, Stewart, and Stripling. That long shot may end up paying as Ryu pitched three solid innings against the Cubs yesterday and declared that he is planning on …

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ha ha ha

If you are going to give up fourteen runs in a game, the best possible time to do it is in the 9th inning of a cactus league game when many of the sold out crowd were already heading home and with names like Istler, Griggs, Paredes, and Hooper. What a hitting parade by the …

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Ryu ready before Kazmir

As of Monday morning,  I got this information from rotowire: Ryu is scheduled to pitch in Wednesday’s Cactus League matchup with the Giants, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports. but that was based on this tweet from Bill Plunkett. Hyun-Jin Ryu and Scott Kazmir will both pitch on Wednesday, one for #Dodgers in …

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Alex Wood’s time may be now

When you play the what if game for 2016, Alex Wood plays a prominent part in my mind. If not for the injury would Wood have kept pitching at a high level as he had from April 29th – May 30th before going down with the elbow debridement?  Could a healthy Wood have helped the …

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Rotational Depth?

Depending on who you ask the Dodgers have plenty of pitching or not enough. This comes up because as the Dozier talks heat up I hear several arguments. The Dodgers should be targeting more pitching not hitting The Dodgers should not be trading almost major league talents like De Leon and Stewart for hitting even …

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Dodger surprises with NLDS roster

I thought the Dodgers would have a few surprises but Austin Barnes was not one I expected. This is your 2016 LAD NLDS roster Player | Pos Grandal | C Ruiz | C Austin Barnes | C Adrian Gonzalez | 1st Chase Utley | 2nd Seager | SS Turner | 3rd Reddick | RF Joc …

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No one expected the cavalry to be the kiddie corps

but that is what happened when the original calvary all came up lame while Clayton was shelved. At first, it was going to be Ryu then McCarthy, then Anderson. None of them survived their charge and all went back to the DL they came from.  Instead, it was rookies Urias / Stewart / Stripling who rode …

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Four consecutive games​ Rookie rotation checks in once again

Per the Dodger pregame notes: According to Stats, LLC, prior to last week, the Dodgers hadn’t pitched four consecutive rookie starters since they were in Brooklyn, Sept. 8-10, 1952 (Ken Lehman, Billy Loes, Ray Moore, Johnny Rutherford). In a span of two weeks, the Dodgers will have four rookies make consecutive starts. Starting on Aug …

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Adam Liberatore J.P. Howell hand in left handed hand

Adam Liberatore is breaking  LAD scoreless appearance records in 2016 that J.P. Howell was setting in 2015. Adam has appeared in 38 games this year, and given up a run only one time. He’s made 24 straight scoreless appearances. His strand rate is 92%. He’s been what J.P Howell was last year at just about …

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Can Bud Norris and the cavalry save the Dodger season?

Depth replaces adequacy, it doesn’t replace brilliance. Jon Weisman gives nine reasons why Dodger fans should not dispair.  As usual,  Jon hits the right notes but is the case convincing? Does it have to be? If you are a fan you should be a fan, even when the chips are down. With Clayton Kershaw on …

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