Mon 7.22 7p: Ryan vs. Snell
Tue 7.23 7p: Knack vs. Hicks
Wed 7.24 7p: Glasnow vs. TBD Ray
Thu 7.25 1p: Kershaw vs. TBD Webb
This is shaping up to to be quite the rivalry series. First, we open up with the major league debut of Dodgers prospect River Ryan, who has 24.1 whole innings of minor league work this year (2.22 ERA, 32 Ks vs 8 BBs), who has started all of five games this year for Oklahoma City. The Dodgers made room for Ryan by felling "Big Maple" James Paxton, who was servicable in yesterday's 9-6 victory over Boston (notching the series sweep), but still carried a 4.43 ERA and 0.4 WAR despite a decent 8-2 record.
Put frankly, the Dodgers may have appreciated the 89 IP this season from Paxton, but think they can do better than an average with Ryan.
And who knows, maybe Friedman has more tricks up his sleeve to fill out the rest of the starting rotation. Looking at the rest of the starters this series, there might be something to justify the Paxton DFA (like getting some value for him from another team): Landon Knack has a 0.8 WAR; Tyler Glasnow is 1.8 WAR (despite nearing his high-water mark for innings (120) already (109 IP this year).
And then there's the season debut of Clayton Kershaw--who knows what to expect from our workhorse at this stage of injury recovery, but he's got a 3.60 ERA over three rehab starts and ten innings in the minors this year.
So maybe Gavin Stone (1.8 WAR) continues fighting on; Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1.5 WAR) comes back; Bobby Miller (-0.9 WAR) shakes his 2024 blues; and Walker Buehler (-0.7 WAR) returns to some sort of form? And we pick up another starter? Or two?
I don't know, but this series against the Giants will definitely be telling...starting with Monday, with the Giants starting this familiar foe (Blake Snell is 0-3 on the year, but the Giants have won his last two starts (both no decisions) since returning from the IL):
I'll be at the game on Wednesday night, alongside my friend, a Giants fan. Let's go!
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GAME 1 (Game 28 without Mookie)
Ohtani DH
Smith C
Freeman 1B
T Hernandez RF
Pages CF
Vargas LF
Taylor 3B
Lux 2B
K Hernandez SS
Ryan RHP
Fuck The Gnats!!
You never make the first or third out at third you stupid frisco player
hateHateHATE!!!
Looks like Soler, who led off with a walk, was out at third on a LaMonte Wade single to left. To LEFT! And that was the first out. Wow, that's a gift.
Snell walks Ohtani to start B1.
Blake Snell always looks constipated to me.
Ohtani takes one pitch to steal second!
Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, who has an impressive 2.5 WAR this year, has nailed 26% of runners this year (better than the league average, 22%).
Ohtani's SB overturned. He's out at second. And then Slappy flies to right, and Freeman promptly grounds to first.
0-0 through 1.
slappy tried to get cute on that passed ball.
Teo ties it up 1-1
Teo!!
What did I miss? (Sorry, I was eating dinner.)
Okay, it's tied at 1, T6. Ryan just relieved for Vesia (5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 3 BB). Nice outing, River!
He leaves for Vesia, though, men at the corners with one out.
Vesia gets Matos, swinging.
Two out.
Matt Chapman up, not an easy out at all.
Vesia gets Chapman swinging as well!
Nice job, Alex!
1-1, mid-6
i agree with saxy...Snell looks constipated.
So now Snell is in, and he's going through the lineup for the third time...which isn't his strong suit.
That said, he gets Ohtani and Slappy to ground out. So here's Freddie.
@spank 8.39p: we should send Snell some laxatives.
Freeman with a six-pitch walk. Two out. Here's Teo again.
Wild pitch moves Freeman up to scoring position.
Orel making a great comment, that Clayton Kershaw's Thursday start is preferable to starting on the road in Houston.
Teo RBI!
IEO!!!!!!
Teo again coming through with an rbi
Pages with an automatic strike 1 ?
Pretty interesting--I hadn't seen it before--but MLB gameday registers it as "A". A scarlet letter, indeed.
Pages pops out to first anyway (Wade juggles it, but gets it).
2-1 LA through 6
@saxy...we'll send Snell some exlax. he might need a monthly subscription.
The frisco morons tie it back up
Yarbrough again gives up a longball. 2-2.
83 mph, right down the middle. Nice job, Ryan.
Heyward PH, but grounds to second.
Nice contact for CT3 there, but he lines out.
Here's NL Player of the Week Gavin Lux.
Man, that sounds ridiculous.
Prove me wrong, Gavin!
Luxy is having quite an AB here
Called strike three on the ninth pitch.
2-2 through seven full.
Treinen gets Wade swinging and then Ramos to ground out, but walks Bailey on four pitches. Here's Matos, with Bailey on first.
