Whether you believe in pitch-framing or not, the Dodgers certainly do. According to baseball prospectus the Dodgers have two of the best pitch-framers in baseball in 2018. Dodger’s catchers, Yasmani Grandal and Austin Barnes each rank in the top ten respectively. Grandal ranks third and Barnes ranks eighth. For the
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The Dodgers opened their final road trip of the season on Monday night with a three game series in Arizona against the Dbacks. The Snakes are a dead dormant club, officially eliminated from postseason play on Sunday. That doesn’t mean the Dodgers would have anything easy. Nothing comes easy this
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The Dodgers wrapped up their regular season home schedule with a 14-0 whitewashing of the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon in their home schedule and series finale. With Colorado and St. Louis both winning their respective games, the Dodger’s lead in the National League west remains 1.5 games with
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The Dodgers came off laying an egg last night and rebounded against the bottom feeder Padres. So Jacob Nix took on Rich Hill in a game that the Dodgers needed to correct themselves. The Rockies, Cardinals, and the Braves all won so the Dodgers winning was Paramount. Today was Viva
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The Dodgers had an off day yesterday after sweeping the Rockies. So began a three game series against the last place Padres. Rich Hill was supposed to start but Ross Stripling got the nod with Rich Hill starting tomorrow. The Rockies are playing the Diamondbacks this weekend and the Cardinals
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When the Dodgers returned home from their ten game road trip they were a half game behind the Colorado Rockies in the National League West race. The three game series with the Rockies at Dodger Stadium from Monday through Wednesday appeared daunting. There was no doubt that the three game
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Few words can describe what we’re all feeling right now. It’s been a trying day for me to be honest. I’ve had a busy day. Running errands, dealing with health issues and to top it off trying to fix the technical problems that have been plaguing this place over the
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It was a great night for the Dodgers and the fans. The Dodgers finally returned home from their longest road trip of the season certainly exhausted yet battle tested. The Dodgers won 6 of the 10 games on the trip including three of the last four in St. Louis over
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An important 4-game series with the Cardinals closed rather quietly Sunday night in a 5-0 defeat, however, taking 3 out of 4 and pulling even in the wild card race, while gaining a game against the first-place Rockies when they were in San Francisco is a definite win for the
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The Dodgers played the final game of a ten game road trip on Sunday Night baseball on ESPN. The season series with the Cardinals is tied 3-3. This game would determine the tiebreaker. The Dodgers held a one game lead for the wild card and 0.5 game lead for the
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It's Yasiel Puig's world and we are just living in it. The Dodgers have won three straight and have tied the St. Louis Cardinals for the 2nd wild card and have pulled within 1/2 game of the Rockies for the NL West lead. The San Francisco Giants snapped an 11
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It looks like reports of the Dodger’s demise were greatly exaggerated. The boys in blue piggybacked off of their exciting 9-7 win in the series opener on Thursday by making a commanding statement on Friday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. If the Dodgers are making a statement, they certainly
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The Dodgers flew into St. Louis to begin a crucial four game series on Thursday night still riding high after their incredible accomplishment of winning a single game against the lowly Cincinnati Reds. Certainly that was a crowning achievement for them, but they face a daunting task with this long series
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The Dodgers did it again, and by it I mean absolutely nothing. Well I wouldn’t call losing their sixth consecutive game to one of the worst teams in baseball nothing. It takes hard work and terrible planning to lose like this to the Reds. But the Dodgers have done it.
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You know I joke around a lot about the Dodgers sucking for comedic effect. Sometimes it holds true. You see when a supposed World Series caliber team making a playoff push in September gives up ten runs to the Cincinnati Reds, one of the worst teams in baseball then you
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The Dodgers fly into Cincinnati to prepare for a three game series after a satisfying series win over Colorado that pulled them within a half game of first place in the National League West. The Dodgers are 78-65 and have just 19 games left to play in the regular season. With
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