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Steve007
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| I wonder how he would do against minor league pitching. Seriously. |
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Snipes
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Thank god for Belli’s + speed and + fielding and + personality because anybody else and I’m asking for their head on a platter right about now. He should be batting 7-8 with Barnes they can take turns GIDP when someone before them gets on base. |
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Hammett
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Jansen sucks, yo.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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No Mookie again today. Misses entire 4-game series. Pollock is somehow hitting 7th in our lineup, behind both Beaty and Bellinger, even though Pollock is on fire right now and even though Cody is literally the worst hitter by batting average in all of the majors with a minimum of 150 plate appearances. We have someone I've barely heard of starting in RF tonight, Billy McKinney.
Gonna need a Buehler gem, probably. And even that may not be good enough, given that's exactly what we got from Urias last night. |
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oasisdude77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| ChickenStu wrote: | No Mookie again today. Misses entire 4-game series. Pollock is somehow hitting 7th in our lineup, behind both Beaty and Bellinger, even though Pollock is on fire right now and even though Cody is literally the worst hitter by batting average in all of the majors with a minimum of 150 plate appearances. We have someone I've barely heard of starting in RF tonight, Billy McKinney.
Gonna need a Buehler gem, probably. And even that may not be good enough, given that's exactly what we got from Urias last night. |
Can't be any worse than Reks, who is an automatic strike out (hell, so is Cody). |
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LongBeachPoly
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ChickenStu wrote: | | We have someone I've barely heard of starting in RF tonight, Billy McKinney |
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The Dodgers acquired outfielder Billy McKinney from the New York Mets in exchange for minor league outfielder Carlos Rincon. They made room on the 40-man roster for McKinney by designating right-handed pitcher Jake Reed for assignment.
McKinney, a 2013 first-round pick of the Athletics out of Plano West Senior High School in Texas, split this season between the Brewers and Mets hitting a combined .213/.282/.415 with eight home runs in 79 games.
The 26-year-old has a career .225/.288/.430 slash line with 26 home runs and three stolen bases in four Major League seasons with the Yankees (2018), Blue Jays (2018–20), Brewers (2021) and Mets (2021).
Rincon played in 63 games with Double-A Tulsa this year, slashing .263/.343/.470 with 12 home runs. The 23-year-old from the Dominican Republic has hit .244/.326/.467 with 84 home runs and 23 stolen bases across all minor league levels since beginning his career in the Dodger organization in 2016. He was signed as an international free agent in July 2015.
Reed made his Major League debut this season and allowed three runs (two earned) in 5 1/3 innings across six appearances (one start) for the Dodgers. The 28-year-old right-hander was a 2014 fifth-round pick of the Twins.
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We've haven't had much success with our callups this year:
Reks
Neuse
Raley
Souza
Peters
Who else?
Let's see how McKinney does. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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This is another critical game for the division race. The Dodgers could go 4 games behind the Giants in the loss column.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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I feel terrible for Kenley. He had an all-star caliber first half. He has been a great Dodger. Fans can be cruel in booing him off the mound. But that's the life of an MLB closer.
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LongBeachPoly
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| 32 wrote: | | I feel terrible for Kenley. He had an all-star caliber first half. He has been a great Dodger. Fans can be cruel in booing him off the mound. But that's the life of an MLB closer. |
I don’t. We go through this every year. He gets paid alot. He hasn’t lived up to his contract.
We have this discussion every year about how great of a Dodger he’s been and how we don’t want to hurt his feelings.
So we give up another stolen base which leads to a run huh? Man, why can’t we do that? |
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you (again) Will Smith. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| As we lead 3-1 after Smith's bomb, I thought I'd mention that Cartaya is now rated by Keith Law as the #22 overall prospect in all of baseball. This really does feel like the time to move Keibert Ruiz for something nice. |
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ChickenStu
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, looks like Mookie is going to be down for at least a few more days. I don't know why they don't just IL him and backdate it. We could use the flexibility. |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| 32 wrote: | | I feel terrible for Kenley. He had an all-star caliber first half. He has been a great Dodger. Fans can be cruel in booing him off the mound. But that's the life of an MLB closer. |
He should use it as motivation. Nobody expects him to be perfect and to successfully close out every big game. But he can make up for it by having a successful second half of the season. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Dodgers had runners on first and second no outs in the bottom of the 7th inning and they couldn't cash in. 
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| 2 on, no outs...You had to at least get 1 in. |
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Looking like Treinen and then KJ again to close. Doc prob. wants to show his confidence in Kenley, that he's still our guy, even with the blown save yesterday. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Putting the winning run on with ball four doesn't inspire confidence, particularly for a guy barely above .200. |
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| That wasn't Kenley's fault - he should have thrown to 1st. Runners were running on contact, that's how he was safe at 2nd. |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| leor_77 wrote: | | Looking like Treinen and then KJ again to close. Doc prob. wants to show his confidence in Kenley, that he's still our guy, even with the blown save yesterday. |
This is destroying his confidence, and destroying my confidence in him. And I know I’m not alone. |
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DuncanIdaho
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Game should be over. Umps suck |
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| ARE YOU KIDDING ME UMP????? |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, that is bs. Easily strike 3. What was the umpire looking at there? |
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DuncanIdaho
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenley is so done. This series is going to haunt us |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Urias and Buehler both get robbed of a win. |
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leor_77
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Baseball is dog sht. You can review a base play, but not a guy who clearly swung 3/4 of the way??? |
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