Thu 3.27 4p: Blake Snell vs. Tarik Skubal Fri 3.28 7p: Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. TBD Sat 3.29 6p: Roki Sasaki vs. TBD
Those first two games in Japan didn't seem fully real, right? The artificial turf of the Tokyo Dome; the impossibly difficult time zone difference from Los Angeles; the lack of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the lineup. Luckily, the Dodgers came away with two wins to start the season--and now we can open the season the right way, back at home in Chavez Ravine.
At least, we're hoping this is the right way, with the right lineup--Betts (suffering from a stomach ailment that had him lose 15-18 pounds) played in some of the Freeway Series exhibition games versus the Angels this week, though he (understandably) didn't look great.
But the Dodgers' re-tooling for 2025 starts with the man on the mound Thursday, as two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell takes the mound for the Dodgers (man, that is really weird to type, and I'm sure will be even weirder to witness!). Snell, who signed a five-year, $182M deal with Los Angeles this offseason, was 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA this spring across 4.2 IP. He faces Tarik Skubal, a front-runner for the 2025 American League Cy Young award. Skubal was 2-0 this spring with a 2.33 ERA across 19.1 IP.
I have been too accustomed to seeing Blake Snell's pouty demeanor on opposing teams (Rays in the 2020 World Series; Padres 2021-2023; Giants 2024) that I am going to have trouble rooting for him as a Dodger. He had better show up Thursday.
On Friday, I will be at the Stadium for the game. It might be one of the few times I can attend a game this season, so I'm really looking forward to this one. Let's go, Yoshi! (And you too, Roki, on Saturday.)
162 comments:
no sunday game. thats dumb
Yeah, I'm with Spank. There should ALWAYS be a game on Sundays.
What about church? Or is baseball church?
(I agree with you two on Sunday baseball, btw. Should have made it a four-game series vs. Detroit.)
well im celebrating. got the brews flowing and vibe happening. champions opening day!!
Hi everybody! Mrs Quad and I have our Walker Buehler World Champs tshirts on here and we’re ready for opening day!
Buehler? Buehler?
Name rings a bell.... :)
GAME 1
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH
2. Mookie Betts, SS
3. Teoscar Hernández, RF
4. Freddie Freeman, 1B
5. Tommy Edman, CF
6. Will Smith, C
7. Max Muncy, 3B
8. Miguel Rojas, 2B
9. Andy Pages, LF
P Blake Snell
Kiké is sick now. Out for today.
@Sax Going to be real weird seeing him in a Red Sox uniform this year.
sterilize that clubhouse
Wow, the Dodgers are wearing those snazzy gold-lettered uniforms!
Gibby! Meet Freddie!
That was a pretty sweet first pitch.
Looks like we got brand new icons for the World Series Championships!
I’m wearing that gold hat now! Let’s go!
Snell had Torres 0-2, and then was cheated out of strike 3. Now it's a 2-2 count...Torres grounds to Rojas at second but slips right out of the box so it wasn't close.
3 up, 3 down for Snell.
Snellzilla sits 'em down in order.
Snell gets Greene on a K.
0-0 going to B1
And here's Ohtani!
Betts fly ball to left, but not enough in that skinny body to get it out of the park.
Weak out for Teoscar, grounds to first on a check swing.
0-0 through 1
Snell's already in trouble and it's only the second inning.
Baserunning error by the Tigers, so we get the runner at third (Torkelson). Now it's first and second with one out.
Javy Baez only hit .184 last year? Geez
Muncy double pumps, so he can only get Baez at first. Tigers have two RISP with two out.
Pages with a bad route in left, but he makes the catch for the third out.
Pages giving heart attacks. its too early in the season for that brah
TOMMY TANKS!!! 1-0 Dodgers.
TOMMY TANKS!!!
edman!!
dammit! karen you beat me to it :)
Boy we are being aggressive on Skubal, swinging early in counts!
Nice play by Muncy there at third. One out.
Bacon Ranch: Teoscar Hernandez' favorite sunflower seed flavor
Ohtani with a two-out base hit!
Gleyber Torres, now on the Tigers, is slipping all over the place today. Mookie's shot up the middle deflects of Skubal and Torres can't get to it. Dodgers at the corners, two out.
Teo K, inning over.
1-0 LA through 3.
Two on, none out again for Snellster
Bases loaded, two out, for Snell here in the fourth.
Time to earn that money Snell.
Ryan Kreidler with a full count here...
Oh shit, Wild pitch ties the game. Snell gets the K but the Tigers tie it. Crap.
That was a terrible curveball. Tie game.
That is a really weird Corona in-game ad.
damn. helluva catch
Edman almost had that one too.
And of course, Muncy Ks.
1-1 through 4
Another walk. Bases loaded with Tigers.
Sac fly. 2-1 Tigers now. 2 down.
Here's Snell, struggling to get through the lineup the third time through. What a fucking surprise.
2-1 Detroit, at we're only in the fifth inning, and Snell's at 91 pitches.
Thankfully, Snell gets Colt Keith to ground out to end the top of the fifth.
2-1 DET
Ohtani with a force. Damn.
Four-pitch walk to Mookie. Shohei to second. Teo up.
Teoscar is 0-for-2 with a K.
BOOM TEO!!!!
TEO!!!! 4-2 Blue
Teo!!
4-2 LA through 5.
TEO!!
Okay Saxy, you got me on this one.
Casparius not starting out well, Walk and single, two on now with none out in the top of the sixth.
