When the Dodgers DFA’d Erisbel Arruebarrena last week, it actually made plenty of sense, even though plenty of people misunderstood it. All a DFA is for a player in his situation is the loss of a 40-man spot, not an exile from an organization. Unless a team claimed him (very unlikely) or wanted to trade…
Austin Barnes is one of the prospects that was acquired by the Dodgers in the Dee Gordon-for-Andrew Heaney-for-Howie Kendrick swap with the Marlins and Angels, and like the other players acquired by the Dodgers in the deal (Chris Hatcher, Enrique Hernandez), he’s a legitimate asset. Barnes was a ninth-round selection of the Marlins back in…
Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections came out for the Dodgers this week, and as always, they’re worth looking at. For my money, ZiPS and Steamer are the two best projection systems out there, and I’m only partially saying that because I work for FanGraphs and those are the two systems FG uses. It’s worth your time…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 7 4.1 11.1% 5.6% 2.08 2.90 4.33 0.0 What Happened In 2014: Actually threw pitches! In major league games! And in the playoffs, improbably and unhappily. I’m pretty sure that after a while, I simply forgot that Scott Elbert existed. And why not? Though he’d been…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MiLB (AA/AAA) 49 65.1 33.7% 9.9% 2.89 ? n/a n/a MLB 5 4.1 18.2% 9.1% 4.15 5.67 3.81 -0.1 What Happened In 2014: Dominant in High- and Double-A, which led to an unexpected late-season call-up. There isn’t much fanfare for a guy drafted in the 17th round of the…
The Dodgers will need starting pitchers beyond their current rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-jin Ryu, Brandon McCarthy, and Brett Anderson. All teams need more than that (there’s no such thing as a number five starter, as Baseball Prospectus likes to say) and the Dodgers have more health questions than most. Anderson hasn’t thrown more…
Hyun Jin Ryu did another glorious commercial for Ottogi Noodle/Jin Ramen. Granted, nothing will quite top the sheer amazingness of the last one in all its fake teammate glory, but this did have its moments. My favorite is the capture above, because you can see his smirk as he thinks to himself, “My god, this…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB (w/ LA) 9 31.2 15.4% 9.2% 4.74 5.51(!) 4.43 -0.5 What happened in 2014: The man with many names was acquired from the Phillies in August and was, predictably, bad. It’s hard to believe the Dodgers, with all their resources, had to acquire guys like Kevin…
Mailbag! Hit us using the form at right or through thedodgersdigest at gmail dot com. Eric: Any chance of (or logic behind) resigning – at league min, or a non roster invite to billingsly to see what, if anything, he has left? At one point he seemed to have a great deal of talent/potential. We’ll…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB (LAD) 9 24.2 15.7% 7.0% 8.03 6.33 3.85 -0.7 What Happened In 2014: That could have gone better. When the Dodgers traded for Roberto Hernandez, Andrew Grant posted this tweet: Gonna go with "at least it's not Kevin Correia" on this one — Biden Eating Cream (@realandrewgrant)…