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2010 CHONE Projections: Pitching

Eric Stephen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:14:56 -0000

You know you're good when you are projected to strikeout 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings in 2010, and that's a drop of nearly two strikeouts from 2009.

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Last month, Sean Smith of Anaheim Angels All The Way released his 2010 CHONE projections for offense. Now, we have the pitching projections as well. More info can be found at BaseballProjection.com. I have added the projections for many Dodgers, including some outgoing free agents, to go with the projections from the 2010 Bill James Handbook. As more projection systems release their projections, I will add them so we can get a more complete overall preview of the 2010 Dodgers.

I calculated FIP for the projections based on the formula at The Hardball Times. In these projections, keep in mind that playing time and pitching role is merely estimated.

Starters
Clayton Kershaw
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	115	4.15	4.30	4.46	7.98
2009 actual	171.0	2.79	3.06	4.79	9.74
2010 Bill James	180	3.25	3.47	4.55	9.40
2010 CHONE	151	3.58	3.68	4.65	9.42
2010 status	under club control

Chad Billingsley
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	193	3.68	3.72	3.92	8.81
2009 CHONE	161	3.69	3.70	3.75	8.72
2009 actual	196.1	4.03	3.77	3.94	8.21
2010 Bill James	185	3.65	3.77	3.94	8.61
2010 CHONE	182	3.71	3.73	3.76	8.60
2010 status	arbitration eliglble

Hiroki Kuroda
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	192	3.89	4.38	2.53	5.86
2009 CHONE	158	4.04	4.24	2.28	6.04
2009 actual	117.1	3.76	3.61	1.84	6.67
2010 Bill James	128	3.80	4.29	2.46	5.98
2010 CHONE	154	4.32	3.99	2.45	6.31
2010 status	under contract

Randy Wolf
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	195	4.25	4.30	3.32	7.62
2009 CHONE	124	4.43	4.44	3.63	7.48
2009 actual	214.1	3.23	3.99	2.44	6.72
2010 Bill James	200	3.87	4.26	3.02	7.16
2010 CHONE	163	4.42	4.38	3.09	6.52
2010 status	free agent

Vicente Padilla
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	151	4.71	4.71	3.28	6.26
2009 CHONE	152	4.91	4.77	3.55	6.34
2009 actual	147.1	4.46	4.51	3.30	5.93
2010 Bill James	141	4.66	4.73	3.26	6.19
2010 CHONE	155	4.70	4.74	3.60	6.27
2010 status	free agent
Padilla's stats with Texas included

Jon Garland
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	186	4.69	5.02	2.90	4.40
2009 CHONE	187	5.01	4.50	2.60	4.91
2009 actual	204	4.01	4.43	2.69	4.81
2010 Bill James	216	4.33	4.62	2.67	4.54
2010 CHONE	186	4.55	4.53	2.71	4.60
2010 status	free agent
Garland's stats with Arizona included

Bullpen
Jonathan Broxton
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	70	3.09	2.63	3.47	11.19
2009 CHONE	72	2.88	2.80	3.25	10.88
2009 actual	76.0	2.61	1.98	3.43	13.50
2010 Bill James	80	2.36	2.44	3.49	11.70
2010 CHONE	67	2.69	2.51	3.36	11.82
2010 status	arbitration eliglble

George Sherrill
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	53	3.40	3.43	4.58	10.19
2009 CHONE	43	3.77	4.01	4.60	8.79
2009 actual	69.0	1.70	3.09	3.13	7.96
2010 Bill James	74	2.92	3.37	4.01	9.36
2010 CHONE	52	3.63	3.77	3.98	9.35
2010 status	arbitration eliglble
Sherrill's stats with Baltimore included

Hong-Chih Kuo
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	69	3.39	2.90	3.52	10.96
2009 CHONE	45	3.00	2.71	3.00	11.00
2009 actual	30.0	3.00	3.18	3.90	9.60
2010 Bill James	48	3.00	3.00	3.75	10.50
2010 CHONE	39	3.23	3.23	3.23	9.69
2010 status	arbitration eliglble

Ronald Belisario
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	37	6.08	6.58	5.11	5.59
2009 actual	70.2	2.04	3.26	3.69	8.15
2010 Bill James	69	4.04	4.25	4.17	7.17
2010 CHONE	60	4.50	4.55	4.05	7.50
2010 status	under club control

Ramon Troncoso
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	60	4.20	4.08	3.60	6.75
2009 actual	82.2	2.72	3.31	3.70	5.99
2010 Bill James	72	3.88	3.59	3.75	6.63
2010 CHONE	71	4.06	3.95	3.55	6.59
2010 status	under club control

James McDonald
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	127	4.54	5.12	4.11	7.72
2009 actual	63.0	4.00	4.29	4.86	7.71
2010 Bill James	74	3.77	4.27	4.01	9.12
2010 CHONE	62	3.77	4.05	4.06	9.29
2010 status	under club control

Scott Elbert
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	43	3.98	4.36	5.65	10.47
2009 actual	19.2	5.03	4.73	3.20	9.61
2010 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2010 CHONE	47	3.64	3.81	4.60	10.72
2010 status	under club control

Cory Wade
Year	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9
2009 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2009 CHONE	53	3.74	4.02	2.55	7.30
2009 actual	27.2	5.53	4.13	3.25	5.86
2010 Bill James	---	---	---	---	---
2010 CHONE	62	4.21	4.41	3.05	7.11
2010 status	under club control

In addition, here are some other notable 2010 CHONE projections for other Dodgers.

Other Projections
Pitcher	IP	ERA	FIP	BB/9	K/9	2010 Contract Status
Eric Stults	138	4.89	4.61	3.72	6.59	under club control (out of options)
Charlie Haeger	170	4.98	5.14	4.34	6.51	under club control (out of options)
Jeff Weaver	49	4.41	4.48	3.12	6.43	free agent

How Dodgers Became Dodgers: Where Pedro Astacio Becomes Blake DeWitt

Eric Stephen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:16 -0000

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Blake and DeWitt are two of seven players currently on the 40-man roster who have links to Dodgers past.

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Major league 40-man rosters were set last Friday in preparation for the upcoming Rule 5 draft in two weeks. With the free agency period just starting, there are many open spots on rosters throughout baseball. The Dodgers, for instance, have 33 players on their 40-man roster. Over the next few weeks, free agents will be signed and some players will be non-tendered, so rosters will change, but for now let's look at the 33 Dodgers and how they became Dodgers.

