And you thought the team would stay healthy … silly thinkers.
Scott Van Slyke and Ricky Nolasco will replace Matt Kemp and Stephen Fife on the active roster.
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Anonymous
Drat!
Anonymous
Presuming that Kemp is on for the minimum 15 days (a big presumption, I know), at least that includes the All-Star break, so he could miss relatively few games.
Anonymous
Not the most comforting read:
http://www.sportsmed.org/uploadedFiles/Content/Patient/Sports_Tips/ST%20AC%20Joint%20Injuries%2008.pdf
Linkmeister
Fife has to be a convenience DL move, surely? I mean, he pitched the other day and didn’t indicate any discomfort we were told about.
Anonymous
I thought he looked awkward (though, in fairness, he’s never looked smooth).
Jon Weisman
Second bout with bursitis this year for Fife, and I don’t think they wanted him out of the rotation at this point.
Linkmeister
Ah. Thanks, all.
Anonymous
Fife himself sounded relatively unconcerned, and with the AS break he could miss just one start.
Anonymous
there is an article by Gurnick at http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130708&content_id=53122248¬e which gives some details I did ot see elsewhere and strikes me as optimistic under the circumstances.
Jack Dawkins
Hopefully the current outfield helps us forget hes on the DL.
KT
Let’s go CC break on through
Anonymous
While it is statistically negligible that the team might need an extra player tonight, I can think of no reason to activate Nolasco before tomorrow.
Anonymous
What is the downside?
Anonymous
that we get into a long game where an extra relief pitcher or a 3rd catcher or even a pinch runner might help
Anonymous
Someone take the bus from Albuquerque?
KT
SVS couldn’t get out of SFO until today and as soon as he arrived in ALQ…He had to take a flight to PHX
Anonymous
How hard was he trying to get back? He was send down on Friday, or was it Thursday? Or did they want him to hang around (for what did eventually happen)?
KT
Puig!
KT
Mellis!
KT
Good bunt Zack
Anonymous
Good job, Zack — gotta do the fundamentals.
Anonymous
Would be nice for Zach to get into a groove pitching-wise. We won he last two starts (the last three actually, but he pitched well in that one), but we would be able to always bail him out with runs.
KT
DP time
KT
shoulda been a DP
KT
1 moar zack
Linkmeister
Uribear saves the day!
KT
and he was very graceful while doing it
Linkmeister
Looked like the ball unexpectedly skipped to his left and he had to lunge to catch it. Whatever works.
KT
Hanley!
KT
Beautiful play:
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28723377&partnerId=as_mlb_20130709_9599024
Anonymous
Dumb play by Swisher.
KT
URIBE!!
Anonymous
Based on OPS+, Uribear is hitting better now than he did in SF.
Anonymous
Nice sequence of hits!
KT
Nice DP!!
KT
ZACK!!
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela 34s
Zack Greinke: .320/.414/.360
KT
Puig!
KT
GONZO!!
Anonymous
My favorite pre-Puig mantra: Agon again!
KT
HANLEY!!
KT
ok…took a good throw…too bad he didn’t run hard all the way
KT
Bill Plunkett @billplunkettocr 5m
According to SABR, Yasiel Puig is only 2d player since 1950 to maintain .400 avg thru 1st 130 big-league ABs. That was AB 130. Avg at .415
KT
Numbers Never Lie @ESPN_Numbers 3m
Yasiel Puig has 2 hits tonight, giving him 17 multi-hit games on the season. Did we mention he’s only played in 33 games?
KT
Good inning!
KT
Great catch…Butt head
KT
Juanito…now hitting .275
KT
Zack!! 2 fer 2
Anonymous
He might have had a chance if he had thrown him a 3-2 change up!
KT
SVS in the dugout
KT
Come on CC you are due
KT
Did you guys notice Zack’s modified bat flip
KT
Ryan Walton @RyanWaltonMLB 3m
Zack Greinke now with a .346 batting average and .433 OBP. Dude can rake. #Dodgers
KT
Another good inning Zack!!
KT
Uribe the NL West killer:
Eric Stephen @truebluela 3m
Juan Uribe vs. NL West in 2013: .295/.348/.514, 5 HR, 23 RBI in 36 games (29 starts);
vs. others: .246/.346/.304, 0 HR, 5 RBI in 30g (18s)
KT
Come on Dre put it in the pool
Anonymous
Close enough!
