Well, the first roster shakeup of the year happened the last week with two long-tenured vets getting axed. So, the logical question is who is next? Some have mentioned Rojas, who is actually contributing more as of late, and his defense is still superior to many others. Then there is the cut ties now with Conforto consortium. My guess is that one of the veteran relievers will get the boot next. I could be wrong, but the performance of the veteran guys out of the pen has been very iffy of late. And relievers are in abundance out there. Seems some arm gets DFAd almost every day, and we all know how much Andrew loves reclamation projects who are cheap.
Luis Garcia has a 4.57 ERA in his 23 appearances but has allowed just 1 homer. Anthony Banda has a lower ERA, 3 wins, and has allowed 11 earned runs in his 21 games, and 5 homers. Garcia has also allowed 11 earned. Vesia has allowed 6 homers, luckily for him, most of them solo shots. Freidman has kept his MO of picking up scrap heap pitchers with guys like Loutos, Feyereisen, Garcia, Davis all getting shots out of the pen. A depleted pen as it now stands without Yates, Treinen, Graterol and Kopech.
But I would guess if anyone gets traded or DFAd it would be a reliever first. Of course, for us fans, it is always just a guessing game. AF and Gomes know what they are doing, and they are doing it with a lot more information that we fans have. I, like many, had my doubts when AF first took over, but even with this glitch in the plan, I have a feeling there is a lot going on behind the scenes that we will never know about until after it happens.
At this point in the season, if you look at the Dodger blogs on the internet, fans want Muncy, Conforto, and several of the fringe relief pitchers gone. They also want Mookie back in right, and Teo in left. They want Freeland brought up to play SS, and either Kim or Edman installed at second base. Edman will most likely play the infield more for the next few weeks because of his ankle. They want an immediate upgrade of the pitching staff. That I totally understand.
You need to look at AF’s history and MO since he came to LA though first. He is not a knee-jerk reaction kind of guy. I think the team has enough analysts, coaches, doctors, trainers, and head office people who help and advise AF when he is making a roster decision. If you have ever read a media guide, they give a full list of all of the front office, coaching and training staffs. It is a lot of people who have so much more info than us fans.
There are so many different stats and analytics’ they use for evaluation that we have little knowledge of. LA right now needs some length from its starters. But as Jeff has pointed out, the stats on that are not good. My belief is that the Dodgers are concentrating on the long haul and not the short term. If everything goes well, it seldom does, they could be back at full strength in the pitching staff by the end of July. Since no team in the West is playing lights out baseball, they just need to stay close until they are healthy, or until they can add to the roster via trades come the deadline.
I would venture to say, the next month or so, is going to be a very revealing time for fans to see just how good, or out of whack this team is. Can Max find his stroke? Will Conforto string together some really good games and show some power again? Will Mookie finally be at full strength and hitting like we know he can? Freddie is the most consistent player on this team and by a large margin, their best hitter. The bench is a little better with Rushing there. Will they upgrade the bench a little more? All these questions will take some time to answer. As fans, we need to be patient and trust the front office to make the right decisions when it comes down to who is next.
MiLB GAME SUMMARIES
Second consecutive night for bad games by the LAD affiliates.
Great Lakes Loons 1 – West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit) 1 – Suspended in the bottom of the 3rd due to rain. Suspension to be completed on Thursday, May 22, 2025 as part of a doubleheader.
Sacramento River Cats 8 – OKC Comets 1
For the second straight game, the Sacramento River Cats built an early lead through three innings that provided enough offense to defeat the Oklahoma City Comets as Sacramento sent the Comets to an 8-1 loss Wednesday night.
The River Cats took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run double by Andrew Knizner before adding four more runs in the second inning, including a bases-clearing, three-run double by Knizner. A bases-loaded hit by pitch in the third inning boosted the River Cats’ lead to 7-0. Oklahoma City’s lone run of the night scored in the third inning on a RBI double by Alex Freeland before Sacramento extended back to a seven-run lead with a run in the sixth inning.