Almost half of the Dodgers currently on the 40-man roster -- 16 of 33 -- were drafted by the team with their own draft pick:

Draft(ed) Dodgers
Player	Year	Round	Pick

James Loney	2002	1	19
Jonathan Broxton	2002	2	60
James McDonald	2002	11	331
Eric Stults	2002	15	451
Russell Martin	2002	17	511

Chad Billingsley	2003	1	24
Xavier Paul	2003	4	121
Matt Kemp	2003	6	181
Lucas May	2003	8	241
A.J. Ellis	2003	18	541

Scott Elbert	2004	1	17
Javy Guerra	2004	4	118
Cory Wade	2004	10	298

Brent Leach	2005	6	196
Trayvon Robinson	2005	10	316

Clayton Kershaw	2006	1	7

These are pretty straight forward original transactions, as are these other four amateur free agents:

Amateur Free Agents
Player	Date	Origin
Hong-Chih Kuo	6/19/99	Taiwan
Ramon Troncoso	6/20/02	Dominican Republic
Chin-Lung Hu	1/31/03	Taiwan
Kenley Jansen	11/17/04	Curacao

That makes 20 of 33 Dodgers who are with are with their original club. In addition to them, there are six more Dodgers that joined the club independent of other players. That is, their acquisitions aren't linked to anyone else:

Free Agents
Player	Date
Rafael Furcal	12/19/05
Juan Pierre	11/22/06
Travis Schlichting*	10/7/07
Hiroki Kuroda	12/16/07
Ronald Belisario*	1/13/09
Charlie Haeger*	1/17/09
*minor league free agents

This is where we get to the fun part of this exercise, as reminded by Rocknjosie in her excellent Fan Post last month. There are seven Dodgers left that were acquired as the result, directly or indirectly, of previous transactions. These are listed in chronological order based on the earliest transaction.

Andre Ethier
Date	Transaction
6/1/88	drafted Mike Piazza in the 62nd round (#1390 overall)
8/4/96	signed Luke Allen as an undrafted free agent
12/8/96	signed Todd Zeile as a free agent
5/14/98	traded Piazza and Zeile to Marlins for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, and Manuel Barrios
11/18/00	signed Franklin Gutierrez as an amateur free agent
1/15/02	traded Sheffield to Braves for Odalis Perez, Brian Jordan, and Andrew Brown
1/17/03	traded Allen to Colorado for Jason Romano
4/3/04	traded Romano to Tampa Bay for Antonio Perez
4/3/04	traded Gutierrez and Brown to Cleveland for Milton Bradley
12/13/05	traded Bradley and Perez to Oakland for Ethier
Total Related Players: 9

Blake DeWitt
Date	Transaction
11/21/87	signed Pedro Astacio as an amateur free agent
6/14/91	signed Ismael Valdez as an amateur free agent
8/28/94	signed Luke Prokopec as an amateur free agent
8/19/97	traded Astacio to Rockies for Eric Young
12/12/99	traded Young and Valdez to Cubs for Terry Adams, Brian Stephenson, and Chad Ricketts
12/31/01	traded Prokopec and Ricketts to Toronto for Cesar Izturis and Paul Quantrill
12/17/03	Quantrill signed as a free agent with the Yankees
6/7/04	drafted DeWitt with a compensation first round pick (#28 overall)
Total Related Players: 6

Ivan DeJesus
Date	Transaction
7/7/94	signed Adrian Beltre as an amateur free agent
12/17/04	Beltre signed as a free agent with Seattle
6/7/05	drafted DeJesus with a compensation second round pick (#51 overall)
Total Related Players: 1

Jason Repko
Date	Transaction
1/16/96	signed Scott Radinsky as a free agent
11/23/98	Radinsky signed as a free agent with St. Louis
6/2/99	drafted Repko with a compensation supplemental pick (#37 overall)
Total Related Players: 1

Manny Ramirez
Date	Transaction
12/12/98	signed Kevin Brown as a free agent
6/3/03	drafted Andy LaRoche in the 39th round (#1171 overall)
12/13/03	traded Brown to Yankees for Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazoban, Brandon Weeden, and cash
2/23/06	Weaver signed as a free agent with the Angels
6/6/06	drafted Bryan Morris with a compensation first round pick (#26 overall)
7/31/08	traded LaRoche and Morris to Pittsburgh in a 3-team trade; received Manny and cash from Boston
Total Related Players: 4

Casey Blake
Date	Transaction
8/13/04	signed Carlos Santana as an amateur free agent
6/7/05	drafted Jon Meloan in fifth round (#166 overall)
7/26/08	traded Santana and Meloan to Cleveland for Blake, and cash
Total Related Players: 2

George Sherrill
Date	Transaction
6/7/05	drafted Josh Bell in the second round (#74 overall)
6/7/05	drafted Steven Johnson in the 13th round (#406 overall)
7/30/09	traded Bell and Johnson to Baltimore for Sherrill
Total Related Players: 2

Dodger Roster Breakdown

Eric Stephen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:15:09 -0000

by Mark J. Terrill - AP

One Type B free agent greets a Type A free agent on the mound

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There will be plenty of time this offseason for moves, but here's an overview of the current Dodger 40-man roster. There are 43 players currently on the 40-man roster, including four on the 60-day disabled list. That will change quickly after the World Series as players file for free agency. I have split them into a few groups:

Free Agents (13+1)

Type A*: Orlando Hudson, Randy Wolf

Type B*: Ronnie Belliard, Guillermo Mota, Vicente Padilla, Will Ohman**

Others: Jim Thome, Brad Ausmus, Jason Schmidt, Mark Loretta, Juan Castro, Eric Milton, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jeff Weaver

*Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts has done a great job of figuring out the Elias Rankings, and has posted them at MLB Trade Rumors. In order to receive compensation for Type A or Type B free agents, the club must offer them arbitration. Type A free agents net a first round pick from the team that signs them, provided the pick isn't in the top 15, in addition to a supplemental pick in between the first and second rounds.

If a team signs more than one Type A free agent, the players are ranked by their Elias ranking, they give up picks in the lower rounds as well. For instance, the Yankees last year gave up their first three picks for signing C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett, all Type A free agents. Type B free agents net only a supplemental pick.

There is always the risk that a player will accept arbitration (like Darren Oliver did with the Angels last season). If he does, the maximum salary cut a player can take is 20%, so for Guillermo Mota, for instance, the least he would make in arbitration in 2010 would be $1.88 million (80% of his $2.35 million 2009 salary). In the case of Hudson and Wolf, they had low base salaries so this isn't an issue, but there is still quite a risk because they are still likely to command a high salary in arbitration.

**I'm counting Will Ohman in this exercise, even though he is no longer on the 40-man since his option was bought out last week, but the Dodgers, however unlikely, can still offer Ohman arbitration if they so choose.

What should happen: Offer arbitration to Hudson, Wolf, and Belliard only

Options (2)

Manny Ramirez has a $20 million player option for 2010. He has until November 10 to accept or decline this option.
Jon Garland has a $10 million mutual option for 2010. If the Dodgers decline, his buyout is $2.5 million; if Garland declines, his buyout is $1 million. As a condition of Garland's acquisition, the Diamondbacks will pay either buyout if the option is not exercised. Even if either side opts out, Garland is a Type B free agent, and the Dodgers could offer him arbitration if they so choose.

