Sound Bytes, or is it Sound Bites?
What’s for breakfast? How about some Stone-Ground Deviled Rays? If you have not been paying attention, maybe you have not noticed what The Bazooka has been doing: He has been taking 2-3 MPH off his fastball, and it is moving like crazy. He can still throw the Big Kahuna Heater…
- What’s for breakfast? How about some Stone-Ground Deviled Rays?
- If you have not been paying attention, maybe you have not noticed what The Bazooka has been doing: He has been taking 2-3 MPH off his fastball, and it is moving like crazy. He can still throw the Big Kahuna Heater occasionally, but hitters can time flat pitches… they can’t time movement!
- As I suspected, Julio Urias’s bullpen session has been pushed back. I think his hamstring is worse than advertised. It may be a couple more weeks for him to return. Certainly not the end of May.
- Mookie is starting to earn his pay!
- Freddie is on an MVP Mission.
- Justin Turner or JDM?
- Michael Grove last night – 5.2 IP/5 H/0R/0 BB/7 K
- I think Alex Vesia will be back soon. He has worked his ERA down to 4.66.
Fierce Lineup:
- Betts RF
- Freeman 1B
- Martinez DH
- Taylor LF
- Muncy 3B
- Vargas 2B
- Rojas SS
- Thompson CF
- Barnes C
Gavin Stone -P
Today is the day CT3, Rojas, Thompson, and Barnes breakout (with hives).
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Discussion (75)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Hahaha! Too much fun!
JDM with a homer…. what a crazy game.
Thompson can still hit bad pitching, whether L or R.
My gosh, this game might last 4 hrs
In Mexico we have a saying: “they kill you with pinches” that’s what the Rays do: lots of hits, stolen bases, good defensive plays
What a strange game!! but at the same time so fun!!! This Siri is a very fast CF
Think real estate Stone – location, location, location
As I said June will be interesting.
But just think if we somehow win this game on the Barnes Grand Slam we will be 5-5 on this grueling road trip. Even with a loss 4-6 not too bad.
Will Stone have to take it on the chin for 2 more innings? Lets see
This game will make or break Gavin Stone.
Is he a bulldog or a kitty cat?
Sorry, Tony!
At this point, I’d rather watch Syndegaard pitch
… and just like that, Gavin Stone gave it all back. They aren’t bombing him; they are just singling him to death!
I guess the way this game is going we should expect a three run homer from Barnes to clinch the win
Taylor and Muncy go back-to-back and Thompson gets off the Schneid with a run scoring single. Luke Raley is playing his butt off in Tampa,
So that we don’t forget, Justin Turner was hitting .204 on May 27th last year. He ended up at .278.
I feel like I have to remind some of you that every 10 minutes! 😉
Yep, I’ll wait a little while before I put the crow on the grill! Go trace!
Sorry if I sounded negative, but we’re carrying at least 3 position players who probably wouldn’t start in double a ball. I guess we’ve over achieved a little. Just would love to see a better lineup than we’re playing today
Ok. June will be a good test of this team
So let’s take a look at the facts:
1. Our team has the best record in the NL.
2. After a .500 start over the 1st 26 games, we have gone 29/8, a .700 winning percentage
3. Even with the 13/13 start, we are still trending for 98 wins.
4. Just won a series from the other best team in the NL in their park.
5. Could win today and win a series from the best team in MLB.
Yet, with all this, the negativism and the suggestions for improvement still abound. I honestly don’t get it. We root for an incredible organization who truly know what they are doing. The results continue to show that.
Norcaldodgerfan, thank you for your post yesterday about Doc. He has this team winning in spite of having 2 rookie position players and now 2 rookie starting pitchers. Winning in spite of having 2 of our original starting pitchers on the IL and Gonsolin on the IL for over the 1st month of the season. He is a very good Manager period.
How is Tampa runs nine decent to very good hitters out there every game and the dodgers roll out this? Come on Friedman! Trace, Barnes same day? Why not give Freddie and Mookie day off too? Hell let’s run out nine.190 hitters today! We can afford it!
Rotation:
Kershaw
Gonsolin
Miller
Stone
Grove
[Jackson]
[Noah]
Today’s plan. Mookie and Freddie get on base-JD homer. Do this twice. Maybe a run somewhere else- like yesterday on wild pitch. Seven runs should do it.
Saturday scores
Sacramento 2, Oklahoma City 1
Tulsa 12, Northwest Arkansas 0
Great Lakes 5, Peoria 2
Rancho Cucamonga 10, Lake Elsinore 6
Sunday schedule
1:05 p.m. PT: Oklahoma City (Andre Jackson, after opener) at Sacramento (Kyle Harrison)
2 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Jared Karros) vs. Lake Elsinore (Miguel Mendez)
4:05 p.m.: Tulsa (Emmet Sheehan) vs. NW Arkansas (Jonathan Bowlan)
4:35 p.m.: Great Lakes (Maddux Bruns) at Peoria (Trent Baker)
“with hives” 🙂 ..at least Rojas having meh AB’s with tolerable K rate, getting singles/doubles here and there.
Taylor certainly deserving a shot at cleanup. Struck out 3 of last 4 times and 6 of last nine Including first one yesterday as his approach was ‘I don’t care what he is throwing I am swinging as hard as I can as if it is a heater’. So he got 3 offspeed and wasn’t even close. Thompson looked the same.
Kershaw. A couple good innings then . That’s it. Same with their guy
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Good luck Gavin!!!
With injuries hampering the Dodgers’ rotation, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the team could “potentially” target pitching at the trade deadline, but it will still be a while before the Dodgers know a firmer recovery timeline for Julio Urias or Dustin May. “Right now with where we are, it’s gonna be a little more shell game-ish if we have more injuries. But we’re thinking through that and trying to be as prepared as we can be if that happens,” Friedman told Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times and other reporters. May won’t be able to return until at least mid-July due to his placement on the 60-day IL, and Harris writes that May received a PRP injection as part of his treatment for a flexor pronator strain. Beyond the injuries, Noah Syndergaard’s rotation spot might also be a question mark as the righty continues to struggle.