I mean… is that even possible? How is it possible? As you read below what I wrote about the minor leagues, the Dodger system is just “riddled” with these power arms. I have never seen anything like it. Farhan can steal a player here or there (like Nunez) and their farm system is improving, but nothing like what is happening Down on the Farm in Dodgerland.
It was announced yesterday that Ryan Pepiot broke into the MLB Top 100 Prospect List. That gives the Dodgers 6 of the Top 100 players. SIX! Bobby Miller, Diego Cartaya, Ryan Pepiot, Michael Busch, Miguel Vargas, and Andy Pages. Then, I see players like Clayton Beeter, Landon Knack, Jose Ramos, Michael Grove, Hyun-il Choi, Nick Nastrini, Maddux Bruns, and quite a few others and saw HOLY COW! How did they do thiS? Like Keith Law predicted, the Dodgers really may be the Number One Farm System in Baseball.
Minor League News
- At OKC last night Caleb Ferguson pitched 1/3 of an inning. He allowed 2 Hits, 3 Runs, 1 BB, 1 K, and has an 81.00 ERA!
- At Tulsa last night, I watched Clayton Beeter pitch 4 innings of no-hit ball and strike out 8. Then Jordon Leasure in his AA debut struck out the side in the 5th. Both of these guys have very sick stiff! WOW! Just WOW! Clayton Beeter throws the ball so effortlessly and throws a pitch about every 10 seconds – he wastes no time in bringing it back to the plate.! Jacob Amaya hit another HR and had a BB. Can he keep it up?
- At Great Lakes last night, Eddys Leonard hit a 2-run HR. He is starting to heat up.
- At Rancho Cucamonga last night, Maddux Bruns went 2.2 innings, allowing 3 hirs ans 1 ER. He walked no one and struck out 6. Tommy Kahnle pitched a 1/3 of an inning but gave up 2 H and 1 ER. 19-year-old LH, Ronan Kopp went the final two innings for the win, striking out 3. He has now struck out 19 in 8 IP. Of course, walks are a thing. He has 9.
- Unlike other Minor League Reports, I do not focus on the game results – I look at exciting and relevant performances from prospects. There are much better Minor League Reports, such as at LA Dodger Chronicles.
Trevor News… is Allegedly Forthcoming!
Tigers vs. Dodgers Tonight – Tyler Anderson Tanks the Bump!
Remember These Guys?
Wilt, Andre and the little guy in the middle is the former Governor.
Does Beeter or Knack have closer type stuff? Or are they starter types?
Both, but of the two Beeter is a little more likely to be a reliever. IMO
What’s the prediction on Bauer, an admin extension , suspension or reinstatement?
It depends upon how big of a moron Manfred is and I think he is a pretty big one.
Totally agree!
I wonder if the Dodgers already have Plan A, B, and C ready depending on Bauer’s new status.
Could one of those plans already have a trade agreement with another team if Bauer draws a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card?
Yes, Lux is dreading every throw he makes now. A few of them will be errors. Still, he will make more plays at second than Muncy. Send Lux to Cereset. https://cereset.com/
I’m getting a good feeling about Jacob Amaya.
I never thought that Jacob Amaya would hit enough to play every day… until this year. Now he has my attention.
HIGH-RESOLUTION, RELATIONAL, RESONANCE-BASED,
ELECTROENCEPHALIC MIRRORING
Sounds like my kind of therapy.
Or they could just tell him to start throwing like a shortstop.
Amaya believing?
Yes. Yes I am.
But will he be better than Taylor at 2B?
Put Muncy at 3B!
The Dodgers re-tooled Will Smith’s swing and it happened quickly!
It took longer with Ruiz and I am not sure it took!
They have been working with Amaya on his swing for almost 3 years.
It is starting to look like it is happening!
Progress is not linear!
Are the yips are real or imaginary? Does Lux have them? There are all kinds of coaches and psychologists putting out stuff like this, trying to cure it, whether it’s baseball, golf, shooting free throws….whatever.
https://www.peaksports.com/overcome-throwing-yips/
I call it “Stinking Thinking” and words like anxiety, tension, and over control of actions always show up.