What should happen: Manny comes back, Dodgers let Arizona pay Garland $2.5m to walk away, don't offer Garland arbitration

Arbitration Eligible (9)

Player	Service Time	2009 Base Salary
George Sherrill	4.147	$2,750,000
Jonathan Broxton	4.020	$1,825,000
Andre Ethier	3.153	$3,100,000
Russell Martin	3.150	$3,900,000
Hong-Chih Kuo	3.114	$437,000
Chad Billingsley	3.110	$475,000
Matt Kemp	3.049	$467,000
James Loney	3.012	$465,000
Jason Repko	3.067	$500,000

Look for: Repko to get non-tendered

Under Contract (4)

Player	2009 Salary	2010 Salary
Rafael Furcal	$10,500,000	$8,500,000
Juan Pierre	$10,000,000	$10,000,000
Casey Blake	$5,250,000	$6,000,000
Hiroki Kuroda	$10,000,000	$13,000,000

Under Team Control (15)

Player	Service Time	2009 Base Salary
Ramon Troncoso	1.119	$401,000
Clayton Kershaw	1.105	$404,000
Cory Wade	1.096	$402,500
Eric Stults	1.072	$402,000
Blake DeWitt	1.048	$405,000
James McDonald	1.004	$400,750
Ronald Belisario	1.000	$400,000
Chin-Lung Hu	0.153	$401,000
Xavier Paul	0.151	$400,000
Charlie Haeger	0.125	$400,000
Scott Elbert	0.097	$400,000
Brent Leach	0.090	$400,000
A.J. Ellis	0.081	$400,000
Travis Schlichting	0.055	$400,000
Lucas May	0.000	------

Here are some important dates to remember for the offseason:

Day After World Series Ends: begins 15-day period for eligible players to file for free agency

November 20: Date reserve lists must be set (adding players to 40-man roster for purposes of Rule 5 draft)

December 1: Last date to offer arbitration to free agents to receive compensation

December 10: Rule 5 draft

December 12: Deadline to tender contracts to players under team control or pre-free agency arbitration-eligible players

It will be a long offseason, but the hot stove is always interesting.

Dodgers Season In Thirds

Eric Stephen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:40:13 -0000

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2 months ago: Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre watches baseball practice in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The Dodgers face the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the National League division series Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Now that the regular season is over, here's a look at the Dodger season in thirds.

Here's an overview of the team numbers:

	W-L	Pythag Rec	Runs For	Runs Allowed	BA/OBP/SLG	ERA
Games 1-54	36-18	35-19	295 (5.46/gm)	208 (3.85/gm)	.285/.367/.414	3.75
Games 55-108	30-24	30-24	244 (4.52/gm)	214 (3.96/gm)	.272/.340/.418	3.45
Games 109-162	29-25	33-21	241 (4.46/gm)	189 (3.50/gm)	.253/.330/.402	3.03

The offense took a dip in the final 54 games, but the pitching was outstanding.

Here is a look at individual seasons in thirds, position by position:

Catcher
Russell Martin
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	47	46	173	23	46	9	0	0	20	29	7/3	.266/.377/.318	.695
2nd 54	50	47	172	22	46	4	0	3	13	24	1/3	.267/.373/.343	.716
3rd 54	46	43	160	18	34	6	0	4	20	16	3/0	.213/.298/.325	.623

Brad Ausmus
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	8	35	6	11	1	0	0	3	2	1/0	.314/.368/.343	.711
2nd 54	12	9	32	3	11	3	0	1	4	2	0/0	.344/.400/.531	.931
3rd 54	13	10	28	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0/0	.214/.241/.214	.456

A.J. Ellis
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000
3rd 54	5	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.167/.167/.167	.333

Infield
James Loney
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	51	208	24	59	12	0	2	41	22	3/1	.284/.348/.370	.718
2nd 54	53	51	198	27	59	9	2	5	27	23	3/1	.298/.371/.439	.810
3rd 54	51	45	170	22	44	4	0	6	22	25	1/1	.259/.352/.388	.740

Orlando Hudson
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	54	216	39	71	17	2	3	32	32	4/0	.329/.410/.468	.878
2nd 54	50	48	195	22	49	11	2	4	21	10	2/0	.251/.299/.390	.688
3rd 54	45	41	140	13	36	7	2	2	9	20	2/1	.257/.350/.379	.729

Rafael Furcal
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	42	189	27	47	8	0	1	11	18	3/3	.249/.314/.307	.621
2nd 54	54	50	216	33	61	10	3	5	21	23	3/1	.282/.350/.426	.776
3rd 54	50	49	208	32	57	10	2	3	15	20	6/2	.274/.339/.385	.724

Casey Blake
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	49	44	164	27	49	12	1	9	34	18	0/0	.299/.374/.549	.922
2nd 54	53	50	195	32	54	11	3	3	27	25	2/4	.277/.353/.410	.763
3rd 54	37	37	126	25	33	2	2	6	18	20	1/0	.262/.367/.452	.819

Mark Loretta
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	38	10	59	11	17	3	0	0	10	11	0/0	.288/.408/.339	.747
2nd 54	38	11	69	5	13	3	0	0	10	6	0/0	.188/.253/.232	.485
3rd 54	31	11	53	3	12	2	0	0	5	3	1/1	.226/.259/.264	.523

Juan Castro
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	19	12	44	12	15	2	0	1	7	5	0/0	.341/.400/.455	.855
2nd 54	17	10	38	2	11	1	0	0	2	1	0/0	.289/.308/.316	.623
3rd 54	21	7	30	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.167/.167/.200	.367

Blake DeWitt
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.176/.222/.176	.399
2nd 54	14	0	15	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0/0	.133/.188/.400	.588
3rd 54	8	3	17	2	5	2	0	1	3	1	0/0	.294/.316/.588	.904

Doug Mientkiewicz
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	7	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0/0	.400/.400/.600	1.000
3rd 54	13	1	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0/0	.308/.400/.308	.708

Ronnie Belliard
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
3rd 54	24	19	77	13	27	7	0	5	17	6	1/0	.351/.398/.636	1.034

Chin-Lung Hu
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
3rd 54	5	1	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0/0	.400/.333/.600	.933

Tony Abreu
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
3rd 54	6	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0/1	.250/.455/.250	.705

Outfield
Andre Ethier
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	52	49	188	31	49	12	0	7	31	27	3/0	.261/.363/.436	.799
2nd 54	54	52	212	34	60	13	1	15	38	23	2/3	.283/.357/.566	.923
3rd 54	54	49	196	27	53	17	2	9	37	22	1/1	.270/.362/.515	.877

Matt Kemp
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	53	51	200	33	62	9	4	6	30	21	12/2	.310/.377/.485	.862
2nd 54	53	53	200	30	66	7	2	9	39	19	10/2	.330/.387/.520	.907
3rd 54	54	49	206	34	52	9	1	11	32	12	12/4	.252/.293/.466	.759

Manny Ramirez
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	27	27	92	22	32	9	0	6	20	26	0/0	.348/.492/.641	1.133
2nd 54	28	25	96	14	26	7	1	6	20	12	0/0	.271/.369/.552	.921
3rd 54	49	47	164	26	44	8	1	7	23	33	0/1	.268/.400/.457	.857

