Tonight begins another series against the San Diego Padres, and … a lot has happened since the two teams faced off in Monterrey. The Dodgers are coming into this particular …
Read More »Dodgers @ Nationals May 20, 2018: For the sweep?!
The Dodgers enter play today seeking a series sweep of the Washington Nationals. Can you imagine how improbable that sentence would have sounded 22 hours ago? Including this set, the …
Read More »The State of Things
People who follow the Dodgers Digest authors on Twitter have probably noticed a few changes in the last few days. Chad started writing articles for The Athletic LA a few …
Read More »JT Chargois and his unique fastball
April is probably the most difficult month for baseball writing. There are all sorts of statistically interesting things, but almost none of it will stick around. Finding topics to write …
Read More »A too-early look at Dodger fastball rates
I hate writing about trends this early in the season. The Dodgers have played eight baseball games. Only one of their starting pitchers has gone more than twice, several have …
Read More »Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 1: Kershaw effective, bullpen and offense not
Losing Clayton Kershaw starts still really stinks. Tonight wasn’t really any different, but the results (a 6-1 loss) were not really his fault. Kershaw’s pitching looked … fine, mostly. He …
Read More »[Update: Correction] The Dodgers’ velocity woes are a staff-wide concern
CORRECTION: After finding additional odd information in the pitch tracking data, it has been discovered that most of the information used to write this post is incorrect. When writing this …
Read More »Joc Pederson makes Opening Day roster at expense of Andrew Toles
With Spring Training at an end, one of the final roster decisions was (improbably) “Who will back up Matt Kemp in left field?” That decision came down to Andrew Toles …
Read More »Brock Stewart is charting a strange path
Entering the 2018 season, the top six spots on the Dodger starting pitcher depth chart are well-established. However, the pitchers in the next tier down are more nebulous, as Dustin …
Read More »Report: Dodgers targeting Japanese RHP Yoshihisa Hirano
Last night, we finally got a little taste of Dodger news following the completion of incredibly quiet Winter Meetings. Dodgers appear to be targeting Japanese right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano for bullpen …
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