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Clayton Kershaw was 4 for 15 at the plate this season for Jacksonville, but is 0 for 8 with the Dodgers. Will Coors Field produce his first hit?
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The Dodgers have decided they got what they could out of Eric Stults for now, and have optioned him to make room for Kershaw, writes Diamond Leung of the Press Enterprise. Stults should return by September 2 and could still contribute this year.
Leung adds that Juan Pierre will begin his rehab assignment Wednesday - ahead of schedule.
Scenario: When Pierre is activated, Andruw Jones is "rested." And if Pierre, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier appear not to cave in, Jones continues to get a lot of rest.
Update: From Tony Jackson of the Daily News:
... while Joe (Torre) did say on the one hand that he isn't ready to sit Andruw Jones ... on the other hand, Torre didn't rule out the possibility that Andruw could find himself sitting if this keeps up much longer.
Click the link to Jackson's blog to read Torre's quotes.
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I am anti-juan pierre all the way. I would rather see Repko or Young out there. Pierre forever ruined himself in my eyes last season and I wish I never had to see him in a Dodger uniform again. I hear he's a really nice guy, but so is my gardner and I don't want him in the outfield either.
And Away We Go...
Kershaw II: The Kershawing
Kershaw III: Kershawker
Kershaw IV: Kershawshank Redemption
Kershaw VI: Kershaw's, Foiled Again?
Kershaw VII: Kershaw Na Na Na, Sha Na Na Na Na Na
Kershaw VIII: Kershaw Me The Money
No specialized title for Kershaw's 5th start, the rain game in Detroit. Jinx!
vr, Xei
Can your Gardner run really really fast?
It's a mixture of pop culture, a Variety if you will.
Might I also suggest:
M. Night Kershawmalan
Kershawt Heard Round the World
Kershawka Khan
This new one is a Peter Gabriel song reference.
Today's from the Peter Gabriel song, Shock the Monkey.
The latest is a song title.
No, but he hits for power and and has a decent arm.
Kemp, Dre, and Dunn sound pretty good for an outfield right now.
I hope I don't sound like one of those guys who call a radio show and say we should trade Kent for Hamels.
Angels/Dodgers GMs are on 710 right now.
vr, Xei
1. Kershaw By the Dashboard Lights.
2. I'd do anything for Kershaw (but I won't do that).
3. Kershaw's in the Rear View mirror may appear closer than they are (remix version).
4. You took the words right out of my Kershaw.
Kemp, RF
Ethier, LF
Martin, C
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Garciaparra, SS
Jones, CF
LaRoche, 3B
Kershaw, P
http://tinyurl.com/5ewmzf
I know it has been reported LaRoche would start all 3 games in Colorado, but it's nice to see him actually playing; actions over words, you know.
So are Colletti and Reagins both going to Bell Gardens?
Arrrgggghhh! {Head explodes}
Just do well, Andy.
You don't think they well re-sign Hudson?
I would guess that they are less likely to pitch around him with Kershaw/PH behind him than with Jones
If Kershaw can get the bunt down Kemp should have lots of opportunities to drive LaRoche in from second.
Root for LaRoche to do well. If he does get traded he might get a chance to blossom, he he plays badly over this small stretch, he might not get another genuine chance again. After all, one of the main arguments for LaRoche was that he never got a fair shake, well here's his fair shake. We shouldn't try to wish he screws up for the Dodgers to keep him because the Dodgers aren't going to see value in LaRoche if he doesn't perform up to his abilities.
vr, Xei
I'm excited for the game tonight, especially because the only time my wife will let me put it on in the living room is when Kershaw pitches.
vr, Xei
Ned sounds tired on the air. He should take a 10-day sabbatical to recharge the old batteries.
When in baseball is 3 games or essentially, 12PAs, a fair shake?
vr, Xei
vr, Xei
60 PA
7 singles
5 BB
25 K
.130/.217/.130
Just shows how bad my memory is. :-) I thought you indicated he would be pitching on Sunday and Bob said he would be there. I just hope Bob isn't disappointed either way. :-)
I'd like to hang around and chat tonight, but I'll be at the AAA game. Let's go Sky Sox!
Torre did it earlier in the season when Furcal was healthy and the club had a traditional leadoff hitter. Pierre had missed 3 innings total (in 48+ games) since Furcal was hurt, before JP himself got injured. Once he gets back, Pierre is playing everyday.
Have fun.
Stults was 2-2 with a 3.18 ERA and averaged 5 2/3 innings in his six starts. Clayton Kershaw was 0-2 with a 4.42 ERA and averaged under five innings in his eight starts earlier this season. It doesn't look like an upgrade.
Big splash? No.
Solid acquisition? Yes.
Did it sound as if he already has a trade lined up...?
Note to Rotoworld (not shooting the messenger sporky):
Stults
4.64 FIP
22.4% LD
6.62 K/9
1 HR every 6.8 IP
Kershaw
4.23 FIP
17.4% LD
8.77 K/9
1 HR every 12.9 IP
Method / Favorite / Win% / Over Under
Vegas / Rockies / 57.26 / 10.5
AccuScore / Rockies / 64% / 11.2
My Simulator / Rockies / 60.93% / 9.66
My simulator splits the two on the win%, but is the "under" outlier on the over/under tally.
vr, Xei
August 16
Not the best day for Bowden!
