Bear is off to Denver running some tests, and I promised Bear I was not going to rant in a post for a few days. So instead, I will write about Kyle Nevin and him hitting for the cycle for the Tulsa Drillers
The night started calmly enough with a F7 in the first inning.
In the 3rd, with one out, Zach Ehrhard was HBP, and JT III drew a BB. Nevin hit a ground ball single into RF with Ehrhard scoring an JT III moving up to 3rd.
In the 4th, after 4 BB and a single, 2 runs in, and the bases still loaded, Kyle Nevin hit a grand slam HR (2).
In the 6th, after JT III walked, Nevin hit his 1st triple of the season and his 6th RBI of the game.
In the 8th, after JT III’s 4th walk of the game, on a 1-1 count, Nevin hit a drive to deep centerfield that one-hopped the outfield wall for his cycle completing double. This was the 1st Tulsa Driller to hit for the cycle since 2005.
Nevin’s big night extended his own hitting streak to six consecutive games. In the streak, he is hitting .500 with ten RBI. Nine of those RBI have come in the last two games.
Besides Nevin’s career game, Chris Campos returned to his on again in his on again/off again season. He completed 6.0 innings allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits. Only 1 BB and 3 K.
Tulsa never trailed in the victory, thanks to a quick start from the also red-hot Chris Newell. Newell belted his team-leading 15th home run of the season in the bottom of the first inning to give the Drillers a quick 2-0 lead. The homer extended Newell’s hitting streak to 13 straight games and his on-base streak to 26 consecutive games.
The 14-8 victory over the San Antonio Missions (San Diego), was Tulsa’s fifth straight victory, marking its longest winning streak of the season. For the Drillers, their good play extends beyond the five-game winning streak. Since July 22, they have won 14 of their past 20 games. The hot streak has improved their record in the second half of the season to 24-17
Box Score
Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado) 11 – OKC Comets 4
Landon Knack retired 12 of the 1st 13 batters he faced. He issued a 2 out BB in the 2nd. Then he flat out hit the proverbial wall. In the 5th, the first 6 batters: single, single, BB, HBP, single, single. After he got a line out, he was lifted for Zach Penrod leaving the bases loaded, and all three runners scored.
It might be best for Knack to call the season a do-over.
Box Score
Great Lakes Loons 7 – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee) 3
Jake Gelof slugged a pair of 2-run HRs.
Eduardo Quintero reached base 3 times on 2 hits and a BB.
Carlos Rojas also reached base 3 times on 2 hits and a BB.
Box Score
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7 – Visalia Rawhide (Arizona) 6
Emil Morales was 3-5 including his 3rd HR with RC.
Jose Meza was 2-4 including his 4th triple.
Mairo Martinus had the 7th RC hit, his 14th of the season
Box Score
Okay, everyone, feel free to rant.
Oh my gosh this team they score three runs in the first inning an then lose the game. They play with no urgency it drives me nuts like oh just wait ee will turn it on later. There is no momentum bad teams beat team pitchers you never heard about beat them. Who so they think is going to help them this is the roster. Maybe losing Flarethy and Buehler was a bad move chemistry wise oe even Kevin kiermeier last year thr team knew there rolls at this point of the season . Is kikie and edman the missing links.? Who knows what will happen so now the Brewers Mariners and Padres are all fun to watch things are clicking with those rosters.but nope not tgr dodgers
Well, I am out of words . This a train wreck of a team at the moment.
Lets hope they get their sh.t together and get into postseason play somehow.
Good to see Emil Morales more than holding his own down at RC.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Morales is a keeper. I do not think he sticks at SS. He may profile better at 3B., but he is going to get a lot of work at SS to prove “experts” wrong.
The problem LAD has with the number of highly rated OF all grouped together, could also become a problem for the Dodgers with their infielders. Morales, Joendry Vargas, Kellon Lindsey, are all Rancho Cucamonga SS, with Vargas playing more at 3B. Then there is Chase Harlan who is a 3B also at RC. Morales and Harlan were just promoted, and Vargas and Lindsey have been injured most of the year. None of the 4 look to be headed to GL next year.
