Game 144 Thread: Sept. 8 vs. Rockies, 7p

TBD Tyler Glasnow vs. Chase Dollander (2-12, 6.77).

Instead of using this home stretch to iron out any lingering nits as we gear up for the playoffs, the Dodgers are playing for their lives in these final 20 games. Key questions abound: Why is Michael Conforto still allowed to take at bats with his .197 BA and -0.7 WAR? Why should Tanner Scott ever touch the ball in the late innings? Why are we carrying Kiké Hernandez on our regular season roster when he is only good in the playoffs?

Maybe we can use this series against the Rockies to answer some of these questions definitively. But given it's a last-place team, and we went 1-5 against Pittsburgh and Baltimore last week--I'm guessing we're going to play just as poorly this series.

Which will lead to even more questions.

I'm hoping we don't suffer from the weight of the Rox today.

Game 143 Thread: Sep 7 @ O's, 10.30a

Clayton Kershaw vs. Tomoyuki Sugano.

This season is a disaster.

Game 142 Thread: September 6 @ Orioles, 4p

Yamamoto vs. Rogers.

A couple of days ago, I sacked up and dropped $30 for a month of SNLA+ so I could actually watch this Dodgers team that I love. (I was watching them through another (legal, mind you) streaming service earlier this year, but now needed to get SNLA+, so I dropped the coin. I figured, $30 for roughly 30 games--basically, $1/game investment.

After last night's Tanner Scott debacle, the latest in a long string of soul-crushing disappointments from our high-priced offseason addition, I feel totally ripped off. Sure, the bullpen was otherwise pretty good, with Shohei Ohtani and team covering for Tyler Glasnow's ouchie. And the Dodgers' offense was shitty again, leaving 8 on base and going 0-for-5 with RISP.

But Tanner Scott is a steaming pile of shit this year.

As is Michael Conforto.

For the love of god, stop playing these two black holes. There's only 21 more games. There's no more time to fuck around.

I could have used that $30 elsewhere.

Game 141 Thread: Sept. 5 @ Orioles, 4p

Tyler Glasnow (1-3, 3.41) vs. Krispy Kremer (9-10, 4.52).

The Dodgers' play has been downright disgusting of late, as we just dropped all three games to the last-place Pirates (who are the fourth-worst team in the National League). But wait--that disgust extends to the Padres as well, who just dropped three straight to the last-place Orioles (who are the fourth-worst team in the American League).

So the Dodgers go into Camden Yards where the birds are strangely hot, and the Padres...go to Colorado, which has been ice cold all year long.

At least the Dodgers can count on Michael C0nf0rt0 to stay ice cold!

Game 140 Thread: Sept 4 @ Pirates, 3.40p

Blake Snell (3-3, 2.41) vs. Paul Skenes (9-9, 2.05).

In yesterday's pathetic game (a 3-0 road loss), the Dodgers had bases loaded with none out in the second, and didn't score. Then they again had bases loaded in the fourth inning, and again didn't score. In fact, they went 0-for-7 with 10 LOB, and didn't score all game. And there you have it: a series loss to a last-place team, thanks to minimal RISP effort from the bottom of our lineup.

Much "credit" can be given to Andy Pages, 0-for-4 with 2 Ks, at least one of which was way out of the zone; Teoscar Hernandez, 0-for-4; Alex Freeland, 0-for-3 with a K; and Kiké Hernandez, 0-for-3 with a K. Pages' decision-making at the plate is incredibly frustrating to watch.

Alex Freeland is batting .190 with a .601 OPS / 69 OPS+ (0.2 WAR). Kiké Hernandez is batting .197 with a .605 OPS / 68 OPS+ (-0.3 WAR).

There's one school of thought that the Dodgers are just "pushing too hard." Possibly. But it's equally plausible that the Dodgers are not pushing at all; at least, the stats on the field from everyone 5-9 in the order certainly play that out. It seems like Nobody Wants This 2025 World Series title.

The only silver lining is that the Padres, losers of four straight (and swept by the Orioles!), also don't seem to want to win. We're still 2.5 games ahead of them in the West, and two games behind Philadelphia for the first-round playoff bye. The latter of which, we certainly don't deserve.

Game 139 Thread: Sept 3 @ Pirates, 3.40p

If this game is like yesterday's, it's gonna be torture.

Ohtani (1-1, 4.18) vs. Ashcraft (4-2, 2.58).

