G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 26 152.0 22.0% 4.6% 3.38 2.62 3.03 3.5 What Happened In 2014: Hyun-jin Ryu‘s second major league season was an improvement upon on his first in nearly every single way. We don’t talk about Ryu enough. We just don’t. He’s not the best pitcher in his…
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I kick off the new year with some fresh, hot takes (not really). First, we’re poor. Second, we want to go to spring training. So, we’re asking for your help. Here’s a short blurb (written by Jared) from our Patreon page. “Over the past few…
The prospects are becoming a little more … prospecty. Here are the players I ranked in the 40-31 range in the Dodgers’ system. The ETAs are getting better, as is the quality of the player. Previous entries in the series: Introduction 100-76 75-51 50-41 Editor’s note: I am not a scout (#notascout). I am an…
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MiLB (AAA) 31 33.1 25.8% 11.9% 3.24 3.73 n/a n/a MLB 5 6.1 26.7% 10.0% 11.37 6.61 4.06 -0.1 What happened in 2014: Went to Australia, struggled in limited time, stayed in Triple-A most of the season. As a once-promising relief prospect, Jose Dominguez has struggled to stay…
When I saw Baseball America‘s Matt Eddy tweet that the Dodgers had signed pitcher Ben Rowen and infielder Jarek Cunningham to minor league deals, my first reaction was “who?” followed quickly by “ha, ‘Jarek’ sure is a name.” With no inclination to worry about either, I quickly moved on. But then I started thinking that…
Now, it’s going to get good. We’re into the Top 50 of my 2015 Dodgers’ Top 100 prospects series. The names are getting more familiar, and the talent level is getting better. Previous entries in the series: Introduction 100-76 75-51 Editor’s note: I am not a scout (#notascout). I am an amateur when it comes…
ESPN’s Buster Olney has recently been ranking his annual Top 10s — rotations, defense, outfields, etc. — and unsurprisingly, the Dodgers fared pretty well. Far more surprisingly, they showed up as the No. 2 overall infield. I guess it felt unexpected because there’s no true superstar in this group — there’s no Jose Abreu or…
Here is the second set of rankings in my Top 100 prospect series. The names are getting a little more recognizable, but there are still some “who?” guys in there. Previous entries in the series: Introduction 100-76 If I had to choose a player I’m most excited about on this portion of the list, I’d go with…
I think we knew that, barring serious injury, Zack Greinke was going to exercise his post-2015 opt-out clause from the second he signed his deal back in December of 2012. In fact, I said exactly as much back then: Rosenthal argues (and many fans would agree) that an opt-out is poor for the team, but…
So… hey. Thanks for being here. Thanks for still being here. A year ago today, Chad and Daniel and Dustin and I officially teamed up to start up Dodgers Digest rather than continue to go it all alone, and one site re-design and literally more than a million comments later, things are going pretty well….