It’s probably not fair to just talk about Brandon League. But it sure is fun. Not as much fun, I imagine, as Josh Donaldson had when he saw this fat …
Read More »2014 Spring Training preview: Starting pitchers
Age IP K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR Clayton Kershaw 26 2013 236 8.8 2.0 1.83 2.39 2.88 6.5 ’14 ZiPS 227.1 9.2 2.1 2.26 2.55 N/A 5.7 ’14 Steamer …
Read More »Uncertainty Reigns For Dodgers at Second Base
Dee Gordon reached base three times last night against Seattle, and the first two were pretty much the most Gordon successes ever. In the first inning, he hit a chopper …
Read More »Fifth Starter Day: Good For Maholm, Less So For Beckett
Josh Beckett faced 14 batters tonight against Seattle. Seven reached base, and while that’s bad, look at it this way: only four stayed there! …because three (Jesus Montero, Stefen Romero, …
Read More »Matt Kemp could see game action soon, says Don Mattingly
Matt Kemp could soon return to game action for the Dodgers, according to manager Don Mattingly (via Ken Gurnick). “I think that’s fair to say,” Mattingly said when asked if …
Read More »Brian Wilson and the occasional knuckleball pitcher
After unveiling his new knuckleball in his first appearance of the spring, Brian Wilson followed it up with two more yesterday to two different and puzzled Rangers hitters. GIF Link …
Read More »Hanley Ramirez Did An Unreasonable Thing to Martin Perez
Just look at what Hanley Ramirez did to Texas’ Martin Perez today: Good lord. Spring training and all that, and to be fair, Ramirez honestly hadn’t done a whole lot …
Read More »Josh Beckett’s Mechanics And Surgery Recovery
Dodgers Angels 12.05 p.m. PT Tempe, Az. CF Puig RF Calhoun C Ellis CF Trout SS Ramirez 3B Freese 1B Gonzalez …
Read More »Projected 2017 Dodgers’ pitching staff
If you thought projecting the 2017 lineup was tough, you haven’t seen anything yet. While you’ll recognize a lot of the names listed here, the pitching projections are a lot …
Read More »What Baseball Prospectus’ New Framing Data Means For The Dodgers
On Monday, Baseball Prospectus published an article introducing new methodology to quantify the impact of catcher framing. Dan Brooks and Harry Pavlidis collaborated to create the numbers, which they have been …
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