Earlier this month, there was a brief stir when Don Mattingly indicated that despite the immediate impact of Corey Seager, Jimmy Rollins would remain the starting shortstop: “At this moment, …
Read More »What to do with Corey Seager this month
The first round of September call-ups will happen later today (officially). A player, rightly, not in the group is Corey Seager. Last week, I looked at Julio Urias (and others) …
Read More »Has Anyone Noticed That Jimmy Rollins Is Hitting The Ball Again?
Jimmy Rollins hasn’t had an easy go of it in his first, and likely only, season as a Dodger. I mean, we’ve been talking about his struggles constantly. (Here, here, …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins tries using the whole field to fight off skills decline
When I wrote about Jimmy Rollins‘ struggles a couple months ago, I mentioned that part of the reason to worry about his production at the plate was that his seemingly …
Read More »Another positional logjam is brewing with the Dodgers
There really is no such thing as having too much talent. It’s obviously better to have too much than not enough. But here we are about two weeks from the …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins’ struggles could lead to change at shortstop
Mike wrote a good post (shocker) about Corey Seager on Wednesday, and I’m still of the opinion he shouldn’t come up until 2016 (though, each day it’s looking less and less …
Read More »Prospect Promotions Shouldn’t Affect Corey Seager Decision
So, Jimmy Rollins is struggling along as a replacement-level player (.198/.261/.332, 67 wRC+), and Corey Seager is back from a minor hand injury and is still looking pretty impressive in …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins Is Saying The Right Things
Jimmy Rollins, as you most certainly know, has been pretty disappointing this season. Though he went 2-4 last night, that brought his line up to only .210/.278/.352 (78 wRC+), which isn’t …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins’ bad luck may not explain all his struggles at the plate
“Slow start” seems to undersell just how much Jimmy Rollins has underachieved for almost the first two months of 2015, and that’s only exacerbated by the fact that the rest …
Read More »Dodgers’ prowess on base paths leaves a lot to be desired
We all knew that when the Dodgers traded Dee Gordon, they weren’t going to have a legitimate stolen base threat. There is no one in the organization who could swipe …
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