“Feeling like an alien has taken over their body and they have no control”
You’ve seen him, Phil. You have seen that “look” when he has to throw. What do you think?
I absolutely agree with you and Badger that Lux has the yips. I can smell his brain burning when he double clutches and shoves his throws. His expressions and impaired throwing actions are a dead give away to me. I’ve heard folks say”yeah but he’s only made one error” and “everybody makes a bad throw”.
Yup, everybody makes an error. It’s part of the game. But Lux lobs grenades or spikes throws with a very involuntary action. It happens on short throws and plays where he has extra time to think, mostly. Freddie and a successful review saved him from another error on a short toss. The voices take over at those times. And it’s getting worse. It works that way.
I had my own mental processes to help overcome it as a coach and player. But the curse is hard to shake. The fear lingers even after many successful reps creating. Always that little bit of doubt if you can’t shake it.
It’s caused more than one player to change positions or quit. I played against a first pick in 70 or 71 named Mike Ivey. Big stud catcher who couldn’t throw the ball back to the pitcher especially with a man on 3rd. He eventually moved to first base.
I was accused yesterday of rooting against Gavin, being a JUX hater, overreacting, getting an ulcer and lacking vision. None of that is true. I would like nothing more than for him to be successful for his sake and the Dodgers. But I’ve been there and seen that. He has a problem that would best be addressed right now by moving him to the outfield.
…”I was accused yesterday of rooting against Gavin, being a JUX hater, overreacting, getting an ulcer and lacking vision.”
We are just getting you ready for a career in politics should you decide to go that route.
BTW, I was poking at Mark from a safe distance with my reference to vision and you unfortunately were collateral damage.
Bum, thanks for the attempt to prep me for a future in politics but there’s no chance that I will ever run for anything. I couldn’t survive the scrutiny.
I first heard of “Stinking Thinking” from the Stuart Smalley character that future Sen. Al Franken created on SNL. You may recall it was in the form of a public-access local cable show called “Daily Affirmation” in which Stuart always revealed his insecurities.
One the best SNL skits ever had Stuart interviewing (guest host) Michael Jordan. Stuart is so sports-illiterate he has no idea who MJ is –just that he played basketball. Stuart tries to draw this GOAT out on his own insecurities, about how he must think he’ll fail when “you try to throw the ball in the circle.”
“No, Stuart, I never think anything like that.”
Stuart gives arches an eyebrow and sighs.
“Michael… Denial is not a river in Egypt.”
And that was the first time I ever heard that line, too…about 30 years back.
But yes: Lux is doing some stinking thinking when the ball is hit his way.
“Progress is not linear” that is true, that is for everyone, that also applies to Gavin Lux.
I am not saying that Lux needs to go to LF forever.
Trae Turner played sometime in the outfield… and 2B. He’s now a SS. Really not much better than the last one.
I just want to take the mental pressure off of Lux right now and just let him hit.
We can re-visit the infield later.
He might have a monster year!
Jessica Mendoza is the best thing to happen to a microphone since Vinnie left. She knows the game, the strategies, the players, the teams, the trends. She matches well with Joe. And you can tell she Loves the game & what she’s doing. Her informed enthusiasm is infectious.
I agree. I wish we had more of her. Right now, she will not be back until July.
She also has a great dynamic with Joe… but Joe is great with anyone.
I want Joe to have the time to create interest in the game without constantly getting out of a flow by a color commentator sharing technical information every time Joe takes a breath. She is good and can be better with less. Same with all the other people sharing a booth with Joe.
Dodgers: Reliever Tommy Kahnle Nearing a Return
Brook Smith
Apr 29
It’s kind of wild to think that the Dodgers pitching staff could be getting much better in the month of May. With a few guys set to return from the injured list, the bullpen in particular will be something to watch. With guys like Tommy Kahnle and Caleb Ferguson on the horizon, this relief team could be insane.
