This Team.... by Victor Rojas

[Chuck]

https://therojasspoils.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/this-team/

[Angel Oracle]

Rock solid first 10 games

Question:  How long before we see a rotation of GRich, Skaggs, Ohtani, Heaney, Tropeano, and Barria?

[nando714]

Isn’t “this team” a dodgers slogan

[Angel Oracle]

Understanding of course being conservative to an extent with all 6 of those listed starters, due to either lack of 2017 innings or lack of MLB experience or both 

Shoe and Ramirez may both need to switch to the pen longterm. 

[Second Base]

Not Victor's best work. It read basically like a recap. I like it when he really digs deep and offers a perspective I wouldn't have considered or had access to before. Like his interview with Vin Scully.

I did notice he had a similar observation that I had after Shohei's first inning. He was working in the 95 mph zone and not 97 like before. Then after a couple innings he was consistently at 98-100.

But I try not to freak out over velocity readings. As I've heard Gubicza say before (and others like Glavine, Nagy and Mulder), adding and subtracting from your fastball presents as a viable 4th pitch in many cases. It's cool if you can sit95, but if you can drop down to 91 on one pitch and add extra movement and then reach back and fire straight 97 on the next, you can really keep hitters off balance.

I notice that Richards and Meyer did that often.

[nando714]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Rock solid first 10 games

Question:  How long before we see a rotation of GRich, Skaggs, Ohtani, Heaney, Tropeano, and Barria?

This week

[Angel Oracle]

Barria is here now, just waiting on Tropeano. 

[IheartLA]

'A slow start by pujols...'

if anything it's been slightly better than what we can expect the rest of the way

which is obviously not good.

[UndertheHalo]

5 hours ago, nando714 said:

Isn’t “this team” a dodgers slogan

Ya let’s a please avoid the “this team” business. I made fun of the Doyers relentlessly for it last fall.  

And also.  It’s extremely obnoxious.