It’s All Good

Many Dodger fans only comment when they have something to complain about. I guess it is human nature. Right about now, those fans have no purpose or direction in life. From my perspective, this may be the most fun season ever. There have been disappointments and injuries, and there have been triumphs and successes, but make no mistake about it: this is a team! These guys are fun to watch.

  • This thing is over! The Clowns with PT Preller as the Ringmaster are dead and buried. Will Preller survive? I hope so. As long as he is there, the Clowns will suck!
  • JDM should be back next week – he is allegedly fine but is going to do a rehab assignment.
  • Clayton will pass Double D with his next win.
  • Fans are talking 60 doubles for Freddie which has only been done but a few times, but 30 HR and 60 doubles is within reach and that has NEVER been done!
  • Mookie has certainly elevated his game. What is the next level past “Superstar?”
  • Jorbit Vivas (2B) was 3-5 last night (.310).
  • Jonny DeLuca was 2-4 (.318).
  • Miguel Vargas was 2-4 with his 6th HR (.295).
  • Blake Treinen was rocked in a 1/3 of an inning.
  • Jimmy Nelson needed just 11 pitched to pitch a clean inning.
  • Kolten Wong is going absolutely crazy at OKC (.538 BA/1.494 OPS).

That’s all for today.

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    1. I would take flyer on Giolito look what we did with Lynn. Reynoldo Lopez another RH out pen if Treinen struggles would be a good get. Also look at Hunter Renfroe as backup OF – thoughts ? All predicated on if weaker teams take a flyer first. Most wont want pay for rental.

      1. Who would you take off of the roster? And Giolito has stunk up the joint since the trade. I would wait and maybe sign him when he is a free agent. They only have to pay the rest of what is owed this season. None of those guys are on long term deals. Angels waived Anderson last week, but, no one was picking him up along with the two seasons he has left on his contract. Bader was waived by the Yankees.

        1. Have no prob drop Varland , Brassier and pick up Giolito or especially Lopez. Bring in Renfroe – platoon Heyward,Peralta. JDM has DH spot but if he goes down again you have Renfroe. Wont matter WC team taking Renfroe and Lopez will be gone as well. I also see the ‘chemistry’ angle as well. But would really like Lopez,Renfroe if they drop

          1. Drop Brasier??? Are you insane or haven’t you read his stats? Guy has been the best reliever out of the pen since he got here. Sub 1 ERA. Giolito has totally sucked since the trade and there is not really enough time left in the season to fix whatever it is that is wrong with him. I think it is between his ears. Lopez could replace Varland maybe, but there is no way he drops all the way to the Dodgers. He will probably be picked up by a contender, but no way he falls that far. As for Renfroe. He has power, but he is one for his last 13 at bats. Again, he will most likely be picked up, but won’t fall to the Dodgers. The Braves are the last team he could go to since they and the Orioles are the two top teams in the majors.

          2. This sounds like some Bradley shit.
            Bradley keep pumping them scenarios out they crack me up, anyways don’t just say shit to say it, let’s think about it for a second before you start throwing out scenarios

  1. Looking ahead to the playoffs.

    We should hope the WC series goes 3 games.

    I dont like how there is a day break in the division series between game 1 and 2 AND between games 4 and 5.

    To me that favors the team that had to play at least 2 extra games giving them another day rest between 1 and 2 of the division series. Like last year we are going to have some down time, but I think we’ll learn from it.

    I think we’ll see Milwaukee.

    They’ll throw Burnes and Peralta in game 1 and 2 in the WC series. Which means we’d see them in games 2 and 3 in the Divisions Series. If the WC series goes 3 games that means in game 1 we’d probably see Colin Rea.

    I think we’d line up Julio game 1, Bobby Ice Game 2 Kershaw game 3 (On the road) and then either come back with Julio or Lynn in game 4.

    Fun to start speculating about this, I know the front office will have their plans all set up and in the end its the players that need to go out and do something special.

    I think Mookie and Freddie will and then we will need a few others to step up….

    Been a fun ride so far and we got the best part coming up

    1. True Id assume he start a game 3 of the WC series. Thats why it will be important for that series to go 3….

      We seem to handle him well, havent looked up our stats vs him.