KT
almost!!
KT
DRE!!
KT
AJ!!
Anonymous
Yahoo — I feel a LOT better with those two!
Anonymous
Awesome, boys!
Anonymous
Loved seeing Agon put his head down and charge, scoring from first.
Anonymous
Nice job, Greinke!
Anonymous
Mets just tied up game with the Giants.
Anonymous
Mets up 3-2 now – Nice 3 for 3 for Greinke
Anonymous
When you’re hot, you’re hot, Zack!
Anonymous
I would have never thought Crawford would look so terrible coming back – man it’s like he’s completely lost at the plate now – too bad considering he was looking so good before going down with the bad hammy.
Anonymous
He’ll get it back.
Anonymous
Fingers crossed, bullpen.
KT
Dre!
Anonymous
Where is everybody?
Anonymous
Parra oh for four. Sweet.
Anonymous
One more, Jose. You can do it!
KT
Ball Game!!! 3.5 back good start to the .500 record I want at the end of this series!!!!
Anonymous
That was my waffle!
Anonymous
Yea! — The D’Backs CAN be beat!
Anonymous
Alright! Snapped their winning streak!
Anonymous
Ethier so much happier these days.
Linkmeister
Yay.
KT
http://imgur.com/blLFqwj
KT
Night all…Nolasco for win two tomorrow
Jeffrey Thomas III
Great win tonight, love beating up on the dbacks. Hoping new boy Nolasco can keep it going tomorrow night!
Anonymous
MSTI links to a two-part interview with Dodger director of player development De Jon Watson.
http://www.examiner.com/article/watson-shines-light-on-dodgers-farm-system
foul tip
Couple questions:
1) Was the 17 hits last night–all but one a single–a season high? Six runs is nice, and a total the Dodgers couldn’t dream of much of the year, but not a lot for that many hits.
2) RE Cruz, Luis. Wonder if any other player as marginal as he has been historically has played like he might belong–however temporarily like he might–with probably the two most storied franchises, the Dodgers and Yankees, back-to-back?
Two more hits last game for NYY, one more error.
But then they signed him for his bat anyway, right? Just have to allow for his fielding, looks like.
Anonymous
Dodgers had 17 hits just last week on the 3rd in a 10-8 victory over the Rockies. 7 men left on base in that game, 11 last night.
Anonymous
10 of those hits were for extra bases!
Anonymous
So I stayed up very late to listen to the Giants lose to the Mets in 16 innings. And I woke up to news that the Giants signed Jeff Francouer too.
Anonymous
Giants used every position player and all their relief pitchers in that game.
Anonymous
They shoulda signed Rick Ankiel so he could play the field and pitch in relief in a pinch.
Anonymous
The Giants are on as bad a bad streak as the Dodgers are good on a good streak.
Love it when they coincide like that.
Anonymous
Finding new and interesting ways to lose…
john galt
I hate to bring it up, but when is Crawford scheduled for his next DL stint?
Anonymous
Imagine how many runs Dodgers could score if Crawford could get on base every once in a while. I know he’ll turn it around eventually, but has he even reached base once since his return from the DL ? I don’t think so.
KT
yes he walked once
Anonymous
Ah, OK, thanks.
KT
After talking smack about Grienke…He now gone
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/07/garfinkel-resigns-as-padres-presidentceo.html
Anonymous
I have a feeling that Garfinkel’s resignation is probably related to some front office power play and not his statements about Greinke, which I thought he did an admirable job of apologizing for.
KT
oh I know..it was a joke. like last night someone said no one was hit during the game and I replied Grienke hit 3 pitchers…also a joke
Anonymous
Well tonight we face Kennedy, who hits a batter once about every nine innings this year.
Anonymous
Ty Wigginton was DFA’d by the Cardinals. He could add to the Dodgers collection of utility men! You can’t have enough! Right?
Anonymous
I can’t keep him and Josh Willingham straight.
Anonymous
Josh Willingham is a lot better. And younger.
Anonymous
Not that I’m lamenting the fact that Puig is trailing Freeman in the “Final Vote” for the ASG, but including 2 Dodgers in the vote effectively split some of the votes away from Puig towards Gonzalez. I’m not saying Gonzo didn’t deserve to be included in the vote, just an observation that including 2 players from the same team was bound to take some votes away from each.
Jon Weisman
NPUT