Max Muncy. Say the name to Dodger fans and you will get many different reactions. Some love Max for his power production and his ability to get on base a lot. He has a great eye and takes a lot of borderline pitches that other players might flail at. But this season, Max is off to probably the worst start of his career. In 36 games played, Maxwell’s one-time silver hammer has turned to lead and produced only 1 homer, and a .188 BA. His OPS is .600, 218 points below his career OPS. He has struck out 43 times in 117 at bats.
Michael Conforto. Dodger fans know him mainly as a Met, signed for 17 million dollars, he was supposed to add a solid left-handed power bat to the lineup. His signing allowed the Dodgers to move Teo to right, where he is most comfortable, and let Mookie make the move to SS, at least until Freeland is ready. Conforto is a career .247 hitter with an OPS just under .800 at .798. He has slugged 169 homers in his 10-year career with a career high of 33 in 2019 with the Mets. He is off to an even worse start than Muncy, batting .135 in 35 games with 2 homers, and an OPS of .503. He has struck out 40 times in 111 at bats. 
How long can the Dodgers stay with these two in the everyday lineup? According to Doc, he is sticking with both, and he believes that both players will turn things around sooner than later. Really? Muncy is 4-24 in his last 7 games. Conforto is 1-21 with 9 Ks in his last 7 games. Granted, both have hit in a little bad luck. Conforto scorched two balls last night, one was a flyout to deep center, and the other hit right at the second baseman. Muncy had a double that went into the pool at Chase Field last night, and the ball was really crushed.
Even as popular with fans as he is, there has been a lot of fan chatter for change sooner than later. I would venture to say that both players feel worse about their performances so far than the fans do. I have seen Muncy show a lot of frustration over the last several games, and Conforto openly admitted on Yahoo sports today that he was sick over not delivering in the clutch in last night’s game. Both are not starting tonight’s game against a LHP, Eduardo Rodriguez. Last season, Conforto had reverse splits, hitting lefties better than right handers. In his career, Muncy is hitting 11 points lower against LHP than right. But his OPS is almost at .800 against them.
Many fans want the Dodgers to promote Dalton Rushing and give him a shot in left, but in all honesty, the kid has played about 32 games in left in his young career. LA still considers him a catcher. Like it or not, the Dodgers seem very committed to Conforto for the foreseeable future. The same with Muncy. If both continue to struggle, there has to be a point where management says enough is enough and some sort of changes are made. Only time will tell.
MiLB GAME SUMMARIES
Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado) 4 – OKC Comets 3
The Oklahoma City Comets scored two runs in the eighth inning, but were unable to complete a comeback in a 4-3 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes Friday night. The Comets took the first lead of the night on a solo home run by Austin Gauthier in the third inning.
Austin Gauthier's big fly puts the Comets ahead! pic.twitter.com/woJ8Xq9ZUD
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) May 10, 2025
Albuquerque tied the score on a RBI ground-rule double by Zac Veen in the fourth inning and the Isotopes went on to build a 4-1 lead, including a home run by Keston Hiura in the eighth inning.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Esteury Ruiz scored a run on a passed ball and a RBI double by Michael Chavis trimmed the deficit to one run. Isotopes pitcher Antoine Kelly then retired all three Oklahoma City batters he faced in the ninth inning to preserve the win for Albuquerque.
Comets starting pitcher, Nick Frasso, pitched 4.1 innings throwing 81 pitches (56 strikes). He allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 2 BB, 5 K. In the 8th, JP Feyereisen gave up the 2 eventual winning runs on 3 hits, including a HR, in his 0.1 IP.
The Oklahoma City offense was held to a season-low three hits and the team’s lowest hit total since Sept. 6, 2024, against Sugar Land when OKC was also held to three hits…Two of the Comets’ hits went for extra bases as Austin Gauthier hit his second homer of the season. The Comets had been held without a home run in four of the previous five games entering Friday.
Michael Chavis hit his third double in the last two games and fourth double in his last four games. He also finished Friday’s game with a walk and a RBI.
