DODGERS The FRONT OFFICE (NERDS) Thread

Have you read the reactions in these forums when he asks someone to bunt?

 

still don't get why some want Hanley back and in another contract year tryin to hit 130 million dollar home runs every game. No way would i want a Hanley back if he knows he's not a part of the team's future. Give him a 4yr deal, pray you get 2 great years and then send him to the AL. McGwire didnt make Hanley swing for the fences all year..Hanley's contract status made him do that. I wouldnt give Hanley a QO unless i absolutely knew he'd take a better deal elsewhere and leave us with a draft pick. Either give the guy some security or let him go. He's a headcase..ya dont add potential distractions to a headcase's plate.

And Kemp's approach at the plate has always been suspect..His last AB was just who he can be at times..mentally incapable. Uribe and Crawford..2 of the biggest hackers of their era. These players are who they are at this point in their careers. McGwire's done little other than try to get them to do what they do best. Want a different approach? Get different players.

 

No question. When the opportunity presents itself..seize it.

Even if does take a little while for Stanton to get over being beaned..it's been over a year and Puig still loses all focus when pitchers go up and in on him so there's no advantage for Puig in that area either.

 

All the Cards had to do was throw in at Puig once and it ruined him for an entire series. I may be overreacting but he's such a mental midget sometimes and we need a best player who can actually control his emotions. This team has no leader.

 

thats what im sayin. You would think that Puig would have an advantage over a Stanton in that area after Stanton took one off the face, but nope. Puig's not mentally tough.


And Kemp's last AB of the playoffs was a straight up surrender. He taps out mentally at times too.


We're talkin about a very fragile team mentally. Uribe saved them in the NLDS last year..and Neshak pitching to Kemp with Rojas in the on deck circle saved them from being swept this year. Friedman has a tougher job than people know..we're not OK offensively. The vets we have are who they are this point in their careers and like MZA said, they all have the hero/superstar mentality which is part of the reason why the front office wants to give Mattingly another shot. In their eyes, he's working miracles with all this mess.

 

to his credit, Kemp got after Puig and thats what it takes..a peer to pull him aside, but its gotta be hard to take Kemp seriously when he forfeits ABs as well. Peavy made a " hot Kemp " his bitch in their last meeting. Hell, we all cheered when Kemp actually made contact in his very last AB against Peavy.

Sure, the biggest weakness is the bullpen, but dont let that blind you to the fact that our most talented everyday players arent mentally tough. AGon is the only thinking man among them. If Friedman wanted to trade Puig, Kemp, Crawford, Uribe and let Hanley go I'd high five him. This everyday nucleus is chasing its own tail..on some dumb shit.

 

I agree with you about our hitters approach sucks, except the "AL manager" thing. Many AL managers utilize the hitting behind runners, sac bunts, etc. I know I've heard Mattingly talk about players getting smarter ABs, productive outs, hitting behind the runners, etc.
Again, too many blame the manager for having a bunch of sluggers with talent that have little to no ability or will to actually play baseball as a team sport like the Giants and Cards do. That'd be more on Ned....or used to be.

We have the bats for a certain type of baseball...too many of them and not enough of the smart hitters. Managers in little league, High School, and maybe AAA can somewhat control the players, not the majors.

bottom line...as good as our hitters are...they shit the bed in the post...like I said, it wasn't the pitchers, manager's fault alone we lost. You won't win much scoring less than 3 runs.

 

check out their OBP% outside of NL West play.

And outside of that, the team couldnt score runs for shit for almost 3 quarters of the season. They started coming around mid August and got hot in September. OBP% never tells the whole story in general..how many times did they run the bases full and come with nada this year? How many times did they get a man to 3B with 1 out or less and not score him? Honest questions. Inability to play fundamental baseball in general and couldnt consistently put together pro ABs against everybody except the NL West.

 

Narratives.

MZA is right. I hate to just dismiss things to small sample sizes, but it was 4 games. With a bullpen that the Dodgers should have with their resources, we definitely win game 1 and probably game 2.

 

people need to bitch about something?

 

considering the division this team shouldve cruised to 100 wins and the top seed. Instead they underachieved at home all year and drove in Doyer Stadium by good teams and bums alike.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/lad/seasontype/2/split/94/los-angeles-dodgers

Dodgers batted .191 as a team with bases juiced.

Hanley .167
Dee .000
Kemp .000
Puig .000

Those numbers are for the entire season. That's not a small sample by any means

 

115 Abs with those bases juiced and only 61 RBIs. That's fucking pathetic.

If that's not on Big Mac and Dummy I'm not sure what is.