      1. They aren’t there yet, and they would most likely have to face the Giants, who don’t have a bad one-two punch themselves. Webb and Cobb, who just missed a no-hitter last night. Burnes lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to the Cubs. I would wait until the dust settles before making any predictions. A lot can happen in 30 days as we have all seen.

        1. Let me guess the Division (west) is still up for grabs???

          Its fun to speculate man, lighten up a bit.

          1. I seek the truth. LOL. Padres, D-Backs, Giants have about as much chance of winning the West as I have of dating Charlize Therion. Speculate away. My fun is torpedoing speculation with mere almost dead on facts.

  2. In many ways this has been the most enjoyable season for Dodger baseball in quite sometime. Need to win the post season for this to be a truly magical season. Gotta believe we can do it and I do believe in the team this year.

    Mookie, Freddie and Will are playing great and throw in an occasional pop by Max, Outman, Miggie Ro, Peralta and Heyward and I think we’ll be just fine.

    This team seems so much more cohesive than many other teams we’ve seen. Playing for each other as opposed to the individual stats and as Tommy use to say, “playing for the name on the front of the shirt vs. the name on the back.”

  3. Mookie is a superduperstar, obviously.
    Until he starts next season in a bit of funk, and people start kvetching….
    Dodgers, I think, have zero chance at any of the newly waived players. Their record is too good. But some of the contenders could get a real boost from newly liberated talent.
    I certainly didn’t see the Angels dumping so many players. Pretty strange to find out you’ve been waived and then go out and play.
    I have to think that Ohtani is not impressed. Perhaps Angels management already know that he’s leaving, but if not, this would be another reason to go. I really hope Arte Moreno sells the team.

  4. Dodgers now lead the West by 13.5 games.
    Uh oh. That sounds a bit familiar….

    1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
    On August 11, 1951, the Los Angeles Dodgers held a large 13.5 game lead and appeared to be cruising towards the pennant. Then the New York Giants happened.
    Not only did the Giants go 37-7 overall, but they won 16 in a row at one point, forcing a three-game playoff despite losing the last game (potential-clinching) of the season 10-0.
    After they split the first two games, the Giants rallied behind Bobby Thomson, who smacked a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give the Giants a 5-4 victory. Check out the win probability chart at bottom: total collapse epitomized in a picture.
    Because of that play, Giants’ fans will never forget Russ Hodges’ voice screaming “I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it,” as Thomson sprints across home plate and into the nightmares of every Dodger fan.

      1. History repeated itself in 1962. But the lead they lost was not as large. The Giants had a month and a half to catch them in 51. This year that is not the case at all.

    1. He was actually screaming The Giants win the pennant. That was August 11th. It is the 30th now. In order to catch LA and pass them, the Giants, who have played one more game than the Dodgers, would have to play .700 baseball and the Dodgers totally go in the tank, for them to win. The Dodgers as constructed right now, and with the schedule that they have remaining, are not going to lose more than half of their remaining games, which they would have to do for SF to even get close. I think the Giants are more concerned with keeping the playoff spot they got into last night than catching a runaway train. If the Dodgers just barely go .500, which would be 16-15, they win 98 games. To win 98 games, the Giants would have to go 29-2. That is not happening.

  5. THE BURNING QUESTION IN MYMIND IS HOW DOES A GM OR ORGANIZATION TRADE OR NOT RESIGN THE LEADER OF YOUR TEAM AND A FUTURE HALL OF FAME PLAYER? THE DECISIONS TO LET MOOKIE AND FREDIE GO IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. JUST LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. BOTH ARE MULTITALENTED AND AS IMPORTANT GREAT TEAMMATES AND LEADERS. THESE GM’S GET PAID TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS….GIVE ME A BREAK.

  6. Preller created front end excitement and back end disappointment. He definitely created buzz in San Diego. Some pundits are speculating if the Padres will move Juan Soto this winter. He’s never really lived up to his early potential for whatever reason. A lot of media and baseball insiders thought he would be the first $500 million player.

    Buying championships is a difficult thing to do as both the Padres and Mets have found out.

    If we look back to when the Dodgers changed hands, LA tried to rebuild the farm system and win at the same time. They won, but they threw around a lot of money trying to sign players internationally and being honest it was like burning money. They benefitted from the farm system that Logan White had drafted and managed to resist trading their best prospects away. Unfortunately, that will be the legacy of Preller and the Padres.

