The Dodgers have really hit the skids with a 6-game losing streak despite the fact that they still have the best recorded in the NL, the 2nd best record in all of baseball and a 5 game lead in the NL West.
They’ve played some good competition and have faced some excellent pitching, but the bats have gone cold and that’s an issue. The Dodgers hottest hitter and guy who had been carrying them to a degree was Max Muncy, and he is now out for probably at least 6 weeks.
That’s taken a toll, because all of their big bats have struggled lately.
Dave Roberts said the game was frustrating, but that the Dodgers competed.
Today was frustrating to lose, but I like the way we competed. Miggy Ro fought his butt off, Will squared up a few balls, and we took some good at bats and fought.
We just couldn’t put up a crooked number, but I like the at bats and the fight.
On the plus side, they’ve gotten some really good starts and they’re getting healthier in the rotation. Glasnow pitched 5 shutout innings yesterday, Kershaw pitched well yesterday, Dustin May had his best start of the year, Sheehan had another excellent start, and Ohtani looked very good in his start.
On the other hand, Yamamoto had his worst start of the year, and Casparius might be relegated to the bullpen again.
There’s not much else to say about this team offensively at the moment. It was good to see Esteury Ruiz get an RBI hit yesterday, Outman continues to look overmatched, however, and Rojas has been hitting very well.
When asked how the Dodgers were trying to find different ways to score, here’s what Miguel Rojas had to say
It’s kind of frustrating, because we didn’t come away with the win, and we haven’t been playing our best baseball. Glasnow was amazing today giving us an opportunity to win the game, but it slipped away from us.
Knowing we’re in a rough patch it’s frustrating, because you just want to stop it. We all know what we’re capable of offensively.
Rojas later went on to say that scoring 1 or 2 runs is not going to cut it and that the offense has to do better to find ways to win games and be a complete team.
The Dodgers are banged up and probably somewhat gassed right now. The AS break could be a big boost for them. They can use the break.
Today is a much needed off day, then they will travel to San Franscisco for a huge Divsion series with the Arch Rival and 2nd place team in the NL West. Friday will be a tough matchup for the Dodgers as Dustin May takes on Logan Webb.
AAA OKC
Blake Treinen threw a scoreless inning in his rehab for OKC. He started the game as an opener, threw 12 pitches, 8 were strikes, and called it a day.
1IP 0H 0R 2Ks 0BB
Treinen was 95-96 on his sinker, sweeper got 1 swing, and it was a whiff. Sinker was in zone 33%, sweeper 20%.
All of those pitch metrics are fine, but the bottom line is he looked good, the velo was good, he got through it scoreless and easy, and healthy. So all things good on this front.
Logan Boyer threw 4 scoreless outs for AAA OKC.
1.1IP 0H 0R 2Ks 0BB
Boyer came in with 2 on in the 6th and got a quick out, then made fairly easy work of the 7th. Last night was his 4th scoreless outing in a row, so things are trending in the right direction a the month flipped to July.
He was 95-96 on the fastball, spin went OVER 2400.
Ronan Kopp finished things up for OKC in his AAA debut and made it look easy by retiring all 3 hitters he faced. Kopp came to OKC smokin’ hot, having gone scoreless in his last 15 outings at Tulsa, so now he’s gone 16 in a row without giving up a run.
Kopp touched 97 with his fastball that reached almost 2700 on the spin, so combined with his 6’7 frame, that’s a big pitch. He paired that with a slider that averaged 90 MPH, so super impressive arsenal, of which we already knew, but now we have the Statcast data to back it up.
AA Tulsa
Jackson Ferris turned in a GEM for AA Tulsa.
6IP 4H 1R 7Ks 1BB
In his last 3 outings, Ferris has gone 6, 5, and 6, and in the two 6-innings outings, he’s given up just 1 run combined. Ferris was working fast, he was unpredictable, he was executing, and he was extremely sharp all night. He consistently hit the outside corner to righties with both his fastball and cutter/slider, then when he got them leaning over the plate, he did a great job busting them in. He swept the ball against lefties, and once he was up in the count, it was good night IRENE.
The only run and the only walk he gave up were in the 1st inning. In fact, the 1st pitch he threw was hit for a leadoff double, then he got a K, and gave up a single for the 1 and only run. He worked around another double and a walk to finish the rest of the 1st inning scoreless, then retired the next 14 hitters in a row.
Jerming Rosario had a good outing for AA Tulsa in the midst of a really good stretch for him. Rosario has given up just 2 runs in his last 8.1 innings as he continues to settle into his multi-inning relief role.
Got to see him for the 1st time Sunday in Wichita, and his velo comes very easily, and his breaking stuff is very good.
Antonio Knowles finished things up for AA Tulsa and recorded his 6th save of 2025. Knowles has an ERA of 3.44, a WHIP of just 1.12, he has 40Ks in 34 innings pitched, and has gone scoreless in 8 of his last 9 innings.
Kyle Nevin had 2 base knocks for AA Tulsa, and to no surprise, they were both to the opposite field. This dude wears out the middle part of the field and the opposite field, which is a piece of his hitting tool that will continue to play as he moves up levels.
Nevin is hitting .385 since being promoted to AA Tulsa, OPS of .874, and he has 6 RBIs in the 5 games he played for the Drillers since being promoted.
Single A Rancho Cucamonga
Eduardo Quintero led off Tuesday’s game with a home run, then he led off last night with a triple. As he was rounding the bases, the player trying to track down the ball had a last name of Ketchup, and the pitcher that delivered the ball was 6’11.
You can’t make this stuff up! Baseball is Awesome!
Quintero now has 6 triples, which leads ALL of the Cal League, and so does his 14 home runs and .970 OPS. His 33 stolen bases are the 3rd most in the Cal League as well, which goes to show just how complete his offensive game is.
If you haven’t already put this dude in your Rolodex, do it RIGHT NOW.
Foeller has insane “swing and miss” stuff as evidenced by the fact that he leads ALL of the Cal League with 98 Ks. He’s done that in just 66.1 innings, I mean, WOW!
Of course, like all of the young strike-out type pitchers, control and command is a huge focus, but, as the Quakes PxP, Mike Lindskog said, once that happens, he’s gonna be lethal. #dodgers
