Kershaw, Chapman Highlight Today's Action at Camelback Ranch
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 11:30 AM PST
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Reds (3-3) at Dodgers (ss) (2-3-1)
12:05pm, Camelback Ranch, Glendale, AZ
Two of the best young arms in all of baseball are scheduled to pitch today at Camelback Ranch, as the Dodgers face the Reds. Clayton Kershaw, who turns 22 next Friday, will start for the Dodgers, while 22-year old Cuban phenom Aroldis Chapman is also expected to pitch for the Reds. Bronson Arroyo will start for Cincinnati, but Chapman is slated to pitch two innings behind him, per Mister Redlegs of Red Letter Daze.
In a state with numerous speed cameras on the freeways (beware if you are headed out for spring training), the most eye-popping numbers came from Chapman's last appearance, when he cracked the 100 mph barrier a few times. Slyde, over at Red Reporter, analyzed Chapman's performance, as well as the meaning of the magical 100 mph plateau.
Garret Anderson's spring Dodger debut will be Sunday, and won't be at designated hitter, says ESPN L.A.'s Tony Jackson. Anderson will either play first base, where he has been taking ground balls, or in the outfield.
Here are the lineups, which include the first start of the spring (in an "A" game, at least) for Ivan DeJesus::
| Reds | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Stubbs | SS | Furcal | |
| SS | Cabrera | C | Ausmus | |
| DH | Votto | RF | Ethier | |
| 2B | Phillips | CF | Kemp | |
| 3B | Rolen | 3B | Blake | |
| RF | Bruce | 1B | Mientkiewicz | |
| LF | Gomes | DH | Ellis | |
| C | Hernandez | LF | Repko | |
| 1B | Frazier | 2B | DeJesus | |
| P | Arroyo | P | Kershaw | |
Todd Frazier is batting ninth and playing first base for the Reds today. In the regular season, the only Red since 1954 (the Retrosheet Era) to bat ninth in a regular season game was Sean Casey, on June 24, 1998. Of course, with no designated hitter it's hard to find many non-pitchers hitting ninth for the vast majority of that time. However, the Reds did only have a first baseman bat eighth just 69 times in the last 56 seasons.
Scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers today behind Kershaw are Carlos Monasterios, Jonathan Broxton, George Sherrill, and Luis Ayala. Monasterios, like Armando Zerpa, is a Rule 5 pick trying to make the club. From the game notes:
Since 1981, the Dodgers have selected 11 players in the Rule 5 draft and only three players have made the Opening Day roster, including D.J. Houlton, who remained with the club for the entire 2005 season. Both Frank Lankford (1998) and Jose Antonio Nuñez (2001) were offered back to their original clubs before the All-Star break.
The Dodger minor leaguers on today's roster are Angelo Songco, Pedro Baez, and Scott Van Slyke.
The scheduled pitchers for the Reds today are Arroyo, Chapman, Francisco Cordero, Carlos Fisher, Ramon Geronimo, Micah Owings, Jordan Smith, and Philippe Valiquette.
Tomorrow in Tucson to face the Diamondbacks, the Dodger pitchers scheduled to throw are Chad Billingsley, Scott Elbert, Eric Gagne, Justin Miller, and Brent Leach. Kevin Mulvey will get the start for Arizona.
Here is the box score from this morning's game in Taiwan.
Bus service between Union Station and Dodger Stadium is back on for 2010, writes Zach Behrens of LAist.
TV: Prime Ticket
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I haven’t checked, but it will probably be replayed at one point tonight
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like the game will be
replayed at around 10 p.m tonight after the Ducks postgame show on Prime.
if the dodgers organisation want to bring it to the wining level of the eighties,they ned to send rusel martin and james loney paking for a closer that doesent get rateled as the stakes get biger and an arm or three.having a legit guy who can mash would p
by cowboys 4 evr on Mar 12, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
You do realize you can type in the body of the comment as well right?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
dont wory you wont miss any thing spectacular ,as ;long as the dodgers dont ad any pichers at the caliber of the philly and cards ,the dodgers arent goin to bring home any jewlery
by cowboys 4 evr on Mar 12, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Do you make out with your mother with that mouth?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
I remember how difficult it was last season, when the Dodgers didn’t have the caliber of arms of the Cardinals, and they got swept by St. Louis.
