Doyers Thread

[Villain]

Indeed. Loney has a higher WAR than Adrian Gonzalez now

I'm happy for Loney that he's having a career year. I hope he keeps it up.

[stevsta]

Just 2 weeks ago one of my friends who is a giant's fan was asking me if I was depressed...... shit is so great right now with the beat down and the huge skid they are on. Dodgers just have to keep this level of play up and continue to get healthier.

[Villain]

So last night was the first night all season that the entire 25-man roster wasn't filled with reserves. Everyone was healthy. Also, after two straight games with a home run, Matt Kemp looked like he was finally getting back to his old self.

So then Kemp hurt his shoulder in his first AB of the game because of course he did.

[Hasselbeck]

I'm happy for Loney that he's having a career year. I hope he keeps it up.

Dat Rays magic

[Villain]

So Matt Kemp will be out at least until July 21st thanks to the shoulder injury from last Friday. The Dodgers have been at full strength on the 25-man roster for about 40 minutes this season.

[NAHSTE]

So Matt Kemp will be out at least until July 21st thanks to the shoulder injury from last Friday. The Dodgers have been at full strength on the 25-man roster for about 40 minutes this season.

The down side to the Stars-and-Scrubs approach, dat depth.



Still think the Dodgers end up taking that division though.

[Villain]

Dat depth... We had 4 starting outfielders for those 40 minutes of health. Puig, Crawford, Ethier, Kemp.

[NAHSTE]

Dat depth... We had 4 starting outfielders for those 40 minutes of health. Puig, Crawford, Ethier, Kemp.

I only count 3.

[Villain]

I only count 3.

[Villain]

Dodgers have a pretty brutal stretch coming (16 games in 16 days):

2 games at home against Yankees (Tues/Wed), then to Chicago Cubs for 4 games in a row (Thurs-Sun), then 4 games in St. Louis (Tues-Thurs), fly home for 3 against Rays (Fri-Sun), and finally 3 games against Mets (Mon-Wed). Ouch.

Then, before there's time to catch a breath, it's another 13 games in 13 days stretch after that one day off. It starts with 7 days back East (3 in Philly, 4 in Miami), fly back to LA without a day off for 3 against the Red Sox and 3 against the Cubs.

If the Dodgers can survive a stretch like this while staying in 1st place, I think that will be a sign that this month-long hot streak is the real thing. September looks to be all inter-divisional play (aside from 3 road games against the Reds), so all wins in losses that month will essentially count for double. We've got an interesting two months coming up.

[Villain]

Among all MLB Players with a minimum of 200 Plate Appearances, Hanley Ramirez and Yasiel Puig have the second and fourth highest wOBA, respectively. (Miguel Cabrera is #1, Chris Davis #3)

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=200&type=8&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d

They are 1-2 in the National League.

[ram29jackson]

Hard hitting analysis from Captain Obvious.

7.5 GB in June does not equate to a lost season.

they had to play .800 ball to get where they are now.

pay attention when trying to dispute me.

I find Pittsburgh more of a shock , wowzers

[Villain]

I'm a few days late on posting this, but here's a great write-up on fangraphs about the Dodger's success in the NL West while the rest of the division has gone to shit:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/examining-the-dodgers-road-win-streak/

I'm not going to copy/pasta because they have a few tables that are worth looking at.

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Quick notes I'll highlight (from me, not the far superior fangraphs post linked above) about the Dodgers wins and losses from the beginning of July:

*4-game sweep of Cubs in Chicago (included Carlos Marmol throwing his first scoreless 9th inning in Chicago since 2011). First time Dodgers swept the Cubs for 4 in Chicago since like 1995 (might want to fact-check the year if you care, but just trust that it's been a long time) when it was a 5-game sweep after the all-star break.

*Back-to-back series wins on the road against Colorado and San Francisco to begin July (only one of those road wins was included in the franchise record road streak). This went straight into a road sweep of then-1st Place D-backs. Add in a split series at home against the Rockies and that's a phenomenal way to begin the month: 9 wins and 4 losses against division opponents in a 14-day period. The home series against the Rockies included the returns of two of their most important hitters: Tulo and Fowler.

*After the all-star break, road sweeps of Nats and Blue Jays in 6 days.

*With the 6-win road trip making a 7-game win streak, the streak is broken by a home loss to Cincinatti. The loss came the say day the Dodgers flew home from Toronto -- hard to blame a team for sluggish play after a cross-continent international flight (no day off). The Dodgers went on to take the next three games from Cincinatti to win the 4-game series. File this 10-1 stretch under "sweeping bad teams (Toronto/Washington / taking series from good teams (Cincy)."

*At 32-25, the Dodgers now have the best road record in MLB (Boston is a close second at 31-25)

*The Dodgers now have a slight percentage edge over the Cincinatti Reds (one loss and about .007 percentage points) for the 4th best record in the NL.

[Hasselbeck]

World Series Preview?

[Villain]

This team is outrageous right now.