Esteury Ruiz drew two walks, scored a run and recorded his league-leading 19th stolen base of the season. He has now reached base in 25 of his 26 games with OKC this season although his six-game hitting streak came to an end Friday.
- Austin Gauthier – 1-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (2)
- Michael Chavis – 1-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI, double (9)
Tulsa Drillers 6 – Amarillo Sod Poodles (Arizona) 4
The Tulsa Drillers have lost 11 games this season after holding a lead at some point in the game. On Friday night at Amarillo, they staged a comeback of their own.
The Drillers fell behind in the first inning and trailed for most of the night before breaking a tie game with two runs in the ninth inning. Antonio Knowles protected the lead with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth as the Drillers topped the Sod Poodles 6-4.
Amarillo jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the first inning against Tulsa starting pitcher Jacob Meador before adding two more in the third.
The Drillers erased the deficit with a three-run fourth inning. Griffin Lockwood-Powell singled and Aaron Bracho doubled to set up a two-run double from Ezequiel Pagan. Taylor Young followed with another double to tie the game.
It remained 3-3 until the seventh inning. Chris Newell broke the tie with two outs in the top of the seventh when he hit his fourth home run of the season to give Tulsa its first lead of the game.
It did not last long as Ivan Melendez led off the bottom of the seventh with his fourth homer to quickly tie the game again.
The game was decided in the top of the ninth. Amarillo reliever Jhosmer Alvarez retired the first two batters of the inning before walking three batters in a row to load the bases. Yeiner Fernandez seized the opportunity, delivering a two-run single to put the Drillers in front 6-4.
Knowles made sure the lead held, getting a ground out and a pair of strikeouts to end the game and record his second save of the season.
It was another game-winning hit for Fernandez. Twice this season, he had provided walk-off, game-winning hits.
The Drillers had 11 hits in the game and every starter but one had at least one hit in the win.
It was a tough night for Meador who struggled to throw strikes. He lasted just 2.1 innings and was charged with three runs on three hits, but he was hampered by a season high five walks.
Kelvin Bautista relieved Meador and worked 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. Jeisson Cabrera followed Bautista and was even better, retiring all six batters he faced in two perfect innings.
Lucas Wepf picked up the win to up his record to 2-0. He allowed one hit with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work.
Taylor Young stole his tenth base of the season and is now 10-11 on steal attempts.
- Chris Newell – 2-4, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (4)
- Ezequiel Pagan – 3-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, 2 doubles (3)
- Taylor Young – 1-3, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, double (5)
- Aaron Bracho – 1-4, 1 run, double (4)
Dayton Dragons (Reds) 9 – Great Lakes Loons 4
There are a couple of areas where the Dodger affiliates find themselves towards the top. Hitting and strikeouts and pitching and walks.
This game was different. The Loons scored 4 runs on 7 hits, and struck out 17 times. The pitchers threw 12 walks.
The Loons jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st. Kendall George drew a BB, and Logan Wagner hit a one-out, 2-run HR.
Dayton leadoff man walked to start. With one out, Leo Balcazar lined a ball to right field. With the sun eye level, it gave the Great Lakes defense trouble and scooted to the wall for an RBI triple. John Michael Faile’s 110 mph RBI single tied the game.
In the bottom of the second, the Dragons had five straight reach with two outs—a walk, home run, double, RBI single, and another walk. Dayton led 5-2 after two frames.
The Dragons would add one run in the next three innings. Loons pitchers walked four in that span.
Great Lakes grabbed a tally in the seventh. Zyhir Hope blazed a leadoff single with a 113 mph exit velocity to right field. He was later scored on a double play groundout.
The Loons pulled within five, scoring a run for the third straight game in the ninth inning. Hope singled and Jordan Thompson doubled Hope home.
- Josue De Paula – 2-4, double (8)
- Zyhir Hope – 2-4, 2 runs
- Logan Wagner – 1-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR (5)
- Jordan Thompson – 1-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI, double (8)
Visalia Rawhide (Arizona) 6 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 5
The Visalia Rawhide overcame a four-run deficit over the final two innings, as the Quakes dropped a heart-breaker on Friday night, 6-5.
