There are perhaps no players who are are polarizing as Gavin Lux and Miguel Vargas. Everyone has an opinion it seems… and they vary wildly. Both are players who have defensive challenges and who have bats that could be special. First of all, the Dodgers value Gavin Lux’s bat. I agree with that 100%. He could be a very special player. Gavin has always seen himself as a shortstop. The…
Is everyone aware that the Angels are just one of only two MLB Teams that do not have Announcers who travel with the team? Terry Smith and Mark Langston, the announcers for the Orange County Angels, call the game from Anaheim by watching the Bally Sports West video feeds. Before this season, Angels owner Arte Moreno told reporters at spring training that Smith and Langston, who work for the team-owned…
We learned a lot about Tyler Glasnow yesterday and why he is unquestionably now the Dodgers’ Ace. Lest we forget, he has had a singular injury problem, not plural problems. He has had just one injury that was undiagnosed for four years. It was fixed and he now looks healthy as a horse! Actually, he is horse – just check out his mane. Tyler is now the Dodgers’ Ace. End…
Yesterday, the Dodgers announced that Mookie Betts and Gavin Lux were going to switch positions. I first suggested this last year after watching Mookie play SS for a few games. Mookie is a natural SS… a natural infielder who adapted very well to RF and 2B, but right about now, Mookie Betts is the best SS in baseball. End of story! I am also a fan of Gavin Lux –…
Just not at SS! Gavin Lux is OK at 2B, where he will be a “hit-first” player, or I would not be surprised if some team tried to convert him to CF. He cannot play SS and Dave Roberts said as much. Unless Mookie gets injured, there is not a spot for him on the Roster. That doesn’t mean that he won’t be on the Opening Day Roster… unless he…
Unless you wear “blinders,” I am sure you already know where this is going and it pisses you off to no end. They say “The Truth Hurts.” But, THEY say a lot, don’t they? OK, just the facts ma’am, OK: This offseason, the Dodgers have added three shortstops to their systems, namely Trey Sweeney, Noah Miller, and most recently Andre Lipcius. Add in Joendry Vargas, who is now a SS,…
So many times, we read things that are written where the writer’s only objective is to try and prove some point. As an example (and I am not going to be labor this point), I read a piece in the Washington Post called The zombie CVS, a late-capitalism horror story. It starts out by saying: There is almost nothing left to steal at the CVS in Columbia Heights, and that…
I am not going to belabor this point, but I am going to address it since it is a real thing: In the past, I have let too many bad actors and passive-aggressive commenters into this blog. No names will be mentioned, but I think we all know who they are/were. Passive-aggressive commenters are like cancer – it spreads! Passive-aggressive behavior is a pattern of indirectly expressing negative feelings instead of…
Is that even possible? It’s never been done. Seven players on one team with at least thirty home runs? That’s not possible… is it? The Dodgers had four players with 30 HR once, but the 2019 Twins and the 2023 Braves are the only clubs in history to have five players reach the 30-homer mark. The Dodgers could obliterate it this year as they have seven (count ’em 7) players…
More on Max Muncy There is a great piece in The Athletic today by Fabian Ardaya on Max Muncy. It is entitled “Max Muncy is moving better at third base, a boon for the Dodgers.” It chronicles how Max Muncy’s defensive woes last year were explanable and even fixable. Max plans to be an above-average thord baseman this year and with his weight-loss and physical conditioning, I think he will….