If not for the fact that this post is already going to have GIFs, this post would start with nothing but GIFs. (Like this! Or this!) But still, if you’re …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 6, 2014: Don’t Get Swept, Please
Yasiel Puig is out of the lineup for the second time in three days. I assume he’s serving five-to-eight years in a federal penitentiary and that we’ll see him sometime …
Read More »Dodgers acquire Colt Hynes from Indians for Duke von Schamann, DFA Mike Baxter
As a prospect hoarder, I’m not usually happy when the team trades a somewhat legitimate prospect for a 28-year-old lefty who has all of 17 innings pitched in the majors …
Read More »Dodger Rotation Suddenly An Open Question
Last year, you may remember, the Dodgers used nine different starting pitchers in their first 23 games. Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-jin Ryu, Zack Greinke, and Josh Beckett were the original foursome, …
Read More »Giants 7, Dodgers 2: Paul Maholm ineffective, offense quiet
As if dropping yesterday’s home opener wasn’t bad enough, the Dodgers sputtered through a 7-2 defeat on Saturday against the Giants. Starter Paul Maholm was pitching decently enough (two runs …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 5, 2014: Heart You, Don Mattingly
If you go back through the old MSTI archives, I’m pretty sure that I was begging the Dodgers to bench Andre Ethier against lefties since at least 2009 — maybe …
Read More »Giants 8, Dodgers 4: At Least Matt Kemp Didn’t Break
There’s no way around this, really. After a stellar first two starts, Hyun-jin Ryu was atrocious today, giving up six runs in the first and two more in the second …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 4, 2014: Dodger Stadium Is Back And So Is Matt Kemp
Depending on how you look at it, things are either great, or they’re terrible. It’s certainly bad that Clayton Kershaw may be out until May, or even June. It’s bad …
Read More »Yasiel Puig benched for being late, and deservedly so
Yasiel Puig was benched for being late to today’s home opener against the Giants and will be replaced in the lineup by Matt Kemp, who was just activated off the …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu’s Other New Toy
After Hyun-jin Ryu‘s excellent start on Sunday evening, his curveball got attention here and elsewhere. Sunday’s start was Ryu’s first of the year in front of a Pitch F/X system, so …
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