Bailey steals second, but Treinen gets Matos swinging for the third out.
2-2, mid-8
Kiké with a leadoff double in the bottom of the eighth!
What the hell happened with the Giants fielders there? The ball fell right between Ramos and Matos and landed in the field of play. Wow, what a gift.
Can the Dodgers capitalize?
Shohei Ks. One out
Ughtani
Slappy works a 0-2 count back to a walk.
Here's Freeman, men on first and second.
Ugh, Freeman grounds into a force out.
Dodgers at corners for Teo.
Oh wait, Slappy might be safe? Nope, replays show he's probably out.
he looks out to me
Giants stall for time by challenging the play (Smith out at second, but they challenged the slide and lost the challenge). That stall though gave Randy Rodriguez time to warm up, and now he's in to face Teoscar.
TEO AGAIN!!!
TEO AGAIN!!!!
Teo with his third RBI tonight (all of them!)
OMG karen, jinx
Teo again again
GET OUT OF MY HEAD SAXY!!
Teoscar is just a joy to watch when he is in the zone. Wow.
Pages flies out.
3-2 LA, heading to the ninth.
No jinx Saxy. We are totally good
Hudson in for the ninth
Chapman Ks for the first out.
Yastrzemski Ks for the second out.
@karen 9.30p: whew!
Here's Fitzgerald, who has been a HR machine lately for SF
3-2 count...
Hudson loses him. Two-out walk.
WIN
My favorite kind of win...we go ahead in the 8th and shut the mofos down in the 9th
I'll take it
See you beautiful people tomorrow!
GAME 2 (Game 29 without Mookie)
Ohtani DH
Smith C
Freeman 1B
T Hernandez LF
Lux 2B
Pages CF
Heyward RF
Biggio 3B
K Hernandez SS
Knack RHP
OH NO!!!!! Craig's kid starting at third!
Luxy's on fire
Thank you NL Player of the Week! Lux 2 - Hated Ones 0
Craig's kid with an error
2-1 LA
@Spanky....It didn't take Craig's kid long to screw up did it
SHOHEI!!!!
@karen..I've seen more errors by Craig's kid than I've seen him hit the ball. dude sucks
4-1 LA
Evan Phillips scares the crap out of me lately
WIN!!!
shaky 9th
Going to the game tonight.
CT3 actually bats well vs. Robbie Ray (.323 BA and .852 OPS in 21 AB). Miguel Rojas as well (.333 BA and .975 OPS in 15 AB).
GAME 3
GAMEE 30 WITHOUT MOOKIE
Shohei Ohtani DH
Will Smith C
Freddie Freeman 1B
Teo Hernandez RF
Andy Pages CF
Miguel Vargas LF
Chris Taylor 2B
Kiki Hernandez 3B
Nick Ahmed SS No Freaking Hated Ones on our team!!!
Tyler Glasnow RHP
MiggyRo to IL. Kyle Hurt to have Tommy John next week.
Kiki's 3 1/2 year old daughter to throw out first pitch.
bases juiced
pages walks with the bases loaded
1-0 LA
Glasnow, what the fuck.
Meanwhile Robbie Ray has a NO-HITTER
WE STILL HAVE NU HITS!!!!
***I mean NO!
Predictably, CT3 breaks up the no-hitter in the seventh
…and, he’s injured.
After getting our first hit CT3 is injured stretching it into a double.
Craig's kid pinch running.
WTF Johan??
good lord. bases juiced. no outs
This is painful.
Yohan Ramirez sucks. Let’s cut bait. I’d rather have Paxton relieve than this guy.
I’m dying here.
Robbie ray had a first inning with 10k pitches. And we are going to lose.
The Hated Ones win.
meh
early game today. its the free game of the day on Prime.
GAME 4
GAME 30 WITHOUT MOOKIE
SHOHEI DH
HOME RUN DERBY WINNER LF
FREDDIE 1B
ANDY PAGES 1B
LUXY 2B
J HEY RF
KIKI 3B
BARNESY C
FORMER HATED ONE SS
CLAYTON KERSHAW LHP
Happy Kershaw Day!!!
Scoreless first inning for Kersh
kiki hits it through the shift
1-0 LA
Barnes with a single through the same spot as kiki
2-1 Gnats
kershaw in trouble
3rd inning
the fucker pitched out of the jam. nice
@Spanky....You have never loved Kersh like I do :)
bases juiced for Frederick
@karen...i agree. i might not even like him.
4-2 LA
6th
bases juiced for Pages
fuck
fuck. sack up Vesia
4-3 LA
New Player!!
oh shit..back to back Ohtani and Ahmed
WIN WIN WIN FOR THE GOOD GUYS AND LOSS LOSS LOSS FOR THE EVIL EMPIRE
that's a wrap
6-4 LA
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