Austin Barnes is not the Problem

Holy He!! you would think this team is 23-40 and 12.5 games back in the division.

I get it man it sucks to lose and no one likes losing 1-0.

But cmon this is a 162 marathon and then a 5 week sprint.

Settle down, have a beer and relax.

This team WILL be in the playoffs and the team you see on 6.5.24 will NOT be the team that starts game 1 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium.

Stick with these guys they are good and they are going to be damn good come October.

Mookie has won 2 WS, Freddie has won 1 WS… let me ask you a question, how many WS titles does Harper have, have many does Judge have, how many does Stanton have, how many does Cole and Nola have???

Ill take Mookie and Freddie over those guys anyday…..

Upon further review., Dodgers lose tonight yet they are 7, 7!!! Games up with a team not even close to full strength and all I’m seeing is a bunch of arm chair managers wanting to make moves in June. JUNE!!! Good God, adjust your way too tight tighty wighties and just relax!! Feel like Mark is spending WAY too much time defending himself and talking half you cats off the ledge. Celebrate where we are at right now, best is yet to come, lose the negative vibe, damn we are so spoiled!!

My God, now idiot posters are calling him Notani because he’s not hitting .800. Where in the HELL did all these Dodger poser smiling bitch face fans come from, it’s like overnight , like cockroaches. Dude has been dealing with a bad hammy going on two weeks , he’ll be just fine. As will the rest of the team, not even close to full strength with injuries, not hitting all that well , but still ok first place by 5 or 6 games! My biggest problem this season is not the team, it’s the new generation of Dodger fans with all the social media bullshit that live game by game and just criticize the hell out of Doc or any player who fell short that day. Not the fan base I’m used to, not even close. If you’re going to spew your 5 second toxic snapshot on how the Dodgers are so terrible in so many ways, buy a damn Giants hat and start hanging with Farhan. Damn…..

The comments get SO fucking stupid after losses.

It’s mind-boggling.

And it just gets more pathetic’er for our offense. Highlight was the first inning. AF, you cheaped us out at 1.3 bil!

Will the dodgers score a run this series?

Skeenes tomorrow/will the Dodgers get a hit?

How many times can we get a runner on second with nobody out and can’t score?

$320 million doesn’t buy what it use to in this present day economy. Pathetic and inexcusable.

100% agree with NJ Dodger. This team goes through the motions with no emotion. Freaking throw a bat, get thrown out for arguing after a rookie HP umpire calls strike three to an established big league star like Freddie Freeman on a pitch clearly out of the zone.

0-12 RISP. Why did CT3 get a start?

Great question by NH Dodger about Ohtani. He does seem to be anrms only on swings as his lower half timing is way off. His ass and front leg are not in sync.

1. The decision to play Taylor and not Vargas is collaborative. If AF thought it was important for Vargas to get these at bats, Vargas would be playing. I share the frustration. The so-called runway for these “talented young guys in our system” as Brandon Gomes said last year is now about a foot long. Really hard to explain. Certainly, the Dodgers have their reasons but difficult to discern.

2. For those who watched Ohtani with the Angels, has his swing always been this rotational? Seems to be swinging with a lot of body turn. Plus, he appears to be chasing out of the zone frequently.

3. In support of what Mark said about batting averages around baseball, I was looking at outfielders that might be potential trade targets and there were several names I looked up and the averages were .180 to .225 for almost all of them. A lot of teams are playing guys who don’t hit particularly well. Which makes the Vargas decision even more puzzling.

4. I disagree that Kershaw coming in to face Soto in Nats series up a run was wrong only after the fact. It was the wrong move before he threw a pitch. Told my son before the Soto home run that Adam Kolarek made more sense given his success against Soto.

5. Can somebody tell me what the professional comps are for Rushing? Be the first to admit I am not a scout or talent evaluator but just curious what his ceiling is since he is at AA already and does not seem to be putting up numbers any better than Vargas and Pages did at his age.

60yr dodger fan. 1st time poster long time follower

I deleted my post because it’s the first time I have ever posted and inadvertently put my name in.

So cut the bullshit on “Several posters posted and then deleted what they wrote because it was Bullshit.” I’m the several. (1post/1 delete

What I wrote wasn’t bullshit “ look at tonight’s current box scores for tonight’s games and you will see the bottom 4 hitters for the Yankees and the Phillies are both CURRENTLY doing better then the bottom 4 current dodger hitters.

Of course that can and probably will change

But I digress,

Lived in NJ all my life

Have had the ability to watch many of the Phillies and Yankee games throughout the season.

Here is the problem the Yankees and Phillies have heart/life, they are aggressive and they are as you would call it “junk yard dogs”

And they do not let up.

The Dodgers, especially the leaders , Mookie , Freddy and Othani are nice guys.

Watch the Yankee/ Dodger games this weekend. Tell me who you would want in a foxhole with you when the shit hits the fan or who you want up with runners in scoring positon.

Love my Dodgers but don’t love the make-up of this team. They really do not know how to develop young offensive talent. On the other hand they do a tremendous job on developing pitchers.

Go Dodgers

Pages over Vargas. Interesting. Fail!

Dodger offense is utterly pathetic right now. Hitting with RISP is non existent, when Freddie gets hot Mookie and Ohtani go ice cold.

I’ve not agreed when others have posted that CT3 should be DFA’d but it’s time.

Something needs to happen to send a message to the sleep walking hitters whether that’s RVS being let go, DFA for CT3, more playing time for Vargas. I have no idea but to see this team struggle offensively is mind boggling.

