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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 4:03:29 GMT
Trayce comes through.
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 4:26:18 GMT
JD Martinez with another double.
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 4:42:54 GMT
Showing Max Muncy highlights. Dave should rest Max before every series in Frisco in anticipation of his doing well.
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Post by dking on Apr 13, 2023 5:53:19 GMT
Muncy will be benched for next game against the cubs.
He's way to hot to play.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Apr 13, 2023 11:39:28 GMT
Muncy will be benched for next game against the cubs. He's way to hot to play. And those forty five minute flights can really take it out of a player, even with an off day today. He may be available for PH duties. In the meantime, Rojas out again with the hamstring. Same with our old friend Seager. What’s the deal? Is four weeks not enough to get them in shape and ready for the following six months? Aren’t they responsible for keeping themselves in decent shape during the off season? Are they not taking the time to stretch and prepare before EVERY game? Guys are making millions playing a kids game and pulling muscles that shouldn’t be pulled by swinging a bat or running to a base. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 15:10:31 GMT
Dodgers' Trayce Thompson: Goes deep in win
Rotowire 6 HRS AGO
Thompson went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional scored Wednesday in a 10-5 victory versus the Giants.
Thompson began the game on the bench but entered the contest as a pinch hitter for David Peralta in the sixth inning. He worked a walk and came around to score the go-ahead run, then produced a run on his own with a solo shot in the following frame. The long ball was Thompson's first since he went deep three times against Arizona in his first game of the season April 1. Since that three-homer contest, Thompson is batting just .200 and has a 35 percent strikeout rate, though he's also worked four walks over 19 plate appearances.
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Torments Giants again
Rotowire 6 HRS AGO
Muncy went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in a 10-5 win against San Francisco on Wednesday.
Muncy entered the three-game series against the Giants with just one homer and a .121/.293/.212 slash line, but he turned things around quickly against his team's biggest rival. The third baseman feasted on San Francisco pitching to the tune of four homers and 11 RBI while going 5-for-9 in the series despite beginning the middle game on the bench. Muncy might be a surefire Hall of Famer if he could face the Giants every game -- he has 25 long balls and 55 RBI against them over 75 career contests spanning 296 plate appearances.
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw: Recovers for second win
Rotowire 6 HRS AGO
Kershaw (2-1) picked up the victory against San Francisco on Wednesday, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out four batters over six innings.
Kershaw got off to shaky start Wednesday, allowing a pair of runs in the first inning and another in the second. The veteran southpaw found his footing thereafter, retiring 12 of the final 14 batters he faced and ending up with the win. Kershaw is no longer striking out batters like he did in his prime, but he's given the Dodgers a steady presence in the rotation by going exactly six innings in all three of his starts and nabbing a pair of victories. He's posted a 3.50 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 17:4 K:BB through 18 frames.
Dodgers' Miguel Rojas: Dealing with hamstring cramp
Rotowire 11 HRS AGO
Rojas left Wednesday's game against San Francisco due to a cramp in his left hamstring.
After recently coming back from a left groin injury, Rojas is now battling issues with his hamstring. No word yet on how long it'll keep him out, but the Dodgers will likely approach it on a day-to-day basis.
