Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Game 43 Thread: May 14 vs. Sacramento Athletics, 7p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-3, 1.80) vs. Gunnar Hoglund (1-0, 2.38).

With the Dodgers' pitching squad now barren (Roki Sasaki to the IL Tuesday), all that's left from the Dodgers' Opening Day starting rotation seems to be Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

What the hell is going on here?

43 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Barnes DFAd.

Welcome, Dalton Rushing!!!

Steve Sax said...

Snakes up 8-2 on the Giants in the fourth. Giants starter Jordan Hicks lasted only two innings (5 ER).

spank said...

im not gonna disrespect Barnes but this is a good move. get out of the old and get in with the new. change is good. theres one more olayer id like to see leave. lets see how he does or doesnt when he comes back.

karen said...

Fuck Fuck FUCK!! I love Barnesy!!!

Steve Sax said...

Jung-Hoo Lee just smoked a homer to right field to plate two. It's 8-6 Snakes in the bottom of the seventh. Yikes.

Steve Sax said...

It's well beyond Barnes' time to go.

OPS+: 48

The last three years, Barnes' average CS% is 50% worse than the league average (for example, he's throwing out 11.8% of runners; league throws out 23% of runners). You can basically hang a sign around his neck that says "go ahead and take second base."

Steve Sax said...

Umpires are giving the Giants the game on a total bullshit call. Giants runner from first rounded second and ran into the Snakes' SS and fell to the ground after colliding and was tagged out. After at first calling him out, now the umpires are calling obstruction, so the Giants keep runners on first and second.

Steve Sax said...

Torey Lovullo, Diamondbacks manager, was thrown out arguing the call. Giants' next batter then pops out to the catcher to end the inning.

8-6 AZ through 8 full.

Steve Sax said...

Diamondbacks eke out a 8-7 win over San Francisco.

karen said...

Hate the fuckng snakes!!! Truly.. But here I go you guys, me and my bleeding heart. Honestly, I was a die hard Republican all my life, but that fucker Donald J. Trump TOTALLY cured me of my conservative ways. I gotta say, you guys, PLEAESE remember all of the great plays Austin Barnes has made for our beloved Dodgers both offensively and defensively. PLEASE you guys!!! Just try... to remember all the good Barnes has done for us in the past.

spank said...

i have to watch this game for my man Yoshi otherwise fuck that after last nights lackluster affair.

spank said...

i hope Rushing does better than Outman. thats another dude who needs to go. he has got more chances than Vargas ever got and the dude still cant hit a curve ball. i wouldve traded him last year

spank said...

Pages!

spank said...

yep. like clockwork. Outman strikes out. sigh

spank said...

i love Kims energy and vibe. i wish he'd bunt for hits. I know its not part of the Dodgers game though.

Steve Sax said...

That is TWO balls past Muncy st third. What the fuck, Max?!

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers down 3-2 in the fourth.

karen said...

How can a so called 'team' one without a city (okay a state or stadium) beat us last night and be beating us again tonight. WTF????

Steve Sax said...

KIM!!!

karen said...

HYESEONG KIM!!!! You go baby!!!! 3-3 tie in 5th.

Steve Sax said...

Admittedly, that was a pretty good defensive play by Muncy right there.

karen said...

GREAT play by Mookie and Max. Absolutely beautiful.

karen said...

Here we go Saxy!!! As much as we may disagree on some things, we totally are on the same page about the important ones!!!!

Steve Sax said...

Why the hell was Pages running to third there?! Not smart.

Steve Sax said...

Pages pulled a Puig there

Steve Sax said...

@karen, right back at ya!

spank said...

horrible slide Pages. if he touched the base with his front foot first he would've been safe

karen said...

Yeah. You never, EVER make the first or third out at third base. Love you Andy but that is totally Little League.

Steve Sax said...

Wow, Doc made absolutely the right call to PH Rojas there. Amazing.

spank said...

Rojas comes through

karen said...

Dodgers take the lead on a MiggyRo double!!!!! 4-3 in B6.

Steve Sax said...

We would be up by two runs if Pages didn’t TOOTBLAN

Steve Sax said...

Mookie with a two-run double!

karen said...

Mookie brings in Kiki and Shohei!!! 6-3 B8.

spank said...

clutch mookie

Steve Sax said...

Holy shit, MUNCY?!?!?!

karen said...

Max blasts one to right!!!!! 9-3 Boys B8.

Steve Sax said...

Way to go, Max! You could almost feel him exhale after that shot. Awesome for him.

spank said...

about time muncy.

karen said...

WIN BABY!!!

spank said...

that's a wrap. see you tomorrow

Steve Sax said...

WIN

karen said...

Night Spanky! Night Saxy!