Clayton Kershaw is carrying a 36 inning scoreless streak into tonight’s game against the San Diego Padres, and he couldn’t pick a better opponent to try to make it better. …
Read More »Arranging the Dodger Outfield Mathematically
Carl Crawford is expected to return to the Dodgers tonight after spending about six weeks on the disabled list with a sprained ankle. It’s never good to wish for injuries, …
Read More »Dodgers @ Tigers July 8, 2014: Hyun-jin Ryu And A Former Mismatch
Today’s series opener between the Dodgers and Tigers features two starting pitchers in very different places of their careers. Hyun-jin Ryu and Justin Verlander are slated to face each other, and …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Rockies 0: Clayton Kershaw. What Else Is There To Say?
What can you even say about Clayton Kershaw at this point? Dominant? Absurd, unhitable, unbelievable, The Best? We’ve heard all of that before. We’ll hear all of that again. But here …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies July 3, 2014: Here Come The Lefties
This afternoon, the Dodgers are starting a four game series against the Rockies in Coors field. Given what usually happens to Dodgers there, that’s pretty terrifying. There’s also a hidden …
Read More »The Dodger Offense and Revised Projections
Last week, I took a look at player projection systems, specifically focusing on the Dodger offense. The purpose of the post was to describe how recent research has shown that …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Cardinals 0: Andre Ethier Is Still Alive, Clayton Kershaw Is Still Ridiculous
In baseball, it’s foolish to call any game a done deal before it even gets started, but with the way Clayton Kershaw has been pitching lately, I couldn’t fault you …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Cardinals 1: Zack Greinke’s Dominance Softens Blow of Best/Worst Inning
More important things happened later in the game, but this is how today’s rout of the Cardinals began: GIF Link The three defensive miscues shown resulted in the Dodgers pushing …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Royals 0: Offense Bad, But Kershaw Better
Clayton Kershaw didn’t allow ruminations of Johnny Vander Meer to last very long tonight. The second batter of the game, Eric Hosmer, somehow singled to left on a fastball that was about …
Read More »Projection Systems and the Dodger Offense
I suppose we have to move on from Kershaw’s game at some point, right? Last week, Mitchel Lichtman and Dave Cameron both wrote articles on player statistical projection systems. These …
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