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River Ryan and Jack flaherty are the two aces of the dodger staff

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At present. And I wish. But am not joking or making this up.

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17 Comments

Pasadena Trojan

Aug 06

I want arms and talent. Not names.

Btw Flaherty, besides Snell, was considered the best available pitcher

Out there. So he’s a pretty big deal

Coachemup!

Aug 06

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Agreed. Take the “W” and be glad Freddie’s back in the line up. Mookie’s back next week with Rojas. Muncy’s finally coming back the week after and Yamamoto just threw his first bullpen workout.

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Java

Aug 06

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Every guy who comes back. Freddie. Max. Miggy. Mookie. Dumps a slumming 190 hitter like biggio or Ahmed out of the lineup.

So we go from guys with an oba of 220-250. To 320-375. That’s huge. No power to power

Coachemup!

Aug 06

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto will travel with the Dodgers on this upcoming road trip and face hitters in Milwaukee, Dave Roberts said. First time he’ll do that since going on the IL.

Coachemup!

Aug 05

And there’s a 20 year Dodger relief pitcher who can hit 104 on the gun:

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Java

Aug 06

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Coming soon to an operating room near you

Coachemup!

Aug 05

And after some adjustments (pitch usage), Kopech’s helping too:

Dodgers Believe Michael Kopech Is Trending Up

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Java

Aug 05

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lol I know what whip is. We were using it in 2008 for travel kids when people in mlb were still in love with wins.

If his whip is that low and his era that high it means he doesn’t handle pressure well. Is streaky. Or gets hit hard. Or some combo of the 3

3.5 is a solid 4 or 5 starter in a top team. That’s not a 1 or a 2. And to be that high with that whip means there’s a problem there.

Not sure if I made it all obvious. Don’t wanna over explain.

Coachemup!

Aug 05

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LOL…speaking of over explaining…I know that YOU know what it means. That explanation was meant for others who prefer to complain about a take or just the individual posting.

Agree 100% on your assessment of TG. He gets pissed off EVERY time he gets hit hard. He curses and stomps around the mound like a middle school kid in an all star game. IMHO that he’s streaky. Trying to be “too perfect.” He’ll have a great game but blow up on the mound with a tirade of F bombs because after allowing a cheap hit or walking a guy in the 8th when he’s up by 8 runs. Think of Mad Bum.

Speaking of over explaining!

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Java

Aug 06

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And the problem with that is a guy who doesn’t pitch to his numbers. Do you know what I mean?

There are guys in the major leagues. Just like there are kids that I coached whose wrong numbers don’t look fantastic. But they tend to win a lot more than they lose. For whatever reason they give up runs when it doesn’t matter, and they knuckle down when it does. That completely flies in the face of all of my analytical number crunching Belief that I have and coached with

But just as Glasnow can pitch worse than his numbers? There are guys who pitch better than them. Buhler in the playoffs used to be one. Hard as that is to remember.

La needs guys they can trust. And who have heigh ceilings. I think flaherty may be one. I don’t know what Ryan is made of but often with roomies ignorance is bliss. And I thing yamamamamoto is a stud who has been through all of the pressure and attention in Japan. So I think he should be OK for the playoffs and big pressure. Although yu Darvish. Was a major choke and a lot of Japanese players put undue pressure on themselves and fail. I bet Yamamoto isn’t one of them.