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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:32 pm    Post subject:

I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:43 pm    Post subject:

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I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.



Yup it’s awful. I’m so sick of losing to the Giants at Dodger stadium. It makes no sense. They scored three runs off three hits. Completely unacceptable. Every time I’m thinking this is the series we are going to spank them and instead they make us look bad.

We lost Corey at such a crucial time he was our hottest bat. I also don’t think Cody can keep this up. He’s been choking in clutch situations the last month and a half. He got a nice double tonight to get things started but there’s been too many games where he’s dropped a complete egg with RISP.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:14 pm    Post subject:

Kike has a .276 obp

Let that sink in.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:25 pm    Post subject:

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Kike has a .276 obp

Let that sink in.


.230 obp vs righties and an ops of .559.

Oh and that “depth” is not really showing. Beaty batting third? The other day I saw CT3 batting third. I’m not saying “the third hitter has to be your best” but it shouldn’t be your scrub either.

Also if you’re doing the whole platoon and have lefty specialists...CT3 and Kike are not killing lefties either. It really makes no sense. At least freese is destroying literally everyone.

Joc’s regression isn’t helping either.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:33 pm    Post subject:

One of Taylor or Kike pretty much has to always play now that Seager is out, and that's fine. But they should never both be in the lineup against a right-hander. They really have to do something. We're almost halfway into the season and it should be very clear that Kike is just not an everyday player in the big leagues. He's a utilityman who has good power vs. lefties, and we shouldn't expect more than that. The Dodgers have the 5th-best contact rate in the majors, and that's with Kike and Taylor fanning a bunch.

They saw that Will Smith (the catcher) acquitted himself very well during his brief time as a major leaguer, and now he's gone back down to AAA and he's obliterating AAA pitching, with 5 homers in the last 5 games. I don't know if Kike has any options left, but they could just make up an IL stint for him and perhaps call up Lux for 10 days and just see what he looks like. Maybe see if you think he could be an option before the trade deadline. If he doesn't look close to ready, you have to address this issue at the deadline. I don't think it's feasible to have Muncy play 2B and Freese 1B every day. One, you'll tire out Freese like that (he's best built for a part-time role), and two, Muncy and Freese defensively would be a disaster on the entire right side of the infield.

Oh, and Will Smith (the Giants pitcher) was electric tonight. His slider reminds me of peak Andrew Miller. I want to speak him into existence as a Dodger. He would be perfect. He's better than Jansen right now and it's not particularly close.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:05 am    Post subject:

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One of Taylor or Kike pretty much has to always play now that Seager is out, and that's fine. But they should never both be in the lineup against a right-hander. They really have to do something. We're almost halfway into the season and it should be very clear that Kike is just not an everyday player in the big leagues. He's a utilityman who has good power vs. lefties, and we shouldn't expect more than that. The Dodgers have the 5th-best contact rate in the majors, and that's with Kike and Taylor fanning a bunch.

They saw that Will Smith (the catcher) acquitted himself very well during his brief time as a major leaguer, and now he's gone back down to AAA and he's obliterating AAA pitching, with 5 homers in the last 5 games. I don't know if Kike has any options left, but they could just make up an IL stint for him and perhaps call up Lux for 10 days and just see what he looks like. Maybe see if you think he could be an option before the trade deadline. If he doesn't look close to ready, you have to address this issue at the deadline. I don't think it's feasible to have Muncy play 2B and Freese 1B every day. One, you'll tire out Freese like that (he's best built for a part-time role), and two, Muncy and Freese defensively would be a disaster on the entire right side of the infield.

Oh, and Will Smith (the Giants pitcher) was electric tonight. His slider reminds me of peak Andrew Miller. I want to speak him into existence as a Dodger. He would be perfect. He's better than Jansen right now and it's not particularly close.


Def don’t want to play Freese everyday that’s not really doable. Just saying it seems like he’s doing his job by coming in when asked and performing. We had a good thing going with kike years prior where he came in and just mashed lefties. Not sure where this notion of him becoming an every day guy came into fruition. CT3 had that monster year and a few clutch moments last year but other than that he’s horrible against righties and OK vs lefties. Not good enough to be batting way up in the order vs lefties.