But Kahnle is by far the closest to a return. In fact, he could be joining up with the Dodgers VERY soon. The 32-year-old reliever has been out since 2020 after undergoing Tommy John surgery while playing with the Yankees. Los Angeles scooped him up on a 2-year deal in hopes that he would be 100 percent ready to go for this season.
He appeared in his 8th game this month during the Quakes game last night. It was also the first time that he had pitched on back-to-back nights, one of the final boxes that he needed to check off before the Dodgers would consider making a move.
The most likely scenario is that Kahnle will be joining up with the Dodgers after May 1st. That’s when the roster sizes will need to be trimmed back to 26 players, down from the 28 that MLB allowed due to the shortened Spring Training.
It would appear to me that Garrett Cleavinger and Mitch White will be the odd men out, but then Treinen will be back at some point. Who goes down then?
Believe it or not, I think Moronta is very useful and experienced. I can’t see any way the Dodgers don’t try and move Price. If they could get someone to pay 1/3 of his salary or package another player the other team really wants….???
Andre Jackson currently on the active roster is also a candidate to be sent back to Oklahoma City.
BTW, the Giants have the #1 Bullpen ERA, but they are relying on their bullpen for about 20% more innings than the Dodgers. They will come back and bite them big time as they wear down… and out!
Bluto,
By the way, I saw a comment from you in spam from a couple of days ago asking me to be kinder and gentler to journalists.
That won’t happen. I know enough of them to understand why they often hide or slant a story to fit a narrative. This does not just happen in politics, but also in sports (as much or more). Quite often (more than most people realize) they gloss over or ignore something in favor of promoting a certain narrative.
Are you reading about Lux and the “yips” anywhere else? No, but you can read current articles about how he overcame them (it’s a narrative they are creating).
Any idea why?
Do you think there has been a polite directive not to promote that?
I cannot say how I know, but I know exactly what is going on Inside Yip Control.
Media is mostly corporate owned now. Corporations are about money and only money. They package what sells. What sells? Well, the truth sells over here and alternate truth sells over there. In these times I find it’s be me much more difficult to know fact from alternative fact. Fiction can be entertaining. I know what works for me. At this point in my life, I choose to be entertained.
Inside Yip Control. Bumswrap has an answer to that. Let’s ask him.
You make me sound like fishwrap. I at times resemble that but I encourage you to instead to find my directive to promote me as Bumsrap.
My mistake. It will never happen again as no one would ever mistake you for a wrapper.
That was such a silly post, Mark.
Aspire to do better.
This blog, while fun, isn’t even in the same Universe, in quality, as professional media.
“Do better”
I see this phrase used all the time, usually by the same types of people who are fond of using the word “problematic,” or “disinformation,” or other vague perjoratives.
I find it unsettling. To my ears it sounds like a demand for conformity.
Bauer….324 game suspension….2 years of the regular season. Couldn’t have happened to a bigger scumbag.
From a purely financial perspective, does this mean we don’t have to pay his salary this and next year?
Also, do we get a refund for last year’s salary?
Yep we’re off the hook for the remainder of this year and next. Freeman probably just blew a load.
You mean Friedman not Freddie!
Yup 🙂
Last year’s salary may not apply, as well as this year and next. The Dodgers have a case.
Manfred is dumber than I ever imagined and I knew he was really dumb.
Let the fireworks begin. It will be a Scorched Earth Fight!
Wow. Just wow!
Bauer’s lawyers are hard at work on this.
This should be entertaining.
What a shock!
Another Installation for Ultra High Purity Laboratory-Grade Water at a Federal Government Building. This is what my “real job” entails:
Looks like my garage.
