Dodgers Week 9 In Review: A Walk-Off Party
by Eric Stephen on Jun 6, 2010 10:09 PM PDT
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The Dodgers followed their season-long formula this week, by winning against their own division and holding their own against the rest. They defeated Arizona three straight times in walk-off fashion, then split a four-game series with their NL East doppelganger, the Braves. On the season, the Dodgers are 18-5 against the NL West, and 15-19 against everybody else.
Dodger Batter of the Week: It was another poor week by the offense, with few standouts. This award goes to Jamey Carroll, who made six starts at three different infield positions this week and hit .400/.423/.440. Honorable mention goes to both Blake DeWitt (.357/.438/.429, four runs scored) and Matt Kemp (.300/.333/.500, one walk-off home run), the only other Dodger batters with an .800 OPS for the week.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: This was a close call, but I'm giving this one to Carlos Monasterios, who pitched five scoreless innings Wednesday in his best start yet. He allowed just two hits to the D-Backs, in a game eventually won in 14 innings. Honorable mention goes to Travis Schlichting, who picked up his first major league win on Wednesday with four scoreless innings, and Jonathan Broxton, who struck out seven in his four scoreless innings.
Week 9 Record: 5-2
23 runs scored (3.29 per game)
25 runs allowed (3.57 per game)
.462 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 33-24
267 runs scored (4.68 per game)
263 runs allowed (4.61 per game)
.507 pythagorean winning percentage (29-28)
| Dodgers Week By Week Standings | ||||||||
| Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 |
| 3 GB | 2 GB | 3 GB | 5 GB | 5 GB | 2 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | ½ GB |
Walk-Off Magic: With Andre Ethier's return on Memorial Day, it wasn't surprising that the Dodgers got back to their walk-off ways at home. What was surprising was that they had four walk-off wins this week, and none involved Ethier. They defeated Arizona in three straight games in walk-off fashion, the first time the Dodgers had three straight walk-off wins since August 5-7, 1982 against Joe Torre's Braves.
The four walk-off wins were, in order: Casey Blake inducing a walk-off balk (a balk-off?) Monday, a Matt Kemp laser shot into the pavilion Tuesday, a Garret Anderson RBI single Wednesday, and an A.J. Ellis RBI single Sunday. After 12 walk-off wins last season, the Dodgers have six this season. The Monday win was the first balk-off by the Dodgers since May 28, 1989 against Roger McDowell and the Mets.
One Run Gets It Done: The Dodgers won 1-0 games both Tuesday and Wednesday against Arizona, the first time they have won back-to-back 1-0 games since July 28 and 29, 1984 against the Reds.
Pitchers at the Plate: Dodger pitchers have struggled all season, but from Friday to Sunday, each Dodger starting pitcher got a base hit, including a double by Chad Billingsley, the first extra-base hit by a Dodger pitcher since Randy Wolf last August 21. The last time the Dodgers got a base hit from their starting pitcher in three straight games was August 30 though September 1, 2008, when Billingsley, Derek Lowe, and Greg Maddux each got base hits.
A Long Time Coming: Garret Anderson had a sacrifice bunt on Sunday, his first sacrifice since May 17, 2000, a span of 5,900 plate appearances.
Transactions:
- Monday: Andre Ethier was activated from the disabled list on Memorial Day, and Xavier Paul was sent back to Triple A Albuquerque after his second stint in the big leagues this year.
- Thursday: Travis Schlichting pitched the final four innings of a bullpen-depleting 14-inning game on Wednesday, and as a result was the fall guy, getting sent back to Albuquerque as the club needed another bullpen arm. Charlie Haeger was activated after 23 days on the disabled list.
