Van Slyke homers twice in Dodgers' loss to Braves
ATLANTA (AP) -- Justin Upton gave Atlanta the lead with a sixth-inning grand slam and the Braves finally unveiled their full-strength lineup, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Friday night.
Upton drove in five runs hitting behind Jason Heyward, who had two hits with a RBI in his first game back after having his appendix removed April 22.
It was the first time this season the...
Nationals Travel West To Halt Dodgers' Short Winning Streak
The Washington Nationals (20-17) are heading west to play through the West Coast and attempt to quell any momentum the Los Angeles Dodgers (15-21) are gaining before they can build it into a streak.
The Dodgers, who have been one of the bigger disappointments of the 2013 season, underachieving despite their high payroll, just took two games from the Miami Marlins to stop an eight...
Down On The Farm: Week Of April 22 & 29 – Van Slyke, Pederson, Rasmussen, Sweeney, Seager
There were some eye-popping performances in the Dodgers minor-league system the last couple weeks. I got to see three of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes games in person, which was awesome.
There are some guys below folks should keep eyes on this season. They could establish themselves as legitimate prospects with solid performances in 2013.
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Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes (4-2 and...
Los Angeles Dodger Recall Scott Van Slyke, Option Elian Herrera
The Los Angeles Dodgers have purchased the contract of corner infielder Scott Van Slyke form their Triple-A Albuquerque minor league affiliate. To make room for him on the active roster, Los Angeles optioned outfielder Elian Herrera to the same farm club. Van Slyke is expected to bounce between first base and the corner outfield positions.
The post Los Angeles Dodger Recall Scott...
Dodgers 5, Marlins 3
Chris Capuano pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Scott Van Slyke homered, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Capuano (1-2) allowed a run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. The left-hander started against the Marlins for the first time since last Aug. 12, when he threw eight innings of two...
Marlins struggle again, drop series to Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Capuano pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Scott Van Slyke homered, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Capuano (1-2) allowed a run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. The left-hander started against the Marlins for the first time since last Aug. 12, when he threw...
Capuano, Van Slyke lead Dodgers over Marlins 5-3
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Capuano pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Scott Van Slyke homered, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Capuano (1-2) allowed a run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. The left-hander started against the Marlins for the first time since last Aug. 12, when he threw...
Making Moves: Ellis/Hairston hit DL, Bills to 60-day, T-Fed/Van Slyke recalled, Stripling promoted
Mark Ellis finally hit the 15-day DL, being placed on it Monday retroactive to April 27. The Dodgers activated Chris Capuano from the 15-day DL in a corresponding move.
It took the Dodgers about a week longer than it should have, but as expected Mark Ellis was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Monday with a strained right quad. The move clears a spot for Chris Capuano to be activated...
Dodgers hurting and their reluctance to recall Scott Van Slyke is curious
The Dodgers are hurting -- big time. Adrian Gonzalez has been scratched the last couple games, Jerry Hairston needed stitches after tripping over a bag in his hotel room and subsequently hitting his head on a desk. He also came out in the fifth inning of Saturday's game after he felt a "tweak" in his groin.
That, combined with Mark Ellis still having not been...
Top AAA Hitters
Scott Van Slyke is not a prospect any more at 27 years old but he has dominated he minors for a couple years now. With Adrian Gonzalez on the Dodgers roster, Van Slyke has zero chance of ever seeing the majors, barring an injury. Teams have to be checking in on a guy who has hit over 100 doubles and 50 home runs in the past 3 season right?How bad does Brandon Belt have to struggle...
Dodgers Minor League Report - 4/25/13
Jesmuel Valentin makes his 2013 debut and walks, Zach Lee struggles and Scott Van Slyke goes yard once again.
Dodgers Minor League Report - 4/22/13
Scott Van Slyke continues to rake, but pitching won the day, as three affiliates held the opposition to 2 runs.
Down On The Farm: Week Of April 8 – Van Slyke, Magill, Puig, Lee, Baez, Cash
Kind of a quiet week on the farm for the Dodgers affiliates. The Loons went 4-1, but the other three affiliates didn’t play .500 ball.
The pitching seemed to lack this week more than the offense, but there have been some impressive early-season performances thus far.
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Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes (2-5)
Player Of The Week
Scott Van Slyke – 1B
.435/.517/.957/1.474, 3 HR...
Down On The Farm: Week Of April 1 – Puig, Onelki, Stripling, Tolleson, Van Slyke, Caughel
The Dodgers had a bunch of intriguing minor-leaguers posting solid numbers in the season’s first week.
Note: Since the minor-league season started on Thursday, the numbers you see here — especially for the hitters — will not be the norm all year long.
