Looking Back On The Dodgers First 40 Games
by Eric Stephen on May 15, 2011 10:15 AM PDT
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PrintSaturday's Dodger loss to Arizona was their 40th game of the season; so far the team has played 20 games and home and 20 games on the road. While the loss pushed their record to 19-21, here's a look at the Dodgers' splits through 40 games with 20-20 hindsight.
| Home (10-10) | Runs | R/G | 2B | 3B | HR | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Dodgers | 56 | 2.80 | 30 | 2 | 10 | .240/.290/.337 | .627 |
| Opponents | 94 | 4.70 | 30 | 1 | 22 | .255/.321/.398 | .719 |
| Road (9-11) | Runs | R/G | 2B | 3B | HR | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Dodgers | 88 | 4.40 | 26 | 3 | 17 | .270/.344/.388 | .733 |
| Opponents | 76 | 3.80 | 35 | 6 | 17 | .252/.320/.400 | .720 |
Ted Lilly gets the start today for the Dodgers, hoping to buck a trend. In his last six starts, Lilly has given up four, zero, five, one, five, and two runs. Lilly has pitched six innings in each of his last three starts. Lilly has yet to give up a single to Chris Young in 18 career plate appearances, but Young is hitting .375/.444/1.000 off Lilly thanks to four doubles and two home runs. Melvin Mora has faced Lilly more than twice as much as any other Diamondback, and is just 3-for-31, but he does have 12 walks.
Former USC Trojan Ian Kennedy makes the start for Arizona today. Their opening day starter has pitched well this season, with a 3.23 ERA, 15 walks and 45 strikeouts in 53 innings. In his last four starts, all quality starts, Kennedy has allowed five total runs, and has a 1.47 ERA in 7.67 innings per outing, though he has just one win to show for it.
Game Time: 1:10 p.m.
TV: Prime TIcket
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Dodgers lineup -- the return of Castro
Carroll SS
Miles 2B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Navarro C
Castro 3B
Gwynn LF
Lilly P
Last night at Gabes, we were speculating on whether or not the Dodgers would use the Castro-Miles-Carroll infield, and came to the conclusion that if they did, likely Sands would still start since they needed power.
Nope.
That is some lineup.
by Eric Stephen on May 15, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Sitting Uribe means they sit their best defensive infielder.
by Michael White on May 15, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Gwynn against a lefty?
Thats dumb
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Looks like getting taken out for Navarro was the last nail in the coffin for Sands.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 15, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
We (the family) were supposed to be going to the Aces Cubs game in Reno today
but I could not bring my self to make the 3 hour one way drive in snow, then sit in a wet stadium with 25-30 MPH winds, to see those teams play.
NOt like the Aces were playing the Isotpes or anything
jumping on the Jerry Sands bandwagon early, April 18th 2011.
Yeesh
What’s the pythag vs. actual record at home?
Seems incredibly fortunate to have the record LAD does
Furcal activation
will mean the end of Mitchell. That’s the easy one.
Blake, as Eric mentioned, could result in Sands getting demoted or preferably, IMO, Gibbons DFA.
Castro is probably going to stick around the entire year.
Castro is probably going to stick around the entire year.
Man, this team sucks.
by Michael White on May 15, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Interesting thing to me is if/when Thames is ready, assuming Sands gets demoted for Blake, do they DFA Gibbons, or decide at that point to DFA Castro.
Although, who am I kidding, somebody else will be on the DL at that point anyway. These things always work themselves out.
by Eric Stephen on May 15, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Answering that dilemma either way requires a case for one of those guys staying around
so I just cannot form an opinion
by lchristmas on May 15, 2011 10:40 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Castro notwithstanding, I would not cry with a Gibbons DFA
either.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
All you need to know about this team right now
Runner on third, one out, we voluntarily send up navarro and gibbons
My friend who knows nothing of the dodgers was laughing at the radio description of the guy being sent up in the most important ab of the game… “hitting .100… Having ALL KINDS of problems just seeing, let alone hitting a baseball…”
And if sands is going to be hit for in that spot by a backup catcher, just send him down.
