I thought I would go back and see who had the best individual seasons in the history of the team. Won’t do all of the categories. That would be an incredibly long post. So I will try to stick to the main stats.
WAR
This is a relatively new way to gauge a player’s worth. WAR, or wins above replacement. Gives you an idea of how many wins a player is better than his replacement would be. That’s about as well as I can describe the stat. And the all-time best was Jackie Robinson in 1951 with a 9.7. Three Dodgers have had seasons where they were above 9, Robinson twice, Adrian Beltre, and Duke Snider.
BATTING AVERAGE
The team record for batting average is .393 achieved by Babe Herman in 1930. The highest BA in LA history is Mike Piazza’s .362 mark in 1997. Piazza is the only LA Dodger in the top 10. Herman and Zack Wheat appear twice. The only LA Dodger to win a batting title is Tommy Davis who did it back to back in 1962 and 1963. Trea Turner who was the champ this year did most of his damage as a National.
HOME RUNS
The most HR’s in a season record is 49 by Shawn Green in 2001. Adrian Beltre came close with 48 in 2004. Gary Sheffield had tied Duke Snider with 43 in 2000. Cody Bellinger hit 47 in his MVP season, 2017. Green hit 40 or more twice as a Dodger. Snider had 5 consecutive 40 HR seasons, 53-57.
RUNS BATTED IN
Tommy Davis knocked in 153 runs in 1962. That eclipsed the 142 mark set by Roy Campanella in 1953. They are the only two Dodgers to drive in more than 140 runs in the team’s history. Snider drove in 136 in 55 during the World Championship year. Jack Fournier had broken Oyster Burns 128 mark with a 130 effort in 1925. Babe Herman, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snider are the only other Dodgers to hit the 130 mark.
HITS
That guy again. Babe amassed 241 hits in his amazing 1930 season. Prior to his great season, the record was 221 by Zack Wheat. #2 on the list, Tommy Davis with 230. Tommy achieved that mark in 1962. The last time a Dodger amassed 200 hits was 2004 when Beltre had exactly 200.
STOLEN BASES
Maury brought the stolen base back to baseball and made it a real weapon. In 1962 he broke Ty Cobb’s mark of 96 by stealing 104 bases. He is still the only player in Dodger history to amass 100 or more steals. His second-highest mark was 92 which he reached in 1965. Darby O’Brien stole 91 in 1889 to be the only other Dodger with 90 steals. Davey Lopes’s high mark was 77 in 1975. Third highest in LA history.
OBP and OPS
The best OBP, on-base percentage, was posted by Mike Griffin in 1894 when he got on at a .466 clip. Best in LA is .438 by Gary Sheffield in 2000. Babe Herman has the all-time highest OPS, on-base plus slugging with a 1.132 in 1930. Sheffield has the highest mark in LA at 1.081. Just for a comparison, Cody’s in 2019 was 1.035. All the players in the Dodgers’ top 10 are over 1.000.
SLUGGING
Herman leads with a .678 in 1930, Sheffield has the high LA mark at .643 in 2000. Snider’s .647 in 1954 is in second place. Belli slugged .629 in his MVP year.
TOTAL BASES, WALKS, HIT BY PITCH
Herman again with 416 total bases in 1930. LA mark is 376 in 2004 by Beltre. Eddie Stanky drew 148 walks in 1945. The most in LA is held by Jimmy Wynn who walked 110 times in 1975. In 1900 Hughie Jennings was hit 20 times, the all-time record. Justin Turner holds the LA mark with 19 in 2017.
HONORABLE MENTION
There are a few batting feats that did not cover an entire season, but were so good they need to be mentioned here. Frank Howard drove in 41 runs in the month of August in 1962. To put that in perspective, Seager drove in 57 in 95 games. Willie Davis’s 31 game hitting streak in 1969. And one we all witnessed, the magical 53 games played by Manny Ramirez in 2008 where he hit .396 with 17 HRs and 53RBI’s. Leftfield became Mannywood, and so many fans were wearing dreadlocks and #99 jerseys. Also Gil Hodges 4 homer game against the Braves in 1950 and Shawn Green did the same thing to the Brewers in 2002.