Our dispriting loss to the Pirates yesterday may have been allayed by the Padres' loss to the Orioles, allowing us to keep our lead of 2.5 games in the NL West (with 24 games to play). But we're now two full games behind the Phillies, who took the day off yesterday in the middle of their series with the Brewers (weird!), so we're still staring at having to play in the first round of the playoffs.

It would be great if Ohtani could right the ship here. After all, we've got Paul Skenes tomorrow.

Post-Game 138 Thread: Teoscar Hernandez Is Killing Us (and Michael Conforto Is Worse)

PIRATES 9, DODGERS 7

Two runs was the difference in this game, so it's fitting that we call out Teoscar Hernandez for letting this two-run double by Tommy Pham ruin the Dodgers' hopes at victory Tuesday (not to mention, probably rattle Clayton Kershaw, who settled back into a groove after that four-run first inning). Watching Hernandez in right field has been awful all season, but on this one he looked like an old man, getting to the ball late with a weak slide and then letting the ball roll past him into the corner, allowing two Pirates to score.

Teoscar Hernandez' Fielding Run Value, according to Baseball Savant, is -9 RPG (3rd percentile). That isn't far off from where he was in 2024, but it's a far cry from his above-average performance in 2023. At this stage of the season, though, we just can't afford to have this defensive liability bumbling around in right.

The misadventures in right field remind me a lot of watching the right-field escapades of Juan Soto, to whom the Mets are tethered for the next 15 years. Soto is also an awful fielder (as we saw plainly in the 2024 World Series). However, Soto has a 161 OPS+, driving his WAR to 5.5. Hernandez has a 102 OPS+, which is right at league average, and his WAR is 0.9. In 2025, Hernandez is only batting .247 (he batted .272 last year, and had a 135 OPS+).

Update: Jack Harris in the LAT says Hernandez' WAR is even worse since the end of June (-0.5, worse than all other Dodger players), which is terrifying.

All the sunflower seed showers in the world, as well as Hernandez' radiant smile and value-additive cheerleading, aren't going to make his play in right field any prettier.

The logical solution would be to move Teoscar back to left field, where he might have a chance at throwing runners out at third. We could either move Andy Pages over to right once Tommy Edman returns; or finally succumb to bringing back Mookie Betts to right field and slot Hyeseong Kim and the resurgent Miguel Rojas in the infield.

That of course leaves no place for Michael Conforto, whose own year-long experiment has been another unmitigated disaster. Conforto has a -0.6 WAR this season and a 75 OPS+, and yet we keep trotting him out there in the hopes that something might change? It's ridiculous.

Conforto was 0-for-3 in yesterday's loss. You can't spell C0nf0rt0 without three 0s.

We've got to stop both these players and move them from their current roles, before they doom our postseason chances.

Game 138 Thread: Sept 2 @ Pirates, 3.40p

Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 3.06) vs. Carmen Mlodzinski (3-7, 3.86).

The Dodgers now have a 2.5 game lead on the Padres in the NL West, but if they want to extend that lead (as well as try and make up ground against the red-hot Phillies for the #2 seed in the National League), they'd better start getting Bizet, starting with tonight's game in PNC Park.

Not to spoil Act IV, but if the Dodgers can slay Carmen, that would be a good start.

Post-Game 137 Thread: Will Smith Slaps One Out Of Here

DODGERS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4

Look, you can revel in the majesty of Will Smith's walk-off pinch hit home run to lead off the ninth (his fourth PH HR of his career). It was pretty awesome, and just what the Dodgers needed after blowing the three-run lead late.

But don't let that take your eye off of how bad we looked all weekend long against a fourth-place, sub-.500 team after we narrowly avoided the sweep today. The offense was horrible for the first two games of this series, compounding yet another non-quality start from Blake Snell (5.1 IP, 3 ER) and as well as a mediocre start from Tyler Glasnow (7.0 IP, but also 3 ER).

The Dodgers' relief additions to the squad this year, which looked good on paper, continued to underperform. Kirby Yates came in yesterday to give up a three-run jack to Arizona's nine-hole, Ildemaro Vargas; and then Tanner Scott came in today to give up the lead on a three-run jack to Corbin Carroll. Scott, who has been awful for us all year, has already ceded three times the number of home runs this year than he did last year--and this year isn't over yet.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a solid seven innings of one-run ball today (1 ER, 10 Ks with 0 BBs), and we couldn't even hold on to give him a win. Unacceptable.

