No Bull
Ross Stripling should be better than he is. In 50+ innings this year, he has given up 6 HR after giving up 10 home runs last year in 100 innings. Also, I hear that Ross is not very happy being a reliever he sees himself as a starter, but he really needs to learn how to pitch better. His stuff does not play well up in the zone. Ross
Ross Stripling should be better than he is. In 50+ innings this year, he has given up 6 HR after giving up 10 home runs last year in 100 innings. Also, I hear that Ross is not very happy being a reliever – he sees himself as a starter, but he really needs to learn how to pitch better. His stuff does not play well up in the zone. Ross has no business throwing belt high 94 MPH fastball over the middle of the plate. His curve is excellent but he needs to keep it down. He has no chance of starting for this team at the moment, so I would suggest that he adapt and be the best relief pitcher he can possibly be or he might be left off the playoff roster. Ross needs to change his mindset… and pitch location. It’s as simple as that. No bull!
The bullpen has not been good in August and they have had a proclivity for the long ball. No bull. However, the bullpen is still near the top in ERA. It’s Red Sox 3.01, Indians 3.03, Dodgers 3.08, so the Dodgers have the best bullpen ERA in the NL and they lead all of baseball in WHIP. The Cubs have the second best bullpen ERA in the NL with a 3.44. The Nationals bullpen ERA is 4.99. If you are a glass half empty person, you are going to freak out about the bullpen’s difficulties of late. Over the past 14 days, the Dodgers bullpen ERA is 5.30. In July it was 2.41. In August it is 6.00 so far, which is the worst it has ever been this year.
If you are a glass half-full person, you might realize that it is a long season and there are going to be bumps in the road. I also look at the arms in the pen and I realize that for the playoffs, Ryu and Maeda will likely be in the pen with Jansen, Baez, Morrow, Fields and two more pitchers who are deemed worthy. This is the list they have to pick from:
- Buehler
- White
- Avilan
- Font
- Hatcher
- McCarthy
- Paredes
- Stewart
- Dayton
- Cingrani
- Watson
- Ysla
- Stripling
I think they can find two good arms in that bunch. I also think Ross Stripling will figure it out. Even after last night, Ross has a 3.67 ERA. That’s not great, but not horrible. There is a lot of time to go and games to play. Trust the process! No bull!
Rants and Raves
- Rios and Ramos were both 3-5 yesterday at OKC and Locastro was 2-6
Discussion (64)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Sometimes I do not like Grandal’s play calling. I like high fastballs sometimes, but to call 2-3 high fastballs in a row is not smart in my opinion. I was always taught we may throw 2-3 fastballs in a row but never in the same location. I have said this before. If you miss a high fastball and get it down just a little, it is gone. After the first two hitters got on in the 9th, I would of been living down at the knees. Jansen has a good slider. Then come up for the strike out. Grandal also does that to Stripling. Like Mark said, Stripling is not capable of throwing up there.
Dusty says hyperextended but MRI on Sunday.
Utley asked ump to move so he could see home plate. The ump refused so Utley voiced his displeasure and got a quick hook. Ridiculous.
What the what?
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Utley was thrown out… why?
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This is America. Isn’t there freedom of speech?
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Rookie Umpire. Send him back to Rookie ball.
I was looking at that as well Vegas, its going to come down to the wire between those two, hopefully JT keeps doing what JT does
Seems like yesterday we were a couple games behind both Colorado and Arizona, speculating who our future lead off hitter was
I think AGon can really help the lineup, he is a professional hitter even though his power has declined. He can still make all the plays at 1B but his range is not the same as Cody’s. A lot of pitchers pitch around Cody if they have a place to put him and I don’t blame them. JT better get busy because Blackmon had 4 hits tonight and is around .330 now. I’m tired of Rockies winning the batting title year after year.
I like A-Gon at #6 at this stage of his career. Puig would be great at #5… if he doesn’t freak out!
Shame on me! I was starting to have doubts about my Dodgers tonight and then Puig took the style of a seasoned vet….especially with that fancy arm movement tagging home plate.
If Puig can keep the same mindset at #5, then cool. I am not sure he can…
Taylor
Seager
Turner
Bellinger
Puig
Gonzalez
Grandal
Forsythe
This way the speedsters are not slowed by GONZO. Puig maybe sees better pitches with GONZO protecting him instead of HILL/RYU/DARVISH/KERSHAW/MAEDA/WOOD.
Come on guys/gals, once/maybe twice? I know I know, Puig and #8 have become the thing, but I am itching to move him up when Agon comes back, Joc has to go, Agon needs to play and can protect him better then our starting pitching staff.
THAT WAS AWESOME
Harper torn ACL/PCL apparently
How about we get the coldest two hitters on the team out of 5 and 6 hole.
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO done with Joc Pederson. The experiment is over. There is nothing to see here, folks… move on.
Joc average drops to .220, 7 LOB
Over it.
*might HAVE dropped a tad
MJ, correct, this was his free agent year, signed a one year extension with the Nats for $21.65 million in May, def a good thing for him. If this is serious, you would think his stock might drop of tad.
Bryce Harper just blew out his knee.
Myers deked out Joc, who did not come up ready to throw and dared him to throw him out at 3rd and the throw was offline. He would not have run on Puig, that’s for sure. I loved the aggressiveness of Taylor tagging and going home on Renfro when he knew it would take a perfect throw home after a difficult catch in foul ground with his momentum taking him away from the play, and he threw an offline 2 hopper to the plate.
Dodgers have announce that Chris Hatcher will be activated soon and that Gonzalez shortly thereafter. I get Gonzalez, but Hatcher?
Joc Pederson is not smart. Not a smart player! I think the Dodgers would be better off with Taylor in CF. He should start playing there soon. Joc will not be on the playoff roster.
If Adrian is healthy and productive, this would be a very lethal lineup:
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1. Taylor CF
2. Seager SS
3. Turner 3B
4. Bellinger LF
5. Forsythe 2B
6. A-Gone 1B
7. Grandal C
8. Puig RF
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That could be a potent lineup
For a minute I thought you had invoked the mercy rule–when 10 games ahead of the next best team in baseball you can only start 8
Tonite’s lineup where we start another winning streak and stay above .700
Taylor -LF
Seager- SS
Turner-3B
Bells -1B
Grandal-C
Utley- 2B
Puig -RF
Ryu – P