Today, you get to pick the topic because I am just so dad gum considerate and want what is best for you. OK, that’s a lie – I’m busy today and have early meetings.
So you pick the topic. Hopefully, it will include the fact that the Rancho Cucamonga beat Madison Bumgarner like a rented mule last night:
- 4 IP
- 9 ER
- 4 HR
- Yeah, he’s ready.
- Isabel and Mieses each hit one and Peters hit 2 – his 17th and 18th.
Or rejoice over Alex Wood being 10-0 with a 1.67 ERA – he should not just be in the All-Star Game, but he should start the All-Star Game!
GO!
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Disagree, not disagreeable
Watched Doc’s kids doing the pre match ceremonies on his Bobblehead night.
That girl can sing – he must have been very proud.
Memorable night for him.
Wow
As I sit here in my car watching that at 06.20am, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up!!!
Incredible.
Thought the game was up after Field’s balk.
Wow
Wow!
WOW
Seems like Avilan has gotten a bit out of sync.
Barnes just reminded me of something that I do not think we do well. Lead off double and Barnes strikes out, failing to advance the runner to third. We fail to move a runner over to third far too often. Guess if that’s our worst failing we are doing OK, but it is still important to execute that maneuver.
That whole outfield should move up!
Yusniel Diaz was named the California League Player of the Month for June.
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https://www.truebluela.com/2017/7/6/15930942/yusniel-diaz-cal-league-player-of-month-dodgers-rancho-cucamonga
DODGERS RECALL SCOTT VAN SLYKE
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled infielder/outfielder Scott Van Slyke from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed left-handed reliever Grant Dayton on the 10-day disabled list with neck stiffness.
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Van Slyke, 30, returns to the big league club for his second stint, after hitting .233 (31-for-133) with 24 runs, eight doubles, three home runs and nine RBI along with a .346 on-base percentage in 40 games with Triple-A OKC this season. In 28 games with Los Angeles this year, he has gone 5-for-41 (.122) with six runs, one double, two home runs and three RBI.
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Dayton, 29, has gone 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA (9 ER/22.1 IP) in 27 relief appearances with the Dodgers this season, while holding the opposition to a .171 batting average (13-for-76) and posting a 1.12 WHIP.
Good article on the Wood trade here: http://dodgersdigest.com/2017/07/06/loving-that-alex-wood-trade-more-every-day/
Minor League Pitchers tonight:
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OKC – Scott Barlow
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Tulsa – Chris Rearick
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RC – Dennis Santana
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Great Lakes – Leo Crawford
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Ogden – Adelberto Pena
1) Forsythe…..2B
2) SEager………SS
3) Turner……….3B
4) Taylor………..LF
5) Barnes………C
6) Kike…………..1B
7) Puig…………..RF
8) Thompson CF
9) Hill…………….P
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Good Righty Heavy lineup and gives Cody a break. Kike has 3 HR’s off Ray and Puig, Barnes, Taylor and Thompson have hit him in the past. Hill will Thrill tonight! Get out the brooms!!
A few days ago, I was listening to MLB.TV and one of the analysts there said that “Within 2 years, Cody Bellinger will be mentioned in the same breath with Mike Trout!”
Turner is on the Allstar team!
His vote count, was a record amount!
JT won the vote baby!!
I am not worried about Cody Bellinger.
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I have watched him adjust and adjust and re-adjust. He is a voracious video watcher and he will figure it out. Right now, it’s simple: They are not giving him much to hit. He will adapt. Of that, I am certain.
First hand observation:
Dodger Stadium is still a great place to watch a game, and Dodger fans were rocking all night!
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Other than Kershaw there were more Puig jerseys than any other player. Puig got a tremendous response when pinch hitting before flying out to LF.
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Wood was tough all night, making big pitches when he had to. He kept the ball down with movement.
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Bellinger may be pressing but other teams still fear him. He forced a pitching change to get Godley out of the game and bring in a leftie. Roberts is showing patience with him as he will bust out of it soon enough. He is pulling his head a bit and seems to be out in front, hence the slow rollers.
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We put a clock on Baez and he was taking 30 seconds or more to go through his nonsense routine and throw a pitch to the hitter. The fielders behind him were doing little routines too out of boredom.
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Jansen got a huge response when he came in for the 9th inning, cheered the entire walk from the bullpen. He did not disappoint the fans.
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1 to 0 is not my preferred type of game to watch but that was a heck of a game and entertaining!
Truth – thought the same thing.
Doc was proactive – got out there to the mound and took charge.
He changed the momentum. Really good management.
Hope life is good.
What an 8th by Baez, heart of the order and he mows them (including Goldy) after giving up that walk. Roberts came out and said something that turned the switch on after the walk, it worked, he looked like a brand new man, was an impressive sequence of events.
Two thoughts:
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The AS game comes at the wrong time for us. We have been hot and I hate to see us take a break at this time. i wish we could just keep rolling. Who knows, we may anyway, but the AS break has a way of resetting things and changing trends.
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Bellinger is beginning to look a lot like Joc in his rookie year, and I hope I am really mistaken. I would like to see him take the AS break to reset himself, relax and work on getting his swing back. The last 6 games he is 4 for 24 with one extra base hit (a double) and no RBI’s plus 8 SO. He hasn’t even been hitting the ball hard, SO and slow rollers.
