Tag Archives: Yasiel Puig
Kris Bryant shows why he is the MVP frontrunner
I tried to make a case for Corey Seager the other day for MVP but after watching Kris Byrant slug two important home runs on Friday Night, the road sure got tougher. I was even playing with the idea of starting a daily checklist of who did what as we enter the last five weeks …
Joey Votto – best player on a bad team in the NL?
Joey Votto has been one of the best hitters in baseball for almost a decade but in those ten years, his team has had limited success. Only three times have they won at least 81 games and most of the time are out of the pennant race by August 19th, just as they are this …
Willie Smalls goes yard, Tulsa Trio start raking again
Willie Calhoun slugged his 26th home run for the Drillers, Alex Verdugo collected three hits, and Cody Bellinger just hung out. Let’s check in on how the Tulsa Trio have done since the trading deadline left them in the Dodger organization. I’m going to add in Edwin Rios and Johan Mieses because it will be …
Puig batters AAA pitching as Dodgers climb into 1st place
In a few weeks, Dodger fans will get a glimpse of where Yasiel Puig stands with the organization when the rosters open up on Sept 1st. As of last night Puig has a triple stat line in AAA of .481 | .548 | .926 giving him an OPS of 1.474. He has thirteen hits in only …
Seager Catches Puig on LAD Rookie Home Run Leaderboard
There was a time when Corey Seager was on a pace to break the Mike Piazza home run LAD rookie leaderboard but that pace has come and gone. Piazza hit his 19th home run on July 19th and never looked back on his way to 35. While Corey is probably out of the running for …
Abbreviated Dodger player of the week goes to Chris Taylor
The Dodgers only played three games this week, and Chris Taylor only excelled in one of those games, but what a game it was. 1st LAD to hit a grand slam as his first home run 1st LAD second baseman to drive in six runs 1st LAD to hit a grand slam, a double, and …
LAD – By the numbers 06/25/16
Dodgers six-game winning streak was snapped, but with Puig’s home run, the Dodgers have now homered in fourteen consecutive games. The last time the Dodgers hit fourteen consecutive home runs was in June of 2001. In June of 1977, the team hit home runs in fifteen consecutive games. That was the team that had four …
Seven nights, four 3-run home runs, multiple victories, who knew?
Yasmani Grandal blasted a three run home run last night to propel the Dodgers to a 3 – 2 victory. On Saturday night Justin Turner launched a three run home run to help down the Brewers 10 -6 On Thursday night Trayce Thompson slugged a three run home in a losing cause 8 -6 Last …
Dodger outfield is as hot as the San Fernando Valley in Sept
All the Dodgers starting team, and key bench players are on fire, but leading the charge has been the starting outfield. All stats are courtesy of Fangraphs.com. Notice that three of them have a plus .600 slug %. Strangely enough, it is Carl Crawford with the highest Slug%. SVS has the strange stat of a …
No matter which All-Star plays CF for the Dodgers in 2014, “putrid” is the word
The Dodgers have had three major league all-stars, and one minor league Pacific Coast League player of the year take their turn in CF, and all have been found wanting in various degrees. First up was Matt Kemp, who did the job offensively even if it was not at the level of his previous offensive …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 