Tag Archives: Austin Barnes
Two needs, one player
Phil Gurnee ♦ November 1, 2018 ♦ Leave a comment
The Dodgers only have a few holes but two of those holes could be plugged by the same player. With Yazmani Grandal hitting free agency, and Austin Barnes a huge question mark, along with the Dodger catching prospects being probably a year away from really being able to take the role, the Dodgers could use …
Dodgers who are cold as ice
Phil Gurnee ♦ March 12, 2018 ♦ 2 Comments
Spring training stats don’t mean much this is simply for our amusement. Not everyone is hot but most are so it isn’t easy to find Dodger who have started out the spring as though they were still in hibernation. Austin Barnes has the lowest centigrade with a minuscule OPS of .229. Tim Locastro did not help …
Speedcast Nuggets
Phil Gurnee ♦ March 11, 2018 ♦ Leave a comment
Statcast has a stat called sprint speed which is defined below. Sprint Speed is Statcast’s foot speed metric, defined as “feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window.” The Major League average on a “max effort” play is 27 ft/sec, and the max effort range is roughly from 23 ft/sec (poor) to 30 ft/sec (elite). …
Ten most interesting Dodgers in 2018
Phil Gurnee ♦ February 15, 2018 ♦ 1 Comment
MLB posted their ten most interesting players for 2018 and our own (for now) Matt Kemp made the list. 9. Matt Kemp, OF, Dodgers As awkward springs go, it’ll be tough to top this one. The Dodgers reacquired their former All-Star outfielder (and the two years and $43.5 million remaining on his contract) in a complicated …
Dodgers have 4 in BA top 100 + 2
Phil Gurnee ♦ January 24, 2018 ♦ 1 Comment
Even with the promotions over the last three years of Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager, Joc Pederson, Andrew Toles, Julio Urias, Brock Stewart, and Austin Barnes the Dodgers still have some top talent in their farm system. Baseball America gave the Dodgers four prospects in their annual January top 100 list. The Dodgers also had four in …
Looking to the past to see the future for Austin Barnes
Phil Gurnee ♦ January 11, 2018 ♦ 3 Comments
Cleaning up a few drafts today. Austin Barnes was the best gardener the Dodgers had in 2017. Barnes raked all year long. He raked in April, he raked in Sept, he even raked in Oct for one series. He did not rake in the NLCS and the World Series. Was it surprising that a catcher …
Makes perfect sense to trade Grandal now
Phil Gurnee ♦ November 30, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment
The Dodgers starting catcher for the past three years is now due to make about $8M in arbitration and based on how the Dodgers used him in the postseason it would appear he is second on the depth chart behind Austin Barnes. I speculated yesterday that moving Grandal this winter would be one way to …
Lest we forget 2017
Phil Gurnee ♦ November 29, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment
I may have already written this column several times this year but before 2017 ends, now would be a good time for me to remember why 2017 was the best Dodger season of the 21st century. Wins Wins Wins – 104 in total in the regular season and ten more in the postseason for a …
Forget past failures of October
Phil Gurnee ♦ October 11, 2017 ♦ 6 Comments
I was thinking about something Jon Weisman tweeted yesterday I remember the euphoria after the Dodgers’ NLDS sweeps in 2008 and 2009. It’s sobering to recall what came next. Hoping 2017 is less cruel. — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) October 11, 2017 and it made me realize the only way to really enjoy this upcoming NLCS …
Barnes + Bellinger + Bridge = NLCS
Phil Gurnee ♦ October 10, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments
Cody Bellinger put on his full display of baseball skills to a National audience on Monday night to lead the Dodgers to a sweep of the Diamondbacks putting them on a possible collision course with the World Champion Cubs who need to win one of the next two games to make it happen. Bellinger had …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 