Tag Archives: Yasiel Puig
12 months of the Puig elevator
A professional baseball players career is going to be full of ups and downs, but for Yasiel Puig the last twelve months have been quite the elevator ride. On July 31st, 2016 Puig had three hits culminating his July with an overall OPS of .806 which had followed his June OPS of .826. The elevator …
All the young dudes
Much like the Cubs of 2016, the Dodgers great season is being fueled by youth. The team is 50 games over .500 and the lineup is loaded with players 26 or younger. Chris Taylor and Yasiel Puig are both 26 Joc Pederson is 25 Corey Seager is 23 Cody Bellinger is 21 Five of the …
Dodgers own the lineup positions
We all know that Yasiel Puig has been the best number eight hitter in baseball but when Joe Davis said that Chris Taylor has been the best leadoff hitter in baseball that made me turn to Fangraphs and use the batting position split tool to find out how the rest of the lineup stacks up. I …
Imagine if Puig started hitting LHP again
Last year at this time Yasiel Puig was playing in AAA. Not only had the front office had enough of him, so had the majority of fans. There was a barely a whimper of indignation when Puig was shipped off to AAA and his job was given to the recently acquired Josh Reddick. I was …
Turner leads all NL in wRC+ on August 9th, 2017
You gotta take these snapshots when you can. With Justin Turner rocking two home runs last night he took the lead in the NL for wRC+. Using smart baseball methodology you could make a case that Justin Turner is the best offensive player in the NL right now. The Dodgers have four of the top 11 …
LAD first half leaderboards – sOPS+
Oh look, Justin Turner again. To recap, Justin Turner has the best LAD first half in Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, and sOPS+. In other words, the red-bearded wonder is well on his way to having the greatest offensive season ever by a Los Angeles Dodger. And I thought he could be replaced!!!!!!!! This list is …
Dodgers dominating June
Overall Record – 51/26 – Best record in National League June Record – 18/5 – Already tied for 3rd most wins in the month of June. The record is 21 wins in 1973. As of right now, they have best-winning % in the month of June. Team Split Year W W-L% LAD June 1973 21 …
Is Puig the best 8th hitter?
Much has been made about the success that Puig is having hitting out of the eight hole, which led me to wonder if Puig was the best eight hitter in baseball? The simple answer is no. He is, however, one of the best. I used 50 PA as the criteria for this which might be …
Chasing Piazza on June 19th
For twenty years it looked like Mike Piazza’s LAD rookie record of 35 home runs would stand the test of time. Since 2015, however, it has had Dodger rookies taking good cuts at it. Puig never had a chance in 2013 given he didn’t get started until June but still hit 19 home runs in only …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 