Remember the Good – Forget the Bad!
Justin Wrobleski (who is on a hard pitch count… and rightfully so) pitched an excellent 5.2 innings. Then, Evan Phillips came in, and in typical baseball fashion, when a guy is struggling, the Baseball Gods let the hitters kill him with a thousand cuts. No one hit him hard, but…
Justin Wrobleski (who is on a hard pitch count… and rightfully so) pitched an excellent 5.2 innings. Then, Evan Phillips came in, and in typical baseball fashion, when a guy is struggling, the Baseball Gods let the hitters kill him with a thousand cuts. No one hit him hard, but they just dinked and dunked him to death. Daniel Hudson experienced the same fate, and then Blake Treinen gave up the game-winning blast (and it was a blast). Dodger fans are going to freak out like they always do and say, “We need a closer – let’s gut the farm and get Mason Miller.“ Uh… no! “Fire Dave Roberts. It is his fault!” Silly… borderline psychotic!
There was some good last night:
- Justin Wrobleski – I am not trading the guy… PERIOD!
- Shohei Ohtani remains the MVP.
- Cavan Biggio showed out on offense and defense.
- James Outman showed that he is a damn good CF’er. If he could only hit!
- Gavin Lux continues to improve.
The truth is: The Dodgers will make the playoffs if they stand pat! They will! I am OK with a trade or two, but I am not OK with dope-fiend moves. I am OK with trading James Outman, Miguel Vargas, Andre Lipcius, Austin Gauthier, and Deigo Cartaya for Luis Robert, Jr. I am not OK with including any of our Big Arms in that deal.
Let’s not forget that Max Muncy and Mookie Betts will likely return in August. That adds two All-Stars to the team. A bunch of pitchers (you know who they are) are also due back. Sometimes, the best trades are the ones you don’t make! The sky is not falling. Last night was just one loss… not 12! Steady as she goes…
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Discussion (99)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Nightengale and MLB news claiming on X that the Dodgers and Yankees are in a bidding war for Parades. Since the Yanks are in the same division as the Rays, one would think they would prefer to deal with the Dodgers. We shall see. This seems to be heating up. Padres sent 3 prospects to the Rays for Adam.
I am a diehard dodger fan… Their weak
Bullpen scares me. Gave up 7 run the other night…. Is this the group they’re gonna go all the way with???. The bullpen continues to be a disappointment!!
Can’t blame Roberts, front office or players not performing can only blame bad luck which is the perfect excuse for losers
Only thing that matters in a crap shoot is luck so what’s everyone worried about about. Either we get luckiest or we don’t
We should not look for a 3rd baseman, we already have a perfectly good .223 hitting, 30% striking out, mediocre fielding one now. He and Mookie and a whole list of pitchers we all HOPE will come back healthy will save the day. Sorry, our chess playing AF has set up Roberts with a crappy roster which only magnifies his bad decisions in crucial times. Luckily it is a crapshoot in the playoffs and Cadaveran Biggio, and some of these other junk heap players will get hot and save us.
Lot of holes to fill, I agree with Bear wait until the deadline is passed to see how this plays out. We will soon see what moves Andrew and Gomes come up with. To quote the great Tom Petty “The waiting is the hardest part.”
Two very flawed teams made the WS last year. Its all about getting hot in October.
Brasher, Graterol and Grove are do back soon. Who do you get rid of in the bullpen? Banda, a LHP, has been steady and gives the Dodgers another option besides Vesia. Yarbrough can pitch multiple inning but has been inconsistent as of late.
Honeywell has been very good but small sample size. Kelly has been ok and has a big contract. Hudson, aside from yesterday has been very good. Trienen has had some issues lately as has Phillips but are probably not going anywhere.
Graterol struck out the side in his appearance for OKC last night. Hope was 4-5 with 5 driven in during Rancho’s win. Miller gave up all six runs in OKC’s 7-6 comeback win in 3.2 innings. Bullpen shut down Tacoma the rest of the way. Just a bad loss last night, veteran bullpen coughed up a fur ball. Wasted a good night by Wrobleski and Ohtani. Biggio drove in 2. I will reserve judgement until I see what moves they make on Tuesday. They cannot stand pat.
i still don’t understand taking lux out . he’s been on a hot streak. even against lefties. vargas ain’t hitting. outman ain’t hitting. heyward ain’t hitting. smith is in a slump. biggio finally got a couple of hits. freddie is out(godbless him and his family). taking out your #3 hitter and leaving a. bunch of .180 hitter’s in there? JW didn’t look good against the first 2 hitters in the sixth inning. i just thought honeywell would have been a better option. phillips looks like a beaten pitcher. i’m not smart enough to be in Friedman shoes, but we need an outfielder (maybe 2) and some bullpen help. I bet you Mark, Flaherrty( spell check) ends up a dodger. does look like miller is going to be any help this season!
NO guarantees that Muncy returns and how either Betts or Muncy will perform at a playoff level. Too many holes for AF and BG to fill to make this a championship team. As the saying goes “Wait till next year”. I’m not drinking the Kool Aid.