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JDM with a homer…. what a crazy game.

Hahaha! Too much fun!

Did Muncy injure his leg jogging after his HR?

Hope he’s better soon.

Fantastic game!!! really cool!!! What a good breakfast!!

Welcome to the AAA Pitching Meets MLB Hitting Show

I was for giving James Outman a longer leash to see if he could get out of his slump

But he looks so lost now that I think it’s probably hurting him more than helping.

It’s a tough call for management, but it might be time for him to go down to OKC and figure out what’s up with his swing and get his confidence back.He’s just flailing away at pitches and missing them by feet not inches.

We probably wouldn’t be in first place if it wasn’t for his play in the first part of the year

We really need him to get back to the player that he was

I really hate this baseball park.

Who could ever imagined after the April Outman had, that we’d be talking about sending him down by the end of May? But it needs to happen. He’s completely lost it! And save a seat for Stone!

I’m not a fan of leaving a pitcher in for 7 hits and 6 runs in one inning. That seems like conceding the game, especially in the second inning

Tough to lose when you score ten runs. Starting pitching in a shambles! Next man up. Lets try Knack

Sad for Outman, ..but time has come to do what must be done.

I said yesterday…

“I agree with everybody on Thor. We’re way better off giving Knack (or almost any other of our prospects) a shot. They literally can’t be worse. ”

Gavin Stone

“Hold my beer”

It has become painfully obvious dodger pitchers cannot put together a clean inning! Gavin may be a stud later on , but not now. Dodgers may not have a choice if Miller pitches well in his next start but to keep him in rotation. Syndergard reminds me of Matt Harvey, he has no confidence or put out pitch. I’m no expert

But he looks completely done! I really believe Clayton will be ok. It’s been a rough stretch, but physically I feel he’s ok. Gonsolin is the ace right now. Mark is probably spot about knack. Give him a start if pepiot isn’t ready yet. Good for trace! 3for 3 with a. Walk and roberts pinch hits for him . Supposed to be better against right handed pitching right? Still don’t see Thompson going on a rear though. Barnes on the other hand is absolutely abysmal. Please bring up hunter.

Fun game.

Would love to see changes to addressing the running game, both in preventing and doing.

Unfortunately, considering the state of our pitching and catching situation, the only way to offset other teams running game is to steal a few bases ourselves

We don’t put enough pressure on other teams pitchers by getting one way leads, drawing throws and distracting them

We go out to the job with a hammer in our hand. Teams like the rays have a toolbelt full of tools.

It looks like Almonte is starting to be on a roll. Hopefully this is the start of Taylor getting on track. Outman is in a slump but what outfielder besides Betts has contributed more to this team this year. The starting pitching is in a bad place right now. The top of the lineup has carried the offense. The Dodgers are in first place in the division, but it’s a surprise to me considering how erratic they’ve been. But then again the other equasion is how the other teams in the division are doing.

Just my 2 cents.

For me it’s easy to look at this morning’s game as a victory. As roughed up as this team has been through they stood their own and certainly instilled some fear not only to the Rays but every team to face us further on as repairs are on their way. If you don’t feel pride after this last game then you ain’t a Dodgers fan.

Nick Frasso for Tulsa is pitching tonight.

Thompson raised his average to .143 with his performance today. Taylor is up to .213. Martinez is hitting .273 now with an OPS over .900 and he has 10 homers. Still want JT??????? Muncy pulled something. Barnes is a black hole in the batting order. He hasn’t had a hit since Moby Dick was a minnow, Outman, Barnes and Thompson all need to be replaced. Maybe next spring the Dodger pitching gurus can work on holding runners on base. Rays stole 5 bases today and 10 in the series. They also need to teach the infielders to tag the base runner who is sliding in head first on the hand, not the torso like they did today. Muncy and Taylor both tagged the runners at third after their hands had already touched the base. Both out calls were overturned.

Totally agree bear! I said a while back , somebody else said it also. If Barnes is going to stay on the roster make him bunt every single time! He cannot hit , period! Don’t hate the kid, he just needs to go! He would have been let go by 98percent of teams. Wonder what pitching move is next?

If you look around baseball particularly managers, very few of them were good to great players. Aaron Boone was a good player. Not a great manager. Dusty baker was probably the best player/manager in todays game. Now what I’m getting to is this. Austin Barnes is a way below average mlb player. But. I watch him in the dugout when he’s not playing, and I honestly believe he will be a big league manager some day! He has all the heart and desire to manage in the show. Unfortunately not the talent to be a player that has an average career as a player. I would like to see him as a dodger coach , and even a manager some day. I think he has a future in coaching. I appreciate his effort on the field and in the dugout. Just think he’s going to be a lot better coaching than playing,.

Dodgers need two players better then Thompson and Barnes and two starting pitchers and a legit closer that can come in and close a game in the ninth. If there going to stick with Taylor Rojas and Betts at shortstop things. Then that’s the areas we need improvement if we’re going to be a threat in playoffs. Right now it’s the Devil Rays that look like a threat. And I sure wouldn’t want to play them in the world series. With the roster we have now nope. But, after trade deadline things might look better.

I’d love to see the Dodgers play the Rays or any team in the WS, because that would mean they were National League champs with a chance to become World Champs.

I have always believed that you’re never as good as you are at your best and as bad as you are at your worse.

I still believe in this team, and expect them to get better as the season progresses, especially the young players. And there are likely going to be player moves.

No guarantees, but let’s hope that this year the Dodgers catch fire at the end of the season. Mark is definitely right about one thing. Progress is not linear.

Nick Frasso was dominant for Tulsa last night returning to the mound after a 3 week absence. He pitched 3.0 innings with 35 pitches (24 strikes). He pitched to one over the minimum due to a batter reaching on an error. He struck out 4. The right-hander lowered his season ERA to 0.91.

Sheehan relieved Frasso and allowed one run in six innings He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out nine. Sheehan lowered his ERA to 1.64.

Pitching help is definitely on its way.

How does Tampa do it with their budget? Truly amazing….all the big spenders should be ashamed. That team clearly has my respect. I hope they do beat out Houston this year.