Baseball is strange. This 4-3 Dodger victory wasted no time in being unusual. In the bottom of the first inning, Justin Upton hit a line drive off of Clayton Kershaw‘s …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres June 12, 2015: Dodgers Acquire Ronald Torreyes, Revolving Door Continues
Welcome to Clayton Kershaw day! The Dodgers start a three game set in San Diego tonight with their ace on the mound. Kershaw will be facing Odrisamer Despaigne of the …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0: Clayton Kershaw, Quieting the Narratives
Before the seventh inning of tonight’s 2-0 Dodger victory, neither team had a batter reach second base. Enrique Hernandez scattered a couple of hits among a lot of continued Dodger …
Read More »Dodgers @ Cardinals, May 30: Offense Gets Two Shots in the Arm
Dodgers Cardinals 4:15 p.m. St. Louis, Mo. CF Pederson 2B Wong 3B Turner 3B Carpenter 1B Gonzalez LF Holliday 2B Kendrick SS Peralta RF Ethier RF Grichuk C Grandal C …
Read More »Carlos Frias is Adjusting
This post contains doesn’t contain much substantive baseball analysis. Instead, it’s an observation about Carlos Frias, who is capably filling into a rotation that desperately needs it. The main complaint about …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw and Being Hit Hard
Clayton Kershaw has a 4.24 ERA in mid-May. This is obviously not something we have seen in a long time (other than last year, with many fewer innings), and worth looking …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies May 10, 2015: They’re Playing Baseball Today, I Guess
Not much time for a game thread today. Hope everybody is enjoying their Mothers’ day. The Dodgers arrived to a field that looked like this: Already working on left field.#Progress …
Read More »Yimi Garcia, Up the Ladder
When Yimi Garcia was a prospect, his standout pitch was a “high spin” fastball. In December of 2013, Chad noted a public Trackman report on the pitch. Trackman is a radar-based system …
Read More »Dodgers 7, Rockies 0: Right-handed Power, Also Left-handed Power
The Dodgers finished up an amazing homestand in explosive fashion, demolishing the Rockies 7-0. Brandon McCarthy looked a lot more like the McCarthy the front office was expecting when they …
Read More »Rockies @ Dodgers April 19, 2015: Puig isn’t Back Anymore
Rockies Dodgers 1:10 p.m. Los Angeles, Ca. CF Blackmon SS Rollins RF Gonzalez 3B Turner SS Tulowitzki 1B Gonzalez 1B Morneau 2B Kendrick 3B Arenado RF Ethier LF Dickerson LF …
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