Let's also talk about the drop off in offense beyond our top four hitters, and that's even with Teoscar Hernandez benched today. Michael Conforto was 0-for-1 and batting .190 on the year before being removed for Kiké Hernandez in the fifth; Kiké promptly GIDPd on the first pitch to end a threat. Alex Call went 0-for-4 and has cooled off, as has Alex Freeland (he went 2-for-4 today but is bating .208). Both Alexs had two Ks each. Dalton Rushing is lost, 0-for-3 with 2 Ks. And Miguel Rojas had a nice day, 2-for-3 with a RBI, providing some hope from the depths of our lineup.

The losses of Max Muncy, Tommy Edman, and even Hyeseong Kim, coupled with the year-long impotence of Conforto, are just glaring holes in this lineup. We've got a day off Monday to think about this further, but honestly, do we really think this team, with this lineup, has legs in the postseason?

Smith can't save us every time.

Game 137 Thread: August 31 vs. D'backs, 1p

Yamamoto vs. Pfaadt.

One day after the Snakes broke (Tyler) Glass-now, the Dodgers will try to salvage a game of this series and hopefully maintain their narrow one-game lead over the Padres in the NL West. The Dodgers are now two games behind the Phillies for a first-round bye in the playoffs. That's right, everybody won yesterday: Brewers, Phillies, Padres...even the Angels, for pete's sake.

But not the Dodgers.

Game 136 Thread: August 30 vs. Diamondbacks, 6p

Tyler Glasnow (1-2, 3.36) vs. Eduardo Rodriguez (5-8, 5.67).

Any excitement we might have from starting pitchers, who have spent most of the year sitting on their asses (and earning money all the same), will be nullified if they are basically impotent on the mound. Witness Blake Snell, who only lasted 5.1 IP in yesterday's loss.

And today, we've got the always-fragile Tyler Glasnow starting.

Yay.

2024 World Series Hero Walker Buehler Released By Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox just released Walker Buehler, whom they gave a one-year, $21M deal this off-season, after a horrible 2025 in which he went 7-7 over 22 starts, sporting a 5.45 ERA.

How far Buehler has fallen, so quickly. I would not have expected that outcome this year, and I actually feel bad for the guy.

It should be noted that Dustin May, whom we traded to the Red Sox at the deadline, is 1-3 in four starts with a 4.50 ERA with Boston (his Boston ERA is a bit better than his 4.85 ERA with us). Yikes.

Fenway Park appears to be where Dodger starters go to die.

Let's get Buehler for the bullpen!

Game 135 Thread: August 29 vs. Diamondbacks, 7p

Blake Snell (3-2, 1.97) vs. Zac Gallen (9-13, 5.13).

Zac Gallen has been one of Arizona's stalwarts since joining the Diamondbacks in 2019, his rookie year: 61-47 record with a 3.62 career ERA. That has not been the case for Gallen this year, but at least he has made 27 starts this year, which is 21 more than Blake Snell.

That said, Snell has a 2025 WAR of 0.6, while Gallen's is 0.5. So there you have it. I suppose you can take more than half the season off and still contribute a bit.

The Padres are playing the cream-puff Twins this weekend, so we'd better win this series.

Game 134 Thread: August 27 vs Reds, 5.40p

Oh no, it's another Nick!

Shohei Ohtani (0-1, 4.60) vs. Nick Lodolo (8-6, 3.05).

29 games to go, and it's still not comfortable: a one-game lead on the Padres in the NL West, and a half-game deficit to the Phillies for the #2 slot in the playoffs (which would allow the Dodgers to skip the first round).

We're throwing the leading candidate for NL MVP, Shohei Ohtani, out there this evening. But his last outing, in Colorado on August 20, was clearly Ohtani's worst start of the year: 4.0 IP, 9 H and 5 ER, with only 3 Ks. There's no hiding tonight, Shohei (not even behind a tube of Advanced Repair Facial Moisturizer!).

Game 133 Thread: August 26 vs. Reds, 7p

Clayton Kershaw (8-2, 3.13) vs. Nick Martinez (10-0, 4.59).

Andy Pages singlehandedly beat the Reds last night. Let's hope someone else can Nick the Reds' starting pitcher today, give Clayton Kershaw some runs with which to work, and extend our divisional lead on the Padres beyond one measly game.