by lchristmas on May 15, 2011 10:38 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If at any point you decide “what this situation needs is more Dioner Navarro” something has gone very, very wrong somewhere.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 15, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
As much as I overall approve of Mattingly's job this year given what he's had to work with
yesterday was not his finest hour (or inning). You let Barajas bat, period. End of story. Then you send up Gibbons. Then see where you are at that point. It was a double-fail and he’s been rightly reamed for it in all directions. But am hoping he’ll learn. And one thing in his defense is… what he’s had to work with and how much offense has struggled.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
D'Backs Lineup
Young CF
Johnson 2B
Upton RF
Drew SS
Nady 1B
Roberts 3B
Montero C
Parra LF
Kennedy P
Can’t help but think how much Prince Fielder would solve our problems. Well, not all of them, but you know what I mean.
Sadly the one problem he can’t solve is “our owner has no money”.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 15, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
June 1st 2011 LA times Headline
MLB to Dodgers Ownership:
“You Ahre (sic) Fired
If you are GM...
and you are not allowed to make a trade, but you can sign DFA’d players, and you can call up and DFA players as normal, what moves do you make over next month to make this team better? You are not Ned, you are you.
First of all, I:
Hope Raffy and Blake come back. That’s one. ;-)
Okay, after that:
I DFA Gibbons and call up Trayvon Robinson. (Separate from Sands “issue”)
I DFA Castro and call back up IDJ Jr.
I DFA Navarro and call back up AJ ellis
I probably send Sands back down when Thames is healthy then call Jerry back up later
Starting rotation is fine but if anyone gets hurt outside of the Ely’s of the world I give Rubby a shot to at least give fans a brief jolt awake.
I see how Guerra does and also consider Lindblom and other minor leaguers who may not be on 40 man roster just yet.
As manager, when I can go back to having lineup (around the horn) of Sands/Thames/Loney, Uribe, Raffy, Blake, Ethier, Kemp and Gwynn (Thames/Trayvon), Barajas/Ellis, I have a much more competent lineup and bench without even making a trade.
Not sure who is on the waiver wire for added depth but that’d be next.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
not enjoying bay to breakers today?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Hah hah I actually biked through it, ack!
took me forever to cross the park. Went to a soccer scrimmage that ended up not happening :-/
then biked back along the beach which wasn’t as bad by then. Was fun as always to see all the costumes and such. Did you run?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
not this year
I have a whole day of work to do before the sharks game tonight. Sigh….Miss hanging out here though, seems only possible during weekend games lately.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
agree with all that...except..
I DFA Gwynn or Loney when Thames is healthy.
Loney has no trade value, should not be part of the 2012 Dodger team, so I’d have no problems cutting him loose now. Dodgers are not going anywhere this year anyways.
But an easier (and cheaper) guy to cut loose is Gwynn.
my ideal 14 man with what the Dodgers currently have..
SS – Furcal
1b – Blake
RF – Ethier
CF – Kemp
LF – Sands
2b – Carroll
3b – Uribe
C – Barajas
Bench – Trayvon, Thames, Navarro, DeJesus, (Loney – i guess he doesnt have to be DFA right now…but definitely moved to the bench)
I wouldn't cut Gwynn he has value and really isn't that expensive
he’s already got defensive value and isn’t a terrible hitter which puts him ahead of several guys right there imho…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
oops... try again?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Can someone get in their DeLorean time machine and tell me if this game is worth watching today?
’cause I have other stuff to do. :/
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Well if you do watch it you can skip each time the last 5 in our line up are making their trip to the plate. Note I didn’t say “hitting.”
That should save you from wasting a fair amount of time, anyway.
basically what I may end up doing :-/
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
For the record...
this is the song I was all ready to do last night (and was SURE they had) but then found out they didnt have it. alas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8m6IbItrgk
Kershaw and bills are back to being a fearsome 1-2 punch after their last two incredible starts
2.75 era 3.11 fip 3.02 xfip 1.3 war for kershaw
3.36 era 3.03 fip 3.36 xfip 1.3 war for bills
Very awesome.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Kershaw should make his first All-Star Game, unless Bochy screws him over.
by silverwidow on May 15, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
This time he's even getting wins
which I’m
Not used to seeing. Lol I’d be thrilled if he kemp ethier and possibly bills make the as team. I’m prepared for bills not to :(
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
That's great. I love how just about every day we have at least one good pitching prospect go
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
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