PITCHING
Many Dodger pitchers have had very good years since they came to LA. Brooklyn got some sparkling pitching during it’s time in the league too. Hershiser and Drysdale with the two longest scoreless streaks in baseball history. Orel at 59, and Don at 58.3. The difference was Big D had 6 consecutive shutouts during his streak.
WAR
The highest WAR for a pitcher is the 10.7 mark set by Sandy Koufax in 1963. Dazzy Vance had a 10.5 mark in 1924. Sandy and Dazzy are the only two Dodger pitchers to post a WAR over 10 and both did it twice.
ERA
Rube Marquard posted the lowest ERA in Dodger history with a 1.58 mark in 1916. Zack Greinke posted a 1.66 in 20115 for the lowest in LA. Koufax had a sub 2.00 ERA three times in LA as has Kershaw.
WINS
The all-time season win mark is 30 by Tom Lovett in 1890. Joe McGinnity and George Haddock are tied for second with 29. Dazzy Vance and Jim Hughes won 28. The all-time LA leader is Sandy Koufax with 27 in 1966. Sandy also holds down the 2nd slot with 26 in 1965.
WINNING PCT.
Phil Regan went 14-1 in 1966 for a .933 winning pct. He was nicknamed The Vulture by his teammates because he would swoop in and get the win. Phil also saved 21 games that year. Freddie Fitzsimmons had a .889 mark in 1940. 16-2
COMPLETE GAMES
Brickyard Kennedy had 40 complete games for Brooklyn in 1893. Second, on the list is Tom Lovett who had 39 twice. The LA Dodger leader is Sandy Koufax who twice had 27, 65-66. Drysdale is second with 21.
STRIKEOUTS
Sandy Koufax holds the record with 382 strikeouts in 1965. As a matter of fact, Sandy has 4 of the top 5 years in Dodger history. He and Clayton Kershaw are the only Dodger pitchers to ever fan 300 or more batters. Kersh struck out 301 in 2014
SHUTOUTS
LA Dodger pitchers dominate this stat. Koufax is first with 11 in 1963. No other Dodger has more than 9. Don Sutton has that distinction. Koufax, Drysdale, Belcher, Hershiser, and Valenzuela threw 8. Four players threw 7, Koufax, Drysdale, Osteen, and Messersmith.
SAVES
Back when they played in Brooklyn, saves were not really kept track of. Baseball reference has gone back and added them to the older players’ stats. But keeping records of saves started in the ’60s. Eric Gagne’s 55 in 2003 is the record. He also won the Cy Young that year. He also had 52 in 2002. Gagne at one point collected 84 consecutive saves from August 28, 2002, until July 3, 2004. He also saved 45 in 2004. The only other Dodgers to have over 40 saves, Kenley Jansen 47, 44, 41, Todd Worrell 44, and Jeff Shaw 43.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this look at some of the best seasons in Dodger history. It is always fun to look back and compare some of those old players against the team that they have now.
I found this old photo of a Brooklyn fan, Frank Germano, fighting Umpire George Magerkurth in 1940. Fans in Brooklyn sure got into the game!
Discussion (48)
Disagree, not disagreeable
If you read the statements issued by both sides, you would think they are as far apart as the north and south poles. Wow. Manfred called the players confrontational and their counter proposal’s will weaken baseball. He is talking about the fact that players want the free agency years sooner. I do not see this getting done fast.
As far as position players available I’m on the Josh Harrison bandwagon as well. Great teammate, solid production, has played 1B, 2B,3B, & OF. It would be nice to add another All Star position player such as Freeman or Bryant, but like has been mentioned starting pitching is where resources should be put. We started with a possible eight starters last year and only two of those were available for the playoffs. Right now we have maybe four with Heaney and Gonsolin being question marks as far as their effectiveness. I’m sure AF has a strategy ready when (if) the lockout ends to obtain other options either via trade or FA. Oakland might be a logical source given their desire to trade everyone on the team. So, position players we should be good. Use the remaining financial resources for starting pitching.