I think I’m remembering that correctly…
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
nicely played
Was actually supposed to go here, not above….funny people on here.
by keithc13 on Mar 13, 2010 9:13 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
If you have an MLBTV subscription it is
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
With Brian Roberts
battling big time back problems, we should explore trading Carroll to the Orioles if they have decided it is DeWitt/Belliard. Or maybe Belliard instead of Carroll.
Jamey Carroll for Josh Bell. Done.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Mar 12, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Though I like David’s idea, I wonder what it would really take to trade back for Bell. Im guessing they could use pitching prospects, so maybe Elbert (kills me any time I mention that but i just really dont ever see him getting a shot) plus like Guerra and another pitching prospect with not much potential.
I miss Bell :(
George Sherrill?
:-/
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“It’s hard to hold down the speed of a 41-year old catcher.”
-Rick Monday, tongue firmly in cheek :)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
…who promptly steals 2B
Base hit to LF, and Repko unleashed The Howitzer to nail Bruce at the plate
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Steiner called Repko’s right arm “one of the great arms in the game”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Nice
The crowd noise seemed to anticipate something awesome…it sounded cool
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Andrew Siciliano, when he wasn’t busy spouting Manny nonsense, said you could make an argument that Jeff Weaver was the MVP of the Dodger pitching staff in 2009.
Umm, no.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Really Andrew
What argument would that be?
Moron.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Jeff Weaver had a WAR of 0.5 last year
Tied with Stults and Milton for 10th on the Dodgers pitching staff.
Kershaw led the club with a WAR of 4.2, and Elbert, Mota, Schlichting, Haeger, Leach and Ohman had negative WAR’s in 2009.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
I caught it too
thanks for letting me know it was on.
Dumb questions, which puts Jon in a tough position because he has to “defend” rather than speak freely. It was all about is Manny done, is Bills mentally weak, and why is Gagne in camp. But I think he did a good job defending what is an average 710 listener’s perceptions.
far be it from to defend ESPN
but that’s the kind of stuff the “average” fan is wondering about. As long as they have a resident expert to either dispell or elaborate on an overly simplistic narrative (“How are Chad Billingsley’s therapy sessions going? Any breakthroughs about his childhood yet?”), it’s actually kind of interesting to listen to. It’s when it’s JUST the yokels going back and forth about stuff they don’t know about that go me a little- or maybe even MORE than a little crazy.
Ugh!
I have an economics 201 presentation/final tomorrow morning. Hopefully all the presentations will be done before game time here in Tucson.
I really want to see Billingsley pitch.
And Gagne. I never got to see him in his “prime”. And while I know this won’t be anywhere close to that . . . well, it’s like seeing a band from the 60s/70s reuniting to relive the faded glory. You know it won’t be the same, but at least this time you won’t have to worry about stepping on a used syringe in the restroom on the way to hooking up with a fan.
Public Enemy #1
just unleashed on poor Drew Stubbs for a K. What a beauty.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Kershaw’s slider might end up better than his curve? I know his curve is pretty devastating, but I love that slider.
If so
that’d be one impressive slider, and he’s going to be pretty devastating. If his control improves just a little in the consistency dept., he’s going to be even more awesome.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Here is the Fangraphs piece. Really interesting breakdown.
Wow that was ugly
Get it all out during spring training
by SeanMillerSavior on Mar 12, 2010 12:57 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I think he meant the strike em out throw em out
double play, Ausmus K’d and then DeJesus delayed running to 3rd was caught stealing. ugly but yeah, it’s spring!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Sorry, I can’t help you. I was listening to Charlie and Rick.
by delias man on Mar 12, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He got on because of that damn bus driver in Pittsburgh :)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it was coming up just now, because they segued into the Dodgers opening in Pittsburgh.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
He had a solid single
That’s the good part!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
DeJesus had a great ab
started out down 0 – 2 laid off some nice pitches, fought the count to 3 – 2 then blooped a single to CF.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
From the Bill Simmons mailbag
If there’s been a trend over the past few years, it’s that Group A openly resents anyone in Group C who doesn’t embrace them and/or willfully ignores their data (even undeniably useful information like strand rates or BABIP).
How is a “strand rate” undeniably useful? Particularly, if you understand that BABIP is useful, how can you also say that strand rates are useful?