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Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes (4-0)
Player Of The Week
Scott Van Slyke – 1B
4 G, .600/.667/.933/1.600, 1 HR, 9 RBI...
Journeymen of Tomorrow: 4-7-13
Iowa Cubs 3 @ Albuquerque Isotopes 7
Nick Struck walked none, but only struck out 1 and scattered 8 hits across 4 innings en route to a 4 ER performance. Casey Coleman picked up where Struck left off, surrendering 2 ER in 2 IP on a 2-R HR by Scott Van Slyke. Jensen Lewis gave up a home run in the 8th to complete the damages.
Offensively, Logan Watkins was held hitless but drew a...
Clutchitude: Most Clutch Plays By The 2012 Dodgers – Hitting
Baseball fans love to talk about clutch plays and clutch players, and Dodgers fans are no exception, but like with a pitcher’s best and worst pitches, there tends to be a lack of evidence presented. As such, I decided to find some basis for clutch plays and clutch players, courtesy of the WPA and Clutch statistics.
WPA
Most sabermetric statistics are context neutral — they do...
Making Moves: Ely Dealt For Rasmussen, Van Slyke Outrighted, McPherson Signed
The Dodgers have dealt John Ely to the Astros in exchange for minor-league lefty Rob Rasmussen.
Rasmussen, a SoCal native and UCLA graduate, was selected by the Dodgers in the 27th round of the 2007 draft but declined to sign and instead became a Bruin. He was drafted by the Marlins in the 2nd round of the 2010 draft and acquired by Houston in 2012 as part of the Carlos Lee deal...
Scott Van Slyke Clears Waivers, Assigned To Isotopes
The Dodgers have announced that Scott Van Slyke has cleared waivers and he has been outrighted to Triple-A Albuquerque. All that worrying for nothing, rumors of him heading to Pittsburgh, the huge risk of losing him via waivers, and there he is safe and sound with the Isotopes.
Van Slyke, 26, made his Major League debut in 2012 and hit a not-so-impressive .167 (9-for-54) in 27...
Making Moves: Gwynn NRI, Schumaker Trade, Van Slyke DFA, Greinke/A-Gon Contracts
Dylan Hernandez reports the Dodgers have acquired Skip Schumaker from the Cardinals, sending minor-league shortstop Jake Lemmerman the other way. Chad has more on the deal here.
My reaction: meh.
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The Dodgers have designated Scott Van Slyke for assignment in order to make room on the 40-man roster for Schumaker. Van Slyke was the Dodgers’ 2011 Minor League Player Of The Year...
Punto, Uribe could be on way out with Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers, after acquiring utility man Skip Schumaker, began clearing the logjam on their roster Wednesday by designating outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke for assignment.
But the team isn’t finished yet.
Including Schumaker, the Dodgers still feature seven reserve infielders on their 40-man roster. And Nick Punto and Juan Uribe are the two most likely to...
Dodgers DFA Scott Van Slyke, Trade In The Works?
The Dodgers have designated Scott Van Slyke for assignment. The move was made earlier today to make room on the 40-man roster for the newly acquired Skip Schumaker.
This move left me and a lot of Dodger fans scratching their heads. Why? Because Van Slyke is one of the few options the Dodgers have to play first base and both outfield corner positions. The right-hander also possesses...
Dodgers designate Scott Van Slyke for assignment, but could still trade him
In a somewhat surprising move, the Dodgers on Wednesday designated Scott Van Slyke for assignment to make room for the newly acquired Skip Schumaker.
The Dodgers had a few options from which to choose -- Justin Sellers, John Ely, Stephen Fife and Juan Uribe -- but theey decided to ditch Van Slyke.
The most obvious choice would have been Sellers, as he was coming off...
Albuquerque Isotopes Face A Crowded Outfield Situation In 2013
The Dodgers are facing an interesting situation heading into the 2013 season — at least, the Albuquerque Isotopes and Chattanooga Lookouts are.
Following a Twitter exchange with Chris Jackson (@TopesWriter) and Evan Chavez (@newmexicofan), it occurred to me: The Isotopes and Lookouts are going to have some awfully crowded outfields — especially the ‘Topes.
The following outfielders...
Dodgers activate Kemp, Ethier from DL
The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated star outfielders Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier from the disabled list Friday, and they have optioned outfielders Elian Herrera and Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Kemp, hitting .355 with 12 home runs and 28 RBIs, missed 51 of the Dodgers' previous 53 games because of a left hamstring strain. They were 24-27 in his absence.
Kemp appeared...
Time For Juan Uribe To Pack His Bags
The Dodgers are bringing in some much needed reinforcements tomorrow, two big reinforcements to be exact. Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp are expected to be activated tomorrow, with two activations that means two roster decisions will have to be made. Things are about to get really interesting.
Two players will be leaving the 25-man roster, the obvious choice may not be so obvious...
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