Listed Below are all the Good Things about the Dodgers right now
Listed Below are all the Good Things about the Dodgers right now
Posted By Mark Timmons on August 31, 2025 August 31, 2025Mark Timmons
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They have great bobbleheads
they look more like deadheads! arizona got rid of players and are getting better! the dodgers? i’m not sure what the problem is. well. i can guess. THE OFFENSE!!!!! Max, Edman, and Kim can’t cure it all, but hopefully they can help. Homer or bust is their motto and the bust is winning! No need for people to scream shake things up. no matter where you put conforto he is a .190 hitter. Teo is not productive anywhere right now. Sloppy baseball and good pitching doesn’t mix!
1. Starting pitching is healthy and going deeper into games.
2. Ohtani, Freeman, Smith & Betts are among the best at their respective position.
3. The bullpen is receiving reinforcements and a potential overflow of extra arms.
4. Buddy Kennedy is gone.
5. The minor leagues are loaded, although 2027 is a more likely impact year than next.
6. Money doesn’t matter.
7. The rest of the league is flawed too.
8. Pages is our best young player.
9. Rushing & Freeland look like keepers.
10. NLCS MVP Edman is on the way back, as is lineup keystone Muncy.
Roberts need to manufactor runs, not sit back and do nothing waiting for the 3 run homer. Bat Ohtani 3rd. Doesn’t
Even have 100 RBI’s with 45 hrs
1. YES! The starters are getting into gear. Great outings lately from Yamamoto, Glasnow, Kershaw, Sheehan, Shohei… Sheehan seems likely to move to the pen for the post-season.
3. If Scott and Yates don’t improve, they may work their way out of the playoffs.
4. I still don’t understand why Buddy Kennedy ever appeared.
5. Yes, the minors are loaded. But which “top prospect” is the next Cartaya? Which combination of prospects might have netted Steven Kwan, a proven all-star with a gold glove, for the next few seasons?
6. Money does matter, and sometimes a big bankroll can backfire. AF would rather write a check (for Snell, Scott, Yates, Conforto) than enter the trade market. With a more restrained budget, the Dodgers might have Crochet instead of Snell, and Mason Miller instead of Yates. This summer, AF did a great job landing prospects this summer in the trade market, but made only minor tweaks to the ML roster.
10. It will be great to have Max, Edman and Kim back.
So $4.85 million bought 1 run against the Diamondbacks.
I’d ask for some refund.
Very sad!!!@
Tanner Scott = untrustworthy
No lead is safe for the arsonists.
Buehler to the Phillies
Rooting for Buehler. The Phillies are a great place to land.
Well, at least Will Smith came in and saved the day. Whew, I was seriously “face-palming” when Scott gave up that game tying bomb and thinking, WHAT THE EFF is with this team? Are they suddenly snakebit?
Anyway, all is right with my world……at least until the next series starts.
PS: Why is it I feel positive that Buehler will find “another gear” with the Phillies in the post season and especially against…..the Dodgers! Yikers.
Will Smith should be the NL MVP. There. I said it.
I get it today would have been a very tough loss. I understand with the excellent starting pitching Blue got this weekend you would think they should have the chance for the sweep. But it’s baseball, you don’t win games in the 7th or 8th inning.
It was the right spot to give Tanner Scott a chance. I know he has not been what we wanted or expected.
But Charlie and Rick were brutal towards him. I hear and feel the passion they have for the Dodgers like we all do.
But they almost acted like Tanner is not trying. How about something like he has been working hard but things are haven’t been great. Let’s give the guy some support. Last time I looked he is wearing a Dodger uniform.
Tanner is struggling but they need him.
Treinen had the same struggles when he came back.
Scott just needs to find a way to hit the black instead of so many pitches middle/middle. His command is lacking big time. Treinen is vulnerable to this as well. You are right he seems to be working off the rust.
What ever happened to pitchers throwing “their pitch” or a “waste pitch” when it is 0-2? It seems some of the best pitches to hit off Dodger pitching are in 0-2 counts.
So, who are you benching to play Scott?
Vesia? Banda? Dreyer?
Do you really need an equal number of lefties and righties?
What if the debate is between, say, Henriquez and Scott?
Let’s remember that Scott also struggled before his injury. He has saved 20 games–but also has 8 blown saves.
His ERA over 48 innings is 4.44. His Batting Avg Against is .253, compared to .189 for Vesia, .209 for Dreyer and .211 for Banda.
Yes, Tanner Scott is supposed to be the best of the bunch. That’s why he get the big bucks.
But his performance has been mediocre.
