Dodger Talk

Roberts again with the questionable bullpen usage. Ride out Hill for the 7th! Sick and tired of seeing Ryan "Yu Darvish" Madson blow things up and the first reliever he puts out there.

Kenley and giving up world series home runs...What a great combo

 

Kenney seems on late side of his prime. Heater down in velocity as well.

 

We lose the world series it is on Roberts bringing in Madsen.

I have no idea why the fk you bring him in AT ALL. He has given up EVERY F'n run on base.

 

I like your anti jinx Real!

Might be very very unlikely, but everyone discounted the cubs 2 years ago when they were down 3-1!

I mentioned (before the playoffs began) that the bullpen was shaky and that Kersh and Kenley were struggling and needed to pitch better.

They were great in the NLDS and NLCS, but yes, they have been exposed here. I feel that Roberts does a poor job in putting them in situations to succeed.

How can anyone keep putting in Madson in these situations? If he has going to use Kenley in the 8th, just use Baez in the 7th. It’s like Luke putting in KCP instead of LeBron to help us come back from a 15 pt lead.

He keeps on trying to do the same things over and over again and thinks it’s going to work at some point.

 

Guess who chimed in:

 

Donald's a Dodger fan? I've always li ...ll...luh...laa .... never mind.

 

I think he's a NY Yankees fan LT, he wants the Sox to lose!

 

Translation: "Dave. You're fired."

 

Boston wins with a score of 5-1, which is ironically the same score as last year's game 7.

An anticlimatic ending to a season that contained a lot of highs and lows. Considering how this team started off 10 games below .500, it's been amazing that we were able to get here again.

There needs to be reflection from the team, Roberts, and the management about how this series unfolded. As much as we like to blame one person, as some of us have mentioned, both hitting and pitching need work. We cannot expect to win solely by going with the launch angle/HR ball. I think we might've had one of the lowest batting averages of a team in the WS, there were just way too many pop ups and strike outs and the lack of good hitting approaches when there was RISP. Pitching and the relievers, I've lamented enough about.

This team has a great future and a future star in Seager in coming back. We got the money to strengthen in the offseason.

I love spending time with you guys talking about the Dodgers. We'll come back next year and get the show rolling again!

 

Fix the ******* TV deal so the other 3/4 of L.A. can see them on TV.

 

Does anyone else get those questionable or likely fake need to update Flash messages on those sites? I always seem to and have read so much about that one being malware.

 

No, I don't see anything with the adblocker. Might get a popup after clicking on the video, but they usually go away.


Meanwhile, good news:



Very happy we are bringing Freese back. He even took a paycut to re-sign with us!

As for free agent targets, Machado is someone that I take a hard pass on. Amazing talent and a major reason why we got back to the WS, but his questionable attitude and effort despite him being in a contract year makes me uncomfortable in giving him a massive contract. He said he wasn't "Johnny hustle" as his explanation for not running the bases hard. There's a chance he just becomes the next Hanley Ramirez and gets paid and coasts the season. I do look forward to seeing how his free agency ends up. I think he won't get the money he's looking for.

The other big target in this class, Harper, I'm all for going all in on. Will probably result in trading Joc or someone due to an overcrowded outfield.

Eovaldi is someone that I'd like the team to target. He was very good for the Red Sox and he's been able to develop good secondary pitches to pair with that high 90's fastball. I do think we have quite a few options to start though (Hill, Maeda, Buehler, Urias, and Kershaw and Ryu if re-signed).

Team definitely needs to adjust the bargain bin and rejuvenation approach towards the bullpen. It is risky to blow a ton of $$$ on relievers (just ask the Rockies), but I think a few quality additions would work well. Ottavino, Joe Kelly look interesting to me.

The areas in which the team should upgrade is Catcher and 2B. I think targeting Realmuto should be a big priority. Whit Merrifield of the Royals looks like an interesting target for 2B, or they can sign DJ LaMahieu.