    Okay, the Angels are a little strange. Yes, pundits were right. The Angels should have traded Ohtani and gone into a full rebuild, trading Mike Trout this winter. I get wanting to hang onto Ohtani, but it didn’t work out well. Now Moreno should sell the team and get out of Anaheim as fast as he can. What a waste of prospects. Wonder if any of those players waived will be available to the Dodgers. Probably not.

    Meanwhile the Dodgers continue to roll along.

    1. The fans might demand that he sells. I have talked to several friends who are Angel fans and their disgust with him is over the top. Trout could well demand a trade this offseason. I am glad Preller did what he did. Seeing the Padres sink like a torpedoed ship is fun for me. I can’t stand a single player on that team. I wonder how Bogaerts feels about signing with those losers last winter. Soto is playing A. out of position, he is one of the best RF in the game, and with a team where showboating is encouraged. That is not a team. It is 26 talents pulling in 26 different directions. I wonder if Melvin survives this meltdown.

      1. I would think Preller would be on the chopping block. But I was talking to a friend who’s a Padres loyalist (just as disgusted as Angels fans) and he is sure Preller is safe. He would like nothing more than the Padres to blow up their whole front office. But he made a convincing argument that Preller did exactly what he was told. Get star players at any cost. Ownership seems to love the guy. And this isn’t the first time he went out and blew up their minor league system and sign or trade for expensive big names (we somehow got him to take Matt Kemp!) only for the whole thing the blow up in his face. He survived that. I think, like the Angels) the issue is in the owners box as much as it is with the GM.

        All that said, it was enjoyable to watch that team fail. Especially with all the crap talk and bravado they were throwing around early on.

        1. Really weird that on his page in the Padres directory, it mentions many trades, but not Matt Kemp. He at one time worked for the Dodgers for three years. Seidler isn’t as whack as Moreno, but he should know better than to just pour money down the drain. The Padres problem is chemistry. There isn’t any. 26 guys pulling in 26 different directions. When your team leader is Manny Machado, you do not get much leadership.

  7. Tuesday scores
    Round Rock 10, Oklahoma City 9
    Arkansas 10, Tulsa 6 (10 innings)
    Dayton 6, Great Lakes 5
    Rancho Cucamonga 11, Stockton 3

    Wednesday schedule
    4:05 p.m. PT: Great Lakes (Jared Karros) vs. Dayton (Chris McElvain)
    5:05 p.m.: Oklahoma City (Robbie Erlin) vs. Round Rock (Zak Kent)
    5:05 p.m.: Tulsa (Kendall Williams) vs. Arkansas (Jimmy Joyce)
    7:05 p.m.: Rancho Cucamonga (Chris Campos) at Stockton (Eduardo Rivera)

  8. Josue dePaula 3-5 last night, now batting .290
    Kendall George also 3-5 and now battting over .400 with a blazing start to his career a A ball.
    I see both advance to high A ball next season, in the case of dePaula probably to begin the season there.
    Both very exiting players.

    Yes, the West is won . Now the Dodgers have to make sure they are ready for the playoffs and not lay another egg like last season. Dodgers are firing on all cylinders at the moment and the fear is they migh have peaked too soon.

    Treinen had nothing on his pitches yesterday. Needs more time to be considered for the playoffs. Not sure he will be good to go. Same for Kelly who Roberts already said he does not think he will be 100% rest of the way. Same thing he said about Clayton too.

    Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. * I hope Bobby Miller was paying close attention to Clayton Kershaw last night. Miller struggles with crooked number innings and minimizing damage. Last night CK got through 5 innings and didn’t have dick. He had 2 clean innings but never found his rhythm. He worked around 3 walks and 3 hits, one a homer. He knows how to make big pitches when he has to, to minimize the casualties. Getting a 6 run cushion doesn’t hurt.
    * D-Train made a good comment “He looked rushed”. He did.
    * Speaking of D-Train, I didn’t think he was going to do any more color in the booth with Joe. I can listen to him for about 1 game, max, before his stuff gets stale. He means well but like many others, he just can’t shut up. He doesn’t understand that he doesn’t have to reply or elaborate after every Joe Davis comment. Let the game breathe and learn to shut up.
    * Well we just did “whack a Mole” with the D-Backs 2 best starters. This team is unbelievable right now.
    Freddie had a rare oh-fer and the rest of the line up got 16 hits.
    * Again, nice to see Muncy drive the pitch away too left field.