The Comets lost a third straight game to match their longest losing skid of the season. Oklahoma City also opened a series with back-to-back losses for the first time this season and first time since Sept. 3-5, 2024 when OKC lost the first three games of its home series against Sugar Land.
For a second straight game, the Comets fell behind by at least seven runs through the game’s first three innings. Oklahoma City trailed, 8-0, in the third inning of Tuesday night’s series opener before falling behind, 7-0, in the third inning Wednesday…
Sacramento scored four runs in the second inning Wednesday and the River Cats have scored nine runs in the second inning so far this series and opponents have scored 16 runs in the second inning over the last eight games.
OKC’s offense was held to three hits to match the team’s season-low mark for hits in a game, last occurring May 9 against Albuquerque…The team’s one extra-base hit — Alex Freeland’s RBI double in the third inning — tied the team’s season-low mark for extra-base hits in a game.
Esteury Ruiz collected a hit and is now 7-for-24 over his last three games…
Ryan Ward picked up his 55th hit of the season — tied for the most hits in the league to start 2025. And yet he is still playing in MiLB.
The 11 walks issued by the Comets pitching staff were the most allowed by the team since an 11-inning loss, 16-15, in Reno July 30, 2023 and the most issued by OKC in a nine-inning game since July 26, 2023 when OKC pitchers allowed 11 walks in a 13-11 loss in Reno.
Nick Frasso was only able to go 1.2 innings, allowing 6 runs, on 4 walks, with 2 strikeouts.
Springfield Cardinals 13 – Tulsa Drillers 3
For the second straight game, the Springfield Cardinals flexed their offensive muscles Wednesday against the Tulsa Drillers. One night after totaling 16 hits, the Cardinals erupted for 13 runs on 11 hits and handed the Drillers a 13-3 loss.
The Redbirds did much of their damage in two innings. They scored five runs in the second inning and topped that with a six-run sixth inning.
Offensively for the Drillers, Ezquiel Pagán got a hard-earned RBI for their first run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Tulsa’s other two runs came in the fourth inning on a wild pitch and an error from the Cards.
It was a tough night for Tulsa pitchers, including starter Jacob Meador. Meador suffered the loss after being charged with seven runs in 3.1 innings.
Control was an issue for the Drillers who entered the game leading the league in walks surrendered. Tulsa used six different pitchers in the game and the group combined for ten walks.
Tulsa shortstop Sean McLain continued to swing a hot bat. McLain went 2-4 and has recorded two hits in six of his past ten games. Since May 7, he is hitting .306 and has raised his season average by nearly 100 points.
The game featured a total of 22 walks compared to just 16 combined hits for the two teams. Tulsa pitchers issued 10 of the walks while Springfield hurlers allowed 12.
Kole Myers walked four times and Chris Newell and Griffin Lockwood-Powell walked three times each for the Drillers.
One of the only pitching highlights from the game came from Tulsa position player Nick Biddison. He pitched the ninth and set the Cards down in order.
Stockton Ports (A’s) 11 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 2
The Quakes had the most hits for any of the three affiliates that played on Wednesday. Unfortunately that number of hits was 6. The three LAD affiliates totaled 6 hits on 14 hits.
With the 9 walks Quakes pitchers tossed, the three affiliates totaled 30 walks in 3 games.
- Eduardo Quintero – 2-5, 1 run, 2 doubles (9)
- Mairoshendrick Martinus – 2-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI, double (5)
CF Quintero (19 from Venezuela) is now batting .319/.424/.580/1.004 in 166 PA, 19 XBH – 9 doubles, 3 triples, 7 HR.
3B Martinus (20 from Curaçao) – .432/.561/.614/1.175 in 57 PA, 6 XBH – 5 doubles, 1 HR.
Born June 14th, 1948, in Los Angeles California. AKA The Bear
Glad to see Teo blast one over the CF fence and May pitch so well. Scott redeemed himself after last night’s debacle.
Just a huge HR by Teo in an RBI spot.
Hopefully, this is just a prelude to what we’ll see from May the rest of the season. Teo’s power-bat is overlooked. He’s an RBI machine and the perfect guy to bat 4th in this lineup.
