Which One Doesn t Belong?
I can t complain about the pitching changes last night. It all boils down to Rosscup not doing his job on lefties. Some will complain about taking Maeda out and they will be the same ones who complained when they left him in. Rosscup doesn t belong. Axford looked like he does. His first outing was horrid (the worst of his career), but he overcame another Joc Pederson outfield gaffe to shut
I can’t complain about the pitching changes last night. It all boils down to Rosscup not doing his job on lefties. Some will complain about taking Maeda out and they will be the same ones who complained when they left him in. Rosscup doesn’t belong. Axford looked like he does. His first outing was horrid (the worst of his career), but he overcame another Joc Pederson outfield gaffe to shut down the Rockies in the 8th inning and had two strikeouts in the process. He still hits 97-98 and is the type of pitcher Honey can “fix.” We will see.
It seems to be “closer by committee” with Floro, Alexannder and maybe even Axford there (if he can pitch like last night). Ryu will likely be back the week of August 20th and Urias was hitting 95 on the gun at RC last night.
More Stuff
- For those of you who had Max Muncy dead and buried: The body was exhumed. Max is alive and well… as is Cody Bellinger.
- Sometimes Joc is just brain dead in the outfield – I don’t even know what to say sometimes. That’s why he can’t be in CF.
- It should be interesting to see how Striker Buehler does today.
- The most important thing to know is that the Dodgers are starting In-Seat Beer Service.
- No one really knows how long Kenley Jansen will be out. It could be two weeks, a month, the rest of the season or his career. You don’t mess with the “ticker.”
- Dustin Nosler of TrueBlueLA has a interestinmg piece on the Dodgers’ changing Bullpen Philosphy.
- When will Manny Machado show up? So far, he’s been Clark Kent, but the Dodgers were looking for Superman. Is this another Josh Reddick, Curtis Granderson, et al clone?
- Logan Forsythe as a Twin: 29 AB’s/.414 BA/.469 OB%/.952 OPS – Just sayin’….
- If you count Machado and Dozier, the Dodgers coulkd have 10 hitters with 20+ HR this year.
- Mitch White pitched his best game of the season last night for Tulsa – 6 IP/4 H/ 1 ER/ 0 BB/6 K’s and Kasowski struck out the side in the 9th. Call ’em both up! 😉
- These are the Dog Days – it’s where Pennants can be won and lost!
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Discussion (52)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Rincon: Great Power. Huge Strikeouts. 100 is 326 AB’s this year.
Brock Stewart is resisting becoming a reliever, even though I believe that is his ONLY patch to the majors. If he starts next Spring in the pen, he should get back to 95-96 MPH and could be an asset in the pen. On a starter’s path he only hits 91-92.
So far, everyone on this thread is correct, so I don’t need to echo them.
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AC, how good is Carlos Rincon? I see he’s owned Rancho since his call up!
Buehler has been great the last couple starts. We could really use another great start from him today!
If Ferguson can’t go back to back days, then he needs to be a 2 inning pitcher each time he is in there. He’s the only guy I trust that won’t implode. At age 21, I think we have ourselves a gem here!
Cody just missed a HR late in yesterday’s game. That means his timing is getting back. Good, as we need him to carry us, because right now Manny Machado is basically a bigger Cesar Izturis at the plate. At least it’ll be cheaper to resign him if he’s just a .250 hitter with zero power, lot of strikeouts, and zero clutch hits.
When is Corcino or Stewart or even Banuelos coming up to replace Baez???
Manny and Bull Dozier have been starters their whole career. Masnny wants to play SS. Just put Dozier and Machado at 2B and SS EVERY STINKING DAY! There is something to be said for status quo every day!
I’ve been disappointed in Many’s offensive game to this point. When he arrived he had a .318 BA, 24 HR’s and 70+ RBI’s. Those numbers illustrated what I thought would be a huge offensive center piece and as Vin used to say our “butter and egg man.”
I don’t think we’ve seen him come up big in a crucial RBI situation and his strikeouts have been alarming. He needs to get it going and the team, without KJ, is going to have win some games 7-3, 8-5, 10-7. Remove the BP equation from the problem and out slug our opponents will need to be the formula moving forward.
I agree that this one cannot be blamed on Roberts. FAZ gave him Rosscup and he has to use him. Their best reliever, Ferguson cannot go back to back games yet. I do not care how well Axford pitched last night, he is questionable at best. Look at his body of work post 2011. Shaggy pitched Wednesday and Thursday, but pitches best with two days off. Floro was pitching in his third game in 4 days. Alexander is now the closer and pitched every other day since Sunday. Baez? Why wasn’t he optioned?
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I do not understand why you expend the prospect capital to acquire rentals like Machado and Dozier, but do not go out and fix the one true problem the team has had…the bullpen. I have been a FAZ supporter, but you have to be objective when evaluating (from a fan’s perspective) their body of work. They have not done well with the bullpen. Last year they were committed to Hatcher and Romo and then finally called up Morrow, but had to go out and pick up Watson and Cingrani at the deadline. This year they picked up the Cup and the Ax. Maeda is a 5 inning pitcher, so why was the relief set up for him as poorly as it was? You are already committed to 2018 with Machado and Dozier so why not pick up a couple of reliable bullpen arms? They were out there. There is not a reliever that will get through waivers that the Dodgers would want. That time has passed. OKC still has Stewart and Liberatore on the 40 man. Bring them up and release Rosscup and option Baez. They certainly cannot do worse.