How Do The Dodgers And Padres Compare This Season?

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell. We are precisely halfway done nan Dodgers play and they are 52-29. The newsletter mathematician is retired sick, but I deliberation that useful retired arsenic being connected gait for a 104-58 grounds this year.

Remember a fewer weeks agone erstwhile nan Dodgers were slumping a bit? They had mislaid 4 successful a statement and had dropped into 2nd spot down nan San Diego Padres? Well, nan Dodgers person nan champion grounds successful shot now and are successful first spot by 9 games complete nan Padres.

They are headed to Petco Park to commencement a three-game bid tonight, pinch a chance to hide nan Padres this weekend, or, fto nan Padres get wrong shouting region again.

So, pinch 81 games to go, here’s a look astatine nan apical 2 teams successful nan NL West:

Record
Dodgers, 52-29
Padres, 42-37

Batting average
Dodgers, .262 (1st among nan 30 teams)
Padres, .220 (30th)

On-base%
Dodgers, .345 (1st)
Padres, .294 (30th)

Slugging%
Dodgers, .438 (1st)
Padres, .364 (30th)

Runs per game
Dodgers, 5.22 (2nd)
Padres, 3.91 (30th)

Doubles
Dodgers, 137 (7th)
Padres, 113 (T24th)

Home runs
Dodgers, 109 (3rd)
Padres, 81 (T22nd)

Batting avg. pinch runners successful scoring position
Dodgers, .265 (7th)
Padres, .247 (15th)

Batting avg., 2 retired and runners successful scoring position
Dodgers, .242 (9th)
Padres, .238 (12th)

Well, location goes nan mentation that nan Dodgers are a mediocre clutch-hitting team.

ERA
Dodgers, 3.40 (3rd)
Padres, 3.85 (9th)

Rotation ERA
Dodgers, 3.25 (2nd)
Padres, 4.50 (23rd)

Bullpen ERA
Padres, 3.12 (2nd)
Dodgers, 3.68 (10th)

The Dodgers are successful nan apical 10 successful everything, while nan Padres are successful nan bottommost 10 successful a batch of things. It’s astonishing they are successful 2nd spot pinch an discourtesy that bad,

Now let’s look astatine nan lineups.

Catcher
Dodgers, Will Smith, .249/.338/.382, 102 OPS+
Padres, Freddy Fermin, .145/.245/.258, 41 OPS+

Smith is having an disconnected twelvemonth by his standards, while Fermin is having an disconnected twelvemonth by surviving personification standards. His backup, Rodolfo Durán, is hitting .136/.239/.339

First base
Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, .282/.372/.486, 139 OPS+
Padres, Ty France, .252/.297/.485, 115 OPS+

Freeman conscionable keeps chugging along. He is successful nan apical 100 successful awesome convention history successful hits, runs, doubles, homers, RBIs and walks. He is nan progressive leader successful times reached guidelines pinch 3,741. He’s 36, and adjacent twelvemonth he will really commencement rocketing up nan profession lists arsenic a batch of players are tightly bunched conscionable up of him. France is 31, and adjacent twelvemonth he has a really bully changeable astatine being 32.

Second base
Dodgers, Alex Freeland, .241/.324/.340, 87 OPS+
Padres, Fernando Tatís Jr., .283/.347/.367, 101 OPS+

Freeland is nan worst hitter among nan starters, and he isn’t that bad. Tatis deed 25 homers past play and has 3 this season, arsenic nan Padres person mislaid each their powerfulness this play for immoderate reason. Normally, Jake Cronenworth starts astatine 2nd for nan Padres, but he has been connected nan IL since May 5 because of concussion symptoms and was hitting only .144 successful 34 games earlier that.

Third base
Dodgers, Max Muncy, .266/.365/.508, 142 OPS+
Padres, Manny Machado, .184/.267/.378, 79 OPS+

You cognize what you ne'er perceive anymore? This: “The Dodgers request to move connected from Muncy astatine third.” Muncy has been their astir accordant hitter and has worked difficult to amended defensively. Meanwhile, everyone would for illustration to cognize what happened to Machado, who has been unspeakable this play and astatine 1 constituent seemed to blasted analytics for his slump. He had a walk-off deed Tuesday and seems to beryllium emerging from his doldrums, hitting .259/.339/.556 since June 9.

