Tag Archives: Scott Kazmir

Who will stay, who will go

The hot stove is heating up and by the end of the week, it appears very likely that the Dodgers will be adding some new blood while saying good-bye to old friends, or never were friends.  This is an exciting time for fans but a strange week for players as they wait to see where …

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See you in March, Mr. McCarthy

Any chance of Brandon McCarthy making the postseason roster went up in smoke last night. A sad ending to a tough year for the good-natured McCarthy. He started the season in rehabilitation over the TJ surgery he had last spring and surprised everyone by being able to pitch his first major league game of 2016 on …

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Scott Kazmir – Audition number one

Back in July,  it would have been hard to imagine that Kazmir would be auditioning for a spot on the postseason roster, but August came and everything changed. Using Baseball Reference to get the game score and sorting by highest game score to lowest we can see that three of his six worst game scores …

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No one expected the cavalry to be the kiddie corps

but that is what happened when the original calvary all came up lame while Clayton was shelved. At first, it was going to be Ryu then McCarthy, then Anderson. None of them survived their charge and all went back to the DL they came from.  Instead, it was rookies Urias / Stewart / Stripling who rode …

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Merry Go Round Rotation

One day Rich Hill is pitching one day he is not. Over and over the merry go round goes, when Rich Hill will actually pitch no one knows. Might as well call him Scratch Hill at this point. The Dodgers have had two constants in the rotation all year, Kenta Maeda and Scott Kazmir. Having …

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