The time has come to drop the dead weights out of the Dodgers' lineup, drop others down in the batting order, and to knock off the ridiculous platoons. It's time to move forward with the players that deliver with enthusiasm, with power - and how's this for revolutionary baseball thinking?
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When Dave Roberts won the job as manager for the Dodgers, there were plenty of reasons I was glad. One of the biggest reasons was I believed Roberts would manage the game just like he played it - with conviction, daring, and a touch of fun. We stand a little
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Scott Kazmir's Dodger career has gotten off to a putrid start, there's no getting around that. We've seen him pitch 7 starts, and after a near perfect start, this has happened: scott kazmir's FIP this season 5.56 scott kazmir's FIP in 2010 the season preceding his exit from baseball: 5.56 — a-dri-an
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The Dodgers finally snapped their six game losing streak on Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 win over the Padres. It was nothing to feel good about, even though the team celebrated in the clubhouse like they had just won the seventh game of the World Series. After all the Dodgers
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First things first. Adrian Gonzalez is so cool, he's got nicknames in two languages. He's even had a nickname bestowed upon him by none other than the venerable Vin Scully. Gonzalez is a star in MLB and world-class competition. Fans of multiple teams - even rivals - love him. Teammates and
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Hey everybody, Join Scott and Oscar on the ZCast network for a podcast wrapping up this incredible road trip, and previewing the upcoming series against the Marlins. You can also live chat with us during the broadcast. There's a lot to cover, from Heroes and Goats of the road trip, to Scott
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Kenta Maeda has gotten off to a fantastic start for the Dodgers. The Japanese import was signed as a first look free agent in the offseason to an eight-year 106 million dollar contract. Maeda pitched for the Hiroshima Carp in the NPB for eight seasons before migrating out to Los
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Okay so that road trip had some ups, some downs, and almost nothing in the middle. The wins were either dominant and exciting (shutout sweep of San Diego/coming back for Kershaw) or brutally frustrating (blowing leads in all of the losses at the phonebooth). All in all, a 4-3 road
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(via) I started this post off without a title because I didn't know what to call it, a defense of Dave Roberts seems too reactionary, a criticism of Dave Roberts has been... well documented. It's hard to separate the fact that it's still early April with the fact that losing games
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Remember when I wrote that article asking about whether Corey Seager should lead-off? I wrote another one pondering who the Dodgers will bat at the top spot in the lineup? Coming into this season the Dodgers don’t have a typical lead-off hitter. Of course times have changed since the old days when a lead-off
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Depth is primed to be an even bigger story this season than last season, basically the entire crop of starting positions players are coming in with either health questions or production questions. This is why mid-December the Dodgers had so many questions about Enrique Hernandez, we understand that he's versatile
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I guess we're just gonna have to get used to this whole 'injured Dodger starting pitcher thing' aren't we? The Dodgers have an issue, starting pitching is the concern, it's been a concern since what feels like 1988. and despite the handful of #3 starters that the Dodgers brought to camp,
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I wanted to talk to you guys today about the importance of run differentials. We see projections for every club each season and I normally take those with a grain of salt. It’s hard to predict what a team or player will do during a 162 game baseball season because
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The Dbacks are sick of losing. They’ve been bad for several years now and finally decided to do something about it. They hired Tony La Russa as their new chief baseball officer and former MLB pitcher/agent Dave Stewart as their general manager. Then they went to work and made a
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The Dodgers purchased right hander Mike Bolsinger from the Dbacks on November 22, 2014. The 28-year old hurler had spent several years in the Arizona farm system before making his MLB debut in 2013. A fifteenth round draft pick by the Dbacks in 2010 put up decent numbers in the
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There’s been a lot of talk about whether the Dodgers should extend closer Kenley Jansen after a recent article from Ken Gurnick reported that there were no extension talks between Jansen and the Dodgers. The club and Kenley just recently settled on a 10.6 million dollar salary for Kenley for both sides to
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