Per Ken Gurnick, the Dodgers are going to promote their top prospect, 1B/OF Cody Bellinger, from Triple-A Oklahoma City: He’ll be wearing No. 35: Bellinger has gotten off to a very strong …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu used his changeup against lefties a lot last night, and it was good
Hyun-Jin Ryu‘s performance against the Giants last night was a pleasant sight. Despite his lack of fastball command in his first three starts, Ryu did a much better job of …
Read More »Giants 2, Dodgers 1: Ryu strong, but offense leaves bats in Arizona
A really good outing by Hyun-Jin Ryu went for naught as the Dodger bats were virtually silent in Monday’s 2-1 loss against the Giants in San Francisco. In the first inning, …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants April 24, 2017: The rivalry resumes
Coming into the season, the NL West was expected to primarily be a race between the Dodgers and Giants. It’s still quite early, of course, but both of the favored …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 194 – Bad week, Pederson, Maeda, Puig
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 …
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