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Post by truedodger on Apr 13, 2023 17:10:29 GMT
People complaining about Roberts & Friedman have got to understand this is just the way it is nowadays. There is absolutely no doubt Andrew (with Walter's financial backing) has built the strongest organization in baseball. People here have cited Roberts winning just one championship (in a strike shortened season) with the most talented teams in the league. MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. Dave told Andrew just what he wanted to hear in his interview for the job. Where I agree with dissenters is GM's build teams. Managers run the team on the field. That has fallen to the wayside. Not just with the Dodgers. With just about any contending team in baseball. The new corporate structure has geeks with pocket calculators running baseball now. Field 'generals' do as they're told. Look at the problems Jim Tracy had with DePo. DePo wanted Choi in the lineup. Tracy basically told DePo you don't know what you're talking about. Shut up & shove it up your ass. After the season, McCourt allowed DePo to fire Tracy. Then McCourt fired DePo. Joe Maddon did the same thing in Anaheim. He got canned too. The same people complaining about Roberts, complained about Mattingly before that. "DDF." That was a constant refrain. Torre before Mattingly, Grady Little before Torre. Tracy before Little. Johnson before Tracy. The only TRUE manager the Dodgers have ever had was Tommy Lasorda. Tommy presided over a 99 loss team in 1992. Two consecutive 73-89 seasons in 1986-87. I criticize 'Doc' too, because I despise lackeys. But let's get real here. Or maybe I'm just drunk.  Well that's what's wrong with how things are being run, as far as it concerns our team. The dummy in our dugout when he's had to deviate from the script has made series altering- astronomical blunders in post- season. He has absolutely no feel for the situation more often, actually quite often, than not. For as successful and robotic as the geeks have made the game it hasn't been a success in post- season. In looking at the A's, Rays, Dodgers etc which keep getting bounced. And, that brings me to Dave Martinez and the Nationals when they ousted us. Obviously they have the same playbook but the guy fabricated runs and allowed his starters to go an extra pitch, an extra batter, an extra inning and lo and behold won the whole damn thing. You can argue that managing is harder now, I guess, because you have to know when to dump the playbook and manage with your eyes and brain. That ulitimately brings me to the conclusion that our dummy in the dugout ain't the one and hopefully we find that gifted field general. |
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Post by truedodger on Apr 13, 2023 17:15:38 GMT
Mad Max is a Giant killer. And Dave gave him a 'rest' too. All kidding aside. Farhan should be ringing Friedman's phone off the hook to get Muncy over to him. I think he's the one that gave Muncy the chance to turn things around way back when. Muncy screwed that bunt to him earlier in the game, didn't even throw. But, you can always put money down that Muncy will punish the SF Giants. |
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Post by dking on Apr 13, 2023 17:34:13 GMT
*******Thompson is batting just .200 and has a 35 percent strikeout rate, though he's also worked four walks over 19 plate appearances.**********
I don't know where 're getting your stats from but they're wrong.
Thompson's stats 2023 19 atbats 4 hrs 11 rbis .316/.458/.947/1.405 and yes he's K'd 8 times and walked 4 times
of course with those stats he needs a seat on the pine next to muncy.
Daisy would rather play peralta instead of trayce cause in 28 atbats
.179/.207/.214/.421 0 hr's 2 rbis
INSANITY
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 17:54:38 GMT
People complaining about Roberts & Friedman have got to understand this is just the way it is nowadays. There is absolutely no doubt Andrew (with Walter's financial backing) has built the strongest organization in baseball. People here have cited Roberts winning just one championship (in a strike shortened season) with the most talented teams in the league. MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. Dave told Andrew just what he wanted to hear in his interview for the job. Where I agree with dissenters is GM's build teams. Managers run the team on the field. That has fallen to the wayside. Not just with the Dodgers. With just about any contending team in baseball. The new corporate structure has geeks with pocket calculators running baseball now. Field 'generals' do as they're told. Look at the problems Jim Tracy had with DePo. DePo wanted Choi in the lineup. Tracy basically told DePo you don't know what you're talking about. Shut up & shove it up your ass. After the season, McCourt allowed DePo to fire Tracy. Then McCourt fired DePo. Joe Maddon did the same thing in Anaheim. He got canned too. The same people complaining about Roberts, complained about Mattingly before that. "DDF." That was a constant refrain. Torre before Mattingly, Grady Little before Torre. Tracy