And then what becomes of Charles Davalan? Will the Dodgers prefer him at 2B or LF? He does not have the arm for MLB RF or 3B. He is a LF who can play CF, rather than a CF. He does not possess the SLG that teams prefer at LF. It will be interesting to see how he is utilized next year.
Is Kyle Nevin a legit ML 3B prospect? I sure hope so. Max might be good for just one more injury-prone season…
Will Chris Newell be the next Ryan Ward? He seems to put up good numbers yet isn’t in the OF prospects conversation…
Here’s hoping that spiraling into second place on the SIXTH STRAIGHT loss to the Angels will make these Dodgers start playing with urgency. The Angels are my second team, so I’m sort of happy for them and their fans, keeping their longshot wild card dreams barely alive.
What I’d really hate to see is the Padres beat up on the Dodgers. Strange to think that these Dodgers, expected to be a juggernaut, might need to limp into the playoffs as a wild card.
I believe that José Ramos and Logan Boyer are also in the Ryan Ward and Kody Hoese situation and will become a MiLB free agent 5 days after the WS. Chris Newell is not as good offensively than is Ryan Ward, although he is a better defensive OF who plays a lot of CF. Newell has 3 more years under the control of the Dodgers, but if he is retained by the Dodgers, yes he will probably be on that path. He will be blocked by at least 8 better options in the OF.
Newell at 24 in his 1st full AA season – .236/.348/.415/.763, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 31.6% K rate
Ward at 24 in his 1st AA season – .255/.319/.486/.805, 28 HR, 78 RBI, 22.9% K rate
Chris Newell looks to be organizational depth.
We will learn in the next few months whether the Dodgers think Kyle Nevin is a legit prospect, whether it be 3B or LF or 1B. Nevin is Rule 5 eligible this winter, so we will learn if the Dodgers decide to put him on the 40 man to protect him in November when the 40 man rosters need to be set. Nevin is not ranked in the LAD top 30 prospects, for whatever that means. At the very least, he is no better than a 40 FV which makes him a projected bench player. 45 is a platoon/utility. There are two others who are ranked in the LAD 30 who become Rule 5 eligible this winter: SS Noah Miller and RHP Peter Heubeck.
The Dodgers have 6 players who will become FA 5 days after the WS: Conforto, Yates, Kershaw, Kiké, Kopech, and Rojas. That is assuming that the Dodgers pick up Muncy’s $10MM option (no brainer, yes, IMO). But they also have 6 players on the 60 day IL who will have to be added to the 40 man or non-tendered: Gonsolin, Hurt, Ryan, Stone, Grove, Phillips. Gonsolin is undoubtedly going to be non-tendered. Will Grove? The Dodgers also have 2 on the 60 day that will have to be added this year: Graterol and Sasaki, and both of them will be tendered a contract next winter.
Kyle has predominantly been a 1B/DH who can play 3B and LF. He is not very good defensively at 3B. I know, I know, stick him out there and hit him 1,000 ground balls a day. It did not work for Miguel Vargas. They tried with Lux (as did Cincinnati). Some guys just aren’t twitchy enough or have the reflexes to play 3B. I do not know if that describes Nevin. I have never seen him play 3B.
This is hard to watch. I might take a break for a while.
I am not sure I will be watching the Padres series. Dinner on Friday night, movie on Saturday night, and a drive Sunday afternoon sound way more pleasant than watching the Dodgers against the Padres. Then again, I do believe I will be watching Kershaw on Friday. That may well decide the Saturday and Sunday games.
Yeah, I hear you — I’m an eastcoaster. I went to bed when it was 5-2, and I had just put up a post that said I kinda expect to find a 6-5 score the next morning that will be super-frustrating after watching Freddie and Teo strike out with the bases loaded in the 4th inning. To my not-surprise, they fulfilled my dire prediction. I am not staying up late to watch “adventures in how to lose winnable games.” I’ll read the box scores for this first Padres series. It’s downright unpleasant to watch this team during this stretch.
I still think they can pull it together, but they need a serous re-set!
My chicken burrito last night was folded poorly.
Rock bottom? I sure hope so.
Maybe this is just an evil, diabolical plan of the Dodgers to allow the Padres to think that this is their year, only to sucker punch them and sweep the next six games.
