If Fickler is not a word, then I just invented it! If you haven’t been paying attention, relief pitchers are a fickle group. If you say that something is fickle, you mean that it often changes and is unreliable, and that would be the correct definition of relief pitchers… especially left-handed relief pitchers. Many Dodger fans wanted to trade the farm (Vargas, Pages, Busch, Frasso, et al) for David Bednar of…
James Outman got a couple of hits, including a 3-run HR last night. As huge as Tyler Glasnows’ night was (7 IP/14 K’s/3 H/0 BB), the Dodgers needed James to get resurrected, and he is certainly trending in the right direction. This bodes well for the team, and now, if only someone could perform CPR on CT3! If he doesn’t wake up soon, they will have to give him “last…
I took a lot of flack last season because of James Outman. Much of it came from Eric, who disappeared this year when the going got tough for James. Eric evidently can dish it out, but he can’t take it! I sometimes think he loves James Outman more than the Dodgers. He also seems to hate Miguel Vargas, but many of you do because you hate it when I am…
Sure, you never like to have three errors, but that’s not what lost the game for the Dodgers. They didn’t hit. That’s why they lost – pure and simple. It’s not time to panic on Outman, Lux, Kike, and CT3… but what is up? Pages and Vargas are packing their bags at OKC… maybe Sweeney too. I have to get out of here soon as I am headed to Cleveland…
The Dodgers are 8-3, and Yoshi Yamamoto just won his first win while striking out 8. Tyler Glasnow has looked like an Ace since Spring Training, and Striker Buehler, a past Ace, went 4.2 innings for OKC yesterday, allowing just two hits, walking none, and striking out six! He threw 65 pitches, 42 of them for strikes. Walker was extremely happy with his results. His fastball was 93-95 until he…
Quite often, that is the difference between success or failure for a pitcher or hitter: One Pitch – One Swing! Look at Bobby Miller yesterday. He struck out the side in the first inning and could not get out of the second inning after allowing five runs. One Pitch! Several Times! The Dodgers are 7-3, which is on pace to win 113 games, and some Dodger fans are losing their…
Before we start, SCdodgerFan asked what Mookie Betts writes in the dirt before each AB. Answer: Mookie writes his grandma’s initials in the dirt. There you go! The Tulsa Drillers Opening Day Roster is allegedly set and was released on Thursday. This is the most interesting Dodger Minor League team for me this year for reasons I will discuss later. Here it is: Justin Wrobleski will be the opening-day starter, and it would…
So far, the OKC Ball Club, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and now the Great Lake Loons have released their rosters, with the release of the Loons roster yesterday. Tulsa will likely release its roster today. But, right about now, we will introduce the Looniest of all the Farm Teams: The Great Lakes Loons. They are the team I get to see the most, as they are in the “High A”…
I think all this winning is going to get old! Just Kidding! I’m not joking when I say this team might win 120 games! Even in a bullpen game against the Giants Ace, they looked dominant. With 5 HR in his first seven games, Mookie Bettes is on pace for 115 Home Runs! Yeah, that will happen! Ohtani, Outman, and Lux have not even got untracked. Hopefully, when Mookie cools…
If Mookie Betts hits .520 this year, the Dodgers will have no worries. Actually, the TOP SIX of the Dodgers batting order are delivering at a rate that is scary. It’s the BOTTOM THREE that are also scary: Now, I did not make those numbers up, so don’t be hating on me. It is a concern, but it is early and there will be no knee-jerk reactions. I expected a…