IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 175.2 25 7 1.02 3.48 3.58 3.70 3.3 What happened in 2016: Despite initial worries about former Japanese pitching star Kenta …
Read More »Spring Training Notes: Grandal’s righty swing, Maeda’s new pitch, A-Gon hurt already, a trade
Position players will report to Spring Training today (or at least the ones who aren’t already there), but the significant news is still about the pitchers, with a trade yesterday …
Read More »Dodgers’ outfield situation a little clearer, but still murky
The outfield situation began to figure itself out last week when Darin Ruf was sold to the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization. While he wasn’t projected to play …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RP Louis Coleman
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 48 21.3 11.4 0.94 4.69 4.31 4.87 -0.1 What happened in 2016: Louis Coleman was an important part of the Dodgers’ …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: 3B Justin Turner
PA AVG OBP SLG wRC+ HR WAR MLB 622 .275 .339 .493 124 27 5.3 What happened in 2016: Had a slow first couple of months, but found his power …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Top 100 Prospects: No. 30-21
Now, we’re getting into the good stuff. I bring you this year’s Top 30, with 10 prospects who all have a legitimate chance of seeing MLB action at some point …
Read More »Corey Seager wanted to make sure you knew that was not his dong
Hello everybody, and welcome to Dong Digest™. As baseball season gets underway again, there are a lot of meaningful topics to tackle and relevant material to discuss … this is …
Read More »Let’s pump the brakes on Hyun-Jin Ryu
When I wrote about the bullpen last week, the overwhelming question I got wasn’t about those in the bullpen (and, conversely, in the rotation), it was, in effect: “What about …
Read More »Spring Training Notes: Kershaw’s back, Urias’ innings, health of Ryu & Trayce, Yimi to DL
Yesterday, baseball returned as Dodgers pitchers and catchers reported for Spring Training, and I didn’t write about it cause I’m so damn lazy. Of course, nothing much happened as workouts …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RHP Jose De Leon
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP WAR MiLB (OKC) 86.1 32.5 5.9 0.94 2.61 3.24 N/A MLB 17 18.8 8.8 2.65 6.35 6.97 -0.4 What happened in 2016: One of …
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