The Dodgers’ offense was been up and down in the season’s first month. It ranks as the ninth-best in baseball via wRC+, but that number is 102 — 2 percent better …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 195 – 3+E, Bellinger, Urias, Maeda, Ryu
On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I recap the week’s action, which included a game that reminded us of one that happened more than 10 years ago. But …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants April 27, 2017: Happy Julio Urias Day
The Dodgers are looking to split the series with the Giants. They could, easily, be going for a 4-game sweep, but baseball happened. Dodgers Giants 12:45 p.m. San Francisco CF Hernandez …
Read More »About that 10th inning…
The Dodgers lost in 10 innings to the Giants on Wednesday night, but you already knew that. How they lost was perhaps one of them most frustrating ways in recent …
Read More »2017 Dodgers prospects: RHP Dennis Santana scouting report
I had heard a lot about Dennis Santana coming into the season and liked what I saw on video, but I like him even more now that I’ve seen him …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu used his changeup against lefties a lot last night, and it was good
Hyun-Jin Ryu‘s performance against the Giants last night was a pleasant sight. Despite his lack of fastball command in his first three starts, Ryu did a much better job of …
Read More »Giants 2, Dodgers 1: Ryu strong, but offense leaves bats in Arizona
A really good outing by Hyun-Jin Ryu went for naught as the Dodger bats were virtually silent in Monday’s 2-1 loss against the Giants in San Francisco. In the first inning, …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 194 – Bad week, Pederson, Maeda, Puig
On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I talk about a down week for the Dodgers. And we recorded on a Saturday instead of Sunday, so we don’t even touch …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’backs April 23, 2017: Bad series has been bad
This series has sucked. Excuse my bluntness, but man, the Dodgers have been awful. Credit to the Diamondbacks, which has been the first team to figure out the Dodgers’ bullpen. …
Read More »A few words about Cody Bellinger and his 2017 MLB outlook
If there’s one thing that isn’t going to go away this season, it’s folks speculating when Cody Bellinger will be called up to take over either left field or, far …
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