Red Wave
Elly De La Cruz has stolen 30 bases in 35 attempts, so it seems logical to keep him off the bases… right? Nah, that’s too easy – let’s have him get on base all five at-bats! Tyler Glasnow will have an occasional bad game. That was one last night. The hitters either show up en…
Elly De La Cruz has stolen 30 bases in 35 attempts, so it seems logical to keep him off the bases… right? Nah, that’s too easy – let’s have him get on base all five at-bats! Tyler Glasnow will have an occasional bad game. That was one last night. The hitters either show up en masse or they are no-shows. Chris Taylor got an “excuse me” hit on an 81 MPH screaming line drive (sarcasm alert). The whole lineup looked pathetic, but Taylor and Outman were patheticer. I just invented that word for this occasion.
Heyward will likely be activated tonight. Will this be a double-play? CT3 and Outman for Heyward and Vargas. Shake it up! Vargas is not getting many good pitches right about now. Again, last night, he had one at-bat and was 1-1 with three walks. His OPS is still around 1.100. Pages deserve to play, and Miggy deserves to play, too. Also, his enthusiasm won’t hurt a bit. Pages do not have the speed or range of Outman in CF, but he gets better jumps and reads, so let him play CF every day. From what I see, he can handle it. Heyward can also handle CF. Let’s see what we have before the trade deadline.
The Dodgers have the most at-bats in baseball. They have also scored the most runs, but they are eighth in strikeouts. They are first in walks and #1 in OPS by 22 points! They are also #1 in OB% and are 2nd (.01 point behind the Astros) in batting average. I see nothing that explains why everyone hits, or no one hits… except mindset! Change your thinking – change your life!
Down on the Farm
Spoiler Alert: Every team in the system lost last night!
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The Athletic
There is a great article in The Athletic today by Fabian Ardaya on Dodgers prospect tiers: How Diego Cartaya, River Ryan, and Dalton Rushing are progressing.
Read it! Spoiler Alert: River Ryan is just about ready to return at OKC.
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Discussion (78)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Maddux Bruns is proof that progress is not linear. Where did the new found control come from? Now we’ll see what Outman is made of. Vargas responded well when sent down and now will get another chance, but are you bringing him up only to platoon with Hayward? I think you got to give him a full time job and Hayward subs in at all 3 outfield spots
Five year deals to older utility players generally don’t generally work out. AF probably regrets the length of Taylor’s contract. Does AF eat the remainder of the contract and DFA him or does Taylor put on his big boy pants on and ask and accept an assignment to Oklahoma City and play every day and get himself right. Right now him and Outman are dead weight on the lineup and 26 man roster. Both are hurting the club.Both situations need to be addressed now!
In the 5th inning with De La Cruz on first, Glasnow threw over to first. De La Cruz ran on the next pitch. Given the Dodgers couldn’t stop him, a better approach would have been to throw over 3 times. If he goes on first movement you’ve picked him off. If he doesn’t get second on the failed third attempt. Since he was going to be on second anyway, three throws would have been a better way to control his running.
Taylor –Patheticist