A two-run ninth, capped with a walk-off walk, sent Visalia to their second win through the first four games of the series, dropping Rancho’s lead in the South down to six games.
Tied 1-1 in the eighth, Rancho put four on the board against eventual winner Adonys Perez (2-3). Mairo Martinus led off the inning with a double, then scored from second on a ground ball to the right side of the infield off the bat of Victor Rodrigues, making it 2-1.
Mike Sirota’s two-run blast (5) made it 4-1, while Samuel Munoz later adding an RBI single, giving the Quakes a 5-1 lead.
Felix Cabrera (1-3) gave up three straight hits and a total of three runs in the eighth, as Visalia pulled to within a run at 5-4. In the ninth, the Rawhide took advantage of a lead-off walk and then two batters later, Alberto Barriga tied the game with an RBI double off the right-field wall. Marco Corcho was summoned into the game and eventually walked in the game-winning run, as Trent Youngblood walked to force home pinch-hitter Modeifi Marte.
The Quakes will send Aidan Foeller (1-1) to the mound on Saturday at 6:30pm, while the Rawhide will answer with Wilkin Paredes (2-1).
- Kellon Lindsey – 2-5, 1 run, double (5)
- Eduardo Quintero – 2-4, 2 runs, triple (3)
- Jose Meza – 2-3, 1 RBI
- Mike Sirota – 1-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR (5)
- Mairo Martinus – 1-3, 1 BB, 1 run, double (1)
ACL Dodgers 10 – ACL Royals 9
There were a number of MiLB players on rehab assignments in this one. Noah Miller, Jake Gelof, and Joendry Vargas.
- Noah Miller – 2-3, 2 run, 2 RBI, triple (1)
- Chase Harlan – 3-6, 1 run, 4 RBI, 2 doubles (3)
- Ching-Hsien Ko – 2-6, 2 RBI
- Brendan Tunink – 1-5, 1 BB, 1 run, double (2)
- Jake Gelof – 1-4, 2 BB, 3 runs, double (5)
- Emil Morales – 1-4, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 run, triple (1)
I watched part of last night’s Comets game. Dalton Rushing left the game after being hit in the wrist by a wild pitch by Frasso. No report so far as to the extent of his injury. He had trouble throwing the ball after the incident.
Wow, what a game last night! Most exciting game so far this season.
But I am getting a little worried about our pitching. Starters and relieve look very vulnerable currently.
Sasaki just does not look ready for MLB action. His fastball at mid 90 velo with no movement is just not getting it done. Hitters spit on his splitter and sit on the fastball which gets hit often and hard.
If the Dodgers would not have so many of their big arms on the IL I think a trip to AAA would be in order here.
Vesia and Banda get hit like rented mules lately. Thanks to Garcia who kept the Dodgers in the game in the middle innings.
I know some were against signing both Yates and Scott but where would the Dodgers be without those two high leverage guys ?
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well said. Yates & Scott are the adults in the room.
Let’s not forget that Garcia lost a K on a bad call by an ump….
Roberts and Prior certainly saw it that way.
Just another bad night for balls and strikes. We should be used to that by now.
Badger, you should have seen the the matchup between Texas with Patrick Corbin vs the Tigers with Tarik Skubal. Skubal was unhitable and had a perfect game through 5 innings. He ended up going 7 on 2 hits. Corbin was no slough either both pitching despite Malachi Moore being absolute horrible behind the dish. He missed 9 pitches the first 3.5 innings. And worse he had an attitude.
There was an obvious foul tip that Moore called a ball. He refused to ask for help and when Skubal questioned him, off came the mask as he confronted Skubal as he walked toward the mound. Totally rookie move and uncalled for.
I haven’t looked up his scorecard but it has to be brutal. He was a dartboard from both dugouts and really needs to get better. Please; this begs for ABS.