Good to have CT back. He has really set the market for quality utility players.
Noisy left without a peep
Lock out is in effect. One direct cause is that Dustin May will have to work out on his own without supervision of the Dodger training staff. Per usual, each side is blaming the other for the breakdown of the negotiations.
Interesting classification,
“ natural causes “
No disrespect but it’s a peculiar thing, dying of natural causes, ( what’s unnatural ? ) almost makes it acceptable. I guess that’s the point which makes it natural.
Just struck me odd, 5 dead but 3 died of natural causes, assume the other 2 died unnaturally.
Glad CT3 is back, I’m sure stats don’t reflect it but I think he has been more valuable than Seager. Yikes, duck and cover
Last minute trade sends Hunter Renfroe to the Brewers from the Red Sox for Jackie Bradley Jr and two prospects.
We lost two more residents this week, counting our maintenance man’s wife, 5 have died in the last 3 weeks. Last two died of natural causes though.
Owners voted to invoke a lockout upon ending of the CBA. Will be in place sometime tomorrow.
Just read that the meeting between the MLBPA and MLB lasted exactly 7 minutes. Then the player reps left, all with their luggage and expecting a lock out. They are not close on any of the issues and the MLBPA is not going to accept any agreement that does not help the younger players get paid sooner. 4/60 for Chris, great deal for the Dodgers. His deal also includes an option for 2026 that makes it worth 73 mil. Dodger Beat is reporting that Neuse will be DFA’d. No confirmation so far. Dodger Blue also reporting the Nuese has been DFA’d and Taylor is back on the roster. Lockout scheduled to begin tomorrow.
Opening Day Roster:
1. Taylor
2. Smith
3. Barnes
4. Muncy (if healthy)
5. Lux
6. T. Turner
7. J. Turner
8. Rios
9. Pollock
10. Bellinger
11. Betts
12. McKinstry
13. Beaty
14. Buehler
15. Urias
16. Gonsolin
17. Hudson
18. Bickford
19. Ferguson
20. V-Gon
21. Graterol
22. Heany
23. Kahnle
24. Treinen
25. Vesia
Not many spots left: Price, White, Cleavinger, Nunez, May, Grove, Jackson, Bruihl
800 Pound Gorilla: Bauer
Are you insane?
Now, just sign Josh Harrison too.
If Freeman was really seeking $180 million for six years, the Dodgers should have directly offered him $200 million for that period. You get a great and classy player, you turn around the whole postseason narrative for the team and the fans. But probably, wouldn’t be quite prudent, just a little too much, we’ll try to sign two far lesser players to smaller amounts and shorter terms. We signed Knebel for one year; he did well, suffered a serious injury, came back, did even better, and we let him go somewhere else. We do have the money and we make more than any other team in baseball but one. The fans deserve to have all the talent here that reasonable money can buy.
4 years $60MM for CT3. Done Deal.
I would rather have Freeman than Taylor if it boils down to that… but I would love both of them.
It looks like the Cubs and Marcus Stroman have agreed to terms. Another one gone.
Good news on CT3. I would like to see the Dodgers get Kershaw back into the fold on say a 2 year deal with incentives and manage his starts throughout the year giving him time off in August and Sept so he is fresh for the post season. Bauer coming back would be excellent too.
Good news on Taylor, we really could not afford to lose him, too.
If we somehow got Freeman, which I am not expecting (whenever did we beat the Yankees out for a player they wanted), then I would say that we came out ahead on the lineup side, at least for a few years. Pitching is where we have fallen behind. And we have a good bullpen, but I really wanted to keep Knebel, and make him or Treinen the closer.
We need a top starter who can pitch a lot of innings (Scherzer was certainly that), and a big bat, someone who can consistently hit for average and power. Freeman is one of the few who does.