“Can Max find his stroke?”
Seems that he has. The other day, Max won a game with a walk-off sac fly.
In a high-pressure moment, he could have easily struck out, or worse, hit into a double play. But Max drove one to deep center for the W.
I think a lot of the criticism of Max is just habit. Yes, he’ll never win a gold glove–but he’s not as bad as his reputation. Yes, he strikes out too much–but he also works the count and collects walks. Yes, his BA isn’t special, and he’s streaky. But he usually winds up with more than 30 HRs and a healthy on-base percentage.
Anyway, it seems like Max found his stroke this season once he started wearing prescription lenses, much like Kike last season.
I’ve read that Max has produced an OPS over .800 with the new specs. Slightly improved vision means a lot in a game of millimeters and milliseconds. Over the last 15 games, in addition to that clutch sac fly, Max has hit to a .842 OPS, which is better than both Mookie and Pages.
Max isn’t the weak link in the lineup. The weak link has been Conforto–and he should be spending more time on the bench soon.
It was good to see Rushing in the lineup again, even if he struck out 3 times in 3 ABs. Burnes is an ace, and he was also striking out Shohei, Freddie and Edman–but not Max, who got the Dodgers’ only walk.
Such a gratifying win today. Great outing for May, great HR by Teo to beat Burnes. And the bullpen came through.
And while the Dodgers were beating the D’backs, the Padres were getting walloped by the Blue Jays.
Nice.
Dodgers now lead the West by 2 games over the Giants, 2.5 over the Padres and 5 over the D’backs.
Max is fine. No problem.
Certainly Conforto is the bigger possibility of being replaced rather than Max. But Max’s fielding is a great concern to me as I see him as a liability rather than someone with surefire skills who quickly gets to a ground ball and throws accurately with power to 1B. How many times have we seen him stretch out Freddie? Luckily, Freddie is 6’4″. Max is not really made for playing 3B. We know he tries. If he wasn’t such a good HR hitter in the past, he would be long gone. He doesn’t have much bat to ball skills but he relies on walks, much the same as Conforto does. Freeland will be a much needed fielder and hitter in replacing Max. Hopefully, AF works a Conforto trade. They’ll lose some $$, but we need to move on…………
For me Freeland’s bat doesn’t play at 3B. I don’t see him as a starter for the Dodgers unless Mookie moves off SS.
I have never liked comparing teams position by position using offense. I prefer to compare leadoff hitters with leadoff hitters, cleanup hitters with cleanup hitters,etc.
The offense/lineup shouldn’t be based on where a player plays. As long as there is enough power in a lineup, who cares if it doesn’t come from third base.
I like that Smith has some speed out of the catchers position and it would be great if third also had some speed. It would be nice if there were zero base cloggers in the lineup.
I dont know if the whole bat-for-3B still exists. He could also play 2b. Jobshare with Muncy next year ideal. Rojas spot open.
Martinus with some helium
20 year old 3b. Do we need to start paying attention to him?
Mairoshendrick (love that name) was one of the more highly touted LAD prospects from the 2022 IFA. He is from the same group as Josue De Paula, Samuel Munoz, Sean Linan, and a handful of others getting a lot of mention in ACL and RC posts. Mairo started the year at Great Lakes, played well, but moved down to RC. He is being groomed to be yet another utility player. This year he has played : 3B (9 games), SS (4 games), 2B (2 games), RF (2 games), CF (1 game), DH (1 game).
I have no idea how far he will go, but he is playing exceedingly well in Low A. He is considered to have a 35 FV going into the season, so he is going to need a lot of helium to get to a 45 or 40+ grade.
He is on my watch list, but do not get too emotionally invested in him.
Yes, if you are interested in prospects. If not, keep doing whatever it is you’re doing following this team.
Not yet.
Who’s next? A handful of relievers.
110 games left. Divided by 5-6, that’s about 20 starts per starter. Who among those still in the AOP have 20 starts in them. And this is just for the regular season. This organization plans for a second season in October.