Make no mistake, the Padres were already a good team and they got better at the deadline. Are they better than the Dodgers? They believe so. The standings say so. Do I believe so? Of course not. But what fans believe means squat. What do the Dodgers believe?
Dodgers needed a top notch closer at the deadline and they did not act accordingly.
Look at all those blown saves, must be right at the bottom of mlb.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!
But they are at the bottom of MLB in most other pitching categories, including ERA, walks allowed, home runs allowed, BAA, etc.
11th actually.
Well kids, maybe this will be like 2021, going back and forth down to the wire.
Get your BP meds ready!!!
At least we a stopper. Or was that supposed to be Ohtani?
I believe that in difficult stretches of injuries, hitting slumps, blown saves, etc the team’s manager earns his paycheck and should be worth a few wins. Yes, players are ultimately responsible, but the manager puts players in position to succeed with a feel for the game that transcends the data. The best example of this was Bruce Bochy making (seemingly) all the right pitching moves in the Giant’s two world series wins. Dave Roberts appears to have no feel for his staff. I am not just talking about this Angel’s series, but all the late game blown leads–an adept manager like Bochy would have caused 4-5 losses to be wins.
Well he was good in the playoffs last year but boy not this year
Feel for staff?
The Dodgers have a serious starting pitching problem and it’s a problem that Ohtani is contributing to. They are dead last in IP/GS. 4.6. This shortcoming has put undo stress on a bullpen that is showing the strain. The only moves to help this problem was the trading away of a starter and the trading for a reliever that went almost immediately to the IL.
I don’t believe this is manager problem, this is an organizational problem. What Roberts needs and does not have are starters that average 6, a bullpen that can hold teams scoreless for 3, a defense that knows how to play defense and an offense that doesn’t strike out with the bases loaded. These guys, as a team left 19 men in base last night. The box score says Roberts didn’t leave anybody on
This is Roberts problem but it is most certainly not his fault.
Worse than with bases loaded K is risp less than 2 outs and a K or pop up.
Totally agree. He has been given a fragile starting staff that can’t go deep into games and now the bullpen has cracked. He has no closer so he has to mix and match. It’s up to the players. Play up to your capabilities or go to Cancun in October.
I totally agree that the Ohtani’s starts actually hurt the team in the short term — hopefully the long-term will have him going six + innings by mid September!
Dodgers have already said that the max innings he will pitch in a game is 5.0 during the regular season. Of course, that can always be BS, but he still has not completed 5.0 innings in a game. Beginning Friday, they play the next 13 consecutive days.
Going with a 6 man rotation, Ohtani could get 6 more starts.
That’s to bad — I fear any game in which our bullpen has to cover 4+ innings.
Send in the clowns
Don’t bother, they’re here.
There is virtually nothing positive to say about last night’s game. They did not have great at bats with men on base. They are 1-10 with the bases loaded in that series. That is beyond pitiful. 5 Ks, 4 walks and Mookie’s single. Teo and Ohtani after their first ABs were awful. Roberts should have had someone up before the 5th began just in case Ohtani tired, which he did. All of the hits Shohei gave up all night were rockets off of the bat. With apologies to Bradley, don’t assume stuff. You have no clue how the players feel. They know the situation much better than you think. All of the interviews I heard showed they know exactly what the situation is. This weekend, well it will say a lot about the teams desire to win. It is my belief that many of them are pressing, just like Mookie was when he was in his slump. Freddie hit two rockets that were outs. He has to be just a little frustrated about the results. 41 games left. Maybe being in second place really chaffs their ass and they play much better. But, they need help in the pen, and the Conforto project has to end. Heyward was released in August last year, and he was doing slightly better than Conforto is now.
As Jeff stated yesterday, CB Bucknor should not be an umpire period. I have never seen so many bad calls in a game as he made last night. That strike three call on Ohtani was at least 4 inches outside of the zone, and he was bad all night long.
It is a farce that he still has a job. MLB and the umpires union should be ashamed.
While watching yet another loss last night to the Angels, I pondered yesterday’s topic; “Are the Dodgers Snake Bit”.