before Little. Johnson before Tracy. The only TRUE manager the Dodgers have ever had was Tommy Lasorda. Tommy presided over a 99 loss team in 1992. Two consecutive 73-89 seasons in 1986-87. I criticize 'Doc' too, because I despise lackeys. But let's get real here. Or maybe I'm just drunk. Well that's what's wrong with how things are being run, as far as it concerns our team. The dummy in our dugout when he's had to deviate from the script has made series altering- astronomical blunders in post- season. He has absolutely no feel for the situation more often, actually quite often, than not. For as successful and robotic as the geeks have made the game it hasn't been a success in post- season. In looking at the A's, Rays, Dodgers etc which keep getting bounced. And, that brings me to Dave Martinez and the Nationals when they ousted us. Obviously they have the same playbook but the guy fabricated runs and allowed his starters to go an extra pitch, an extra batter, an extra inning and lo and behold won the whole damn thing. You can argue that managing is harder now, I guess, because you have to know when to dump the playbook and manage with your eyes and brain. That ulitimately brings me to the conclusion that our dummy in the dugout ain't the one and hopefully we find that gifted field general. Friedman would have to hire that gifted field general, & I just ain't seeing it. For all the flak Mattingly caught here in LA, he was pretty much his own man. He argued with Ethier. He platooned Loney. He had to deal with Puig. Belisario's dependency problems. He made snarky remarks about Carl Crawford being brittle. I liked Don. That's old school. My way or the highway. |
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 18:05:09 GMT
*******Thompson is batting just .200 and has a 35 percent strikeout rate, though he's also worked four walks over 19 plate appearances.********** I don't know where 're getting your stats from but they're wrong. Thompson's stats 2023 19 atbats 4 hrs 11 rbis .316/.458/.947/1.405 and yes he's K'd 8 times and walked 4 times of course with those stats he needs a seat on the pine next to muncy. Daisy would rather play peralta instead of trayce cause in 28 atbats .179/.207/.214/.421 0 hr's 2 rbis INSANITY CBS Sportsline 'The long ball was Thompson's first >>>since he went deep three times against Arizona in his first game of the season April 1. Since that three-homer contest, Thompson is batting just .200 and has a 35 percent strikeout rate, though he's also worked four walks over 19 plate appearances.'<<< After the first game, Trayce went 3-15 / .200 in his next 8 games. 4 walks. |
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 18:05:40 GMT
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 13, 2023 18:12:40 GMT
People complaining about Roberts & Friedman have got to understand this is just the way it is nowadays. There is absolutely no doubt Andrew (with Walter's financial backing) has built the strongest organization in baseball. People here have cited Roberts winning just one championship (in a strike shortened season) with the most talented teams in the league. MOST TALENTED TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. Dave told Andrew just what he wanted to hear in his interview for the job. Where I agree with dissenters is GM's build teams. Managers run the team on the field. That has fallen to the wayside. Not just with the Dodgers. With just about any contending team in baseball. The new corporate structure has geeks with pocket calculators running baseball now. Field 'generals' do as they're told. Look at the problems Jim Tracy had with DePo. DePo wanted Choi in the lineup. Tracy basically told DePo you don't know what you're talking about. Shut up & shove it up your ass. After the season, McCourt allowed DePo to fire Tracy. Then McCourt fired DePo. Joe Maddon did the same thing in Anaheim. He got canned too. The same people complaining about Roberts, complained about Mattingly before that. "DDF." That was a constant refrain. Torre before Mattingly, Grady Little before Torre. Tracy before Little. Johnson before Tracy. The only TRUE manager the Dodgers have ever had was Tommy Lasorda. Tommy presided over a 99 loss team in 1992. Two consecutive 73-89 seasons in 1986-87. I criticize 'Doc' too, because I despise lackeys. But let's get real here. Or maybe I'm just drunk. Well that's what's wrong with how things are being run, as far as it concerns our team. The dummy in our dugout when he's had to deviate from the script has made series altering- astronomical blunders in post- season. He has absolutely no feel for the situation more often, actually quite often, than not. For as successful and robotic as the geeks have made the game it hasn't been a success in post- season. In looking at the A's, Rays, Dodgers etc which keep getting bounced. And, that brings me to Dave Martinez and the Nationals when they ousted us. Obviously they have the same playbook but the guy fabricated runs and allowed his starters to go an extra pitch, an extra batter, an extra inning and lo and behold won the whole damn thing. You can argue that managing is harder now, I guess, because you have to know when to dump the playbook and manage with your eyes and brain. That ulitimately brings me to the conclusion that our dummy in the dugout ain't the one and hopefully we find that gifted field general. God. I was blind drunk when I wrote that. I'm not seeing any spelling errors either. That's scary. |
