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After being worth about 4.9 WAR per season in 2013 and 2014, Yasiel Puig has dropped to about 1.3 WAR per season in 2015 and 2016. Based on this series …
Read More »Yasiel Puig’s 2015 and 2016 seasons represented in picture form
Adrian Gonzalez, Chase Utley and some thoughts on the Dodgers’ 1B situation
Adrian Gonzalez is the modern-day ironman. Since 2006, no player has appeared in more games than Gonzalez — 1,745. Robinson Cano is second at 1,716. But with a sore elbow …
Read More »Joc Pederson set for career year after learning from Domingo Ayala
Joc Pederson has done the smart thing, and rather than listen to people on Instagram or hitting coaches like Matt Lisle, he’s now set for a career year after getting …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: RHP Kenta Maeda
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 …
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