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 …
Read More »On Why The Dodgers Have To Deal With Hanley Ramirez’ Awful Defense
Hanley Ramirez, as you hardly need to be told, is terrible at playing defense. Ha ha! Here he is being terrible at defense, just last night: GIF Link Not that …
Read More »Padres 6, Dodgers 3: Fauxto’d
Well, I guess this is what I get for getting so many Clayton Kershaw recaps. Roberto Hernandez did his best Fausto Carmona impression at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, as …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers Sept. 9, 2014: So Many Relievers To Choose From
I really don’t have anything interesting to say about tonight’s game. Roberto Hernandez is less interesting than Clayton Kershaw. Andrew Cashner is definitely better than Odrisamer Despaigne, but not as …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Padres 4: Good Clayton Kershaw & offense, and hilarious defense
I love Clayton Kershaw recaps. Even if the Dodgers don’t score many runs, he usually limits the opposition’s offensive output. Fortunately, the offense and Kershaw showed up in the Dodgers’ …
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