Lot of guys are better than jansen right now. I don’t think WSmith is possible given the rivalry and I much rather have Iglesias if the Reds are willing to trade with us again. It really doesn’t matter who to be honest..anything would be an upgrade.

Kenley will cost us big games down the road if we continue to rely on him. It’s time to move on from him- he had a great run. Give him time to figure it out but until then we need a lock down closer.

Also where would this team be last year and this year without Mad Max?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:49 am    Post subject:

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Maybe you missed it, but Farhan Zaidi (who now works for the Giants, of course) said that he would be open to trading with the Dodgers and that he views it a bit differently than how fans typically see it. He basically said that if he traded with the Dodgers, he would be weakening a division rival's farm system going forward and that helps the Giants in the future.

Iglesias is solid enough, but he's not a dominant reliever, and as a guy who is not a rental, would probably cost more than even Smith would. Smith has been lights out this year and, really, for the past few years other than when he missed time recovering from Tommy John surgery.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:00 am    Post subject:

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One of Taylor or Kike pretty much has to always play now that Seager is out, and that's fine. But they should never both be in the lineup against a right-hander. They really have to do something. We're almost halfway into the season and it should be very clear that Kike is just not an everyday player in the big leagues. He's a utilityman who has good power vs. lefties, and we shouldn't expect more than that. The Dodgers have the 5th-best contact rate in the majors, and that's with Kike and Taylor fanning a bunch.

They saw that Will Smith (the catcher) acquitted himself very well during his brief time as a major leaguer, and now he's gone back down to AAA and he's obliterating AAA pitching, with 5 homers in the last 5 games. I don't know if Kike has any options left, but they could just make up an IL stint for him and perhaps call up Lux for 10 days and just see what he looks like. Maybe see if you think he could be an option before the trade deadline. If he doesn't look close to ready, you have to address this issue at the deadline. I don't think it's feasible to have Muncy play 2B and Freese 1B every day. One, you'll tire out Freese like that (he's best built for a part-time role), and two, Muncy and Freese defensively would be a disaster on the entire right side of the infield.

Oh, and Will Smith (the Giants pitcher) was electric tonight. His slider reminds me of peak Andrew Miller. I want to speak him into existence as a Dodger. He would be perfect. He's better than Jansen right now and it's not particularly close.


Yeah. Here are our major weaknesses right now

vs. Right Handers

Chris Taylor vs. right handers:
101 AB
.198 avg
.261 obp
.307 slg
.568 ops

Kike vs. right handers
140 AB
.179 avg
.230 obp
.329 slg
.559 ops


vs. Left Handers

Austin Barnes vs. left handers:
42 AB
.167 avg
.250 obp
.238 slg
.488 ops

Russell Martin vs. left handers:
31 AB
.194 avg
.324 obp
.290 slg
.614 ops

Corey Seager vs. left handers:
83 AB
.229 avg
.330 obp
.301 slg
.631 ops

Joc Pederson vs. left handers
25 AB
.160 avg
.160 obp
.200 slg
.360 ops

Justin Turner vs. left handers:
83 AB
.229 avg
.309 obp
.398 slg
.707 ops

Looks like left handers are going to give us a problem in the playoffs again since we have 3 everyday players struggling: Seager, Turner, (Barnes/Martin)

Add in the pitcher and that's 4 automatic outs. Hopefully Seager and Turner turn it around.

Yeah, it's time to bring Will Smith back up. He's 24 yrs old already.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:40 am    Post subject:

Kike's first pitch swinging pop up to kill our chances was not enjoyable.

I am more worried about Jansen as others have pointed out.

I think he is a weak link come playoff time when many of the games will likely be close.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:13 am    Post subject:

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I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:15 am    Post subject:

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ChickenStu wrote:
I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.


If we bring up Lux, who goes once Pollock and Seager come back?

Here's our opening day lineup:

Catchers (2):
Austin Barnes
Russell Martin

Infielders (4):
David Freese
Max Muncy
Corey Seager
Justin Turner

Outfielders (3):
Joc Pederson
A.J. Pollock
Alex Verdugo

Infielder/Outfielder (3):
Cody Bellinger
Kiké Hernández
Chris Taylor
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:26 pm    Post subject:

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ChickenStu wrote:
I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.


