Buried at the bottom of a J.P.Hoornstra piece on Joc Pederson the other day was this note: Mattingly said that he and the front office have discussed adding one more …
Read More »Paco Rodriguez and Carlos Frias should make postseason roster
Slow day here at Dodgers Digest. While I think Mike (or one of us) will make a postseason roster prediction, I’m going to throw you a couple names that should …
Read More »Dodgers 11, Rockies 3: Thank goodness for that 8-run inning
That could have been a lot more stressful/worse/terrible. Instead, it was a relatively easy 11-3 Dodger victory on Monday night in Colorado. With Roberto Hernandez starting, the chances he wouldn’t …
Read More »Dodgers @ Rockies Sept. 15, 2014: Roberto Hernandez, Shockingly Important
Dodgers Rockies 5:40 p.m. Denver, Co. 2B Gordon CF Blackmon CF Puig SS Rutledge 1B Gonzalez 1B Morneau RF Kemp RF Cuddyer SS Ramirez LF Dickerson LF Crawford C Rosario 3B …
Read More »Wins above replacement loves the Dodgers’ position players, mostly
There is no perfect statistic for calculating a player’s value. Wins above replacement attempts to do so, but even that is inexact. In fact, there are two kinds of WAR, …
Read More »Scott Van Slyke’s Time To Shine
After a successful weekend series in San Francisco, the Dodgers continue their road trip by heading into Denver and Chicago, and something stood out to me when I looked at …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Giants 2: Clayton Kershaw, Most Valuable Everything
On Friday night, the Giants whomped the Dodgers, 9-0. On Saturday night, the Dodgers decimated the Giants, 17-0. For what was expected to be a very competitive series between the …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 14, 2014: Clayton Kershaw looks to clinch series
As Mike said in his recap, last night was fun. Today could be fun for a different reason: It’s Clayton Kershaw day! Dodgers Giants 6:05 p.m. San Francisco 2B Gordon …
Read More »Dodgers 17, Giants 0: That Was Considerably More Fun Than Last Night
Do you remember how sad you were at this time last night? Do you? You should. Think about it. Hyun-jin Ryu lasted one terrible inning, then left, injured. You had …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 13, 2014: This Is A Big Game
You know me, and you know I never like to put undue importance on any one game. It’s a long season. It serves no purpose to get overly emotional about …
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