On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I bring you the hottest of hot Dodger takes from the week. OK, not really. The Dodgers swept the Pirates. That’s good. They …
Read More »Alex Wood’s great start creates stress for front office, rotation crunch for Dodgers
Alex Wood is better than Clayton Kershaw. Well, at least he has been this season. In 20 fewer innings, Wood has been worth 1.6 fWAR, compared to Kershaw’s 1.4. In …
Read More »Rockies 9, Dodgers 6: Until September, Coors Field
This game got off to a bit of a nutty start, with three lead changes in the first four innings. When the Rockies took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies May 14, 2017: Urias for First Place
Suddenly, the Dodgers enter their final game in Colorado playing for first place. After winning two of the first three games in Coors, the Dodgers start just 1/2 game back …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Rockies 0: Alex Wood strikes out 10 in dominant start at Coors Field
Alex Wood has decided that he really doesn’t want to come out of the rotation, and he continued to show that by absolutely shoving against a great Rockies lineup. In …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies May 13, 2017: Southpaws Battle
Yesterday the Dodgers won decisively over the Rockies and evened the series at one apiece. Tonight they’ll have their work cut out for them as they face their kryptonite: a …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Rockies 2: Big inning enough for Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw might not ever again look as utterly dominant as he did in 2016, but even if not, he’s still amazingly good and he led the Dodgers to a …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies May 12, 2017: Kershaw vs. Chatwood
This series has gotten off to a very Coors-y start, with last night’s game featuring a combined 17 runs and 26 hits. Today, the Dodgers will send Clayton Kershaw (2.40 ERA, …
Read More »Josh Fields might be the late-inning reliever the Dodgers need
While the Dodgers don’t have a bullpen tandem like what the Cleveland Indians have in Cody Allen and Andrew Miller, there might not be a better reliever in the game …
Read More »Rockies 10, Dodgers 7: When you score 7 unanswered runs & lose
Billed as a clash between the two hottest teams in baseball, with the Dodgers winning five straight and the Rockies winners of four in a row, only one team ended …
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