The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that they have acquired infielder Tyler White from the Houston Astros in exchange for right-handed pitcher Andre Scrubb.
"Overall tonight, we didn't pitch well," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "There's only so much an offense can do."
Said Kemp: "I don't think we're ever out of games, especially the way our offense has been swinging the bat. It was a tough day today. They scored a lot of runs. We tried to make it into a good game, we did. We came up short, but [Thursday] we've got a chance to win the series."Kemp went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles and a three-run home run to drive in five runs total in the game.
National League trainer Bill Buhler had a special visit Tuesday -- Sandy Koufax, who made Buhler's method of ice packing pitching arms famous.Of note, the reverse of the photo has a small news snippet attached stating:
Koufax tossed only words on television in the 15-inning All-Star classic. But Buhler, the Los Angeles Dodger and form St. Paul Saint trainer, was still working with pitching arms.
"That's on me," (Kazmir) said. "I put my team in a bad hole. Having the bullpen cover five innings, it's never good in a ballgame. Not getting ahead of hitters, I think 20-something foul balls, that'll do it. Could have minimized the damage making some quality pitches with runners in scoring position, but a couple hits and they get those three runs. Short outing, that's disappointing."Unfortunately, a Dodgers bullpen, that had been one of the best of late, reverted to their old ways. They gave up five runs to lose the game to the Brewers 8-6. On a side note, there was a bit of a tussle in the Dodgers dugout during the game. Justin Tuner confronted Yasmina Grandal for a boneheaded running mistake that almost cost the team the tying run in the sixth inning. Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com:
"It was one of those baserunning mistakes, I guess I had a brain [cramp]. I think this is first baserunning mistake I've made in two years here. Obviously, if the score was affected by it, we would have been down. I kind of just [messed] up. It's just the way it happens. Teammates want to make sure you play smart and the right way. I feel if they're getting on you, they care about the fact you should know better. We all make mistakes. It's not the first time I'll make a mistake and not first time weird things happen."Via Kyle Glaser/AP at the Miami Herald:
Grandal also said he was not disappointed that emotions got heated in the dugout between teammates.
"I think we need to play with some fire," he said. "If we fight, we fight. It doesn't matter if it's between each other or with the other team. I feel like if we get some fire within the team to get us going, its fine. At times I feel like we're better than the other team and we lay back and relax instead of making it happen."
"It was just one of those things where (Turner) thought Yaz should've went back to first and not continued and made that play as close as it was," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "Yaz would tell you, as the ball goes into second base he's gotta stop.The Dodgers need a catalyst. Will this be it? Can they find that burning fire deep within? Will they now take on the season with the kind of determination required to win? They need something to wake them up, and this incident is just the kind of thing to do it. But they'll need a leader to rally the troops. Who will do it?
"Obviously with emotions it can get heated, but we cleaned it up."
“The theory is that looking throughout the history of the draft and how athletes develop and age, when they’re athletic enough to play shortstop, it’s a pretty good recipe — as they age and get older and their skills develop and their bodies go forward or backwards — they can usually play other positions,” Gasparino said. “So many players today who are left fielders or right fielders, third basemen, second basemen, started out as shortstops. If you can start there, it’s a lot easier to transition to other places on the field, and gives you more avenues of versatility that way.”In Jon's story he also shares some quotes from Billy Gasparino about the eight players taken today, and I've included them in the below writeups.
In other words, this isn’t the NBA. With development such a long, protracted process in baseball — and almost no such thing as a quick fix — the overwhelming tendency is to take the player with the greatest potential, regardless of what the current Major League roster looks like. If the worst-case scenario is the Dodgers have multiple quality shortstops, they’ll live with that.
DJ Peters is a 6' 5" tall outfielder who played this past season at Western Nevada Community College. Peters, a 20-year-old outfielder from Glendora, CA, set records for Western Nevada College in batting average (.419) and home runs (16) this season. The Region 18 Player of the Year posted a .419/.510/.734 slashline and became the first Wildcat to hit above .400 in a season. You can follow him on twitter here: @8Peters. Per Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider:“He’s just an uber-talented outfielder with tons of tools and upside, and big power. He came to our workout at Dodger Stadium and was launching balls into the stands and throwing well and running well, just really a physical freak in some ways.”Below are more stories and reports worth checking out:
