Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 6:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-A
The Dodgers send Scott Kazmir (9-3, 4.35 ERA) out to face the D-Backs’ Braden Shipley (0-1, 10.13 ERA). Kazmir’s W-L record is deceptive; he’s not pitched quite as well as that would indicate. This will be Shipley’s second big league start; he gave up three homers to the Brewers in his first start. It was a three-run shot by Martin Maldonado which ended his outing.
A-Gon is one dinger shy of 300 for his career, and this will be Kazmir’s first time facing Arizona since 2006.
Lineup:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick LF
Grandal C
Toles RF
Pederson CF
Kazmir P— Jack Baer (@JFordBaer) July 30, 2016
NPUT
If both deals are accurate and go through, Cleveland have given up a lot of their top prospects to get Lucroy and Miller. Interesting to see how that works out for them, but they are certainly pushing a big pile of chips into the middle of the proverbial poker table.
Lucroy apparently doesn’t think much of Cleveland, has invoked his no-trade clause.
Other teams pulling deals to fit their needs – Washington with Melancon, Cleveland with Lucroy, etc.
Wonder if the Dodgers will pull the trigger in the next day and a half? Seems like trying to get a top of the rotation type starter is not going to work out. Perhaps going after a late inning reliever or a corner outfielder will be easier to get a deal done?
I am still hoping for Archer and/or Bruce, but this is a seller’s market and not a deep field of strong talent available.
I think they have in-house options for bolstering the pen (Urias, Yimi) such that the gains might be marginal unless they are willing to spend big time on a reliever. The probably get a bigger bang for their buck if they use their prospects to go after another front line starter (Archer my fav), as this is a glaring relative weakness even with Kershaw coming back.
I like Archer too, but Bruce could help fill the vacuum that Ethier’s absence has left.
We’re 7-6 since the All-Star break; the Giants are 3-11.
Today is the first day since July 7 that we have lost ground to the Giants. Not a bad streak.
Tomorrow – we will get them tomorrow!
Too bad.
Did SVS get hit or no?
Well. No. But he should have been. Went between his legs.
He would make a bad goalie.
But not a bad actor…
Ha!
Joc!
Well, good thing a baseball season is not about who gets to 60 wins first.
My prediction was wrong, but it was really about the fact that the Dodgers weren’t as bad a team -and SF as good a team – as the standings showed back when I made my prediction.
Joc took his bat almost all the way to first on my that foul grounder.
Got all of that one!,
Could carry his bat all the way around the bases on that one.
Darn. Would have been nice to get at least one there.
Got some good wood on this guy, but for outs so far.
Not looking like our night. But you never know.
Vin enthralled with this guy’s story. (Fourth highest Canadian draftee).
Referring to whom? I have the radio crew on.
The lefty reliever who came in, and who is now going out.
Thanks!
3+ runs in 2 innings – seems tough.
It is the Snake pen, so let us see.
SVS looking better. Would be great to get the Scotty of old.
Toles with the strong throw!
Poor tag by Seager, though.
3+ runs in 4 innings is still doable.
Only last night we scored 5 in one inning.
Kazmir is like Jekyll and Hyde with his pitching.
If he gets through the 6th it’s a QS. We need bats!
Two out double. We can work with that, no?
Guess not.
Yahoo’s Tim Brown on Matt Kemp’s trade to the Braves.
Matty needs to go to the AL as a DH to get the best value out of him at this point.
I wonder what happened to Kazmir’s idea of pitching a simulated inning before the game starts. He sure has his troubles early in games. That’s why I said his W-L record is deceptive. It makes it look like he’s having a Kershaw-like season, when in fact each game is a frustration.
Ha. Vin riffing and ripping the AZ uniforms. “Psychologically it must be a downer to wear that drab grab uniform.”
They are all pretty bad.
Kazmir always looks so pained. I’ve said that before, I think. Apologies.
I think you mean “constipated.”
That too.
Can we start a new trend by creating a new pitching specialty called the counter closer? This pitcher will only pitch the first inning of any Kazmir game.
Although he may have to go for two innings.
Well, hopefully Kazmir settles in and goes another 5 or 6 solid innings.
Or not. Lead off double to Thomas with Lamb coming up.
Wow. Matt Kemp traded to Atlanta for Hector Olivera. Two old friends traded for each other.
Olivera will only play for the Pads if he doesn’t go to prison.
Yeah. We are not missing him at all on that count. Or the actual baseball count either.
Also – shows how much Kemp’s stock has plummeted.
I read that San Diego is going DFA him after the trade. It was strictly a salary dump.
Hector not an old friend, in that he never appeared in a game for the Dodgers.
Great point. Was he on the 25 or 40 man roster at some point?
40 person.
Thanks. So an almost old friend then. But not quite.
A casual acquaintance…
So, I tune in just in time to see Kazmir with an 0-2 count on Segura…
I know. Not a good start.
Shoot. 1-0 Arizona. Another HR allowed by Kazmir.
Any momentum on the potential Jay Bruce trade???
Jayson Stark, earlier today.
Earlier in the day he said this: Reds, Dodgers still talking about Jay Bruce. But a source says that 3-way deal isn’t going to happen. It was fun while it lasted!
Damn. Hopefully we keep on him. Bruce is on fire right now.
Hey Sam Bam. I don’t recall seeing you on here before. My apologies if I’m wrong about that, but welcome to this Dodger community!
Yeah it was my first time here. I check out sportspyder/Dodgers and stumbled here. I’m at the game, thanks for the hospitality!