Mike Sirota: Diamond in the Rough?
To begin with, I totally understand how much the Dodgers wanted to draft Mike Sirota. He was projected to be a first-round draft pick ahead of the 2024 Draft… some services even had him in the Top 10. However, he took a huge backward step in 2024 for various reasons. Frankly, he…
To begin with, I totally understand how much the Dodgers wanted to draft Mike Sirota. He was projected to be a first-round draft pick ahead of the 2024 Draft… some services even had him in the Top 10. However, he took a huge backward step in 2024 for various reasons. Frankly, he scared many organizations off… including the Dodgers, as he looked totally out of sync. I have watched Mike Sirota close to a dozen times this year, and he employs a crouched and wide stance at the plate without many moving parts and fires quick hands through the hit zone. Frankly, I am convinced that the Dodgers stole him from the Reds, as the Reds most likely sold him based on his poor showing in 2024.
He is a different player this year, and he was just promoted from Rancho Cucamonga to Great Lakes. Understand this: He has great defense, speed, and a great arm to go with his bat. Sirota led off and played LF in his first game with the Loons. He was only 3-3 with a walk to cap it off. He chewed up Low-A, and he was smoking hot in his first game at High-A. In a couple of months (if he keeps this up), he will be in Tulsa. Quick: Who was the last player who started at Low A, moved through every minor league stop (A, AA, and AAA), and finished the season in LA? I’ll tell you later!
The last two guys about whom I was this excited were Seager and Bellinger! Yeah, I liked Miguel Vargas, but not like Sirota! I will say this: Mike Sirota will be the Dodgers Centerfielder for ten years starting in 2026 or 2027!
LAST NIGHT’S GAME
Well, that was a close one. Three straight Grand Slams and we would have won! I turned it off and speed-watched this morning. After vomiting, I feel better. It was a good night as the Indiana Pacers again made it to the NBA finals. This coming Saturday will mark Clayton Kershaw’s return to the rotation. The rotation will look something like this:
- Yamamoto
- Gonsolin
- May
- Kershaw
- Knack
With Sasaki, Snell, Glasnow, and Sheehan on the IL, but expected to return sometime. Nick Frasso is also a possibility. I pray that J.P. Feyereisen goes away… soon! I am not going to talk about why (at least right now) the Dodgers have so many injuries, but it is very concerning. Maybe Mark Prior is teaching his style of pitching to the team? You know – Pitch great for a year or two, and then your arm falls off! That’s what it appears.
PETE ROSE
So, Rob Manfred made the right decision (with some prodding from Donald Trump) to allow Pete Rose and others who had been banned from baseball to have a path to the Hall of Fame. I think it’s only right if they are part of the fabric of baseball, and especially in Pete Rose’s case, who was banned for what he did as a manager, not as a player. His plaque can say that. It will also say “Charley Hustle” who played the game right between the lines. I just am not convinced that the bigoted sportswriters will do the right thing. Some are so self-righteous! Baseball writers are some of the most judgmental and dumb people I have ever met. Mental Midgets and Morons!
DODGER NEWS AND NOTES
- Bob Nightengale has reported that the Dodgers will be all in if Kyle Tucker hits the open market. Well, Duhhhh, even Ray Charles can see that.
- Clayton Kershaw will allegedly start Saturday against the Angels.
- Will Smith is hitting .330 – he always fades in the second half. What if he platooned with Dalton Rushing?
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