Archive for August, 2020

May Breaks ‘The Filth-Meter’

If you’ve never heard of it before, it absolutely does exist – ‘The Filth-Meter.’ If you don’t believe it, just ask Dodgers manager Dave Roberts who, following his team’s exciting 5-2 win over the division-rival San Diego Padres on Tuesday night at Petco Park, had this to say about 22-year-old right-hander Dustin May: “I couldn’t […]

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Roberts Might Want to Rethink the Leadoff Role

Last season, Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson led the National League with nine leadoff home runs against right-handed pitchers. In doing so, he set a new Dodgers franchise record for leadoff home runs in a season, topping the previous record of eight set by … Joc Pederson. This is rather impressive when you stop and think […]

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Seager Day-to-Day with Left Quad Issue

Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager has had a great start to the 2020 season. After going through elbow and hip surgeries in 2018, he is now fully healthy and on the list of heavy hitters on the Dodgers’ roster with a .361 batting average, three home runs, three doubles, and a 1.119 OPS after nine games. […]

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Everyone Was Worried About Bellinger Except Bellinger

To the surprise of many (or even most) Dodger fans, last year’s National League home run leader and reigning NL MVP Cody Bellinger went 10 games before finally hitting his first home run of the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, causing many (or even most) to believe that whatever changes he had made to his Ted Williams-esque […]

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Where’s Belli?

You would have to be living under a rock to not notice that Dodgers outfielder / first baseman and reigning 2019 National League MVP Cody Bellinger is not hitting anything like he has in seasons past. During the quarantine, the 25-year-old Scottsdale, AZ native and Dodgers fourth-round draft pick in 2013 out of Hamilton High […]

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