For better or for worse our infield is set. Only second base has a rotation. The outfield rotation could still be in flux for a while. At this point I would go with Teo, Edman and Pages.
It’s almost June, which means it’s almost 2 months to the trade deadline which means it’s still plenty early in the season. With all the precipitant hiccups this team has endured, they have a 2 game lead in the Division and the third best record in MLB. And though it’s true I have often thrown my nerf ball at the tv in frustration, I find that encouraging.
Shohei will supposedly start pitching after the all-star break. If he’s 100% healthy, he is capable of dominating rivals. I’m more excited and optimistic about Shohei enhancing the staff than I am about Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki or Kershaw coming back strong. (They should pitch again this season… but how well?)
How many starts will it take Shohei to get into a groove?
And Sheehan should be back too.
He show real promise as a rookie–but then so did Bobby Miller…
curious why you only divide by 5-6 pitchers. i count at least 10.
There will be more total starters. The 5-6 is every 5th or 6th day.
Did the nerf ball hit the TV or do you usually miss the target? Wins per payroll dollar should be a GM evaluation stat.
The 65” tv is about 12’ from my recliner. I can at least brush back my target from that distance.
I agree. Run the numbers and tell me what you come up with. The algorithm should probably include cash flow from tv, attendance, souvenirs, concessions, etc.
Better. Make it net revenue per win
Conforto’s heat map is, er, um, problematic:
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/michael-conforto-624424?stats=statcast-r-zones-mlb
TMI. For me anyway.
But if I’m reading those charts correctly, it looks like his most productive zone is high and outside. Makes no sense. And the bottom row is flat out depressing.
Get Conforto some glasses. Worked for Hernández and Muncy.
Nice to win a couple against the D-Backs, especially knocking off Corbin Burnes. Thank you Teoscar. Nice to have you back.
Great pitching efforts by May and the bullpen.
May has dropped his arm slot noticeably. He now has that almost sidearm slot that is working great for Paul Skenes. Apparently there is some new research that supports a lower release point for shoulder and elbow health. I need to research that a bit. If anybody here has found any articles on this, I’d love to read them.
I think it has cost May his incredible heat seeking, arm side run on his 2 seamer but some reports say the new slot has improved his sweeper and cutter.
If it keeps him on the bump, i’m all in.
Obviously, there is no long term research on this yet, but that slot worked for many old-timers like Drysdale.
While pitching has been the issue for the Dodgers, the bottom half of the order the last 4 games is 4 for 61. ouch
Maybe a day off will help.
Max is Max. He has slowly worked himself back to exactly who he is: a 200 hitter +/- with a good OPS due to his walks and home runs. He will continue to strike out a lot. Defensively he is the best version of himself; minimal range, an occasional web gem, too many errors on routine plays and his style of winding up like a pitcher to gun the ball to Freddie. But he is who he is and the Dodgers have been satisfied with his play and his economical salary for a few seasons, now. He isn’t going anywhere if he maintains his MO.
I think Rojas is the best pinch hitter on the team and I would use him more often, especially for Muncy and Conforto.
Totally agree with this comment you made above:
“The offense/lineup shouldn’t be based on where a player plays. As long as there is enough power in a lineup, who cares if it doesn’t come from third base.”
Same holds true for other offensive categories. Lineup should be considered as a whole, not position by position.
I’ve always heard that the baseball overhand throwing motion is unnatural, but the underhanded motion that is used in softball is more natural.
So perhaps lowering the arm slot a bit does make sense, biomechanically?
“I’ve always heard that the baseball overhand throwing motion is unnatural, but the underhanded motion that is used in softball is more natural.”
This is correct. Most of us were taught overhand throwing. I learned in a kinesiology class, at age 28, the problems associated with this approach. Any stress on the shoulder with the humerus above parallel with the shoulders puts unnatural stress on the shoulder joint.
Here are some articles on the research findings:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29651893/
Obviousy most can throw overhand without experiencing problems. But pitchers? They’re different.
When I’m invited to throw out the first pitch I will submarine it so as to avoid bouncing it to you Badger.