Feeling better?
Meh. Thanks for asking.
I was very much against the Yates signing and still am.
It’s my belief that Rodriquez, Kopp and/or the aforementioned Wepf would be just as good, cheaper and less-injury prone.
Ronan Kopp is the only high leverage reliever that you mentioned, and he is closer to being released than he is to being a LAD. He is a hot mess. In 10 games, he has accumulated 8.0 IP. 5 of those appearances were save situations. He blew 4 of those save opportunities. He has a 2.75 WHIP, 11 BB (in 8.0 IP) and 16 K. His BAA is .324. I do not give a lick how hard he throws. He can’t throw strikes.
Wepf is probably more of a multi-inning reliever rather than a late inning high leverage reliever. He does have 1 save in 1 save opportunity. But in 15.0 IP, he has a 1.40 WHIP, 12 BB and 16 K.
Rodriguez, in 14.0 IP, is another high K (24) and high BB (9) pitcher who does not have a save opportunity.
Those would not be the three I would have brought up as potential reasons not to sign Scott or Yates.
To each their own!
But I should have checked Kopp’s recent performance!
There’s also Henriquez and Kopeck on the horizon.
I was not necessarily disagreeing with your premise about Scott and Yates, only about the three you brought up as possible replacements.
In fact that is the topic of my next article.
I’ll take Yates. All day every day!
+1
Ditto
We don’t do cheap!
I doubt the Dodgers will promote to replace Muncy or Conforto. They will stick with these two until the deadline then if necessary figure something else out.
Pitching. It sure hasn’t gone as planned has it.
Last night’s game. Sure was an exciting inning wasn’t it. That is what this team is capable of on any given night. Just keep scoring and hope the other 3 over .500 teams in the Division lose. I think that’s how it might go all year.
Max is hitting much better with his new spectacles.
The brass has invested too much in Conforto to put him on the bench. AF & Associates expect him to justify the decision.
Some of us here like to say that long-slumping Chris Taylor is the Dodgers’ 26th man. His OPS for the season is now .481. Even though he plays more, perhaps Conforto is the 25th man. His OPS is at .504.
Taylor and Conforto should both improve. I don’t expect dramatic moves involving either player.
This is pretty much the team’s sentiment since the 1900s no?
“Just keep scoring and hope the other 3 over .500 teams in the Division lose. I think that’s how it might go all year.”
No.
Maybe you’re not old enough to remember the Koufax/Drysdale years where the plan was keep them from scoring and maybe we win enough to keep the other, first 7 teams in the League, then after ‘69 the other 5 teams in the Division from finishing in first place.
I know it’s changing but the Dodgers for as long as I’ve been a fan of the team have been about pitching first. It is only relatively lately they have become a slug first team. And even now look at the pitching they’ve signed and developed, many of whom are at various stages of recovery.
Absolutely correct. When they were in Brooklyn, they were not a slugging team until the late 40’s and through the Boys of Summer years. They had 7 HR champions from 1890 to 1957, and Snider was the only one with more than 40. From 56 until 2004, no Dodger won the HR crown. Green set the Dodger record in 2001 with 49, and finished far behind the leader, Barry Bonds hit 73. Since Snider’s win in 56, only 4 Dodgers have won the title, Green, Beltre, Kemp and Ohtani. The Dodgers did not hit 100 as a team until 1930 when they hit 122.
You don’t think the team would have like to score a lot more back then?
I understand they didn’t, but it was a different era not necessarily a different goal.
maybe I’m wrong, probably am.
Maybe a different era, but the mantra then was that good pitching beats good hitting. Not so much the way teams think now. They want powerful offenses and as much pitching as they can get. Very telling that while other teams had sluggers consistently in the 30’s, 40’s back then, LA did not.
I have a hard time believing that any team wasn’t interested in scoring, but you and Badger seem very sure.
Shrug.
The point was the Dodgers were built to beat teams with pitching.
