Cody Bellinger came into the 2015 season with player comparisons of James Loney and Eric Hosmer. While some may cringe at that, those are actually really good comps and Bellinger …
Read More »Dodgers 3, Nationals 0: Kershaw Throws Gem, Rendon Throws … Somewhere
The Dodgers beat the Nationals 3-0 tonight behind a Clayton Kershaw gem and the predictability of Carl Crawford against Jordan Zimmermann. Both pitchers were on their game today, but that …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers August 12, 2015: Name This Infield
Raise your hand if you thought the Dodgers would be starting Jose Peraza, Enrique Hernandez, and Alberto Callaspo as three-quarters of the infield in August. I mean, if you did, …
Read More »Dodgers bullpen: Construction errors, potential fixes, and the future
So the Dodgers bullpen has been a dumpster fire for about a month and a half now. That’s incredibly worrying for any team, but especially for Dodgers fans who watched …
Read More »Yasiel Puig 5, Nationals 0: Dodgers snap 4-game skid
That’s more like it. About the quietest scoreless outing you can have by Zack Greinke and a 5-RBI night by Yasiel Puig snapped the Dodgers’ 4-game losing streak as they …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers August 11, 2015: A Move In The Bullpen
You were wondering when then would be now, and now it’s when: Joel Peralta has been put on the 15-day disabled list with a sore neck, and Yimi Garcia has …
Read More »Jose Peraza’s surprising promotion makes sense, if he stays for a bit
Howie Kendrick‘s injury could prove to keep him out awhile. It isn’t the first time in his career he has missed time due to a left hamstring injury. Fortunately, the …
Read More »Nationals 8, Dodgers 3: Amusingly Terrible
The Dodgers fell 8-3 to the Nationals tonight, marking the first time all year they’ve lost four in a row. While that’s supposed to be a positive in that they’ve …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers August 10, 2015: Welcome, Jose Peraza
Though none of the quartet of Mat Latos, Alex Wood, Luis Avilan, or — sigh — Jim Johnson have been particular standouts thus far, the deal that brought them to …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 128 – Wood, Greinke, bullpen, Bellinger
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I talk about the week that was for the Dodgers. Luckily for us, we recorded before last night’s debacle of a …
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