You don’t ever want to put too much importance on a single game, especially one in the middle of the season against a team that isn’t even in your division. Dodgers Pirates 4:05 p.m. PT Pittsburgh, Pa. 2B Gordon RF Polanco SS Turner LF Snyder 1B Gonzalez CF McCutchen RF Kemp 2B Walker CF Ethier…
Sometimes, game threads can get a bit tedious. “Here’s the lineup. This guy has done well against that pitcher. That guy gets a day off.” And so on. Dodgers Pirates 4:05 p.m. PT Pittsburgh, Pa. 2B Gordon 3B Harrison SS Turner LF Marte 1B Gonzalez CF McCutchen RF Kemp 1B Sanchez CF Ethier 2B Walker…
As the Dodgers struggle and as their untenable center field situation marches on, Joc Pederson‘s name gets mentioned a lot, and rightfully so. It’s not a guarantee that he will immediately help the Dodgers, but it’s starting to look like a pretty good bet. But is there actually room for him on the roster? Dodgers Cardinals…
There’s a fine magic that goes into trying to sort out an outfield situation that has Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, and Scott Van Slyke. It takes a deft touch, an innate ability to read the locker room, divine the attitude and atmosphere, and ever so carefully craft a lineup that will…
It has been a while, hasn’t it? After all of the pageantry and fun of the all-star game and a well-deserved vacation for most of the players, the Dodgers kick off the second “half” of the season against the Cardinals in St. Louis. Dodgers Cardinals 5:15 p.m. PT St. Louis, Mo. 2B Gordon 3B Carpenter RF…
When you think about great moments in All-Star games, there’s one that quickly comes to mind for me. In Seattle, in 2001, Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken was playing in his final All-Star game. In his first plate appearance, he took the first pitch from Dodger pitcher Chan Ho Park and crushed it out of the…
Padres Dodgers 1:10pm PT Los Angeles, CA RF Denorfia 2B Gordon 3B Headley LF Crawford LF Quentin RF Puig 1B Grandal 1B Gonzalez C Rivera CF Ethier CF Maybin 3B Uribe 2B Conrad C Ellis SS Amarista SS Rojas P Ross (R) P Ryu (L) Over the last few days, “Dodgers Digest” has become “Dodgers Outfield Digest,” and…
Hey, Andre Ethier is back in center field tonight. I guess that must mean that Don Mattingly has changed his min– Padres Dodgers 7:10pm PT Los Angeles, CA RF Denorfia 2B Gordon 3B Headley RF Puig LF Quentin 1B Gonzalez 1B Grandal LF Kemp C Rivera CF Ethier CF Maybin 3B Uribe SS Amarista C…
Hanley Ramirez is out tonight, but you already knew that. Miguel Rojas is the starting shortstop. At this point, I’m no longer “happy” or “sad” about Ramirez news. We’ve arrived in a perpetual state of nothingness, where Ramirez is neither active nor inactive. If a shortstop falls in the woods, and no one can watch it…
Clayton Kershaw is carrying a 36 inning scoreless streak into tonight’s game against the San Diego Padres, and he couldn’t pick a better opponent to try to make it better. The Padres are hitting .216/.276/.338 as a team. Against left-handed pitchers, they’re hitting .203/.279/.322. That’s a 73 wRC+, equivalent to that of DJ LeMahieu and…