Tag Archives: Justin Turner
Justin Turner is giving batting average new life
Batting average isn’t the end all anymore when it comes to evaluating the kind of season a player is having but it is can still catch the fans imagination when a player flirts with the magic .400 season. Justin Turner is still at .387, and as the calendar turns to late June he could set …
Dodgers hitters roll through Ohio
Overall Record – 44/26 June Record – 11/5 Position – 1 game back of Rockies Highlights of June so far: The Dodgers swept the Reds at Dodger Stadium and on the road in a span of ten days, and they did it without Clayton Kershaw pitching in any of the six games. They have won …
This wasn’t how I drew up the Dodger season
Kind of expected the Dodgers to eventually be the best team in the West but I’ll be honest I kind of figured that meant: 1. Adrian Gonzalez was the 1st baseman 2. Andrew Toles was the LF 3. Chris Taylor was in AAA 4. Cody Bellinger was in AAA 5. Urias had settled in as …
Isn’t it time we stop giving up on players?
For anyone who follows baseball the slump is part of the game. Players slump for many reasons but rarely does that slump mean the player is done. Sometimes it is true, but given how many times I’ve read that a player is done, it is rarely true. You can quote new stats but do they …
Bellinger and the LAD multiple HR multiple position list
Eric Stephen put together a nice list of the exploits by Cody Bellinger based on what he had done in his first eleven career games. However, the one stat that fascinates me was the one where he had hit multiple home runs from multiple positions. I had to update this column because Cody Bellinger keeps …
Favorite LAD players by position?
Sometimes the comments at TBLA are stories within themselves. Yesterday they got off on the tangent of Best LAD lineup based on season and that transgressed into Favorite LAD Lineup based simply on players you saw and liked. I’m going to take a swing at the favorite player lineup. Some of these would be easy for …
Dodgers close out April with a sweep
The in an out of April ended with the Dodgers sweeping a three game set from the Phillies giving them a winning record for April at 14 – 12 and a nice four game winning streak to take into May. The offense basically did it on the backs of Justin Turner and Corey Seager with …
All Justin Turner, all the time
The LAD April leaderboard is loaded with Justin Turner. Hits: Player Split Year H PA Rafael Furcal April/March 2008 43 130 Andre Ethier April/March 2011 41 121 Mike Piazza April/March 1996 40 118 Matt Kemp April/March 2011 39 121 Steve Garvey April/March 1975 37 108 Justin Turner April/March 2017 36 99 Matt Kemp April/March 2012 …
Kenta Maeda looks to pull a Tanaka
To put it mildly, Kenta Maeda has been a huge disappointment so far in 2017. Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO HR Game Score Apr4 SDP L0-4 5.0 6 3 2 4 1 45 Apr9 COL W10-6 5.0 5 4 1 5 1 45 Apr15 ARI W8-4 4.0 4 4 1 5 1 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 