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1. Thanks Jeff, you are a breath of fresh air to the site with your common sense and insight.
   Yes we are getting older and slower but there isn’t much we e can do about it for now.. Freddie is holding his own, Teo is being average but both should be gone in a year. Mookie ain’t going anywhere for five years because he not tradable. Max is signed for two more years and is having the best year of his career, so no problem there. Sadly, Kershaw retiring may have taken the Dodgers spirit with him. It seems that way to me.

   All I’m saying is that there isn’t much AF or Doc can do this year and we may not have enough to finish off that third WS win but we will be competitive and entertaining. Enjoy it and watch the rebuild next to year with all the farm talent available to promote offense or purchase some young pitching talent.

   1. Max is signed for one year. 28 is a team option for 10 mil with a 3-mil buyout. Freddie wants to play until he is 40. I think AF might give him that 2-year extension. Teo could be traded before next year.

      1. I’m hoping that my fears will be proven unfounded….but right now no Dodgers fan can be happy with the way Kyle Tucker is playing after he signed that fat contract: four years at a record AAV of $60 million.
         For that kind of money, we should be expecting all-star level play at a minimum. He should be putting up the kind of numbers Pages is now producing.
         My concern boils down to this: What if Tucker’s character is that of a mercenary who, having now signed massive FU money, lacks the motivation, drive and pride that true superstars possess?
         The rap on him was that he was a talented player who exhibited little emotion or “fire.” I discounted those opinions. But what if there really is a bit of Rendon in his character?
         Tucker’s low-key demeanor may not be a problem at all–but I have to wonder about it as long as this alleged “superstar” keeps producing around league-average levels.
         Considering the investment and expectations, it’s odd to me that many fans here seem less concerned about Tucker than the periodic struggles of Shohei or Teo.
         There could be a looming problem here: It won’t be easy to bench a guy getting paid $60 million per year through 2029 to make room for a rising prospect. It’s not just the Dodgers $$ that is invested in Tucker, but also AF’s ego. Last season, Conforto would have been benched a lot sooner it not for $$ and what it reflects.

         Like I said at the start of this rant, I hope that Tucker shows that my fears are unfounded. He was supposed to slot into the top of the lineup and provide a spark. With Shohei, Teo and others struggling, when will Tucker deliver?

2. Thanks Jeff for some interesting insights.

   I was completely onboard with the slow playing of the past couple of seasons, the Top Brass having learned from previous failures that it’s not how you start, but how you finish that matters, and giving players the chance to hit October in good health and form.

   However as we can all see, our offensive woes are becoming too frequent and we were very lucky to beat the Blue Jays and that has perhaps masked a greater problem.

   In 24 our offense was sparked in the second half by the Ohtani running game. He decided he wanted to break the 50/50 record, and it gave us a whole new dimension. It ended when he dislocated his shoulder, and his running wasn’t a factor in 25.

   Last season he blasted 50 HRs again, and we just about cobbled together enough offense to get over the line, somehow.

   AF did his best to make a difference by adding Tucker, but the same problems persist. If you rely of the Slug it’s often feast or famine.

   Doc has tried shuffling the pack but now it’s time do what some here have been championing for some time, something that Michael has been saying from day one of the Ohtani era, move him from Lead Off.

   It sets totally the wrong precedent by having your Lead Off guy making no attempt to get on base. The tone that is being set is the wrong one. He is an easy out. He has made his intentions clear. He wants to win a Cy Young. Good for him but it doesn’t help the Dodger’s offense when he clearly doesn’t have the same mentality that he had when he was just Batting.

   We look soft I don’t think it’s helped Tucker batting behind him either. It’s time to make our lineup harder to pitch through.

   Mookie must bat first. Then Freddie. They had great success in tandem in the past.Then our best RBI man, Andy Pages.
   Max 4th because he can get on base, followed by Shohei, Will, Tucker, Teo and Kim.

   Betts
   Freeman
   Pages
   Muncy
   Ohtani
   Smith
   Tucker
   Hernandez
   Kim

   Time to shake things up.