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Post by truedodger on Apr 13, 2023 18:15:10 GMT
Well that's what's wrong with how things are being run, as far as it concerns our team. The dummy in our dugout when he's had to deviate from the script has made series altering- astronomical blunders in post- season. He has absolutely no feel for the situation more often, actually quite often, than not. For as successful and robotic as the geeks have made the game it hasn't been a success in post- season. In looking at the A's, Rays, Dodgers etc which keep getting bounced. And, that brings me to Dave Martinez and the Nationals when they ousted us. Obviously they have the same playbook but the guy fabricated runs and allowed his starters to go an extra pitch, an extra batter, an extra inning and lo and behold won the whole damn thing. You can argue that managing is harder now, I guess, because you have to know when to dump the playbook and manage with your eyes and brain. That ulitimately brings me to the conclusion that our dummy in the dugout ain't the one and hopefully we find that gifted field general. Friedman would have to hire that gifted field general, & I just ain't seeing it. For all the flak Mattingly caught here in LA, he was pretty much his own man. He argued with Ethier. He platooned Loney. He had to deal with Puig. Belisario's dependency problems. He made snarky remarks about Carl Crawford being brittle. I liked Don. That's old school. My way or the highway. Yeah, it would have to be Friedman. But, say, this team makes post- season and is cruising along but then gets bounced again. The pressure needs to come from the fanbase and felt by management so that Friedman can go out and look for someone that agrees with his philosophy but also isn't afraid to deviate from Friedman's step by step script. And, I totally agree about Mattingly. He was a dummy also but yeah the rest is true. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Apr 13, 2023 19:15:40 GMT
Well that's what's wrong with how things are being run, as far as it concerns our team. The dummy in our dugout when he's had to deviate from the script has made series altering- astronomical blunders in post- season. He has absolutely no feel for the situation more often, actually quite often, than not. For as successful and robotic as the geeks have made the game it hasn't been a success in post- season. In looking at the A's, Rays, Dodgers etc which keep getting bounced. And, that brings me to Dave Martinez and the Nationals when they ousted us. Obviously they have the same playbook but the guy fabricated runs and allowed his starters to go an extra pitch, an extra batter, an extra inning and lo and behold won the whole damn thing. You can argue that managing is harder now, I guess, because you have to know when to dump the playbook and manage with your eyes and brain. That ulitimately brings me to the conclusion that our dummy in the dugout ain't the one and hopefully we find that gifted field general. Friedman would have to hire that gifted field general, & I just ain't seeing it. For all the flak Mattingly caught here in LA, he was pretty much his own man. He argued with Ethier. He platooned Loney. He had to deal with Puig. Belisario's dependency problems. He made snarky remarks about Carl Crawford being brittle. I liked Don. That's old school. My way or the highway. But he was / is the ORIGINAL DDF and despite his gruffness was still not a very good manager, even for a great player. Sometimes, it just doesn’t translate. He was handed a VERY good team and anointed the job with ZERO managing experience at any level and that showed up time after time and led to his dismissal. Although working with significantly less, his time with the Marlins was also meh at best. It seems to me that a lot of the time, middle of the road players make much better managers than great players. Look at guys like our own Tommy Lasorda, Alex Cora, Mike Sciocia, Bret Boone - hell, even Rusty Baker. None of these guys were what most would consider in the same category as DiMaggio, Williams, Ruth, etc. But they all have been or continue to be successful managers. For all of Daisy’s regular season accomplishments, he’s just a junior version of Rusty and cannot get this team over the top when it counts the most. And his postseason blunders are well known and far too numerous to relist again, especially those that he tried on his own going off book. I continue to wonder and amaze at how he keeps getting extended, but I guess ownership is happy as long as the stands are full, which they continue to be. Another title isn’t going to squeeze more fans into a place that is near capacity most days and nights. And ownership knows that as well. GO DODGERS!!! |
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