Juan Pierre
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	30	140	27	53	10	3	0	21	13	11/4	.379/.439/.493	.932
2nd 54	50	31	147	15	37	5	1	0	4	7	12/5	.252/.308/.299	.607
3rd 54	49	15	93	15	27	1	4	0	6	7	7/3	.290/.343/.387	.730
Jason Repko
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
3rd 54	13	1	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0/0	.308/.400/.308	.708

Jamie Hoffmann
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	2	3	2	0	1	7	0	0/0	.176/.158/.471	.628
2nd 54	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.200/.200/.200	.400

Xavier Paul
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	2	14	3	3	1	0	1	1	2	0/1	.214/.313/.500	.813

Mitch Jones
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	8	3	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.308/.400/.385	.785

Pinch Hitters
Jim Thome
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
3rd 54	17	0	17	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0/0	.235/.235/.235	.471

Starting Pitchers
Randy Wolf
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	12	12	3-1	75.2	64	30	27	22	58	3.21	1.137
2nd 54	11	11	2-5	64.1	62	28	27	17	48	3.78	1.228
3rd 54	11	11	6-1	74.1	52	23	23	19	54	2.78	0.955

Clayton Kershaw
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	10	3-3	56.0	40	27	27	32	55	4.34	1.286
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	68.2	47	14	13	39	68	1.70	1.252
3rd 54	9	8	0-2	46.1	32	14	13	20	62	2.53	1.122

Chad Billingsley
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	11	11	6-3	74.0	58	25	23	32	76	2.80	1.216
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	69.2	63	40	38	31	64	4.91	1.349
3rd 54	10	9	1-5	52.2	52	29	27	23	39	4.61	1.424

Hiroki Kuroda
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	2	2	1-1	10.2	7	3	3	4	8	2.53	1.031
2nd 54	12	11	3-4	66.1	69	38	35	12	52	4.75	1.221
3rd 54	7	7	4-2	40.1	34	18	11	8	27	2.45	1.041

Eric Stults
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	9	4-2	45.0	46	24	24	25	30	4.80	1.578
3rd 54	1	1	0-1	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	5.40	1.200

Vicente Padilla
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
3rd 54	8	7	4-0	39.1	36	15	14	12	38	3.20	1.220

Jon Garland
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
3rd 54	6	6	3-2	36.1	37	16	11	9	26	2.72	1.266

Charlie Haeger
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
3rd 54	6	3	1-1	19.0	13	7	7	4	7	3.32	0.895

Eric Milton
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	3	2-0	14.1	15	5	5	5	10	3.14	1.395
2nd 54	2	2	0-1	9.1	15	7	5	1	10	4.82	1.714

Jason Schmidt
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	4	4	2-2	17.2	16	12	11	12	8	5.60	1.585

Relievers
Jonathan Broxton
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	23	5-0	12	26.0	8	4	4	10	41	1.38	0.692
2nd 54	23	2-0	12	22.2	17	11	11	11	33	4.37	1.235
3rd 54	27	0-2	12	27.1	19	9	7	8	40	2.30	0.988

George Sherrill
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	3	0-0	--	2.1	0	0	0	1	5	0.00	0.429
3rd 54	27	1-0	1	25.1	19	2	2	10	17	0.71	1.145

Hong-Chih Kuo
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	7	0-0	--	5.1	5	4	4	4	4	6.75	1.688
2nd 54	5	0-0	--	4.2	0	0	0	2	6	0.00	0.429
3rd 54	23	1-0	--	20.0	16	6	6	7	22	2.70	1.150

Ramon Troncoso
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	3	33.1	31	7	7	10	22	1.89	1.230
2nd 54	30	3-0	2	31.1	30	11	7	12	18	2.01	1.340
3rd 54	22	1-4	1	18.0	22	12	11	12	15	5.60	1.889

Ronald Belisario
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	26	1-2	--	31.1	22	10	8	15	30	2.30	1.181
2nd 54	17	0-1	--	17.0	15	5	5	5	16	2.65	1.176
3rd 54	26	0-3	--	22.1	15	6	3	9	18	1.21	1.075

Guillermo Mota
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	20	2-1	--	20.2	26	15	15	12	10	6.53	1.839
2nd 54	28	1-1	--	32.1	15	3	3	6	18	0.84	0.649
3rd 54	13	0-2	--	12.1	12	7	7	6	11	5.11	1.459

Jeff Weaver
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	3	3-1	26.2	29	12	12	15	18	4.05	1.650
2nd 54	10	2	2-3	30.1	33	16	14	10	24	4.15	1.418
3rd 54	9	2	1-0	22.0	25	6	6	8	22	2.45	1.500

James McDonald
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	4	1-1	18.2	17	14	14	16	9	6.75	1.768
2nd 54	15	0	2-1	20.2	17	9	5	6	14	2.18	1.113
3rd 54	20	0	2-3	23.2	26	11	9	12	31	3.42	1.606

Scott Elbert
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	1-0	--	6.1	10	5	5	1	6	7.11	1.737
2nd 54	4	0-0	--	7.2	3	1	1	2	7	1.17	0.652
3rd 54	12	1-0	--	5.2	6	5	5	4	8	7.94	1.765

Brent Leach
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	13	1-0	--	8.0	7	5	5	4	10	5.62	1.375
2nd 54	25	1-0	--	12.1	9	8	8	8	9	5.84	1.378

Cory Wade
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	18	0-3	--	18.2	19	10	10	9	13	4.82	1.500
2nd 54	9	2-0	--	9.0	9	7	7	1	5	7.00	1.111

Will Ohman
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	1	12.1	12	8	8	8	7	5.84	1.622

Claudio Vargas
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	8	0-0	--	11.0	7	2	2	4	10	1.64	1.000

Travis Schlichting
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	2	0-0	--	2.2	1	2	1	5	2	3.38	2.250

Mark Loretta
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	1	0-0	--	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000

Dodgers Season In Thirds

Eric Stephen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:16 -0000

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Matt Kemp has been stellar all season for the Dodgers

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I know this is a day late and a dollar short, but Wednesday night's game was the 108th Dodger game of the season, marking the two-thirds point of the season. I thought it would be a good time to compare the first 54 games of the season to the second set of 54.

Here's an overview of the team numbers:

	W-L	Runs For	Runs Allowed	BA/OBP/SLG	ERA
Games 1-54	36-18	295 (5.46/gm)	208 (3.85/gm)	.285/.367/.414	3.75
Games 55-108	30-24	244 (4.52/gm)	214 (3.96/gm)	.272/.340/.418	3.45

Looks like there was a little more power in the second 54-game stretch, and a little more onbaseability in the first 54 games.

We'll take it position by position after the jump.