    1. Not sure why the train was on that broadcast. Unless he was just subbing for Orel. He was supposed to be done with analyst duties for the rest of the season. Something obviously changed. It is his personality to just yak like that. In that way, he and Orel are alike. I still prefer Nomar in the booth.

    2. Excellent points Phil!
      Kershaw still gets batters out with a 90 mph fastball and heavy reliance on the slider. But he knows how to attack batters and minimize damage while maintaining his composure.
      Another great Kershaw Day!
      Dodgers now have a 14 game lead in the division, and the Padres are 21.5 games behind!
      Amazing year considering the player departures and injuries.

  10. Hunter Renfroe would be a hell of a right-handed bat to add! But no way he falls all the way to Dodgers. Can see Padres snapping him up just to keep Dodgers from him. With 3 healthy starters Brewers are very scary matched against any team. Still hear guys on MLB network saying Padres still have a run in them. What the hell is wrong with those people? That is as dysfunctional bunch as I can remember! If Bob Melvin can’t get them to play together who can? It’s like the Dallas Cowboys, as long as Jerry Jones owns them, they’ll never win another Superbowl. Just as Mark said about Preller. Tony Gwynn would crap his pants if he could see this collection of super ego idiots! Need to play well this weekend so Braves don’t get too big in the britches! Remember we took 2 of 3 in Atlanta!

    1. Padres are toast.

      I could see him landing in MIL or PHI.

      The way waivers works suks. Vassegh mentioned this on Dodger talk last night, it will alter the playoff landscape….

    2. 21.5 games back? The only place these guys run is to the bank to cash their checks. This bunch belongs in a circus, not on a ballfield. Who would you send down if they signed Renfroe? The chemistry on this team is off of the charts. You aren’t brining in new blood and upset that.

        1. Simple, Busch is holding a spot for Martinez. Second, the Dodgers are third to last in line for any waived player. Renfroe is going to get picked up by somebody long before he would be made available to the Dodgers. And tomorrow is the deadline for adding players for the stretch run. So by noon, we will see who goes where. On the first, the Dodgers can add two players for September. One position player and one pitcher. Martinez will join the Dodgers on the next road trip.

  11. The Athletic has a good article about Tony Gonsolin and why he pitched for 2 months with a torn ACL. He knew it. The Dodgers knew it. And many here suspected it. He was told it wouldn’t worsen so he chose to pitch. With the other injuries to the rotation, he felt he needed to do what he could to help. That is so impressive to pitch through that pain for the benefit of the teams, even if he was sub-par.
    You gotta love the guys attitude and commitment to the club. As I’ve mentioned, this team has amazing chemistry do to attitudes like Tony’s

        1. Lets do it for Quasimodo! The day before yesterday was in the hospital on the operating table but got the news inoperable and chronic and now at home with hospice care. Not exactly long division to figure what’s soon on the menu. I think I’ll stick around for the World Series as my Dodgers have the grit to win it.

          1. Sorry for this news Quaz. I’m very sad to hear this. God bless you sir and my prayers are with you.

          2. Thoughts and prayers with you Quas.
            Keep fighting. I hope the Dodgers bring this title to LA even more now.

            Go Dodgers, Go Quasimodo!

          3. This gives me one more reason to root the team to victory.
            I will keep you in my prayers.

  12. Due to contract dollar implications, Clevinger might end up available.

    MLBTRaderumors provided the following breakdown: “Clevinger, 32, is playing the season on a one-year, $12MM contract, though the structure of the deal leaves a decent chunk yet to be paid out. The veteran righty is earning an $8MM salary, with about $1.42MM of that yet to be paid out, but is also owed a $4MM buyout on a $12MM mutual option for the 2024 campaign. As such, there’s about $5.42MM in total guarantees remaining for any club that places a claim.”

