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Yesterday, we discussed standing down at the trade deadline because of many problems with this 2018 version of the Dodgers. While they are officially in first place in the NL West, they look like a flawed team and they are! But guess what? So is every other team. It is my opinion that this starting rotation is as good as any in baseball from top-to-bottom, especially if they are healthy.
Usually at the trade deadline, every team looks to get better so that they can make that special run and maybe, just maybe, catch lightening in a bottle. Me? I am becoming to develop a realization that the Dodgers problems are too complex and deep to solve with more deadline trades. Let s consider what the Dodger s problems might be: Kenley Jansen His velocity is down way down. If you
Andrew Toles has a great story out of baseball, stocking groceries and back to baseball. From the outhouse to the penthouse and even after that he has endured even more adversity in the form of injury. However, he apparently is healthy and ready to contribute. I am going to make the case that he can contribute to the Dodgers success in the biggest way by playing CF and leading
NFL Attendance has peaked and is going the other direction. Baseball purists say that baseball is healthy and why change the game? The answer is really simple: while there are certainly some young fans, baseball is not as popular among the Millenials and Gen X as it was during the Baby Boomer Generation. I guarantee that in the next few years, there are going to be substantially fewer crowds watching
and you have two players below .600 OPS (Barnes and Forsythe) and one barely above it (Utley @ .621), it s time for some new blood. It s bad enough that the Dodgers have four other KEY HITTERS hitting .245 or lower: Pederson, Bellinger, Grandal and Hernandez. The diference is that their OPS are all .779 to .843. We all know what the definition of insanity is. Let s face it: Barnes, Utley
Three weeks for the trade deadline and rumors without knowledge continue to excite or anger baseball fans across the country. It is fun to read other fans takes on their teams and how their prospects line up with others. I was really enjoying Brewers’ fans takes that Keston Hiura should not be included in any trade for Manny Machado, but the Dodgers are silly for not including Verdugo or Ruiz
AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT BE POPULAR. It was said that the entire Dodger team watched Walker Buehler throw a simulated game yesterday he s not just another arm. His stuff is electric and he should ready to start next weekend against the Angels. I have heard that he likley will not have a cap on his innings this year (within reason). I expect to see him log
when the Dodgers could have traded for Cole Hamels for SVS and JDL? (Neither do I, but some insist it is true.) when every Dodger fan wanted Sonny Gray? when Dodger fans wanted David Price? when Dodgers fans were upset that Zack Greinke was not resigned by the Dodgers? I remember when FAZ signed Anderson, McCarthy and Kazmir? when FAZ got Barnes, Hernandez, Grandal, Taylor,
Much disappointment has been expressed because the Dodgers couldn’t sign their first round selection this year. High school right-hander J.T. Ginn chose to attend Mississippi State University and perhaps enter the draft again in 2020 after his sophomore year. I was 100 percent sure that the Dodgers had a commitment that he would sign or else why would they select him with their first overall selection when some very good
With the Dodgers epic struggles early this season firmly fixed in the rear-view mirror, the fan expectations are lukewarm at best. However, here the Dodgers sit, tied for first place with the D-bags and I tend to like it that fans are not too excited (I like it a lot) because conventional wisdom is frequently wrong. Don t get me wrong the 2017 Dodgers weren t bad, but they were a
I already see that the FAZ Bashers are up in arms over the re-acquisitions of right-handers Dylan Floro and Zach Neal from the Reds in exchange for right-handers Aneurys Zabala and James Marinan. Probably the most important reason is that the Dodgers also got some international bonus pool money from the Reds, which may be the key to the deal. I know that the bonus money can only be assigned in $250,000 increments, but as yet, I have not
I m off to go boating with my daughters family today so this is short! My wife and youngest son are doing a 4th of July event with their ice cream trucks and my oldest son is in Long Island today. So, it s just me Fireworks at Dodger Stadium have been cancelled due to the Dodgers smoking hot bats! Max Freaking Muncy should own 2B. With Gold Glove Caliber players at
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