Matt Kemp is on the disabled list and will remain there until May 29th. The Dodgers are 1-2 without him and have 11 more games to go. The team is averaging two runs a game without him…coincidence? The starting pitching has been unbelievable and third best in the National League behind the Nationals and Phillies with a 2.92. They average 6.16 innings a game but have a weak bullpen ranking ninth in the NL behind it, having blown 5 saves. [...]
Week 6 Review
Wins: 5 Losses: 1 MVP: Andre Ethier CY: Chris Capuano (3 weeks in a row) Let me be clear about my choice for MVP, A.J. Ellis had the best OPS, average and on base percentage. But Andre is carrying this team while Matty is hurt. Andre can win the game with one swing of the bat. The hot hitting of A.J. allows for us to put teams away. The Dodger won the first series against the [...]
Checking in on the Farm
We were ranked anywhere from #12 to the back of the pack around #24 in the farm system rankings that go on in the off-season when there is nothing else to follow. The Dodgers’ system has its pro’s and con’s but needs a little love from the front office to keep it in the top ten and be able to contribute to the major league team. The good news is that Stan “the man” Kasten is a wizard at developing [...]
Fixing the Bullpen
We need to be able to hold onto the tight games. There are multiple issues going on here and there isn’t one simple move to make. Injuries have been an issue with Matt Guerrier going down and leaving the seventh inning a problem. Guerrier’s spot was replaced by Josh Lindblom who has been throwing more often then he should. MacDougal, Elbert and Wright have had their shaky moments and MacDougal was DFA’d and replaced by Ronaldo Belisario. Once labeled the [...]
Week 5 Review
Wins: 2 Losses: 4 MVP: A.J. Ellis Cy Young: Chris Capuano I am going to repeat the week 4 awards for MVP and CY, both these guys are contributing on a team that lost steam this week. Both series were winnable, yet again showing that we aren’t getting blown out of any games. Some clutch at-bats that we aren’t getting from Loney and Uribe, and a terrible bullpen are costing this team wins. 5 losses by the bullpen and as [...]
Week 4 Review
Wins: 4 Losses: 2 MVP: A.J. Ellis Cy Young: Chris Capuano Due to the birth of my son, and my father in-law watching old reruns of Gunsmoke and Mash on the living room TV I followed the Dodgers from a distance this week. Here are a couple of quick notes. 1. Capuano and Kershaw are pitching great, but Cap is doing his job and then some. After not throwing enough innings in his first two starts he has been doing [...]
Welcome a New Era in Dodger Baseball…again
After watching the interviews with the new management for the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine they posted an email address for fans to send in their thoughts on improving the fan experience. Fans can send in their thoughts to the following: fanbox@ladodgers.com Here is my email response to them: To the New Dodger Ownership, First of all Thank You. I am 32 years old and was put in a Dodger blanket the day I was born and been a loyal fan [...]
Dodgers 3B Future is solved
On April 29th, 2012 at 4:31pm I took it upon myself to help solve the Dodgers revolving third base problem. Since Juan Uribe isn’t going to take a pitch out of the strike zone any time soon and Jerry Harriston Jr. might be going to the disabled list, I thought there would be a better long term solution. I am proud to say that my wife and I are the proud parents of Andrew Jadek Perry, the future at third [...]
Week 3 Review
Wins: 3 Losses: 3 MVP: Kemp Cy: Kershaw Holes began to be exposed. We lost two of three to a playoff team and then took two of three from the worst team in baseball last year. The team was in a position to sweep the Brewers but lost the first two games of the series in the final inning in walk offs. There are two glaring deficiencies with this team. First we don’t have the bullpen [...]
Week 2 Review
Wins: 6 Losses: 0 MVP: Matt Kemp CY: Javy Guerra Matt Kemp is a god, unbelievable, powerful and able to destroy the mighty San Diego Padres single handedly. Without him we wouldn’t have been able to sweep the Friars, which is weird to think about a team that sits 9-1 with it’s best record since the 1981 Dodgers. The team swept the Pirates as well to start the week, using Bills and Kershaw to start the series then [...]