Chelsea: Todd Boehly chosen as preferred bidder for Premier League club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 29, 2022
Statement from the Los Angeles Dodgers:
Today we were informed that MLB has concluded its investigation into allegations that have been made against Trevor Bauer, and the Commissioner has issued his decision regarding discipline. The Dodgers organization takes all allegations of this nature very seriously and does not condone or excuse any acts of domestic violence or sexual assault. We’ve cooperated fully with MLB’s investigation since it began, and we fully support MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Policy, and the Commissioner’s enforcement of the Policy. We understand that Trevor has the right to appeal the Commissioner’s decision. Therefore, we will not comment further until the process is complete.
I do not think the appeal will not be resolved this year, so the Dodgers get payroll relief.
It is possible Bauer will seek Injunctive Relief.
This is going to get really, really ugly!
Ugly? Nah. Hopefully this will be fun to watch.
The Dodgers had to have some idea of this suspension and its length and now are under one monetary threshold and room to make more deals in the future especially at the trading deadline.
Will they offer Bauer’s money to Turner?
Maybe free parking for a month would be a better PR move. Given the parking fees, maybe for a couple days.
Glad this chapter is finally coming to an end for the Dodgers, time to move on finally a decision has been rendered. From my viewpoint I think he got screwed, sad when MLB trumps the District of Attorney’s office but that’s just my opinion. He would have been a stain on the organization if he played again for us so maybe this is the best thing.
Glad we can finally know where we stand at financially as far as signing players and wheeling and dealing.
This ain’t going away.
It will be page 1 for a long time to come.
Yeah he’s going to file a lawsuit but he still will NEVER EVER pitch for the Dodgers again.
I find myself rooting for Bauer on this.
Is that wrong?
You and me both, Badger.
Actually I’m rooting for him to be able to tell his entire version publicly and at this point I believe him over her.
Does this mean we have to give up our Liberal Elitist cards?
I’m actually a little surprised, Badger, that you’re taking this position. In terms of the prevailing narrative of the people who share your world view, you’re going off the reservation.
I agree and I do think his suspension will ultimately get reduced. This is completely unprecedented.
Wow. Just simply wow. But now they have some wiggle room to add an arm.
Bauer might win his salary for last year and for 22 and 23 but hopefully if he is not allowed to pitch, the MLB won’t count it against the CBT. The Dodgers signed him so I don’t mind if the courts say they have to pay him as long as he doesn’t count against the CBT.
I hope I don’t have to have to see this regurgitated all year long here. The guy regurgitating on the infield was enough for me this year.
First of all, Bauer will have appeal rights with MLB. He will have to exhaust that before he seeks relief from any court.
Once that process is complete, his grounds for appeal to a court will be very limited. MLB is a private organization with its own rules. As long as MLB acts within its rules, Bauer won’t be able to do much.
What Bauer will have to prove in court is that MLB acted in a fashion inconsistent with its own rules, its collective bargaining agreement with the union, and with Bauer’s contract with the Dodgers.
It’s not a criminal court standard. It has nothing to do with a presumption of innocence or with the fact that he was not charged with a crime.
Ok, that innocence thing again. Innocence got nothing to do with it.
Civil action?
Not until he exhausts his appeal rights with MLB.
Assuming that you’re correct that Bauer’s main hope is with the arbitrator, I believe somewhere in the agreement it states that it has to be done quickly so we’ll probably have an answer to that part of it within the next few weeks.
If Bauer is actually as innocent as he says he is, I would think he would ultimately want to take this to civil court where he might be able to show all of his evidence. Everyone has heard her side of it, but he hasn’t yet had a venue where he can publicly give his side and obviously his attorneys have advised him to bide his time for now.
JFC
Innocence doesn’t matter! This isn’t a court of law.
2 years is insane. My jaw dropped. Unprecedented. Either they found something damning that we aren’t aware of or they have simply lost their mind.
I haven’t seen any statement from the Players Association. I can’t see the players being ok with this length of suspension. If they don’t come out forcefully against this I can only conclude that there is something else out there that hasn’t been made public. I simply can’t imagine the PA standing for this if the facts are what we believe them to be.