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/07/pierres-impendi.html
Bad: Hurricane Dolly is almost surely going to strike with heavy rain and strong winds.
Good: Dolly has slowed down enough that I will be able to watch Kershaw and the Dodgers before we lose power.
112. Be careful out there!
vr, Xei
110 That's pretty lame stuff. Mind you, Joe doesn't have to come out and say that he intends to bench Andruw, but if that's to be taken at face value, it wreaks of double standards and lack of accountability.
Joel Hanrahan (P) WAS 7/22/2008
Hanrahan is now one of a handful of candidates in the mix to close games for the Nats following the trade of Jon Rauch to Arizona on Tuesday, the Washington Times reports. Saul Rivera is also considered a possibility for now, but we'll keep an eye out for manager Manny Acta's official plans as they become available in the near future. Hanrahan has rolled up 65 strikeouts over 59.1 innings for Washington this season and he's got an arsenal well-suited for ninth-inning work if Acta decides to give him the ball late.
Per rotowire
Revisionist!
Indeed!
Told you so--get ready for the return of our favorite soap opera, As the Outfield Turns. In tonight's episode, Matt Kemp is benched because of his youthful indiscretion of asking Joe Torre who Bob Gibson was, while Andruw Jones, with the help of Donnie Mattingly, gets closer and closer to actually making contact with a baseball.
http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/07/claytons_place.html
"Scott Proctor threw off the mound today for the first time and Ken Howell was cleared by the docs to resume coaching this weekend."
Wish you and your family the best. Hopefully a blackout will be the worst of your problems.
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Actually I liked Torre's comments on the situation. Especially this: "Both Donnie (Mattingly) and (Jeff) Pentland are here working on specific things with him." Makes me think Joe is watching for these specific things to improve and if not, bench time. I didn't find that nebulous at all.
Maybe tonight Jones will wake up and start hitting. Here's hoping!
The shine is off DT's favorite AL team already.
Kershaw!
-Gesundheit!
Hint: he is an old friend.
>> It isn't clear where Pierre will fit when he does return, but the best he can hope for probably is to share time in left field with Andre Ethier. <<
http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_9955051
How else are we supposed to Showcase™ him...?
Great catch by Andruw!
Charlie Hough was the last pitcher to start 40 games in a season, with 40 GS in 1987 for the Rangers.
And that was a fat fastball Kershaw left out for Baker.
Rotoworld had it right about the innings per start dropoff between Stults and Kershaw.
I'm not sure when Odalis would have led in bequeathed runs not scored, or however you would name that.
I looked at his game logs, and he's only left 7 runners on base total in 18 starts. 3 of those have scored.
At one point (before his May 28 start), only 1 of 4 Odalis runners had scored, so maybe that's when he was on the leaderboard.
Ah well.
I just about lost it when I heard that!!
Okay, settle down, Kid K.
I get on Kent's case, but he is one tough Hombre. We know that we are watching a player that will be in the HOF.
185 Well, that really doesn't help me at all.
Be careful out there in Baltimore!
Semper paratus!
It's ok to scuff-up a few baseballs by throwing them in the dirt around the plate.
Yes, yes the umpire will throw them away and it seems like a waste of an otherwise
good piece of baseball equipment that someone has paid good money for, but just do it.
Think ball low.
But you liked the Meet the Fockers!
You think this is bad, wait until he comes in.
I knew that would come back to haunt me.
I wouldn't think this game is over just yet, mind you.
That was a nice snag by Clayton on the last out, btw.
So...?
1st - 15
2nd - 14
3rd - 33
Still nobody out and Rollins up.
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Oh good, more scintillating commentary from the Rockies' sideline, er in the stands, reporter.
He has two big problems (short term, not long term) as I see it. One is pitch placement. Just not up to snuff yet. The bigger problem is he's only got two pitches, a fastball and the 12-6 curve. It's just not enough. He needs something with some lateral movement. Otherwise he's like a Rubik's cube with only two colors. The big boys have him figured out.
He was a major league average pitcher in his starts before today. Thats damn good for a 20 year old. But this Colorado lineup in that stadium is ridiculous and they will score a ton of runs on everybody.
Ubaldo Jimenez, 2008
Coors Field: 2.63 (through right now), 68.1 IP
Road: 5.82, 55.2 IP
I'm assuming there is booing.
Remember Billingsley!?!? He went through the same troubles. Leave him be, it'll work out in the long run.
Professional baseball rules prohibit a AAA franchise in Long Beach. It's the beauty of a sport being exempt from antitrust laws.
Again, he was a major league average starter before tonight. And he's 20 and dominates the minors. This is just a tough place to pitch against a really good lineup. It happens. Doesn't mean he isnt one of our top 5.
I assume every Peter Gabriel song is about love. Except the stuff with Genesis. I have no idea what that is about.
September 16.
They won 15 of their last 16 regular season games and then 7 straight playoff games.
