Dodgers Week 25 In Review: A Bad Break
by Eric Stephen on Sep 26, 2010 7:00 PM PDT
in Dodgers Weekly Reviews
Email
PrintThe penultimate week of the season for the Dodgers had a tinge of sadness to it, as John Lindsey had his season end eight days early when he broke his left hand. This was the week the Dodgers were officially eliminated, and they will need a perfect final week to avoid a losing season.
The Dodgers had three different pitchers this week throw at least seven innings in a start without issuing an unintentional walk.
The Dodgers have lost eight straight three-game series, and are 8-19 in their last 27 games. After starting the season 25-8 against the NL West this year, the Dodgers are 10-23 within the division since.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Rod Barajas started twice, and made the most of it, with a double and a home run, driving in three runs while hitting .333/.429/1.000. Andre Ethier was the best regular at .263/.333/.421, but that doesn't seem award worthy to me.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Clayton Kershaw and Hiroki Kuroda each allowed one run in eight innings this week, but this award goes to Kershaw. Both starters had no unintentional walks, but Kershaw had nine strikeouts to Kuroda's four, and Kershaw took a shutout into the ninth inning.
Honorable mentions go to Chad Billingsley, who rebounded from a bad start against San Diego to fan 13 Diamondbacks for a 1.28 FIP on the week, and Hong-Chih Kuo, who faced three batters and struck them all out.
Week 25 Record: 2-4
13 runs scored (2.17 per game)
21 runs allowed (3.50 per game)
.294 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 75-81
637 runs scored (4.08 per game)
668 runs allowed (4.28 per game)
.478 pythagorean winning percentage (75-81)
Transactions:
Sunday: The Dodgers traded minor leaguer Preston "son of Don" Mattingly to the Indians for minor league outfielder Ramon Peña. Did this premature tweet by Preston hasten his departure? Perhaps that is too far-fetched a scenario. Or is it?
Game Results:
- Tuesday: Padres 6, Dodgers 0
- Wednesday: Padres 3, Dodgers 1
- Thursday: Dodgers 3, Padres 1
- Friday: Dodgers 3, D-Backs 1
- Saturday: D-Backs 5, Dodgers 2
- Sunday: D-Backs 5, Dodgers 4
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers end their season with a trip to Colorado, hopefully to eliminate the Rockies, followed by a home series with Arizona.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 27 at Col 5:40pm |
28 at Col 5:40pm |
29 at Col 12:10pm |
30 Off |
1 vs Ari 7:10pm |
2 vs Ari 7:10pm |
3 vs Ari 1:10pm |
Previous Weeks in Review: Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Wk 21 | Wk 22 | Wk 23 | Wk 24
Week 25 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Ethier | 21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | .263/.333/.421 | .754 |
| Ellis | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | .273/.385/.273 | .657 |
| Furcal | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | .267/.353/.267 | .620 |
| Loney | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0/0 | .211/.318/.263 | .581 |
| Kemp | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .167/.211/.222 | .433 |
| Theriot | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .188/.235/.188 | .423 |
| Gibbons | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .111/.100/.222 | .322 |
| Blake | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | .077/.200/.077 | .277 |
|
|
||||||||||||
| Barajas | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | .333/.429/1.000 | 1.429 |
| Oeltjen | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .429/.429/.857 | 1.286 |
| Carroll | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .286/.375/.286 | .661 |
| Johnson | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .167/.237/.417 | .647 |
| Mitchell | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .231/.231/.231 | .462 |
| Lindsey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.250/.000 | .250 |
| Hu | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.143/.000 | .143 |
| Ausmus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | -----/-----/----- | ----- |
|
|
||||||||||||
| Pitchers | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .077/.077/.077 | .154 |
| Totals | 208 | 187 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1/0 | .198/.267/.283 | .550 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Kershaw | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.13 | 0.500 | 0.95 |
| Kuroda | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.13 | 0.750 | 2.20 |
| Lilly | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3.86 | 1.286 | 2.77 |
| Billingsley | 2 | 0-1 | -- | 12.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4.50 | 1.167 | 1.28 |
| Ely | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6.75 | 2.438 | 5.83 |
| Starters | 6 |
2-3 | -- | 40.1 | 34 |
15 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 3.35 | 1.140 | 2.26 |
| Jansen | 2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 4.20 |
| Monasterios | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 0.20 |
| Kuo | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.000 | (2.80) |
| Link | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.000 | 3.20 |
| Belisario | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 3.20 |
| Troncoso | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 0.818 | 2.11 |
| Broxton | 2 | 0-1 | -- | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.40 | 2.400 | 10.40 |
| Sherrill | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | inf | inf | inf |
| Relievers | 6 |
0-1 | 2 | 11.2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
3.63 | 1.173 | 2.74 |
| Totals | 6 |
2-4 | 2 | 52.0 | 44 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 59 | 3.27 | 1.136 | 2.50 |
34 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I don't think I have seen
an inning where you had two back to back base runners steal second and third and then score.
Find the trend...Rivera pitching and Posada catching
- J. Lowrie flied out to right
- R. Kalish singled to shallow center
- R. Kalish stole second
- R. Kalish stole third
- B. Hall singled to shallow left, R. Kalish scored
- M. Lowell hit for L. Anderson
- B. Hall stole second
- B. Hall stole third
- M. Lowell hit sacrifice fly to deep center, B. Hall scored
- M. Scutaro flied out to right center
Thank God I missed the game
I was wondering where our LOLpen was…
LOL Niners
/pulls pants down
I want winners LOL
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
Don't you know
Robinson Cano.