Seriously. A player could shoot up with HGH, drop kick a puppy and do a line of coke live on the Jumbotron in the middle of a game and not get a 2 year suspension.
I don’t think it didn’t happened by chance that they suspended him throughout 2024, the end of the contract. MLB thinks Dodgers has payed enough for a player getting his money without performing.
Wow. My jaw dropped too. We’ve only just begun. But at least there is some temporary closure for the Dodgers. We don’t have to deal with the distraction of his possible return and the fan reactions plus it appears we know our financial situation more clearly.
So I’m no math major but what I initially understand is he got 324 games suspended. And the Dodgers are off the hook for that salary, starting today. So for 2022 and 2023 he was due $64 million. With the 324 games suspended that’s $200,000 per game. I love that we finally got some relief (maybe) and 200K per game is a nice number.
But my question is how can Rob Manfred spend $26 million Dodger dollars? While Rob had Bauer on “administrative leave” he couldn’t play. And the Dodgers were on the hook for that dead money. Last year’s salary was $235,000 per game. He was “on leave” for 111 games = $26 million. This year it’s been 18 games at $200,000 per. That’s about $26 +or-. How is it that Rob can delay a suspension decision while he forces the Dodgers to spend $26 million. What am I missing here?
“Temporary closure” is the correct term.
Some have indicated that the Dodgers now have Bauer’s salary to spend but they had better not do that until Bauer loses his appeal. If he wins, they’re on the hook for more $.
So actually, nothing has really been settled today except that Bauer can now go ahead with his appeal.
MLB and Manfred are a Joke. Rediculous.
I Hope TB goes all the way against this decision and it will end the reign of manfred
Go Dodgers!
There is a lot at stake here… including MLB’s “Anti-Trust” Protection.
Manfred has no idea what he is up against.
Innocence and Guilt (Evidence) certainly come into play and Reasonable Doubt and Preponderance of the Evidence are also standards that may not specifically apply, but they are more valid than”Whim and Caprice” which is what Manfred has applied.
This will be Manfred’s undoing!
Now, I am really pissed:
Gavin Lux is playing 2B tonight.
Why are you trying to ruin him, Doc?
This is not going to end well.
Why do I act as if I know more than Doc?
There is a reason…
Because Mark as evident by your analysis of Lux and of Bauer’s situation you (and I, and everyone here) KNOW NOTHING.
That’s why we have media and informed sources
If you believe that, I am OK with it…
I am all about Freedom of Speech.
BTW, I have a bridge that I would like to show you.
Freedom of Speech has nothing to do with what we are discussing.
It’s informed vs. uninformed.
Can I wait until infrastructural dollars are spent before buying a bridge?
I was directing the Freedom of Speech to you, not this case.
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Confirmed Lineup
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SS Trea Turner R
3B J. Turner R
DH Max Muncy L
C Will Smith R
CF C. Bellinger L
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Gavin still at 2B?
To me, it’s kinda obvious what’s going on here. Every suspension that been given out for this sort of thing so far has been agreed to by the player and MLB. Not once, has MLB unilaterally imposed as suspension for a player under this clause before.
I’m assuming that Trevor was offered less, and he told the MLB to pound sand, I didn’t nothing wrong. I’m not agreeing to a suspension. So MLB dragged their feet and come back with, okay then we’ll show you who’s boss. Now, Bauer will appeal and sue until he gets when he thinks is fair.
This really sucks for him and the Dodgers.
I can’t stand Manfred. The owners need to dump that piece of crap.
Jayne Cobb, that sentence in one of my all time favorites I’ve ever read on this site. Cheers!
The other shoe finally dropped.
At this point I’m almost relieved. It essentially voids Bauer’s contract, which actually helps the Dodgers. They can now move on, and their statement effectively distanced themselves from the drama and distraction that is sure to ensue.
The thing that always bothered me about this case were the woman’s facial and vaginal injuries, which can’t be adequately explained by “rough sex.” He claims she did not have them when she left in the morning. That she did that to herself or someone else did strains credulity.