BTW, our old friend Kenley Jansen is nicely adding to his HOF nomination papers. He has 25-for-26 in save opportunities, compared to 20-for-28 for Scott. He’s also won 5 games, and lost 4, compared to Scott’s 1-2 record. He just lowered his ERA to 2.94, and his BAA is .194.
Certainly would have been fun to have Kenley back, right?
It’s tough bitching about the Dodgers woes. We all know that they are better than they are playing. I honestly think some of the veterans are gassed and others are just having a bad year. Father time is definitely creeping up on Mook.
Kim and Edmonds should provide a spark but will it be enough? Agree to move Ohtani down where he can drive in runs. Pages’, Edmond or Kim could be a good fit at the top of the lineup, especially a switch hitter like Edmonds. I know singles hitters are not the most exciting but they keep the train moving for the heavy hitters and make the opposing pitcher expend pitches and be at their limit by the 5th inning.
You guys saw what the Snakes did with 3 switches in the lineup. They could load the lineup LH or RH every day. Fortunately our starters were all pitching like #1s. but it wasn’t enough.
I think we’ve gone thru this 1 million times. So analytics say hit your top hitter 1st. So if Rojas, Pages, Edman can get on base while batting 8th or 9th, they would be on base for Ohtani and Mookie to knock them in.
Speaking of Miggy, I see his ops is now over 700. Nice job!
Our most consistent hitter. Except for Conforto
Miggy is so solid.
I doubt that the Dodgers will keep the old guy around for next season, but he could land with another contender.
Ok, so Ohtani leads off the game, nobody on. No chance of nocking anyone in but himself. 1/3 or 1/4 of bats are without any runners on
I get it that it is old school theory but when you rely on dingers, it’s nice to have runners on when they come around.
Also,wouldn’t you want Ohtani hitting against a pitcher out of the stretch, worried about a guy taking a base on him?
But as the old adage goes, we’ve always done it that way.
Knocking in runs is not as important as scoring runs.
We were conditioned as young fans by the glorification of “the Triple Crown”: BA, HRs, RBIs. Leading all categories is an impressive achievement.
But today we understand that OPS, combining on-base % and slugging %, is a better measure of offensive performance than BA. And RBI is more of a team stat. It’s about batting order.
Shohei has a high OBP and obviously great power. And he’s an excellent baserunner–also key for a leadoff hitter. And don’t you want you best hitter to get the most ABs?
It’s remarkable that he’s on pace for 150 runs when Mookie, hitting behind him, has been struggling.
Here’s hoping that Shohei has more RBI chances when Kim and Edman are hitting at the bottom of the order, and Conforto and Freeland are on the bench.
Andrew Heaney?
Odd, why not just bring Buehler back and yes I know AH is a LHP….still odd…hopefully this is not a bad omen for Vesia…
Heaney is a minor league contract.
Insurance
WELL…Buehler didn’t want to come back!
I never heard this….
He doesn’t want to pitch out of the pen, and I hear that he and Prior do not click.
Did we offer him a spot out of the pen and he refused???
Seemed very willing to pitch out of the pen in the WS!!
@THEREAL_DV
Dave Roberts said Max Muncy will not rejoin #Dodgers on this road trip due to his chest cold that has delayed his rehab.
SD losses at home….2.5 and really 3.5 up….
Our ACE on the mound tonight,
LA has 15 road and 10 home games left. Bad news is that they are just a .500 team on the road. One of the reasons for this is that Pages hits .237 on the road and over .300 at home. As a team the Dodgers are hitting almost 20 points lower on the road. They need to nip that in the bud quickly. Ohtani still strikes out way too much. He is not the MVP this season. Schwarber has more homers and RBIs and most likely will surpass the 54 Shohei hit last year. He has a shot at 60. If the Phils win their division that will help his MVP votes. Will Smith should get some votes too. He until the last month was the most consistent hitter in the league. Freeman and Trea Turner are the only NL hitters at .300. Milwaukee lost their closer, Megill and then Anderson to injury this week, then yesterday, Shelby Miller felt something pop in his elbow. 3 pitchers from their very good bullpen down. Padres lost Adams for the season to an injury yesterday and Tatis Jr. missed the game with lower body tightness.
Schwarber is hitting .245 and doesnt pitch.
Ohtani is the MVP….
6:40 PM ET
Dodgers (78-59)
Pirates (61-77)
SP Clayton Kershaw L
9-2 3.06 ERA
SP Carmen Modzinski R
3-7 3.86ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
RF T. Hernandez R
LF M. Conforto L
CF Andy Pages R
3B A. Freeland S
2B Miguel Rojas R
76° Wind 3 mph In
If Schwarber wins the MVP, there should be an investigation.
