Tag Archives: Austin Barnes
Now that is a clean up hitter
Phil Gurnee ♦ May 3, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment
but he was batting 8th. I was lucky enough to get a ticket last night courtesy of Brent Cook who asked if I wanted to join him in just enough time for me to say yes and get to the game on time. Six outs into the Giants lineup I wasn’t so sure I wanted …
Bellinger blasts off – The 3+Whoops Game
Phil Gurnee ♦ April 30, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments
Sons of Steve Garvey put out my favorite tweet for this game. For those who remember the back to back to back to back game. The 3+Whoops Game — Sons of Steve Garvey (@sosgsosg) April 30, 2017 Games like Saturday Night are why we love baseball. Down 5 – 2, the only reason to stick …
Arizona delivers a spanking
Phil Gurnee ♦ April 23, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment
When I did the Diamondback preview I mentioned that their long-term problem would be the bullpen. If the Diamondbacks can stay healthy this team might compete all summer if they can do something with the bullpen. Maybe I should have written that about the Dodger bullpen. Headed into this weekend the team with the best …
Ryu puts one foot forward
Phil Gurnee ♦ March 11, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment
as he attempts to navigate the long path back to productive major league pitcher. Ryu pitched for the first time this spring in a real game and was able to complete two solid innings of work. His velocity has moved back to the 88 – 91 level from the 86-88 he was throwing in his …
Updated LAD Prospect Ranking
Phil Gurnee ♦ February 26, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment
David Hood of TBLA finally completed his ranking of the top 60 LAD prospects. He didn’t actually finish but with Cody Bellinger the only player left he hasn’t written about we can figure it out. Legend: MLB = Major League Baseball Ranking BA = Baseball America FG = Fangraphs BP = Baseball Prospectus TBLA = …
Dodger Prospect Rankings
Phil Gurnee ♦ January 13, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment
With Baseball America putting out their top ten Dodger prospect list for 2017 we now have enough lists to put out a prospect table. I would have liked to include TrueBlueLA prospect writer David Hood but he is spreading his list out and is only down to 13. I’ll add his ranking when he’s finished. …
LAD 2016 2nd base post mortem
Phil Gurnee ♦ October 26, 2016 ♦ 1 Comment
Chase Utley was signed on December 9th, 2015 and appeared destined to be the full-time second baseman against RHP with Kiké Hernandez likely to get the at-bats against LHP. Howie Kendrick had been offered the qualifying offer and had refused so it was expected he would sign a multi-year deal elsewhere giving the Dodgers a …
Dodger surprises with NLDS roster
Phil Gurnee ♦ October 5, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
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 …
Austin Barnes scores 1st run for a Dodger catcher not named Grandal since May 1st
Phil Gurnee ♦ September 18, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
For a while this summer I was keeping track of A.J. Ellis and his scoreless at-bat streak. Ellis reached 101 at-bats without scoring a run before he was traded so he was unable to break the record held by Camilli at 105 at-bats. Evidently, Carlos Ruiz got the message and he has been unable to score …
Barnes, Puig, and FO machinations
Phil Gurnee ♦ August 27, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
The Dodger FO wowed the rules crowd when they pulled a fast one this week to manipulate the 40 man roster by sending Kenta Maeda to the Arizona League but still managed to find a way to use him this Monday or Tuesday. That was fairly brilliant. But I am perplexed by what happened today …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 