Camelback, Here We Come!
Well, my son, nephew, and I leave for Camelback Ranch at 5:45 AM on Thursday and hope to make it to the first Spring Training versus the Cubs at 1:05 PM. We get into PHX at 8:05 AM. I have two extra tickets for Thursday’s game and one extra ticket for Saturday’s game. These are…
Well, my son, nephew, and I leave for Camelback Ranch at 5:45 AM on Thursday and hope to make it to the first Spring Training versus the Cubs at 1:05 PM. We get into PHX at 8:05 AM. I have two extra tickets for Thursday’s game and one extra ticket for Saturday’s game. These are great seats. I think I paid $67.00 each. Let me know if anyone is interested, or I will scalp them! 😉 Look us up.
I had my back ablation done yesterday and woke up with no pain. It almost made me cry! Wow! They say it takes 4-6 weeks to fully take effect. Here’s what they did – it involved four punctures.
OK, I will stop with the risque photos and go back to Dodger and MLB Baseball.
Rants & Raves
- Justin Turner signed with the Cubs, but no one should get all giddy. His first year in Boston (2023) was about what we expected from him in LA (.800 OPS), but in 2024 (age 39), he dropped to .737. I think he will struggle to be at .700 OPS with the Cubs. In the past three years, Turner’s Exit Velocity and Barrel % have declined, along with his BA, OB%, SLg, and OPS. I hope he does well, but he needs to retire as a Dodger.
- Rafael Devers‘ selfish desire to play 3B could wreck Boston’s Pennant hopes. He is a real tool and dumbass who actually thinks he’s a good 3B!
- The Toronto Blue Jays are owned by Rogers Communications, which is valued at about $16 Billion Dollars. However, they do not send their announcers on the road because they can’t afford it. Now, we hear that Vlad Guerrero, Jr. has closed negotiations with the Jays and will become a Free Agent. He is a year younger than Juan Soto and like Soto, is not a Defensive Wizard. Could he be a Target of the Dodgers in 2026? Soto is the better hitter, but Guerrero ain’t chopped liver. Last year, he hit .323 with 30 HR and 103 RBI with a .940 OPS. Imagine this:
- Ohtani RF
- Betts SS
- Guerrero DH
- Freeman 1B
- Hernandez LF
- Muncy 3B
- Smith C
- Edman 2B
- Kim/Outman/Edman CF
Just dreaming. Back to reality.
- I have spoken to a couple of friends with knowledge of this: They are not as high on Zyhir Hope as many fans for the same reasons Fangraphs, Eric Longenhagen articulated: “Hope is now physically maxed out. His thighs look like tree trunks and he’s slowed down a good bit already compared to high school. His swing is relatively grooved… In short, I think there’s more strikeout risk here than currently shows in his data, which I don’t trust because of the relatively small sample, the Cal League environment. etc.” He’s not a CF prospect, but his power is real. So was Joey Gallos. We will see what happens at Great Lakes with him this year. If he’s the real deal, he should be at Tulsa by Mid-Season. There is no question that he has prodigious power.
- I also had some who watched Kim in CF predict that he would be the Dodgers’ CF’er this season. I have no opinion, but we will see him playing somewhere tomorrow.
Opening Day Roster Guess (before Spring Training)
- Smith
- Barnes
- Freeman
- Edman
- Betts
- Muncy
- Conforto
- Kim
- Hernandez, T
- Hernandez, K
- Taylor
- Rojas
- Ohtani
- Snell
- Glasnow
- Yamamoto
- Sasaki
- Miller
- May
- Banda
- Grove
- Vesia
- Treinen
- Yates
- Scott
- Kopech
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Rosario is another October gamer.
His best chance at another ring is with the Bums. He’ll stick around, play for the Comets, and if he’s healthy and hasn’t lost a lot of bat speed…….could be in the mix come Oct. Heck AF might go sign Bucky Dent or Mark Lemke. He loves players with a proven track record in the playoffs.
Book em