The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Turns out, it WAS a train! Be careful what you wish for (Kenley Jansen) you might get it! Kenley sure has had some dramatic losses for us this year. I blame his Doctors they said he could pitch. It was obvious he could not! Malpractice is what it was! According to Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com, Jansen may have been too amped up: Jansen said he was so excited
Turns out, it WAS a train!
Be careful what you wish for (Kenley Jansen) – you might get it! Kenley sure has had some dramatic losses for us this year. I blame his Doctors – they said he could pitch. It was obvious he could not! Malpractice is what it was!
According to Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com, Jansen may have been too amped up:
Jansen said he was so excited to be activated, he might have been a little too excited.
“The first two hitters, I wasn’t in my comfort zone,” Jansen said. “I think I tried to maybe be amped up to be back and try hard and everything flattened out. I definitely didn’t come back too soon. Stuff happens, but you’ve got to move forward. Tomorrow, if I have a shot, same hitters, I’m looking forward to it.”
Well, I guess that happens, but this stuff can’t happen much longer – not just the blown saves, but the failure to hit with RISP. The Dodgers are 2-1/2 games out and theres not much margin for error. It was just one game, but there aren’t that many left! The fact of the matter is: Jansen has lost 4 games and blown 3 saves this season!
To those who think Roberts is FAZ’s puppet, are you watching what this genius (I use that with sarcasm) is doing? FAZ is giving him all the data every game and he continues to do stupid stuff. Gomber is death to RH hitters, so Doc lines up his three worst RH hitters in a row: Hernandez, Taylor and Barnes. Dave Roberts thinks he is the smartest person in the room, when he not even in the top 75%. He’s not FAZ’s puppet – he’s a contrarian – he does stuff just because he thinks he’s smarter than they are. It’s going to cost him his job!
Rants and Raves
- Austin Barnes body language screams “Please walk me – I can’t jump out of a boat and hit water!” Kike ands CT3 are all-or-nothing players… mostly nothing!
- I do not think Alex Verdugo is a solution (long-term) to play CF, but he can play there for a while. The Dodgers need his OB% bat in the lineup, like NOW! What is the holdup?
- el Gasolino has not given up a hit or run his last 4 appearances, spanning 5.1 innings. That’s a start. He is starting to pitch… not just throw.
- Maeda looked comfortable out of the pen. Wood was not comfortable as a starter. I think Chicken Strip will take Wood’s spot when he comes back. Wood is better suited to the bullpen right about now.
- CT3 and Kike: Only one should be on the roster – they are the same player right about now… unless one decided to adopt Bellinger’s approach.
- These guys better get busy – time is running out!
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Discussion (97)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Not raising the white flag on 2018 yet, but if KeeKee and CT 0 for 3 are both on the club next year I’ll be utterly disappointed. They are the same player, bust or boom. Austin Barnes will never be a full-time ML catcher, dude cannot hit.
The ball will unfortunately find Muncy’s defensive position at critical times in the game but his bat is back to finding the ball again at critical times.
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I am learning to like solo home runs. They have a much higher chance of scoring a run on this Dodger team.