Done for today, cannot spend any more time checking on MLBTR and twitter. Working on a new post, and getting some things ready for my trip to California for the Christmas Holidays. Have a great day guys, will check in later.
The market was closed for Correa, he will not achieve the amount of money and years that he expected, something will come to him in the range of the offer that Houston made, at the moment you do not see a team that can offer him 10 / 300 +, why should a team do it?
Now the Rangers’ deal with Seager looks more and more foolish, they rushed in and overpaid.
Whoever gets Correa will do it with less years and less money than what it took to get Seager, incredible !!!
Good to have Taylor back!
Friedman will deliver a competitive team.
One last tribute to Corey Seager on LAD Twitter.
I Will definitely miss him!
https://twitter.com/dodgers/status/1466161023195308036?s=21
Texas may want Bauer. They have several middle infield prospects. Maybe Bauer to Texas, middle infield prospects to the A’s, and Olsen to the Dodgers.
Muncy to DH. Justin stays at third to start the season.
Okay, with Taylor coming back, who gets released? My guess once again is Raley. Taylor plays the outfield and hits RH, they have enough lefty bats for the OF> So long Luke.
Taylor brings so much value just in his ability to plug in at multiple positions.
3B
SS
2B
LF
CF
He can play all those for 150 games a year if needed
Morosi and Heyman both reporting that the Dodgers and Yanks are pursuing Freddie Freeman. He would look good in Dodger Blue.
Welcome home Chris.
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Free-agent superutilityman Chris Taylor and the Dodgers are in agreement, pending a physical, according to a major-league source.
Excellent news. CT3 in the fold, now go get Bryant or trade for some SP.
Passan now saying CT3 is getting close on a deal with the Dodgers – will probably happen today.
Ol’ JP is really on top of things. Seems to have most of the signings first.
Melancon signs a one year deal with the D-Backs for 14 million. Seems a little high to me. Correction, 2 years.
Knebel to Phillies just announced on MLBTR per Jeff Passan. 1 Year 10 mil.
Talk about passing the buck. Scherzer blamed his tired arm not on his usage by the Dodgers, but his lack of work for the team. He said he is used to pitching 110 pitches or more every 5th day. He did not do that with the Dodgers and thus tired arm. He said his usage in the months of August and September is what he uses to get ready for a playoff run. Okay Max…we believe ya…he also said he signed with NY because of the personal contact from the GM and owner, a call with deGrom and the fact that the Mets training facility is so close to home, and NY is a short plane trip so he can spend more time with his family. The money was secondary….uh huh. And Moby Dick is really a minnow.
From The Athletic:
Scherzer suggested his “overcooked” arm was the result of the Dodgers being too cautious. He said that by limiting his pitch count and trying to keep him fresh for the postseason, the Dodgers might have lowered his work capacity, leading to a dead arm. With the Nationals, Scherzer regularly pushed his outings to 100 to 110 pitches every five days in the run-up to their World Series win in 2019. Scherzer said that returning to the NL East was part of his desire to sign with the Mets. It will allow him to see his children more than if he’d remained on the West Coast, where he finished last season with the Dodgers.
Of course one will click in his late 20’s, but that is the anomaly. Mark’s wrote, “Progress is not linear with guys like Outman, Raley, Rios, Neuse, and McKinstry.” That is exactly the line of thinking for teams like Oakland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, Miami, and Seattle. Be patient. They will come around. And they are cost efficient in the interim.
For every Adam Duvall, there are dozens of players like Trayce Thompson, DJ Peters, Cody Thomas, Billy McKinney, Zach Reks, Yusniel Diaz (who has absolutely regressed at 25), Rob Segedin, and Scott Van Slyke (who could not sustain it). Maybe you will get one good year out of one of them like SVS and 2014. But most of the time these players are exactly as they appear…AAAA players. It is that line of thinking that gave the Dodgers Billy McKinney, Steven Souza Jr. and Andy Burns in the playoffs while Atlanta had Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall, and Jorge Soler.
I have no idea how Rios comes back from shoulder surgery or if McKinstry is the player he was pre-injury 2021 or post-injury.