They came into the game on 9/16, 6 1/2 games out of first and in fourth place.
Being 20 years old, he isn't a finished product and tonight was just not his night. He will be absolutely fine in the long run.
Great job Jason.
Jason Johnson has given three grand slams in his career.
"Big Time" isn't really about love. Well, maybe self love. No, not that kind of self love...
Stand down.
Rick Mahorn shoved down Lisa Leslie during a brawl that happened between the Sparks and Shock. Candice Parker got ejected and Cheryl Ford ended up in a wheelchair.
Mr. Jones - that knee is just not right, you're back on the DL.
The Dodgers held to one hit at COORS in mid-summer? This is pathetic.
Here you go:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/NWWr
283 I confess, that's what I used to think that's what Shock the Monkey was about. Er... like that Violent Femmes song.
Umpires who squeeze pitchers at Coors Field should be fined. Seriously.
I don't really agree with you. I think Kershaw has very good movement on his 4 seam fastball, it has natural cutting action on it and sinks a bit too. The problem is, harnessing it because he throws it so hard naturally.
Also, arsenal comes with age. Billingsley still doesn't have a change up that he trusts. What really propelled him to where he is today is the cut fastball that he learned recently and perfected it through experience.
Kershaw needs the same leeway that Billingsley received. When you have elite pitching prospects like this who have showed domination in the minors, the next and only step is the majors and you stick with them until they turn it around.
I can't believe people are getting all worked up over one bad start, in Coors no less, when he was completely unhittable in the minors when they sent him back.
Sorry!
Maybe it didn't matter who started tonight. Maybe I could've started tonight!
A bunch of garbage.
Jimenez is someone I've watched in my fantasy league. He is very good when he pitches with control. He does not often do so often.
I ate at a place there called Cozymel's a couple weeks ago. Isn't that exciting news?
Movement on his FB is not the issue, it's that he's only got 2 pitches, which are easily distinguishable at this level of batter. I think the word has gotten around rather quickly which is why he hasn't dominated in the majors like everyone thought he would.
He's a top prospect who needs another pitch. I suggest this is best done in the minors. Why do it here were the runs count and Dodgers are ties for first in the division?
Yep. Both games the Cubs have hammered the ball but they've stopped on the track or gone right to a D'back glove. And the AZ announcers are unbearable as ever.
He's got 2 pitches tonight. He threw the change effectively tonight. Everyone knows the Curve is just not going to bite at mile-high.
I was there one night, spending two full days sitting in a windowless conference room. I could've been in Afghanistan for all I knew.
I thought you were going to be up here this summer.
Sad to say, I've never seen her in anything other than Golden Girls.
Why? What about the whole series in Detroit?
What about Stop or My Mom Will Shoot?
Only saw the previews. I knew better. Didn't you?
I stopped myself before seeing it, and true to her word my mom didn't shoot.
I saw it after the Dodger game sat night and it totally made me forget the game.
Better than me, I've never even heard of her.
"Another Day in Paradise," the Larry Clark movie with James Woods and Melanie Griffith. He's one of the young leads that go with them.
Makes me miss Young
C'mon Pee Wee - wake us up from our slumber.
Btw, does LaRoche have a nickname yet? If not, is there some sort of etiquette as to when a player gets a nickname?
Bring back Sweeney! (j/k)
Okay, back to work, or slumbering, whichever comes first.
We could use so many catch phrases.
But that's the weirdness of both the Dodgers and Coors. Dodgers could score 10 tomorrow.
Not well, especially when people find out that Brendan Fraser just has a supporting role.
Ah, forget it Jake, it's Coors-town.
Sorry, Tom Izzo.
I officially turned this game off. Someone wake me if there's a miracle 8+1 comeback in the offing.
Seemed like he was pitching pretty well and then Torre up and pulled him out while leaving in Stults, I guess that complete game stuck in Torres mind, and now calling up Kershaw, who will probably be a future ace, but outside of being 20 didn't really leave much of an impression the first time around (well maybe in spring training).
Still, it would be nice if the Dodgers at least kicked a field goal, then maybe an onside kick...
Seeing Rusch tomorrow is a positive.
Bison Power!
Bison Power!
"I hope someone on the Dodgers is ensuring that Juan Pierre doesn't get re-activated unless his knee is 100%, given what his only asset is."
Hmmm.....anyone know the whereabouts of Tonya Harding these days? :)
Guess you tip your hat to him for pitching well against what had been a hot offense. They need to wake the bats up tomorrow.
http://tinyurl.com/5jlrdl
The Dodgers must be institutionally incompetent. Sorry to vent, but Torre is making some objectively cooky moves out there and our GM is completely out to lunch.
On the other hand, GO BISON.
As far as CK goes I've got to agree with bleedsblue, he's not ready for the show...yet. He needs another year or 2 of seasoning. Yeah yeah he was ML average in his last call up but only for 4+ innings then would fall apart, not exactly what you want from your SP's. He needs another pitch. I don't care if learns a Cutter, Slider or Screwgie, even learn a knuckler but he needs something other than just a FB or curve.
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