If we bring up Lux, who goes once Pollock and Seager come back?

Here's our opening day lineup:

Catchers (2):
Austin Barnes
Russell Martin

Infielders (4):
David Freese
Max Muncy
Corey Seager
Justin Turner

Outfielders (3):
Joc Pederson
A.J. Pollock
Alex Verdugo

Infielder/Outfielder (3):
Cody Bellinger
Kiké Hernández
Chris Taylor


That will depend on who is hot and who is not, but I would guess Lux. If Lux is tearing it up, which I don't anticipate, such a decision to have. Also, maybe Turner will go on a 10 day (he acts hurt now), or someone else. In other words, let's wait until the bridge is at least in the horizon.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:44 pm    Post subject:

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ChickenStu wrote:
I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.


And even if he might be ready, they may not want to start his service clock so early. But I don't see he problem with giving him a 10-14 day tryout to see how it goes. I mean, a player has, what, 6 options?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:46 pm    Post subject:

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ChickenStu wrote:
I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.


If we bring up Lux, who goes once Pollock and Seager come back?

Here's our opening day lineup:

Catchers (2):
Austin Barnes
Russell Martin

Infielders (4):
David Freese
Max Muncy
Corey Seager
Justin Turner

Outfielders (3):
Joc Pederson
A.J. Pollock
Alex Verdugo

Infielder/Outfielder (3):
Cody Bellinger
Kiké Hernández
Chris Taylor


That's why it might be worth calling him up before Pollock and Seager return, just to see what you might have on a tryout basis, essentially. They can just make up an IL stint for Kike for a couple weeks. He could use the mental break anyway.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:07 pm    Post subject:

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ChickenStu wrote:
I am getting really sick of watching Kike Hernandez flail away at right-handed pitching. Make up an IL stint and call up Lux. Something else has to happen. He should not be playing against righties, and it's just as simple as that.


I like the idea of calling up Lux, but even though he is fourth in the Texas League in hitting, hit .300 last year, is hitting both lefties and righties, has been consistently at or around .300 all year, and has pop, the team must not feel he is ready. He is still playing SS, and making a lot of errors, but there is another position just on the other side of the bag that he could play.


And even if he might be ready, they may not want to start his service clock so early. But I don't see he problem with giving him a 10-14 day tryout to see how it goes. I mean, a player has, what, 6 options?


Yeah, assuming Lux makes the team out of Spring Training next year, bringing him up long term or just for 10-14 days would be the same to us as far as service time.

Why? Because I think the Super Two deadline has passed. So if we bring him up now and he stays on the roster for the rest of the year, we'd get:

1) 2019 - min wage (89 games left)
2) 2020 - min wage
3) 2021 - min wage
4) 2022 - min wage
5) 2023 - arbitration
6) 2024 - arbitration
7) 2025 - arbitration

It would be the same if we brought him up for a 10-14 day tryout this year.

1) 2019 - min wage (10-14 day tryout)
2) 2020 - min wage
3) 2021 - min wage
4) 2022 - min wage
5) 2023 - arbitration
6) 2024 - arbitration
7) 2025 - arbitration


Again, this is only assuming that he makes the team next year right out the gate in Spring Training.

And this is based on my understanding of the Super Two rule, which could be wrong.

My understanding is if a player accumulates 2 yrs and around 130 days of service time, he gets an extra yr of arbitration.

There are 182 days in a season approximately. We've played 73 games already so there's no way for Lux to accumulate 130 days of service time this year. That means, he won't be eligible for Super Two status and we get a free year at min. wage levels.

We can get 89 games at min wage if we bring him up now and let him stay on the roster.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:39 pm    Post subject:

Interestingly, Joc Pederson has been working hard at taking grounders at first base. Apparently they are considering the idea of having him play first base against righties when Pollock comes back, as a way to keep Pollock, Verdugo, and Joc all in the lineup. Apparently Muncy would play second base, where I guess he's rated OK with the metrics. I still don't think it's a good idea over time but you know the Dodgers, they will go with the analytics. If the analytics say he can play second base, maybe they will explore this alignment against righties, if Pollock comes back and is hitting well.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:22 am    Post subject:

ChickenStu wrote:
Interestingly, Joc Pederson has been working hard at taking grounders at first base. Apparently they are considering the idea of having him play first base against righties when Pollock comes back, as a way to keep Pollock, Verdugo, and Joc all in the lineup. Apparently Muncy would play second base, where I guess he's rated OK with the metrics. I still don't think it's a good idea over time but you know the Dodgers, they will go with the analytics. If the analytics say he can play second base, maybe they will explore this alignment against righties, if Pollock comes back and is hitting well.


