Rich Hill entered today’s game with a 1.66 ERA and .89 WHIP against the Padres since becoming a Dodger in 2016. He’d allowed just seven runs over 38 innings in …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers August 24, 2018: Padres try to conquer Dick Mountain
The Dodgers are playing bad baseball. They are 4.5 games behind the Diamondbacks for first place in the NL West with only 34 games remaining. In their last 10 games, …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s slider made him a HOF shoo-in, but it also killed his fastball
Since the beginning of the season, we’ve been aware of Clayton Kershaw and his diminished fastball velocity. While he’s never been a guy who needed elite-level velo to be elite, …
Read More »Despite August woes, the Dodgers have some hot bats
The Dodgers haven’t been good in August, and that’s as simple as it gets. They’ve gone 8-12 in the month, and it’s been akin to their struggles in April as …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Bats do little, pen blows it late … story of the season
The Dodgers have been losers in 8 of their last 11 games and were in danger of being swept by the Cardinals tonight, so as I said earlier today, it …
Read More »Cardinals @ Dodgers Aug. 22, 2018: Buehler looks to avoid a sweep
The Dodgers lost again last night. It’s about time to panic. Chad wrote those words earlier, and things do not look great right now. The Dodgers are playing poorly and …
Read More »It’s about time to panic
One game away from winning the World Series in 2017, the 2018 version of the Dodgers currently sit in third place in the NL West. They are 67-60, on pace …
Read More »Cardinals 5, Dodgers 2: It’s April 2018 in August 2018
This is fucking bad, folks. Like … yikes.
Read More »Cardinals @ Dodgers August 21, 2018: Dodgers look to Pouncedeleon
Kenley Jansen returned last night, which is a good thing. In the most predictable plot twist of the century, last night was Jansen’s turn to give up the deciding runs …
Read More »Dodgers are now stealing bases, but it hasn’t directly led to improved run output
Stolen bases are almost a thing of lore. They were huge in baseball’s early days and seemed to reach its pinnacle in the 1980s and early ’90s with the likes …
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