DODGERS NEWS/RUMORS/INJURIES Thread

Ryu will be back for the playoffs, don't worry about it... in the meantime he gets a 3 week rest period, maybe even a blessing in disguise.

 

Let's get there first though.

 

are you really concerned about that? lol

 

Yeah, I think we as fans being a little complacent. The Giants, although they don't have the talent we do, will probably be right there near the end. I hope I'm wrong.

 

I'm not worried... like at all, at this point.

 

They are going right where they did last year, IMO. That team is just not talented enough.

 

Keith Law's best pitching tools in the majors (Lots of Dodgers....Actually mostly just kershaw)

Best fastball

1. Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
2. Yordano Ventura, Royals
3. Craig Kimbrel, Braves
4. Jake McGee, Rays
5. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers

Best cutter

1. Kenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers
Mariano Rivera's retirement leaves this category open for the first time in more than a decade, but Jansen may have it similarly locked up for as long as he stays healthy. Coming in so hard that PITCHf/x often misclassifies it as a fastball, Jansen's cutter has more movement than any true fastball would, so he can get away with throwing it more than 90 percent of the time. As if his mastery of the cutter wasn't remarkable enough, Jansen is a former catcher who didn't even start pitching full time until 2009. The Dodgers stuck him on a mound, only to find him throwing 97 mph right out of the chute.

Best curveball

1. Sonny Gray, Oakland Athletics
2. Corey Kluber, Indians: In case you're wondering how Kluber has become a top-five starter in the AL this year, it might have something to do with him being No. 2 in this tool (curveball) and the previous one (cutter).
3. Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
4. Craig Kimbrel, Braves
5. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers

Best slider

1. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
What's shocking about Kershaw's slider is that it's a new pitch for him, at least relative to his other offerings. He had no problem picking it up and throwing it well from the very first attempt, according to catcher A.J. Ellis, which is more evidence that we're watching one of the all-time greats at work every time Kershaw takes the mound. Not only does the pitch have great tilt, giving him the side-to-side movement he didn't have with his fastball and curve, but when he misses with it, it's usually down, where hitters can't do much damage against it.

Best splitter

1. Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees
2. Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners
3. Koji Uehara, Red Sox
4. Dan Haren, Dodgers (BRUHHHH)
5. Hiroki Kuroda, Yankees

Best command

1. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
I'm running out of superlatives here. Kershaw has the majors' best slider, is among its best fastballs, among its best curveballs and commands all three pitches extremely well. He doesn't walk many guys, he doesn't miss spots, and this year he's working down in the zone more effectively than ever, with a career-best ground ball rate. No starting pitcher has ever won the Cy Young Award in a full season with less than 200 innings pitched, in part because it's hard to deliver enough value without reaching that threshold, but Kershaw looks like he's going to be the first to ever do it.


*****

BG Analysis: Kershaw da GOAT. Errybody else sucks. Why didnt Kershaw have the best curve? Why didnt he have the best tool in every category. Fuck the Giants.

 

Is Dan Haren Japanese?

 

Uribe is probably going on the DL

 

Probably means Triunfel is getting the call. Fingers crossed its AG.

 

This fucking sucks. Someone always has to get injured.

 

Hopefully they call up Guerrero...

Uribe should be ready for the playoffs

 

Uribe is the seventh different Dodgers player to have gone on the DL this month alone, including shortstop Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Josh Beckett, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Paul Maholm, Chris Perez and Paco Rodriguez.

 

Fuck, we recalled Triunfel.

 

What are we fucking thinking????? Triunfel really?