Dodgers Catchers Have Been Productive Since The Break
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 2:50 PM PDT
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Dodger catchers struggled for a large part of the season, but for the most part have been just about as expected. Having Rod Barajas as the lead catcher generally means sacrificing some on-base percentage for power, and the numbers have played out as such. National League catchers are hitting .250/.320/.386 this season, while the Dodger backstops are at .230/.305/.403.
However, the Dodgers catchers have greatly improved at the plate since the All-Star break. Here are the total numbers for all four Dodger catchers this season, which include a few plate appearances as pinch hitter as well.
| Dodgers Catchers Before 2011 All-Star Break | |||||||
| Catcher | PA | 2B | HR | R | RBI | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Rod Barajas | 197 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | .220/.262/.385 | .646 |
| Dioner Navarro | 126 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .183/.234/.287 | .521 |
| A.J. Ellis | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .222/.364/.222 | .586 |
| Hector Gimenez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143/.143/.143 | .286 |
| Totals (92 games) | 386 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 35 | .206/.265/.327 | .592 |
| Dodgers Catchers After 2011 All-Star Break | |||||||
| Catcher | PA | 2B | HR | R | RBI | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Rod Barajas | 104 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | .269/.337/.548 | .885 |
| Dioner Navarro | 76 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | .213/.347/.393 | .740 |
| A.J. Ellis | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .421/.522/.789 | 1.311 |
| Totals (51 games) | 203 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 33 | .266/.361/.520 | .882 |
Lineups
Dana Eveland makes his second start for the Dodgers, with Ryan Vogelsong starting for the Giants.
Justin Sellers, who has started 17 games at shortstop and five more games at second base, makes his first career start at third base. He played 15 games at third base in Triple A Albuquerque this season.
Rookie Brandon Belt starts in left field for the Giants, his 11th start in left this season. Belt, a first baseman by trade, has also started once in right field.
| Dodgers | Giants | |||
| SS | Gordon | CF | Christian | |
| 3B | Sellers |
2B | Keppinger | |
| CF | Kemp | RF | Beltran | |
| RF | Rivera | 3B | Sandoval | |
| 1B | Loney | 1B | Pill | |
| LF | Sands | LF | Belt | |
| C | Ellis | SS | Cabrera | |
| 2B | Carroll | C | Sanchez | |
| P | Eveland | P | Vogelsong | |
Game Time: 6:05 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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It's amazing to see our catchers hitting so well since the AS Break
You put Barajas’ OPS since the break as his slugging, btw. Or maybe his slugging as his OPS, im not sure, lol.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
It's clearly a duh thing to say
But imagine how good this team would be if our catchers had hit anywhere near this good all year as well as Loney hitting like an actual major leaguer. Man.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Dwayne Wise's HR robbing catch wasn't all that great
But in the context of the perfect game it was an incredible catch.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Also
If the Mets had made the WS in 06, Endy Chavez would be a New York hero.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Re the lineup and Miles
Thank God, watching him last night at 3rd, while at the game in person, was sort of last straw for me. I’m very pleased with how useful he’s been at the plate this year overall, but his Gnome Defense especially at 3rd is kind of hard to watch.
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’m guessing they just want to see Sellers work at 3rd, because otherwise it doesn’t really make sense. He’s the better 2B and his value is range/defense.
Yep
Sellers’ role on the team going forward will likely be utility infielder so they’ll give him some reps at 3B
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
he can take miles place
Next year
by nolander on Sep 10, 2011 3:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
With his excellent bunt in last night's game
Sellers earns the #2 spot for a day.
Scrappy Sellers is fun to root for.
His in game persona is Bowaesque?
Intense.
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 10, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
2 plus hours of thunder down in the oc. No nature, I don’t mind waking up at 7am
by nolander on Sep 10, 2011 3:01 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I was rudely woken up at 11:30 AM
wtf, nature, lol.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
i was right before the season
About the giants offense, but somehow their pitching actually was better. Bugger all
by nolander on Sep 10, 2011 3:02 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
MLB Network has the top 75 catches right now
I’m guessing we shall see Lo Duca’s catch into the dugout some time during this.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
that one was also shown
in the 75 greatest plays of the Decade
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Mark Hamburger
in for the Rangers
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:08 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Beltre 2-run homer
8-5
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:15 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll defer to the experts here, but no way
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
figured
Wife is going through her old stuff at her parents.
by nolander on Sep 10, 2011 3:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Your wife used to collect baseball cards? Awesome.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
its about 20 card'l
Most of them phillies for some odd reason
by nolander on Sep 10, 2011 3:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This is the only reasonable course of action
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
As a baseball fan, its probably worth more to you than they are on the market. Sounds cool, keep it.