Taylor needs to go!!!!! Why is pages or vargas not playing???? this is like being constipated!! can’t do sh*t!!!!!!!

A .180 hitter called up today batting 9th hits a homer.

Our 700 million dollar man is turning into Mr. K. That is why we have to have somebody to put it in play. Wouldn’t u know Freeman is looking better and Ohtani and Betts awful.

This offense is hard to watch. 1 run looks like 20. Kkkkk and kkk…this game is so hard. Betts usually gives u a good at bat. He swings at strikes and lays off bad pitches. Ohtani can’t do that . As an investment I c the money. As a player he needs to be pitching for the Dodgers to get their money’s worth.

You’re an expert and one might think it’s your job at making everything seem rosy with this team and nothing wrong with that. Myself I wouldn’t bet a nickel on this team if playoffs started today but I sure hope that changes

i’m sorry, but does anyone get that warm and fuzzy feeling hitters 6-9? Glasnow. has to pitch a perfect game to have a chance to get a win!! Sorry, not being negative, just honest!

Dodgers 7 thru 9 hitters are 29th in OPS so not only are Phillies and Yanks better so are 27 other teams

I hope Taylor does go 2-4. Mb he is trying to get Taylor set up for a trade.

I would really love to c Vargas get an extended chance. His plate discipline, speed , and bat to ball skills look good. The mental side? I keep reading how it really hurt him mentally in his struggles last year. He doesn’t look smooth in the outfield. I am wondering out loud why he is not getting a long runway.

Kiké would be the easiest to trade. Low salary, had interest from other teams earlier. Can’t hit righties. He is helpful defensively but so is Taylor. Both can get the big hit in a big moment or not.

If we get on a win streak and the bottom of the lineup trends up I hope AF doesn’t think all is solved. This is not a playoff offense. Best lineup: vs righty

Betts

Ohtani

Freeman

Smith

Muncy

Teo

Heyword

Vargas

Lux

Against lefties

Betts

Ohtani

Smith

Freeman

Teo

Muncy

Pages

Vargas

Rojas

Patience my brothers!!! Nobody knows what the hell is going on!! There must be a higher power guiding Doc’s decisions. We will know the answer soon enough! Although i am completely bumfuzzled as to why Taylor is starting!! But he’ll probably go 2 for 4 and make a couple outstanding catches!! Patience!!!

The way they’re treating Vargas is just plain wrong and pisses me off honestly. My eyes tell me the kid can hit better than the most of bottom of lineup yet they won’t give him a chance

Good News:

Just checked the box score from the ACL from last night where the Dodgers won 9-5 and River Ryan is back rehabbing there. His line 2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 5K Also possible shortstop of the future Joendry Vargas number one signing in the 2023 International Draft hit his second homerun.

6:40 PM ET

Dodgers (38-23)

Pirates (27-32)

SP Tyler Glasnow R

6-3 3.04 ERA

SP Jared Jones R

3-5 3.55 ERA

Confirmed Lineup

SS Mookie Betts R

DH S. Ohtani L

1B F. Freeman L

C Will Smith R

LF T. Hernandez R

RF J. Heyward L

2B Gavin Lux L

3B Miguel Rojas R

CF Chris Taylor R

84° Wind 6 mph In

MLB banned Padre’s infielder, Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball. While a member of the Pirates, he placed over 380 bets on baseball. 25 of those on the Pirates while he was a member of the organization. Four other players received one-year bans. Andrew Saalfrank of the D-Backs is probably the only name you would recognize,

Watford,

What manager would not have allowed Clayton to start in light of the fact that since he was re-activated on August 10th, he pitched 37 innings and allowed 9 Earned Runs. That’s a 2.18 ERA? 6 of them were solo HRs.

If Roberts hadn’t pitched him, and the Dodgers lost, he would have been crucified and because he pitched him, he is crucified. I know you are not Roberts Basher, but see how easy it is to criticize any move?

I think, given all the circumstances, every manager in baseball would have had to start Clayton.

Now, I thought he might only make it two or three innings…

When Kershaw was in his prime the Dodgers tried to win the playoffs with 1 pitcher. Him and Grienke were together to make 2. Generally, he was over used as ownership went the cheap route using guys like Anderson, McCarthy etc last year we had no pitching and Kersh shouldn’t have been out there but really no good options.

This year should be different with much better options. My concern would be their love affair with Buehler. When Scherzer came over Buehler was game but had lost his best stuff. He was pitched in the biggest games but just didn’t have it. To me, it was obvious he wasn’t right then but the chess players saw different. Buehler wants the ball but he should not get it based on reputation. If he deserves it sure but right now he doesn’t. Thankfully Urias is not here to over pitch like they did in the Atlanta debacle.

Right now if the playoffs started today:

Glasnow

Yamamoto

Stone

Buehler

But I bet Stone and buehler would be switched. Kershaw coming back will provide an option. If he is healthy I could c them starting him in the playoffs deserving or not. Miller, idk to me he has the best stuff but his lack of swing and miss is puzzling.

Last year doesn’t count because Kersh was injured and we had no other good options. But you’re right, Kersh just hasn’t performed anywhere near his regular season self in October. But how often have we had 4 reliable starters in October. He has had to pitch on short rest in many series in October. What really irks me is that he was brilliant in game 1 against Houston in 17 and if not for the trash cans in game 5, he probably would have been MVP of the series. And true to who he is, Kersh has always owned up to his October failures. No excuses. And I’m rooting for him to have a final, successful October send off!