Shortstop
Dodgers, Mookie Betts, .230/.290/.415
Padres, Xander Bogaerts, .230/.321/.337

Speaking of season-long slumps, hullo Mookie! He is besides showing signs of life, hitting .317/.358/.524 since June 9 and lifting his numbers to wherever they are amended than Bogaerts’.

Left field
Dodgers, Teoscar Hernández, .276/.348/.436, 119 OPS+
Padres, Samad Taylor, .379/.438/.448, 150 OPS+

Hernández should beryllium backmost disconnected nan IL soon, and Alex Call has filled successful rather good successful his place. The Padres person played amended since calling Taylor up from nan minors a mates of weeks ago. His lofty numbers will astir apt driblet (he has had only 66 sheet appearances), but his velocity has been a spark for San Diego. He replaced normal near fielder Ramón Laureano, who is astir apt retired for nan play aft hep surgery.

Center field
Dodgers, Andy Pages, .266/.318/.474, 119 OPS+
Padres, Jackson Merrill, .212/.274/.352, 74 OPS+

Pages has been nan linchpin of nan discourtesy beautiful overmuch each play and it’s bully to spot a subordinate shingle disconnected a sadistic postseason connected discourtesy by rebounding this year. Merrill is 1 of galore Padres who are mysteriously slumping this season. He deed .264/.317/.457 past season.

Right field
Dodgers, Kyle Tucker, .234/.333/.374, 98 OPS+
Padres, Jase Bowen, .133/.138/.167, 1 OPS+

Tucker would person been awesome if he was moving nether nan aforesaid statement Michael Conforto had past season. Dodgers fans would beryllium pleased pinch that accumulation for that salary ($17 million). Instead, he’s getting $60 cardinal for league-average production. Bowen has had only 32 sheet appearances, and Tatís will move backmost present erstwhile Cronenworth is capable to return to 2nd base.

Designated hitter
Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, .295/.414./.549, 168 OPS+
Padres, Miguel Andujar, .246/.283/.405, 90 OPS+

Ohtani is nan champion subordinate successful nan game, while nan Padres look confused arsenic nan what a DH is expected to do. Hint: nan connection “hitter” is correct location successful nan occupation title.

Starting pitchers (in bid of IP)
Dodgers
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 7-5, 2.65 ERA
Justin Wrobleski, 9-2, 2.71 ERA
Shohei Ohtani, 8-2, 1.58 ERA
Roki Sasaki, 3-4, 4.76 ERA
Emmet Sheehan, 3-5, 5.32 ERA
Eric Lauer, 2-0, 2.54 ERA

Padres
Michael King, 5-6, 3.33 ERA
Randy Vásquez, 6-5, 4.17 ERA
Walker Buehler, 4-3, 3.96 ERA
Griffin Canning, 1-5, 7.38 ERA
Lucas Giolito, 2-3, 5.16 ERA

The Dodgers person 1 anemic spot correct now successful Sheehan. The Padres conscionable put Giolito connected nan IL and person been utilizing openers rather a spot lately. It’s bully to spot Buehler go a productive pitcher again.

Closer
Dodgers, Tanner Scott, 1-3, 2.18 ERA, 11 saves
Padres, Mason Miller, 2-1, 0.79 ERA, 21 saves

Scott has been bully this year, but Miller is nan champion person successful shot and has fixed up only 14 hits and 13 walks successful 34 innings, while striking retired 66.

Relievers (six most-used, successful bid of IP)
Dodgers
Edgardo Henriquez, 2-0, 2.93 ERA
Will Klein, 2-2, 2.59 ERA, 1 save
Jack Dreyer, 3-1, 3.82 ERA
Alex Vesia, 1-1, 2.39 ERA, 3 saves
Kyle Hurt, 2-1, 3.42 ERA, 1 save
Blake Treinen, 4-1, 3.52 ERA, 1 save

Padres
Adrián Morejón, 6-1, 3.51 ERA, 1 save
Wandy Peralta, 1-0, 1.82 ERA
Jason Adam, 2-1, 2.45 ERA
Ron Marinaccio, 1-0, 3.72 ERA
Yuki Matsui, 0-1, 1.67 ERA
Kyle Hart, 0-1, 4.13 ERA

It seems improbable that nan Padres will slice softly into nan night, particularly if Machado and Tatís commencement hitting.

For afloat stats for some team, click present for nan Dodgers and click present for nan Padres.

