Have you had enough time to say whether or not you enjoy Freddie now? I told you guys you would love him.
He has a great glove. Wish he was showing more pop, but other than that, can’t complain. Has a penchant for coming up clutch
Ah, nice. I see his arb years now. I’d imagine dodgers likely wouldn’t part with miller or peipot, but maybe the third best pitching prospect. Maybe one of the top bats who is blocked out positionally to get Drury too
Guy always looks the part, no doubt. But outside of some big postseason ABs, it's been three years of bleh. How much longer should we run him out there?
Playoff belli is a thing. When it speeds up for everyone else, he seems able to get it to slow down in big moments. I’m not keen to trade that away
As much as Max has struggled, his inability to make a productive out has absolutely killed us in so many games.
From letting Mitch go too long, to bringing in price, to that green light, not a well managed game. You could tell dodgers were content to let this game go so they didn’t exhaust the beat pen pieces But really the game was lost with the bases loaded failure.
Earlier in the year being down 2 runs seemed like an auto loss, and lately it feels like no lead is safe.
Really good article about the Dodgers woes with the bases loaded and middle-middle fast balls https://www.truebluela.com/2022/7/1...-bases-loaded-woes-meatball-problem-hard-mode main culprits on middle-middle heaters are Muncy, Belli and Trea Turner. with bases loaded, main culprits are Belli, Mookie, and CT3 Dodgers are 29th against pitches in the heart of the zone In sum, the Dodgers up to this point have come up empty against middle-middle fastballs. But breaking and offspeed pitches have been point of strength (as Ben Clemens also noted), and so have all kinds of borderline pitches. And keeping up with recent tradition, they haven’t been susceptible to pitches outside the zone... ...Despite abysmal numbers against meatballs, the Dodgers rank second in runs generated from swings and takes, which make up most of a team’s offensive output. It really is bizarre.... ...But as it stands, the Dodgers’ path to an elite offense has been, well, supremely weird. The top five offenses this season by wRC+ belong to, in order: the Yankees, Astros, Dodgers, Twins, and Mets. Four of the five teams are among the top ten in Heart zone runs; the other one is 29th. As if hitting isn’t difficult enough, the Dodgers this season are playing on hard mode, producing runs via 50–50 pitches and nasty breaking balls both in and out of the zone.
Feels like that's gotta correct a bit in the second half. If they start hitting the meatballs, look out!
also something that can be addressed at the trade deadline? Hey Siri, find me an available RH hitter who can hit meatballs. Thanks. There is also a clip form Hairston in there talking about Belli's swing and where he should be placing his hands. I can only imagine the amount of different tweaks he has tried over the past 2-3 years.