I can't stop
Even though he thinks he’s an expert in everything (and to him everything is soooo simple) he’s funny and entertaining. At work, I need to break the day up with funny and entertaining.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
SFW?
I usually check it out at home before risking it at the office.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
SFW
Good soccer blog. He writes for fox soccer, but his personal blog is good. Maybe you want to follow him on that thing.
I follow the world soccer digest blogger Richard Farley. He’s pretty good.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
I really enjoy Simmons’ writing and podcasts, no matter the topic…the only thing I would change is the occasional high level of condescension on certain topics (as you alluded to).
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I can't get into podcasts
Because I can’t listen to them at work and I’m not going to listen when I’m at home. Plus, Simmons completely abandoned writing, so that he can do like 4 podcasts a week. Stupid move if you ask me. Stewart Mandel is going that route too, where he is doing a weekly podcast. I’d rather these writers just keep writing.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I really enjoy the podcasts…I haven’t yet heard Mandel’s though.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks…I knew Kershaw was out, but didn’t hear who was on the mound
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Did the perpetrators look like this?
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by underdog on Mar 12, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry, guess I meant this
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by underdog on Mar 12, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is that what
Casey Blake looks like after the shave?
vr, Xei
by Xeifrank on Mar 12, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It[s Ayala
Fortunately. Because he’s fodder. :-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yes & why wouldn't he?
Most young people in Taiwan can speak english. Some fluently and some not too well, but 95% of them can speak it decent enough. Hu has been in the US for quite some time, so one would expect him to be pretty fluent.
vr, Xei
BTW
Why are peace signs so big over there? All the kids hold up peace signs. What’s that all about?
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’m fine with it being optional (the language choice.) I actually don’t think enough people take German. Plus theres the obvious choices like Mandarin which isn’t offered at all (I don’t think.)
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I assume Latin was valuable for you though
So many words are derived from Latin.
Plus I like the idea that you can pick up the original works from Cicero and read it as he wrote it. I took Greek as a kid, and the idea of being able to read Aristotle as it was written still fascinates me. My Greek is crap now though.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Mandarin
is offered at our local middle school now. And we have two Chinese language schools in the area, one on friday evenings (my wife teaches) and one on saturday mornings, open to both kids (4+ age) and adults. It’s gaining popularity. That’s where I learned… or somewhat learned.
vr, Xei
Is Mandarin the “business language” in the PRC? A significant portion of the population speaks Cantonese, right? In that case, I wonder if English is the main language amongst the business class in China. That’s the way it works in India for example, where Hindi is not the official language since there is something like 50 recognized regional languages.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Mandarin
is the “official” language of all China and Taiwan. But like you said, in the Guandong (Canton) area and Hong Kong people speak Cantonese. Interestingly, both Mandarin and Cantonese is written with the same characters, so they have no problem reading each other, just understanding speech. I’m not really sure what they’d do in business, I would just assume that they would have people that could speak both. They definitely don’t use English to communicate unless they are dealing with a foriegn company. China is also littered with literally hundreds of regional dialects. Every province you go to has atleast one dialect that sounds nothing like Mandarin. That is how they can tell if you are a local or not (between Chinese people). If you want to gaurantee yourself the best price while haggling, best to speak the local dialect. The closer you are to Beijing, the more likely you are to only speak standard mandarin though.
vr, Xei
English is probably more prevelant in India than China because of the British Occupation of India for a few hundred years. I assume that’s true in Hong Kong as well for the same reason. I hear Hong Kong is the easiest place in China to get around because all the signs are still in English (like on the subways for example.)
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, that is true
That is why I really have very little interest in travelling to HK. Why go visit such a mysterious land, only to step foot in the part of it that speaks such fluent english. I’d love to go there, but there are so many other places in that country I’d rather visit first.
vr, Xei
Struck him out
Now it is aroldis time
by SeanMillerSavior on Mar 12, 2010 1:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Boo
It’s cordero hopefully next inning
by SeanMillerSavior on Mar 12, 2010 1:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Broxton in to pitch
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
and is struggling
walks first guy, then a hit, then a line shot that DeJesus grabbed for first out.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
But then gets a double play and
the inning is over. Crisis (in meaningless sense) averted!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You watching?