    1. 6-6 with a 3.32 ERA. Better than Lynn was when they traded for him. But the Dodgers have the third best record in baseball. That means the teams below them get first shot at Clevinger, Giolito and any other player who has been waived. That includes Harrison Bader and Renfroe and Grichuk. I could see if he fell that far, the Giants taking a chance.

  13. Another fixed swing?

    It’s a tiny sample size, but….

    Kolten Wong has only been in Oklahoma City for 13 ABs and 3 games, but he already has seven hits (home run plus two doubles)

  14. Bluto, a little premature on Kolton Wong. He was terrible with Seattle and they did well to dump him and bring in Josh Rojas. So if Wong actually plays well in AAA, where is his future with the Dodgers? I don’t suspect he had much trade value.
    It seems like every time somebody is DFA’ed somebody wants to snap them up, like shopping at the Salvation Army.
    This team is just fine position wise and the pitching will sort itself out as guys get healthy and get work. We absolutely, positively don’t need any new faces that might jeopardize the great chemistry we have right now. Baring injuries, I’m going into battle with who we have.

      1. Depth piece? Where? We have about 60 guys scattered between 4 classifications that I would consider before Kolton Wong. He provides no realistic depth for the Dodgers. We’d have to be decimated by a plague before we could use him.

        1. Experience wise, there is no other infielder in the organization with his experience. He also has extensive postseason experience. Again, no one in the minors has that. Dodgers signed Tucker Barnhardt to a minor league deal.

          1. Well, if an injury takes out somebody in the infield, I’d put Wong on the playoff roster before Vargas or Busch. (Have I ever mentioned that Vargas, a rookie below the Mendoza line, didn’t belong on the postseason roster last year?)
            Wong would bring superior defense and composure. He’s a veteran who wouldn’t get rattled.
            Busch and Vargas may have more upside, but Wong’s floor is higher. Wong has been there and done that–and we’re still waiting on Vargas and Busch to show they are more than Triple A stars.
            Some years back, some friends and I went to see the Angels play the Cards. The fans gave Albert a standing O every time he stepped to the plate. He did have a homer.
            The other baseball highlight was Wong starting a dazzling DP by essentially pushing the ball with his open glove to the SS. Not a glove scoop, but a ping-pong strike. I had not seen that before and have not seen it since. Saved a millisecond and on the highlights you could see Wong and the SS smiling after the play. They knew it was cool.

  15. Since the Brooklyn days there has been no Dodger team that I have enjoyed as much as this one. I love the apparent spirit in the club house. There is not a position player that I would want to replace. It´s fun rooting for the bottom of the batting order. You can keep Renfroe; I want to do it with the guys we have now. It’s a real kick watching the “old” stars show that they still have something in the tank and the young guys soaking up what the veterans are showing them. I really like this team–I like their skills and their personalities. I like Doc for nurturing what is happening now.

  16. The Dodgers have agreed to a minor league contract with free agent catcher Tucker Barnhart, reports Robert Murray of FanSided.

  17. Another depth piece. I’m thinking AF wants to have a catcher with a decent amount of MLB experience, just in case Smith or Barnes go down with an injury during the playoffs.

    That would eliminate Feduccia plus any other catcher they have at OKC.

    1. Still hope Feduccia gets his cup of coffee soon…. .
      But I’d take Barnhart for the playoffs if we need a catcher.

  18. Quas, sorry to hear of your struggle. It’s ahead for all of us sooner or later. And since many on this sight are up there in years it gonna be sooner for many.
    But I trust you will remain strong and fight the good fight all the way, and yes hope the Boys in Blue do the same for the faithful like you.

  19. Mark, You seem to take particular glee in calling Preller names. Is there a history between you two that you haven’t shared? Or maybe you have and I just never saw it.

    What’s your particular problem with him when; for example, you haven’t name called Giants , Mets, Yankee’s GM’s that I am aware of.

    1. Look at his record, and you tell me.

      He does not know how to construct a roster, let alone a clubhouse and then he likes to throw others under the bus to try and explain his failures: i.e., firing Bud Black during the 2015 season.

