Age IP K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR Clayton Kershaw 26 2013 236 8.8 2.0 1.83 2.39 2.88 6.5 ’14 ZiPS 227.1 9.2 2.1 2.26 2.55 N/A 5.7 ’14 Steamer …
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If you thought projecting the 2017 lineup was tough, you haven’t seen anything yet. While you’ll recognize a lot of the names listed here, the pitching projections are a lot …
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The Dodgers announced their first round of camp cuts on Tuesday morning with few surprises. Optioned (5) Pedro Baez, Chili Buss, Stephen Fife, Yimi Garcia, Jarret Martin Reassigned to minor-league …
Read More »Zack Greinke isn’t going to Australia, and that’s OK
When I opined last week that Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke should skip the Dodgers’ trip to Australia, I had the scenario playing out differently. I certainly didn’t have Greinke …
Read More »Dodgers, Chad Billingsley, shouldn’t rush his return
When the Dodgers signed Cuban shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena, if was a foregone conclusion the team would place Chad Billingsley on the 60-day disabled list to clear a 40-man roster spot …
Read More »Zack Greinke Is Feeling Better, But Ross Stripling Is Not
Dodger fans everywhere held their collective breath yesterday after Zack Greinke left his first 2014 Cactus League start with a mild calf strain (poor little cow). They’ve since exhaled. Now, …
Read More »2014 Spring Training preview: Right field
Name Age System BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Yasiel Puig 23 2013 .319 .391 .534 .398 160 4.0 ’14 ZiPS .284 .354 .485 .359 n/a 3.8 ’14 Steamer .288 …
Read More »A case for Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke skipping the Dodgers’ Australia trip
It’s assumed by everyone Clayton Kershaw will start the first game of the season. He’s the ace, he pitches the first game — not unlike the second baseman batting second …
Read More »Looking at Dodgers’ propects on Top 100 lists
Baseball America released its Top 100 prospects on MLB Network Wednesday night. This is the 25th year the publication has compiled such a list. With BA’s list, most of the …
Read More »Projected 2017 Dodgers’ lineup
It’s hard to project anything in baseball, especially something like a 2017 lineup. But that’s what I’m going to do here. I usually attach this at the end of my …
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