3. OK Scott. It’s time to fire a shot across the bow. Quarter of the way thru and this team is stuck in yuk! And you should ask AF if it’s possible to sign a player who isn’t either hurt or stinks in his first year with the club. If Roberts can’t light a fire under threse guys then it’s up to you. And can I be the first this year to call for Doc to be fired.
   My work is done!

   1. I could do that Cassidy, but they have won back to back World Series. But every year I have called for Friedman to be fired and that they all suck and then shortly after the team starts to roll and goes on a winning streak. How much do my complaints make a difference? I dont know you decide. 😉

      But if we knew for sure it made a difference, I would tell everyone they suck every day so they start winning games again. I am a total team player and willing to do anything necessary.

      1. I believe in you, Scott.

         Get to it!

         1. yeah! Get to writing that article.

4. Well that was embarrassing.

   I would be fine with a lineup change. Will Roberts do it? I doubt it. This is a veteran team being paid ludicrous wages to win in October. Yeah sure, all games count, but this team is wired for October. All we can do as fans is wait patiently. We don’t have to watch the schneids, and I didn’t last night, we can just read about them, for what feels like weeks at a time. But obviously we have to live through them. They seem to do this every year.

   We discuss lineup changes. You want Betts leading off? He’s hitting .182. Ohtani is hitting .148 in his last 7 games. That can’t last. Or can it? Tucker, Hernandez, Kim, Kiké, Edman…. Wyatt Mills?

   Nobody in the West is playing over .500 ball in their last 10. It’s May. Happy Mother’s Day. Memorial Day still a couple weeks out. High school graduations. Spring football, flowers are blooming, the Lakers get blowed out, the Rams are early favorites, Kings, Ducks who cares, UCLA baseball ranked #1, transfer portal news, why does Matt Leinart have a say in unretiring his #11?, Hawaii beats UC Irvine for volleyball championship…… and Ohtani 0 for 5.

   So….. we wait.

5. Jeff,brilliant assessment of what’s wrong with the Dodgers and what the trends are telling us and where they may be heading. As I’ve stated age has finally caught up with us along with the last two years of grueling championship runs.. There is Nothing that AF can do with the present roster,because of the contracts he has to live with. We may stumble into the playoffs this year offensively,but one thing we could still have is a strong well rested healthy starting pitching staff with Yamamota,Ohtani,Glasnow and Snell with a strong bullpen with the additions of a healthy Diaz and Philips. Both of those factors may determine how far we advance in the October tournament. Pitching is still the key to winning championships.

6. Robert’s bullheadedness in keeping Ohtani in the leadoff spot is maddening. The guy isn’t hitting period. BA .236, another ofer last night. No homers since April against the Cubs. OPS is below .800. He is rolling over and hitting way too many ground balls. LA needs a spark, and he is not providing it at the top of the order. The team concept doesn’t seem to be working here either. 2-10 with RISP? 10 hits and just 3 runs? Right now, I would be batting Muncy and Pages 3-4 because they have been the best and most consistent hitters. LA now in second place, one half game back of the Padres.

7. Can’t remember the last time all nine starters had at least one hit in a game! If Freddie hits, Andy doesn’t. If Teo hits ,, Will doesn’t. If Andy hits, nobody else in the lineup does! Frustrating? Beyond belief. I know, they will hit when it matters. I know, Doc will flip the switch. I know, they’re programmed for October. I know I don’t buy the “ look old” theory. 40 some games into the season and they are already tired? Hell they aren’t hitting so they ain’t running the bases that much so how can they be tired? They don’t steal bases so they ain’t running there either. Not watching is not an option for me. Now I did turn it off in the eighth inning last night. I usually watch the whole game no matter what. But except for Trienan (hopefully he can sustain his good season so far) , the bullpen took a dump! The Giants are not good! Lowest run production in baseball.. I think one team is worse. But 9 runs for that team? 3 runs against a minor league pitcher? They probably break out for 10-12 runs in one of these 3 remaining games and then back to 2-3 runs again. If the starting pitching can stay healthy they should be able to survive this awful offensive drought. But my lord it’s absolutely torture watching Sasaki pitch! He’s got all the talent in the world. He does not have all the confidence in the world! Why not piggyback him and Emmit when Glasnow comes back. 4 innings is about the maximum they can count on both of them. And maybe Ohtani should use a 2×6 at the plate! That bat ain’t long enough or wide enough to hit what he’s swinging at!!

