Tag Archives: Andrew Toles
Jim Bowden goes bold
In a recent ESPN insider column, Jim Bowden predicted that Cody Bellinger would be the Dodgers starting left fielder. This led to some twitter ridicule but to be fair the headline for the column is “Bold Spring Training Predictions” so the predictions are supposed to be outside the lines. If your bold predictions don’t get …
Updated Dodger Prospect Rankings
Baseball Prospectus chimed into today with their top ten Dodger prospect list. A few days ago I put out the lists by MLB, FanGraphs, Rotowire, and Baseball America. Today I’ll update that list with Baseball Prospectus and remove Rotowire for the time being. Yadier Alvarez gets the BP top ranking, giving Alvarez two number one …
Pondering left field
2017 LF is going to be interesting. From the Left Side: Toles – keeps showing skills, looks like he could be a promising leadoff hitter. Has the speed, showed good OBP skills, had some pop. His arm plays well in LF. I’d think he’d rank very high defensively over a full season in LF. We …
Right Field was not up to snuff
Ever since Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp showed up to be the Dodgers right fielders in 2007 the position has been in good hands, and most times in great hands. From Kemp to Andre to Puig from 2007 to 2015 the position was always one of strength. That was not the case in 2016. Puig …
Three no hit innings
was all we got last night when it came to highlights. Thanks to Dave Young I was able to join the sold-out crowd that came to Dodger Stadium to see the youngest starting postseason pitcher in history and for three innings he gave them what they came for. The fourth spot in the Dodger postseason …
Murphy drives in four
but Dodgers still manage to eek out a one-run victory to send both teams back to the Nations Capital for the deciding game five on Thursday night. On Monday the Dodgers held Murphy in check and lost handily 8 – 3, on Tuesday Murphy, drove in four of the Nationals five runs and yet the …
Year of the Rookie
Unless something happens significantly in the postseason, the 2016 LAD season will always be known as the year of the rookie. The Dodgers got an MVP type season from their rookie shortstop. Corey Seager will make the postseason roster. The Dodgers got 1190 plate appearances from rookie position players The Dodgers got 432 innings from …
Toles now 15 – 3 in games started
and 8 – 1 since being recalled on August 21st. The only time the LAD have lost when Andrew Toles has started since August 21st was the brilliant performance by Jose Fernandez at his home field in Miami. Toles showed off one his many tools last night when he threw out Tomas from left field …
Boatload of outfield options awaits Roberts
With Andre Ethier joining the team this weekend and playing left field on Sunday, an already crowded outfield just got more crowded. The Dodgers now have seven legitimate outfield options, and lucky for Dave Roberts just about all have of them have severe platoon splits. Unfortunately for Dave Roberts based on the numbers he still …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 