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Post by bigdalephan on Apr 5, 2018 2:17:20 GMT
April, the only time of the year where fans notice a 2-5 stretch. True Last year the Dodgers didn’t get swept in a series until August. Fans noticed, but it is easier for them to shrug it off with more wins under the belt by then Last September, the Dodgers lost 11 games in a row. Had a 12-17 record that month. Maybe this year they are just swapping months  |
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Post by villigeedeeot on Apr 5, 2018 3:12:38 GMT
Maybe this year they are just swapping months Yeah, ok, I'll go with that.  |
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Post by jeremyv98 on Apr 5, 2018 3:31:59 GMT
dodgersdigest.com/2018/04/03/the-dodgers-velocity-woes-are-a-staff-wide-concern/The velocity drops by the teams pitchers is a concern though I wouldn't blame the pitching for the poor start. I have heard Jansen's issues are mechanical and he only pitched in games a few times during spring training so maybe he also needs to build his arm up a little bit. The drops in velocity from the starters is more concerning if their velocity has dropped from the long postseason and short offseason their velocity probably isn't coming back when they get more innings on their arm later in the season.
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Post by jeremyv98 on Apr 5, 2018 3:39:59 GMT
dodgersdigest.com/2018/04/03/the-dodgers-velocity-woes-are-a-staff-wide-concern/The velocity drops by the teams pitchers is a concern though I wouldn't blame the pitching for the poor start. I have heard Jansen's issues are mechanical and he only pitched in games a few times during spring training so maybe he also needs to build his arm up a little bit. The drops in velocity from the starters is more concerning if their velocity has dropped from the long postseason and short offseason their velocity probably isn't coming back when they get more innings on their arm later in the season. Article I posted was updated so I am now confused on how much the velocities are actually down. |
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Post by Bklyn_LA on Apr 5, 2018 10:47:34 GMT
April, the only time of the year where fans notice a 2-5 stretch. True Last year the Dodgers didn’t get swept in a series until August. Fans noticed, but it is easier for them to shrug it off with more wins under the belt by then Last September, the Dodgers lost 11 games in a row. Had a 12-17 record that month. Maybe this year they are just swapping months Yep! ...Although, all games count in the six month soap opera that baseball - it is still a little early to call battle stations! I think of it this way, that the Dodgers are getting most of their "bad games" out of the way first (starting weak) so that they can finish strong!  I do not want to see another late season collapse because, that was a September, I do not want to remember. |
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Post by 88bulldog on Apr 5, 2018 14:30:04 GMT
The velocity drops by the teams pitchers is a concern though I wouldn't blame the pitching for the poor start. I have heard Jansen's issues are mechanical and he only pitched in games a few times during spring training so maybe he also needs to build his arm up a little bit. The drops in velocity from the starters is more concerning if their velocity has dropped from the long postseason and short offseason their velocity probably isn't coming back when they get more innings on their arm later in the season. panicking over nothing. today is april 5th. if you watch the games then you would have heard hershiser talk about this stuff already. they didn't suddenly all lose velocity just because they played games at the end of october. ridiculously absurd. |
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Post by hunteralan on Apr 5, 2018 15:08:46 GMT
Anyone feeling that they drank the kool-aid right about now? The Dodgers lackluster offseason is the cause of this slow start, IMO. How so? Please explain the correlation between the off season and the slow start. |
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Post by lasnoopyla on Apr 5, 2018 15:26:45 GMT
Anyone feeling that they drank the kool-aid right about now? The Dodgers lackluster offseason is the cause of this slow start, IMO. How so? Please explain the correlation between the off season and the slow start. Pretty sure he’s referring to the Dodgers not adding anything to the team this offseason. |
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 5, 2018 15:47:41 GMT
"Pretty sure he’s referring to the Dodgers not adding anything to the team this offseason."
That wouldn't make the team worse. If anything, they would pretty much be the same team that won 104 games.