The game could be viewed a couple of ways. They were snake bit (unlucky) in a couple of ways. The liner back to the pitcher could have been caught with a little luck, for a double play. The deep fly to center could have been 8 inches high and a 2 run homer. CD Bucknor could have called a better game which may have changed some outcomes.
The other side of that fence is you make your own luck. It’s MLB with the best players in the world. Great centerfielders can make that play over the fence and bring it back. The liner back to the pitcher was scorched and could have caused an injury. We had numerous opportunities to score more runs, even in the first inning. When you score only 2 runs the last 8 innings you let even mediocre teams right back in game.
Who of us envisioned Freeland, Call and Henriques being called upon to win close games when the season began?
Worbleski pitched great until he did what curses the Dodgers; 2 walks to start the 4th. The great Wheel-Play save one of those runners from scoring, but the 2nd one scored.
Banda had an odd outing. Of course he walked 2 of the hitters he faced. He failed to challenge Schanuel and Ward with non-competitive pitches but sandwich in between both fanned Trout, going right after him. Go figure?
The line-up with the exception of Mookie and Will didn’t do much. Call and Freeland aren’t getting it done and we are asking guys who we thought wouldn’t even be on the roster to help win games. And they haven’t been up to the task.
So now Muncy is again day-to-day with whatever?
I predicted that Ohtani would not see 81 pitches and I was right on the number. And Doc has apparently reported that 5 innings is his ceiling for the foreseeable future. That’s fine, but if that’s the decision from the top, I don’t want to hear anymore belly aching about an overused bullpen.
They may be saving Ohtani for a very brief post season run, if we have one at all.
The bottom line is this team does not deserve to take a spot in the playoff Wildcard rounds. We are not good enough right now.
Maybe that will change? Maybe everybody’s prayers will be answered and all the walking wounded will return and we won’t have any more casualties. And maybe our underperforms will suddenly play as expected and we’ll get on a roll? But it’s going to take the players making their own good luck and not waiting around hoping for a miracle. If it’s hard for us to watch, think how the players feel when they can’t stop the bleeding.
CD Bucknor is my poster child against the challenge ABS system. Which of the 19 misses he made do you decide to challenge. All of them? Half? Hey, a challenge gone wrong early and out the window the challenges go while he continues to suck the rest of the game. It looked like there were 6 to 8 possible challenged balls and strike calls in the first inning alone. He got kind of better in the mid-innings but you always know eventually he’s going to pull a rabbit out of his hat and burn you at some point.
If we go into the Padres series in our current state, we can dig a very, very big hole for ourselves.
I have one exception to your statement Phil, expecting Bucknor to be a better umpire is pure fantasy.
For sure Bear.
To think that umpires get critiqued every post game is such a joke. CD must just chuck the review in the trash and keeps on, keeping on.
There are no repercussions for the umpires when they suck.
And that is the worst part of their contract with baseball. Almost forgot that ESPN opted out of their final three-years with MLB. This is their last season. NBC has made an offer for the contract.
It’s a little silly to say Ohtani’s 3-4innings per start (4+ yesterday) are hurting the team, because it causes us to use the bullpen more.
It would make sense if he were a normal pitcher, because he’d be 1 out of 13 pitchers on the staff. However, because he’s listed as a position player, he’s basically a bonus pitcher. Meaning we still have 13 pitchers on the staff PLUS him. The plan all along was a piggy back starter for him, and that’s what Wrobo (before that Sheehan) was.
Except for last night (and he left with the lead), he’s been quite good in his 3-4 innings per start. If the follow-up pitcher can’t do his normal job, that’s not on Ohtani.
It’s the same as using a MiggyRo or Kike as a starter, as they don’t count against the pitching staff, only this guy is 1000x better than MiggyRo or Kike on the mound.
Ohtani’s compromised by pitching 5 innings a week in that they have put an end to his running game. Last season Ohtani had 59 stolen bases. Now that he is pitching he has 17.
Plenty of this 59 steals led to runs. That’s now over due to his 5 innings per week.
While that’s true Phil the Dodgers still lead all of baseball in runs scored. As much as we may want them to score 8 every night, that just isn’t going to happen.
