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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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……
So, as we all know by now, the Dodgers opted to jettison Jason Heyward and keep Kike Hernandez, Chris Taylor, and Tommy Edman, also with Austin Barnes and Kevin Kiermaier. I hate to see J-Hey go, but the reality of the situation is that he was really just a Right Fielder, and with Mookie back in RF, there was no need. Jason Heyward was a real asset to the Dodgers,…
This may be a revelation to some, but I do know how to read. I read what is on this blog and also on the LAdodgerChronicles blog. I still say that many of the commenters there are morons, and I am sticking to that. Jeff Dominique is very, very knowledgeable, and I read his stuff every day. It’s top shelf. I think highly of Jeff, and I recommend his site…
For the first time in three years, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in unfamiliar territory, struggling to pull away from the pack. For nearly a decade, they’ve enjoyed the luxury of coasting through the stretch run, using September as a mere rehearsal—with only a one-game playoff in 2018 and a nail-biting NL West showdown with the Giants in 2021 offering any real drama. But this season has been different….