After last night’s rotation detour, the Dodgers return to their regularly scheduled programming tonight. Brett Anderson will make his second healthy start in a row. It’s amazing/troubling to think that …
Read More »Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 4: A Day for the Rookies
Mike titled today’s game thread “let’s give Joc Pederson a chance.” Today, we saw why. Coming into today’s game, Pederson was hitting just .176/.263/.294 in 2015. After today’s 7-4 victory, Pederson …
Read More »Reports: Dodgers Continue Search For Pitching Depth, Sign Scott Baker
It’s no secret that the Dodgers need starting pitching depth. Earlier this week, they signed Freddy Garcia, one year removed from a stint in Taiwan. Tonight, there’s this: #Dodgers are …
Read More »What Can Statcast Teach Us About the Dodgers?
Sabermetrics, at their core, should always be changing. A few years ago we were using VORP, win shares, and the like. Most stats we used 10 years ago are gone or …
Read More »White Sox @ Dodgers Mar. 4, 2015: Finally, Some (Kinda) Real Baseball-ish
Finally! Five months after the Dodgers’ early playoff exit, three months after they had their entire offseason in one day. A baseball game. Well, for some of us. SNLA is still …
Read More »Dodgers Sign Mike Adams to a Minor League Contract
Yesterday, the Dodgers announced that they have signed right-handed relief pitcher Mike Adams to a minor league contract: Today, the #Dodgers signed RHP Mike Adams to a minor league contract …
Read More »Your Annual Spring Training Stat Reminder
Spring training games start on Wednesday. There are still several openings left on the roster which players will be fighting for. After a long winter, there’s also the desire to …
Read More »Dodger Pitchers and the Low Strike Zone
The drop in offense in MLB is a wide topic of discussion. Across baseball, teams scored an average of 4.07 runs per game in 2014, the lowest level since 1981. …
Read More »2014 Dodgers In Review: SP Josh Beckett
G IP K% BB% ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 20 115.2 22.5% 8.2% 2.88 4.33 3.73 0.2 What Happened In 2014: Contributed, when nobody expected it. Entering the season, nobody expected …
Read More »Ben Rowen and the Unprecedented
Here we are, talking about a pitcher picked up on a minor league deal again. Ben Rowen has sparked some interest since it was announced that the Dodgers picked him …
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