I do not think either one said that the Dodgers were not interested in scoring. But the team was built for pitching and defense. They took whatever offense they could get. One Drysdale comment tells it all: “When told Sandy Koufax had pitched a no-hitter, Don Drysdale reportedly asked, “Did he win it?”. Drysdale was presumably unaware if the Dodgers had scored enough runs to win the game, given that he was away from the team at the time.”
There is a difference in not being interested in scoring and not being a good offensive team.
I dunno, I don’t care.
I just found this comment of Badgers to be pretty universal. Evidently it isn’t, and didn’t apply to Dodger teams of the past.
“Just keep scoring and hope the other 3 over .500 teams in the Division lose. I think that’s how it might go all year.”
What that means in terms of producing runs. Whatever.
Yes, you are wrong.
I agree that there is not a sense of urgency to make a change with either Conforto or Muncy right now. The team is on pace for 108 wins. They are without 2 of the their top clutch hitters in Teoscar and Edman. They are without 2 of their top 3 starting pitchers. And yet somehow they continue to put up Ws. And while it is doubtful that the Dbacks, Pads, or Giants fear the Dodgers, they certainly have to be envious of their depth.
Give it time. Arizona is a very good hitting team and so are the Padres. Power and bat to balls skills will eventually wear you down and those two teams have it. We are the walking wounded, pitching-wise. This is the area we need to fix but still haven’t. So, fixing Muncy and Conforto are more important at the moment because they will lose us games as we don’t have the pitchers to contain our opponents. Getting Pages to level up has been big. Bringing in Kim shows us how timid OG fans are who preach patience and hope. Hope is not a strategy. Max and Conforto are who they are along with Taylor. We don’t need them and I’m hoping the FO are planning their strategy to replace them. Mistakes are always made. Look at the Gallo year. A waste, yet we won. Sure, Max and Conforto are not fatal mistakes, but they are mistakes after all.
Great to wake up this AM and find the Dodgers won a come-from-behind game although when I went to bed they were comfortably winning 8-4.
Sasaki doesn’t look like a MLB starting pitcher right now. More succinctly he is a MLB pitcher, just not a strong performing MLB pitcher. What’s up with Snell? Glasnow?
Once Again he didn’t pitch deep into a game and taxed the BP by his average performance. Disappointing.
Anxious to see CK get back along with Snell and Glasnow. Probably won’t see all three back in the rotation until after the all-star break
Sasaki’s a prospect in a major league rotation. Expect growing pains.
This.
This very sentiment has been documented quite a bit.
They should have treated him like they treated Kim. Let him start in minors and get his feet wet first, and his confidence up a bit. I can’t imagine he is feeling very confident now after that beating he took again last night.
Rumor is Kersh is going to start a game next week in LA.
Great recaps. Thank you. RC is a fun team and ACL has talent bubbling too. Hopefully our dearth of prospects at AA [besides Ferris] ends soon.
Trade bait.
The Dodgers experiment on changing our Japanese pitchers routine this far is a mistake. Especially Sasaki changing his routine was a gamble. When my wife or I screw up we call it tuition. Hopefully the Dodgers learned not to miss with someone’s lifelong routine
I think the Dodgers game planned for the pitchers to be on the mound once a week. Losing Snell and Glasnow so early screwed the plan up. I look for Yamamoto and/or Sasaki to be next on the IL. If not for an injury at least for R&R. There are a few expected back by summer, and who knows how effective they will be. In the meantime it appears bullpen games will be the order of the day. I say again, this team has to score.
Is it too early to be talking about picking up pitching for post All Star play?
Health is always a concern. If the Dodgers can get some of there people back healthy, that’s a big if, they have plenty of pitching. You need less starters in the playoffs. The bullpen is what it is. That being said if the Dodgers have a chance to pick up a front line starter at a reasonable price, let’s be pigs.
Where do you pick up a “front line” starter at a reasonable price?