You can bounce it. I got mad scooping skills. Two cats. Built them an 8’x11’ catio. I’m scooping every morning.
Anyone know if Gonsolin is going to be able to make his next start or if that blister is going to be a problem?
No report on that yet. But it wasn’t a blister, his fingernail was going into the top of his thumb. He is scheduled to pitch game 2 of the Mets series on Saturday. Kersh is pitching Friday and Knack the scheduled starter on Sunday. Friday is an Apple + broadcast. Saturday on Fox and ESPN on Sunday. Anyone who has Apple +, they have a 3-part documentary on last year’s World Series.
Anyone regret not signing Seager? Like Trout, he can’t seem to stay healthy. He’s had one great year and a WS title but otherwise not worthy of that salary
They tried. He went with the highest bid. And you’re right, that salary stretches out to age 37. But he could maybe DH and earn it.
I don’t. We got a full year watching Trea Turner, who is a much more exciting player. And the money was spent on other needs.
He’s won 2 World Series MVPs. Only 3 other players in MLB history have done that.
He left because he wanted to. No state taxes in Texas. He has had one full year that he has been healthy. His last year in LA he only played 96 games. His first season in Texas was his only fully healthy year. In 23 when they won, he played just 119 games. He has already missed 24 games this year. I don’t give a rat’s behind what he has done since he left.
I understand he wanted to leave. That’s not the point I was making. The point is he’s a tremendously gifted ball player who’s done something so elite that only 3 other ball players (Koufax,Gibson, Jackson) have done in MLB History, and helped win the Rangers their first World Series title. How do you think the Rangers view the contract? Do you think they think it was worth it?
IMO, a player of that talent is well worth the value of the contract.
I do give a rat’s behind how Seager is doing. He was a great Dodger who won the damn World Series MVP.
I never root for Texas teams, but I was happy he won another World Series MVP; he’s big time in big moments.
No new post tomorrow. Site is having some maintenance done. Acuna to be activated by the Braves this weekend. Comets 9 River Cats 5: OKC came from behind twice to get the win. They scored 9 runs on 9 hits and 8 walks. Ruiz 3-5 with a double and 1 batted in. Chavis 2-4 with a double and 3 batted in. Ward also doubled. Wrobo went 5.1 giving up 4.
Great Lakes swept in their double-header, Tulsa pounded by Springfield again.
As Bear indicated, there is some troubleshooting on LADC on Thursday night. They did not want any new posts while they were testing. In the interim, I have included a reduced summary of the MiLB games below:
OKC Comets 9 – Sacramento River Cats (Giants) 5
The Oklahoma City Comets closed out Thursday night’s game by scoring seven unanswered runs to come back and defeat the Sacramento River Cats, 9-5.
The River Cats took the game’s first lead with a two-run home run by former LAD farmhand Devin Mann in the second inning. Oklahoma City knotted the score at 2-2 in the third inning on a RBI double by Ryan Ward and RBI groundout by James Outman.
The River Cats scored three runs in the sixth inning to take a 5-2 lead before the Comets answered with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Chris Okey and Esteury Ruiz hit back-to-back RBI singles, later tied the game on a fielder’s choice and took the lead on a Sacramento fielding error. Michael Chavis connected on a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning and cleared the bases to push OKC’s lead to 9-5.
Justin Wrobleski completed 5.1 innings. He allowed a 2-run HR in the second. In the 6th, he allowed a walk and single before being relieved by Logan Boyer. Both inherited runners scored, plus one additional run. Four relievers finish up for the win without allowing a run.
· Esteury Ruiz – 3-5, 3 run, 1 RBI, 2 doubles (12)
· Michael Chavis – 2-4, 1 BB, 3 RBI, double (11)
· Ryan Ward – 1-4, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, double (10)
Box Score
Springfield Cardinals 9 – Tulsa Drillers 3
The Tulsa Drillers struggles against the Springfield Cardinals continued on Thursday night as the Redbirds delivered another big offensive game. The result was a 9-3 victory for the Cards, their third straight over the Drillers. In the three games, Springfield has scored a total of 29 runs on 36 hits, including 6 home runs.