   1. I still do not trust Sasaki as a starter. Too much traffic. He made way too many pitches early. I would have pulled him after 5 innings. Up until then, he was at least in line for a win. He did get out of a couple of jams. Shut down innings for the pen have become a problem, so is hanging pitches in the middle of the plate. Like putting the ball on a tee for these guys. Klein did it with 2 strikes and it cost a couple of runs. Mills doesn’t even belong here.

      1. Orel recommend Sasaki pitch out of the stretch.

         1. He has more control when he does. Pitches also seem to have more movement. His fastballs are too straight.

8. I totally forgot about the Mill’s meltdown.

   Watched that unfold on my drive to work this morning. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen such a bad inning pitched. Ever.

   Who recommended him to be promoted??

   1. Mills was called up because he was pitching well at AAA. His 3.26 ERA was one of the lowest on the team. His WHIP down there is below 1. Who recommended him, I have no clue. So far, the best ERA down there belongs to Garrett McDaniels, 2.30. Mills also had some MLB experience, but his MLB career ERA is 6.65.

9. Its May, relax…

   This could be the best thing to happen to this team….they know the final goal and it aint going pedal to the medal for 162, been there done that and didnt work out….

   1. A voice of sanity.

   2. We’re a voice of reality.

      1. Reality is we weren’t great in reg season last year and we repeated.

         Reality is its a 162 season and teams will slump

         Reality is this team and front office has proved they know what it takes to win…

         1. Not because of the offense. It was pitching and timely HRs. You think Teo is going to hit 30 HR this year? Ohtani 50? Freddie 25? Smith 20+? Tucker 30? I can hide my head in the sand and say everything is going to be okay. I just see an offense that is going backwards.

   3. U relax. Believe it or not, pennants can be lost in May. All you need to do is have a really bad month you cannot recover from.

      1. You seen the Dodgers lose a pennant in May??

         I think this organization over the last 13 years has all earned our trust to not freak out over a losing streak…..

         1. Not my point. I have seen teams who won the year before blowing it completely with a bad month. LA went through two months last year, July-August, where they went 25-27. They were 15-10 in September. They had a 9-game lead on July 3rd. By the end of the month, it was 3. It was never bigger than 3 the rest of the year. They only won the division because their competition, did not take advantage of their MEDIOCRE play. Those are the facts. They played much better in the playoffs but were just one clutch hit or play away from losing the World Series. Not like they dominated the Jays. With the payroll and talent, they have on this team, they should be playing a lot better. Ohtani is barely hitting over his weight. He hasn’t hit for power in more than a couple of weeks. Sorry, they might be built for the postseason, but they are going to have to show more energy, and a little more spark to impress me into thinking they can three-peat I’ve seen Dodger teams be awful in April and May and never get back in the race. If their pitching holds up, they can stay close, but they need to show some offense, especially against the back end of the league, and they have not done that yet. They are only 6-5 against their own division and they haven’t played the Padres yet.

         2. some of the people here are always looking for something to complain or MMQB over.

            1. And some are happy with mediocrity . Not MMQB. I have been advocating for a change in hitting philosophy for years. At some point slug is not going to be there. Is it this year? Can’t say yet.

            2. For years Jeff?

               We won 3 tiles in 6 years….!!!! What more do you want?

            3. Yes for years. I have never believed in RVS and his 3 outccome approach to hitting. You like him? Good for you. Allow me to disaagree. The timely HR worked last year. But in 15 NLDS, NLCS, aand WS games, the Dodgers scored more than 5 runs in one game. That was the 18 inning Game 3. They averaged 3.6 runs per game in those 15 games. I am obviously glad they won. But if it were not for pitching, the Dodgers do not win lat year. When the HR is not there, they have to find a way to score runs. If you average 3.6 runs over 15 games, you better thank your pitching.

