Rant & Rave Sunday
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- This happens every year – some player gets off to a bad start, and fans start calling for their ouster. It’s early – Chill!
- Outman, Kike, Lux, and Taylor are all off the bad starts. I am not worried! They all have less than 50 ABs. I will start worrying at around the 100-150 mark. We see this every year.
- Bobby Miller and Conner Brogden had recent poor performances and the reason was INJURY. Miller has shoulder issues and Brogden has foot issues. Now we get to see LH Nick Ramirez and JP Feyereisen. Let’s hope they are healthy.
- If the players in platoons want more PT, all they have to do is Hit! That’s it! Then you have the “street cred to demand it! Otherwise, shut up and play!
- The Dodgers lead baseball in runs scored, HR, RBI, and strikeouts. They are second in BB, and near the top in OB% and OPS, and the bottom of the order is not hitting. Maybe not all four struggling hitters make it, but most of them will. It is a long season.
- Gavin Stone was incredible last night. He’s looking like a keeper.
- Jurickson Profar is a moron – Stone was not trying to hit him with a perfect game in place. That is why he has a world of talent but is a utility player.
- Andy Pages is red hot at OKC after a 3-4 night. He is hitting .351 with a 1.029 OPS. Andre Lipcius is hitting .341/1.010 with 3 HR as well after a 4-5 night. Miguel Vargas was 2-5 and is hitting .294/.955. Vargas leads the team with 17 RBI, while Pages has 11.
- After a hot start, Diego Cartaya is hitting .167, Jose Ramos is at .172, Fernandez is at .143, and Rushing is at .273/.957 OPS.
- 2B Taylor Young (RHH) is hitting .417 at Tulsa with a .533 OB% and a 1.283 OPS. Hummmm…
- Jared Karos is a man among boys. In the first game last night for Great Lakes, he went 5 innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 ER, with 0 BB and 6 Ks. He’s ready to move to Tulsa, like yesterday.
- Alex Freeland is at .308/1.038, and Nevin is at .381/1.024. Liranzo is hitting .050.
- Peter Hubeck (still just 21) went 5 Innings, allowing 2 Hits and 0 Runs while striking out 8. He also walked 3.
- Kendall George is struggling with the bat – .214 BA, but has 9 walks in 14 ABs for a .522 OB%.
- It sounds like Walker Buehler will get one more start on the 18th or 19th after getting hit on his hand by a ball. He is allegedly fine.
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Disagree, not disagreeable
Wow! 14! Is that an MLB 9 inning record? Can’t win a WS playing 6 vs 9. The bottom of our lineup and the bottom of our pen needs a redo.
It will take some time before the good SP’s and RP’s get healthy, and new faces with better pop can be found to man the bottom of the lineup.
Which means we’ll be watching a painfully ordinary Dodgers team for awhile.