April is probably the most difficult month for baseball writing. There are all sorts of statistically interesting things, but almost none of it will stick around. Finding topics to write …
Read More »A too-early look at Dodger fastball rates
I hate writing about trends this early in the season. The Dodgers have played eight baseball games. Only one of their starting pitchers has gone more than twice, several have …
Read More »Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 1: Kershaw effective, bullpen and offense not
Losing Clayton Kershaw starts still really stinks. Tonight wasn’t really any different, but the results (a 6-1 loss) were not really his fault. Kershaw’s pitching looked … fine, mostly. He …
Read More »[Update: Correction] The Dodgers’ velocity woes are a staff-wide concern
CORRECTION: After finding additional odd information in the pitch tracking data, it has been discovered that most of the information used to write this post is incorrect. When writing this …
Read More »Joc Pederson makes Opening Day roster at expense of Andrew Toles
With Spring Training at an end, one of the final roster decisions was (improbably) “Who will back up Matt Kemp in left field?” That decision came down to Andrew Toles …
Read More »Brock Stewart is charting a strange path
Entering the 2018 season, the top six spots on the Dodger starting pitcher depth chart are well-established. However, the pitchers in the next tier down are more nebulous, as Dustin …
Read More »Report: Dodgers targeting Japanese RHP Yoshihisa Hirano
Last night, we finally got a little taste of Dodger news following the completion of incredibly quiet Winter Meetings. Dodgers appear to be targeting Japanese right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano for bullpen …
Read More »Shohei Ohtani signs with the Angels, which is not the Dodgers
After trying to sign Shohei Ohtani for almost a decade, and being finalists in a weird and unprecedented week-long circus, Ohtani has signed with … not the Dodgers. Instead, he has …
Read More »Shohei Ohtani to be posted and his History with the Dodgers
As expected, it was announced today that Shohei Ohtani will be posted by the Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball later tonight. The Japanese superstar now has three weeks …
Read More »Yu Darvish’s cutter could be the key to stopping the Astros
This is not an in-depth analysis. Instead, this is just a quick mention of a significant trend in how Yu Darvish is pitching, written in the 20 minutes or so …
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