- Saturday: Nick Green cleared waivers after being designated for assignment, and accepted a minor league assignment with Triple A Albuquerque
Game Results:
- Monday: Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4
- Tuesday: Dodgers 1, Diamondbacks 0
- Wednesday: Dodgers 1, Diamondbacks 0
- Thursday: Braves 4, Dodgers 3
- Friday: Dodgers 5, Braves 4
- Saturday: Braves 9, Dodgers 3
- Sunday: Dodgers 5, Braves 4
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers finish up their 13-game homestand, first with St. Louis, followed by a Thursday off day, then interleague play begins anew as the Angels come to town.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 7 StL 7:10pm |
8 StL 7:10pm |
9 StL 7:10pm |
10 Off |
11 Ana 7:10pm |
12 Ana 7:10pm |
13 Ana 1:10pm |
Previous Weeks in Review: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8
Week 9 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| DeWitt | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 | .357/.438/.429 | .866 |
| Carroll | 26 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | .400/.423/.440 | .863 |
| Kemp | 33 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2/0 | .300/.333/.500 | .833 |
| Furcal | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0/0 | .259/.310/.481 | .792 |
| Manny | 23 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .227/.261/.409 | .670 |
| Loney | 31 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2/1 | .250/.323/.286 | .608 |
| Ethier | 32 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | .179/.219/.286 | .504 |
| Blake | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .250/.250/.250 | .500 |
| Martin | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | .190/.261/.238 | .499 |
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| Belliard | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | .200/.333/.300 | .250 |
| Ellis | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .143/.143/.143 | .167 |
| Anderson | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .077/.077/.077 | .091 |
| Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
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| Pitchers | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .231/.231/.308 | .538 |
| Totals | 275 | 251 | 23 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6/2 | .247/.292/.347 | .638 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Monasterios | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.400 | 2.00 |
| Ely | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 12.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3.00 | 1.250 | 5.20 |
| Kershaw | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4.05 | 1.500 | 3.05 |
| Billingsley | 2 | 0-1 | -- | 14.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 4.50 | 1.071 | 4.13 |
| Kuroda | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.833 | 6.70 |
| Starters | 7 |
0-2 | -- | 43.2 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 36 | 3.50 | 1.214 | 4.37 |
| Miller | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.600 | 4.00 |
| Broxton | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.750 | (0.30) |
| Schlichting | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 3.45 |
| Kuo | 3 | 1-0 | -- | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.273 | 1.56 |
| Weaver | 3 | 1-0 | -- | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 3.70 |
| Belisario | 5 | 1-0 | -- | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.69 | 1.500 | 5.64 |
| Heager | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9.00 | 2.500 | 3.20 |
| Troncoso | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.25 | 2.250 | 5.45 |
| Relievers | 7 |
5-0 | 1 | 27.1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 1.98 | 1.061 | 3.27 |
| Totals | 7 |
5-2 | 1 | 71.0 | 59 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 58 | 2.92 | 1.155 | 3.95 |
*FIP is estimated
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Looks like Rasmus will be doubtful for the first game as well as Freese. Monasterios could use all the help.
now Albert needs to break his leg ;)
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Jun 6, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You need to just STFU right now
There are things not to joke about and that’s one of them @ . @
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Depends on what you mean by fantasy team...
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
From the minor league thread yesterday
Kyle needs deserves more respect.
The problem is that he won’t get it from everyone else until he gets it from his organization and the fans of his organization.
The dude can flat out hit, regardless of age and level. He should already be up to AA, and people should realize how good he actually is. I don’t know what position he normally plays, but he was in CF tonight. This guy should be recognized as a legit prospect, but because of his age and his strikeouts (64 ks to 32 walks) people just don’t give a shit…it’s truly frustrating.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
The Dodgers game is the only game that Vegas is not posting odds for (vs STL). Is there anything major about tomorrow’s game that is still up in the air? Perhaps the starting pitching matchup? Other than the Rasmus/Freese injuries, I can’t think of anything that is up in the air for tomorrow’s game. Thoughts?
I believe St. Louis was still up in the air about its starter
by Eric Stephen on Jun 6, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep (likely Hawksworth)
StL Post Dispatch has more news:
With that in mind, manager Tony La Russa was leaning heavily toward giving Hawksworth his first major-league start tonight in Los Angeles against the Dodgers as the Cardinals start a six-game trip. The other candidate was rookie P.J. Walters, who has had one good start and one poor start since coming up from Class AAA Memphis. But La Russa said he wanted to let Walters “get his feet” wet in the bullpen for a while, citing the fact that Walters had little spring training due to the serious illness and then death of his baby daughter, who had been born more than three months prematurely.
Before Sunday’s game, La Russa had said the only reason Hawksworth wouldn’t start tonight was if he had to be used in relief of rookie Jaime Garcia Sunday night against Milwaukee. Hawksworth wasn’t used but after a 4-3 loss in extra innings, a terse La Russa said, “You may be ready to turn the page but I’m not. I’d like to think about this game for a while. I have no interest in talking about tomorrow.”
Awful story about Walters’ daughter.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 6, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Braves fan here
The series ended exactly how i thought it would…a split.
Dodgers will certainly be tough this year. I’m looking forward to the 4-game series in Atlanta in August. And i think a Cox vs. Torre matchup in the playoffs would be pretty awesome too.
Beat the Giants. I hate those guys.
"(Jason Heyward) is like the Grim Reaper -- You know he's gonna get you, you just never know when or where."
It was a fun series. Thanks for the kind words; I too hope we meet again in the playoffs.
Anyone who hates the Giants is a friend of TBLA :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 6, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate those guys.
I hate Tim Lincecum Professor Snape.
I hate Kung Fu Panda and his cake.
I hate Barry Bonds and his lying, cheating ass.
I hate their fans. I went to a Giants/Braves game in like ‘06 and got so much shit it wasn’t even funny.
I hate their announcers who refuse to break their constant monotone.
Everything about them.
"(Jason Heyward) is like the Grim Reaper -- You know he's gonna get you, you just never know when or where."
by Scott Coleman on Jun 6, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure you're not a Dodgers fan?
:)
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
Actually the Giants' announcers (most of them) are about the only thing
I like about them. Especially Jon Miller and Dave Fleming, who are both excellent. But I hate everything else. Imagine being a Dodger fan in SF and that will make your experience pale. ;-)
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In the Dodgers last 22 games
they have a .299 OBP, and have scored 3.7 runs per game.
And they are 15-7.
