Dodgers at Mets, 10:10AM PT, TV: SPNLA, TBS
New dad Zach Greinke shortens his 3-day paternity leave to pitch against the Mets’ Jacob deGrom. Both men pitched in the All-Star Game 10 days ago. Greinke is 9-2 with a 1.30 ERA and 117 Ks on the year; deGrom is 10-6 with a 2.18 ERA and 120 Ks. Greinke has a 43 2/3-inning consecutive scoreless streak going, while deGrom has given up 3+ earned runs only once since mid-May and has walked only nine men and struck out 83 in those 11 starts. He’s 7-2 over that span of games.
Lineup when available.
NPUT
Tyler Clippard goes from A’s to Mets. Great set up guy, having a bit of a down year
Here’s another link, just for fun, the kind of thing young guys like to do sometimes.
Pure old fun is a great thing in a time when most everyone seems to take most everything way too seriously.
http://www.truebluela.com/2015/7/24/9038361/puig-joc-race-to-the-dugout
On an off day, Jon W unleashes a torrent of links he’s been saving up. All are good reads if you haven’t seen, but IMO most relevant one is to story giving number of WS titles won 1995-2014 by teams who acquired a top-shelf pitcher mid-season…
Would you believe 0?
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/whats-happened-to-teams-that-traded-for-aces/
Link to all his 47 other links next. You’d think Jon was a Linkmeister, or something. ;-])
http://dodgers.mlblogs.com/2015/07/27/in-case-you-missed-it-on-the-off-day/
Hey! 😉
Mark Saxon has a sensible take on the Dodgers and the current market for starting pitchers.
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/15893/trade-deadline-pulse-july-27
Lance looks different, somehow: https://twitter.com/OnionSports/status/625739590641537025
Three days off over the next week at home! I will be chomping at the bit, but am sure that players will welcome respite.
From Jon W:
Orel Hershiser’s take, via Mark Saxon at ESPN Los Angeles: “In my whole career, I never threw the ball better than Zack Greinke. Never,” Hershiser said. “I never threw with his velocity, I never threw with his change of speeds, I never was able to execute as many pitches as he can on any given night to both sides of the plate. On any given night in my career, I haven’t ever thrown the ball better than Clayton Kershaw. These guys are just better.”
all over in SF 🙁
2 on, none out for the A’s, trail by 1 top of the 9th
Really good Joe Posnaski piece on Greinke. ‘Course, does Joe P write any other kind?
http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/zack-greinke-scoreless-streak/
Got there via this link from Jon W:
http://joeposnanski.com/a-zack-greinke-story/ Maybe even better.
Thanks.
You can play what-if all day, but asking power hitter SVS to sac bunt may not have been a good idea.
Nothing terrible resulted. Runner to 3rd and SVS out.
But if the concept is that the best managers are the ones who put their players in positions where they are most likely to succeed, asking a slugger who’s by pedigree not as comfortable bunting to do so is not a high-percentage play.
No guarantees had he been allowed to hit away, of course.
Gnats buzzing too close for comfort.
Understand their upcoming schedule may provide more insecticide than lately.
Really? Brewers and Rangers?
Then the Braves, but after that till the end of August they have series with Cubs (.526), ‘Stros (.550), Nats (.536), Cards (.643), Pirates (.582), Cubs and Cards. So, yeah. During their current streak they have played Fillies (.370), Snakes (.474), Pads (.475) and A’s (.440).
As Bob says, take a look at their August.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#y=2015&m=8&calendar=DEFAULT
If they’re still close after that stretch, then they deserve to be.
The inability to score in the top of the 10th with Rollins on 3rd and only one out changed everything.
Pederson showing his youth.
surely just make some contact
Don is a master strategist.
This one really hurt.
let it not be Uribe
Well, apparently it was.
Oh, but of course it would be.
Third game-winner lately v Dodgers. His trade tempted the Fates too much, eivdently.
Free baseball!
deGrom gives way to deRally. ;-])
50% closer!
It’s the Last Chance Saloon, boys. Belly up to the bar.
Getting late, guys.
Got late early against this guy.
Would have been interesting with that HBP, if he had not already given up a run (Deitz redux?). Scherzer lost his perfecto on something similar
Zach a little wild.
On paper this was a pitcher’s duel, and for once paper was right. 2 hits for one side, 3 for the other into the 6th inning.
Well, that was that. Nice streak. Now let’s win.
I like your attitude. I was heartbroken there for a moment.
Early training. First game at DS was Sandy’s perfecto. Things have gone downhill since.
My first was a Sunday doubleheader shutout of the Astros.
Zach with the bat!
Looked like it went between deGrom’s legs. Did it?
Nope
He was in poor fielding position.
Greinke very economical with his pitches so far.
This could be a fast game with these two pitchers going.
deGrom mows down deDodgers in the first. Maybe that will change, but this guy is tough.
Really good and still young (at the same age, though, Kershaw is far more accomplished).
Pretty fair timing for this:
http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/138626410/yasmani-grandal-supporting-zack-greinke-streak
Cueto goes to KC !
Darn. I liked the idea of Cueto wearing Dodger blue.
So did I, but I’ll settle for Price or perhaps even Samardzija.