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To say that “ Relief Pitchers are Volatile “… is an incredible understatement! In AA and NA culture, they often say: “ From a hopeless dope fiend to a dopeless hope fiend. ” Relief pitchers can be maddening. In 2022, Andrew Friedman said this in a SI interview: “ Relievers…
Rant & Rave Sunday GAME 1 WIN IN PHILLY. pic.twitter.com/mnjX9qlveM — Nate (@dodgernate) October 5, 2025 It wasn’t pretty, but it was poetic. The team that led the league in Comebacks came back! Ohtani did not have his best stuff, and Glasnow’s control was suspect, but it was…
I will not draw any conclusions from what I am about to post. All I will say is that Preller has a .490 winning percentage since he took over in San Diego. Here’s a best-effort, year-by-year rollup of Padres prospects/minor-leaguers A.J. Preller has traded away since he took…
At the trade deadline, all of the sports media proclaimed that the Padres had “Won the Trade Deadline.” After all, they got O’Hean, Lauerano, Sears, and (OMG) Mason Miller, who throws 150 MPH as a closer. The Dodgers and every other MLB team were warned that the Padres were the…
Certainly, the Dodgers have the star power. They showed at the stars come out at night in the Playoffs at Dodger Stadium; however, there is one factor that is not usually measured, and that is JunkyardDogism! I love that word… partially because it makes Bluto’s head explode. 😉…
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 2024. It is tough in the modern era to win it two years in a row. In fact, it has not been done in 25 years. The Dodgers have a shot, but it is much more difficult this time around. Everyone has analytics and scouting. It’s a chess…
It’s almost October, and Mr. October (Kike Hernandez), who was 3-4 yesterday, is warming up. I agree with David: Conforto and Rushing are hitting .200 – set them today. 😉 I think we got a glimpse of Dalton Rushing’s prodigious power yesterday. That HR was a missile! Miggy Ro may…
Many Dodger fans have lost what little of their minds were left in the past few weeks due to epic bullpen meltdowns, among other things. First of all, here the Dodgers are: winning another NL West Title 12 out of the last 13 years. Andrew Friedman has been involved in most of…
Andrew Friedman said he was not going to be forced to make trades at the deadline because it results in dope-fiend moves that frequently don’t give excellent results. SD gutted their farm, and they have not really flourished. What is happening with the Dodgers’ bullpen would be…
Well, the 800-pound gorilla in the room is Blake Treinen. Some fans question why Dave Roberts keeps rolling him out only to see him get bombed again. Well, all I can tell you is that fans obviously know more than Dave Roberts, Mark Prior, the training staff, and the front…
I have to strongly disagree with anyone who thinks Prospects aren’t important to the Dodgers. Here’s a list of Players who have been (in one way or another) developed by the Dodgers over the past 10 yaesr and I am not even going to talk about Garvey, Lopes, Russell, Cey, Yeager…
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