On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I talk about a down week for the Dodgers. And we recorded on a Saturday instead of Sunday, so we don’t even touch …
Read More »Kenta Maeda also has a fastball problem, but that doesn’t change his 2016
Kenta Maeda is struggling and the Dodgers are searching for an answer, and feeling inspired by Brim’s post about Hyun-Jin Ryu‘s problematic fastball, I decided to look at Maeda’s struggles …
Read More »Dodgers 6, D-backs 2: Worst team ever pulls off miracle win
The Dodgers of 2017, perhaps the worst constructed team in sporting history, has pulled off a miracle 6-2 victory this afternoon to salvage something from the series against the D-backs. …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’backs April 23, 2017: Bad series has been bad
This series has sucked. Excuse my bluntness, but man, the Dodgers have been awful. Credit to the Diamondbacks, which has been the first team to figure out the Dodgers’ bullpen. …
Read More »D-backs 11, Dodgers 5: On the struggles of Kenta Maeda and the Dodgers
The Dodgers fell to the D-backs today, 11-5, and the Dodgers have now dropped five of their last six games and have still only won the first series of the …
Read More »Dodgers @ D-backs April 22, 2017: Please don’t allow nine runs in one inning again
Last night’s eighth-inning collapse was so dumbfounding that the headline of Chad’s recap was longer than the recap itself. The Dodgers will attempt to rebound tonight behind Kenta Maeda. Unfortunately, Maeda hasn’t …
Read More »D-backs 13, Dodgers 5: Fun!
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Read More »Dodgers @ D-backs April 21, 2017: Wood’s Rotation Return
Tonight, the Dodgers begin a seven-game road trip. Before a four-game set with the Giants, they begin with three against the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers disappointed in their series last weekend …
Read More »A few words about Cody Bellinger and his 2017 MLB outlook
If there’s one thing that isn’t going to go away this season, it’s folks speculating when Cody Bellinger will be called up to take over either left field or, far …
Read More »Yasiel Puig wrote about commitment and has backed it up with action … so far
In an article written for MLB.com, among other things Yasiel Puig describes himself as a “comedian”, which is reassuring in the sense that the ‘Make Baseball Fun Again’ side of …
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