[ad_1] There have still been a lot of strikeouts, and an extreme rate of swing-and-miss. Key at-bats that came up empty, and a couple familiar bouts of early-season adversity. No, through three weeks of this new campaign, Max Muncy hasn’t rediscovered the peak potency of his prime years with the Dodgers, when he was a … Read more
[ad_1] The home run might be on its way out. The commissioner’s office might prefer more stolen bases, more doubles, more racing around the bases and less trotting. Tell it to another team. The Dodgers lead the major leagues in home runs one week into this season, and they hit two more in one inning … Read more
[ad_1] PHOENIX — Dave Roberts doesn’t put much stock in the defensive metrics available on websites such as Fangraphs and Baseball Savant, and not just because the Dodgers have their own internal system to measure how their players are performing in the field. “The metrics certainly have a place, but I have two good eyes, or … Read more