Let s Play Two!
Ernie Banks was a National Treasure and that was one of his favorite sayings. I can dig that. I would love to see both games, so hopefully I can close my office door at 2:20 PM EDT and watch the games.. and I may have a stash of bourbon to sip on. Well, I won t make it until 3:30 as I have my second of three knee injections which is
Ernie Banks was a National Treasure and that was one of his favorite sayings. I can dig that. I would love to see both games, so hopefully I can close my office door at 2:20 PM EDT and watch the games.. and I may have a stash of bourbon to sip on. Well, I won’t make it until 3:30 as I have my second of three knee injections which is supposed to make me leap tall buildings with a single bound and make me more powerful than a locomotive (I doubt most of that). Then I have a haircut at 3:00. I have been getting my hair cut by “Joe the Barber” for 25 years. It used to cost $8.00. Now it’s $24.00 and I have less hair. I asked him why that was and he said it was “a finders fee.” Go figure. I went to the doctor and asked him why I was losing my hair and he said it was in my jeans. Well, I checked there and it wasn’t. So what should I do? However, I digress!
OK, I’ll stop!
Dustin May is out until 2023. We have no info on the Bazooka, but evidently, the Brandon Morrow experiment is over. Corey Knebel is on the DL until August and the Sky is Absolutely Falling! Or so it seems. It’s really not. The Dodgers picked up Phil Bickford yesterday, who was twice drafted in the first round: once #10 (2013) and later at #18 (2015)! The Giants traded him in 2016 in a deal with Milwaukee for Will Smith. This is another Andrew Friedman-esque move. Bickford is still only 25 and he was once tantalizingly good.
Bickford attended Cal State Fullerton before he was drafted by the Giants. After being traded to the Brewers, in 2017, he underwent a 50 game suspension for drugs and also had a broken hand, so he pitched very little. It should not be lost on anyone that he has never pitched above A-ball. He is not the answer this year, but perhaps the Dodgers developmental people can help him realize his potential as a reliever. Here’s his MLB debut (it was ugly):
The Dodgers currently have seven (count them, 7) pitchers on the IL. Tony Gonsolin and David Price look to be the ones who will be back the soonest. I suspect that Price will take spot in the rotation while Gonsolin slides into the bullpen. Joe Kelly is due back soon as well, and I have high expectations for him…. considering what has happened.
Rome was not built in a day… and neither are bullpens. I also think Jo Jo Gray could start a game before Price and Gonsolin come back, but the Dodgers would have to make a roster move to clear a spot for him so that may not happen. It’s a big blow to lose Dustin May, but the Dodgers are built for this. This bullpen is being built and saying that they can’t win with these guys after less than 30 games defies baseball sense. At the 60 game mark, we will have a better idea and I have always said the AF has the resources to trade for another arm or two… if nesessary.
I wonder how the Cubs feel in having to face Kershaw and Bauer the same day? Yikes! I hope we don’t hear the Cubs Song (they only do it when they win). The whole stadium stays after a win and sings together. I have only seen it twice as the Dodgers usually win when I go to Wrigley. This was in 2016 after winning the World Series:
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Discussion (76)
Disagree, not disagreeable
If the Pads and D’backs win tonight and we lose the second game, we will be in 4th place.
It’s over! Bauer gives up his homer early!! Turn out the lights! Somebody said facing kershaw and Bauer would have them shaking but that is nothing when u throw Hendricks and Thompson ( whoever that is)
I do not see how this offense can get better, Muncy done, Rios done, Betts hurt, Seager either hurt or contract in his head, smith average, Taylor average, turner above average, pollack average, lux below average. Power limited, starting pitching great, pen below average, manager below average,
.500 team
Pathetic!!!!!
And our 8th inning guy treinen has to have the worst whip in the history of baseball, does he ever have a clean inning??
Are we shifting too much?
Treiner save the game. Excelent command.
Muncy!!!
Bench Muncy bench Muncy bench Muncy. Oh ….maybe not. Props to Roberts! Well good on Muncy. hopefully can break out of that horrendous slump.
Send Rios down to alternate site to clear his head.
This team will go to any lengths to lose a ballgame! Please AF. Put Rios out of his misery-and ours!
Slipping into darkness, quoting Timmons just wait until next year, World Series hangover alive and well!!
You just can’t put lipstick on this pig. Kershaw did the unthinkable and laid an egg in game 1 – no offensive help.
No offense in game 2 either, but the bullpen blew another one.
Who here thought that the Dodgers would be swept by the sub .500 Cubs in a DH where Kershaw and Bauer were starting?
One thing is becoming evident, I need to stop wasting three hours a day watching this team.
Currently it ain’t good.
Way way tooo early to panic. They are in second place and despite losing all these games they are only 1.5 games back of the Giants. They still are not at full strength. If they are still stumbling come July, then you can worry
Nothing about the Dodgers right now leaves me with a good taste in my mouth. But Bear is right, it’s “Way way tooo early to panic”. If this is still happening come July, then it will be time to worry. If anything, the current debacle will open the Dodgers eyes that they can’t take anything for granted. And none of this is being lost on AF.