Of Course, Fans Know Better!
Some Dodger fans are losing their collective minds after 13 games, even though the Dodgers are on track to win 112 games with a .692 winning percentage. I have heard all of the following suggestions: Chris Taylor is toast. Max Muncy is a bum Mookie should be in CF Mookie should…
Some Dodger fans are losing their collective minds after 13 games, even though the Dodgers are on track to win 112 games with a .692 winning percentage. I have heard all of the following suggestions:
- Chris Taylor is toast.
- Max Muncy is a bum
- Mookie should be in CF
- Mookie should be at 2B and Miggy should be at SS
- Andy Pages should be in AAA because he cannot play CF
It seems that many Dodger fans feel that this team is a colossal failure. They evidently believed my satire that the team should win 162 games. Anything else is a failure! Of course, all of that is silly at best, probably delusional. Give it time. Maybe Andy Pages can’t play CF… but maybe he can. I have seen too much baseball to say he can’t play CF, and don’t forget, I was the one who said Lux could not play SS. BTW, Gavin has been playing LF and hitting cleanup for the Reds. I was also the one who said Lux should be in LF! Progress is not linear. I see progress on some plays with Pages and then question other plays. That happens with young players.
Patience Grasshoppers.
Dodger Notes
- Walker Buehler has an 8.68 ERA after nine innings in which he has given up 14 hits and nine runs. Yikes!
- Keibert Ruiz is hitting .343 with a .981 OPS after being one of the worst players in baseball the past two years – Progress is not linear!
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Discussion (59)
Disagree, not disagreeable
What happened to my clearly intelligent comment?
Great comments Mark. The only thing I’m frustrated about at this point is all the base on balls we’re issuing. It drives me crazy to lead all of the majors in walks, when we are widely considered to have the top talented pitching staff…. maybe ever.
Trade Ohtani and Betts Designate Snell and Sasaki and start rebuilding!
Also fire Andrew and dave!!
that will do it!
Lets win today and have a happy flight!
Promising results for Frasso so far but he is no longer an elite prospect. Maybe a multi-inning reliever down the road or trade fodder.
Still glad to see him back.
Tuesday scores
Oklahoma City 16, Round Rock 3
Tulsa 1, Arkansas 0
Great Lakes 10, Lansing 5
Stockton 6, Rancho Cucamonga 2
Wednesday schedule
9:05 a.m. PT: Tulsa (Peter Heubeck) at Arkansas (Nick Fraze)
3:05 p.m.: Great Lakes (Luke Fox) at Lansing (Yunior Tur)
5:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Tony Gonsolin) at Round Rock (David Buchanan)
7:05 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Samuel Sanchez) at Stockton (Blake Hammond)
Second rehab start for Tony Gonsolin, who pitched 1⅔ scoeless innings last Wednesday. He’ll be on five days rest.
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