Dodger Thoughts – Jon Weisman's outlet for dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball and life
Description: All things Dodgers, yesterday and today
Phil Gurnee ♦ May 4, 2023 ♦ 3 Comments
The Dodgers won 111 games in 2022, yet most folks had the Dodgers between 88 – 94 wins headed into the 2023 season. As recently as last week Fangraphs pegged the Dodgers with 84 wins just one month into the season. At that point the Dodgers were 13 – 13 and had just been embarrassed by the Pirates. The lineup the Dodgers put up on April 26th did look embarrassing.
Heyward was batting 3rd with a .159 average, the 6 – 9 hitters couldn’t break the .200 average mark, and Miguel Vargas batting 5th had yet to hit a home run. The team was without Max Muncy on paternity leave, Will Smith recovering from a concussion, and JD Martinez was about to hit the injured list. Mookie wasn’t doing much, Freddie had yet to hit his stride. The only player who was really holding his weight in that lineup was James Outman who was having his first struggles of his major league career. Thing
Dodger Thoughts – Jon Weisman's outlet for dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball and life