OHTANI has more than 1.0 WAR over Schwarber.
Teo in RF = liability
Well, I won’t say it, because I hope not, but it seems that this game is o …..
Tommy Edman Injury Update
Edman is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A OKC on Tuesday as the team’s designated hitter. Roberts said he’ll only DH and play center field during his rehab stint, and is likely on pace for a return next week.
I am totally, 100% convinced that Conforto really doesn’t care if we win or lose. His heart isn’t into winning.
Don’t blame Comforto, the whole team is pathetic! And this team is supposed to win another World Series?
Kershaw had recorded just one out in giving up 4 earned runs to start the game. Then he gamely battled back, holding the Pirates scoreless over the next four innings as the Dodgers tied it up.
Then Henriquez, who has been pitching well, gave up 3 earned runs while recording just one out. Ugh.
The good news is the Dodgers’ bats didn’t take the day off.
And I find solace knowing that Max should soon be back to replace Freeland, who struck out three times in this one as his BA dipped to .198. That’s Conforto territory.
Well, that was bit unfair of me. Conforto’s BA went to .189 after another hitless outing.
Surely he’ll find a spot on the bench soon, but Roberts keeps writing his name into the lineup. With Kim back, I thought Conforto might be sitting.
Some subplots in this one:
–Three hits from Will Smith and an 0-for-5 from Freddie now have them tied at .297 in the league batting race behind Trea Turner at .301 and Sal Frelick at .298. (Will leads in OBP at .406, ahead of Juan Soto’s .399.)
–Miguel Rojas, at age 36, remains consistently if modestly productive with an OPS at .706. If he keeps this up, the Dodgers might bring the old guy back in ’26 to give Freeland more seasoning. Over the last 30 days, Miggy’s BA is 100 points higher than Freeland’s. He’s also outhit Kike.
–Mookie had two more hits–another sign that his long slump is over. His OPS for the season is still a tick below .700–but over the past 30 days his OPS has been .845, with a .396 OBP.
–Shohei had another big day–not that it will stop the chatter that maybe Schwarber should be the MVP. Certainly Schwarber is have an MVP-caliber season, and I suspect that some voters may be feeling some Ohtani fatigue. It will be fun to see how this plays out.
They have great bobbleheads
they look more like deadheads! arizona got rid of players and are getting better! the dodgers? i’m not sure what the problem is. well. i can guess. THE OFFENSE!!!!! Max, Edman, and Kim can’t cure it all, but hopefully they can help. Homer or bust is their motto and the bust is winning! No need for people to scream shake things up. no matter where you put conforto he is a .190 hitter. Teo is not productive anywhere right now. Sloppy baseball and good pitching doesn’t mix!
1. Starting pitching is healthy and going deeper into games.
2. Ohtani, Freeman, Smith & Betts are among the best at their respective position.
3. The bullpen is receiving reinforcements and a potential overflow of extra arms.
4. Buddy Kennedy is gone.
5. The minor leagues are loaded, although 2027 is a more likely impact year than next.
6. Money doesn’t matter.
7. The rest of the league is flawed too.
8. Pages is our best young player.
9. Rushing & Freeland look like keepers.
10. NLCS MVP Edman is on the way back, as is lineup keystone Muncy.
Roberts need to manufactor runs, not sit back and do nothing waiting for the 3 run homer. Bat Ohtani 3rd. Doesn’t
Even have 100 RBI’s with 45 hrs
1. YES! The starters are getting into gear. Great outings lately from Yamamoto, Glasnow, Kershaw, Sheehan, Shohei… Sheehan seems likely to move to the pen for the post-season.
3. If Scott and Yates don’t improve, they may work their way out of the playoffs.
4. I still don’t understand why Buddy Kennedy ever appeared.
5. Yes, the minors are loaded. But which “top prospect” is the next Cartaya? Which combination of prospects might have netted Steven Kwan, a proven all-star with a gold glove, for the next few seasons?
6. Money does matter, and sometimes a big bankroll can backfire. AF would rather write a check (for Snell, Scott, Yates, Conforto) than enter the trade market. With a more restrained budget, the Dodgers might have Crochet instead of Snell, and Mason Miller instead of Yates. This summer, AF did a great job landing prospects this summer in the trade market, but made only minor tweaks to the ML roster.
10. It will be great to have Max, Edman and Kim back.
So $4.85 million bought 1 run against the Diamondbacks.
I’d ask for some refund.
Very sad!!!@
Tanner Scott = untrustworthy
No lead is safe for the arsonists.
Buehler to the Phillies
Rooting for Buehler. The Phillies are a great place to land.
Well, at least Will Smith came in and saved the day. Whew, I was seriously “face-palming” when Scott gave up that game tying bomb and thinking, WHAT THE EFF is with this team? Are they suddenly snakebit?
Anyway, all is right with my world……at least until the next series starts.
PS: Why is it I feel positive that Buehler will find “another gear” with the Phillies in the post season and especially against…..the Dodgers! Yikers.
Will Smith should be the NL MVP. There. I said it.
I get it today would have been a very tough loss. I understand with the excellent starting pitching Blue got this weekend you would think they should have the chance for the sweep. But it’s baseball, you don’t win games in the 7th or 8th inning.
It was the right spot to give Tanner Scott a chance. I know he has not been what we wanted or expected.
But Charlie and Rick were brutal towards him. I hear and feel the passion they have for the Dodgers like we all do.
But they almost acted like Tanner is not trying. How about something like he has been working hard but things are haven’t been great. Let’s give the guy some support. Last time I looked he is wearing a Dodger uniform.
Tanner is struggling but they need him.
Treinen had the same struggles when he came back.
Scott just needs to find a way to hit the black instead of so many pitches middle/middle. His command is lacking big time. Treinen is vulnerable to this as well. You are right he seems to be working off the rust.
What ever happened to pitchers throwing “their pitch” or a “waste pitch” when it is 0-2? It seems some of the best pitches to hit off Dodger pitching are in 0-2 counts.
So, who are you benching to play Scott?
Vesia? Banda? Dreyer?
Do you really need an equal number of lefties and righties?
What if the debate is between, say, Henriquez and Scott?
Let’s remember that Scott also struggled before his injury. He has saved 20 games–but also has 8 blown saves.
His ERA over 48 innings is 4.44. His Batting Avg Against is .253, compared to .189 for Vesia, .209 for Dreyer and .211 for Banda.
Yes, Tanner Scott is supposed to be the best of the bunch. That’s why he get the big bucks.
But his performance has been mediocre.
BTW, our old friend Kenley Jansen is nicely adding to his HOF nomination papers. He has 25-for-26 in save opportunities, compared to 20-for-28 for Scott. He’s also won 5 games, and lost 4, compared to Scott’s 1-2 record. He just lowered his ERA to 2.94, and his BAA is .194.
Certainly would have been fun to have Kenley back, right?
It’s tough bitching about the Dodgers woes. We all know that they are better than they are playing. I honestly think some of the veterans are gassed and others are just having a bad year. Father time is definitely creeping up on Mook.
Kim and Edmonds should provide a spark but will it be enough? Agree to move Ohtani down where he can drive in runs. Pages’, Edmond or Kim could be a good fit at the top of the lineup, especially a switch hitter like Edmonds. I know singles hitters are not the most exciting but they keep the train moving for the heavy hitters and make the opposing pitcher expend pitches and be at their limit by the 5th inning.
You guys saw what the Snakes did with 3 switches in the lineup. They could load the lineup LH or RH every day. Fortunately our starters were all pitching like #1s. but it wasn’t enough.
I think we’ve gone thru this 1 million times. So analytics say hit your top hitter 1st. So if Rojas, Pages, Edman can get on base while batting 8th or 9th, they would be on base for Ohtani and Mookie to knock them in.
Speaking of Miggy, I see his ops is now over 700. Nice job!
Our most consistent hitter. Except for Conforto
Miggy is so solid.
I doubt that the Dodgers will keep the old guy around for next season, but he could land with another contender.
Ok, so Ohtani leads off the game, nobody on. No chance of nocking anyone in but himself. 1/3 or 1/4 of bats are without any runners on
I get it that it is old school theory but when you rely on dingers, it’s nice to have runners on when they come around.
Also,wouldn’t you want Ohtani hitting against a pitcher out of the stretch, worried about a guy taking a base on him?
But as the old adage goes, we’ve always done it that way.
Knocking in runs is not as important as scoring runs.
We were conditioned as young fans by the glorification of “the Triple Crown”: BA, HRs, RBIs. Leading all categories is an impressive achievement.
But today we understand that OPS, combining on-base % and slugging %, is a better measure of offensive performance than BA. And RBI is more of a team stat. It’s about batting order.
Shohei has a high OBP and obviously great power. And he’s an excellent baserunner–also key for a leadoff hitter. And don’t you want you best hitter to get the most ABs?