What the Dodgers need, along with some clutch hitting from those who are paid handsomely to do it, is healthy pitching. And sadly that might not happen. Not soon anyway. And without a paradigm shift in pitching philosophy, I suspect may not happen in the future either. More on that can discussed at a later date.
To revisit a strategy I posited earlier in the year, I ask your and others opinion on the Japanese model of starting pitching approach which is pitching once a week. There are 26 weeks in a season, not counting post season. 162 divided 26 is 6.23. A 6 man rotation, with all 6 going 5+ per is 130+ innings a piece. I would assume someone, or two, if kept healthy might be able to go 150+ innings.
But this year as far as I can see to keep the current starting staff available for October they can only be asked to go 5 once a week, putting continued pressure on a weary bullpen to carry a heavy load for 2 1/2 more months. That means Scott, Yates, Kopech, Treinen, Sasaki, Hurt and whoever else might surface will be needed to finish.
These current starters, Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow, Sheehan, Ohtani and Kershaw are going to be asked to start 6 more times this year, then a few more come October. Can any of them put up 36 more innings, plus another 30+ innings in the postseason?
Why spend $50,000 an inning for 5 innings and then $1,000 an inning for the next 4. I made those numbers up but they made my point. If I’m paying $30M+ a year, I want more innings. 5 every 6 days doesn’t cut it. Plus, those 5 innings aren’t shutout innings.
If only pitching every 6 days, I want at least 7 innings.
Yes, the Dodgers lead MLB in runs year to date. But they are 24th in MLB since July 1, averaging 4.14 runs/game. If Muncy is out any length of time, I am not sure that number gets better.
So, do you believe by season’s end they will not lead in runs scored?
Not the way they are playing now.
I just came to say that I have nothing to say.
Words fail me.
Well, maybe just one thing.
If reversion to the mean is a real thing we shouldn’t lose another game this year.
Story on MLBTR says that Graterol is unlikely to return to the mound this year. Another dagger blow to the bullpen.
Not a surprise at all, Graterol has hardly pitched over the last 2 years or so. What a con job by Dodgers management. The great con of 2025 that all of these guys would be back from injury and pitching great and that was why they only needed to get Brock Stewart (who sucked in his first stint with the Dodgers). What a joke.
Just keep waiting….right? They’re all coming back, no need to waste and trade prospects that are blocked at the MLB level by superstars, and will likely never reach the majors with the Dodgers. Keep waiting…..
The pitching staff needs to be totally rebuilt from the ground up in the winter, (after the team is eliminated from the playoff race). I would say about 50-60% of the pitching staff should be released from the orginzation. After that, bring up the pitching prospects and let them pitch out of the bullpen. There is bound to be a couple of good gems and maybe they could find a closer in one of them.
I think this monumental disaster of a season is exactly what the management needs to lower their egos and admit that the way they are building the pitching staff is not good.
Just keep waiting for those injured players to return….Just wait….Keep waiting, any day now….Wait……
So Scott, if you got rid of 50-60% of the Dodger pitchers, who would you get rid of? Instead of just spouting out numbers, be specific. Would you not have Ohtani pitch? I’m curious as to your take.
I would get rid of most of the incompetent and walking wounded, and aging veterans. Off the top of my head, here is the list of the guys I would send packing…
Henriquez-Sucks
Gonsolin-walking wounded
Grove-Terrible
Graterol-Walking wounded
Scott-terrible and injured
Yates-just plain bad
Stewart (even though he was just acquired)
Sasaki-Bust
Fernandez-Not good
Diaz-Also not good
Klein-AAA retread
Sauer-Reclamation project
I think Kopech is a free agent, so they can just let him walk. Ohtani is a totally different story. I would let him pitch, but he is the one guy you have to be careful with. Not sure about Banda. I would keep Vesia, and Dryer. I would also keep Casperius, but if he struggles, I think they can still option him to OKC to work on command.
If Treinen is injured again next year, then they should also let him go as well. It’s time to clear room to bring in healthy, reliable and efficient pitchers. getting rid of the guys above would open up a lot of room on the 40-man.
