I checked the at bats, average, and hits and they match up.

In this run from 2024 to now, the home run ball has been the difference in nearly every series.

2024 DS vs Padres:

• Game 1, Shohei hits a 3 run homer off Cease to pick the team off the floor and tie the game. Huge momentum shift.
• Game 4, Mookie homers off of Cease to start the scoring in what was an elimination game.
• Game 5, the Hernandez brothers score the Dodgers’ only two runs with solo homers off of a very good Yu Darvish.

2024 NLCS vs Mets:

• Dodgers banged the ball all around the yard in this series. Nearly too many homers to go through. But in the game 6, the series clincher, Edman hits a 2 run homer off of Manea to put them up 4-0.

2024 WS vs Yankees:

• Game 1, Freddie. Although even a single would have likely won the game or at least tied it. Side note, their first two runs both came via sac fly. So maybe this game isn‘t good evidence of the premise.
• Game 2, Edman, Teo, and Freddie homer, resulting in all of the Dodgers’ runs as they win 4 to 2.
• Game 3, Freddie hits a two run homer, Dodgers win 4 to 2.

2025 WC vs Reds:

• Shohei and Teo each had two homers. Reds were a bad team, no need to discuss that series.

2025 DS vs Phillies:

• Game 1, Teo hits a 3 run homer late in the game to put the team up 5 to 3. They steal that game.

2025 CS vs Brewers:

• Game 1, Freddie homers late in the game, they win 2 to 1.
• Game 2, Teo and Muncy both homer, they win 5 to 1.
• Game 4, Shohei’s greatest game. 3 home runs.

2025 WS vs Blue Jays

• Game 2, Will Smith and Muncy homer late in the game to get Gausman out of the game, and take the lead after trailing heading into the 7th.
• Game 3, Shohei homers twice, including a 7th inning shot that ties the game. Freddie walks it off again.
• Game 7, Muncy, Miggy, and Smith with the late game heroics. They’re back to back champs
  

2026 DS vs Braves

• Game 1, homers from Teo, Tucker, and Muncy prove to be the difference. They win 5 to 3.
• Game 3, Kike and Freddie score the Dodgers’ only runs with their homers as they beat Chris Sale.

The Dodgers won the majority of these series by out homering their opponent.

And when a team out homered them, they lost those games. The Blue Jays won three games in the WS by out homering the Dodgers. The Brewers out homered the Dodgers in all four games of this year’s CS.

So what’s a better hitting strategy in the postseason than hitting home runs? Please provide some evidence for the counter argument.

So I’ve been watching old games lately to get my Skully fix and came across this gem. Just about anything that can happen in a game happened in this one. For starters, there was an inside the park HR, a bunt double, a run scoring double tag up double play, hard collisions at home, first and and second base, a wild pitch un-assisted put out at home and some absolutely hilarious commentary from Statler and Waldorf (the two old men from the muppets) from the booth/balcony.
If you got some time and want to laugh a bit give this one a spin, you wont regret it.

It has been a rough 24 hours but I always find comfort in the Vin Scully’s words.
Hope this made your day a little bit better.
We will be back next spring barring a lockout happening.

Since baseball’s integration, only 67 pitchers have played 19 big-league seasons. You’ve heard of most of them: Roger Clemens, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, and the list goes on and on. Prominent Hall of Famers abound.

You might not, however, know Jamey Wright, the journeyman whose 9.2 career WAR is the sixth lowest among pitchers with at least 2,000 career innings. If you know him, it’s not because he was an All-Star, or a Cy Young winner or a legend of any kind.

If you’ve heard of him, it’s probably because he played on your team. After all, he played on 10 big-league teams. Improbably, Wright is the only player to wear the uniform of all four teams in this year’s LCS round. He’s played for Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay and Cleveland. He’s a one-man playoff bracket.

“I hadn’t even thought about it, that I am the only player in history to play for these four,” Wright, 51, said. “Like that’s pretty cool. It’s hilarious. I was only on the Indians for a hot second.”

Wright’s career is remarkable for its elongated run of being unremarkable. His time on each of the four teams relevant to these championship series was nothing special. He made 77 starts over two-plus years for the Brewers from 2000 to 2002. He made 18 largely poor relief appearances for the then-Indians. His brief time with the Rays is sandwiched between equally brief stints with the Dodgers.

Jamey Wright played his final MLB season with the Dodgers in 2014.Christian Petersen / Getty Images

The irony is that Wright waited 18 years to play on a team that reached the playoffs. Wright made his lone playoff relief appearances with the Rays in 2013, coughing up four runs in one game, and escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in epic fashion to end the other.

In Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox, Wright relieved an erratic Jeremy Hellickson in the second inning.

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As a young Dodger fan who starts following the Dodgers in 2021 and currently playing MLB Rival, everytime I got a former Dodger I don't know, I will go on this sub and ask who is .... And I usually get good answers...

Decades later. If your kid or grandchildren ask "hey father! How was Miguel Rojas like as a player?"

How will you describe Rojas to them?...

The rumor is he’s looking for a hitting Coach position. As you can remember at one point, we used to have Mark McGuire. Who says no to this?

Out of 19 incorrect calls that could have been challenged, Will let 16 of them go. In comparison, Contreras only let 6 go. Contreras doesn’t have a particularly good challenge success rate, but at least he knows when he should challenge a call.

One concern the team needs to address is the infield. Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman are getting old and their contracts will expire after next year. Mookie is getting up there in age, and we had a revolving door at 2B.

Within the farm, Emil Morales James Tibbs III and Chase Harlan are guys to keep an eye on. Tibbs is likely ready to be called up next year and could be Freddie's successor. Morales is listed as a SS but there are questions as to whether he can stay there long-term, and Harlan may or may not be ready by 2028.

This year's FA class is one of the weakest we've seen. Makes sense with the impending lockout. Most of the high-end hitters hitting FA are outfielders. For the infield, Luis Arraez is available, but he strikes me as someone that Friedman wouldn't get. One intriguing FA imo though is Ha Seong Kim. Dude just came off a really bad season putting up -0.8 WAR and will almost certainly be looking to sign a cheap 1-year prove-it deal. However his ceiling is clearly there as an elite gold glove-caliber Shortstop and someone who can get on base. He should be cheap. If we sign him, we can move Mookie back to 2B.

Another potential option is signing Brandon Lowe. The problem with Lowe however, is that he will be asking for the bag, and his chase and whiff rate are an issue. In addition, he is already 32 years old.

One potential dark horse move is trading for Elly De La Cruz, but he has 3 years of control left and could be pricey prospect-wise.

Dodgers were the best team in baseball from 2013-2026.8. I for one will always cherish this run.

Found these today in the Asian grocery store.

EDIT: we can hold our heads up when any Giants fan wants to discuss 2010-2014, we have 2013-26. Youth movement loading

One of the most selfless players in the sport. Gave up his number to rookie Sasaki and dropped out of representing his country in the WBC in order to get more reps in spring training and be ready for opening day after Lux tore his ACL.

He made the most out of his opportunities this October and slashed .333/.429/.500. Oh yeah and he also hit the most important homerun in MLB history.

I hope he stays with the Dodgers organization forever. No true fan will ever mutter a bad word about him.

Tucker spent a lot of the season struggling, but he never stopped trying. no matter how many times people talked shit about him, he just kept trying. His turnaround was worth his entire contract. HE showed up. HE got on base. HE put bat to ball. HE had top OPS on the team.

And you want to know another part? He seemed like the best teammate possible. He was in the dugout talkin to guys, bringing good energy. He could have been pissed that in order to win he would have to hit a HR every AB since nobody was ever on for him and nobody ever drove him home.

This man gave us everything he had and he did exactly what we paid him for: show up in the postseason. What an incredible run by an incredible guy. I’ve been ride or die for him for a while, but i want everyone to give this man his flowers.

THANK YOU BIG TUCKKKKK

Those podcasters care about nothing but views. They talk as if getting swept somehow invalidates the two-peat. But no matter what they try to claim, the fact is still clear that the Dodgers are still the most successful team of the 2020s.

They always push that narrative that the biggest payroll means the biggest failure if you lose. But payroll is about what players have done in the past, not what they can do now. Yeah, the team is old and a lot of players are underperforming, but we still have a great farm system and plenty of options in free agency. I firmly believe that we can come back stronger next season.

I agree we have flaws, but if we shake things up this offseason, we’re still good enough to compete for a championship in following years. Anyone who thinks the Dodgers are done is either trolling or completely clueless. They talk as if one bad series erases the entire decade.

Like clearly Will Smith is no longer America's catcher. We can't function with a D-first slightly better than average hitter at short with a 3-WAR floor, and our first baseman has an ankle made of cheese.

Clearly this team is bad bad bad and needs a wholesale rebuild.

Anything but winning every game is unacceptable.

Or..., now hear me out... we could enjoy cheering for a very good team with some flaws that our farm system will likely fix. Enjoy memories Sundays in summer outside with a game on the radio we likely won, and admit, that this year, the Brewers are the class of the NL.

It's been a fun season. They'll come back stronger next year.