Tag Archives: Kike Hernandez

WBC will give some players a chance to shine this spring

Players are getting ready to depart to their respective teams for the World Baseball Championship. Dodgers headed out will be: Ike Davis playing for Isreal – an interesting decision by Ike. With Adrian headed to Mexico he might have gotten some extended time in games in front of the coaches but instead, he will play …

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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 …

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LAD 2016 2nd base post mortem

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 …

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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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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 …

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Can anyone play LF against RHP?

The Dodgers have turned their season around with six straight wins,  eight out of nine, and homered in thirteen straight games, but they still have a few issues that need to be addressed. They need to rectify that .500 road record Having to use a Nick Tepesch doesn’t signal that the starting pitching depth has …

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