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Old 05-30-2018, 04:43 PM   #152
PilotMan
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June Report


LA finished the month of June with a poor 12-14 record. Overall, the team sits in 2nd place in the West, with a record of 41-37. The Dodgers are an awful 11 games behind the Astros. The light is dimming on the season as we close in on the All Star break. Could have been a lot worse too. LA won their final 3 games to get to that point.


The reason for this was the hitting. The team has been dropping and dropping at the plate. With a .255 avg, the Dodgers find themselves 9th in the NL in batting and 7th in OBP. 9th in hits and 6th in runs scored. Good enough for a solid above average record, but not title hopefuls. Even with Rickey, the team is 2nd in the NL in stolen bases.


The pitching staff is as good as it's been lately. With a team 3.54 ERA they are 5th in the NL. The bullpen is 3rd in the NL with a 2.57 ERA, but Lasorda doesn't really like to use his bullpen. Opponents are hitting .245 and 5th in runs allowed. They are getting a lot of help from the defense. With a .720 efficiency the team is 2nd in the NL, and it's the best that this team has had in years.


Of the slew of bad hitting that we saw this month, who was the best? Winfield lead the team with 5 HR's. Not awesome. He was also one of the best hitters with a .263/.295/.434 slash line. That's awful. Ozzie was probably the most consistent. He hit .299/.393/.361 and stole 6 bases. Doug Jennings only played 9 games, but hit .300. He was probably the best. That's it. Nobody else was worth a shit. Who wasn't? How long can I go on? Rickey hit .219/.327/.375. O'Brien hit .242/.290/.364. Schmidt hit .202/.279/.340. Good grief. This is bad.


The top pitcher for June was Franco. After a rough start, the Dodgers closer pitched in 10 games, saved 6 and didn't allow a run in 13 innings of work while striking out 11. Actually, none of Tekulve, Franco, Robinson, nor Beattie allowed a run. That's a total of 30.2 innings of work with 0 runs allowed. Top starter was Bryn Smith and his 3-3, 2.83 ERA, 0.90 WHIP month. He only allowed 26 hits in 41 innings of work. Fernando was the worst. Might be the worst month of his career. He went 0-4 with a 7.03 ERA, 19 walks in 32 innings. We need old Fernando back. Tanana lived up to his gopher ball mantra, allowing 8 HR's in 40.2 innings.


It wasn't a good month. There are a few guys out with injury and the All Star break is coming. Will this team be selling come the end of July? Or maybe they'll be buying? We'll have to see.
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