Catcher
Russell Martin
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	47	46	173	23	46	9	0	0	20	29	7/3	.266/.377/.318	.695
2nd 54	50	47	172	22	46	4	0	3	13	24	1/3	.267/.373/.343	.716

Brad Ausmus
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	8	35	6	11	1	0	0	3	2	1/0	.314/.368/.343	.711
2nd 54	12	9	32	3	11	3	0	1	4	2	0/0	.344/.400/.531	.931

A.J. Ellis
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000

Infield
James Loney
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	51	208	24	59	12	0	2	41	22	3/1	.284/.348/.370	.718
2nd 54	53	51	198	27	59	9	2	5	27	23	3/1	.298/.371/.439	.810

Orlando Hudson
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	54	216	39	71	17	2	3	32	32	4/0	.329/.410/.468	.878
2nd 54	50	48	195	22	49	11	2	4	21	10	2/0	.251/.299/.390	.688

Rafael Furcal
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	42	189	27	47	8	0	1	11	18	3/3	.249/.314/.307	.621
2nd 54	54	50	216	33	61	10	3	5	21	23	3/1	.282/.350/.426	.776

Casey Blake
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	49	44	164	27	49	12	1	9	34	18	0/0	.299/.374/.549	.922
2nd 54	53	50	195	32	54	11	3	3	27	25	2/4	.277/.353/.410	.763

Mark Loretta
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	38	10	59	11	17	3	0	0	10	11	0/0	.288/.408/.339	.747
2nd 54	38	11	69	5	13	3	0	0	10	6	0/0	.188/.253/.232	.485

Juan Castro
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	19	12	44	12	15	2	0	1	7	5	0/0	.341/.400/.455	.855
2nd 54	17	10	38	2	11	1	0	0	2	1	0/0	.289/.308/.316	.623

Blake DeWitt
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.176/.222/.176	.399
2nd 54	14	0	15	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0/0	.133/.188/.400	.588

Doug Mientkiewicz
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	7	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0/0	.400/.400/.600	1.000

Outfield
Andre Ethier
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	52	49	188	31	49	12	0	7	31	27	3/0	.261/.363/.436	.799
2nd 54	54	52	212	34	60	13	1	15	38	23	2/3	.283/.357/.566	.923

Matt Kemp
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	53	51	200	33	62	9	4	6	30	21	12/2	.310/.377/.485	.862
2nd 54	53	53	200	30	66	7	2	9	39	19	10/2	.330/.387/.520	.907

Manny Ramirez
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	27	27	92	22	32	9	0	6	20	26	0/0	.348/.492/.641	1.133
2nd 54	28	25	96	14	26	7	1	6	20	12	0/0	.271/.369/.552	.921

Juan Pierre
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	30	140	27	53	10	3	0	21	13	11/4	.379/.439/.493	.932
2nd 54	50	31	147	15	37	5	1	0	4	7	12/5	.252/.308/.299	.607

Jamie Hoffmann
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	2	3	2	0	1	7	0	0/0	.176/.158/.471	.628
2nd 54	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.200/.200/.200	.400

Xavier Paul
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	2	14	3	3	1	0	1	1	2	0/1	.214/.313/.500	.813

Mitch Jones
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	8	3	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.308/.400/.385	.785

Starting Pitchers
Chad Billingsley
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	11	11	6-3	74.0	58	25	23	32	76	2.80	1.216
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	69.2	63	40	38	31	64	4.91	1.349

Clayton Kershaw
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	10	3-3	56.0	40	27	27	32	55	4.34	1.286
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	68.2	47	14	13	39	68	1.70	1.252

Randy Wolf
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	12	12	3-1	75.2	64	30	27	22	58	3.21	1.137
2nd 54	11	11	2-5	64.1	62	28	27	17	48	3.78	1.228

Hiroki Kuroda
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	2	2	1-1	10.2	7	3	3	4	8	2.53	1.031
2nd 54	12	11	3-4	66.1	69	38	35	12	52	4.75	1.221

Eric Stults
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	9	4-2	45.0	46	24	24	25	30	4.80	1.578

Eric Milton
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	3	2-0	14.1	15	5	5	5	10	3.14	1.395
2nd 54	2	2	0-1	9.1	15	7	5	1	10	4.82	1.714

Jason Schmidt
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	4	4	2-2	17.2	16	12	11	12	8	5.60	1.585

Relievers
Jonathan Broxton
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	23	5-0	12	26.0	8	4	4	10	41	1.38	0.692
2nd 54	23	2-0	12	22.2	17	11	11	11	33	4.37	1.235

Ramon Troncoso
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	3	33.1	31	7	7	10	22	1.89	1.230
2nd 54	30	3-0	2	31.1	30	11	7	12	18	2.01	1.340

Ronald Belisario
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	26	1-2	--	31.1	22	10	8	15	30	2.30	1.181
2nd 54	17	0-1	--	17.0	15	5	5	5	16	2.65	1.176

Guillermo Mota
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	20	2-1	--	20.2	26	15	15	12	10	6.53	1.839
2nd 54	28	1-1	--	32.1	15	3	3	6	18	0.84	0.649

Jeff Weaver
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	3	3-1	26.2	29	12	12	15	18	4.05	1.650
2nd 54	10	2	2-3	30.1	33	16	14	10	24	4.15	1.418

James McDonald
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	4	1-1	18.2	17	14	14	16	9	6.75	1.768
2nd 54	15	0	2-1	20.2	17	9	5	6	14	2.18	1.113

Brent Leach
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	13	1-0	--	8.0	7	5	5	4	10	5.62	1.375
2nd 54	25	1-0	--	12.1	9	8	8	8	9	5.84	1.378

Hong-Chih Kuo
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	7	0-0	--	5.1	5	4	4	4	4	6.75	1.688
2nd 54	5	0-0	--	4.2	0	0	0	2	6	0.00	0.429

Cory Wade
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	18	0-3	--	18.2	19	10	10	9	13	4.82	1.500
2nd 54	9	2-0	--	9.0	9	7	7	1	5	7.00	1.111

Scott Elbert
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	1-0	--	6.1	10	5	5	1	6	7.11	1.737
2nd 54	4	0-0	--	7.2	3	1	1	2	7	1.17	0.652

Will Ohman
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	1	12.1	12	8	8	8	7	5.84	1.622

Claudio Vargas
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	8	0-0	--	11.0	7	2	2	4	10	1.64	1.000

Travis Schlichting
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	2	0-0	--	2.2	1	2	1	5	2	3.38	2.250

George Sherrill
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	3	0-0	--	2.1	0	0	0	1	5	0.00	0.429

Mark Loretta
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	1	0-0	--	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000

Dodgers Week 17 In Review: Road Weary

Eric Stephen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:00:13 -0000

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Sometimes playing on the road causes people to make this face.

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The Dodgers stumbled out of the gate on their seven-game road trip, getting drubbed the first two games in St. Louis by the new-look Cardinals. Clayton Kershaw's gem on Wednesday made it seem like a Dodger win was in order, but a stumbling offense -- lots of hits and baserunners, but very few runs -- couldn't come through as the Dodgers dropped their third straight game in 15 innings.

