After giving up back-to-back bloop singles to put runners on first and third to start the top of the eighth inning, Kenley Jansen managed to wriggle out of trouble without allowing a run and blowing the lead. Here’s how: The series of plate appearances setup the Dodgers for the win, thus getting Zack Greinke the win. Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionCarlos Quentin to be suspended for Dodgers/Padres series + odds he gets hit unintentionally
MLB doesn’t want to see things get ugly between the Dodgers and the Padres on Monday, and Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the league will try to make their ruling on the matter by the time the series rolls around. Major League Baseball is speeding up Carlos Quentin’s appeal of his eight-game suspension — a suspension ... Read More »
Dodgers react to Greinke injury + brawl, Quentin continues to be dumb, mirrors Padres fans
So in case you were under a rock yesterday, Zack Greinke has a broken collarbone and is out for a while, essentially because Carlos Quentin is an idiot. As one would imagine, the reactions to what went down from the Dodgers dugout, media, and bloggers weren’t the most pleasant towards Quentin. ===== Don Mattingly called him an idiot and said ... Read More »
Zack Greinke hits Carlos Quentin, he charges the mound cause he’s an idiot, Greinke hurt
Going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dodgers held a 2-1 lead over the Padres, and Zack Greinke was rolling along. Unfortunately, to lead off the inning, he hit Carlos Quentin with a 3-2 pitch. Crappy situation to put the lead-off man on, obviously, but no big deal apart from that, except: So Quentin is a goddamn idiot. ... Read More »
What is it about Yasiel Puig that makes people so incredibly stupid?
I like Yasiel Puig. I like him a lot, actually. I even ranked him as the top prospect in the Dodgers system for 2013. However, if you follow me on Twitter, most of what I tweet about him is sort of dismissive. That’s not because I’m not excited about him, but rather because he seems to make people incredibly stupid. ... Read More »
Matt Kemp not worst baseball player ever, hits double, says hi to mom
After starting the season zero for eleventy billion, Matt Kemp finally sheds the title of the worst baseball player ever with a double. Or whatever. Read More »
Around The Web: Kemp’s start, draft bonus increase, minor league rosters, Tomohiro Anraku
Never forget. —– Baseball Prospectus: Matt Kemp has struggled to start the year, but his poor Spring Training probably has little to do with it. His career line in 561 plate appearances? .252/.291/.448/.739. True Blue LA: The Opening Day payroll for the Dodgers is over $240 million. Baseball America: Draft bonus pools for the 2013 MLB Draft will rise 8.2 ... Read More »
Hyun Jin Ryu cares not for your concept of hustle … and he has a point
Hyun Jin Ryu made his Dodgers and MLB debut yesterday, and in the bottom of the six inning he came to bat and did … well … that. Some people on Twitter didn’t take too kindly to him dogging it, and the fans at the field booed him for it, but most importantly, the dugout didn’t seem to appreciate it, ... Read More »
Kershaw homers to win it, dugout reacts, bros high five, dude gives middle finger … baseball!
The Dodgers beat the rival Giants on Opening Day at home to begin 2013, but it wasn’t so much the win that was surprising as how they did it. Leading off the bottom of the eighth inning of a 0-0 game, Clayton Kershaw was left in to hit, and he justified the decision, not with his arm, but with his ... Read More »
Dodgers 2013 Opening Day roster appears set after team cuts 8
The Dodgers announced the cuts of eight players yesterday, moves that essentially set the Opening Day roster for the team. The club reassigned right-handers Kevin Gregg and Peter Moylan, utility man Alfredo Amezaga and catcher Matt Wallach to Minor League camp. In addition, the Dodgers optioned outfielder Alex Castellanos, right-hander Stephen Fife, utility man Elian Herrera and right-hander Josh Wall ... Read More »
Yasiel Puig makes opposing GM say he wants Andre Ethier for the price of … on the house
The legend of Yasiel Puig continues to grow, and speculation that he will start with the year with the Dodgers went from 0% just a week ago to … something non-0% recently. 2013 aside though, the long-term question remains where he’ll end up playing for the team if he does live up to the hype. Sure, Carl Crawford is out ... Read More »
Carl Crawford confirms that I am a genius! (…or that he just changed hitting mechanics)
So a couple days ago, I asked Eric Stephen of True Blue LA to ask Carl Crawford about his hitting mechanics, and he did so for me, primarily because he’s awesome. Why, you ask? Because of my article for Baseball Prospectus back in October broaching that exact subject. Basically, I wanted to know if I was right so I could ... Read More »
Dee Gordon in a nutshell: Blazing speed, three mistakes, and comedy all on one play
Why hasn’t Dee Gordon emerged as a useful MLB player yet, right? Well one play from yesterday’s game sort of summed up why he’s having so much difficulty. On a clean single to left-center from Carl Crawford (yes, really), Dee freezes like it’s hit to the shortstop or something, then completely turns his left shoulder to look at the ball ... Read More »
Adrian Gonzalez & Luis Cruz (just him, really) avoid both WBC and MLB punishment
Your browser does not support iframes. Surely you’ve heard by now that Mexico and Canada got into a brawl yesterday during the World Baseball Classic, and in the video above, you can see all the incidents that led up to the fight. Basically, it was a bunch of physical but legal plays … yet it was a bunt single that ... Read More »
Mike Petriello was on to something regarding Matt Guerrier, most interesting pitcher in the world
If you hadn’t seen it yet, then … that happened with Matt Guerrier. Then Mike Petriello tweeted out this: “I don’t always give up homers, but when i do, they travel really, really goddamn far.” — @mattygrrr — Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) March 5, 2013 And I think he’s on to something. Read More »
Chad Moriyama Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting