Andy Pages can play a fairly credible centerfield. Unfortunately, Teoscar Hernandez and Michael Conforto can’t play their respective positions a lick. As soon as Tommy Edman is back, he needs to go to CF. Teoscar needs to go to LF (with Call as his caddy), Pages goes to RF, and CONFORTO GOES TO SIBERIA! It’s after September 1st. CUT CONFORTO! There were five or six balls hit to the outfield, which should have been caught… and weren’t. You can’t win like that.
It might be next week before Edman is back, but this needs to happen. Max should be back sometime next week. That should be big. The pitching will sort itself out. It’s hard for me to type. This is definitely easier than a hip replacement. I HAVE BEEN OFF PAIN MEDS FOR 3 DAYS!
- Voice recognition software sucks.
- 3 more weeks in this damn sling.
Totally agree, Mark. Kim could fill in in the outfield a bit but being a GG. SS and 2B IN KOREA, plus his speed make him a better fit in the dirt.
How valuable has Pages’ been? Power, OBP, brazen attitude,
Getting staples out today.
I may be wrong or I may be right, but in my humble opinion this is NOT the Dodger’s year to win a World Series .Too many things have to go right and we’re depending a weak bullpen to do its job even at full strength, a critical factor to have success in the playoffs. The outfield defense is weak at the corners and I would not count on Kershaw or Glasnow in big games in the playoffs against the better teams we’ll face. I can’t put my finger on it but something is seriously missing this year from last year. Part of it is injuries, part of of it is an aging team, the hunger factor to win, a terrible road team and teams really get fired up to play us because of jealously and the huge payroll we enjoy. I’m not rooting for this to happen, but that’s the way I see it. I truly hope I’m wrong.
Well, you are right… It is now exceedingly hard to win back-to-back titles.
However, you only have to look back at the 2023 RANGERS to realize that they were not a great team and that the bullpen was the worst in baseball…. except in October.
Everything is about to change for the Dodgers, and you only need four starters in the playoffs. This could be epic!
The bad signings by AF and BG of Conforto, Scott and Yates certainly did not help with this year’s win total. I miss Daniel Hudson who was a leader with last year’s bullpen Dawgs. Sasaki’s signing status TBD.
Remember how AF said he wanted to avoid the high prices in the midseason trade market?
So instead he paid top dollar over the winter for Conforto, Scott and Yates.
Right now, it also looks that AF alo paid too much for Teo, though Teo has played better than those other guys.
(Yes, let’s move Teo to LF and Pages to RF. Why delay the inevitable?)
During the off-season, it was said that the Dodgers, the reigning champs, had “won the winter.” And Roki Sasaki was the cherry on top! There was talk that the Dodgers might challenge the all-time wins record.
Now this same team seem to be lurching toward the playoffs, with an offense that can disapper any given day.
The moral of this story: “Winning the winter” is greatly overrated. The Dodgers “won” a few disappointments,
Last year at this time, the Dodgers and we fans were energized by the impact of fresh acquisitions: Flaherty, Edman and Kopech. All three made an impact.
This season, the FNGs are Alex Call and the injured Brock Stewart–not guys like Steven Kwan or Mason Miller, who just threw an “immaculate inning” for the Pads. So far, Call and Stewart have not really nudged the needle.
I’m thankful that we got a title last year. It eases the pain of watching this team perform so poorly this season. Teoscar got paid and the Dodgers overpaid for what he is. A sub average outfielder who isn’t clutch at all.
I think I have discovered a way out of the injury bug that Conforto has solved. Lets face it he is one of the few guys not playing with injuries. So if you never have to run the bases because you don’t get any hits and you stand still in the outfield and never reach any hit balls– You probably can avoid most injuries.
Solid diagnosis.
on a night when clayton had some first inning trouble , the bullpen was not there for support! Granted Kershaw should have been out of the inning with no more than 1 run. Teo is responsible for 3 of those runs. Dodgers score 7 and lose? Kirby Yates can get first 2 outs and then hits a wall almost every time! No doubt about it, the bullpen was awful! …. I keep watching and waiting for Conforto to come up with a big hit with runners in scoring position. I’m still waiting! i simply don’t get it. …. Alex F. will be a good mlb player someday. He’s not quite ready for big league pitching yet. …. 2026 right fielder? Andy Pages. left fielder? Teo if he’s not traded. …..Dodgers need a win tonight. Don’t want to be 0-2 with Skeenes on the mound tomorrow!
Extremely bullish, although I don’t think Kim is the answer.
i see Kim platooning with Rojas
yeah lets plug the plug on Conforto.
SD loses at home again. Still 2.5
WIN TODAY!!!!
Simple question – are the Dodgers playing like a championship team?
Not now, but Texas showed us that it only counts when it counts.
and really who is the the NL?
SD lost 2 at home vs BALT
PHILLY swept in NY
Brewers 4-6 in last 10 and dealing with KEY injuries….
Why not us!?!?!?
Is it just me, or does Conforto seem bored and uninterested ? When he bats, no emotion when he strikes out. He takes a seat and stares off. He never runs full speed in the outfield to make a play. There’s no hustle and I doubt if he cares if we win or lose. For God’s sake move on from this loser…
He cares, from everything i read and heard hes a great teammate.
That said time to cut bait….
I heard that he calls his grandmother every week. But still that doesn’t mean he should be on the team
Lots of players are stoic. I don’t read much into that.
Exactly.