However, as they have all season, the Dodgers rebounded, winning the finale in St. Louis, then pasting the Braves on Friday and Sunday to salvage the week. The Dodgers were almost one dropped catch at home -- on Saturday in Atlanta -- away from actually having a winning trip. After starting the trip with four hits in 25 at-bats with runners in scoring position, the Dodgers hit .318 (14 for 44) in such situations to finish the trip.

It is worth noting that the worst ten-game stretch for the Dodgers all season is 4-6, something they have done only three times all year. Avoiding long losing spells will go a long way toward winning a division.

Dodger Batter of the Week: Even though he missed Sunday's game with a wrist injury, Casey Blake was the top batter for the Dodgers this week. Entering the week in an eight-for-45 slump, The Beard was a hit machine this week, tallying 11 hits in six games while hitting .440/.464/.600. Andre Ethier made a strong bid for his second straight award, hitting a pair of big home runs in Atlanta while hitting .300/.400/.567 for the week.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: For the fifth time in seven weeks, this award goes to Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw was brilliant in his lone start this week, pitching scoreless frames for a career-high eight innings against the Cardinals. Even though Kershaw exited with a 1-0 lead, the Dodgers were unable to get him a win, and ended up losing in 15 innings in what was, despite the outcome, one of the best games of the year. Honorable mention goes to a pair of oft-injured pitchers: Hong-Chih Kuo, who after three months off, intentionally walked two batters but retired the other 11 he faced, and Jason Schmidt, who allowed just one hit (and five walks) in six scoreless innings Friday in Atlanta.

Week 17 Record: 3-4
25 runs scored (3.57 per game)
27 runs allowed (3.86 per game)
.462 pythagorean winning percentage

Overall Seasonal Record: 65-40 (.619)
516 runs scored (4.91 per game)
408 runs allowed (3.89 per game)
.615 pythagorean winning percentage

Vice Versa: In a blowout loss on Tuesday in St. Louis, Mark Loretta was asked to get the final out of the game on the mound, and did retire Ryan Ludwick on a flyball after plunking Matt Holliday in the foot with a 78 MPH pitch. As Loretta, who also pitched a scoreless inning for the Brewers in 2001, told Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, "It's been eight years. I was well rested."

On Sunday night, after Chad Billingsley was removed for precautionary reasons with a cramp in his right leg, pitcher Jason Schmidt was asked to pinch-hit in the sixth inning. Schmidt lined a single, and ended up scoring later in the inning. It was the first time Schmidt had a hit, as well as the first time he had a run, since the Dodgers' home opener in 2007, when he homered.

No Steaks For Me, I'm On A Diet: Manny Ramirez, in the midst of his first real slump as a Dodger, doesn't have a run batted in since hitting his Bobbleslam, a span of nine games. Manny has gone 43 plate appearances without an RBI, the fourth longest streak of his career:

Dates	Team	PA
5/31/97-6/16/97	Indians	53
5/29/95-6/13/95	Indians	47
4/20/08-5/2/08	Red Sox	44
7/24/09-present	Dodgers	43

A Striking Debut: George Sherrill, acquired from the Orioles on Thursday, became just the third Los Angeles Dodger reliever to have three strikeouts in his first inning with the team, by striking out three Braves in the seventh inning on Friday. Pete Richert actually struck out the first six hitters of his big league career (one reached base on a passed ball) on April 12, 1962 against the Reds in just the third game at Dodger Stadium. The last Dodger to accomplish this feat was Bob O'Brien, who struck out three Padres in his first inning on April 11, 1971.

Personal Best: Andre Ethier set a new career high by hitting his 21st home run of the season on Friday in Atlanta, a three-run shot that propelled the Dodgers to victory. Ethier, whose previous career high was 20, set last year, homered again on Saturday for number 22. The season is not quite two-thirds completed yet, as there are still 57 games remaining on the schedule.

But, At Least We Had More Hits: On Tuesday, the Dodgers were shutout 10-0 by the Cardinals, despite outhitting them nine to eight. This was the first time the Dodgers have outhit an opponent and lost by 10 or more runs since April 24, 1958 against the Cubs.

Transactions: There were quite a few transactions during trade deadline week:

Monday: Xavier Paul was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL, opening up a 40-man roster spot, along with...
Monday: Blake DeWitt was optioned to AAA Albuquerque for the fifth time this year, opening up a 25-man roster spot for...
Monday: Hong-Chih Kuo was activated from the 60-day disabled list, seeing his first major league action since April 29
Thursday: Brent Leach was optioned to AAA Albuquerque, after allowing six straight batters and 11 of his last 16 to reach base, in order to make room for...
Thursday: Scott Elbert was recalled from AAA Albuquerque, the third time he has been called up to the Dodgers this season, trying to catch Blake DeWitt in frequent flyer miles.
Thursday: Will Ohman was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL, opening up a 40-man roster spot for...
Thursday: George Sherrill was acquired via trade from the Orioles, for 3B Josh Bell and SP Steve Johnson, minor leaguers ranked 10th and 13th, respectively, by Phil Gurnee in the True Blue LA midseason prospect rankings.
Friday: To open up a spot on the 25-man roster for Sherrill, Claudio Vargas was traded to the Brewers for 29-year old nonroster minor league catcher Vinny Rottino, who reported to AA Chattanooga
Sunday: Cory Wade was activated from the 15-day disabled list after pitching three games with AAA Albuquerque on a rehabilitation assignment, but he will stay with the Isotopes since he was also simultaneously optioned to AAA

There are currently 39 active players on the 40-man roster, but that open spot will presumably be taken by Doug Mientkiewicz, who is close to being activated from the 60-day disabled list.

Upcoming Week: The Dodgers return home this week, halfway done with their latest 20-games-in-20-days stretch. The Brewers come to town for three games, and the Braves begin a four-game series at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.

Week 17 Stats

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Blake	25	4	11	2	1	0	1	2	0/1	.440/.464/.600	1.064
Ethier	30	5	9	2	0	2	5	5	1/0	.300/.400/.567	.967
Kemp	30	2	10	1	0	1	9	2	1/0	.333/.364/.467	.830
Loney	33	1	12	2	0	0	4	1	0/0	.364/.382/.424	.807
Martin	25	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0/0	.320/.346/.400	.746
Furcal	33	3	11	1	0	0	4	2	1/0	.333/.361/.364	.725
Hudson	27	2	7	2	0	0	1	4	0/0	.259/.375/.333	.708
Manny	29	2	5	2	0	0	0	5	0/0	.172/.294/.241	.535
Castro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	1.000/1.000/1.000	2.000
Ausmus	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.400/.400/.400	.800
Pierre	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.333/.333/.333	.667
Loretta	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0/0	.222/.222/.333	.556
Pitchers	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.118/.118/.118	.235
Totals	270	25	82	15	1	3	25	21	3/1	.304/.355/.400	.755

