Kuroda, Dodgers Look For Pick Six
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:32 PM PDT
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The last time Hiroki Kuroda started at Chase Field, he had the shortest outing of his MLB career. Last July 2, Kuroda allowed six runs and 10 baserunners in just 1 2/3 innings, as the Dodgers got lambasted by Arizona 12-5. Since that start, Kuroda has made 33 starts, and put up a 3.05 ERA in 215 2/3 innings with 38 unintentional walks and 164 strikeouts. Yet Kuroda is just 10-17 during that span, thanks in part to 2.88 runs per game scored by the Dodgers in those starts.
Ian Kennedy has made two starts in his career against the Dodgers, both at Dodger Stadium. He beat the Dodgers on May 15 this season, striking out eight in six innings while allowing just one run. Last year, Kennedy started for the Diamondbacks in the Dodgers' home opener and allowed three home runs to take the loss. That was the 15th time all three starting L.A. Dodger outfielders have homered in the same game.
Lineups
Juan Rivera gets another start tonight, this time at first base, against a right-handed pitcher, while James Loney sits. Rivera is the 104th man ever to start at first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. At one start at first, Rivera will be tied with the likes of Mike Piazza, Boog Powell, Ed Goodson, Andre Ethier, Marlon Anderson, and 10 others.
| Dodgers | Diamondbacks | |||
| LF | Gwynn |
2B | Johnson | |
| SS | Furcal | SS |
Drew |
|
| RF | Ethier | RF | Upton | |
| CF | Kemp | CF | Young | |
| 1B |
Rivera | C | Montero | |
| 2B |
Miles |
3B | Blum | |
| 3B | Uribe | 1B | Allen |
|
| C | Navarro | LF | Parra | |
| P | Kuroda | P | Kennedy | |
Notes
- The Dodgers are averaging 4.67 runs per game on the road this season, hitting .277/.344/.406, compared to 2.90 runs per game at home this season, hitting .232/.293/.330 at Dodger Stadium.
- In 50 games at home this season, the Dodgers have scored 145 runs. They have scored 146 runs in their last 32 road games.
- The Dodgers have the three top road batting averages in the National League this season (minimum 100 PA): Jamey Carroll (.360), Aaron Miles (.358), and Matt Kemp (.352)
- Kemp, hitting .352/.439/.704 wearing the road grays this season, leads the NL with a .488 road wOBA. Carroll is eighth at .384.
- The Dodgers have won 10 of their last 14 games at Chase Field, averaging 6.21 runs per game
Game Time: 5:10 p.m.
TV: KCAL
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Kershaw
is on pace for 17 wins and 270 strikeouts. That might not be enough for a Cy Young, but he’d certainly be close.
If they stay on the five man rotation all year, he’ll get 13 more starts. If they make any tweak at all in Kershaw’s favor, he’ll get 14 more starts. He has made 20 starts so far.
33 starts = 256 K
34 starts = 264 K
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course h's assuming
he’ll be better the rest of the way, cause he’s just that awesome.
Only needs to average 10.36 K per start over those last 14 starts to get 300 :)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
HGT
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Kurt Suzuki has hit two balls home run distance in separate PA, down the left field line just foul, off Jered Weaver today.
Settled for a double off the wall
but the A’s got DeJesus thrown out by a mile at home plate.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
DeJesus
was a dead duck
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
David DeJesus must be the biggest pussy in baseball
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Too many pregame interviews with Ray Fosse this season have softened him :)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
3 of the last 4 years rivera has been better in the second half
/rainbow
/now you know
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.
Vinny said something like that last night
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of big news that Juan Rivera is playing 1st base don’t you think?
Loney does not need to rest since we just had the all-star break
He has a great history at Chase
Not hurt
Seems to me Donnie has not been impressed with his renaissance
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Don Mattingly just only plays the platoon game in the 9th inning when it gives him reason to play Navarro again.
by Taylor Maricle on Jul 16, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
it's
very strange
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankee pride
not so strange when you consider both navarro & rivera are former yankee farm hands. donnie thinks former yankee players are superior to anything the dodgers can produce. beh.
back when donnie was managing the AZL he was going on and on about how different yankee players are. how they got an air about them, how you can tell they’re yankee product by just looking at them. to him they shit gold bricks. i care not for mattingly.
Source.
This would have been a story if Mattingly was spouting this bullshit as the Dodgers manager.
espn article … third to last paragraph. he says something about the ‘dodger way’ but notice he didn’t volunteer the topic. the interviewer changed the subject on him
Donnie always says he wants his catcher to be defensive first and then call a great game, and then offense. Navarro was playing alot before Barajas got hurt. Since we know Navarro is not playing because of his bat I’m going to assume Donny feels that Navarro is the better defensive catcher and handles the pitching staff better.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Speaking of traffic
I would imagine the streets of San Bernardino will be full tonight, going to watch Fernando Rodney pitch a rehab game with the 66ers.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
From the 118 ramp onto the 405
I’ve never seen it so clear in the day time
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
CC Sabathia picked up win #14 today
He turns 31 on Thursday, and has 171 career wins.
