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Andre Ethier is most certainly going to start the season on the DL, but Andrew Toles Grand Salami yesterday iced his place on the team. I punched his ticket! It also doesn t hurt that he is hitting .348. I think this kid may have Wally Pipped Ethier. Next up is our utility infielder position. Chris Taylor has garnered a lot of attention with his Spring success in the Cactus League. He
PeterJ asked what I thought the OKC rotation might be. I have been playing with that for about a week, so I thought I might step out and draw some conclusions. Just like LA, OKC is still a work in progress. Whichever LHSP does not make LA rotation will probably go down to OKC. Both Wood and Ryu are pitching well, but only one is going to make the rotation.
In last years amateur draft, the Dodgers took Mitchell White in the second round from Santa Clara University. This prompted a response from a Dodger fan who said that they lived near Santa Clara, California and had never even heard of Mitchell White. The purpose of this post in not to ridicule that person, but rather to emphasize that Andrew Friedman and his gang know a hell of lot more
Today s blog is written by Bumsrap. Thanks for a day off Pitching Depth In 2008, Cole Hamels seemed unhittable for much of the season and the post-season. He was 24 years old in 2008 when he pitched 227.1 innings in the regular season plus 35 more in the post season. That was 63 more innings total from the previous year. His worst year of his career was 2009. Here is
Willie Calhoun is a very polarizing figure you meet him you immediately like him! You watch him hit you love him. You watch him run and you wonder, and you watch him field and you become nauseous. Any manager would love to have his bat but very few could tolerate his fielding. Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi have shown repeatedly that they value defense. I challenge any sane
Today is one of those days which gives me little time to post. The next three weeks are going to be crazy for me as I have a lot of places to go and people to see. I wish I were in Arizona but I am headed to Florida. There are a couple of things, but then I am going to turn it over to you. If you are a
Well I was about to write how having too much ML ready depth can be a negative. Then I learn that Andre Ethier is scheduled for a MRI for his back on Monday, and it shows once again how depth is a hallmark of a FAZ team. It would appear that with a scheduled MRI, that Ethier will not be ready for opening day. Therefore it certainly appears that Toles
The 2017 version of the LA Dodgers has nearly 40 players who have shown that they deserve to be on the Opening Day Roster, but many won t. I am not going to include Willie Calhoun, Alex Verdugo or Cody Bellinger because they will be ready soon enough, but I am talking about players who have demonstrated that they belong on the big league roster. I am not even considering Charlie
On December 1, 2015, MLB Columnist Tim Brown wrote a piece about Dave Roberts and his father Waymon. To say Waymon was a great man would be like saying that Dave Roberts is a good manager. The description does not go far enough. To know about Waymon, all you have to do is look at the son he raised to know that yesterday when he died, the planet is pooreer
Jokers to the right; Here I am stuck in the middle with you. Clowns: Scott Kazmir threw a 5-inning simulated game on Thursday and said he felt better. The only problem was that his fastball was at 82-84 which is 10 to 12 MPH off of what it should be. Of course, if he is pitching in pony league, he should do well. I don t think he s going to
It s March 16th and Adrian Gonzalez will never play in the WBC again so there is that. He says Little League is ran better and he would be right it s mostly a joke! Julio Urias is pissed he s going to extended Spring Training and the Dodgers have more good players than they have positions. Life is good! Just to be clear, Urias is not going to the pen or
Chase Utley is POPS, Walker is not a Texas Ranger and The Kids are Corey Seager, Austin Barnes, Joc Pederson, Willie Calhoun, Cody Bellinger and Julio Urias. Pops I think it was a stroke of genius that the Dodgers signed Chase Utley. He is legendary and the kids all look up to him. Corey Seager begged the Dodgers to bring him back. He will likely have under 200 AB s this year
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