I agree they dont want Hernandez Barnes and the Pitcher hitting against right handers. Throw in Taylor and you have the slump they have been in lately.
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Interestingly, Joc Pederson has been working hard at taking grounders at first base. Apparently they are considering the idea of having him play first base against righties when Pollock comes back, as a way to keep Pollock, Verdugo, and Joc all in the lineup. Apparently Muncy would play second base, where I guess he's rated OK with the metrics. I still don't think it's a good idea over time but you know the Dodgers, they will go with the analytics. If the analytics say he can play second base, maybe they will explore this alignment against righties, if Pollock comes back and is hitting well.


Freese does well against right handers.

That's a scary thought with Pederson at 1st and Turner at 3rd.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:11 pm    Post subject:

LongBeachPoly wrote:
ChickenStu wrote:
Interestingly, Joc Pederson has been working hard at taking grounders at first base. Apparently they are considering the idea of having him play first base against righties when Pollock comes back, as a way to keep Pollock, Verdugo, and Joc all in the lineup. Apparently Muncy would play second base, where I guess he's rated OK with the metrics. I still don't think it's a good idea over time but you know the Dodgers, they will go with the analytics. If the analytics say he can play second base, maybe they will explore this alignment against righties, if Pollock comes back and is hitting well.


Freese does well against right handers.

That's a scary thought with Pederson at 1st and Turner at 3rd.


Joc is pretty athletic he might field the position fairly well. Beaty is pretty scary there though. He's a pretty good singles doubles hitter but has yet to show the power to carry a corner infield spot. But I'm kind of intrigued with the move. At least Roberts isn't sitting on his hands.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:16 pm    Post subject:

Crap. Rich Hill had to leave the game after an inning due to left forearm tightness. That can be ominous. Dodgers are up 6-0 in the 3rd inning but the bigger news is obviously Hill.
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Crap. Rich Hill had to leave the game after an inning due to left forearm tightness. That can be ominous. Dodgers are up 6-0 in the 3rd inning but the bigger news is obviously Hill.


He seemed pretty confident in a locker room interview that it isn't the ulnar ligament. Though an MRI will show more.
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I’ve written about this player too many times to count at this point and you can get my full and in-depth thoughts by clicking here, but Marshall Kasowski will continue to run away with my Double-A player to watch until he’s promoted.

Kasowski is electric. This season he’s appeared in 21 games for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers and in them, he hasn’t disappointed. The 21 appearances have yielded 24.1 innings and an absolutely ridiculous 41 K’s (15.2 K/9).

The right-handed pitcher works predominantly with a fastball that, with his interesting delivery, is extremely hard to pick up and has great rising life to it out of the hand.

Compound that with his ability to work out of trouble and Kasowksi could be an interesting piece to watch as a candidate to join this year’s major league bullpen. The Dodgers need reinforcements there and they wouldn’t have to trade anyone to add one of the best strikeout guys around.

Kasowski’s biggest roadblock preventing that from happening is the walks.

This year, he’s walked 14 batters, 5.2 per nine innings and he’ll have to reign that in as his career progresses.
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With a strikeout rate akin to Josh Hader’s, a delivery like the one of Josh Collmenter and the control of Delin Betances, the Dodgers harbor one of the minor league’s most intriguing relief pitchers. In him, a potential answer to the team’s reliever struggles and a prospective heir to the Kenley Jansen throne.

But, as the winter ended and spring began, Kasowki showed no signs of slowing down. His dominance from 2018 was there yet again for the 2019 season.

It hasn’t been a lot of work but the sample size has certainly shown signs of trending in a similar direction to last year. In 14 games and 17.1 innings pitched, Kasowski has a 2.60 ERA and an absurd 32 strikeouts to go along with it. His K/9 rate is 16.6.