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, when I was about 14 I threw all of my baseball cards in the trash
Yep, a couple boxes, 1959 (from my cousin), ‘60, and ’61 Topps. I did it because one day I decided collecting cards was kid’s stuff. Probably a couple grand there easy. About 10 years ago I bought up a lot of those same cards I remembered from childhood.
Overproduction killed the hobby.
Most 90s baseball cards are absolutely worthless. Now it’s all about manufactured scarcity.
Weird NCAA stuff
from Pat Forde:
NCAA adds another entry to its News of the Weird file: release just went out that NCAA will not count stats from WMU-Michigan game last week
Because they didn’t complete the third quarter. The schools will keep the stats, but the NCAA won’t in its statistical rankings.
from Stewart Mandel:
“The NCAA will keep the records of both teams, score of the game and attendance,” but not the stats.
In other words, there was a football game, Michigan won, but no one rushed or passed the ball for any yards.
Those are like baseball score keeping idiosyncrasies
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees announcers phone it in
The Yankees radio broadcast (and announcers John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman) were forced to use a mobile phone to broadcast a portion of Thursday’s Yankees-Orioles game when a Verizon network outage cut off their audio feed to Yankee flagship station WCBS.
Anyone know if this is really ESPN soccer announcer Ian Darke?
@IanDarkeESPN
If so, he seems to have apologized to me on Twitter for constantly confusing nations during recent game.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
heh, funny story during the Ranger/A's game
They were on the plane back from Boston, and they were going to do a fantasy football draft as a team. Then, one of them gets on the PA system and says, “Now singing the National Anthem, Mark Hamburger.”
They were trying to haze the rookie but it turns out Hamburger was in the choir when he was younger, so he got up and sang it really good.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
two run single for Michael Young
8-7
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
Giants know they're done
per Hank Schulman:
Belt to start again tomorrow, with Crawford at short. Bochy also said he might cut down on Starters’ pitch counts.
The fact that Belt now starting is a sign they think they're done is kind of a commentary on Bochy, too, no?
Cabrera is awful and should’ve been benched awhile ago, too, for Crawford.
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
May be bad but Sabean got him to play him now so not all blame on Bochy
by bhsportsguy on Sep 10, 2011 3:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Of course, blame can be spread equally.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Dodgers
put a nice blue nail in their coffin
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
word
but you would have also needed to live in Brooklyn
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Tie game in Boulder. Cal 30, Colorado 30 with 30 seconds left!
Buffaloes just kicked a game-tying FG
what channel?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
For me it’s on a regional Fox Sports channel.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Down 33-30, Cal just completed a pass to the 3 in OT. Now 2nd & goal from the 5.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Ball game, touchdown Cal. Josie will be happy.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
OK enough of this horseshit
On to Versus!
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in my home office w/UGA vs South Carolina on in the family room. Gus Johnson doing play-by-play; I keep wanting to jump up and run in there to see March Madness!
by KellyStephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
spending a little time in
San Diego area, perfect weather and a nice IPA Racer brew.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 10, 2011 4:02 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Racer is brewed up north in the wine country. Bear Republic Brewery. Good beer, and a decent looking brewery/resltaurant in Healdsburg (although they had shitty service when we were in there).
by KellyStephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh boy
@dylanohernandez: Colletti and Mattingly feel the #Dodgers are only a player or two away; don’t think roster will be significantly different next year.
Is that difficult to believe?
That said, please don’t have aaron miles as an every day player, please please please.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Difficult?
I don’t know. What else is he going to say I guess
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually mean difficult to believe 1 or 2 good players could take this team from around .500
to a playoff team? Not a great team mind you, but with this pitching staff, they could make the second round with some luck.
