It’s amazing how well Clayton Kershaw can pitch against the Astros who they have no trashcans to bang! Remember this?
Without the cheating, the Dodgers would have won two World Series… not just one. To me, that is unforgiveable. I read an article alleging that the Dodgers may have cheated, and here is my comment: “Bring charges, or shutup!” Nothing more to be said. Here’s what the players think about the cheaters:
The Dodgers scored 9 runs last night on just 1 extra-base hit (JT’s HR) and they only had 7 hits to go with 9 walks. They were efficient and opportunistic. It is especially satisfying to beat Zach Greinke. Tonight, Trevor Bauer goes against RH Luis Garcia. There is no love lost between Bauer and the Asstericks! Tonight should be interesting. I think Bauer will be talking… a lot. You could see some fight action!
Dodgers Minor League Report
- OKC BOXSCORE GAME RECAP
- TULSA BOXSCORE GAME RECAP
- GREAT LAKES BOXSCORE GAME RECAP
- RANCHO BOXSCORE GAME RECAP
I like this format better. You can read what you want.
Discussion (15)
Disagree, not disagreeable
I understand both protecting/developing young arms and maximizing service time. But these bullpen days are not only a burden day of, but also day before.
Gonsolin cant get stretched and promoted soon enough
Agree with AVF,
Beating the Cheaters is nice but beating the Midgets is more important. Someone needs to be making wise decisions in using the rotation and BP.
30-19. Not bad considering everything that’s happened. Stay positive Dodger fans!
Stupid move starting Bauer after 126 pitches against SF. He clearly did not have it tonight with his control and should been pitching tomorrow night in LA against SF with an extra day of rest. A bullpen game was in order tonight. If this usage continues they’re going blow out our starters. Gonsolin is very important to the team right now.
AAA players in the lineup and the bullpen too.
Can’t wait to get people healthy and send all these AAA guys back to OKC. The Mendoza line is a reach for them!
In doing a rewatch of the players reaction vid you posted, I found it quite interesting that Kiki had so much to say, and then he later said it was Cora who convinced him to go to Boston. I guess money really does talk.
As soon as Tony Gonsolin is back, the bullpen will be stronger. In fact, if the payoff started June 5th, this would likely be the Dodgers pitchers:
Starters:
1. Bauer
2. Kershaw
3. Buehler
4. Bauer
5. Kershaw
6. Buehler
7. All Hands
Bullpen:
1. Urias
2. Gonsolin
3. Price
4. Treinen
5. Kelly
6. Jansen
Next, pick who is healthy and run with it.
Several are Multi-Innings Guys.
Heading home tomorrow. Nice win, proved they can’t hit Kersh when they do not know what is coming. Nice effort by the offense. 9 walks helped. I do not worry about pitchers coming in during a blow out..and to his credit, Bickford finished them off without too much trouble. And we all know this is not the 26 they will be going into the playoffs with.
* Players all (try) get good at controlling what they can control and leave the rest to fate. So let’s go back to spring when Lux was projected to get the extended opportunity to make it or not at 2nd. There was a group that thought he should have been sent down or traded, or whatever and CT3 should have been the everyday guy at 2nd. When Seager got hurt it would have been easy to move CT3 to short, who’s had quality major league time there, leaving Lux at 2nd. Everyone now would be waiting for Seager to come back from his injury and back to short when he got healthy and Lux would be at 2nd, or not. But the decision was made to move Lux to short with no MLB experience there, just nice stats in AAA Instead, Lux has looked great at short and now the conversations have shifted to what to do with Seager? Some willing to ship him down the road now or let him walk later. Things chance rapidly in this business. Every player knows how fate can influence their career. One simple decision sort of changed the directions of 3 players.
* CK has had 11 starts and they are taking a very conservative approach with pitch counts. He has exceeded 100 pitches only once and his last 2 starts have been 83 and 81 pitches, both wins. Doc is saving bullets.
So someone please explain to me about last night and the management of CK. I obviously don’t have some secret information that’s available only to Doc.
First, I think a long inactive delay between innings can be more damaging to a pitcher than the pitch count. I fully expected CK to have his night done after we scored 3 in the 7th. But Doc sent CK out for the 8th with a 7 run lead, after a 35 minute rest in the dugout, to throw 5 pitches. He got 2 outs on 81 pitches and looked fine. Than Doc pops out and makes the change.
