Tag Archive | "Andre Ethier"
Posted on 16 May 2013. Tags: Andre Ethier, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, Joe Torre, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Aaron Harang is gone (thankfully). Ted Lilly will likely never be what he once was (maybe a #4, but now he’s a # 8). That leave Capuano and Ryu as part of the Dodgers rotation, but I see them as #4 and #5 starters (you pick the order). It also leave the Dodgers without a [...]
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Posted on 10 May 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Frank McCourt, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
I am getting weary of hearing that the Dodger team is riddled with injuries and if they had all of their regulars things would be different. Let me remind you of a few things: The Yankees have Michael Pineda (certainly the equal of Chad Billingsley), Joba Chamberlin, starting catcher Francisco Cervelli, starting shortstop Derek Jeter, [...]
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Posted on 05 May 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, James Loney, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ned Colletti, Stan Kasten
I know that the Almighty Stan Kasten and his Clown Crown Prince Sir Ned Colletti must have a plan to bridge the gap between the current Dodgers and re-building the farm. The thing is: IT AIN’T WORKING! When the Dodgers traded for Hanley Ramirez for Nate Eovaldi, I was OK but not overwhelmed, as I [...]
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Posted on 03 May 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Ellis, Matt Kemp
Mark McGwire is unconvinced too. The hitting of this team absolutely sucks. It can change, but will it? A couple of moths ago I said I would not be surprised if this team won 80 games… or 100 games (the lineup will have to change for that to happen). I stand by that! This team [...]
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Posted on 30 April 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Gil Hodges, Hanley Ramirez, Jakie Robinson, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Whether you are Muslim, Hindu, Atheist, Agnostic, Christian, Wicca, Taoist and any other religion, you already know about the Big Dodger in the Sky. How do you know that he is real? Tommy Lasorda told us so. That’s all you need to know. What else you need to know is that he is not happy [...]
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Posted on 28 April 2013. Tags: Andre Ethier, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers
This is not Dodger baseball. No clutch hitting, bad pitching, buying players, no run game -with all the injuries piling up you know that the Big Dodger in the Sky has turned his back on these chumps. We have to return to the Dodger way of playing baseball. Give the money back! Matt Magill may [...]
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Posted on 26 April 2013. Tags: Andre Ethier, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers
Trending up: Chris Withrow - Lights out in the pen Zach Lee – Had his first bad outing last night Chris Reed – May be starting to get the hanger of being a starting pitcher Joc Pederson – On fire after a slow start Alex Castellanos – Looks like he should be platooning with Ethier in [...]
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Posted on 19 April 2013. Tags: Andre Ethier, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Joc Pederson, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Yasiel Puig, Zach Lee
In case you live on another planet and haven’t heard, the Dodgers have a guy who may be a pretty good player at AA by the name of Yasiel Puig. I think it has been assumed by many Dodger fans that Andre Ethier would be the odd-man-out and he may be, but at what cost? [...]
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Posted on 11 April 2013. Tags: AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
This is a little complex, but stay with me people: The Dodgers trade Andre Ethier and Mark Ellis to the Texas Rangers for Mike Olt and Ian Kinsler. The Dodgers trade Chris Capuano and to the Angels for Taylor Lindsey (2B & Angels #4 Prospect). The Dodgers send Mike Olt, Taylor Lindsey, Yasiel Puig, Josh [...]
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Posted on 07 April 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Clayton Kershaw, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, Jurickson Profar, kershaw, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Clayton Kershaw has won two-thirds of the Dodgers games this year. A $200 million /8 year deal probably won’t get it done. Clayton is looking at getting a 10 year/$250-$300 mil deal. I am certain someone will give him that. The Dodgers might as well pony up. I predict at least $250 mil/10 years… maybe [...]
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Posted on 30 March 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Carl Crawford is looking like the best leadoff hitter the Dodgers have had since…. I can’t remember when. Justin Sellers? What is Mattingly smoking? Memo to Dodgers: Forget Sellers! Just put Cruz at SS. Prediction: Mark Ellis will hit .300 because he won’t hit against tough righthanders. He’ll probably have around 400 AB’s. The Dodgers [...]
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Posted on 27 March 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig
At this point, that is exactly what the Dodgers are doing with Yasiel Puig, Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang, Matt Guerrier and Ted Lilly. Sending Puig to AA was a a no-brainer, not because Carl Crawford is ready to play and looks very, very good, but because spending at least 20 days in the minors will [...]
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Posted on 24 March 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig
So, Yasiel Puig is hitting blah-blah-blah… It doesn’t matter. Use your eyes and brains, people. What do you see? I see a player with level of talent that is rare (Bo Jackson rare). I see a guy that can get it done. I see a guy that is ready for the majors. Forget all the [...]
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Posted on 22 March 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Clayton Kershaw, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig
He has to. No one expects him to continue hitting at a .545 pace with a 1.354 OPS, so he’ll probably fall back to maybe .300 and .900. Horribe, I tell you!!! Yaz has the most at bats of any Dodger this Spring (48) and while he has shown tremendous raw talent, we really don’t [...]
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Posted on 10 March 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Whenever a favorite player does good or bad, we often hear “Yes, but it’s early.” I subscribe to that same thinking. You don’t need to worry about Clayton Kershaw or Matt Kemp – they will be OK… and they showed it yesterday. You don’t worry about Adrian Gonzalez – he’ll get it done whether it [...]
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Posted on 27 February 2013. Tags: Alex Castellanos, Andre Ethier, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Juan Uribe, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers
I have 15 Minutes to give you this week: Yasiel Puig looks like a player not the be denied. There are still lots of things to be decided: Can Crawford be an impact player? Can Ethier be an All-Star? If Crawford can re-capture his glory, look for Ethier to be traded for a 3B, [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2013. Tags: AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, Juan Uribe, Kenley Jansen, LA Dodgers, Logan White, Los Angeles, Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Ned Colletti, Scott Elbert
Let’s talk Dodger baseball.
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Posted on 23 February 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Pinch me! This is the time of year that everyone is reading all the projections from ZiPS, Fangraphs, Baseball Prospectus, Bill James and Scout. Fans are ga-ga over the Dodgers, but not everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid. While many pre-season polls and publications have the Dodgers winning the N.L. West, USA Today has the Dodgers [...]
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Posted on 11 February 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Altuve, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp
Someone made the suggestion that the Dodgers trade for Jose Altuve of the Astros and the more I think about that, the more I like it. Houston is obviously not in contention and needs a lot of help, so the Dodgers could offer Mark Ellis (and pay his salary) along with Chris Withrow ( a [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2013. Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Andre Ethier, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Dee Gordon, Derek Jeter, Dodger News, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp
On December 30, 2012, I wrote a blog called What If The Dodgers Are Done? It may have appeared unlikely at the time, but subsequent to that time the Dodgers have merely added a few warms bodies to the roster. J.P. Howell is the only one likely to make the roster, so with Spring Training [...]
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