The Dodgers worked hard this offseason to make sure they reset the luxury tax number by moving money around and not splurging on free agents and/or trade acquisitions. At present, …
Read More »2017 Dodgers In Review: LHP Clayton Kershaw
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 175 29.8 4.4 1.18 2.31 3.07 2.84 4.6 What Happened In 2017: Had yet another outstanding season, though injuries stood in …
Read More »Mailbag #33: Clayton Kershaw replacement, pitching depth, Christian Yelich, Yu Darvish
You read that right, this is a mailbag post. It’s the first one in more than a year because, well, we’re awful. I’d really like to start doing them more …
Read More »Dodgers lost Game 5 for one reason: Clayton Kershaw
This series has been one of incredibly high highs and incredibly low lows — at least for the Dodgers and their fans. Game 5 was outright cruel. It wasn’t supposed …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s flat slider is back, but there’s hope
At the beginning of this season, Clayton Kershaw didn’t look quite right. This was before his homer problem took hold, and his ERA still looked basically Clayton Kershaw-ish, but he …
Read More »This needs to be Clayton Kershaw’s moment
After wasting yesterday’s golden opportunity to take Game 4 of the NLCS and sweep the defending champion Cubs, the Dodgers enter Game 5 seemingly setup perfectly to end things without …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s ‘disappointing’ season
Clayton Kershaw is great. He’s grand. He’s the best. But this season has been sub-par — by his standards. It’s absurd one can write that Kershaw has been subpar with …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s slider is different right now and that might be a problem
If you’ve noticed recently that we’ve been saying some variation of “Clayton Kershaw‘s slider wasn’t sharp today” in the recaps of games he’s started, you’re definitely not alone. It’s been …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw has actually never thrown anything but a 3-0 fastball
In a recent (excellent) article on FanGraphs, Travis Sawchik explored the fact that despite his dominance Clayton Kershaw is a rather predictable pitcher when he gets behind in the count. …
Read More »2016 Dodgers in Review: LHP Clayton Kershaw
IP K% BB% HR/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR MLB 149.0 31.6 2.0 0.48 1.69 1.80 2.28 6.5 What happened in 2016: Was on his way to a historically great season …
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