You don’t
Come on STB, the Cardinals are talking about making Erick Fedde available. Cal Quantrill? But to John’s point, Sandy Alcantara, who is a health risk himself, figures to be the best front line pitcher available, and he will be dealt. But it will not be reasonable. Will the debt-ridden Twins make Pablo Lopez available? Possibly. But they have won 6 in a row, and have crawled back into the WC picture. They will need Lopez to get that WC and to pitch in the WC series. Alcantara and Lopez have multiple years of control so their cost wiil be prohibitive (for AF/BG). Framber Valdez? He is a rental, so the cost will be more reasonable than the Alcantara or Lopez, but the price will be high.
The cost for Alcantara and Lopez will start at Rushing and at least one of Freeland/Hope/Ferris/De Paula.
With all due candor, while not a front line pitcher, Fedde looks to be more in line with what LAD looks for at the deadline. Lance Lynn, Jack Flaherty, Eduardo Rodriguez…
That being said, I do not see the Dodgers being a buyer of starting pitching at the deadline.
Yes, I see the Dodgers being a seller of starting pitching at the deadline.
I don’t.
I can’t help but believe the injuries will continue. It’s just a question of who’s next.
Sheehan, Wrobo-Cop, May, Gonsolin, Kershaw, YY, Sasaki, Glasnow, Miller, Knack, Frasso.
That’s 11. With more to be ready next year.
I think May is in his last year of team control. Gonsolin with this year and next.
I bet one (of the entire group) is traded at the very least.
I do not count Miller in that group. Boy needs a change of scenery and a psych eval.
You forgot Snell. That’s 12. And it’s the same 12 we were talking about at the beginning of the year. And here we are in May looking at bullpen games.
Always going to be bullpen games, that’s not an indicator of pitching depth or lack there of obviously
Hopefully they will be neither with starting pitching. By the deadline we will know the health and the efficiency of five starters that we have concerns with now.
I agree. I don’t see Andrew chasing more starting pitching at the deadline unless some of our guys get injured for a second time.
We should have the following to pick from come the second half: Yamamoto, Sasaki, Ohtani, Glasnow, Snell, May, Gonsolin, Kershaw, Sheehan, Casparius, Knack. That’s 11 possibilities for 6 spots. I’m purposely not including Miller, Ferris or Wrobo, none of whom I think would help us in the playoffs this year.
On the other hand, I could see us adding one or two bullpen guys, depending upon what is available. I wouldn’t expect them to be “stars” though. More in the vein of the Banda or Phillips transactions.
Pittsburgh?
DePaula, Rushing, Miller, Sheehan, ?
I don’t know the years out plan for Rushing and DePaula, but I hope the Dodgers are diligent in getting fair value for especially those two. I would think the Dodgers have plans for the next three or four seasons minimum. Hell we did this with our high school teams. The further out in years the more they changed. Are one year away would change but not by much. We anticipated possible holes in positions and tried to develop a young player to perhaps play out of position for a year and sometimes two. In the big leagues you can fill those gaps with trades or free agents. In trades I would think they have that position of the player covered, in the future, before letting go a DePaula. The farm system seems to have some very potentially good outfielders, so maybe DePaula goes. At catcher the Dodgers use to be real deep but now the top ones are knocking on the door and it won’t be opened for all of them.
For Skenes? Not happening. Pittsburgh says hard pass.
Those 4 including Miller is a definite no for Skenes from the Pirates persepctive.
On the other hand, if you remove Miller and don’t make them take him they might reconsider. 😂
Good point.
Scenes is getting grumpy and impatient. Me, I’m humoring myself.
Bum humors himself. Falls off own chair laughing.
End Scene.
Barnes has a noodle arm. And I probably last used that term in 1960.
What a wild baseball game. 26 hits and 25 runs. What, 8 dingers? Crazy
I’m enjoying the D-Backs broadcast actually. I’m assuming it’s Karros again in the Dodger booth. I just can’t take the guy for 10 straight games. For 2 actually.
Conforto looks like he is swinging underwater.
Outman is an Out-Man. Locate a fastball away and he is an out. Dead pull mode. 8 K’s in 4 games.