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Post by 88bulldog on Apr 5, 2018 15:55:37 GMT
"Pretty sure he’s referring to the Dodgers not adding anything to the team this offseason." That wouldn't make the team worse. If anything, they would pretty much be the same team that won 104 games. Stop being logical!!! lol. |
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 5, 2018 16:02:17 GMT
"Pretty sure he’s referring to the Dodgers not adding anything to the team this offseason." That wouldn't make the team worse. If anything, they would pretty much be the same team that won 104 games. Stop being logical!!! lol. Sorry.  |
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Post by hunteralan on Apr 5, 2018 16:59:58 GMT
But they didn't. They let their set up guy go, their lefty specialist go, their #2 starter go, and they traded depth for Matt Kemp, all in the name of luxury tax. They also passed on opportunities to trade for Stanton, Archer, Britton, Yelich, Ozuna, and many others. Any one of those guys could have been game changers for the team (minus Britton until he's healthy), but instead they chose to rest on their laurels. Setup guy: Morrow has faced one batter all year and allowed a walk off hit. $21M... The setup guy has not been the bullpen's issue. Jansen giving up one game and blowing another outright is. Lefty specialist: Who was that exactly? Watson, who the team had for all of 20 innings and not until after the trade deadline? Avilan, who . . . well, wasn't that great anyway? Or maybe Cingrani who actually pitched just as well as Watson in his limited time in LA and . . . oh, look, is STILL in LA. Not to mention the team picked up Alexander who was better than all of them last season. No, he hasn't gotten good results yet this season, but if you're freaking out over the firs week of the season, you're very short sighted. #2 starter: That would be Darvish who absolutely bombed in the World Series and was no better than Wood or Hill after LA acquired him? Not to mention Darvish got rocked again in his first start for the Cubs. And look, LA STILL has Wood and Hill. Traded depth: What depth was that? Gonzalez at 1B is needed this season with Bellinger around? McCarthy with Buehler almost ready? Kazmir was needed depth for what exactly . . . the DL? Maybe you meant the world savior Culberson who was needed to back up SS with Seager and Hernandez around? So really, what quality, needed depth was traded away? The team "passed" on all those opportunities? They were in discussions for Stanton. They were in discussions for Ozuna and Yelich. Britton is on the Dl for cryin' out loud. And when exactly was Archer made available to ANYONE? And many others? This is a completely incongruous argument. Nonsensical even. Certainly not founded in fact or rationale. |
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Post by hunteralan on Apr 5, 2018 17:05:20 GMT
There's a difference between panicking and showing concern. Yes it is early, but early games do count in the standings, especially in the division. We have a lot of games against Arizona early on and they just swept us with their best hitter cold as ice. That's not panicking, that's just stating the facts. When Goldschmidt does start to hit, Arizona is going to be a very tough opponent. And what about when Taylor, Seager, Puig, Turner, Bellinger, Forsythe, Kemp all start to hit? Might LA be just fine then? Which team is stronger when playing to their potential? LA or Az? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 17:12:39 GMT
Not saying we should have kept them, as there were very good reasons (money/compet. balance tax) but we'd be a much stronger team right now with Yu, Morrow, and Mac. Clearly. I've no concern about KJ or Kersh (edit-small sample size, same with Yu and Morrow). With Fields on leave and Baez shaky RHRP is thin. Bats have to come alive.
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Post by speedcity on Apr 5, 2018 17:20:12 GMT
Not saying we should have kept them, as there were very good reasons (money/compet. balance tax) but we'd be a much stronger team right now with Yu, Morrow, and Mac. Clearly. I've no concern about KJ or Kersh (edit-small sample size, same with Yu and Morrow). With Fields on leave and Baez shaky RHRP is thin. Bats have to come alive. Ryu was better then McCarthy last season, he had no spot in the rotation. Or is this a knee jerk reaction to his one start this season being better then Ryu’s one start this season? |
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