The Cardinals big game on Thursday began in the first inning when Chase Davis singled home the first run.
Chris Newell matched Springfield’s run with his solo home run in the second, tying the game at 1-1.
Springfield plated five more runs over the third and fourth innings that increased the lead to 6-1.
Following a double to begin the Drillers half of the fourth, Damon Keith singled to center to drive in Tulsa’s second run.
A bases-loaded walk and a two-run single in the seventh allowed the Cardinals to increase their lead to 9-2.
The Drillers final run of the night was driven in on John Rhodes’ seventh-inning RBI single.
· Damon Keith – 2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI
· Ezequiel Pagan – 2-4, 1 run, double (5)
· Chris Newell – 2-3, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (6)
Box Score
West Michigan Whitecaps 2 – Great Lakes Loons 1 – Completion of Suspended Game
Cam Day was the Loons starting pitcher and he surrendered a solo HR for the Whitecaps lead in the 2nd. He completed 2.2 innings before Alex Makarewich relieved him.
Joe Vetrano tied the game in the 3rd with a solo HR of his own before the game was suspended in the bottom of the 3rd.
Three Loons relievers followed Day and pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. Robinson Ortiz entered in the 6th. Two walks and a single brought home the go-ahead and eventual winning run.
· Joe Vetrano – 1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (5)
· Mike Sirota – 1-3
· Logan Wagner – 1-3
· Jake Gelof – 1-2, 1 BB
Box Score
West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit) 7 – Great Lakes Loons 1 – Game 2
Wyatt Crowell started for the Loons, but completed only 2.1 IP. He threw 61 pitches before he was pulled.
Crowell allowed a single and a walk in each of the first two innings, but was able to get out of the jam. Crowell followed with the same in the 3rd, but this time was pulled and relieved by Christian Ruebeck who allowed both inherited runners to score, plus one of his own. Roque Gutierrez allowed a grand slam to Max Clark, Detroit’s #1 prospect.
Kendall George led off the game with a walk, and moved to 3rd on a single by Josue De Paula, and scored on a Zyhir Hope force out. That was the Loons sole run. Mike Sirota and Jackson Nicklaus had singles for the remainder of the Loons hits.
Box Score
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 9 – Stockton Ports (A’s) 4
The Quakes overcame 12 walks allowed, using 15 hits to end a brief two-game skid, defeating the Stockon Ports on Thursday night by a final score of 9-4.
Elijah Hainline had a team-high four hits and Victor Rodrigues reached base all five times, as the Quakes won for the first time in the series.
Jose Meza tripled home a pair of runs in the first, then scored on a wild pitch by Stockton starter Wei-En Lin as the Quakes took the lead for good at 3-0.
Raynerd Ortega (4) smashed a two-run homer in the fourth, as Rancho moved the lead to 5-0.
Quakes’ starter Aidan Foeller was dominant through four, but ran into pitch count issues in the fifth.
The Ports would take advantage of six Rancho walks issued in the fifth inning, pulling to within a run at 5-4.
That’s as close as Stockton would get though, as Eduardo Quintero crushed his league-leading eighth homer of the year, a two-run shot in the sixth, giving Rancho a 7-4 lead.
They added two in the ninth for good measure to put it away.
Myles Caba, who came on to get the last out of the eighth, worked a scoreless ninth for his first career save.
The Quakes will send Logan Tabeling to the mound on Friday, as he’ll take on Jefferson Jean at 7:05pm.
· Elijah Hainline – 4-5, 1 run
· Joendry Vargas – 2-5, 2 runs, 2 doubles (3)
· Victor Rodrigues – 3-3, 2 BB, 2 runs
· Triple – Jose Meza (2)
· HR – Raynerd Ortega (4), Eduardo Quintero (8)
Box Score
ACL Dodgers 7 – ACL Mariners 4
19 year old CF Brendan Tunink reached base all five PA: 1 BB, and 4 XBH. The 2024 8th round draft pick hit a HR (2), a triple (3), and 2 doubles (6). In 63 PA, He is now hitting .353/.476/.706/1.182.