It’s remarkable that he’s on pace for 150 runs when Mookie, hitting behind him, has been struggling.
Here’s hoping that Shohei has more RBI chances when Kim and Edman are hitting at the bottom of the order, and Conforto and Freeland are on the bench.
Andrew Heaney?
Odd, why not just bring Buehler back and yes I know AH is a LHP….still odd…hopefully this is not a bad omen for Vesia…
Heaney is a minor league contract.
Insurance
WELL…Buehler didn’t want to come back!
I never heard this….
He doesn’t want to pitch out of the pen, and I hear that he and Prior do not click.
Did we offer him a spot out of the pen and he refused???
Seemed very willing to pitch out of the pen in the WS!!
@THEREAL_DV
Dave Roberts said Max Muncy will not rejoin #Dodgers on this road trip due to his chest cold that has delayed his rehab.
SD losses at home….2.5 and really 3.5 up….
Our ACE on the mound tonight,
LA has 15 road and 10 home games left. Bad news is that they are just a .500 team on the road. One of the reasons for this is that Pages hits .237 on the road and over .300 at home. As a team the Dodgers are hitting almost 20 points lower on the road. They need to nip that in the bud quickly. Ohtani still strikes out way too much. He is not the MVP this season. Schwarber has more homers and RBIs and most likely will surpass the 54 Shohei hit last year. He has a shot at 60. If the Phils win their division that will help his MVP votes. Will Smith should get some votes too. He until the last month was the most consistent hitter in the league. Freeman and Trea Turner are the only NL hitters at .300. Milwaukee lost their closer, Megill and then Anderson to injury this week, then yesterday, Shelby Miller felt something pop in his elbow. 3 pitchers from their very good bullpen down. Padres lost Adams for the season to an injury yesterday and Tatis Jr. missed the game with lower body tightness.
Schwarber is hitting .245 and doesnt pitch.
Ohtani is the MVP….
6:40 PM ET
Dodgers (78-59)
Pirates (61-77)
SP Clayton Kershaw L
9-2 3.06 ERA
SP Carmen Modzinski R
3-7 3.86ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
RF T. Hernandez R
LF M. Conforto L
CF Andy Pages R
3B A. Freeland S
2B Miguel Rojas R
76° Wind 3 mph In
If Schwarber wins the MVP, there should be an investigation.
OHTANI has more than 1.0 WAR over Schwarber.
Teo in RF = liability
Well, I won’t say it, because I hope not, but it seems that this game is o …..
Tommy Edman Injury Update
Edman is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A OKC on Tuesday as the team’s designated hitter. Roberts said he’ll only DH and play center field during his rehab stint, and is likely on pace for a return next week.
I am totally, 100% convinced that Conforto really doesn’t care if we win or lose. His heart isn’t into winning.
Don’t blame Comforto, the whole team is pathetic! And this team is supposed to win another World Series?
Kershaw had recorded just one out in giving up 4 earned runs to start the game. Then he gamely battled back, holding the Pirates scoreless over the next four innings as the Dodgers tied it up.
Then Henriquez, who has been pitching well, gave up 3 earned runs while recording just one out. Ugh.
The good news is the Dodgers’ bats didn’t take the day off.
And I find solace knowing that Max should soon be back to replace Freeland, who struck out three times in this one as his BA dipped to .198. That’s Conforto territory.
Well, that was bit unfair of me. Conforto’s BA went to .189 after another hitless outing.
Surely he’ll find a spot on the bench soon, but Roberts keeps writing his name into the lineup. With Kim back, I thought Conforto might be sitting.
Some subplots in this one:
–Three hits from Will Smith and an 0-for-5 from Freddie now have them tied at .297 in the league batting race behind Trea Turner at .301 and Sal Frelick at .298. (Will leads in OBP at .406, ahead of Juan Soto’s .399.)
–Miguel Rojas, at age 36, remains consistently if modestly productive with an OPS at .706. If he keeps this up, the Dodgers might bring the old guy back in ’26 to give Freeland more seasoning. Over the last 30 days, Miggy’s BA is 100 points higher than Freeland’s. He’s also outhit Kike.
–Mookie had two more hits–another sign that his long slump is over. His OPS for the season is still a tick below .700–but over the past 30 days his OPS has been .845, with a .396 OBP.
–Shohei had another big day–not that it will stop the chatter that maybe Schwarber should be the MVP. Certainly Schwarber is have an MVP-caliber season, and I suspect that some voters may be feeling some Ohtani fatigue. It will be fun to see how this plays out.