“Don’t get too high and don’t get too low”. How many million time have we all heard that. Conforto knows full well he has not produced and is going to be cut and/or not be re-signed. By now he’s got to be wondering if his career is drawing to a close. Poor guy. I hear he’s a decent guy but still he is just not producing results.
From what I’ve read, Edman is only playing CF when he returns. This would seem to imply Conforto goes to the bench and Pages and Hernandez play in the corners.
I’m going to presume that Yates won’t see much usage in the playoffs.
Pages is passable in CF but that’s it at this point in his career. For every great catch or throw, there’s a fielding gaffe or throw to the wrong base. He’s also the worst base runner I’ve seen since Pedro Guerrero. Fortunately, he can still improve at those things if he has something between the ears.
I can’t believe how bad Teo has been this year defensively. Conforto has zero range and is a joke at the plate. They can’t afford to wait on Tommy. Get Kim in the lineup.
6:40 PM ET
Dodgers (78-60)
Pirates (62-77)
SP Emmet Sheehan R
5-2 3.56 ERA
SP Braxton Ashcraft R
4-2 2.58 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
C Will Smith R
1B F. Freeman L
RF T. Hernandez R
LF Alex Call R
CF Andy Pages R
2B A. Freeland S
3B E. Hernandez R
Home Run Odds
80° Wind 9 mph
Ohtoni was suppose to be the starting pitcher
Why not put Kiki in centerfield with Kim back and put Conforto on the bench. so the infield would be Betts Kim Freeland then when edmans comes back and muncy then you start moving players around but right now. just put Kike in centerfield and Teo in leftfield and Pages in right field. Miggy Kim, Freeland, and Betts are the infielders for now.
I’d see what Alex Call has in him the last couple weeks of this season. I don’t understand why Conforto keeps getting at bats ? Even against some left handers. I wanted him to be good and supported the signing like others have mentioned. I know our recent shortcomings aren’t ALL his fault. But 29 rbi’s in 360 at bats… come on, Will has twice as many ribbies in less at bats. Talk about an inadequate major league hitter.
Enrique (Kike, not Kiki) Hernandez is hitting .200 and doesn’t hit RH pitchers particularly well. (this year he is OPSing .563 against RHP; career OPS 130 points lower against RHP). He should not start in CF in any scenario.
Freeland has struck out 34 times in 94 PA (36% K rate) with a SLG% of only .321. Should not be starting.
If Edman plays in CF when he returns then that should mean Pages in RF and Teo in LF. Kim and Rojas at 2B.
Tell me who you feel confident in coming in from the bullpen to protect a 1 run lead right now. I can’t think of anyone.
Pads losing today 7-0 in the bottom of the 3rd to the O’s .Chance to pick up a full game with a win tonight.
Shohei Ohtani was “under the weather” yesterday, Dave Roberts said. Obviously can still hit but didn’t feel great throwing his side session because of the illness. Ohtani will pitch “sometime this weekend.”
0-1….. Well, the way they’re playing and hitting, it’s very likely that this game is o….. Again!
This kind of post drove me from the other board, in case anyone for any god-forsaken reason, cares.
… and I was the driver who drove most of them away.
ALL the bitching and moaning gets old. THEY said the Dodgers had no starters last year and couldn’t win.
THEY always look at the worst possible outcomes.
It makes me think they either don’t know anything about baseball or are morons.
This is their problem:
i don’t think they are korons, I just think they either are secretly hoping the team does poorly, or they are oddly delusional that every concept in baseball is binary and lacks nuance
It’s a weird mindset for one person to have, and there’s more than one person.
regardless, all this is just my silliness and silly thinking. But it is refreshing not to see that mindset, or type of moron if Mark is correct, here in such numbers.
Call starting against the righty
Best thing about this game so far—-I am not watching on TV
Can it get any worse?
they could be in second place
Heaven forbid!
SD lose again. I guess everyone struggling
Why play Kim when you can build a lineup up with guys under the Mendoza line. Geez!
Kim is still not 100% with the bat.
me thinks the dodgers and pirates switched bodies! is there anyone on this dodger team other than ohtani who can hit a line drive? the orioles have done their job. Put Rojas in there for freeland or kike!!!!!
Damn Comforto, it’s because of him they’re losing again… No, wait…. He’s not playing!
oh yes he did! pathetic performance by the boys in blue! and no it wasn’t the great pitching of the pirates!
Can I say the game is over now or is it still too early?
There are 4 weeks left.
THE DODGERS ARE IN 1ST PLACE.
Get a life!
I HAVE ONE!
The world is not ending.
True, but for dyed-in-the-wool Dodgers fans like us it feels like we’re in a boat about to go “over the edge” of the world!
But seriously, today’s game merits one adjective: pathetic. And a lot worse if Will has a broken bone! I wonder who will be called up as #2 catcher if he has to take 10 days off?
Anyway, I don’t think all is lost but I have a (hopefully wrong) prediction: God forbid this team doesn’t make the postseason or only makes the Wild Card round and loses I think REALLY wholesale changes in the off season are likely. Everyone not named Ohtani, Betts, Smith or Freeman likely has one foot on a banana peel.
GO DODGERS!!!
it’s not over! the dodgers will win the west! but tonight was awful! hopefully Max can put some life into the team! maybe teo and Andy should switch places in the lineup. although pages refuses to take ball 4. hope Will is ok! … i want the best for Alex Freeland. But it’s obvious he’s not ready for mlb pitching. 80 % kim is still way better than him. …. Emmit made 2 bad pitches tonight, but otherwise pitched very good. … who knows, they may put a 5 spot on Skeenes tomorrow!