Pitcher	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Kershaw	1	0-0	--	8.0	4	0	0	2	7	0.00	0.750
Schmidt	1	1-0	--	6.0	1	0	0	5	3	0.00	1.000
Kuroda	1	0-0	--	6.0	4	2	2	0	5	3.00	0.667
Wolf	2	0-2	--	12.0	16	6	5	4	11	3.75	1.750
Billingsley	2	1-1	--	10.2	6	6	6	7	14	5.06	1.406
Kuo	4	0-0	--	3.2	0	0	0	2	4	0.00	0.545
Sherrill	2	0-0	--	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0.00	0.750
Loretta	1	0-0	--	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000
McDonald	3	1-0	--	3.2	2	3	1	1	2	2.45	0.818
Mota	5	0-0	--	3.1	5	1	1	0	1	2.70	1.500
Elbert	1	0-0	--	2.2	1	1	1	1	1	3.38	0.750
Weaver	1	0-1	--	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	3.38	1.125
Troncoso	3	0-0	--	2.1	6	1	1	1	1	3.86	3.000
Broxton	2	0-0	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	4.50	1.500
Vargas	1	0-0	--	2.0	2	1	1	1	4	4.50	1.500
Leach	2	0-0	--	0.0	3	4	4	2	0	∞	∞
Totals	7	3-4	1	66.2	54	27	24	29	59	3.24	1.245

Dodgers Set To Face Lowe, Braves

Eric Stephen — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:28:54 -0000

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Lowe's four years with the Dodgers produced a 121 ERA+ and 54 wins.

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The Dodgers face Derek Lowe today, for the first time since he left them to sign with the Braves on a four-year, $60 million contract this offseason. Lowe, a workhorse who provided the Dodgers with four very solid seasons, is struggling a bit with Atlanta this season. His ERA (4.20), ERA+ (99), x-FIP (4.64) are all worse than his numbers with the Dodgers. However, Lowe has four straight quality starts, with a 2.62 ERA over that time, and has pitched six innings in 16 of 22 starts this season.

Adam Rosenberg of MLB.com tells us Lowe's approach against his former team:

"Obviously I played with a lot of the current Dodgers," Lowe said. "But it's tough to say that I know how to pitch them. I've probably watched more tape of them over the past 10 days than I normally do when preparing to face an opponent."

The Dodgers are sending Lowe's 2007 teammate, Randy Wolf to the mound, a pitcher in search of wins in consecutive starts for the first time this season. Since his admittedly poor outing against the White Sox last month, Wolf has pitched very well, with a 2.87 ERA over six straight quality starts. Wolf has pitched six innings in 18 of 22 starts this season.

Rafael Furcal has an 11-game hitting streak, during which time he is hitting .373/.389/.549. Although Furcal hasn't faced Derek Lowe since 2005, he has five hits, including a double and a home run, in 11 at-bats against him in his career, and is hitting .455/.538/.818 off Lowe.

Future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones has enjoyed facing Randy Wolf in his career, hitting .341/.474/.659 in 57 plate appearances. Catcher Brian McCann has also fared well against the southpaw, albeit on a smaller scale, hitting .800/.875/1.600. In eight plate appearances against Wolf, McCann has only made one out (a deep flyout to centerfield last season).

Since the start of the 2006 season, Chipper Jones has the second-highest OPS+ in baseball at 160. Manny Ramirez is third, with a 154 OPS+. It should come as no surprise that Albert Pujols is number one on that list, with a 178 OPS+. Jones, who is hitting .287 this season, has hit .300 or better ten times in his career. Only Hank Aaron, with 14 .300 seasons, has more in Braves' history.

Adam LaRoche, who was reacquired by Atlanta before Friday's non-waiver trading deadline, is expected to start at first base today for the Braves.

For the Braves, Yunel Escobar and Martin Prado are still out for today's game, while Ryan Church may be available only for pinch running or defense, according to Carroll Rodgers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Difference in Speed: The Dodgers are a faster team than the Braves, and not just because they have more stolen bases (78 for the Dodgers; 37 for the Braves). Each team has hit a double with a runner on first 61 times this season. The runner on first for the Dodgers scored 30 times (third highest percentage in the NL), compared to just 22 for the Braves (the second lowest percentage in the league). Dodger runners on second have scored on a single 65.7% of the time (90 of 137), compared to just 60% for the Braves (75 of 125).

Dodger Injury News: Ken Gurnick reported that Ronald Belisario pitched a simulated game today in Atlanta, with Juan Pierre and Juan Castro batting. If Belisario is deemed healthy after this outing, he could begin a rehab assignment next week.

Cory Wade pitched a scoreless inning last night in Albuquerque, and has allowed one hit over 2.1 innings in his three games since starting his rehab assignment. His appearance on July 29 was only a third of an inning because there was a rain delay during Wade's inning.

Doug Mientkiewicz has six hits in 18 at-bats in four games so far on a rehab assignment with Albuquerque, protecting his coveted .300 minor league batting average.

The Dodgers are 11-5 on Saturdays this season, but only 4-4 on the road.

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Wade, Mientkiewicz Set For Rehab Games in Albuquerque

Eric Stephen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:12:18 -0000

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Cory Wade could be activated as soon as Friday.

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Joe Torre said Sunday that injured reliever Cory Wade will pitch today in Albuquerque on a rehab assignment. Wade has been on the disabled list since July 16 with a right shoulder strain, and is eligible to be activated Friday.

Now comes word this morning that utility man Doug Mientkiewicz, out since April 17 with a dislocated right shoulder, will also play rehab games in New Mexico, starting Tuesday. From Mientkiewicz's Twitter page:

Can't sleep! Driving to NM today. Playing Tom. Can't wait to get back on the field again

Albuquerque is hosting the Iowa Cubs in a day game today. You can listen to the 11:05am start here.

Tuesday's Isotopes game is against the Oklahoma City RedHawks, and starts at 6:05pm.

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Dodgers Sunday Pregame Notes

Eric Stephen — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:29:21 -0000

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Today's scheduled meeting with Joe Torre was pushed back by nearly a half hour, partially because Torre was meeting with Ned Colletti and scout Vance Lovelace, among others. Some of the players in the locker room were joking that "the reaper is in there," and were generally in a playful mood. James McDonald and Brent Leach both said that being traded wasn't something they can control, so there's no reason to worry about it. Both said they didn't let a distraction like that affect them on the field.