            4. So what Jeff you want 4 WS titles in 6 years 5 in 6? how about 6 straight??

               Look at the Jays, Sox, Phils, Mets, Guardians, Mariners. 4 teams in the LCS last year, not one lighting the world on fire right now…..

               Baseball is hard teams are gonna go thru it, we are going thru it now, but trust the process…..

         3. 3 titles in 6 years, yep, not bad. Beat in LCS in 21 by the eventual champion Braves. No shame there. Had their best record ever in 22. Won the first game of the LDS and then were beaten by the Padres the next 3 games. Why?” Inconsistent offense. Caused by what? Three true outcome approach to hitting might have something to do with it. 23, won the division by 10 games and then were swept by the D-backs in the LDS. They were 17-96 in that series. That is a .177 BA. They hit just .227 in the series against the Padres. If they had better and more consistent hitting, they might have 4 or 5 World Series wins.

            1. Some people are never happy….geez…..

               Win 3 and 6 and now want 5 in 6…..

               ITS MAY!!!

            2. As I said Matt, as I said…

            3. Matt, how long have you been watching baseball? It is not about what we want. It is about being more consistent. It is about a batting philosophy that prioritizes hitting the ball in the air, not meeting it square, the wat we were taught when we were young. Badger and I were both taught to hit line drives. Which translates into hard hit baseballs, not chasing out of the zone, and protecting the plate with 2 strikes. The only guys in this lineup that hit like that are Freeman and Smith. Everybody else is trying to hit a long ball all the time. Call is a contact hitter, his approach with 2-strikes is excellent. Did you watch Pujols when he was in LA? Power hitter, but when he got 2 strikes on him, he looked to go the other way. Also, I don’t look at things through rose colored glasses and say all is fine when it is blatantly obvious that the exact opposite is true. Doesn’t matter if it is May or September. I saw this team blow a 4-game lead with just 7 to play. So don’t tell me how to judge or watch a game I have been watching for well over 70 years. Maybe they will pull out of this, and maybe, just maybe, they are showing their age. Players slowdown in their 30’s and the Dodger lineup is loaded with age.

10. Dodgers get Alek Thomas from Arizona for minor leaguer Jose Requena. Michael Siani designated for assignment

    1. Alek Thomas:
       Current Roster StatusMinor League Options Left: 0 (Exhausted)Current Team: Los Angeles DodgersRole: Left-handed bench outfielder and defensive specialistBecause he is out of options, the Dodgers cannot send him down to the minor leagues (Triple-A) without first placing him on waivers, where any other MLB team could claim him.

       1. Thomas still has a minor league option remaining, so he’ll begin his time in the L.A. organization in Triple-A.

          1. He takes over for Siani in CF. He is a better option than Siani. I do not know if Siani gets picked up off waivers, but if he does not, I do expect that he would turn down a MiLB assignment and become a free agent. I hope somebody picks him up. He worked hard this past winter. He is a poster chikd for the proverbial AAAA player.

             1. Surprised Az made a trade with LA. They haven’t done that in a while.

11. Sasaki looked the same to me as previous outings. He still throws up too many fat pitches.
    He just can’t seem to be capable of commanding the bottom of the strike zone. Lots of belt and thigh high pitches without much of a speed variation.
    A splitter “UP” shouldn’t be a “thing”. Now he has 2 splitters and when he locates either correctly, they are great. But for every great one, there are 2 bad ones. I thought the Giants missed a lot of mistakes that better teams mash.
    I still think he needs a change up and something that moves away from a LHB, which neither splitter does.

    I’ve said it before, ABS has made the Umpires better. Orel reported it has led to better concentration and to avoid embarrassment. I think it has standardized the strike zone. No more individual interpretation of what’s a strike.