I don’t know if the suspension is right or wrong, but I’m ready to move on and focus my baseball bandwidth on actual baseball, not vaginal bruising or due process.
Remember, Bauer is suing her:
“In the lawsuit, Bauer said the woman contacted him after their first sexual encounter in an attempt to set up a second meeting for “a rougher sexual experience so she could later claim this sexual experience was not what she requested and thereby lay the groundwork for a financial settlement.”
The suit also states the woman texted a friend and told her “they would be able to travel to Europe together in style once she was successful in her plot to destroy Mr. Bauer by tricking him into having rough and rougher sex with her.”
If these things are in fact true, credulity returns.
I think Bluto is right. We need an investigative reporter to dig into this. None of us knows what the hell is going on here. None of it adds up.
I think the suit against the woman was a mistake by Bauer. Suing Deadspin is one thing. She’s a more sympathetic figure.
These are accusations by team Bauer. They may be true, but they come from Team Bauer’s framing of the case. Obviously they have an interest in framing it this way. Does that make it true … or false?
I’d like to see the actual text messages.
Sympathetic figure? Really?
Yes. A woman that looks like she was punched in the face generates sympathy. It’s human psychology. Call it the human tendency to identify with victims or a protective instinct, or whatever, but it’s a thing.
She might be a total con artist. That’s not the point.
It is only a mistake if he is Guilty, IMO.
And who exactly gets to decide that? Also when?
From the perspective of him managing his public image it was a mistake. At this point, though, since he’s practically gone from the game, I suppose he can sue the hell out of her.
… our ideologically captured corporate media decides. Haven’t you been paying attention?
Is Bauer also suing the other former rough-sex-partner who recently came forward?
“That she did that to herself or had someone else do it strains credulity.” Where did I hear that logic before? Hmm , Jussie Smollett ring a bell?
Yes, it’s a possibility. There is a difference between what is possible and what is most likely. I might change my mind if I see more evidence, but I can only go with what’s out there.
Juicy Smollet is not evidence in this particular case.
I don’t put nothin past nobody. Double negative be damned.
I agree with dodgerpatch. I’m ready to move on.
“That she did that to herself or someone else did strains credulity.” I can’t see her doing it to herself, but I can see it being done by an irate boy friend,
I joked a while back that it was Tatis who caused the injuries. He went on a violent rage when he found out the woman he was hooking up with subsequently hooked up with his online and baseball nemesis. Bauer kind of cucked him.
You never know.
Evidently a new accuser has spoken out. Per the Washington Post;
The Columbus woman shared photos and screenshots of text messages documenting that she had a relationship with Bauer. One screenshot shows a text message bearing Bauer’s name in which he allegedly wrote, “I want to f— you while you’re completely unconscious.”
The article states that he would choke her until unconscious. She had asked to stop doing that but he didn’t.
The Columbus woman and her lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said she shared her allegations with the league. She said she is willing to testify in the arbitration hearing that would result from Bauer appealing. MLB declined to comment for this story.
So, this is allegedly new information that we knew something about before, but has allegedly been “sealed by the court.”
I have never read any of the filings in this case, but I have talked to a person who did and said it was a “complete shakedown.”
So, maybe this will be a linchpin. I do not know what I don’t know….
The Post article is referring to a third woman. She did not go to court and her attorney says she has video ( Bauer supposedly wore a GoPro) showing him choking her, with her turning blue and trying to get him to stop. Guess this will all be adjudicated during the hearing.
Yeah, when I read about another woman from a couple of years ago making the same exact accusations, that made me reassess the whole thing just a little bit.
There seems to be a pattern emerging.
That’s what this woman said and says that’s why she came forward. The thinking is that the hearing could take awhile before it takes place.
She has his video? And how many times did this woman come back for more?
Her coming forward now could be interpreted as opportunistic. It would help if she had some receipts.
Turns out it isn’t a single arbitrator, but rather a panel of 3.
One picked by MLB
One picked by the union.