Some of the names on your list are reasonable But Sasaki a bust? He’s barely pitched 1/2 a MLB season. Seems a bit drastic. And Icagree with Henriquez. He may or may not stay up with the club but he’s certainly someone to keep an eye on.
For what it’s worth, assuming Bobby Miller continues to do well as a reliever, I’d swap him out with Diaz.
I disagree with just one selection, Henriquez. 23-years-old, 103 MPH fastball, should have been out of the inning on that scorching comebacker. made a bad decision to try and stop it. Hasn’t pitched enough to make a sound judgement on him. He has made exactly 110 pitches in the majors. He does not suck. His ERA is 1.13. You should check the kids stats before saying he sucks.
you’re right, Maybe I was a bit too quick with Henriquez. He is young and does have a blazing fastball. You’re right, he hasn’t pitched enough innings to form a judgement.
Not worried about being right, just think the kid needs a real shot at being what he possibly can. Has closer stuff.
Scott, you’ve said a mouthful here about rebuilding the entire pitching staff for 2026. Once again, I think its needs to start with trying to collect a stable of “healthy” arms. And then figure out how to keep them healthy. Something is drastically wrong. Too many acquisitions come to the Dodgers with a history and we think we can influence. And we don’t. Either that or our young pitchers break down soon after they get an MLB job. River Ryan threw like 20 MLB innings before TJ.
A rethink of who we sign and how we handle them must be addressed. This goes way beyond bad luck.
Then address our entire pitching philosophy; stop expanding pitch counts with too much nibbling and base on balls and challenge hitters. And lastly work at conditioning pitchers to go deeper into games.
Though I do understand Scott’s frustration with many of the pitchers he named, the issue is more a problem of philosophy. A few random thoughts:
If we continue with a six man rotation, then that should be accompanied by an expectation that starters be allowed to work deeper into games. Six innings and 100 pitches or so, every week, does not seem unreasonableWrobleski looked good last night for six hitters but seemed to start nibbling when Trout and Ward came to the plate. Not sure if just lost command or started pitching not to “lose”.Do the Dodgers re-evaluate their belief in “market inefficiency” in regards to signing injured pitchers or pitchers with an injury history? One thing is clear – they sign a lot of pitchers with an injury history and they end up with an inordinate number of pitching injuries. These pitching injuries result in a crunch on the 40 man roster every season.Along with signing injured pitchers at a discount because of their injury history, is their organizational emphasis on sweepers and increased spin causing a higher prevalence of pitching injuries? If these are indeed correlated, is it worth the cost?On a non-pitching note, do the Dodgers also re-evaluate their philosophy on the importance of defense, speed and, more generally, athleticism, and contact. As has been noted a lot this year, this is a poor defensive team, especially in the outfield, an old and unathletic baseball team, and a team that strikes out too much. Two years ago, Andrew Friedman called that season a complete organizational failure. I thought that was a bit strong considering that roster but if this team does not win the division and is gone before the NLCS, that description would be exactly correct this season. Maybe this season will prompt a change in philosophy that, in my humble opinion, is overdue.
Don’t always agree with your hyperbole Scott, and some posters here will come after you, but you are making a good point.
All the talk about the vaunted depth on the roster has proven to be a smokescreen. I realize injuries cannot be predicted, but Gonsolin’s comeback was a zero, Graterols’s supposed late season return will be a zero, Evan Phillips’ return from the spring training IL was a zero The pundits said the FA acquisition of Yates would be huge but he was a zero.
The hapless BP roster churn and waiver wire claiming of the likes of Noah Davis, Will Klein, Alexis Dias, Matt Sauer, Luis Garcia, Chris Stratton, Lou Trevino, Ryan Loutos, Jose Urena, JP Freyereisen, Jeondry Gomez and Julian Fernandez have all proven futile. Minor leaguers like Jack Little and Bobby Miller have had zero impact on the roster with Little no longer in the organization.
With all the roster moves and waiver claims on less than stellar talent underscores the real lack of pitching depth and causes me to wonder why the FO was so passive at the deadline. Mind boggling!
