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A few months ago, when Andy Pages was struggling with his offense, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stated that he uses 150 plate appearances as a guideline to assess performance. Fortunately for Pages and the Dodgers, the 24-year-old outfielder became an offensive force before reaching the 150 judgment point. Dodgers left fielder Michael Conforto currently has stepped into the … [Read more...] about Replacing Michael Conforto

Not much good to say about the Dodgers 3-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Tuesday. In fact, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts summed it up rather succinctly: “It’s hard to kind of, you know, find a silver lining when a guy strikes out 12 guys or something like that. I mean, it just speaks to how good he was,” Roberts told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson … [Read more...] about Dodgers Lose Fifth Straight

When the Dodgers placed 34-year-old third baseman Max Muncy on the 10-day IL for a bone bruise to his left knee on July 2, the hope was that it would indeed be only 10 days. Nope. He is now expected to be out until at least the second week of August. X-rays revealed that Muncy’s knee injury is more serious than initially thought.(Gina Ferazzi – LA Times) Needless to … [Read more...] about Missing Max

After a self-imposed 24-hour cooling off period, the Astros sweep of the Dodgers over the Independence holiday weekend (July 4-6) is still painful to reflect upon. Being swept by any team at home is always difficult, but the way the Astros beat the Dodgers in every facet of the game was sobering: pitching, offense, defense, base running, fundamentals, and strategy. It was … [Read more...] about Schooled by Astros

Since returning from the Injured List on May 5, 32-year-old Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández‘s wRC+ (FanGraph’s weighted runs created) is 82, which is 18% below the Major League average and a full 50% below his 2024 performance. Only on occasion since his return has Teoscar demonstrated his power and ability to drive in big runs. In the field, there is no way to sugar … [Read more...] about Is Teoscar Hernández Still Injured?