(04-26-2018 11:31 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-26-2018 09:18 AM)stever20 Wrote:  looking- last 2 weeks
Seager 116 wRC+
Bellinger 136 wRC+
Taylor 117 wRC+
Puig has been horrible even last 2 weeks- 46 wRC+

The offense started off slowly- but last 2 weeks it's not been the problem....

While I agree with you on Wood- Kershaw could have been worse- his strand rate right now is 86.1%. One thing as well- 3 key guys in the pen- Stripling, Chargois, and Fields- with a combined 32.1 innings all have at least a 90% strand rate. That won't continue.

Kershaw's strand rate last year was 87%, so I don't really expect his current percentage to change.

So you're saying the pen could be even worse?

I'll be curious to see if the hitters can keep it up. And I will say, if 116 is Seager on a hot streak, the Dodgers have another problem. He's supposed to be an MVP caliber player, which is not 116 with solid fielding. That's a very good player, but not enough for a Dodgers team that has an aging Kershaw and Turner.

and before last year, his career best strand rate was 81%. Prior to last year his career number was 78.4%- #1 for guys who had thrown 600 innings from 2008-2016. I think it's very reasonable to think his strand rate could drop a bit back to his career norm.

Yeah, it's reasonable to think the pen could get worse(although balanced out by Jansen getting back to his normal). The dangerous thing with that trade off is the Dodgers pen has so many innings due to their philosophy that would make the tradeoff not good for them at all.

Seager is an interesting one. His numbers last 2 years were "only" 136 and 127. I think everyone thinks of him with how he broke out in 2015 when he had a 175 in 113 pa's. Also looking at his splits from last year- 1st half he had a 139. 2nd half he had a 113(and only a 73 in September). His splits in 2016 were 135 and 138 1st/2nd half. So last year 2nd half he went down, and that's continued this year.