James Outman got a couple of hits, including a 3-run HR last night. As huge as Tyler Glasnows’ night was (7 IP/14 K’s/3 H/0 BB), the Dodgers needed James to get resurrected, and he is certainly trending in the right direction. This bodes well for the team, and now, if only someone could perform CPR on CT3! If he doesn’t wake up soon, they will have to give him “last rites!”
Louis Varland had some killer stuff… until he didn’t! If the Dodgers’ bottom-of-the-lineup comes to life, there will be no stopping these guys. Alex Vesia always gives up a run or two in a shutout game, and Conner Brogden looked like a guy who has a 24.000 ERA (because he is). I do not think the Dodgers brought Brogden over just to release him after one game. That would be silly. They will work with him for a while to see if they can “fix” him… and boy, does he need to be fixed! It’s a process… sometimes it works – sometimes it doesn’t!
The Dodgers now sit at 10-4 and play at 10:10 PT (1:10 EDT) on getaway day today! I will be driving back from Cleveland listening to the game. Friday, it’s the Friars at home. That will be fun.
- OKC was washed out
- At Tulsa, Rushing was 1-5 with 3 Ks, while Cartaya was 0-4 with 1 K.
- Tulsa’s Kendall Williams went 4 Innings, allowing 1 run, but struck out 3 while walking 5.
- Great Lakes was smoked 7-2 and the only bright spot was Kyle Nevin who was 3-4.
- Rancho lost 6-4, as Kendall George walked 5 times. Yes, 5 Times! Hope added a double while Gelof was 2-5 with a triple. Wilman Diaz was 3-5.
Happy for James, that guy has some pop and his D in CF is getting better and better everyday.
Stick with CT3, he’ll be there when it counts….
What kind of moron throws Kendall George four balls?
A moron who can’t get the ball over the plate to save his life. Kinda “Pitcher yips”.
5 times!
20 balls!
And George apparently didn’t chase anything.
A fine trait in a player whose success relies on his ability to get on base.
Wednesday Dodger Minor League Schedule
10 a.m. PT: Tulsa (Hyun-il Choi) vs. Arkansas (Blas Castano)
2:30 p.m. (doubleheader): Oklahoma City (Kyle Hurt & Landon Knack) at Round Rock (Michael Lorenzen & Tim Brennan)
3:05 p.m.: Great Lakes (Jacob Meador) at Lansing (Grant Judkins)
6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Eriq Swan) vs. Stockton (Alejandro Manzano)
All the naysayers on this site who were worried that the Dodgers overpaid for Ohtoni, read the article on Dodgers Way”, Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani contract is already paying serious off-field dividends “By Katrina Stebbins .
The Dodger way article did not have much information. Just linked Twitter feeds talking about 3 new Dodger sponsorships with Japanese companies: an airline, tire company and pain relief firm.
Ohtani has been great so far. But I am still a naysayer when it comes to paying one player $700 million. Time will tell. Baseball is a team game that takes contributions from 25 players to win championships. One player can rarely carry a team to a championship. Hopefully Ohtani can win multiple WS titles and WS MVPs like Corey Seager has already.
I will get to watch part of the game today. Having lunch with an old friend of mine before I load up my truck for the trip home. Outman looks like he has toned down his swing some. At least Mookie did not have so many bad calls made on him in this game. Taylor looks totally out of sync. Brogdon got tagged because both of those pitches were COOKIES> but, he settled down and finished the game. Good hitters will crush pitches like that.
1:10 PM ET
Dodgers (10-4)
Twins (3-6)
SP Bobby Miller R
1-1 5.87 ERA
SP Chris Paddack R
0-0 4.50 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
2B Mookie Betts R
DH S. Ohtani L
1B F. Freeman L
RF T. Hernandez R
3B Max Muncy L
LF E. Hernandez R
CF James Outman L
SS Miguel Rojas R
C A. Barnes R
63° Wind 10 mph Out
Alex Vesia has made 7 game appearances now and given up runs in 5 of them.
a relief pitcher who relieves batters
ideally suited to torture dodgers fans
Andrew should go find his lefty reliever now instead of waiting for the deadline when all kinds of teams will be bidding for the best guys.
I’m not at all sorry we traded VGon and Ferguson but Vesia is definitely not the answer.
That’s probably the most un-Friedman thing I can think of.
Other than trading a prospect at the nadir of his value.
Getting really sick of Vesia. Used to think he’d be really good. Not so much now.
Can anyone point me to where you can watch post-game Dave Roberts press availabilities?
My goodness. Chris Taylor has to be the worst hitter in all of baseball. Absolutely lost up there at the plate! Time for an “injury” and bring up Vargas
Taylor is done. His only chance at getting out of his “slump,” is to face an uninterrupted line of bad pitchers.
Like most readers here, I’m thrilled that Mark brought back this site. I learn more about what’s going on with the Dodgers than anywhere else. We have the best team in the sport and without question the best front office. With that being said it is fun to play front office for a day. (1) Put Taylor on the DL and send him to Arizona. He needs a mental and emotional break and then work with a hitting guru (since I’m the boss, Nelson Cruz.) After discussing with my staff, we may put Kike on the same path. We haven’t given up on them by a long shot but we have two guys in OKC that we need to take a look at under the big lights (Vargas and Pages.). We need to look for bullpen help especially on the left side (who doesn’t?) Finally, I would have loved to see at spring training (We weren’t the front office then) Will Smith getting reps at third base. Putting him in a learning position during the season could play on ones mind and carry over to hitting. Thanks for letting me indulge my fantasy of being a GM for a day.
We need Will Smith at catcher.
Will Smith is one of the top 3 catchers in the game. You could make a compelling case for calling him the top catcher. However, as our clean up hitter, one could also make a strong case that we are a substantially less dangerous lineup when he is on the bench.
We’ll have him there for many years to come. Smart long-term contract that will give AF flexibility to deal Rushing, Cartaya, Liranzo, Galiz…
Would the Reds deal Matt McLain for a top catching prospect and an SP?
What other possible deals are out there now?
Tim Arango and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times reported late Wednesday that Mizuhara is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes in connection with the purported theft of Ohtani’s money, and that Ohtani himself has been interviewed by the feds as part of the investigation.
While there will never be many Carlos Correa fans on a Dodgers’ fan site, today he showed the kind of arm the Dodgers should have on the left side of infield.
Betts has a better arm than the cheater.