      “It’s true that not one of his nine Padres teams has made any noise in the divisional race. A losing season this year indeed would be the seventh in the eight seasons to span 162 games. Often in Major League Baseball, those results absent a World Series run would prompt a dismissal. But as has been obvious for years, the Seidler-Preller dynamic differs from the norm. Recall that less than two years into the younger exec’s tenure here, Seidler told the Union-Tribune he probably could hold the job as long as he wanted it. Two months ago, when the Padres were doing another faceplant, Seidler still sounded infatuated. “A.J. is excellence,” the Padres’ owner told my Union-Tribune colleague, Kevin Acee” – Tom Krasovic, San Diego Tribune.

      I hope he stays – He must have pictures of Peter Seidler.

      https://friarsonbase.com/posts/san-diego-padres-4-worst-moves-aj-preller-since-2014

      1. Sounds like the Padre owner has the same kind of man crush on Preller that you have on Friedman. Although, your crush is more defendable. AF is at least doing a good job overall.

        1. You can believe I have a “man crush” on Friedman., but he has made plenty of mistakes – it’s just that he makes fewer than anyone else, and part of the reason he has a better record is that he gives out very few contracts that can become boat anchors. He only has one right now and it’s good for another 3-4 years!

  20. Just as a topic of conversation. Mark, how would you or other posters here go about fixing the Angels? I know the first step would be to get a new owner. Assuming Moreno is the owner, what would you do to fix them?

    1. Arte Moreno is the main problem and unless they remove him, they are doomed to repeat their failures.

      Rendon needed to be released.

      Ohtani will leave.

      They should trade Trout and whoever else they can and tank like the Astros did years ago. There is nothing to salvage. It must be blown up and started over.

      1. I thought they should have packaged Rendon with Ohtani in a trade before the deadline to unload that terrible contract.

        1. Rendon has no value. The word is that he has no desire to play and just wants his checks. They have tried to trade him. No takers!

          1. Agree. Time to totally blow it up and start fresh, with salary savings and investing that salary savings into international scouting and US draft scouting.

            Do it right, and we’ll see them be relevant again towards the end of this decade.

          2. So you tell Steve Cohen, “We will trade Trout to you, but only if you also take Rendon’s contract too.”
            He might go for it.
            They need a major makeover and a new marquee player. Who better than Trout? And nobody throws money around like Cohen.
            Mets’s lineup could start Nimmo, Lindor, Trout, Alonso, etc.

        1. They owe him about $260 million more until 2030.

          If they were to pay $130 Million of that, I would trade Vargas, Busch, Frasso, Hurt, Vivas, Cartaya, and De Luca for Trout. That’s a nice start to a rebuild.

          Trout would be the DH. He’s too old and brittle.

          Look at this:

          1. Betts SS
          2. Freeman 1B
          3. Trout DH
          4. Smith 3B
          5. Peralta/Taylor LF
          6. Outman CF
          7. Lux 2B
          8. Heyward/Pages RF
          9. Catcher – They have to trade for one.

          1. I am sure that would make Dodger fans very happy. Looks like you are all for resigning both Peralta and Heyward and not Muncy.

          2. Interesting idea.
            It does seem that Angels ownership (whoever that may be) has to seriously consider dealing Trout to initiate a rebuild.
            What would the bidding for Trout be like?

  21. Lou Brock in 1971: “Jerry Grote is the toughest catcher in the league to steal on…. Grote’s quick out of the box, has a powerful arm, and always seemed to have a sixth sense about my stealing. He would have the ball waiting for me long before I got there.”

    Tom Seaver in 1978 – “Grote is the best catcher I have ever seen, and Johnny Bench (is) of course an outstanding catcher himself.”
    I thought this might be of interest (from Facebook):

    Tim McCarver in 2003 – Grote is the best defensive catcher I ever saw.”

    Johnny Bench – “If Grote and I were on the same team, I’d have to play third base.”

  22. 10:10 PM ET

    Diamondbacks (69-64)
    Dodgers (82-49)

    SP Brandon Pfaadt R
    1-6 5.91 ERA
    SP Ryan Pepiot R
    0-0 2.00 ERA

    Confirmed Lineup
    2B Mookie Betts R
    1B F. Freeman L
    LF D. Peralta L
    DH Max Muncy L
    RF J. Heyward L
    3B E. Hernandez R
    CF James Outman L
    SS Miguel Rojas R
    C A. Barnes R

    82° Wind 9 mph Out

  23. DODGERS PRESS RELEASE
    DODGERS RECALL RYAN PEPIOT

    LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-handed pitcher Ryan Pepiot and designated right-handed pitcher Tyson Miller for assignment.