Pre-injury – 58 PA – .296/.328/.556/.883
Post-injury – 114 PA – .173/.230/.327/.557
How much longer are you willing to wait?
Rios (28)
Raley (27)
McKinstry (27)
Neuse (27)
If CT3 is all or nothing, exactly what is Edwin Rios. Plus, there is absolutely no equivalency when it comes to defense. I want to make it clear. I like Edwin Rios, but as a reserve (backup 1st and 3rd). I like Matt Beaty (29). But how many LH hitting corner IF reserves does one team need? McKinstry and Raley are also LH bats. James Outman (25) is LH hitter. Of those you named only Sheldon Neuse is RH hitting, and I would not look to kindly if it was Neuse that was coming up with the game on the line like CT3 did in the WC game against St. Louis.
AF, you saved at least $70MM annually on not signing Corey and Max. $pend a little of it on CT3. All or nothing? I am sorry, but a career line of .261/.337/.443/.779 and outstanding defense is not nothing. AF, you blew it with Bauer, and you cannot get away from it. You overreacted to SDP and NYM. Wear it! But please don’t compound it by ignoring holes created with players bolting and nothing in the system that can offset those losses. You are the PBO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, not the Oakland A’s or Pittsburgh Pirates.
Alex Wood back to the Giants is official now. SF has added Wood and Cobb, resigned DeSclafani. With Webb they have 4/5ths of their rotation filled. Barnes signs with the Tigers a minor league deal, but the former Red Sox reliever has a spring invite. Lots of action so far.
Since a lot of top name guys are off the free agent market, might as well sign Chris Taylor, Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant. It will solve all the holes that need to be plugged offensively including the bench.
By the way I have no problem with Muncy at 2B permanently.
Kris Bryant at 3B with Justin Turner DH.
Freddie Freeman obviously at 1B.
Sad news, former Dodger Don Demeter passed away at the age of 86. Don was a huge favorite of mine and wore #2 in that magical 1959 championship year. I was very sad when they traded him to the Phillies. RIP Don, you gave us some great memories. Also passing today, former White Sox Ace, Lamarr Hoyt. He was 66.
I certainly thought this date was important with CBA negotiations. I’m certainly fearful there may not be an agreement and a work stoppage. I just read an article by Mark Feinsand on ML.com site that would seem to make this not so critical. I certainly would not love to see this thing stretched out, prolonging an agreement but others don’t share the urgency.
“One person involved in negotiations on the league’s side indicated that there did not seem to be much urgency from the union. Recent comments from a pair of veteran players would seem to back up that sentiment.”
“We have three months to really hash this out, and I don’t fear us not starting on time or anything like that,” National League Most Valuable Player Bryce Harper told Philadelphia’s WIP radio on Nov. 19. “The cool thing is, if something does happen, we can always sign a year extension of what we had this year. That’s always possible.”
“Braves pitcher Charlie Morton took it a step further, telling The Athletic last week that the Dec. 1 CBA expiration doesn’t represent a true deadline to get a deal done.”
“[A] lot of the time, especially in baseball, you have these deadlines that aren’t necessarily hard deadlines, that aren’t precursors to something better or worse,” Morton said. “But they’re there just to kind of give both sides a little sense of urgency. So no, I don’t necessarily think that the deadlines [mean that much]. This [Dec. 1] deadline is for the lockout, but obviously you hope you have something done Jan. 1. If not, then you hope you have something done certainly by the time pitchers and catchers are supposed to report, because then that’s going to start to affect things to a severe degree.”
“Really, most players’ offseasons aren’t going to change because of this [Dec. 1 deadline].”
Great. Drag your feet for a few more months Dip-Shits. There’s no urgency.
On another note I drove around 2 Spring Training sites yesterday. At Surprise, the Rangers have a player’s residence structure looking like a Holiday Express or similar facility for the players instead of hotels. Now the Royals built a similar facility next door and it’s really nice.