By strikeouts alone, Kasowksi is unbelievably dominant. His fastball is the main culprit in collecting K’s and it doesn’t do it with velocity. At 92-94 miles per hour, Kasowski rings up batters with a heater the rises like a helium-filled balloon. It’s accompanied by a below average changeup and a curveball but scouts have said in the past that the fastball is the make or break pitch in the 24-year-old’s arsenal.

The fastball comes off the mound in the 75 to 80 percent range and his secondary stuff is seldom thrown but for a quick change of pace to go back to the heater. The fastball’s excellence comes not only from its off movement but also because of its arm slot. Kasowski comes from a straight up and down spot. His fastball comes from behind his head and perfectly plays to the disappearing act fastball.

But, as the winter ended and spring began, Kasowki showed no signs of slowing down. His dominance from 2018 was there yet again for the 2019 season.

It hasn’t been a lot of work but the sample size has certainly shown signs of trending in a similar direction to last year. In 14 games and 17.1 innings pitched, Kasowski has a 2.60 ERA and an absurd 32 strikeouts to go along with it. His K/9 rate is 16.6.

By strikeouts alone, Kasowksi is unbelievably dominant. His fastball is the main culprit in collecting K’s and it doesn’t do it with velocity. At 92-94 miles per hour, Kasowski rings up batters with a heater the rises like a helium-filled balloon. It’s accompanied by a below average changeup and a curveball but scouts have said in the past that the fastball is the make or break pitch in the 24-year-old’s arsenal.

The fastball comes off the mound in the 75 to 80 percent range and his secondary stuff is seldom thrown but for a quick change of pace to go back to the heater. The fastball’s excellence comes not only from its off movement but also because of its arm slot. Kasowski comes from a straight up and down spot. His fastball comes from behind his head and perfectly plays to the disappearing act fastball.



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Last year he was certainly worth a look. The Dodgers got a college arm that was a high-round draft pick out of college. He was a southpaw with a good sinker and solid potential but for people to buy in, the bullpen arm needed to prove his worth.

This year, he has done nothing but prove it and has put himself in the conversation of the best Dodgers’ farm system reliever.

Salow has appeared in 25 games for the High-A Quakes this season and has been electric. His 25 appearances have yielded 40 innings pitched, 66 strikeouts, a 1.58 ERA and a batting average against of just .113.

Salow has pitched the back end of games this season, being used in high-leverage and save situations under manager, Mark Kertenian. At this pace and with a good chunk of the season still left to play, Salow could make a huge second-half jump in the system. Depending on the state of the Dodger bullpen, especially the lefties, Salow could make a Brock Stewart-esque rise from Rancho to the majors, quickly touching and going in each level before the MLB.

At 24-year-old, the lefty isn’t getting any younger and he has proving emphatically he is ready for a tougher opponent.
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It feels a bit like cheating because he’s already been up this year but, Will Smith has been putting on a show in Triple-A and protecting him and his service time are really the only reasons he isn’t in the majors to stay.

Dodgers general manager, Andrew Friedman has said on multiple occasions how special Smith is and has said, “he is a gold glover at the big league level.” In his short stint with the big league club, Smith his two bombs and accumulated .3 WAR in just 21 AB’s. With Triple-A, he has a .984 OPS.

Smith is the player to keep an eye on mostly because everyone already is.

The Dodgers will almost certainly employ the young catcher full-time next year and he should be joined sometime in the next two years but backstop companion Keibert Ruiz. When the Dodgers add Ruiz to the roster, the tandem pair behind the plate could be one of the best duos in the majors.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:45 am    Post subject:

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And even if he might be ready, they may not want to start [Lux's] service clock so early. But I don't see he problem with giving him a 10-14 day tryout to see how it goes. I mean, a player has, what, 6 options?


Services clock, smervices clock . . . What, is that is more important than FINALLY winning a world series?* I certainly hope not.

I do hope all-in means all-in.





* This is not really asked of you, but the Dodgers' brass
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:55 pm    Post subject:

Do you think Baumgarter tries to throw at Muncy tonight?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:57 pm    Post subject:

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Do you think Baumgarter tries to throw at Muncy tonight?


No, I don't think he's that kind of player. He's never tossed anything at Puig, for example, and they had several, far more explosive altercations.
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