2019 LA Dodgers Thread

AD23 · Star Player Joined: 15 Jul 2019 Posts: 3069

Kenley is garbage

I am glad he admitted that

LongBeachPoly · Franchise Player Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 16157

greenfrog · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:36 pm Post subject:

Were they honestly expecting him to turn it around? That's what I can't figure out. The time to have experimented was weeks ago, but better late than never, I suppose.

ExPatLkrFan · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:44 pm Post subject:

Hope is not a plan. And that's what they have been doing hoping he gets it. He's not going to get it. I understand you owe the guy 38 million. Don't give him the ball.

Steve007 · Franchise Player Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13227

ChickenStu · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:17 am Post subject:

Steve007 · Franchise Player Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13227

ChickenStu · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:12 am Post subject:

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Put simply, if our all-World closer doesn't blow a save in Game 2--giving up a HR on an 0-2 pitch, no less--we're in a commanding position with a 2-0 series lead, and teams that win the first 2 games at home in the 2-3-2 format win the Series 89% of the time. And if our all-World starter doesn't literally do something he had never done in his entire career before, we take a 3-2 series lead heading home for two games if needed, and teams in that position win the Series well over 80% of the time. Or, put another way, if our two all-World pitchers had just done their job, we win that series in 5 games.

We really should have won that series and blew it. It was our time, and the Astros' inexperience should have been the difference. You can say what you want about Bellinger not hitting well in that series and many other things, but our two best pitchers (at that time) spit the bit at absolutely critical junctures.

SGV-Laker fan · Star Player Joined: 23 May 2013 Posts: 8880

it's kind of funny for a front office so focus on saber metrics, you would think human emotion would be the last thing to play a role on the Jansen saga. so part of me thinking this is all on Roberts. he's backing up Jansen for whatever reason only God knows. if Jansen causes us another WS title this year, both Roberts and him should be gone.

Dr. Funkbot · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:31 am Post subject:

adkindo · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:59 am Post subject:

Any of you guys big Dodger fans in the 1970's? I guess that would be at least over 50 years old. I was listening to a podcast recently with Marty Brennaman and he was talking about the 70's Reds & Dodgers rivalry being one of the most legit rivalries that ever existed in professional sports. He spoke about how the players truly disliked each other, and compared it to "rivalries" today like the Yankees and Red Sox which he suggested is more media driven than the two teams players driving the rivalry.

I became a fan in the '80's and I recall the Reds and Dodgers being in the old NL West, but did not realize how strong the rivalry was in the 1970's. I think besides 1971 (Giants), either the Reds or Dodgers won the NL West every year during the decade and represented the NL in the World Series all but 3 years during the decade.

greenfrog · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:22 am Post subject:

oasisdude77 · Star Player Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 2737

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ChickenStu · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:57 pm Post subject:

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ChickenStu · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:35 pm Post subject:

The Cubs have now lost back-to-back heartbreakers to the Cardinals by one run, and they are in trouble. Now 5 back of the Cards, winning the division is basically donezo, and the Brewers' remaining schedule is absolute cake. Currently 1.5 behind the Brewers, their best chance might be to catch the Nationals, whom they are 2.5 behind at the moment. The problem with that is that the Nats play their next 3 against the Marlins. The Nats close with a 5-game series (including a doubleheader next Tuesday) against the Phillies and then a 3-game set against an Indians team that could very well be clawing for a postseason berth, too. The good news for the Nats is that all 8 of those games are at home. The Cubs still have 2 more in this series against the Cards, and their final series of the year is a 3-game set at St. Louis. (They get the Pirates in a 3-game set before the final series, and those 3 will be must-wins.) If the Cards have clinched by then and are locked into the #3 seed, perhaps the Cubs will catch a break, but there's no guarantee of that since the Brewers remain 3 games behind them and have their 9 remaining games against the Pirates, Reds, and Rockies. Their 2 toughest games will be at Cincy in starts made by Sonny Gray and Luis Castillo. If the Brewers can go 7-2 in that stretch, it will likely put the pressure on the Cards during the final weekend series of the year.

So yeah, the Cubbies are in trouble. They've lost 4 straight and the next 2 games against St. Louis are practically must-wins for them.

leor_77 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 21920

Wow...Kershaw serving up BP tonight.