    Kim exemplified a wasted at bat bottom 3rd, in a tie game. Orel pointed it out during Kim’s next at bat.
    Teo led off with a nice double to lead off the inning. Kim has to move Teo to third, somehow, someway; get a pitch to pull or bunt the ball. Instead, Kim chops a sinker away to the left side which doesn’t advance the runner, ON THE FIRST PITCH he sees.
    Damn, got a pitch you can pull or bunt the ball. Maybe a straight sac bunt from the 9 hole with an offense that’s struggling even in the 3rd inning to get a lead?
    Anyway, Ohtani follow that up by swinging at a breaking 57 foot ball then rolls over a fastball away for a groundout and Mookie strikes out to ends the inning.
    Totally wasted opportunity in a tie game before Vesia shit the bed.

    Hey Bear, fact check. Orel reported that Davey Conception invented the one hop throw to first base.
    Seems reasonable that it would have started on Astroturf, as previous grass fields weren’t as well groomed and would produce unpredictable hops. But is there any proof it was Davey?

    1. Juan Pierre invented the 10 hopper to second.

    2. ChatGPT:
       What MLB Player is credited with inventing the one -hop throw to 1B?

       The player most often credited with popularizing, and possibly inventing, the one-hop throw to first base is Pee Wee Reese.

       Before Reese, infielders were generally taught that every throw to first should stay in the air. Reese began intentionally short-hopping throws to first baseman Gil Hodges, especially on difficult plays deep in the hole. Hodges was excellent at picking throws, and the technique reduced wild overthrows while giving Reese a better chance to get speedy runners.

       The baseball world initially thought it was reckless. Then everybody noticed something annoying: it worked. ⚾

       Some historians note that earlier players may have occasionally used the technique, but Reese is widely recognized as the player who turned it into a deliberate, repeatable defensive weapon that spread through baseball instruction.

       Very “Dodger baseball,” really. Elegant chaos wrapped in practicality.

       1. Thanks for the information, Mark, on Pee Wee starting the trend.

          1. Interesting!
             Perhaps inspired by Pee-Wee’s youth as a marbles champ…

    3. You don’t normally see Doc get pissed off in the dugout, but you could see that he was after that at bat by KIM. Later you see him reading the riot act to him, using the translator

12. Ohtani is not going to play tonight. Roberts giving him 2 days off from hitting. He will pitch tomorrow.

    1. I believe he is playing tonight but not hitting tomorrow or Thursday.

       1. Not according to what I read on yahoo sports. Roberts is giving him a 2 day rest., makes sense to me since he isn’t his weight lately.

    2. Bear, Ohtani has actually taken the last 11 games of from “hitting”.
       .105 / .392
       He may be batting but he ain’t hitting.

       1. Absolutely true.

13. Mookie leading off? Heck , schwarber leads off for Phillies, why not try Max in the lead off. His on base would confirm that he would get the job done! You gotta admit, it’s different than anything else they might try! Maybe Call? Let’s shake it up boys!

    1. Mookie has more career leadoff homers, 52, than Ohtani.

    2. Bear trust me ive seen plenty of baseball.

       My kid played high l evel DI college ball.

       The game is hard….

       Are we in a rut yeah…would I take anay team over us in MLB…Hell effing no.

       So have fun, and enjoy the ride. I’ll trust the front office and guys that are back 2 back champs and winners of 3 in 6.

       The game aint easy bud.

14. I’m all for playing the long game and understand the Dodger’s thinking, but I don’t think Ohtani leafing off is best for the team at the moment. It sets the wrong tone. Let’s get back to making the Pitchers work, and get the pitch counts up. Make them work harder for their outs.

    1. I want to return to when Betts hit 1st and Freeman 2nd.

       After that, rlrlrl

       So, Smith 3rd, Ohtani 4th, Pages 5th, Tucker

15. Batting average be damned.

    Statistically speaking, you want your best OPS players leading off.

    Dodgers OPS since 2020:
    Shohei Ohtani 1.025+
    Freddie Freeman .944
    Mookie Betts .899
    Will Smith .875
    Max Muncy .847
    Teoscar Hernández ~.820 (Dodgers years only)
    Andy Pages ~.800
    Miguel Rojas .668

    Your best OPS hitters should get more plate appearances, which usually means batting near the top of the lineup. But baseball strategy has evolved from the old “fast guy leads off, slugger bats cleanup” template into something much more OBP-and-damage oriented.

