staying away from the tv tonight can't bear listening to all the hacks at espn and mlb network slobbering on thor's knob
Not sure where to put this, so here will do. What's the deal with the disdain for Raul Mondesi? I didn't stumble onto the Dodgers until 2006, I look at the guys numbers and have heard comparisons to Puig, but his stats for L.A are pretty damn good. Was he a huge fuckhead or som thing?
Serial underachiever. Was very good, but should have been great. Word was he enjoyed his time off the field to the fullest and then some. As physically talented as Dodger player I've seen. I'd rate Kemp and Puig right up there with him re. physical talent.
I think we are at a point on the Dodgers that the lineup doesn't make a flyin' fuck worth of difference. Wherever anyone hits, in a spot that seems logical or good baseball, wherever anyone is moved or started instead of sitting, the Dodgers will fail. As posted, the team finds ways to lose, from top of the league in ERA pitchers who go out and stink up the place in a classicly bad way, or highly touted players who underachieve game after game. Last night, Hatcher was good. But before last night? Scintillatingly bad. How's this guy supposed to know after 40 games or so where to put them? When? Who? However, looking at Dave...I do get the feeling he has it in him to be a DBB clone redux, eventually. Or worse. If the team goes statistically where it has been in the past, and still blows it in the end, then... I think it was Irish who wrote that he was a curious hire in the first place. Indeed...it would seem so.
I thought the guy was great...had a Puig like arm, that's for sure. Maybe he was as good as he could be, and all the experts with their "potential" were wrong. Right now, imo, he was better than Puig is, definitely. Not what he shoulda done, or coulda done, what he did do. In those days, loved the Dodgers of course, but not so invested as I am now. There was way more in my life then to be involved on a level like now, so maybe I didn't look hard enough at him...and maybe, considering what goes on now, that was a good thing.
It's sad when you watch the first few games of a season and realize the way the team is constructed you have no chance.
Yeah, it was all about potential with Mondesi and not living up to it. I also believe he was getting into fights with management and he requested a trade by the end, so he left on a sour note. When looking at his stats you have to remember this was the heart of the steroid-era. So while his stats look good by today's standards, there were guys like Manny Ramirez hitting .350 with 45 HR's. The bar was incredibly high back then.
We all know it's a long season, and there's a lot of games to play. But we are thus far .500 team in the worst division in major league baseball. Not encouraging. And whereas in the past you had hitters in the lineup with something left in the tank, like a younger Hanley, a recovering Kemp, a fresh Puig, serviceable Ethier, the driving force was the 1-2-3 of Kershaw, Greinke, and Ryu....and Kenley closing the close games. Right now, I don't see a strong rotation, a better BP, or a batting order that seems to know what they are doing. I don't think the wildcard is coming out of the West, so it's first place or bust. Does this team seem better than last year or the year before?
No, not even close and they are performing at a level fitting to the talent assembled for the most part. Could Puig and Joc hit a little better? Sure. Is the BP really this bad? Looks that way. Is there any starter we can really rely on besides CK? Idts and while Maeda has been good even CK hasn't been proven a winner in the post. When the entire team slumps its glaring but realistically there are probably 8 teams that will destroy us in a 7 game series Sure its baseball and anything can happen but...we were supposed to be THAT team everyone hates. More like who's the next retread pitcher we can plug in on the cheap. I get the future thing, but we were a lot better the last few years and from 08 09 we are not even close. Sure is frustrating to watch this ish. Spend some of that money bkitches.
And white...bonus >>>> Lol The thing that's always fucked up is that when they absolutely suck we want'em out, but when they absolutely suck there's not a ton of teams interested and the potential return is shabby. But then when they don't suck we want to keep'em around. Knowing when to sell is a fine line, Puig keeps fuckin up and he'll find out. Diaz, Verdugo, perhaps Bellinger as soon as next year, Trayce is here, Micah Johnson, Toles...no shortage of OF options coming up through the pipeline, so there's a shelf life to all these struggles. Maybe he knows that, feels the depth coming and can't handle the pressure? Get it together or like most of the roster he'll be gone by 2018 too. Sink or swim, that's what the Cardinals' young players know, ingrained in them from the time they sign the dotted line and STL creates home grown diamonds with that pressure. They find out who's really OG
