Dodger Talk

Okay guys, winning seems like forever ago. Come on, let's get back in the W column!!

 

Ugh hate these bad slides. Once again the thing that has plagued us most (No not pitching) is hurting us again. We are leaving too many RISP. In the 3rd Miami game Agon left 8 man on base alone. In fact at one point we had bases loaded 1 out with Agon, Puig and (can't remember) come up and all struck out. Our pitching isn't locking down the world but anything at 3 runs or less should be a win for us. Our team seems to either be everyone is hitting or no one is hitting. 6 L's in a row needs to go the other way quick. Good thing is Giants haven't played lights out either.

 

Ugh, yeah this is so frustrating; worst stretch of losses in 3 years I think? Hope we bounce back.

I hate to bring up the fact that no one wins the Division every year, but if the players collectively kinda don't seem to care, then it just might happen sooner than later.

 

Right?! Seems like only him and a few others like Utley and Grandal actually give a damn. Ellis and Thompson, too.

Kendrick... the hell happened to him?!!!

Please start winning again and make me not believe that most of you are just mailing it in this year!!

 

One of their lesser known pitchers got popped 80 games for PEDs I heard on the radio this afternoon.

 

Oh yeah, Josh Ravin. Dude could throw 100 mph fastballs but was never good at control (so what's the point of being able to throw so hard? LOL)

Seems strange that the 80-game suspension starts immediately even though he's already on the 60-day DL. I guess anyone on the 60-day DL can juice and not miss many games.

 

Okay, this month of May is gonna be extremely tough with the teams we are facing. This will really show what we're made of.

It's not the end of the world if we come out with a losing record (can't believe that's even being considered); we gotta remember that.

But what would ease my fears and worries is if we are at about 8 games above .500 by All-Star break in mid-July. That's about an 89-win pace, which is good. If we're .500 or below by then, then yeah, it's time to really panic.

 

I now feel like the Dodgers play in some other city and care about as much how their season goes. Accordingly. Aside from reading about Kershaw's exploits.

 

You realize Greinke and Price have ERAs above 5, right?

 

Haha. Please tell me you wanted to give Shark $18 million per after he had a 5 ERA the year before. He has a career 4 ERA, so I doubt he keeps this up.

Also, Cueto and Maeda have very similar ERAs.

And Kazmir is pitching better than both Greinke and Price, and he's look better the last 3 or 4 games now.

Oh yeah and Chapman fired gun shots around his girlfriend and choked her. There's that.

Sure, I guess we could try and SIGN ALL THE PLAYERS, but this isn't MLB2K or whatever. We signed 2 out of 6.

Tell me again how management doesn't care?

 

If anything, it's the hitting that's losing us games, not the pitching.

Look at Turner, Puig, Grandal, Kendrick, Hernandez and Ellis. All numbers significantly down. Not something you can blame the front office.

Even Utley and Gonzalez aren't hitting well at home.

Actually you're right, middle relief has been horrible, with Howell, Hatcher, and Baez being bad. But no one predicted they would be THIS bad. O'Day didn't want to be a Dodger, we didn't want to trade Pederson for Andrew Miller, and Ken Giles is pitching like crap.

But hey guess who we got to improve the bullpen? Blanton, Coleman, and Liebertore who have all pitched well for us so far.

 

Another masterpiece by the best Dodgers pitcher since Sandy Koufax. I read about it this morning. Sounds like it would have been swell to watch.

 

Great series win over the Mets. Loved seeing us wallop their bullpen in the Maeda game who has been brilliant most of the year. Too bad we threw a stinker in Chicago, but at least Alex Wood and our bullpen were very solid.

Tomorrow is Arietta day, and Cubs have won, what, the last 25 games he's pitched in? Not gonna be fun to watch unless you're a Cubs' fan, but hey all streaks are broken at some point. Hopefully we take one of these next two games.

 

WE WON AN ARRIETA GAME! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA!!!!!!!!!!!