I drove out to Goodyear where Cleveland has a similar facility. I talked to a couple of young players about it and they said the rooms are like a nice college dorm with a dining facility. And what they liked best is it’s across the street for the training facilities. I didn’t ask if they had to pay anything to stay there for room and board. The Reds might be building one nearby as construction is going on for something.
Same at Camelback Ranch. Something’s being built across the street.
This is such a good idea providing player housing with decent meals provided. I can’t help but believe it’s in response to improved player living conditions and nutritional needs. Players are not housed in a hotel away from training facilities and have to find healthy meals on there own. I’ve never been to the Dominican but I know they have Academies with similar player accommodations supposedly, for the young latin players. I’m going to check out other ST sites and see who else is building similar facilities.
I know a lot of you do not read Twitter, but there was a video on there from the Joey Bishop show in 1964 with Dodgers Drysdale, Skowron, T.Davis, Perranoski, Willie Davis and Frank Howard singing the old song High Hopes, only changing it to Koufax. It is hilarious. All the Dodgers except Big D in uniform. Big D wearing a tux. Howard can hardly keep a straight face with Bishop looking at him like he is Herman Munster or something.
A story I read this morning says that Taylor is expected to receive offers close to 5 years and 75 million samollions. I do not think AF is going to pay that much for a Swiss army knife. I think Harrison would be a nice addition and would not cost nearly as much in years or cash. Knebel is in serious talks with the Phillies according to MLBTR. D.J. Peters was outrighted to AAA by the Rangers and McKinney was non tendered. We just have to wait and see what transpires today. Two things MLB seems to be wanting in the new CBA or as part of the agreement, a 14 team playoff. The top two seeds would get byes and the two other division winners would get to choose which wild card team they wished to play, and the universal DH, which I think is coming no matter what.
How about a trade for Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray AND Eugenio Suarez for Mitch White, Clayton Beeter, Carson Taylor, and a couple of other prospects?
The Dodgers would have their rotation set and Suarez could be a monster comeback candidate.
This solves the Reds salary issues.
Damn, and I was at the Kings game last night thinking “it’s 9pm, baseball is now in a lockout”
I guess I was wrong, and today’s the real last day? Freeman, Bryant, CT3, Kenley, Kersh, Strowman…. somebody’s coming (back) today!
I love Chris Taylor. I thought he was pretty clutch off the bench and a solid defender. If he wants to try to play a position full time, go ahead and move on from him. I think his value is as a utility guy and would love to see him come back in that role.
As far as Kenley goes, he had a very solid season last year. But, I don’t like the idea of paying top dollar for a guy you have to treat with kid gloves and I don’t like his “I have to be the closer even when I suck” attitude. I don’t like how he never learned to hold runners and I don’t like how he can’t pitch with a guy on second. I don’t like how his velocity fluctuates drastically day by day. I don’t like how he couldn’t pitch back to back days, and when he got over that hill, couldn’t pitch 3 days in a row. I loved the former Kenley that could pitch just about every day and multiple innings at a time. I don’t think he’s that guy anymore and I don’t think there’s a need for a closer.
On to Freddie Freeman. He’s one of the best pure hitters in baseball IMO. He hits for average, power, drives in runs, scores runs and is always on base and doesn’t strike out too much. He’s also great with the glove. I would take him over Muncy any day of the week. The problem is, I don’t want Muncy to play second base and I’m a little suspect with playing JT at third base at this point in time.
With the DH, Freddie might work if they think Muncy can handle 3B. I just don’t see that happening with a guy who’s nursing a torn UCL. Can Rios maybe handle being the backup at LF, 3B, 1B with McKinstry backing up second base? Lux shifting from second to short when Trea needs a day off? Maybe that can work. Bryant would probably be a better fit since he could handle 3B, 1B, and all over the outfield, but he isn’t the hitter that Freeman is. Maybe they can convince Castellanos to be open to play multiple positions like Bryant.
Maybe we should target Adam Duvall. Put him in Center, move Belli back to RF and Mookie to second base. Let Lux be the CT3 for a year until you think you can depend on his bat.