Here are some win totals for the latest 300-game winners at their 31st b-day:
Tom Seaver: 168
Greg Maddux: 166
Roger Clemens: 161
Don Sutton: 155
Steve Carlton: 148
Nolan Ryan: 141
Tom Glavine: 139
Gaylord Perry: 93
Randy Johnson: 81 (what a freak; crazy late run for Big Unit)
Phil Niekro: 54 (another freak)
Then again, there were these guys who didn’t get to 300, who had big win totals at their 31st b-day:
Catfish Hunter: 202 (ended with 224)
Jim Palmer: 174 (268)
Juan Marichal: 170 (243)
Bert Blyleven: 167 (287)
Vida Blue: 165 (209)
Dave McNally: 165 (184)
Dwight Gooden: 157 (194)
Fergie Jenkins: 149 (284)
Going back to 1950
You can also add Robin Roberts (189 wins at 31st b-day, 286 total) and Don Drysdale (185 / 209).
Also, Sandy Koufax (165/165) for good measure :)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah hah, um... what?
The Royals are more apt to keep Francoeur, because of the positive effect he’s had on their younger position players.
http://mlbbuzz.yardbarker.com/blog/mlbbuzz/betemit_could_be_first_royal_traded_cabrera_next/5572141
PS: Sorry Phil, looks like the Betemit acquisition probably won’t happen this year. Maybe as a free agent signing next year.
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 Betemit, really?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If he can play 3rd
yes
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.
he doesn't have to
if uribe is playing 2nd
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.
Let’s not forget that Aaron Miles is playing his way out of our price range, Jamie Carroll is going to be, IDK 39?
Aaron Miles, out of our price range?
Not even with McCourt as our owner does this become true
by Taylor Maricle on Jul 16, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
2 things:
1. this was trolling
2. Would having him back be that bad?
No, I'd love to have him back
But if he ends up being a utility guy rather than a starter, that would be too much to pay. If Dodgers see him as a legit 3rd baseman starter next year (or starter somewhere on the IF), you never know…
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 really don’t think that the Dodgers will wave a Uribe under his nose. That being said, I think that it would be a good Idea to kick the tires on him long term (3 years) to start 3rd and move to the Super Utility as we get players up in the Org.
Damn you Star Wars nerds!
This is funny, per @DeathStarPR:
Vader and Palpatine’s Google+ accounts suspended for being “fictional”. Guess which planet’s going to be “fictional” by Monday?
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
one run game now
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 16, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff Mathis, defensive God.
Except not. It might be me, but Mathis has sucked on defense this year. Why is he playing anything approaching regular play?
Hasn’t he pretty much always been way more horrible then Scioscia seems to think he is?
That said, I dunno how reliable WAR is for this (in general or for catchers in particular), Mathis’ best dWAR score ever was 0.3, and has a career total of -0.7.
This year his dWAR is listed at 0.1.
It just seems to me that dWAR is a non-reliable stat. It just doesn’t have enough spread betwwen good and bad fielders. It’s very hard to classify players.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Even if thats true (and I agree it probably is)
the best you can really say is that he doesn’t really hurt you defensively. Given that he definitely hurts you offensively, you’re basically employing a glove-only catcher whose glove is at best average.
I just checked, and the last Dodger to lead the league in WAR was Jim Gilliam in 1956. Evidently the Dodgers don’t use that stat much for evaluation.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
it’s been awhile since we had the single best player in the NL?
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Using Baseball-Reference WAR, Kirk Gibson and Orel Hershiser each had 7.3 WAR in 1988, tops in NL.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hamels had his butt whipped today.
Damage done by the guy I wanted to play LF against LHP, Scott Hairston. Hairston has not had much of a year but on a day when Beltran had the flue Hairston drove in five runs.
Except the three run home run Hairston hit, was against old Dodger non – friend Baez, a right hander.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Anyone see that RBI single by Abreu in the 9th in Oakland?
It seemed like the cutoff had a play at second base on the runner.
Would love to see Walden get two saves today so I don’t want the Angels to break it open.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Hard to believe Jonathan Broxton, back when he was alive, had two saves in one day this year. I was even there to see it!
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess it was Conor Jackson (I didn’t rewind it), but he completely ignored the dude waiting to be tagged! :)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Trade Idea
Brewers need a SS and 3B. I think that Carrol,Blake, and Furcal are all good fits for them. Unfortunately they don’t have many good prospects to trade for. Since we will need a 3B next season what do you think about trading say Carroll and Blake for Casey McGehee. Although he is having a down season he has put up good numbers in the past and won’t be a FA for a couple of years. What do you guys think?
Blake doesn’t know when he will be able to play again.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we are really undervaluing Kuroda
There is no need, none, to include any kind of prospect in a trade. If he’s willing to waive his NTC, the Dodgers are within reason to request two young, high ceiling players in return. There are multiple teams interested and this is not any kind of salary dump.
At this point
they should only trade him for a high ceiling prospect, especially an infielder or catcher. Hopefully a team gets desperate. That being said, I now believe that the Dodgers trade no one for prospects, and that if a trade is made that it is of the “buy” variety. Charlie don’t surf, and Ned don’t sell.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jul 16, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting aside regarding potential NFL deal, as per Chris Mortensen
mortreport Chris Mortensen
If the deal gets dones, there is specific credit players allow for 3 new stadium constructions, including Los Angeles. http://es.pn/rlZHvY
Under the proposed 10-year CBA, players would get a split ranging from 48 to 46.5 percent of a simplified all-revenue model, the sources said. The lower 46.5 percentage would represent an increase in total dollars as revenues grow from new television contracts, as well as allowing credits if three new stadiums are constructed, including one in Los Angeles, where the NFL has not had a team since the 1994 season.
I am glad it would be a 10 year deal, too! None of this BS again… for 10 years.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
it’s such a long deal that I almost guarantee by the end of it, one side will be benefiting from it way more than the other.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
and as usual, always bet on the owners.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
{said in Wesley Snipes voice}
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
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