Milestone for Mookie

Betts deed nan 300th location tally of his profession Wednesday against nan Twins, becoming only nan 169th subordinate to scope that mark. He is tied pinch Chuck Klein and 1 down nan awesome Rogers Hornsby. He is 14 down for Dodger Reggie Smith and 16 down erstwhile Dodger Ron Cey.

Ohtani vs. Rushing

Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing wears his emotions connected his sleeve. Sometimes, that’s a bully trait successful a player. Alex Vesia is for illustration that and he seems to occurrence up nan team. He does it successful a “Yeah! Let’s hit these guys!” benignant of way.

Rushing, however, is benignant of a high-energy Eeyore, nan feline who makes each correction he makes a calamity of epic proportions.

During Wednesday’s crippled against nan Twins, Rushing had immoderate problems down nan plate while Ohtani was pitching.

Rushing fto a transportation get past him for a passed shot owed to immoderate miscommunication. Ohtani explained to reporters aft nan crippled (through expert Will Ireton): “There were 2 pitches called. The first 1 was offspeed. The 2nd transportation was a fastball. Rush thought that he was getting an offspeed because I started moving aft nan first transportation was called, but what I had successful mind was nan 2nd pitch, which was a fastball.”

From Rushing: “Shohei and I talked astir it. It was an correction connected my side. I messed it up. It was my fault.”

Also, a transportation was called a shot and Ohtani thought it was a strike. He tapped his caput to telephone for an ABS situation while Rushing shook his caput to not challenge. The umpire accepted nan situation and it was a strike.

Ohtani gave up 3 runs successful nan 2nd inning. After that, he called his ain pitches alternatively of letting Rushing telephone them. He past sounded 4 scoreless innings.

Ohtani, connected really to make things better: “The in-game flexibility, reference nan swings, reference really nan hitters are really taking their attack during nan crippled — that’s really I spot what accommodation needs to happen. In that sense, I personally realized we conscionable person to beryllium amended astatine being connected nan aforesaid page and communicating passim nan game.”

Also Ohtani: “There’s really a mates ways of communicating. One is by words, but nan different measurement to beryllium capable to pass is by example, and conscionable taking complaint and showing Rush what benignant of pitching style I’m tin of.”

Now, I’m not interpeter Will Ireton, but I construe that as, “When is Will Smith coming back?”

Rushing besides struck retired successful his first 3 at-bats. He was upset pinch himself during nan crippled and was consoled connected nan chair by Dave Roberts, Freeman and Dodgers intelligence skills coach Brent Walker. That’s a batch of manus holding during a game. And Rushing has had different moments connected nan chair during games wherever he has gotten upset aliases angry astir thing that has happened. Always directed toward himself, not to his teammates.

Could this beryllium a large problem? Well, it could be. But, nan Dodgers didn’t get to wherever they are by not knowing really to grip situations for illustration this. A batch of scouts will show you that nan biggest quality betwixt triple-A and nan fields is nan intelligence aspect. Rushing is learning this now. It would beryllium awesome if he was conscionable calm and cool and handled each situations flawlessly. But we were each made different for a reason. So, we tin spend to springiness him a small grace, and if nan Dodgers consciousness he (or anyone else) is becoming a detriment to nan team, past 1 time we will aftermath up to discover, “The Dodgers person traded ...”

In nan meantime, don’t attraction connected conscionable these occasional outbursts, look astatine really good he has played overall. He’s a awesome convention player, he conscionable needs a small help. And don’t we each sometimes?

Final connection from Rushing, to reporters aft nan game: “Good point he’s arsenic bully arsenic he is and he tin return power of nan game, but it’s beautiful embarrassing. They’ve ever sewage my back. Once again, it’s embarrassing that I request support for illustration that. I’m a grown man, and it’s a beautiful reliable pill to swallow.”

Up next

Friday: Dodgers (Roki Sasaki, 3-4, 4.76 ERA) astatine San Diego (Walker Buehler, 4-3, 3.96 ERA), 6:45 p.m., Apple TV, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Saturday: Dodgers (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 7-5, 2.65 ERA) astatine San Diego (Randy Vásquez, 6-5, 4.17 ERA), 5:40 p.m., SportsNet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Sunday: Dodgers (Emmet Sheehan, 3-5, 5.32 ERA) astatine San Diego (Michael King, 5-6, 3.33 ERA), 1:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

All times Pacific

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