Is his location all over the place or is he getting squeezed?
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
His location was wild at first but he did settle down
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I wonder where Chapman will start the season. I assume if hes in A ball, he will destroy the league.
Aroldis pitching now
Got Repko to pop out. Then DeJesus got an infield hit.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
And Furcal gets an infield hit as well!
Chapman’s velocity is tres impressive.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
We found a chink
in Chapman’s armor. He is vulnerable to the infield single. He needs to go down to AA to work on fixing that. :)
vr, Xei
I really like
Rolen but trade made no sense for Cinci.
Nothing happened after that
Still 2 zip Reds. Sherrill pitching now.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Now playing in the outfield for the Dodgers
veteran player
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Sherrill got a quick two outs
and then gave up a home run to the undrafted Chris Heizy (sp?). Ball kept carrying and carrying and… gone. 3 zip Reds.
Blah. Yawn.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
One of my bosses must think I know nothing about my job. I made a call and was on it for 12 minutes with a customer, and he was sick, didn’t want to go over pricing at that time, and told me he’d like me to go over it with him on monday so he could make his decision if he should switch to FiOS from Direct TV or not. As soon as I hang up she tells my direct manager that I didn’t know the answers to this guy’s questions and that she wants my manager to call him back today.
I feel kinda pissed about it.
That’s pretty lame. I’m sure the customer will love the fact that he is going to get another call at home.
vr, Xei
I think he’s going to get really annoyed and feel pressured.
Then Im on the phone with our help desk trying to see if there is a Verizon fios tv guide type magazine, because he has one with direc tv, and she’s telling me that I’m wrong in what im saying because he was asking for the on screen channel guide. The guy literally told me that’s not what he was asking for earlier.
I feel really annoyed right now :/
My main boss told my manager. The manager is her son, it’s a family business. He told me it’s not a big deal and he’ll worry about it later, so that was cool. It just felt like she thought I knew nothing about my job, when it was involving something my manager didn’t even know.
Whatever, I’m feeling better about it now, I’m just stressing.
Yea, but it is frustrating to have someone make assumptions when they are only hearing one side of the conversation. LAME!
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 12, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Sherrill then made a terrific behind the back stop on a comebacker
to throw to first for final out. 3 zip Reds.
And I’m done here for the day. Ciao folks.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Current lineup in the game
Reyes SS
Knoedler C
Van Slyke RF
Timo CF
Baez 3B
Caseres 1B
Songco DH
Gibbons LF
Lara 2B
I believe Baez, Caseres, and Van Slyke all played in the 66ers games I went to last May/June
Wow
Nobody in that lineup has a chance to make the team.
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
I'd say
only Van Slyke, Baez, Caseres, or Songco ever have a chance to play in the major leagues. This is as close as some of these non prospect or over hill steroid players like Gibbons will ever see the majors again.
Feelings
At the Tuesday game this week they were playing a dance type mix medley that had “I Gotta a Feeling” from BEP’s and “More Than a Feeling” from Boston. It was good and definitely would be a good replacement for “Believin’”…. would be harder to lip sync though…
Who votes for that? What else do we have to talk about today?!!
Tuned back in just in time to see Songco
rip a double and drive in a run. His previous at bat he hit one to the warning track for a deep out.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
he's my favorite Filipino-American Dodger prospect!
:-) No but seriously, I like the guy’s compact swing and his power potential. Definitely one to keep an eye on. As lv says below, in about 2 years or so.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
This guy’s got some good power, and since the end of the minor league season his name hadn’t even crossed my mind. I think he might have a future with the Dodgers a few seasons from now. I’m glad to see there are so many outfielders that might actually be pretty good competing for an outfield spot outside of Kemp and Ethier, and eventually probably on either side of Kemp. Van Slyke, Robinson, Garcia, Songco, and Russell. I think the last 3 might have the best chance of being MLB starters.
I'd say odds are better for Robinson than Russell
at least to be a starter. Russell might make a nice 4th outfielder type considering his defense and pop off the bench
by Michael White on Mar 12, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
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San Diego
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60 | 42 | .588 | 0 | Lost 2 |
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San Francisco
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60 | 45 | .571 | 1.5 | Won 2 |
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Los Angeles
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54 | 50 | .519 | 7 | Lost 4 |
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