Battle of the Wounded

by OntheGo on Jul 7, 2008 7:44 AM EDT Comment 21 comments

From my quick check of recent news on the Dodgers...

Furcal - DL (love him...but happy to miss him this time around)

Andruw - returned (bad for Dodgers at the plate, bad for us at the plate)

Jeff Kent - 15-DL (calling Willie Aybar)

Brett Tomko - rehab assignment

Does anyone one know of any other significant Dogder-related roster news?

Since I have to have 75 words...sigh...I am hoping yesterdays marathon game A) didn't suck the life out of Chipper and McCann; B) Escobar's shoulder handles the long flight; C) the victory sparked our Braves for a mini-run going into the break.

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No Pierre, Jason Schmidt, or Sweeney (off the bench)

by OntheGo on Jul 7, 2008 7:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They'll be fine

Marathon games are so draining, emotionally and physically, that our boys will be playing on nothing but sheer instinct and adrenaline tonight. Those are usually when the best stuff occurs. I love west coast late-night games on the east-coast… seriously.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 9:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

absolutely agree

i think even FYF would have a good game today. They’re just trying to keep the momentum and do what they’re supposed to do – not too much, but just enough.

by traphicg on Jul 7, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It helps that we won the game, too. I would be worried a bit if we lost, but last night was one of those games that can turn around a season. We’ll see how we can spin it until the AS break.

by Something Profound on Jul 7, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chipper's OBP must've gone up last night

Why doesn’t he lead off?

by TradeAndruw on Jul 7, 2008 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good question...

...having a leadoff hitter with a .485 OBP would certainly be nice…but i’ll take a hitter in the 3rd spot with a .640 SLG, thank you very much.

3-5 with 4 BBs? Crazy.

I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 7, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speed

Conventional thinking would dictate that your leadoff hitter would be a little speedier than Chipper, being that he’s 36 and has fought leg injuries this year. But, it’s not like we’re stealing a lot of bases or anything like that…

So far, I’m liking Blanco leading off. If he and Yuni can get on, let Chipper and Tex pound them in…theoretically, of course.

by skipcaray on Jul 7, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speed . . . pshh, Chipper hits triples now if you didn’t notice.

by JDMaker1 on Jul 7, 2008 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good Call

by skipcaray on Jul 7, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

also the Red Sox succeeded with kevin Youkilis as their leadoff hitter two years ago.

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Jul 7, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Define "succeed"

Youk was moved to the leadoff spot out of lack of a better player, since Coco Crisp and was oft-injured as well as he couldn’t handle it, and Youk just barely did better. Also, the Red Sox finished the season in third place in 2006, losing the second place spot to the Blue Jays on the final day of the season. Doesn’t sound like much success to me then, but Youk did gel-in well and become an indispensable member of that squad, now.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

theres failures had little to do with Youkilis batting first, in my estmition the offense still produced, if you remmeber they didnt have much pitching, esp bullpen

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Jul 7, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You knew I would have to chime in on this one...

...and here I am!

Kevin Youkilis as the leadoff hitter, 2006 (467 PAs):

.286/.385/.430 = .815 OPS, 73 R, 37 XBH, 47 RBI, 82/63 K/BB, BB in 13% of his PAs, and 3 SBs as well!

I’d take that any day of the week.

I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 7, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

for what its worth…
nerd analysis

look at the top one. hey, imagine that.

by bigjoe on Jul 7, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting little tool. FYF batting 3rd? Heap batting 8th? Blah…

It’s funny…if you check the other “model” and scroll to the bottom every single one of the “worst lineups” has Francoeur batting leadoff.

I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well yeah, but that kinda goes without saying. the lineup analysis is a very irrational tool, because no manager in their right mind would do it with their everyday lineup because of all the conventional trends it bucks

by bigjoe on Jul 8, 2008 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course…still funny to see it.

I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry...

...but I had to chuckle a little bit when I was watching Baseball Tonight and they were going over the highlights of the Dodgers game. At the very end they were like “by the way, Andruw Jones was 0-5 with 4 K’s in his return from the DL”.

I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 7, 2008 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs