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 …
Read More »This is a Brian Wilson knuckleball tribute GIF
GIF Link Brian Wilson did that. Why? Cause Brian Wilson, I guess? R.A. Dickey, eat your heart out.
Read More »2014 Spring Training Preview: Relief Pitchers
Age IP K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR Kenley Jansen 26 2013 (Dodgers) 76.2 13.03 2.11 1.88 1.99 2.06 2.2 ’14 ZiPS 70.2 13.82 2.72 1.91 1.96 – 1.7 …
Read More »Buss, Fife, Reed among first 10 cut in Dodgers’ camp
The Dodgers announced their first round of camp cuts on Tuesday morning with few surprises. Optioned (5) Pedro Baez, Chili Buss, Stephen Fife, Yimi Garcia, Jarret Martin Reassigned to minor-league …
Read More »Zack Greinke isn’t going to Australia, and that’s OK
When I opined last week that Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke should skip the Dodgers’ trip to Australia, I had the scenario playing out differently. I certainly didn’t have Greinke …
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