This afternoon, the Dodgers are starting a four game series against the Rockies in Coors field. Given what usually happens to Dodgers there, that’s pretty terrifying. There’s also a hidden …
Read More »The Dodger Offense and Revised Projections
Last week, I took a look at player projection systems, specifically focusing on the Dodger offense. The purpose of the post was to describe how recent research has shown that …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Cardinals 0: Andre Ethier Is Still Alive, Clayton Kershaw Is Still Ridiculous
In baseball, it’s foolish to call any game a done deal before it even gets started, but with the way Clayton Kershaw has been pitching lately, I couldn’t fault you …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Cardinals 1: Zack Greinke’s Dominance Softens Blow of Best/Worst Inning
More important things happened later in the game, but this is how today’s rout of the Cardinals began: GIF Link The three defensive miscues shown resulted in the Dodgers pushing …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Royals 0: Offense Bad, But Kershaw Better
Clayton Kershaw didn’t allow ruminations of Johnny Vander Meer to last very long tonight. The second batter of the game, Eric Hosmer, somehow singled to left on a fastball that was about …
Read More »Projection Systems and the Dodger Offense
I suppose we have to move on from Kershaw’s game at some point, right? Last week, Mitchel Lichtman and Dave Cameron both wrote articles on player statistical projection systems. These …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s No-Hit Stuff
When I started looking at the Pitch FX data for Clayton Kershaw‘s no-hitter, I was expecting to find something that stuck out. Did his pitches break more? Were the pitches …
Read More »Rockies @ Dodgers June 17, 2014: Carl Crawford Is Probably Gone For Awhile
As the Dodgers prepared for the second game of their series against the Rockies, they passed on some bad news. Carl Crawford‘s sprained ankle might be worse than the team initially suggested. …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 4: Dan Haren vs Dan Haren
The biggest story in tonight’s 6-4 victory was Dan Haren – on both sides of the ball. We’ll start with the pitching. Haren made it through 6-1/3 innings. He gave …
Read More »Diamondbacks @ Dodgers June 14, 2014: Dan Haren Is A Mess
Last night’s win was nail-biting, and tonight might not be much better as Dan Haren gets the start for the Dodgers. Quite frankly, Haren has been a mess lately. Since May …
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