I honestly think if they can add Willingham, keep Kuroda and get some average to above average production from Sands with Ethier actually hitting like his old self this team could win 86-88 games next season
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Sure, if players who are currently bad (Sands) get good, then 1 or 2 players is possible I guess.
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he will be a stud unfortunately
But a .260/.330/.430 line seems possible, and in this league now that’s not a bad line to put up. Then if Ethier can just hit around .280/.350/.480 this team should be looking good next year depending on if they can go and get an upgrade bat at one position.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Honestly this late year surge for the Dodgers has me believing it's not a shit hole like we all thought
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
not really wrong
a big bat somewhere and who knows where the team could go
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think the Dodgers are 1 player away
2 players, maybe. Assuming those 2 players are Fielder and Reyes.
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, they could have just been being politically correct.
If they had said…“yeah we need to replace 8-10 players” to get good…it might not go over well in the clubhouse.
Agreed
After thinking about it, what else could he say?
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Collateral damage of getting back to .500. That said, get Ethier and Rubby healthy, hope for better from Uribe, and solve first base…they very well could compete in the West.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Sep 10, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Quick
How many changes did Arizona make?
NL West will always be a division where you are 1 or 2 players away.
Really? Which one of those two is going to play catcher, 3rd base, or left field?
by KellyStephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
No matter what there wont be improvement at catcher for the most part
3B is a black hole in all of the MLB, Left field can be filled with either Sands all year (see how he does, bust or not, should be as good as april-july LF production anyway), and the best place to get better is at 1B.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Big if, but I agree and that’s why I think the other 3 positions are more critical at this point.
by KellyStephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
There are no impact players available at 2 of those positions. That’s why having a power drain at first base sucks. There are too many good first basemen in the league so if you want to go from far below average (Loney) to elite (Fielder) that’s actually do-able.
Who are you going to get at catcher or 3rd base which would represent a similar improvement?
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t argue with that; every team in MLB is
by KellyStephen on Sep 10, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
What about David Wright?
Could he be available this offseason? He would be a great fit for us at 3B and hitting in the middle of the lineup.
by dodgers4life on Sep 10, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
the option becomes void
if he’s traded
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
or rather
Wright can void it
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
there are conflicting reports that he could be
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
you can never really gauge that
We could speculate the moon, and then watch him go to some other team for a shrubbery
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If we promise to cut down
the mightiest tree in New York with a herring, he could be had for less than a shrubbery.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 10, 2011 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be amazing to get Wright
Trade for him this offseason go all in for 2012 while still having Ethier and Kemp. How great would this lineup look:
SS. Gordon
2B. Sellers
CF. Kemp
3B. Wright
RF. Ethier
1B. Sands
LF. Rivera/whoever
C. Barajas/Ellis
P. Kershaw
It would take a lot from the farm to get a deal done, but man would I love to get Wright. And after saying that, he’s too expensive in money and in terms of value that we’d trade away :(
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Well, needless to say Josie and I are happy :-)
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
fumble by Utah
USC regains
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 10, 2011 5:04 PM PDT reply actions
Although we need to play much, much better than we did
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Fun game to watch the final ~20 minutes of!
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
that was excruciating. I think the Bears just lost their wind at altitude, but it all worked out in the end. Now we need a Trojan win to complete the Rocky Mountain Sweep
by Josie Becker on Sep 10, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Meanwhile
Texas is down 13 to 3. After all the " near upsets" this morning, don’t know why, but I think this one might stick. Reminds me of UCLA last year
I stopped paying attention to SF 25 years ago
Is Huff out for the year?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
obv. I would have been in Ravenclaw. Me and Luna would have been besties
by Josie Becker on Sep 10, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s playing tomorrow, said Bochy today
by Eric Stephen on Sep 10, 2011 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
So Bochy reducing pitch counts
Lincececum only throws 140 from here on out?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
it’s a good thing Bochy let Lincecum throw so much, otherwise the Giants might have lost by two!
by Josie Becker on Sep 10, 2011 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
After a timeout they thought better of it, attempted a hail mary which was intercepted and downed.
by Michael White on Sep 10, 2011 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill collapsed on the sidelines with 20 second remaining in Minnesota’s loss. No doubt distraught about how their loss would affect USC’s standing in the AP poll.
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