IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 149.0 31.6 2.0 0.48 1.69 1.80 2.28 6.5 What happened in 2016: Was on his way to a historically great season …
Read More »Should Joc Pederson ever leave the gym or batting cage? An investigation.
A photo posted by Joc Pederson (@yungjoc650) on Dec 28, 2016 at 6:39pm PST Joc Pederson, who showed a ton of improvement last year and is a notorious swing tinkerer, …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RP Chin-hui Tsao
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP WAR MLB 1.2 0.0 33.3 0.00 5.40 8.55 -0.1 MiLB (AAA) 16.1 19.7 7.0 0.00 3.31 2.93 N/A What happened in 2016: After an …
Read More »The Muslim Ban and Sticking to Baseball
Baseball is an international game. This statement is fundamental to MLB’s growth in the US and abroad. In 2016, players from 22 countries and territories played in Major League Baseball. …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RP J.P. Howell
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 50.2 20.0 6.8 0.71 4.09 3.50 3.59 0.2 What happened in 2016: Statistically had a decent season, but the numbers were deceiving …
Read More »Grant Dayton’s elite fastball
The original title of this post was going to be ‘Grant Dayton is Good Enough for the Eighth Inning.’ The whole point of the article was that he has a very …
Read More »2017 Dodgers Top 100 Prospects: No. 75-51
Here is the next set of rankings in my Top 100 series. Some of these names should be more familiar, especially if you’ve followed any of the rankings in previous …
Read More »Dodgers sign Brandon Morrow, who is a guy
The Dodgers have signed right-handed pitcher Brandon Morrow to a non-roster deal, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports. Source: Dodgers sign Brandon Morrow to a non-roster deal. He'll be …
Read More »Dodgers acquire athletic Brett Eibner from A’s to improve outfield depth
The Dodgers made their second trade in three days on Wednesday, acquiring outfielder Brett Eibner from the A’s for minor-league infielder Jordan Tarsovich. Eibner, 28, was a Royals’ farmhand before …
Read More »The Yasiel Puig hope phase returns, Hyun-Jin Ryu is pain-free, and a relief help update
I’ve loved Yasiel Puig since he broke into the league, both for the production he provided and the flair that came along with it. However, as he’s learned in the …
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