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)…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 63 63.0 13.9% 9.9% 2.57 3.40 4.09 0.1 What Happened In 2014: Wasn’t worth his contract, but surprisingly useful (with a few issues). After 2013, Brandon League looked like a complete disaster. When he signed his contract, it was an accepted fact that it was too…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 32 202.1 25.2% 5.2% 2.71 2.97 2.72 3.9 What happened in 2014: He led the Dodgers in innings pitched and improved upon his great 2013 season. We’re lucky. Zack Greinke is a great pitcher, and to have him paired with Clayton Kershaw is almost unbelievable. Greinke was…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 49 46.1 19.5% 12.5% 4.27 5.07 4.89 -0.8 What Happened In 2014: Challenged the perception that there’s no such thing as a bad one-year deal. I don’t really remember writing this, but apparently last winter, two weeks before the Dodgers signed Chris Perez, I wrote that…
Earlier today, in a surprising move, the Dodgers announced that they have designated Erisbel Arruebarrena for assignment in order to make room for the newly-acquired Brett Anderson. The four years and $16MM left on Arruebarrena’s contract, along with questionable offensive value (at best) made it seem like he was a bit of an immovable object,…
When the news came out on Dec. 15 that the Dodgers were set to sign oft-injured lefty Brett Anderson, Dustin did a good job of summing up the risks involved. Anderson is constantly getting hurt, having thrown just 206 innings over the last four seasons total while landing on the disabled list seven times. $10 million…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 20 21.1 31.1% 20.0% 2.95 3.79 4.11 -0.1 What Happened In 2014: So long, elbow. Remember how surprisingly useful Chris Withrow was in 2013? Perhaps we should have been worried that his 2014 kicked off with a February Brim post in which he worried about how…
This front office, man. It’s good. This is the kind of move a smart front office makes. #Dodgers, in search of bullpen depth, expected to sign pitcher Sergio Santos http://t.co/UGZIZMvkfC — Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) December 30, 2014 The Dodgers are apparently set to sign former White Sox and Blue Jays’ reliever Sergio Santos to a…
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I close out 2014 by looking at the minimal amount of news in Dodger land over the last couple weeks. The Dodgers are going to sign Brett Anderson to a 1-year, $10 million deal. If you doubt this, I direct you to Twitter avatar and…
The Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League seasons are done, and the Mexican Pacific League and Venezuelan Winter League are wrapping up soon, but the most significant news for this update is the addition of new acquisitions Yasmani Grandal and Enrique Hernandez. Stats Through 12/28 —– Dominican Winter League Joc Pederson – OF…