During that time, they have scored 82 runs, and given up 80 runs BTW
by Eric Stephen on Jun 6, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol
Tomorrow is going to be epic. I’m JACKED
by Julio Nievas on Jun 7, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
When was the last time the Dodgers picked a position player in the first round, James Loney?
http://www.dingersblog.com
Blake DeWitt, Actually
But he was the Dodgers’ second first round pick that year. Scott Elbert was picked before DeWitt.
by CanuckDodger on Jun 7, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Other picks I’ve seen going to the Dodgers: Brett Eibner, AJ Cole and Brandon Workman. Kevin Goldstein made a good point that if the Dodgers are still cash-strapped and want to play it safe, they’ll pick at slot. He projected Workman, RHP out of U of Texas. (Plus fastball and curve, projects as reliever b/c of “mechanics and fringy change” and is close to his ceiling; could reach majors by 2011).
http://www.dingersblog.com
I like Cole
But his price could be too much for the Dodgers. Ugh…
by Julio Nievas on Jun 7, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got into a beer league in pasa
No. 19 was available, I’m getting “Junior” put on the back.
http://www.dingersblog.com
Callis changed his projection today
28. DODGERS. Ownership didn’t like to spend on the draft even before Frank and Jamie McCourt became embroiled in a bitter divorce. Los Angeles will adhere to MLB’s bonus guidelines and choose between several high schoolers: Florida righthander A.J. Cole, Foltynewicz, Texas righty Tyrell Jenkins and Washington outfielder Drew Vettleson.
PROJECTED PICK: Drew Vettleson.
Previous two mock drafts had the Dodgers taking Cole, first Mock draft on May 14th had the Dodgers taking Justin O’Connor (who is now projected to go much earlier).
BTW – re comments on slot spending, Callis has basically every team below the top 3 picks adhering to slot.
Out of those players, I like Cole the best
he just oozes projection with excellent arm action. Vettleson is pretty good too.
http://baseballbeginnings.com/2010/01/05/vettleson-report/#more-3759
that guy compares vettleson to Ethier.
If we get Vettleson, it’s to play the OF? That’s certainly…different.
If Covey is still there at 28, you have to take him. His delivery and breaking ball fit what we’re looking for.
I like Covey
His tempo is a little slow but the Billingsley comparisons work for me. And, he’s also local!
I posted some linkage re Vettleson in a previous thread,
MLB scouting video on him
He "can do a little bit of everything.
I like him but he doesn’t seem to have a huge ceiling as either pitcher or position player… ?
And a Q&A
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Cole and Projection
I sometimes wonder if people think “projectable” means the same thing as “skinny.” I am not convinced that Cole is really projectable. He isn’t just skinny. He has very narrow shoulders, so it is not like one can say he will “fill out.” Cole may end up staying a string bean. That is not to say I will object if he is our pick. He has supposedly already reached 96 MPH, and he is a little more polished than some other HS arms that might be options at #28.
Who are you predicting, or projecting, or hoping for Canuck?
Just curious. Seems a weird draft this year. Could go any which way but loose after the first few picks.
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Keith Law's projections - latest Mock Draft was today
4th Mock Draft – Kaleb Cowart SS – Caleb County HS – Georgia
3rd Mock Draft – Drew Vettleson OF
2nd Mock Draft – Brett EibnerOF/RHP Arkansas
1st Mock Draft – Stetson Allie RHP St. Edwards HS – Ohio
Interestingly Cowart is seen as Top 20 talent but signability is a concern plus Cowart wants to hit and scouts like his arm. Right now, BA does not have him in their first round projections primarily because he wants Top 5 signing bonus, has a Florida State commitment and he wants to hit.
All those things make Cowart sign like someone the Dodgers will shy away from
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For the Longest Time I Really Wanted O'Conner At #28...
…but for a while now it has been clear he will be off the board before our turn. I was also interested in Garin Cecchini before he got hurt. I can’t really see any position players still available at #28 that light my fire. Vettleson? I wonder about his power potential, but if the Dodgers believe it is there I could be sold on him at #28. As much as out system is already unbalanced in favor of pitching, the BPA at #28 will probably be a HS pitcher so we might as well go in that direction again. I like Allie, Cole, and Covey, but find it hard to believe any of them will be available at #28. I like Cowart too, but he is supposedly unsignable for slot money. I am okay with Jenkins, Foltynewicz, and Sanchez. Even Bedrosian interests me, though I don’t like his arm action. Bedrosian just seems like a good blend of polish and quality stuff. Who we will end up with, I really have no idea. White has said it will probably be a HS pitcher, but that is unusual pre-draft candor from White. Makes me wonder if he is trying to conceal his interest in Vettleson.
Bedrosian?
you don’t like his arm action? He reminds me of Billigingsley more so than Covey; who is getting the Billingsley comparisons. I REALLY like bedrosian.
Bedrosian's Arm Has A Whip-Like Snap In It When He Brings It Forward
The Billingsley comparisons no doubt come from them being the same height (short for a starting pitcher) and having the stuff/polish combo I mentioned.
Thanks!
Seems a fair breakdown. Wish they were picking higher (though obviously am happier they got close to the world series last yr than if they were crummy) Bedrosian has interesting bloodlines, that’s for sure. ;-)
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Atlanta coverage
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