I don’t get that one. I personally would have replaced him to start the inning. Or let him pitch and finish the inning. But making the pitching switch gave us the opportunity to watch Doc manage or perhaps have Kelly face Altuve? Either way, that one has me scratching my old bald head.
* If you’re around my age, I bet you remember the Walt Disney “Goofy” character. If you recall there was one cartoon where there was a “Good Goofy” v “Bad Goofy. Each appeared on opposite shoulders and advised Goofy on his behavior.
I have that happening with the Astros. As a responsible senior I have matured and gained acceptance over their cheating behavior and have moved on letting bygones be bygones. That’s “Good Phil” there on my shoulder. But then there’s “Bad Phil” on the other shoulder whispering “I hate those cheating sons a bitches will never get over it. Hinch and Cora deserved lifetime suspensions and the players got off. I can never forgive that”. Right now Bad Phil continues to dominate.
There has been much talk that most pitchers are using some kind substance(s) that helps them with spin rate. I don’t believe it has been discussed much here. With the continued downward trend in hitting and questions on what to do to improve offensive production I find difficult to understand why baseball has not attacked this aspect of the game. Oh wait, I forgot Boob Manfred is the commissioner. He’s more concerned with oversized bases, moving the pitchers mound back to 70 feet, and other misguided ideas that would come from a guy who never played baseball. To me banning these substances should be enforced immediately. Under Manfred we had the Houston cheating scandal along with other abuses of the rules. Now add in this disregard of the rules by pitchers. The rules are the rules! They should be enforced or eliminate them. It’s a reflection of today’s society. Congress and other local government bodies make laws which they themselves don’t enforce or follow. A congresswoman from the LA area, Maxine Waters, continually states “I don’t care what the law is”. Yet she helped made the laws. Manfred needs to enforce the rules or why have them. So far he has failed miserably to do so. He is baseball’s worst enemy right now.
Pitchers have a huge advantage to begin with. They are successful getting hitters out at a rate of 70-75%. Now they are throwing harder than ever. They are using breaking pitches at a higher rate than ever. With all that they still feel it’s necessary to use a substance to have even a further advantage. It’s bullshit. Last night the Dodgers scored 9 runs on 7 hits along with 9 BB. Only two runs were the result of a homerun. Bottom line is that there wasn’t a lot of offensive action. As a longtime baseball and Dodger fan even I’m finding the games hard to watch. So, what is the casual fan think of how baseball is deteriorating into an unwatchable sport? We already know how Boob Manfred feels. He really doesn’t give a damn.
Carry on
Pujols with a nice at-bat.
At keast he’s a bench guy in the playoffs.
I think the Kershaw thing was to be cheered on by the fans, in that rat stadium!
How many times have you seen a pitcher from the opposing team get cheered on in your own stadium?
I am sure that no pitcher from Houston will EVER be cheered on in another stadium, EVER !!
I thought it was unnecessary to pull Kersh last night with two outs in the 8th, nobody on, right after a double play at 81 pitches. Did Doc make that move to put Kelly into the game just to mess with Altuve and the Astros? I can’t think of any other reason to do so.
The game was a good old fashioned Ass-beating. A good outcome facing the cheaters in front of fans for the first time after the Cheaters were outed. The Blue Crew travelled well overtaking their stadium with an estimated 40% Dodgers fans. I would imagine more of the same today with a slightly earlier start at 4:40. I can’t imagine Pantone 294 travelling to Houston to go to just one game in a two game series.
I’m looking forward to Bauer pitching today as I wonder what he’ll do to get under their skin. Kelly threw just 4 pitches. Maybe they can bring him back tonight to plant one on Correa.
Just a few days ago, it appeared that Belli wouldn’t be coming back until after the Giants series. Now, Doc says it’s a possibility he returns this weekend. I wonder if there’ll be a bullpen game during the Giants series, or if they’ll decide it’s better just to bring Gonsolin back this weekend as well.
ZMack was 3-4 last night. I’m missing that contact bat in the lineup and I’m very excited to get him back into action.
Seager’s been out 10 days now and Pollock’s been out 11. It’ll be a while longer until we’re full strength. Not a bad run so far with half the offense on the IL, yet people here are still complaining about the bench and depth. Bullpen haters have been really quiet lately.
Correa has to know he is a piece of $#^!. And I’d happily go into a fight with him believing he’d win at the end of it because I can assure you he wouldn’t come out of it smelling like a rose. It don’t matter how good of a player he is because he can’t reach a level of play that can erase who he really is. Any team he’s on in the future I will hate the same.