Dodgers Dugout: An Early Look At How Everyone Is Doing

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell. Last week it’s hot, this week it’s cold. I deliberation nan upwind has nan flu.

The Dodgers are 12-4, are connected gait to triumph 122 games, person nan champion grounds successful shot and mostly are disconnected to nan type of commencement everyone expected.

So, let’s cheque successful and spot really nan players are doing. We will database successful bid from highest batting mean to lowest. To spot everyone’s complete stats, click here.

Dalton Rushing, .538/.571/1.308

It’s awesome to spot him disconnected to this start, but it has been only 4 games. He’s a overmuch amended hitter than he showed past season. He will cool disconnected of course.

Andy Pages, .417/.453/.733

He was Dave Roberts’ prime to person a breakout season, and he’s surely doing that, starring nan fields successful batting average, hits and RBIs (20).

Alex Call, .417/.563/.583

Just what you want retired of your 4th outfielder. Solid defense and offense. The apical 3 guys present won’t travel adjacent to finishing pinch these numbers of course, but you tin recognize that and admit their unthinkable start.

Miguel Rojas, .357/.387/.429

Doing what he has done his full career: Solid at-bats, beardown fielding.

Teoscar Hernández, .314/.357/.549

It appears nan 2024 type of Hernández has been re-introduced aft consumers weren’t satisfied by nan 2025 model.

Hyeseong Kim, .308/.412/.385

Kim was hitting nan screen disconnected nan shot successful his little stint successful nan minors, and has continued to deed and section good successful nan majors. It’s only 13 at-bats, nan aforesaid number arsenic Rushing, but nan Dodgers will person an absorbing roster determination to make erstwhile Mookie Betts is fresh to return.

Will Smith, .298/.400/.426

Best catcher successful nan crippled continues to beryllium it.

Freddie Freeman, .273/.324/.485

Batting mean isn’t wherever it usually is, but, and extremity maine if you’ve heard this before, it’s still very early.

Shohei Ohtani, .267/.410/.533

I perceive he tin transportation a small too.

Kyle Tucker, .237/.352/.305

The first disappointment connected nan list. Two extra-base hits successful 71 sheet appearances. 16 strikeouts, 9 walks. After 16 games past season, Michael Conforto was hitting .200/.333/.422 pinch six extra-base hits.

Max Muncy, .226/.317/.453

This is what Muncy does. Can look mislaid 1 crippled (striking retired 4 homers Monday), conscionable 2 days aft hitting 3 homers successful a game.

Alex Freeland, .220/.289/341

Had a awesome first game, but hasn’t rather recovered his groove since then. Will he yet find it, aliases is he Miguel Vargas 2.0?

Mookie Betts, .179/.281/.429

Played 8 games earlier he sewage injured. We are still waiting to spot if past play was his caller norm arsenic a hitter, aliases conscionable a down year.

Santiago Espinal, .154/.154/.231

Has had only 13 at-bats, but seems to beryllium nan past man connected nan bench. Does he spell erstwhile Betts comes back?

Now we move connected nan pitching, listed successful bid of ERA:

Shohei Ohtani, 1-0, 0.00 ERA

I conjecture we could quibble a spot astir his locomotion complaint (three walks per 9 IP).

Alex Vesia, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 save

Gives what he ever gives, precocious emotion, precocious energy, bully results.

Blake Treinen, 0-0, 0.00 ERA

Has struck retired 4 and walked 3 successful 5 1/3 innings. If nan aged Treinen is back, past nan Dodgers will cruise to nan NL West title.

Will Klein, 1-0, 1.17 ERA

The caller instrumentality favourite looks awesome retired there, and it appears that astonishing World Series capacity elevated him to a different level.

Tanner Scott, 0-0, 1.17 ERA

Has sounded successful much games than immoderate different reliever (nine) and has fixed up 5 hits successful 7 2/3 innings. Looks for illustration his aged aforesaid retired there.

Justin Wrobleski, 2-0, 2.12 ERA

Who picked Wrobleski to person nan champion commencement arsenic a Dodger truthful acold this season?

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 2-1, 2.50 ERA

Is Ohtani nan ace, aliases Yamamoto? A bully problem to have.

Jack Dreyer, 1-0, 2.84 ERA

A cardinal left-hander they spell to early, Dreyer has done good and made trading Anthony Banda a small easier to swallow.

Tyler Glasnow, 1-0, 4.00 ERA

Has sounded into a small bad luck, arsenic his FIP is 2.81. He has struck retired 22, walked 4 and fixed up 13 hits successful 18 innings.

Edgardo Henriquez, 1-0, 5.40 ERA

Henriquez has an electrical arm, but his numbers ne'er look to bespeak that.

Edwin Díaz, 1-0, 6.00 ERA, 4 saves

The problem pinch being a reliever is that a bad outing tin ruin your ERA for a mates of weeks. As Maddie Lee reported Sunday, Díaz’s velocity has been down this play and Friday (when he had his first blown save), his fastball velocity sat astatine 95.5 mph and slider astatine 87.8, according to Statcast, 1.7 mph and 1.3 mph down from past season, respectively.

“Two miles an hour, that’s beautiful significant,” Roberts said Sunday. “So I deliberation that’s why we benignant of flagged it. We wanted to person him down [Saturday] and benignant of spot what we get. Because a mates days agone location were a batch of throws successful location too. So conscionable trying to also, for illustration we’ve done galore times, play nan agelong crippled pinch our guys.”

Roki Sasaki, 0-2, 6.23 ERA

The Dodgers person mislaid 4 games, and Sasaki is responsible for 2 of them. In his different outing, he gave up six runs successful 5 innings. That astir sums up his worth truthful far.

Emmet Sheehan, 2-0, 6.60 ERA

Then you person Sheehan, who has sounded astir arsenic poorly arsenic Sasaki but has 2 wins. Baseball is crazy.

Ben Casparius, 0-1, 9.64 ERA

Casparius wins nan grant for first pitcher to spell connected nan IL. He was put connected nan 15-day IL connected Monday because of enarthrosis inflammation. Kyle Hurt was brought up to switch him.

Where is Julio Urías?

There hasn’t been overmuch news connected erstwhile Dodger Julio Urías since he past sounded for nan Dodgers successful September 2023. He was investigated for home maltreatment and sat retired nan 2024 season, past was suspended for nan first half of nan 2025 season. He has been eligible to transportation since then, but dissimilar Trevor Bauer, who has sounded overseas aft his suspension ended, Urías has not surfaced anywhere. And, according to his agent, Scott Boras, who talked to my workfellow Bill Shaikin astir him, that is by Urías’ choice.

“Teams inquire maine astir him each nan time,” Boras said. “With nan pitching marketplace successful this world, Julio could play successful a minute. But I deliberation it’s astir him deciding if it’s thing he wants to spell do correct now.”

In lawsuit you missed it

How changes past twelvemonth group up Dodgers’ Justin Wrobleski’s gem against Mets: ‘He was astatine a crossroads’

Whatever happened to Julio Urías? ‘Teams inquire maine astir him each nan time,’ supplier says

It’s clip for Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki to return adjacent step

Dodgers are being observant pinch Edwin Díaz but don’t request him successful nonaccomplishment to Rangers

Dodgers’ Emmet Sheehan says honing timing was cardinal to a breakthrough triumph complete Rangers

Max Muncy caps his three-homer nighttime pinch historical walk-off blast for Dodgers

Shaikin: Forget Team USA’s WBC lineup. The Dodgers’ 2026 lineup is baseball’s astir elite

And finally

A Vin Scully hightlight reel. Watch and perceive here.

Until adjacent time....

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