@karen 5.38p: we're even! it's gonna be rare, my feed is pretty delayed in this turkish prison :)
Okay Casparius gets one, fly out to Betts.
Casparius gets a key K on Ibanez.
Casparius gets out of it! Torres grounds out 5-4
Slappy and Muncy Ks to end the sixth.
4-2 LA
Muncy's still horrible
SHOHEI!!!
SHOHEI!!!! Back up by 2
shohei!!!
5-3 LA, B7
5-3 LA through 7 full
Tanner Scott also yields a run, so it's 5-4 LA through 7.5
We need some Geico here, guys
Freddie is 0-for-4 today. Bench him!
Edman Ks. We go to the ninth with a precarious one-run lead.
Treinen lets leadoff hitter Torres reach with a single. Hoo boy.
Treinen gets Riley to K.
Here's Torkelson, who has already homered and also walked three times.
Treinen forgets about Torres, who steals second.
And Torkelson walks a fourth time! First and second, one out. Not good
cocky baserunning by Detroit
AJ Hinch goes to PH Trey Sweeney over Manny Margot, who is 2-for-3 with an RBI? Hmm.
Sweeney Ks!
WIN!
WIN BABY!!
thats a wrap
PGT up! (But come back here for Friday's game.)
3-0! We’re going to win 162!
Getting hyped up!
GAME 2
Ohtani DH
Betts SS
Freeman 1B
Hernandez, T. RF
Muncy 3B
Edman 2B
Conforto LF
Pages CF
Barnes C
Yamamoto P
Old friend Jack Flaherty is pitching for the Tigers tonight.
For anyone who doesn't have another way to watch, this is the free game of the day on mlb.com.
Can't wait to see the bling!
I’m at the game.
Austin Barnes couldn’t throw a snail out at second
We are down 2-0
Yoshi is really inefficient. He’s not going to get five innings.
We are getting NO HIT
It’s Barnes. I would have hit Pages as well
Barnes being Barnes. He flies weakly to right to end the inning
Finally. Freddie ties it up 2-2.
Freddie! Tie game
MOOKIE!!
MOOKIE! 3-2 Blue
Great picks by Tommy Tanks.
Stupid Tigers tie it up at 3.
OVERTURNED!! Tommy Tanks made 3 great plays.
Slappy in for Barnes. What took so long
MOOKIE WALKS IT OFF!!!!!!!
MOOKIE!!!
Sorry for the delay. Post-Game Thread / At-Game Recap up! See you all tonight for Game 5.
I think Nestor Cortes has been watching the Freddie grand slam a bunch this off-season too. He gave up three bombs on his first three pitches today to the Yankees. lol
GAME 3
Ohtani DH
T Hernandez RF
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
Pages C
Conforto LF
Edman 2B
Rojas SS
Sasaki P
Here we go. Roki Sasaki has two on and one out in the first.
No Betts in the lineup tonight.
Oh, the Dodgers are finally wearing the non-gold uniforms!
Sasaki gets Carpenter to chase high, pop up Rojas. Two out.
Deuces wild for Sasaki. He's at 24 pitches
Walks Colt Keith.
Roki looks nervous.
Margot is up, two outs and rancho ardiendo. I have a bad feeling about this.
Margot hits a dribbler up the line and it stays fair just long enough to advance everyone. 1-0 Detroit.
Jack Dreyer has already started throwing in the Dodgers' pen. Roki is at 38 pitches...and he just walked in another run.
Roki needs some minor league starts.
Roki escapes with a grounder to third, for the third out.
Brutal. DET 2-0, mid-1
could've been worse and less. definitely last batter for Roki. he'll be iight. just young and raw
It took 41 pitches but Roki gets through the first giving up only 2 runs.
@saxy.. i was thinking same about minor league starts
Roki will probably be sent down once some other starters get healthy. He’s going to get better.
FREDDIE!!!!
Frederick!!
Ohtani Ks. Teoscar barely gets it and flies to left-center. Freeman LAUNCHES
FREDDY!
There's everybody! YAY
I gotta cook dinner soon but I will hang for this inning
Horrible third strike call on Slappy
Slappy gets robbed at the plate with that call.
But it's 2-1 DET through 1.
that splitter just falls apart.
Roki looks a lot like Yoshi at the beginning of last year: inefficient with counts, nervous on the mound, missing spots.
Doc out with a hook after only 1.2 innings
And that's it for Roki. 61 pitches, Five outs. Roki looks like he's going to cry.
Doc is trying to protect Roki from himself.
Dreyer gets Roki out of the jam.
2-1 DET, mid-2.
Okay I gotta cook dinner :)
i let out a ' come on fucking pages" and then he gets a.base hit. you're welcome
hustle baby
Conforto ties us up at 2
Dreyer with a nice third inning
Pages apparently ran right through the stop sign in the second there. He got lucky that the relay throw was offline.
Ohtani flies out
That strike 2 call on Freddie is exactly why those umps are being replaced with a machine
SLAPPY!!! 5-2 LA
slappy!!
Slappy!
5-2 LA
spank and karen are waaaaaay ahead of me
Muncy grounds out again.
He is becoming Chris Taylor
edman to rojas to freeman is very relaxing
pinchi tommy tanks!!
TOMMY TANKS!!! 6-3 Blue
i had no idea Nancy Bea passed away. RIP 😢
WIN!!!
@SPANKY....I was really sorry to hear Nancy Bea passed away. I loved her friendship with Vin and how she would play 'Master of the House' when Orel was pitching. RIP Nancy Bea.
SWEEP!
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