Game 132 Thread: August 25 vs. Reds, 7p

Emmet Sheehan (4-2. 4.17) vs. Hunter Greene (5-3, 2.63).

The Dodgers and Padres are tied atop the NL West with 31 games to go, and it doesn't look any easier from here for the Dodgers. Now that we're don playing the Padres this season, we have to focus on contenders like the Cincinnati Reds, 1.5 games out of the final wild card slot and hungry to overtake the Mets. Not the best team for us to host, starting off by facing local phenom Hunter Greene (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High School), whose fastball can top 100 mph.

Meanwhile, the Padres have the easiest remaining strength of schedule in the majors, with a winning percentage of .474, featuring cream-puff opponents like the Twins, Rockies, Orioles, and White Sox. The Padres also finish the season with six games at home, while the Dodgers finish on the road.

This doesn't stack up well for the good guys. I'm pretty freaked out.

Game 131 Thread: Aug 24 @ Padres, 1p

Yamamoto vs. Pivetta.

Five hits, and two runs, across two games against a division rival. That is not going to get it done.

The Dodgers slipped back into second place with yesterday's 5-1 loss, and look to slip further if we drop today's game. We are looking up at the Padres now. What a train wreck.

Teoscar Hernandez is 0-for-7 with 5 Ks in this series, and playing defense like an old man out there in right field. He's hurt. But there's no time for sympathy.

Game 130 Thread: August 23 @ Padres, 5.40p

Glasnow vs. Cortes.

Let's start with the worst-case scenario for today's game: Nestor Cortes gets his sweet revenge on Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers by pitching an excellent game tonight, shutting the Dodgers down and ushering the Padres back into sole possession of first place.

It's entirely plausible, especially with the always-fragile Tyler Glasnow on the mound as our starter, not to mention a high likelihood we will continue to trot Michael "Black Hole" Conforto out there hoping for a different outcome despite four and a half months of evidence to the contrary.

My god.

Game 129 Thread: August 22 @ Padres, 6.40p

We can boo Machado, but he's so good, it's a matter of time before he goes off.

Blake Snell (3-1, 1.80) vs. Yu Darvish (2-3, 5.97).

Sounds familiar: home team comes into a three-game series one game behind in the standings, with a visiting rival squad that has something to prove. And though this worked out well for the Dodgers last weekend, the Dodgers' pathetic series split in Denver against the Rockies demonstrates that we are far from firing on all cylinders (not to mention, Teoscar Hernandez' defense in right field sometimes looks like he's up on cinder blocks in the driveway).

And don't get me started on why the hell Michael Conforto keeps playing (he is 0-for-his-last-13 and sports a .186 batting average and .612 OPS this year, with 63 hits on the year and 93 Ks). We keep trotting out lineups like this, and we're expecting to lose.

Game 128 Thread: August 21 @ Rockies, 12n

Kershaw vs. Dollander.

The best we can hope for is a series split with the Rockies. But there's a good chance that we lose our one-game lead in the NL West and enter this weekend's series at Petco Park tied with a very hungry Padres team. I don't like the sound of this, not at all.

Game 127 Thread: Aug 20 @ Rockies, 5.40p

Ohtani vs. Gordon.

Continuing with the Two-Face theme, the Dodgers have split the first two games of this series so far, with one really bad loss folowed by one really good romp. I have no idea which team will show up tonight in Denver. Hopefully at least Teoscar Hernandez will have some wheels.

Game 126 Thread: Aug 19 @ Rockies, 5.40p

Sheehan vs. Gomber.

The Dodgers seem to be back to their ways of letting games slip away late, like last night's debacle in Denver. Thankfully, the Padres lost at home as well, but we can't rely on that to keep our divisional lead.

Sack up, Dodgers!

Game 125 Thread: Aug 18 @ Rockies, 5.40p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Kyle Freeland.

Which Dodgers team is going to show up here in Denver? The one that got swept in not one series, but BOTH series, to a Anaheim Angels team with a losing record? Or the one that just swept the San Diego Padres this past weekend, allowing the Dodgers to re-ascend back into first place in the division?

Let's flip a coin.

Game 124 Thread: Aug 17 vs. Padres, 1p

Tyler Glasnow vs. Yu Darvish.

We actually have a chance to sweep the Padres? No way I thought that was possible. Clearly, we're working in an alternate universe here.

Game 123 Thread: Aug 16 vs. Padres, 6p

Blake Snell vs. Dylan Cease.

