The Dodgers honked out of three in a row against the Padres going into the All-Star Break. That sucked from every angle but their 60-32 record was still the best in Major League Baseball so it's far from emergency time.
All of earth knows that the kryptonite for the 2019 Dodgers is 4.08 ERA the bullpen has barfed up. There are all kinds of rumors attached to that (Matthew Boyd from the Tigers, Amanda Whurlitzer from the Bad News Bears). It really looks like the pieces are there though. Joe Kelly looks like he figured it out. We have learned that you can't bring Scott Alexander in to get a lefty out. Caleb Ferguson is back in Oklahoma City but he looks like he is also closing in on being legit.
All the winning has been fun to watch but they have done plenty of winning over the last 7 years. That Guggenheim group had its first full season in 2013. The Dodgers are 625-440 since. That is a .587 Win percentage. They have won the NL West every year since 2013. That's great but it's time to win the World Series. Seriously.
OK let's get optimistic
92 games into 2017 The Dodgers were 63-29 hitting .257 scoring 476 runs and striking out 808 times. When the 2018 Dodgers were 92 games in they were 50-42 hitting .243 scoring 438 runs and striking out 771 times. From that angle things are really looking up because here in 2019 they are 60-32 hitting .263 scoring 480 runs and striking out 726 times. Here are couple of other ways to look at the improved offense. These numbers are all 92 games into the season.
The 2017 Dodgers had 36 games where they struckout 10 or more times. In 2018 they had 33 games with 10 or more strikeouts. In 2019 they have struckout 10+ times in 26 games. That's an improvement.
How about games where they hit under .200 as a team 92 games in? In 2017 they did it 26 times. In 2018 it was 30 times. In 2019 they have stunk it up at that level only 23 times.
This offense is clearly better than the 2017 and 2018 teams that couldn't win the World Series.
As long as we are looking at things this way let's look at the ERA for starting pitchers after 92 games. 2017 3.24. 2018 3.34. 2019 3.07. Look! More improvement!
So the question is if this is good enough to overcome the 4.08 bullpen ERA or if there is a move out there to get that on track. Oh and the bullpen ERA was 2.95 in 2017 and 3.85 in 2018 so that should bring the concern into focus.
So far it's been fun.
Let's get a dog and a beer
Friday, July 12, 2019
Monday, April 8, 2019
Oh Hey!
Well it's been a while. Most of these blogs have been written on Sinaloa burner cell phones and those have become scarce with El Chapo in the clink. There were a few things that really should have been in here so even though the moment has come and gone, let's go ahead and put 200 games of Peter in here.
In his 200 games of unstoppable greatness Peter batted .747 with 471 RBIs. He hit 89 Doubles, 30 Triples and 81 Home Runs.
Nobody is surprised by any of that.
The other thing that should have been in here is Natasha leading THE TEAM to a 4th Championship. There was a detail in that journey that was certainly memorable. THE TEAM lost in the playoffs to La Seleccion by one run but it turned out they used a non-roster player so they had to forfeit. There were a lot of wild guesses as to who the ringer was. You would think if a team was going to cheat they would want to wrangle up a cocaine fueled Darryl Strawberry or something but whatever. THE TEAM moved on the Championship game and opened up a can on Ctrl Z for 22-8 win.
Ancient history
THE TEAM 2019 split a doubleheader. The rumor was that THE TEAM hung a quick 10 runs on Killustrators and hung for a 13-11 victory. Jimmy hit a Home Run in that one. That's true.
The second game was a tough one against Imma Beast. Jack hit a Home Run and a Triple with 2 RBIs. Natasha went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Overall THE TEAM hit .483 with 5 Doubles and a Home Run. THE TEAM never struck out so that's good to see. Natasha struck out 3 pitching a complete game. Too bad those Imma Beast people were pretty good at softball. They turned 4 Double Plays and beat THE TEAM 9-5. I think the website says 9-4 but the website lies.
In the second round THE TEAM is 3-1 and finishing the season against My Hittas. They are also 3-1 so if THE TEAM wins, THE TEAM goes to the playoffs.
GO THE TEAM!!!
In his 200 games of unstoppable greatness Peter batted .747 with 471 RBIs. He hit 89 Doubles, 30 Triples and 81 Home Runs.
Nobody is surprised by any of that.
The other thing that should have been in here is Natasha leading THE TEAM to a 4th Championship. There was a detail in that journey that was certainly memorable. THE TEAM lost in the playoffs to La Seleccion by one run but it turned out they used a non-roster player so they had to forfeit. There were a lot of wild guesses as to who the ringer was. You would think if a team was going to cheat they would want to wrangle up a cocaine fueled Darryl Strawberry or something but whatever. THE TEAM moved on the Championship game and opened up a can on Ctrl Z for 22-8 win.
Ancient history
THE TEAM 2019 split a doubleheader. The rumor was that THE TEAM hung a quick 10 runs on Killustrators and hung for a 13-11 victory. Jimmy hit a Home Run in that one. That's true.
The second game was a tough one against Imma Beast. Jack hit a Home Run and a Triple with 2 RBIs. Natasha went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Overall THE TEAM hit .483 with 5 Doubles and a Home Run. THE TEAM never struck out so that's good to see. Natasha struck out 3 pitching a complete game. Too bad those Imma Beast people were pretty good at softball. They turned 4 Double Plays and beat THE TEAM 9-5. I think the website says 9-4 but the website lies.
In the second round THE TEAM is 3-1 and finishing the season against My Hittas. They are also 3-1 so if THE TEAM wins, THE TEAM goes to the playoffs.
GO THE TEAM!!!
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