Tag Archives: Max Scherzer
Scherzer joins Seaver/J. R. Richard
Only three pitchers have ever struck out at least fourteen Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Tom Seaver was one of the greatest ever. J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era. Max Scherzer can sit easily in that company. I don’t know about you, but I’m way more impressed by a pitcher who pitches twelve innings …
Pitching fWAR in the twenty-tens decade
Bobby Down in the comments at http://www.truebluela.com posted the top fWAR for players in this decade. With his permission lets take a look at the pitchers. Below are the top 20 pitchers sorted by fWAR showing any top ten finishes in fWAR for that season. Clayton Kershaw had the best fWAR in 2016 even though …
As postseason games go, this game had soul
I’ve been reviewing postseason box scores looking for historical games to write about, and I’ll have to admit if I saw this box score twenty years from now, it would not strike me as a particularly interesting game. That is the problem with box scores of games you never saw, they don’t really tell the …
Can Kershaw do his part?
By asking that question, what I mean is, can Clayton keep his team tied or better by the time he’s lifted by Dave Roberts? Max Scherzer will be a stern test, it could very well be much like Wednesday’s game when Thor/Bumgarner threw zeroes at each other. The difference in the game was that Thor …
National Positional Starters Review
I’m going to look at the positional breakdown for the NL East Champions. The last time I looked at them was June 20th but at that time they had Wilson Ramos and Stephen Strasburg. Eric Stephen gives us the statistical breakdown of the matchup but the Nationals are not the team who played 162 games as …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 