After a slow start, SS Emil Morales is heating up. He is now slashing .268/.344/.518/.862 in 64 PA.
18 year old Taiwanese OF, Ching-Hsien Ko, is hitting .395/.491/.674/1.165 in 53 PA.
Box Score
I almost missed this, thinking it was another bloated cut-and-paste job.
Man, Quintero is blowing up this year.
San Diego has lost 6 in a row. No team in the West is over .500 in their last 10. Mets are 5-5.
Not to sound crass, but is there anyone on that Tulsa team that’s a legit prospect? If not, it may be time to move some of the Rancho or Great Lakes guys up.
Ferris but you knew that. Positionally, Ramos is kind of a comeback story.
Jackson Ferris. Maybe Peter Heubeck for the pen. A couple of backup catcher candidates in Yeiner Fernandez and Griffin Lockwood-Powell. But outside of Ferris, there really is not a front line prospect at Tulsa.
I think there are still some out there who are hoping for Damon Keith and Chris Newell.
OTOH, I would like to see José Ramos at AAA. But he is not being blocked. He is just not better than the guys who are at OKC – Outman, Dean, Ward, Ruiz. Not that they are legit prospects either.
Ahhhhh, yes, I was only thinking position players. Ferris by far is worth watching every time he pitches.
And there aren’t any legit position player prospects at Tulsa right now. At least IMO.
Interesting look.
There’s still hope for Conforto.
Just think how good Ohtani would be if he just wasn’t so unlucky!!!!!!
From years ago:
“I’d rather be lucky than good.”
Bear, you totally understand fans desire to upgrade the pitching staff (quoting from your post) but not their desire to upgrade 3rd base or left field?
In your minor league update you mentioned Ward’s hit but questioned why he’s still in minors. How about replacing our underperforming left fielder?
Oh, I understand totally. I get it, both guys are struggling. I also know that the Dodgers brass still believes in both of them. Roberts has publicly said so. As for Ward, it has been said numerous times that he is a sub-par defender. He is also not on the 40-man roster. I would love to see him get a shot, but the powers that be don’t seem to think he is an upgrade. Conforto is getting a long runway, that is what the team wants. But if it continues into late June, I could see them releasing him then. He is all but untradeable at this point in time.
So Ward is only there in case two guys go down?
They should trade him.
*unperforming
I think the difference between Muncy and Teo is; a runner is on second and two outs, Teo takes a big cut trying for a hit, Max triesfor the walk. One results in a possible rbi the other just puts two on. I like the hitter and he seems way more clutch, at least the last few years.
Disagree. Teo tones down his swing with two strikes.
No big surprise but interesting to see in print.
Posted to X by Codify Baseball:
Quality Starts Vs. Same Date Last Year:
+7 CIN STL TB
+6 HOU
+5 LAA
+4 CHC WSH
+3 ATH BOS CWS NYM SF TEX
+2 ARI
0 ATL
-1 KC PIT
-2 PHI
-3 MIL SD
-4 CLE
-5 COL
-6 MIA MIN NYY
-8 BAL DET TOR
-12 LAD SEA
Busy day, Braves DFAd Orlando Arcia, their SS, Royals DFAd Hunter Renfroe, Yoendrys Gomez outrighted to AAA by the Sox, Garrett Hampson signed to a major league deal by the Reds. Kershaw vs Canning, 5-1 ERA under 2 for the Mets at 4:10 LA time on Apple +.
Professional announcers AND Francisco Lindor do not know the rule on taggng up.
Anybody in here watching this game?
I couldn’t watch, but I checked out the box score, it said Kersh only went 2 innings, do you know why
Rain delay. 1 hour 38 minutes.
Tell me again why Tanner Scott is worth $72MM?
If most of the presently-injured pitchers get healthy and play by season’s end, I’m betting TS won’t make the playoff roster.
He’s not
He certainly isn’t the closer we’ve needed since Kenley’s departure.