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What Happens After Corey Seager?

What do the Dodgers do now? Personnel wise – NOTHING . FAZ needs rely on what they have developed. They have shortstops that can play at the ML level, although certainly not at the Corey Seager level. Other than Francisco Lindor or Carlos Correa, there is no other comparable SS. There is absolutely no reason to make a trade for a rental like Manny Machado. But let’s be realistic .

By Jeff Dominique · May 2, 201850

You Are What Your Record Says You Are

The Dodgers are currently 12-16 and have a losing record at home and on the road. There record says they are a sub .500 team and their record is accurate. It s a new month and they better develop a sense of urgency, or the wheels may fall off this thing and they could become sellers at the trade deadline. Personally, I believe that that have too much talent and depth,

By Mark Timmons · May 1, 201842

Next Man Up! It s That Simple

As if Dodger fans were not outraged enough by losing 3 out of 4 to the Giants and the team being three games under .500, today we find out that Corey Seager needs Tommy John Surgery. Of course, over the past few days FAZ has been skewered for just about every imaginable and unimaginable mistake they have ever made real or concocted. Almost everyone is saying that the Dodgers

By Mark Timmons · May 1, 201836

Sometimes the Best Moves are the Ones You Never Make

Yesterday, these were no wholesale changes on the Dodgers roster. Who the hell predicted that anyway? What a moron! No names will be mentioned to protect the guilty. Never speak of this again! The first game of the doubleheader allowed the Dodger bats to break out against the Giants with 15 runs, as the Dodgers won 15-6. The Giants came back and won game 2 by a 8-3 score, even

By Mark Timmons · April 29, 201895

Get Ready for Some Change

Heading into a double-header with the Giants and having the bullpen implode is going to give rise to some roster changes today. Before I get into that, you should consider what Vegas Dodger said, so eloquently: Guys you need to relax….even though after the Rams 1 pick tonight I went out to the casino, choosing not to watch the game, sensing a negative outcome. Doc Roberts is getting frustrated with

By Mark Timmons · April 28, 201857

Dodger Chatter: The Other Side of the Coin

Most of the talk re: minor league players on Dodger blogs centers around those players considered to be top prospects .That is about Walker Buehler, Keibert Ruiz, Connor Wong, Dennis Santana, DJ Peters, Alex Verdugo and other highly ranked prospects. They have, for the most part, earned their recognition by their ascension through the ranks and perhaps some by their draft selection placement or signing bonus. I have no problem

By Mark Timmons · April 27, 201841

It s Deja Vu All Over Again

On April 25, 2017. The Los Angeles Dodgers had 10 wins and 11 losses and Dodger fans were talking crazy: Here s one: Watching the Dodger hitters ineptitude last night was frustrating. It seems to me (bright baseball minds on this sight can provide the stats that say yea or ney) that the inability to hit LH pitching or with RISP goes hand in hand with games like last night where

By Mark Timmons · April 26, 201825

Dennis Higgins Voice of the Tulsa Drillers

During the past three years four Dodger minor league affiliates have won a league championship. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes did so in 2015, the Great Lakes Loons in 2016 and the Ogden Raptors in 2017. And, let’s not forget that the 2017 DSL Dodgers won the league title among themselves. That is, the DSL Dodgers No. 2 defeated the DSL Dodgers No. 1, 6-4, in the league s championship game at

By Mark Timmons · April 25, 201826

The Next Big Thing: Striker Buehler!

No pitcher should ever be called Walker, so I have taken the liberty of changing his name to Striker Buehler. I thought about spelling his name with a Y instead of an I but that just wasn t as effective. Also, if a pitcher struggles with an aspect of his game, like walking too many batters, which Buehler does, you should never call him by his weakness. It s negative thinking and

By Mark Timmons · April 24, 201854

What Do We Know? It Turns Out: Not a Damn Thing!

Many Dodger fans (including me) think Joc Pederson should be in Siberia or Tulsa or OKC. But he started the scoring with a home run off of Stephen Strasburg. Joc was 2-4 last night. Many Dodgers fans have wanted Kike Hernandez banished, especially because he can t hit RHP. But he hit another home run off Strasburg last night and the last I checked Strasburg was RH. Imagine that! Many

By Mark Timmons · April 22, 201843

Kershaw s Greatest Strength is His Greatest Weakness

I have talked about this before and I will keep talking until someone convinces Clayton Kershaw that change is good. Clayton is still an elite pitcher maybe the best pitcher in baseball especially if he would not be so predictable. Hitters know he wants that first pitch strike and they are ready especially in the Playoffs. Washington was jumping on his first pitch in the first inning and most

By Mark Timmons · April 21, 201822

My Thoughts About Grandal, Santana and Taylor

When the Dodgers traded Matt Kemp for Yasmani Grandal, I was probably the only Dodger fan that I knew of who liked the deal (at least, it felt like it). Boy, did I hear (repeatedly) how dumb that was. In fact, every time Grandal didn t get a hit, which was 77% of the time or there was a passed ball or wild pitch, the idiots piled on (they still do,

By Mark Timmons · April 20, 201844