Be With Your Family, Freddie
Our thoughts and prayers are with Freddie Freeman and his family after the hospitalization of his three-year-old son, Maximus. I have been very blessed in that none of my kids were ever hospitalized for anything serious except for once when my youngest son, at age five, had a…
Our thoughts and prayers are with Freddie Freeman and his family after the hospitalization of his three-year-old son, Maximus. I have been very blessed in that none of my kids were ever hospitalized for anything serious except for once when my youngest son, at age five, had a concussion playing basketball and was unconscious for about 12 hours in the hospital. That was the worst feeling… ever… to see your child lying there comatose. I’ll never forget that feeling. Happily, he woke up and woke me up as I was sleeping in the bed beside him. I understand how you feel, Freddie, and your teammates will tell you, “We got this.”
I was scared to death when he was unconscious.
I think that the Dodgers will likely place him on the Family Emergency List, which would require him to miss at least the next three days. They could call up Andre Lipcius or Ryan Ward, but that would require opening up a roster spot on the 40-man.
Graterol, Grove, Dreyer, and Feyereisen all pitched scoreless innings after Walker Buehler. BTW, 25-year-old LHP Jack Dreyer has 54 strikeouts in 39.1 IP at OKC. He has a 1.37 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP and has walked just 7 batters. After Tommy John, his velocity has ticked up to 96 and he is a force! BA says this about him:
“Dreyer missed most of the 2019 season because of a shoulder injury, but was excellent in his four 2020 starts before the coronavirus-mandated shutdown. Dreyer was 2-1, 3.12 with 23 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. Dreyer doesn’t have a clear plus pitch, but his slider will flash above-average. His 90-93 mph average fastball has enough oomph to make hitters respect it. His slow curveball is a little big and loopy and his changeup needs further refinement.”
Jack is another bullpen option for the Dodgers. Here’s more about him:
Walker Buehler went four innings and did not fare well. It should take him a couple of more games to regain his velocity (if he can). This is just a process, and we have no clue what will happen. I am not counting on him, and neither are the Dodgers… but you never know…
Over the next couple of weeks, the Dodgers should be getting Brusdar Graterol , Michael Grove and Ryan Brasier back from the injured list. That will be a huge boost for a Dodgers’ bullpen that has looked like it has been out of gas for weeks. Then there is Jack Dreyer! The team is also quietly optimistic that Yoshi Yamamoto will also be back as he is re-building the strength in his shoulder after two months of inactivity. He is currently throwing from up to 200 feet.
I feel that Tommy Pham is an option, but I can’t see giving up huge prospect collateral for a top player. Houston is a hot team. They started the season 12-24 and are now 54-49 and in first place in the AL West. With Betts, Muncy, Freeman, Rojas, and Taylor out, some others are going to have to step up to salvage the series. I look for the Dodgers to put Freddie on the Family Emergency list and call someone up… or trade for Tommy Pham today.
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Ouch! Ryan better pitch a complete game tomorrow!
Really? Do you believe that?
That is beyond insane!
Dang Eric, it’s Saturday evening. You had to go and push Mark’s button.
Other than Bregman’s HR, the rest were “excuse me” low velo hits. This type of shit sometimes happens in the game of baseball.
BTW: Wrobleski is on a hard pitch count!
Winker and Thomas and florio is who I want the dodgers to get but I guess most of you don’t want that. Need to improve the outfield for the playoffs people.
The ACL Dodgers won their semifinal game
Tonight 7-1 and will play in the ACL finals tomorrow.
Best 2 out of 3
What a game tonight with Houston .
I was told at an early age if you have nothing good to say don’t say anything!!!
Tomorrow that could change.
I have no clue what AF plans on doing. But it does get just a wee bit frustrating that he takes so long to do whatever he is going to do. He struck a little early last year with the Rosario trade. Lynn and Kelly came a little early too. But viable pieces are already off of the board with more likely gone before Tuesday’s deadline. If they had a clear date on which they could expect help back, then I could see waiting. But there is no clear timeline. Buehler, (yesterday) and Miller, tonight, did not look good in their re-hab assignments. Miller gave up 6 earned tonight in 3 innings. And that is AAA guys. They do need at least one front line starter. Skubal won his 13th game tonight. He went 7 innings and struck out 8 while giving up just 2 earned runs. Go ahead, spend the prospects. I have changed my mind. He could help especially down the stretch with so many pitchers out or iffy. Problem now how willing are the Tigers to trade him, and will the Dodgers have a package Detroit can live with. They seem to be targeting a mid-tier outfielder according to Dodger Blue. That leaves out Robert Jr. But they mentioned two I have mentioned. Thomas, I know the arguments against him, but he has played much better of late, and he brings a lot of speed to the lineup. He has 27 steals. He is a better outfield option than Pages. Pham was the other fielder they mentioned. He definitely has a lot of fire in his belly. Just wish he would hit with a little more power.
Skubal would require a mighty big swing.
It would be ironic if Crochet’s reported demands prompted the Dodgers to make a bigger deal for a better pitcher.
At this point, it’s hard to get overly-excited about anything the Dodgers do by the deadline with all the uncertainties surrounding their injured players trying to come back, along with their young outfielders clearly not ready for ML prime time. Even a “blockbuster trade” won’t change these realities.
Fill in a couple of pieces— see who gets healthy—Hope the relievers get some rest—See you in October
i don’t blame doc for taking JW out. but as well as Honeywell has been throwing, couldn’t he have used him for a couple of innings?? Phillips looks like a beaten pitcher. …. that loss stings. plain and simple. JW looked like a keeper last night. you could tell he wanted that win badly. Bullpen might need some reenforcements soon! And one more thing, i’m not on the “fire’ doc wagon, but the way lux is hitting, and the way Vargas is hitting, yeah doc, leave lux alone!!