The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Good Emmit Sheehan i s Special, and I am not looking at the fact he pitched five innings and allowed one run. I am looking at the shape of his pitches, his velocity, and the fact that he is frequently out of the zone by just a bit, which induces a lot of chase. This is a guy…
The Good
- Emmit Sheehan is Special, and I am not looking at the fact he pitched five innings and allowed one run. I am looking at the shape of his pitches, his velocity, and the fact that he is frequently out of the zone by just a bit, which induces a lot of chase. This is a guy who may be in the playoff rotation.
- Will Klein has a lot of potential. He will get better and better.
- Dalton Rushing may be the best catcher on the Dodgers and Will Smith is damn good!
- Hyeseong Kim‘s defense at 2B is incredible… maybe Mookie stays at SS for a couple more years.
The Bad
- The Dodger offense… what offense?
- Shohei Ohtani‘s offense since he became a pitcher.
The Ugly
- Tanner Scott has been paid and lost his edge. He signed his big deal and is fat and happy.
In all seriousness, the Dodgers are just sleepwalking… and going through the motions… and that is what they should be doing with a seven-game lead. They say, “You can’t just flip a switch.” Yes, you can!
- Bryan Reynolds has a no-trade provision to the Yankees, Mets, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Giants, and Padres. Evidently, he is a loser and likes being on losing teams.
- Nick Senzel is heating up at OKC. He can play 3B and LF. After being drafted #2 in the 2016 draft he has never reached his potential.
- Bobby Miller is still a train wreck.
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Discussion (91)
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Dodgers Starting Lineup
Shohei Ohtani, DH
Mookie Betts, SS
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Andy Pages, RF
Michael Conforto, LF
Hyeseong Kim, 2B
Dalton Rushing, C
James Outman, CF
Miguel Rojas, 3B
Clayton Kershaw SP
Limping into the Break with this lineup
Verdugo must really be an A-hole. I assumed he would get at least an 8 or 9 million dollar contract this year but it looks like being an A-hole has cost him at least 7 million this year. I know he is trending as very mediocre but the Dodgers are paying some players who are a lot worse a lot more money.
It will be interesting to see the contract he gets next year.
Someone pointed out that there isn’t a single Brewer’s player with an OPS of .800. The Dodgers had 5 in their lineup yesterday and managed 1 run. Something’s just wrong.
Kim is César Izturis version 2004
It is beyond my comprehension as to why the Dodgers hit Conforto behind Pages all the time. Pages is still getting pitches to hit which I also don’t understand if there are two outs or if a runner is in scoring position and first base is empty.
At least this game lasted 4 innings, that’s 3 more than the last few games!
Yates is done.
I’m going to the game tomorrow. I hope Dustin May can throw a complete game shutout because the Dodgers offense is still in LA.
Kershaw pitched a quality game and the Dodgers looked like minor leaguers once again. I hope this stops soon.
Sooner or later we have to accept that Mookie is no longer a superstar but a average or below player and Kim is a star on the rise. After those sparkling defensive plays recently, I think he would be as good or better at SS than Mookie or Kike. But then what do we do with Mookie?
There is a post by Bluto above that has a lot of great info.,
It was in jail and I just paid it’s bail,
Emmet Sheehan: Piggybacking Ohtani on Saturday
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Sheehan is scheduled to pitch in bulk relief behind Shohei Ohtani .
Blake Snell: Cleared for rehab start Thursday
Snell (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
2:10 PM ET
Dodgers (56-37)
Brewers (52-40)
SP Tyler Glasnow R
1-0 4.50 ERA
SP Jose Quintana L
6-3 3.44 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
C Will Smith R
1B F. Freeman L
RF Andy Pages R
2B Tommy Edman S
3B Miguel Rojas R
LF Esteury Ruiz R
CF James Outman L
In Domed Stadium
07/09/25 Los Angeles Dodgers activated RHP Tyler Glasnow from the 60-day injured list.
07/09/25 Los Angeles Dodgers transferred RHP Michael Kopech from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Right knee inflammation.
07/09/25 Los Angeles Dodgers optioned RHP Alexis Díaz to Oklahoma City Comets.
Tuesday scores
Oklahoma City 2, Sugar Land 1
Arkansas 6, Tulsa 4
Great Lakes 3, Lansing 2
Rancho Cucamonga 10, Inland Empire 3
Wednesday schedule
4:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Payton Martin) vs. Lansing (Wei-En Lin)
4:35 p.m.: Tulsa (Jackson Ferris) at Arkansas (Reid VanScoter)
5:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (TBA) vs. Sugar Land (Tyler Ivey)
6:30 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Aidan Foeller) vs. Inland Empire (Peyton Olejnik)
2025 MLB All-Star Game: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Replaced By Reds’ Andrew Abbott
“Yoshinobu Yamamoto was among the five Los Angeles Dodgers players selected to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, marking his first career selection to the Midsummer Classic.Yamamoto was joined by his teammates Clayton Kershaw, Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman as those heading to the All-Star Game for the Dodgers.
Yamamoto is scheduled to start the weekend before the All-Star break against the San Francisco Giants, so he won’t be available to pitch in the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday, July 15”.
I’m in RF seats right now. You can hear Glasnows fast ball pop in Smiths mitt from hear. Gaaaaaassssss!
I watch Mookie and just feel like when he loads he’s dropping his hand too low.
Yankees Designate DJ LeMahieu For Assignment…
Even the ‘homer’ announcers feeling bad watching Freddie
Tanner Scott has not been a big help this year. At least he’s been healthy I guess
Yates, Scott. Ay-yi- yi
After the glass man finally didn’t get hurt, everything went to shit… again.
Seriously, it even makes me laugh!
The back end of the bullpen has been awful. No Treinen or Phillips. (or Kopech really). New guys (Yates and Scott) have not been consistently effective. Only Alex Vesia has been there all year and has mostly pitched well. Maybe Friedman will need a reliever at the deadline.