Drew Butera is now the Dodgers best reliever with a 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 1.11 FIP, 1.11 xFIP, and 0.69 SIERA. He’s magic, basically. Yes, the Dodgers were routed last …
Read More »Marlins Lots, Dodgers LOL: Thus Ends Paul Maholm
Hoooooooooooooooo boy. I mean, am I really going to analyze that one in some sort of serious manner? I haven’t really watched Family Guy in years, but I used to …
Read More »Marlins @ Dodgers May 14, 2014: Welcome Back, A.J.
Five-and-a-half weeks after we last saw him, and with far too much Tim Federowicz, Miguel Olivo, and Drew Butera in the meantime, A.J. Ellis is back, having been activated from …
Read More »Reminder, Kenley Jansen Is Still The Best
Over at FanGraphs this morning, I investigated the Kenley Jansen narrative of “he’s throwing harder, so his cutter is worse, so that’s why he’s getting hit hard!” Which makes all …
Read More »Dodgers 7, Marlins 1: Josh Beckett is … good?
Remember in spring training when Josh Beckett (and his contract) was a burden on the Dodgers and he would surely be cut? Yeah, me either. He pitched the Dodgers to a 7-1 …
Read More »Marlins @ Dodgers May 13, 2014: So Many Injury Updates
After narrowly avoiding another melt-down by the bullpen last night, the Dodgers will go for a second consecutive win tonight behind Josh Beckett. Starting for the Marlins is Jacob Turner, …
Read More »Matt Kemp is an offensive asset again for the Dodgers
The love-hate relationship the casual Dodger fan has with Matt Kemp is astonishing. Yes, he’s had a rough nearly 18 months, but he’s finally starting to look like the Kemp …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Marlins 5: Puig is good at baseball, Wilson is not
Yasiel Puig did Yasiel Puig things tonight, as he led the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Marlins that didn’t come without some adversity (not caused by Puig, mind …
Read More »Marlins @ Dodgers May 12, 2014: I Am Sad About Jose Fernandez
Let’s just get this right out of the way up front: If you’re a Dodger fan, and you’re celebrating that Jose Fernandez has (likely) destroyed his elbow, because now he …
Read More »Dan Haren’s Strikeout Problem
Dan Haren has been one of the Dodgers’ best pitchers so far this year by many measures. He leads the team in FIP-based WAR and has a 2.68 ERA in 43-2/3 …
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