Chad Billingsley and the 6th inning.

by Tripon on Aug 24, 2009 12:08 AM PDT

This isn't a post to try to cast blame or negatively criticize Billingsley, but its becoming a trend for teams to score on Billingsley in the 6th inning. Entering into sunday's game, opponents were doing .310/.421/.417 in 108 PAs. While he has a .368 BABIP in the 6th inning suggesting him being unlucky, and its likely a fluke. It is preventing him from going longer into the game, and yet, Torre won't pull most times for a reliever, rather that that Chad work out his problems.

So why is Chad struggling in the 6th inning? Just a fluke or a mental hurdle that he must overcome?

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flukeloney would have gotten that ball down the line by fukudome

loretta has slow reactions and is old

and the ramirez triple was eiither a single or double for most teams but not the dodgers

by matthewmafa on Aug 24, 2009 12:54 AM PDT reply actions

Flukadome : )

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Aug 24, 2009 1:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Ha! I was thinking the same thing.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 24, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Chad B and the 6th

I think it has to do with some conditioning on his part. Some of it might just be mental as well. I remember Darren Dreifort had the same problem but I think he was a 5 inning guy. Some guys are meant to pitch deep, some are not.

by Dodgerfan 34 on Aug 24, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

i dont know if i heard someone say this somewhere or something

but i really think its his Broken leg from the offseason….

it takes more then a few months to recover from a broken leg….

by matthewmafa on Aug 24, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$112,162,432
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2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
56	Matt Chico lhp	29
33	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
37	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

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