After following the Dodgers for the 1st week, here are some random thoughts on some random players.
- Russell Martin - His OBP (on base percentage) is inexcusably low, but so is his BABIP (batting average of balls put in play). It should get better.
- Andre Ethier – where are the extra base hits?
- Matt Kemp –his average will probably float around the low .300’s. unfortunately, so will his OBP. he’ll probably strike out over 150 times…again. At least he’s good enough to hit 20 HR’s and steal 30 bases.
- James Loney – See Andre Ethier
- Clayton Kershaw - I still think he’s a year away. But if he can locate that fastball and work in that change some more, his ERA should be in the mid 3’s… I hope.
- Rafael Furcal – please stay healthy.
- Chad Billingsley – he will either be in the top 5 in the NL Cy Young or he will be the Dice-K of the NL. Too many 5-6 inning starts, lots of K’s and lots of walks.
- Orlando Hudson – worth every penny. So far.
- Casey Blake – extremely average.
- Big Fat Jon Broxton – he’s got the stuff to be a prototypical closer. And it looks like he got the stones.
- Hiroki Kuroda - I hope the DL stint isn’t a sign of things to come.
- Ramon Troncoso – he’s good. Needs to be used when Cory Wade has pitched the previous day.
- Manny Ramirez – slow start. But mark it down… .300+ BA. 30+ HR. 100+ RBI’s.
- The rest of the pitching staff – thank God it’s the NL West.
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