    A lineup is basically a plate appearance distribution machine. The higher you bat: the more times you hit, the more runners you see on base, and the more total value you create over 162 games

    The leadoff hitter gets roughly 30–50 more plate appearances a season than the #4 hitter. Giving those extra trips to your best hitters matters.

    Old-school baseball people once treated leadoff like a valet parking position for the fastest guy on the roster, even if he had a .301 OBP and swung like he was late for a bus.

    #2 hitter

    This is now often the best overall hitter because:

    *they bat in the 1st inning almost every game
    *they hit with runners on
    *they avoid some empty bases situations
    *they still get tons of plate appearances

    Many analytics people think the #2 spot is actually the premium offensive slot.

    Why the Dodgers hit Ohtani leadoff

    Because:

    1. elite OBP
    2. elite power
    3. elite speed
    4. extra plate appearances matter

    You’re basically guaranteeing:

    More total Ohtani at-bats
    More chances for first-inning runs
    More chaos for pitchers immediately

    For example:

    1. Betts
    2. Freeman
    3. Ohtani
    4. Smith

    might create more RBI situations than putting Ohtani first, but over a full season, analytics generally favor:

    getting elite hitters more plate appearances
    front-loading offense
    avoiding weak hitters at the top

    1. We all know that more care about OBP than BA. But being able to hit for average is an advantage to raising your OPS. Muncy’s OPS is high because he walks a lot and hits for power. Right now, Ohtani is doing neither. he has struck out almost twice as much as he walks. What fans care about is results, and wins, that trumps individual stats. Ohtani hasn’t looked like the same guy for several weeks. You can see he is visibly frustrated. He swings at way too many first pitches that he cannot drive. If you read the back of his baseball card, he should be able to pull out of it. So far, there have been no signs he is. His hard-hit rate is way down.

    2. I agree with this. Top hitters should be hitting 1-2-3 to maximize more plate appearances per game. The rest of the order doesnt matter as much.

       Ohtani-Mookie-Freddie has been the recipe to their success for the last 3 seasons.

       1. In 24, the season started with Betts leading off, and he was doing a great job doing that. Ohtani was doing fine in the 2-hole. That changed ONLY WHEN BETTS hand was broken on June 16th, against the Royals. In the second half, batting second, Mookie’s BA plunged 41 points, his OPS, 81 points and his OBP over 90. He is a .295 hitter as a leadoff batter; he has 52 leadoff homers. He hits just .277 in the 2 hole. His OPS is over .900 leading off. His OBP is 375. This season, Ohtani is hitting .219 leading off. His OBP is just .3342 and his OPS is .780. He has struck out 12 times and walked 5. His BA when swinging at the first pitch is .228. His OBP is .298. OPS .718. Sorry, they might have gotten the job done the last 2 years, but Ohtani is definitely not getting the job done now.

16. 10:10 PM ET

    Giants (17-24)
    Dodgers (24-17)

    SP Adrian Houser R
    0-4 6.19 ERA
    SP Y. Yamamoto R
    3-2 3.09 ERA

    Confirmed Lineup
    DH S. Ohtani L
    SS Mookie Betts R
    1B F. Freeman L
    RF Kyle Tucker L
    C Will Smith R
    3B Max Muncy L
    CF Andy Pages R
    LF T. Hernandez R
    2B Hyeseong Kim L

    64° Wind 8 mph Out

    Tonight we breakout with a WIN!

17. As a long-time lurker who never comments on this site, this Dodgers team is too talented and deep not to win another World Series. As soon as Mookie Betts gets hot, the Dodgers will pull off a 12-15 game-winning streak.

    1. THUMBS UP!

18. “LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani won’t hit in one of the final two games against the San Francisco Giants this week, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hasn’t yet decided if that will be on Wednesday when Ohtani pitches or on Thursday for what would amount to a mental reset day for the slumping superstar”.