Absolutely, spot on on your remarks about the pitchers to count on for the end of the season. It’s the same BS message every year. I would say the front office has almost of perfect record of being wrong with their projections and analysis. It will be interesting to see how long a leash Guggenheim gives the front office in the offseason. There has to be some changes. With the misallocation of $$$ for FA signings, injured pitchers, approach to pitching philosophies, among other issues there has to be accountability from Freidman.
If management lowered their egos it would be worth it. Although its a mantra on this site it sure doesnt look to me that AF knows better.
We’ve pegged the Suck-O-Meter.
That looks like a high tech tool OD. MIT design?
Nathaniel Lowe DFAd by the Nationals.
Bear its really like this you watch the team in the dugout and the you tell me the dodgers atent in trouble.Roght now there’s about 4 trams better then the Dodgers they look like there spinning there tires in mud ans I like to say a deer in head lights look like why are we losing!!! Well you have no bullpen and nobody is hitting and you have about 4 players that should be playing in Oklahoma but there in the big leagues now and seem to can’t hit there’s your problem can play great in the minors but not in the big leagues. Ugghhh. Right now there’s 5 teams that are better and another the Reds who are playing better then the boys in blue. But I look at what will they look like next year if there’s nobody in the minors now how will they look in 2026. Or what Japanese star is showing up next since that seems to be the trend now.
A. Learn how to spell. B. Unless you are in the dugout with them, you have no clue what they are thinking. C. There is no one at AAA who can replace who you have on the team right now. D. There is one outfielder with MLB experience, Ruiz. Senzel, who plays 3rd has the most experience of any of the players at AAA. Rortvedt is the catcher with the most experience. E. In order to change any of these players with someone who has experience, LA would have to get someone off of waivers, or sign a player who is still out there as a free agent. F. The only players on this roster who should possibly still be at AAA are Freeland and Rushing. G. Yes, the team is not playing well. But they are not at full strength either. We find out about Muncy tomorrow. Edman, Kim and Kike are all on the shelf. So are Kopech, Yates, and Scott. They can’t win all the time. It just isn’t possible. I don’t see any quit in these guys. What I see is some of them are pressing. They will either get it together or they won’t. As for who they go after this offseason, why are you worrying about that before the season is over? That is ridiculous. Here is a list of MLB free agent outfielder who are still out there. Who would you sign, considering most of them have not played this year. Adam Duvall, Robbie Grossman, Whit Merrifield, David Peralta, Jason Heyward, Alex Verdugo, not much to choose from. Peralta, Heyward and Verdugo are the only LH hitters in the bunch. If they DFAd Conforto, they would want a lefty to replace him. And they are not giving Ward a shot for whatever reason. Quit assuming you know what the team is feeling. Are they in trouble? No, they just are not playing well. That can change overnight. They can trade for a player at AAA who has experience if that player has not been on a 40-man roster or spent any time in the majors this season. The Japanese third baseman you are thinking of is Murakami. There is one other LH hitting outfielder I forgot, Travis Jankowski. Speedy guy with a so=so bat. But a very good defender.
Well then go ahead and quit on the Dodgers. Put your loyalty to the Brewers, Mariners, Reds, Padres…Your schtick is getting tiresome.
Agreed
Anyone hear any word on Muncy?
We’re supposed to hear tomorrow. Basically, whatever they tell us, assume the opposite.
Isn’t that the truth.
Looks like the Padres placed Michael King on the injured list, so he will not be starting tomorrow night against the Dodgers. left knee inflammation.
If we were Padre fans, we would be concerned about our starting pitching – Yu Darvish is just returning from an injury, Dylan Cease, Michael King (back on injured list), Nick Pivetta, Nestor Cortes, JT Sears, and Randy Vazquez. Their bullpen is the best in baseball but their starting pitching is not as good as any of the potential playoff teams in the NL.
Does it matter?
Yes it does. He has been toxic for Dodger hitters the last couple of times he has faced them. LA is supposed to pitch Kersh Snell and Glasnow this weekend.
Roki started for OKC today: 2ip, 6 hits, 3ER, 1bb, 0k
Young man won’t help the big club this year. Overrated? Not sure, but he should spend the better part of the offseason in LA or AZ and get stronger and re-discover his FB that was a debating pitch in the Japan league.
a gut feeling he’ll have surgery soon.