2022 Baseball Season

He was actually not as good as people say he was, oh yeah, he had a strong arm but dumb as a sack of rocks, and didn't know how to use that arm like hitting the cut off man. The guy was great when he first came up but after time was a total loser, the Dodgers knew he was a time bomb and they did the right thing, unload him and rightfully so, he's a idiot and no team in Major League Baseball will touch him, he's a problem and always will be, that's why he plays in some foreign country for peanuts, what a waste!

Puig is why Major league teams do their homework now, here's the latest on the hero and why he'll never play in the Major League again, he's a dirt bag 🧐

www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/yasiel-puig-settles-sexual-assault-lawsuit-wants-to-return-to-mlb-in-2022-140438426.html


He's always in trouble some where or how, dirt always follows him, total loser, I'm glad the dirt bag is long gone and so are the Dodgers 👍

www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/31257025/yasiel-puig-denies-accusations-sexual-assault-lawsuit%3fplatform=amp

Max Scherzer thinks Dodgers misused him and so do I 🧐

And the baseball world agrees, so easy to see, over managed 🙆‍♂️

larrybrownsports.com/baseball/max-scherzer-dodgers-misused-him/588747

Max said he sucked and was disappointed on how he performed, he just didn't like his routine being messed with like coming out've the bullpen, extra time off in between starts and innings limited per start like the Dodgers used him, he made no excuses.

The article clearly says, let this be a lesson to teams that are so concerned about preserving players, keeping them in bubble wrap, and avoiding harm, that sometimes it’s best to just let the athletes do their thing and not overmanage or place too many limitations. This is yet another example of how “load management” can have negative effects.

And if I'm Max or Greinke, hell yea, follow the money, this is what you worked for your whole life and guess what, with the moves the Mutts have made and the lack of what the Dodgers have plus losing a few players, I'm not so sure the Dodgers are in a better spot than the Mutts in 2022 😉

I still don’t buy it. His first seven starts for LA were brilliant, all resulting in W’s and an ERA a little over 1.5. He threw close to 100 pitches in all of them, if I remember correctly and even over 100 in a couple.

His last two regular season games against SD & CO? Not so much.

He suffered from control issues, walking four or five each game and K’ing only two or three. He also was charged with five and six runs in these two and his pitch count was still in the 90’s.

Are we to believe that had he gotten another inning and 15 - 20 additional pitches in his first seven starts that he would have been better in the final two? That’s a bit of a stretch, if you ask me.

And ALL of these starts were on regular four days of rest in between.

As far as his pitching out of the pen - he practically BEGGED Roberts for the ball in the SF game and it took him 30 or so pitches just to get through that final inning.

That game, in turn did mess up the entire rotation for the next two series, but his start against St. Louis came after four days of rest.

His next and only game against the Braves was the only one he pitched after less than four days off and his “dead arm” kept him out of Game 6 which would have also been on four days rest.

Out of the hundreds of thousands of pitchers that have toed the rubber, I have yet to hear a single one, other than Max complain about not getting enough innings and pitches in games affecting his later appearances.

It’s simply ridiculous to even think that this is a factor. In 2018, our starters and pen pretty much sucked the entire WS against the Red Sox and the biggest reason was they were cooked from excessive innings pitched in the regular season.

Do I blame Max for chasing the money? Of course not. But don’t blow smoke up our ass and state you want to stay on the west coast and play for a perennial postseason team and then bail for another few mil.

At least Greinke was up front and flat out stated he was going to the highest bidder.

And did I miss something that suddenly made the Mutts contenders and in the same boat as LA? They lost Syndergaard and replaced him with an upgrade in Max.

So, they have a decent one - two rotation. But who else do they have or have they picked up that makes them better than the last few years?

And I can almost guarantee one or both of those guys end up on the IL before the year is out.

We lost Max, Knebel and an all star shortstop. Fortunately, we have ANOTHER better defensive all star shortstop in Turner who will likely equal or exceed Seager’s output.

I put our one - two of Buehler and Urias, the only 20 game winner in the league last year up against any of the other AL or NL teams.

May appears to be progressing ahead of schedule and we could see him back on the mound sooner than expected.

If LA can lock up Freeman, I don’t think this team misses a beat and will very likely be once again favoured to win it all.

Sorry - but I don’t see that happening for the Mutts.

Of course - this is all just my opinion. I could be wrong.

GO DODGERS!!!

I thought Hill made excuses that one time. He told Roberts to watch him. That's pretty much saying you don't feel right. Then, after pitching a masterpiece for 7.0 innings, Rich said he shouldn't have been taken out.

Scherzer is a sure first ballot Hall of Famer. If a lesser pitcher like Hill can be guilty of protecting his ego, so can an all time great. I just wondered how Max viewed the practices of our manager when we've all expressed similar bewilderment.

Did Max ultimately chase the money? They all do. I really like the city & schools. This organization is steeped in tradition. That's why I'm signing with the Rockies.

I was not a fan dating all the way back to his initial hire and while he has consistently gotten us league titles and into the playoffs, one title in a shortened season is a huge underachievement considering the rosters he’s been given.

His reliance on analytics and the string pulling of Friedman are more than obvious and I truly don’t see these guys winning another title with these two at the helm.

The sad thing is - Guggenheim and company seem to be happy with them and coming in second or third every year. And unless they decide to sell, we may be stuck with both of them for awhile.

It’s more than apparent to me that when you don’t even open talks of interviewing not one, but TWO fairly relevant and successful managers in Girardi and Madden that ownership is willing to “stay the course; a thousand points of life” (sorry - just had to throw that W reference in!).

And as long as they keep putting 50 large in the seats every game, which they have done despite their postseason woes, LA will remain “close, but no cigar”.

GO DODGERS!!!

I always like hearing Doug McKain's comments. This time, it's about Jansen. He might be a fish next year with Mattingly coaxing him, but will he want to play for one of the worst teams in the bigs? Alas, it's always about the money. I think we should put a great effort into locking him up for a couple seasons anyway.