19. So I guess the question is how long do you go with guys who aren’t hitting in 2026??? So if Ohtani and Betts are still crap in August do they still bat 1-2 because they have the highest OPS since 2020? If we are still winning I guess the answer is yes. After all we stuck with Conforto for all of 2025

    1. If they are winning, they will stick with what they have. But something has to give. On paper, they are far and away the best offense in either league. On the field, well, that is something else again.

20. This story will have a happy ending.

21. Above, Matt wrote “but trust the process…..”

    After 2 straight titles won in 2 very different ways, I sure as hell will trust the process until proven otherwise. Yes, the team is boring as all hell right now, but whatever. I’d rather say this in May than in Oct, when we’re anything but boring.

    We’ve seen an extended period of suck every single year since this run started in 2013. Maybe back in those early days, losing games in May meant as much as losing games in Sept, but since 2020, it’s not quite the same. So I’ll let them struggle, I’ll let them bore me to sleep (better than any Ambien, that’s for sure!), because I know it’ll eventually turn around, and most importantly, it’ll turn around when it matters most.

    If it doesn’t? Then I’ll complain. But for now? It’s all part of the journey, so I enjoy the ride. And it the major league team sucks, well, the minor league top 3 farm def makes for exciting reports by Jeff, Bear, and Mark (our Ohtani, Betts, Freeman).

    Meanwhile, Watford and I are basically our Kike and Rojas.

    1. Well said!!!!

22. We all have our opinions of what ails the Dodgers. My personal take is that it is a combination of many things, age, approach, lack of good situational hitting. I also think several of the players are pressing. This team has been making mediocre pitchers look good. Not a great recipe for wins.

    1. they have the fifth most wins in all of MLB.

       And they’re not playing well.

       but maybe they should change their hitting approach to a Badger and bear did when they were growing up?

       Forgive me, but that’s just silly.

       1. Some people like to be pessimistic….like sands thru he hourglass….

       2. I think it just silly to keep saying that ‘we still have the ……..best, fifth best etc, when that was a carry over from the beginning of the year. The struggles are NOW. Two more weeks like this you can say we still have the tenth best ……
          On the other hand if they come alive we might have the 3rd best.
          For all these years management and the players have figured it out. Hoping they will this year as well

          1. The struggles are now.

             NOW is not the future.

             1. so far

             2. Stay in the moment Mark.

                Matt “….like sands thru he hourglass….
                That puts the dialog of Dodger past, present, and future into Soap Opera territory.

          2. I have no idea what the point of that post was?

             If the team does better it will be better, if the team does worse it will be worse?

             1. Well If you can’t figure it out, just move on to something else

             2. sounds like you have no clue as well.

       3. “but maybe they should change their hitting approach to a Badger and bear did when they were growing up?

          Forgive me but that’s just silly.”

          Do you mean “get a good pitch to hit”, something learned in Little League and something the Dodgers have clearly abandoned . or was your intent to insult? to a Badger and bear did is a bit ambiguous.

          Whatever. I think we can all agree that the Dodgers currently look like sh*t, but I also hope we can agree a losing streak in May is nothing to be alarmed about. Or maybe it is, what do I know.

23. I don’t care what Bader did his previous AB. I’m not pulling Yoshi. Especially for a washed up Treinen

    1. AF rewarded generous contracts to Treinen and Edman for their contributions in the playoffs and World Series in 2024. Both contracts have been a disaster so far.

24. Pretty early for the dog days os summer, isn’t it?
    I’m not too worried about the Dodgers’ May swoon…. but it is annoying.
    Two thoughts from this game:
    –Maybe Haase is the reason Buster Olney decided to trade Patrick Bailey. The backup catcher nearly hit 3 HRs!
    –Max should have challenged that strike-three call. On the replay the pitch looked outside, and Max probably could have had another hack. It was a key moment late in the game. A learning experience, I hope.

    1. Think he had a brain freeze. Inexplicable with 2 challenges remaining.

25. The dodgers offer the most expensive product in the game. Right now, the quality of the product is shit.

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