We're tied up in the NL West, after yesterday's white-knuckle 3-2 win over the Padres. Clayton Kershaw was gutty...something I haven't seen much of with Blake Snell, especially if he lasts into a third time through the lineup. Can Snell (or Snell-glazer David Vassegh) shut me up?

Game 122 Thread: Aug 15 vs. Padres, 7p

Clayton Kershaw vs. some Padre who will undoubtedly have the game of his life.

The Dodgers are now in second place, looking up at the Padres, thanks to a woeful run since the All-Star Break juxtaposed with a peaking San Diego team (8-2 over their last ten). With our loss Wednesday, yet another game in which we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and got season-swept by the lowly Angels, the Dodgers look completely hopeless in the bullpen and mostly impotent from the plate.

Reinforcements aren't coming in these last ~40 games. Either we step up, or we're done.

Game 121 Thread: Aug 13 @ Angels, 6.30p

Ohtani vs. Hendricks.

This is the sixth and final game against the Angels, and the Dodgers haven't won one yet. As a result of this and other incompetencies, they are now tied for first place in the NL West thanks to the surging Padres (7-3 in their last 10). And we look hopeless against these very inspired and angry Angels. Hendricks for the sweep.

Game 120 Thread: Aug 12 @ Angels, 6.30p

Sheehan vs. Mederos.

Can we win one frickin' game against the Halos this year?

I think probably not.

Game 119 Thread: Aug 11 @ Angels, 6.30p

Apparently, the Angels' Strike Force is not their offensive lineup.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-7, 2.51) vs. José Soriano (7-9, 4.01).

The Angels, the fourth-worst team in the American League, get a chance for some crosstown payback to motivate what is otherwise another lost season in Anaheim. This three-game series in Anaheim precedes a stretch where the Dodgers will play six of ten games against the Padres, who are only two games back of the Dodgers and nipping at our heels. Can we stop the Angels from lighting up the halo?

Game 118 Thread: Aug 10 vs. Blue Jays, 1p

Glasnow vs. Lauer.

The Blue Jays must be a little sad, having dropped the first two games of the series vs. Los Angeles. And we surprisingly look...pretty good, especially with Max Muncy's return to action lengthening the lineup and providing more potency than we had in July. The Padres won in extras yesterday, so the lead is still a scant three games; we need a sweep today, Tyler!

Game 117 Thread: Aug 8 vs. Blue Jays, 6p

Blake Snell (1-1, 3.21) vs. Chris Bassitt (11-5, 4.12).

The road doesn't get any easier for the Dodgers, up against the best team in the AL East. Chris Bassitt is in the top 30 strikeouts for MLB in 2025. Now who's a good boy?

Game 116 Thread: Aug 8 vs. Blue Jays, 7p

Avert your eyes, or you'll be banished to L.A. Law!

Clayton Kershaw (217 wins, lifetime) vs. Max Scherzer (218 wins, lifetime).

It's a clash of MLB win titans today, with Clayton Kershaw and former Dodger Max Scherzer dueling it out on the mound. On the all-time leaderboard, Scherzer has the edge on IP (2919 to 2808) and strikeouts (3,451 / 11th place to 3,010 / 20th place), but Scherzer is also three years older than Kershaw.

The bigger issue here, though, is that the AL East-leading Blue Jays (68-48) are hot, while the NL West-leading Dodgers (66-49) are most decidedly not. As we dropped two of three to the mediocre Cardinals earlier this week, the Blue Jays were scoring 45 runs in their series against Colorado. I'm not hopeful.

Game 115 Thread: Aug 6 vs. Cardinals, 1p

Ohtani vs. Donovan.

Ha, you thought I had forgotten this Game Thread, right? No worries, I'll be watching this game.

Nice to see Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez opening up their individual cans of whoop-ass last night. Let's go!

Game 114 Thread: Aug 5 vs. Cardinals, 7p

Emmet Sheehan (2-2, 3.60) vs. Miles "Morales" Mikolas (6-8, 4.83).

My Spidey-Sense is tingling for tonight's matchup, and not just because of last night's heartbreaking 3-2 loss, showcasing a surprisingly decent start from Tyler Glasnow and disappointing innings from Anthony Banda and Brock Stewart. We got another relief pitcher at the deadline, and he did not deliver last night. Sigh.

Game 113 Thread: August 4 vs. Cardinals, 7p

Forecast is for Gray skies tonight in Los Angeles.

Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 3.38) vs. Sonny Gray (10-5. 4.38).

Finally, a game at a reasonable evening timeslot! And this time we face Sonny Gray and a Cardinals team whose .500 record (56-57) following a better-than-expected first half of the season ultimately made them a seller at the trade deadline (dealing Ryan Helsley, Phil Maton, and Steven Matz for prospects). It would be nice if we could take advantage of this and expand our divisional lead over the Padres by more than three games.

Game 112 Thread: Aug 3 @ Rays, 9a

Yamamoto vs. Diaz.

Holy smokes, how early is this frickin' game?! Are we playing in Europe?

Game 111 Thread: Aug 2 @ Rays, 10a

Snell vs. Rasmussen.

I don't know what is more unusual about this game: the 10a Saturday start time (to avoid Florida's afternoon thunderstorms), or the fact that we have a guy taking the mound who has disappointingly sat on the bench most of this season.

Get ready for more David Vassegh glazing.

Game 110 Thread: Aug 1 @ Rays, 4.30p

Kershaw vs Baz.

The new-look, post-Trade Deadline Dodgers hit Tampa's minor-league park for a series--sans Dustin May. Okay then.

Game 109 Thread: July 30 @ Reds, 4p

Ohtani vs. Martinez.

After Will Smith's heroics got us past the Reds yesterday, the Dodgers now have one more game to play before the ominous trade deadline. Hold your breath for 48 more hours!

Game 108 Thread: July 29 @ Reds, 4p

Glasnow vs. Lodolo.

Nice win for the good guys last night, with the top of our offense delivering. Blake Treinen was a little shaky but I will take it!

Let's go!

Game 107 Thread: July 28 @ Reds, 4p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Montgomery "Chase" Burns.

I was driving on a long road trip and one thing I was doing to keep my mind awake was to go through the MLB divisions and name all the teams. The only one that I couldn't complete instantly was the NL Central, and I could easily name the Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, and Brewers. And it took a while before I remembered the Reds.

And I just saw a game at Great American Ballpark last season, too.

So with that introduction, let's get to the opener of this series. It's time for Dodger baseball!

Last game in Boston thread (Game 106 Thread: July 27 @ Red Sox)

Rain delay i reckon?

Game 105 Thread: July 26 @ Red Sox, 4.15p

Kershaw vs. Crochet.

Sorry, readers: I am in the middle of a road trip and I'm finding it difficult to get time to post GTs.

On the plus side, I should be able to watch the game!

Game 104 Thread: July 25 @ Red Sox, 4p

Sheehan vs. Bello.

Let's give a love letter this weekend to the team that gave us Mookie Betts. (And Walker Buehler isn't having a great year for the Red Sox, either.)

Game 103 Thread: July 23 vs. Twins, 1p

After last night's debacle, I am so damn salty about this team. Henriquez making that three-run error was the final straw.

I need a break.

Game 102 Thread: July 22 vs. Twins, 7p

Yamamoto vs. Woods.

Sure, we got a victory yesterday (two, if you count Freddie Freeman's return to the lineup without debilitating injury from Sunday's HBP). But facing the Twins' opposing starter today, I'd say we're not out of the Woods yet.

Game 101 Thread: July 21 vs. Twins

Ohtani vs. Festa.

The Dodgers are now 2-10 on their last twelve games, having been swept for a second time by the Milwaukee Brewers following Sunday's loss. Oh, and Freddie Freeman got hit on the wrist and will likely need amputation, the way this season is going.

Surely, we can beat a pair of twins, right? (But man, they are cute.)

Game 100 Thread: July 20 vs. Brewers, 1p

Honestly, I just can't.

What a horrible start following the All-Star Break. Mookie Betts taking more time to get right; pitching arms flailing. What a mess.

Game 99 Thread: July 19 vs. Brewers, 6p

Sheehan vs. Peralta.

Can we win one frickin' game against the Brews?

Game 98 Thread: July 18 vs. Brewers, 7p

I don't know if Lou Holtz really said this. But the graphic worked.

Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 3.52) vs. Quinn Priester (7-2, 3.55).

The Dodgers limped into the All-Star Break with a 2-7 record over their last nine games, albeit the last two being victories (over the Giants). They're nursing a 5.5-game lead over San Diego and a six-game lead over the Giants as we start the second half.

We face a Brewers team that cleaned our clocks earlier this month, sweeping three games as part of that seven-consecutive-loss streak.

