Here’s the good thing about last night’s loss to San Francisco: As ugly as it was, baseball doesn’t award style points. One loss is one loss. Here’s the bad thing: …
Read More »Giants 9, Dodgers 0: Blowout, Hyun-Jin Ryu hurt, baseball sucks
Not exactly the way a team should start a series. The Dodgers lost 9-0 in San Francisco on Friday night, but that wasn’t even the worst loss of the night. …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 12, 2014: Huge series is huge
The Dodgers are two games ahead in the National League West and begin what could be a season-deciding series in San Francisco. These teams play in Los Angeles in 10 …
Read More »2014 Dodgers All-Prospect team
This is the third year I’ve named an all-prospect team, and if you’ve ever read any of our prospect coverage, you’ll recognize a lot of these names. But, there are …
Read More »Swinging At The First Pitch Isn’t Yasiel Puig’s Problem
Unsurprisingly, Yasiel Puig‘s massive slump is a big topic of concern these days, and not unfairly so. If you can dig through a lot of the garbage comments around why …
Read More »Jamey Wright, Lefty Specialist?
Jamey Wright is not a great pitcher. He’s been about league average to slightly worse for most of the season. He generally doesn’t see many high leverage situations, mostly relegated …
Read More »Starting Andre Ethier over Yasiel Puig is stupid & other things I thought were obvious
Yasiel Puig sucks. Well, right now he does. Since August started, his line is an amazing .203/.295/.228/.523, but what’s even more amazing is the predictable hand-wringing by the press every …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Padres 0: Get Used To Seeing Dan Haren
Dan Haren has now allowed four runs (three earned) in his last 26 innings after twirling a seven-inning, four-hit, no-run gem against the Padres today. Yes, all that came against …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers Sept. 10, 2014: Dan Haren Eyes That Option
We’ve been talking about Dan Haren‘s $10 million 2015 player option, which kicks in if he gets to 180 innings pitched this year for a while. At various points, as …
Read More »Carlos Frias could positively impact Dodgers now, in postseason
When the Dodgers first recalled Carlos Frias, I was as surprised as I assume you were. But, the Dodgers just might have something with the 24-year-old right-hander — out of …
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