If you’re not enjoying watching what Shohei and Aaron Judge are doing at the plate, you are missing out on historical stuff. 2 great players performing at the top of their games.
May and Corbin Burnes could be a nice match up.
I don’t think I’ve seen Outman go with a pitch. Seems like doing that would make a big difference.
I remember thinking if he would not swing at pitches that looked like waist high strikes he wouldn’t have to worry about pitches that wound up above the strike zone. Well, he is doing that now but pitchers are for now keeping those pitches in the strike zone.
His swing and misses at pitches out of the strike zone often looks better than Ohtani’s swings at those pitches. It’s his lack of aggression on pitches in the strike zone that’s hurts him the most.
That is exactly what I alluded to yesterday. Outman saw three mid 80’s pitches on the outside of the plate that he could have put barrel on the ball into LF. Pitchers seem to be getting wise to Outman not swinging on the 1st pitch, I cannot remember seeing so many 93-95 MPH middle/middle pitches go by without him swinging. Then he swings at a slider low and away. That makes him easy prey for strike 3. For his sake, he needs to be moved out of LAD.
Wouldn’t you think that a guy with a short swing would find it easy to go oppo?
I’m herewith changing his name to Jimmy Hitman. He’s officially fixed.
Thank you. I suppose Scarface was taken.
I believe he has a great short stroke swing to go oppo, but I agree with Phil he is in dead pull mode on every pitch. I think most of that lineup is.
Except for the Amazing Mr. Freddie F.
Teo and Tommy injury update:
“Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández will take live BPs early in next week’s homestand. Edman’s ankle is at about 80% right now. Hernández has started swinging in the cage again.”
Edman missed a lot of 2024. Did the Cardinals know something?
Possibly. He did hurt his ankle fairly severely last year. Same right ankle. Chronic? Maybe. But I will still take him.
Do you know if the ankle was operated on last year or was it just a matter of waiting for it to heal?
If there was no surgery, we might see something this winter to clean it up.
I think most of us would still take Tommy on one ankle.
Teo could really benefit from a DH role for awhile which can’t happen with Ohtani in that spot.
Those pulled groins and hammies are so scary. You are so reluctant to run hard just waiting for the damn thing to tweak again. I’m sure they will give him ample time but those grade ones strains can take a month.
We are patient with Conforto and Max so be patient with Teo.
And the reclamation projects just keep mounting. LAD signed Lou Trivino to MiLB deal. It certainly doesn’t hurt. I doubt that his MiLB signing is blocking anyone at Tulsa from OKC.
AF doin’ what AF does.
When we list expect it, we get someone who can really help.
That’s “least” expect it.
My spell check isn’t working either.
Sox claimed Gomez, Dodgers signed Lou Trivino to a minor league deal. He was recently released by the Giants. Brewers signed Bobby Dalbec to a minor league deal. Today’s lineup. Ohtani DH, Betts SS, Freeman 1B, Pages RF, Muncy 3B, Kike 2B, Conforto LF, Kim CF, Barnes C, May P. Only change in D-Backs lineup is Tawa in LF batting 8th instead of Gurriel. Hit a granny, get El bencho.
Huddy got his ring and his jersey from the team for last year’s championship
Comparing yesteryear to today in hitting isn’t really comparing apples to apples. After the 1968 lowering the mound had an effect but probably the biggest effect is expansion. The quality of pitchers on a staff 20 teams compared to the quality of the entire staff of today has to be a factor. To what degree I have no idea.
The strike zone got considerably smaller too.
Yep
Bummer.
At least May looked good.
Yeah, wish he missed a few more bats (like he used to) but May is showing up pretty well.
Maybe we should put a center fielder in center field. And Barnes can’t even throw the ball in the air to second base anymore.
Yep. The Dodgers still need a centerfielder and Barnes has a noodle arm. There, I said it again. Can’t hit worth spit either, though he’s better than Conforto.
14 yesterday and 0 today. Strange. Back in second place. Probably be there again tomorrow as SD is still playing Colorado.