LFG.

2025 Home Run Derby Thread

With 2024 Home Run Derby winner Teoscar Hernandez not in this year's field, I probably won't be watching this one.

I will say, given his adductor injury earlier this year and his slowed offensive production since, I'm kind of glad he's not participating this year. That said, I was certain that last year's incredible HRD performance was going to impair his ability to mash for the rest of the year--and Teoscar ended up being fine in the second half of 2024 (and it all ended well, right?). But this year, Teoscar could probably use the extra rest.

Good luck to this year's HRD participants!

Game 97 Thread: July 13 @ Giants, 1p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Robbie Ray.

Sure, the All-Star Break starts Monday. But after yesterday's 2-1 victory, howzabout we try and win this series and get a little win streak going?

Game 96 Thread: July 12 @ Giants, 1p

Shohei Ohtani vs. Landen Roupp.

That's seven in a row. Talk about going into the All-Star Break ice cold.

Game 95 Thread: July 11 @ Giants, 7p

By my count, that's six in a row. Speaking of which, the Dodgers need to get their ducks in a row, fast.

Dustin May (5-5, 4.52) vs. Logan Webb (8-6, 2.62).

Jeff Passan says the Dodgers are going to be fine, and yes, it is still a five-game lead in the NL West. But it's not like we get to face 0-7 Justin Verlander in this series--no, we will face both of the Giants' aces and 2025 All-Stars, starting with today's matchup vs. #1 Logan Webb.

Oh, I'm worried. I'm pretty damn worried.

Game 94 Thread: July 9 @ Brewers, 11a

Running out of board game options here, guys!

Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 4.50) vs. Jose Quintana (6-3, 3.44).

The loss streak is five consecutive, a season high. At this stage, we either come out swinging hard here, or we limp into the Giants series beaten like a rented mule.

Whoop dee frickin' doo, Tyler Glasnow is back.

Come on, Dodgers.

Game 93 Thread: July 8 @ Brewers, 4.40p

Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 3.43) vs. Jacob Misiorowski (3-1, 3.20).

For the second time this year, the Dodgers have lost four in a row. I don't expect today's match to go much better, despite us starting 2025 All-Star Clayton Kershaw, as Jacob Misiorowski just out-dueled Pirates phenom Paul Skenes two starts ago.

Hoo boy. Let's hope for the best.

Game 92 Thread: July 7 @ Brewers, 4.40p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-6, 2.51) vs. Freddy Peralta (9-4, 2.91).

It doesn't get any easier for the Dodgers, now heading out on a six-game, seven-day road trip that takes them to Milwaukee and then San Francisco. After this weekend's ignominious sweep at the hands of the Cheaters, let's hope Yoshinobu Yamamoto can staunch the bleeding.

Game 91 Thread: July 6 vs. Cheaters, 1p

Sheehan vs. Gordon.

After dropping the first two games of the series, I've lost hope here. I hate the Astros.

Game 90 Thread: July 5 vs. Cheaters, 4p

Shohei Ohtani vs. Framber Valdez.

More cheaters cheating this afternoon. I hate the Astros.

SoSG Orel and I will be at the game today!

Game 89 Thread: July 4 vs Cheaters, 6p

Ben Casparius vs Lance McCullers.

I still hate the Astros.

Game 88 Thread: July 3 vs. White Sox, 7p

Dustin May (4-5, 4.68) vs. Aaron Civale (1-4, 4,74).

Los Angeles Dodgers picther Dustin May takes the mound tonight, only one K short of recording 250 career strikeouts.

Go get 'em, Dustin!

Clayton Kershaw and the 3,000 Strikeouts

How can you watch this and not get chills up your spine?

Congratulations, Clayton Kershaw!

Game 87 Thread: July 2 vs. White Sox, 7p

Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 3.03) vs. Brandon Eisert (2-1, 4.33).

Los Angeles Dodgers treasure Clayton Kershaw takes the mound tonight, only three short of becoming the 20th player in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts.

Go get 'em, Clayton!

Game 86 Thread: July 1 vs. White Sox, 7p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-6, 2.61) vs. Shane Smith (3-5, 3.38).

We may have a friend in the diamond business, but will Shane Smith be a friend in the opposing pitcher business? The Dodgers have won six of their last seven games, but the White Sox just took a series over the Giants. I'm betting Shane doesn't mix with this diamond.