Here are some notes from the meeting with Torre:

Torre said he meets with Ned Colletti and staff every day regarding the upcoming trading deadline. The club is looking to add pitching, was the only detail provided.
Manny Ramirez has a sore hand, and that's why he's out of the lineup. He is available to pinch hit. Torre doesn't expect him to need a day off during the road trip, even in the midst of 20 games in 20 days, because there are no day games following a night game.
Torre couldn't have expected such a good record at this point in the season, and that the club has been fortunate to be in so many close games at home. Torre noted they have an advantage being able to use Jonathan Broxton in a tie game, while the road team "can't." (I didn't get a chance to follow up on this one)
Jeff Weaver and James McDonald will be today's backup for Jason Schmidt, with Torre noting the club has "a lot of length" available in the bullpen today
Guillermo Mota has been great, especially after tweaking his delivery, allowing him to gain control while still keeping his velocity.
Hong-Chih Kuo will likely be activated during the road trip, although nothing is definite yet
Cory Wade will pitch a rehab assignment game with Albuquerque Monday night
Ronald Belisario might begin a rehab assignment by the end of the week
Torre praised Hanley Ramirez for his ability to hit the other way. Torre likes Hanley's chances at capturing the batting title. The subject of infield hits was brought up, comparing Hanley and Albert Pujols, but Torre, who won the 1971 NL batting title, noted sluggers get infield hits too, especially when infielders are forced to play deep. Torre also playfully noted that defensive stats on Astroturf should come with an asterisk because Dave Concepcion was able to play so deep to rob him of hits, and also used the turf to bounce his throws to first.

Dodgers Week 15 In Review: A Split Never Felt So Good

Eric Stephen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:00:12 -0000

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The Astros, winners of four of the seven games with Los Angeles this season, have forced the Dodgers to come back down to Earth during their meetings.

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After sending three players to St. Louis for the All-Star game, the Dodgers began their second half with a four-game home series with the Astros, and fought their way to a split.

Sometimes perspective makes you look at things a little differently. If the Dodgers had split their series with the Astros by winning the first two games, then dropping the final two, I wouldn't feel as good about the series than I do today. The Dodgers dropped the first two games to the Astros, and quite frankly it looked as if the All-Star break lasted a few days longer than originally planned.

Then, Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp came along to heal all the club's wounds. Kershaw continued his amazing run by throwing seven shutout innings Saturday, and Kemp dazzled the crowd with a spectacular game on a sweltering Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

Overall, the offense didn't play well during the series, and the starting pitching outside of Kershaw left a bit to be desired (10.66 ERA, although most of that was Chad Billingsley), but the Dodgers, as they have done all season long, found a way to salvage a series. The club still has not lost three games in a row all year.

Dodger Batter of the Week: Matt Kemp made a strong effort to claim this title for the second straight week, especially with his amazing performance Sunday, but the batting hero of the week was Orlando Hudson. The O-Dog had seven hits in 13 at-bats, hitting a whopping .538/.538/.923 for this shortened week.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: We might have to rename this the Clayton Kershaw Award. Kershaw continued his excellent pitching, throwing seven scoreless innings Saturday against the Astros. The way he is pitching right now, its not unreasonable to call Kershaw the best pitcher on the staff.

Week 15 Record: 2-2
10 runs scored (2.50 per game)
16 runs allowed (4.00 per game)
.281 pythagorean winning percentage

Overall Seasonal Record: 58-34 (.630)
453 runs scored (4.92 per game)
354 runs allowed (3.85 per game)
.621 pythagorean winning percentage

If You're Scoring At Home: Thanks to Bob Timmermann, baseball historian and erstwhile author of The Griddle, we found out that Matt Kemp was the first major leaguer in ~~over 40~~ nearly 20 years to score at least four runs and score all of his team's runs that game. ~~The last player to do so was Dick McAuliffe for the Tigers in 1968~~. Turns out, Eric Davis accomplished the feat in 1990 (hat tip to Jon Weisman, Josh Rawitch, and Elias)

All-Stars Among Us: As Jonathan Broxton looked on nursing a sore toe, both Orlando Hudson and Chad Billingsley appeared for the National League Tuesday night in the All-Star game in St. Louis. Billingsley pitched the fifth inning, giving up a run on two hits, while Hudson got a base hit and became the fourth Dodger in history to steal a base in the midsummer classic.

Triple Double: Orlando Hudson hit two triples for the week, doubling his total on the year. However, they were a pair of gifts from the Astros' outfielders. On Friday night, Hudson lofted an easy fly ball to the warning track in right field, and Hunter Pence lost it in the lights, allowing the ball to bounce a few feet away from him as Hudson motored to third base. One night later, Hudson lofted a single to left that was misplayed by a diving Carlos Lee, allowing the ball to bounce past him for yet another triple for the O-Dog. Even if we count the two triples as a single and an out, Hudson still would have hit .462/.462/.538 on the week. Besides, these things tend to even out over the long season, and as they say, they were line drives in the box score.

Power & Speed: Matt Kemp on Sunday had a home run and a stolen base in the same game for the second time this season and the fifth time in his career. The all-time Los Angeles Dodger leaders in homer/steal games are Davey Lopes and Willie Davis, each with 21 such games.

Reserving Judgment: Backup catcher Brad Ausmus had a great day Sunday, with two key RBI doubles, and that saved an otherwise dreary week for the reserves. Ausmus, Mark Loretta, Juan Pierre, Blake DeWitt, and Juan Castro combined for three hits in 23 at-bats, hitting just .130/.130/.217.

Transactions: More action will come this week with the pending arrival of Jason Schmidt and perhaps Hong-Chih Kuo, but here is a look back at a short week:

Thursday: Cory Wade was placed on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain, retroactive to July 11
Thursday: Blake DeWitt was recalled from Albuquerque, beginning his fifth stint with the Dodgers this season

Upcoming Week: The Dodgers continue their homestand against the Reds and Marlins, with an off day in between, on Thursday. The big story of the upcoming week is Monday's return of Jason Schmidt, who will make his first start in over two years, against the Reds.

Week 15 Stats

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Hudson	13	3	7	1	2	0	1	0	0/0	.538/.538/.923	1.462
Kemp	15	5	4	0	0	1	4	1	1/0	.267/.313/.467	.779
Ethier	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.364/.364/.364	.727
Martin	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.222/.300/.222	.522
Furcal	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.200/.273/.200	.473
Blake	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	.154/.313/.154	.466
Manny	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	.143/.250/.214	.464
Loney	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.100/.182/.100	.282
Ausmus	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0/0	.667/.667/1.333	2.000
Loretta	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.167/.167/.167	.333
Pierre	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000
DeWitt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000
Castro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000
Pitchers	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.167/.167/.167	.333
Totals	124	10	28	4	2	1	9	8	1/0	.226/.278/.315	.593

Pitcher	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Kershaw	1	1-0	--	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0.00	0.429
Wolf	1	0-1	--	6.0	5	3	3	1	6	4.50	1.000
Kuroda	1	0-0	--	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	5.40	1.800
Billingsley	1	0-1	--	1.2	9	6	6	0	0	32.40	5.400
Mota	2	0-0	--	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0.00	0.667
Elbert	2	0-0	--	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.857
Broxton	2	0-0	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	5	0.00	1.500
Vargas	2	0-0	--	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.500
Troncoso	2	1-0	--	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.000
Leach	2	0-0	--	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0.00	2.000
Weaver	1	0-0	--	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	4.15	1.154
McDonald	1	0-0	--	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	∞	∞
Totals	4	2-2	2	36.0	36	16	16	10	28	4.00	1.278

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