It would be different if he were hitting the ball hard but right at people, but that isn’t happening. The parallels between Joc and Cody are hard to overlook— wish he wasn’t in the HR hitting contest, and hope he regains his swing before he becomes a head case.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
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OKC – 8-0 win over Iowa Cubs – Justin Masterson went 7 innings to get his 5th win. He allowed 0 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, and 10 strikeouts. He threw 108 pitches. His ERA is back under 4 at 3.94. Offensively Willie Calhoun, Max Muncy, and Bobby Wilson each had two hits. Muncy (8) and O’Koyea Dickson (18) each hit home runs.
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Tulsa – 12-3 win over Frisco Roughriders (Texas) – Walker Buehler went 4.1 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, 2 walks, and 5 strikeouts. His ERA is now sub 3 .00 at 2.98. He threw 73 pitches. It is clear that Walker has a cutoff of 70-75 pitches regardless of where he is in the game. Pitcher wins and losses are no consequence to management. Copping, Kowalczyk, and Sierra closed out the final 4.2 innings. Yaisel Sierra pitched the final 3 and picked up his 4th save.
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Rancho – 14-1 win over San Jose Giants – Mark discussed the outstanding MadBum effort. 4 IP, 9 runs on 9 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 4 HR. As I say with the Dodger starters that go down for a rehab start, results are not important. They are just trying to get in work , and get their rhythm. But you know MadBum was trying a little more because it was a Dodger team. And to be fair, he tired in the fourth when the Quakes jumped on him for 8. Offensively, the Quakes pounded out 17 hits. Ibandel Isabel and Luke Raley each had three hits, while Peters, Johan Mieses, Omar Estevez, Drew Jackson, and Brandon Montgomery had two hits each. Besides DJ’s 2 HR, Isabel (16), Jackson (6) and Mieses (4) all hit HRs. Caleb Ferguson went the first 6 innings for his fifth win . He allowed 1 run on 4 hits, 1 walk, and 5 strikeouts. His ERA is down to 3.10 on the year. Dean Kremer and Daniel Corcino finished the final three innings, each allowing no runs and 1 hit.
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Great Lakes – 5-2 win over South Bend Cubs – Dustin May went five innings for his fifth win. He allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts. His ERA is at 3.24 for the year. Vinny Santarsiero pitched 3 innings allowing 0 runs on 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts. Angel German finished the game for his 5th save. The 21 year old RHRP from Bani, DR, has now pitched 22.2 innings, allowing 3 runs on 11 hits, 10 walks, and 29 strikeouts. He is now at 1.19 ERA/ .149 BAA/ 0.93 WHIP. Offensively, 10th round draft pick out of Kentucky, Zach Reks, had two hits. Christian Santana now has a 13 game hitting streak, and 14 out of 15 to start the season. Cody Thomas and Carlos Rincon each hit their 14th HR.
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Ogden – 17-3 win over Idaho Falls Chukars (KC) – The Raptors pounded out 19 hits. Luiz Paz and Ed Yarnall each had four hits. Paz hit his league leading 5th HR (tied with Christian Santana now at Ogden). Rylan Bannon continued his hot hitting with three more hits, and is now batting .444. Starling Heredia was promoted earlier in the day to Ogden, and he had 2 hits. Moises Perez also with 2 hits. Osiris Ramirez started with three pitchers following to close out the win (Kam Uter, Zach Hartman, and Patrick Duester).
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DSL 1 – 3-2 loss to DSL Royals – Sauryn Lao had three hits. Orlandy Navarro started and went 4 innings. He allowed his first earned run of the year, and his ERA jumped to 0.40. For the year, the 18 year old 6’2″ 175 lbs. RHP from Maracaibo, Venezuela, has pitched 22.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 14 hits, 11 walks, and 26 strikeouts.
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DSL 2 – 7-1 loss to DSL Pirates – Frank Sanchez had two hits including his first HR on the year.
Great job DJ Peters! #Dontlookatme
B17 probably got drunk last night watching our A team beat the giants A team.
I like this article. Good analysis:
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/80995/the-padres-all-star-youve-never-heard-of-will-be-the-most-important-name-at-this-trade-deadline
I know it’s a big surprise, but I agree that Alex Wood should start the ASG. He won’t. I think Max Scherzer will get that honor, and that is very much deserved. Max is having a fantastic year, but so are Wood and Kershaw. Chris Sale probably gets the start in the AL. Wood is closing in on the minimum pitching requirements to qualify for league leaders. Wood has 80.2 IP, but needs 86 to be a current qualifier (1 inning per game). He will need 162 IP before the year ends. Wood is projected for another 14 starts, so if he averages 6 innings per start, that gets him to 164 IP and would become a qualifier.
By Mike Rosenbaum / MLB.com
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No matter what becomes of DJ Peters’ career, he’ll always be able to say that, if only for one game, he got the best of Madison Bumgarner.
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The Dodgers’ No. 18 prospect become the first player ever to hit two home runs against Bumgarner in the same inning on Wednesday, when he connected on a pair of homers in the fourth inning to power Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga in a 14-1 rout over San Jose. It was Peters’ third multihomer game this season and his second in his last four contests after he erupted for three home runs on Sunday.