While the Dodgers are beginning to play like the team everybody expected them to be in 2020, the Nationals are quickly getting familiar with just how far away from 2019 …
Read More »Joe Davis & Orel Hershiser have a very good podcast, Gavin Lux sorta does YouTube, plus cooking meat
Joe Davis shows us the big meat. Given that this is an off-day for the simulated season we’re doing and that there’s absolutely nothing else going on, I thought it …
Read More »OOTP 21: April 5, 2020 – Giants 5, Dodgers 3 – Emo Joc is hitting .111
Welp, everything is terrible again, as the Dodgers are below .500 after a 5-3 loss to the Giants that also saw them drop the series. Worse yet, the reason they …
Read More »OOTP 21: April 4, 2020 – Dodgers 11, Giants 1 – Muncy & Shark yell at each other
Folks, as a rational sabermagician, I would never call for the manager to be fired after a 3-4 start to the season. That was just trolling, I swear. Or satire, …
Read More »OOTP 21: April 3, 2020 – Giants 5, Dodgers 3 – Fire Dave Roberts!
My word does 106 wins feel like eons ago or what? A Dodgers team that only got better on paper in 2020 continues to be anything but, falling to below …
Read More »Caleb Ferguson holds a showcase for his new slider
Photo: Stacie Wheeler After a stellar 2018 that saw him ascend to the majors and play a key role out of the pen (2.35 ERA) to the point of making …
Read More »Off-season work of Kenley Jansen, Alex Wood, Clayton Kershaw provides reason for optimism
In 2019, Alex Wood threw just 35.2 innings, Kenley Jansen‘s ERA skyrocketed to career high 3.71, and Clayton Kershaw posted an ERA above 3 for the first time since his …
Read More »Dodgers rework 3-team trade for Betts/Price, now also getting Graterol and sending Downs/Wong
(Via) Almost a week ago, the Dodgers completed a three-team trade with the Red Sox and Twins that saw Mookie Betts, David Price, and cash headed to the Dodgers, Alex …
Read More »Dodgers acquire Betts & Price in blockbuster 3-team trade, send Verdugo to Red Sox & Maeda to Twins
(Via) After missing out on the big-ticket free agents this off-season, the Dodgers finally found a way to throw around their financial might, securing a three-team trade with the Red …
Read More »Casey Sadler traded to Cubs for infielder Clayton Daniel to clear room for Alex Wood
While Alex Wood‘s signing made sense for the team’s starting depth, it did have an immediate cost in a 40-man roster crunch, and a few days ago the casualty of …
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