One picked by MLB and the union. Considering how the CBA just went, that third person may take a year or two for them to agree on.
The team still has no clue what their financial ramifications will be since the panel may let the suspension stand as is, may reduce it or may throw it out altogether.
MLB wants this to go away. The Dodgers want this to go away. Dodger fans want this to go away. Bauer has repeatedly shown he is NOT just going to let this go away. I hope he can persevere and the shakedown attempt is exposed for what it was, a crude attempt for a multimillion dollar nondisclosure agreement and the utter and complete destruction of a man’s reputation, career and future. Let the truth come out . ALL OF IT.
Another Bauer accuser…same creepy details as the previous ones. Maybe just maybe it’s not them and he’s the problem?
Lay down with dogs, get fleeced. Back to BASEBALL. GO GAVIN LUX. GO DODGERS. The good news tonite ,to paraphrase what Obama said about Biden: Don’t underestimate the Tigers ability to f#*k a game up
Dear fellow DODGER FANS: As patriotic citizen of AMERICA, I will henceforth forward any “suspect” comments to Biden’s DISINFORMATION GOVERNANCE BOARD for evaluation. Nothing personal. Just being a good citizen.
Ok, that is too political…
STOP
So, delete it!
Ignore it.
Wow. Taylor got all of that one.
Say what you want about the U.S. Ministry of Truth, but I have to admit its Twitter account is entertaining.
https://twitter.com/USMiniTru/status/1520170875785461763?t=1Cl6ANY4kE9p9-3LMHFpKA&s=19
Suspend him.
The pitch to Baez was all over the plate.
I miss the old days before the new MEGA-LEAGUE, when the Dodgers didn’t have to play sad sack American League teams like the Tigers. NL has enough farm team clubs like Cincinnati, who will soon be 3-20.
That’s how second base is played, that’s a second baseman, a Lux…ury second baseman !!!
He looked good on two plays, but you sound like you are begging or praying. I wish the Yips are gone. But they are not!
At some point it was decided that Lux was a bust and should be traded. Once belief sets in and takes root, all evidence is interpreted to fit that narrative.
Good game. 5 runs on 6 hits, pitching was solid. Even Moronta did ok. But he is about to burst the buttons on that uni. Bauer is persona non grata for me now. He is no longer a Dodger. The team is done commenting on him and so am I.
I agree OldBear48…..time to move on from Bauer and get back to Dodger baseball….that was a good ballgame last night! I am hoping for a Freeway World Series in 2022! I remember going to Dodger Stadium in the early 1960’s for Angel home games too and always hoped for the two to meet in a World Series. Maybe this year….
I went to a few of those games too Tom. Early ‘62, April maybe, I saw Sam McDowell as a rookie. My grandfather, who pitched professionally in the 30s, said “this kid is going to be a good one”. I remember an enormous looking Steve Bilko striking out, Leon Wagner split his hands on the bat, Ryne Duran pitched, Tito Francona, Joe Nuxhall, I only remember him because his baseball card said he was the youngest player to make it to the bigs, Eli Grba because who is named Grba? Don’t remember much else. That was my first game at Dodger Stadium. Not many people there.
Yup, let’s all move in from Bauer. I get it.
But I do have a question, maybe A naïve one.
What exactly is the reason being given for his suspension ?
Suspending a person for two years, without pay, certainly would require a reason.
Has one been given ?
They don’t give a reason. They just say that they concluded their investigation and found he violated the terms and here’s the suspension. During the process, they negotiate a suspension that both sides agree to in all other cases. It sure looks like Bauer told them to pound sand and MLB handed down a ridiculously large suspension. Now it goes to the next step which is the appeal process.
As far as the third accuser goes, Trevor released a video response in YouTube…
He had several interaction with the women from 2013-18.
She still text messages him with offers and sexually explicit photos and videos.
She asked him for money to keep their sexual encounters quiet.
She asked in a text message to be choked and to come in through the back door.
She is the first person that introduced him to choking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeikb4UoFj8