I am absolutely convinced that one of the back stories of the whole PED era was its affect on relief pitching, in particular, closers.
Gotta love that LT
Also people who can’t catch softball tossed footballs right at their chest :)
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Free baseball
Rivera and Pabelbon both go out with no decisions.
And now the Joba Chamberlain will now try to keep the Red Sox at bay.
Broxton leads baseball at a minimum of 200 innigs with a 2.69 xFIP over the last 3 years
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=200&type=1&season=2010&month=12
It’s hard to believe his value is so low right now.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
You realize he still throws high 90s and he was still throwing incredibly effectively until July, right?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
That sounded jerkish
sorry.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
bad year for closers with Jonathan as their first name
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Jets!
My football pool is looking very good now :)
One guy and myself left, both picked the Packers, the tie breakers is the total points of the game; I picked 51 and he picked 52. I’m liking my chances :D
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
will be football weather here in Chitown
too bad the Bears will beat the Pack ;) …it’ll be up to their O line anyway, should be fun.
I finally came to from watching Jano miss that FG. The heat and the missed FG and this game was enough to make me wish I never woke up today.
"We were never friends"
Once the Red Sox are eliminated
The Yankees and Rays will both be in the playoffs and similar to the Dodger/Padre result in 2006, the Rays only need to be assured of a tie since they hold the tie breaker in their head to head series.
Funny (or not so) funny thing about Billingsley
Is that alot of his best games in his career have turned out to be Dodger losses.
BTW
I am happy for Vlad, both he and Jim Thome were sent off to ply their trades elsewhere and now they are both heading to the playoffs.
Dodgers couldn’t use Thome anyway. Guy can’t play the fie………..
……..oh you mean the white sox.
Fuck You Ruiz
by Humma Kavula on Sep 26, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
both of those guys are AL only players.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 26, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Vlad and Ichiro are 2 of my fave players of this generation
so I root for them to make the postseason and go far, tho Vlad being on the Angels made it hard…
Billingsley and Kershaw
Both rate in the top 10 in the NL in FIP (amongst starters) at 3.15 and 3.14 respectively. Billingsley, Kershaw and Kuroda are all in the top 20 in the NL in xFIP at 3.86, 3.82, and 3.60 respectively. Roy Halladay is the only pitcher in the NL with an xFIP under 3.00 (2.95.) Hard not to think that the Dodgers wasted a monster year from these 3 pitchers.
Hard to say it’s bad luck since his ERA of 3.65 is outperforming his xFIP of 3.86. His HR rate is insane this year as his HR/9 is down to 0.39 compared to a previous career best in 2008 of 0.63. It doesn’t seem like he’s giving up materially less fly balls (31.7% which is almost the same as 2008,) just the ones he does give up are staying in the park. That being said, his BABIP is .314 compared to .294 last season. Basically, you can say he is getting lucky with keeping the ball in the park, but unlucky with balls that do stay in the park. His LD% is steady and even improved some, so the high BABIP is probably a result of some bad defense. I believe CK is the only guy on the staff with an ERA better than his peripherals so it’s probably safe to say that the Dodger defense is doing their pitching staff no favors.
I think his FIP is unsustainable since he probably should have given up more homeruns, but that’s because I am an xFIP advocate. Those who aren’t could point to Chad’s tERA of 3.31 which tracks much closer to his FIP.
by Michael White on Sep 27, 2010 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
it’s true. What a waste. Can’t wait for this season to end but it’s also kinda hard to get excited about the off-season.
Don't worry
Frank and Jamie are only $300 Million apart in the settlement talks. Shouldn’t be a problem.
Can you imagine a team run by a poorer Frank? How about $300million poorer?
On the flip side, Ned Colletti was on the radio the other day saying that he’s been told he’ll have some financial flexibility this offseason. Who knows what that means, but at least he didn’t say it’d be 2010 Part II
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Believe this was brought up this week
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/09/offseason-dates-moved-up.html
Instead of the typical 15-day free agent filing period following the World Series, it will be five days.
Typically the deadline for a team to offer arbitration to its own free agents has been December 1st; it’s now November 23rd.
December 7th has been the deadline for free agents to accept or decline arbitration offers from their old teams; it’s now November 30th.
December 12th has been the non-tender deadline; it’s now December 2nd.
The above dates are confirmed. On the unconfirmed side, there is word that the Rule 5 draft may be moved to November 20th. The Rule 5 draft typically marks the end of the Winter Meetings, but that gathering takes place from December 6-9 this year in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The goal here, according to Stark, is to lengthen the offseason free agent negotiating period, resulting in fewer unsigned players in February and March.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/9/27/1714849/trio-of-terror-the-kemp-loney-broxton-horror-show
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on True Blue LA
Related FanShots on True Blue LA
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- College player makes impossible over the fence catch to save tournament game (Video)
- Security!: Camden Yards guard collides with Royals’ Mike Moustakas
- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
- Benches clear at Fenway as Red Sox-Rays rivalry heats up
- Keeping good company: Albert Pujols becomes fourth-youngest player to hit 450 home runs