    Pepiot, 26, will make the start for the Dodgers tonight against the Diamondbacks. In two games with the Dodgers this season, he is 0-0 with a 2.00 ERA (2 ER/9.0 IP) and 11 strikeouts. He is in his second season with the Dodgers, and he is a combined 3-0 with a 3.18 ERA (16 ER/45.1 IP) and 53 strikeouts against 28 walks. He made six appearances for Triple-A Oklahoma City this season and he is 0-2 with a 3.97 ERA (10 ER/22.2 IP) and 26 strikeouts. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the third round of the 2019 First Year Player Draft out of Butler University.

    Miller, 27, pitched two scoreless innings last night, striking out two. In two games with the Dodgers, he has allowed two runs in 4.0 innings. He has pitched for the Brewers, Dodgers and Mets this season and he has a combined 4.70 ERA (8 ER/15.1 IP) and 10 strikeouts. He has been in the Majors parts of three seasons with Chicago (2020), Texas (2022), Milwaukee (2023), Los Angeles (2023) and New York (2023), posting a 2-2 mark with a 6.97 ERA (24 ER/31.0 IP) and 18 strikeouts against 18 walks. In his minor league career, he has appeared in 156 games (100 starts), recording a 4.06 ERA (268 ER/594.2 IP) and 578 strikeouts against 200 walks. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the fourth round of the 2016 First Year Player Draft out of California Baptist University.

  24. This year has been miraculous. On June 30, at the halfway point, the Dodgers were 45-35 playing .563 ball, a projected 91 win season, and 2.5 games back of the Snakes in the NL West. In July, they were 13-10 with a team ERA of 4.59 and the lowest starter’s ERA (Bobby Miller) was 4.59.

    They are 23-4 in August. Starter’s ERA is 2.96 in August. This been absolutely fun since August 1 – crazy but fun.

    And yes, Friedman’s deadline deals have all panned out except for Wild Man Kelly, who has only pitched 3 innings. Look at the crazy numbers:
    Lynn: – 4-0, 2.03 in 5 starts with a WHIP of 1.065
    Kike – BA .263, OPS .742, 12 XBH
    Rosario – BA .239, OPS .731, 8 XBH

    Of course they got Kershaw and Urias off of the DL so, with Lynn added, no longer had to start Sheehan, Grove et al.

  25. Quas my prayers are with you. Stay strong for the WS celebration—we don’t want you to miss it! Jimmy Carter has been in hospice for a year or two so rest up and stay strong!

    1. Astros keeping the 2017 title. They should have had the title taken away. Manfred is a total douche.

  26. Wow.

    I won’t say anything. We shouldn’t pound our chest.

    This team is pretty good at baseball.

    Relatively, speaking.

    1. I’ll do my pounding if they win the whole enchilada and not before. This is a very good well-balanced team. Now they get their toughest test of the season when the Braves arrive tomorrow. The Braves rely on the home run ball. They now have 250 on the year when they hit 3 tonight against the Rockies. And none of their big three hit one. Pillar, Arcia and Ozuna clubbed homers. It was Ozuna’s 31st giving the Braves three players with 30 or more, Olsen, Ozuna and Riley. Acuna has 29. The Dodgers have hit 208. But they have only scored 27 fewer runs than the Braves. They also went over 300 runs scored with two outs. JD and Freddie have a chance to join Muncy and Betts in the 30-homer club. Outman and Smith each need three more for 20.

      1. Max has now had extra-base hits in 8 straight games…
        He’s gunning for this record:
        Paul Waner (1927) and Chipper Jones (2006) jointly hold the longest hitting streak for extra bases. Both players recorded extra-base hits in 14 consecutive games.

  27. Quas, prayers to you and your family. Stay strong and enjoy the rest of this fantastic dodger season. We’ll celebrate in October.

  28. \I thank you all. As this post is titled….it’s all good The dope fiend in me awaits morphine coming Tuesday. I’m ready and am the last of my family and have no need to tell my story and I ain’t honest enough anyways. Until then, I’m still standing. I’ve lived big and stacked the deck in my trials. Coulda done better but didn’t do bad.

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