There’s no disputing the Dodgers have suffered a lot of injuries this season — especially in the starting rotation. Kenta Maeda hurt his hip last night. Clayton Kershaw has been …
Read More »Dodgers’ letdown of a season has team approaching a crossroads soon
Vin Scully often referenced “the elevator ride from the penthouse to the basement” when a batter would strike out in their next at-bat after hitting a home run. This famous …
Read More »The Dodgers playoff projections aren’t looking ideal
The Dodgers have won five straight NL West titles, but a slow start and the loss of Corey Seager have the Dodgers looking up in standings early. The data used …
Read More »Frustration, tension, disappointment all describe first month of Dodger baseball
The Dodgers suck right now. Sure, they’re just three games under .500, but let’s be real: This team isn’t performing anywhere near anybody’s expectations nor their talent level. Things came …
Read More »Individual performance vs. expected outcome through the first two weeks
Note: All data used in this is prior to the 4/15 win against Arizona. The only real change would be Clayton Kershaw for his gem, Chris Taylor with a double …
Read More »A too-early look at Dodger fastball rates
I hate writing about trends this early in the season. The Dodgers have played eight baseball games. Only one of their starting pitchers has gone more than twice, several have …
Read More »Looking at the 2018 Dodgers’ minor-league rosters
The preliminary rosters for each of the A-ball or higher affiliates were announced in the last two days, and man, some of these teams look really strong. [table id=10 /] …
Read More »[Update: Correction] The Dodgers’ velocity woes are a staff-wide concern
CORRECTION: After finding additional odd information in the pitch tracking data, it has been discovered that most of the information used to write this post is incorrect. When writing this …
Read More »Joc Pederson makes Opening Day roster at expense of Andrew Toles
With Spring Training at an end, one of the final roster decisions was (improbably) “Who will back up Matt Kemp in left field?” That decision came down to Andrew Toles …
Read More »Dodgers essentially set Opening Day pitching staff after exclusion of Venditte & Yimi
The Dodgers have made a couple more roster moves recently, which essentially finalize the 13-man Opening Day pitching staff and leave only the outfield decisions left. RHP/LHP Pat Venditte was …
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