I guess there’s still some options out there. Some better than others. I also hope to see Eddie Rios break out in a big way. He always hit so well in the minors and he’s worked really hard on his glovework at 3B. And he did all of it while playing through shoulder pain. Maybe everything will click with successful surgery?
And by the way….
I wonder what a guy like Mitch White thinks when he reads that the Dodgers signed Andrew Heaney for $8.5 million after a dreadful season
White pitched pretty well–a 3,66 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 46 innings– yet never seems to get any respect. He is rarely mentioned as a candidate for the rotation. Clearly Heaney will get every opportunity to join Buhler, Urias, Kersh (I assume) and Gonsolin in the rotation. May should get back at some point.
To me, Taylor has always been the most essential Dodger FA to bring back because Seager and even Scherzer are easier to replace. Taylor of course wouldn’t command as much $$, but that’s another reason he’s so valuable: The money can be saved for bigger stars like maybe Bryant or Freeman or the new import from Japan.
think we learned last season what a luxury it was to have both Taylor and Kike, two of the best UT guys in the game. The failure to sign Kike didn’t bother me at the time because it looked like McKinstry might be a capable replacement–and for a while he was. But before long it because apparent that no combination of McKinstry, Neuse, Peters, Raley, McKinney, Souza, Beatty , Reks really compensated for single Kike or Taylor.
The UT role is viral that I hope that the grooming of Lux continues. Having both him and Taylor–one batting left, one right– would cover every position but catcher.
And as Mark has suggested, just a couple of seasons from now , Cartaya could push Smith to 2B or 3B. That would be kind of great.
Good morning reading accompanied by a good coffee, Bear except for Davis in the 60’s, we almost never have departmental leaders in batting matters, instead we do in pitching. Hopefully this next season we will improve the current starting rotation and also improve on defense since last season was not good in that regard, congratulations on your article.
What I remember about Shawn Green’s four homer game is that it wasn’t televised. Amazing. They televised every game except that one.
Interesting article or Q and A, written by Bill Shaikin (LA Times) today on baseball’s impending lockout, breaks down the central issues. Definitely worth reading.
Okay, I’m over losing Corey Seager, sad to see him go, the Dodgers will definitely miss his bat. I’m wondering how much of an effort the Dodgers made to keep Seager after he rejected the eight year, $250 million deal in spring, and the team acquired Trea Turner at the deadline. I’m guessing Seager may have some regret, actually wanted to stay, based on what insiders have said. But Turner gave the Dodgers another option.
Although some have suggested that the Trevor Bauer contract is weighing the Dodgers down this winter, making a $250 million offer to Seager suggests otherwise. Max Scherzer will be 38 in 2022 and he was having some minor issues before the trade, said he had concerns about those ailments turning serious if he pitched in a cold weather environment, thus the reason for wanting to be traded to the west coast. He obviously was concerned about his next deal. Now that he has it, doesn’t matter where he pitches.
The Dodgers were wise to walk away.
Will the Dodgers make a real push for Chris Taylor. Probably makes some sense. I can see that happening, but there are probably cheaper options. The problem with Taylor is the all or nothing approach, lots of swings and misses. Expected to sign today so we’ll see.
Good write-up today.
Call me a hater but I don’t want Jansen back. Been there done that ready to move on. Give his money to a starting pitcher. We still need two.
Great job Bear, that was a good read. Feels like CT3 will probably sign today before the lockout. Will it be with the Dodgers or is he going somewhere else? After the loss of Scherzer and Corey it seems apparent to me that AF has to get CT3 in the fold.
I’m not at all inspired with the likes of Rios, Neuse, McKinstry being our flexible “swiss army knife” player who can play multiple positions very well and be an offensive weapon as well. CT3 seems like the type of player that AF should covet. Hard worker, quiet and unassuming, a pro’s pro. Get him signed up and while we’re at it go ahead and get Kris Bryant or Freeman. Still need some SP. Will there be any Dodger transactions today?