DODGERS: MID-SEASON REPORT.Byline: Compiled by Brian Dohn Player of the year RHP rhp abbr. rated horsepower ERIC GAGNE Most dominating closer in baseball is 32 of 34 in save opportunities. Surprise of the year GAGNE Was 11-14 with a 4.61 ERA and no saves in major-league career entering 2002. Top pitcher LHP LHP Left-Handed Pitcher LHP Left Hand Path LHP Lighthouse Point (Broward County, Florida city) LHP Left Half-Plane LHP Lead Hollowpoint (bullet) LHP Living History Project LHP Landslide Hazard Program Odalis Perez Ten wins is one shy of career total entering season. Second in NL with 2.81 ERA. Top fielder SS Cesar Izturis Heady, quick, calm and confident. Gold is in his future. Top hitter: RF Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. Has 23 homers since May 20 and has carried offense. SUPERLATIVES BEST SINGLE-GAME PERFORMANCE (HITTER) Green, May 23 vs. Milwaukee Set major-league record with 19 total bases in 6-for-6, four-HR, seven-RBI game. BEST SINGLE-GAME PERFORMANCE (PITCHER) Perez, April 26 vs. Chicago Cubs Faced minimum 27 batters in one-hit (bad hop) shutout. Walked none, struck out six. WORST SINGLE-GAME PERFORMANCE LHP Terry Mulholland Mulholland is a 1981 graduate of Laurel Highlands (Pennsylvania) High School. , April 3 vs. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Allowed three HRs, seven hits and eight runs (seven earned) in two innings of 12-0 loss. MOST PRODUCTIVE PLAYER RELATIVE TO SALARY Gagne, $300,000 Cy Young favorite is biggest reason for first-place standing. LEAST PRODUCTIVE PLAYER RELATIVE TO SALARY RHPs Darren Dreifort
Dreifort ($9 million) has yet to pitch and Brown ($15 million) is 2-3 with 4.09 ERA and on disabled list for second time. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER In some sports, a Most Improved Player award is given to players who have improved the most over the year.
1B Eric Karros Began the year batting seventh, currently hitting fourth with .292 batting average, nine HR and 42 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT 3B Adrian Beltre Healthy but is batting .238 and has 14 errors. BIGGEST WIN OF FIRST HALF April 11, at Pac Bell Park, Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3 Dodgers rally for three runs in eighth and Gagne formally becomes closer after getting out of ninth-inning jam. WORST LOSS OF FIRST HALF April 3, at Dodger Stadium, San Francisco 12, Dodgers 0 With credibility questions and the direction of the organization uncertain, the Dodgers are blown out for the second time in two games in front of the home fans. REPORT CARD STARTING PITCHING: A+ Leads NL in wins (44) and is second with a 3.53 ERA. BULLPEN: B Eric Gagne is dominant, but others have had periods of inconsistency. CATCHER: B+ Paul Lo Duca Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the New York Mets. Previously, Lo Duca played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004) and Florida Marlins (2004-2005). batting .326, but group has thrown out just 32 of 86 base stealers (37.2 percent). FIRST BASE: A- Eric Karros is batting .292, but nine homers is uncharacteristic. SECOND BASE: C Who'd a thunk In a PC, to execute the instructions required to switch between segmented addressing of memory and flat addressing. A thunk typically occurs when a 16-bit application is running in a 32-bit address space, and its 16-bit segmented address must be converted into a full 32-bit flat address. it? Grudzielanek's defense is overshadowing his offense. SHORTSTOP: B Dodgers want Izturis to field and he does it splendidly. THIRD BASE: D Beltre is trying and mom always said effort counted for something. LEFT FIELD: A What Brian Jordan lacks in power and average he compensates for with class, charisma and caring. CENTER FIELD: A Dave Roberts: .302 average, .368 on-base percentage. Marquis Grissom: 10 HRs, 33 RBI. RIGHT FIELD: A- All-star Green has been awesome since May 21 but was brutal while club went 25-20 to start season. BENCH: C Leads league with .287 pinch-hitting average but accounted for just 12 RBI. MANAGER: B+ Pushed most of right buttons, but Izturis batting second didn't work and Karros, who began hitting seventh, is now fourth. FRONT OFFICE: A+ Bring a rock to Evans. He'll touch it and turn it to gold. WHAT THEY NEED Another lefty in the bullpen, an infielder off the bench with power, 2B Mark Grudzielanek and Beltre to hit more than .245 and .238, respectively, and Dreifort and Brown back from the disabled list. WHAT THEY CAN TRADE Beltre, but it is not a cost-effective move. Even though Beltre is having a terrible season, he's making $2.3 million and won't be a free agent until after the 2004 season. GM Dan Evans doesn't want to deplete de·plete v. 1. To use up something, such as a nutrient. 2. To empty something out, as the body of electrolytes. his farm system by trading minor-league prospects. UPCOMING SERIES TO WATCH At Arizona, Sept. 2-4. Should be with first place on the line with D'backs throwing Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson in two of the games. CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) RHP ERIC GAGNE (2) LHP Odalis Perez (3) SS Cesar Izturis (4) RF Shawn Green Box: (1) REPORT CARD (see text) (2) DODGER STATISTICS |
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