MLBTradeRumors.com is baseball dope for baseball dope fiends! Oh, they have some good stuff ( I read there too), and maybe if you like to do mental gymnastics, you can spend hours a day thinking about it. I don’t, and if I ever did, I wouldn’t. Why? Well, it’s pretty simple: We don’t have a clue and don’t know a damn thing! That’s why! I am seventy years old and…
Shake it off!
A person with just sight might say, “Wrobleski is obviously not ready to pitch in the Big Leagues,” and they are probably right, but someone who has some vision will say, “Wow, the kid recovered from a shellacking and pitched four good innings yesterday. – he must have some character!” Yes, Justin Wrobleski got lit up and gave up 10 runs years. Yes, he will likely not be on the…
Kill the Snakes
The Dodgers are 82 and 54 and are the only team in baseball with a winning percentage over .600 (.603). There are 24 games left in the season. Trying to predict the playoff roster is silly and simply not possible. If Joe Kelly gets hot down the stretch, he will be on the roster. If he sucks, he will not! This is why they play the game. Will Kershaws’ big…
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater!
All Season, I have been telling everyone who would listen that it is not important how you play in April. It is not how you play in May and June. It’s not how you play in July and August. It’s also not how you play in September. What it is all about is getting to October. Only then is it about how you play. How you play in October is…
Josue DePaula – Friedman’s Do-Over for Yordan Alvarez
Josue De Paula is making waves as the Dodgers’ #2 prospect, trailing only Dalton Rushing, and he’s also climbed to the #49 spot in MLB’s overall rankings. Baseball America rates him even higher, slotting him as the Dodgers’ second-best and the #39 prospect across all of MLB. The Dodgers have touted De Paula as a top-tier talent within their system for a while now, but he’s rapidly becoming one of…
Get off My Lawn!
I would like to think that one thing I have is perspective, which is the ability to think about a situation or problem in a wise and reasonable way. I am able to keep things in perspective – usually, the overall situation isn’t really that bad. I think that is the root of why I drove the morons away. They lack perspective. The fact of the matter is that they are a bunch of grumpy old men who probably sit around all day and yell from…
Prospect Report: Could Alex Freeland be the Next Dodgers’ SS?
In a word, “Yes!” It’s hard to argue that any prospect in the Dodgers’ system made a bigger leap this season than Freeland. The UCF alum has skyrocketed his stock in 2024, powering through three levels with 14 home runs and an impressive .823 OPS. Already recognized as a solid defensive shortstop with a cannon for an arm, Freeland’s newfound offensive prowess could see him stepping onto Dodger Stadium’s turf…
I Was Wrong
I have never been wrong… well, once I thought I was wrong… but I was mistaken. Seriously, while I do get a lot right, I am frequently wrong, and today, I am going to talk about a few things I have been wrong about: By the way, I was right about Gavin Lux and Oneil Cruz not being shortstops. We found out about Lux in Spring Training and about Cruz…
Why Are So Many Arms Falling Off?
In 2000, the “average OPS for an MLB Baseball player was .782. Now, for the uninitiated, I believe that if you have to use one statistic to measure a player’s ability to be a force offensively, then OPS is your man. In 2024, the average OPS is .713. Now, for full disclosure, OPS has varied over the years, going up and down. It is probably very dependent upon how the…
I Have a Theory…
A lot of Dodger fans are in an uproar because the Dodgers, over the past few years, have done exceedingly well in the regular season, ONLY TO GET BOUNCED IN THE PLAYOFFS! Then they like to say stupid stuff like, “Andrew Friedman knows how to build a team for the regular season but can’t build one for the playoffs!” What a stupid thing to say! Actually, it is not stupid……