Dodgers Dugout: Dalton Rushing, Dave Roberts And A Bunch Of All-stars

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Dalton Rushing has surely been successful nan spotlight lately. From his miscommunication pinch Shohei Ohtani to getting affectional connected nan bench. We put nan spotlight connected him precocious successful this newsletter, which you tin publication here.

This led to readers asking whether his teammates for illustration him. And while you tin ne'er cognize what lies successful nan bosom of a person, it seems very apt that they do. We quoted workfellow Maddie Lee‘s story past time. This time, we look astatine a mates of absorbing quotes from Katie Woo’s story successful nan Athletic.

Freddie Freeman: “Everyone present loves Dalton Rushing. The personification he is successful nan clubhouse, earlier games, aft games, doesn’t get to beryllium shown connected nan field. But there’s that three-hour model wherever his emotions travel forward, and it tin beryllium a lot. I wish group could spot nan Dalton Rushing wrong nan clubhouse, connected nan plane, connected buses. It’s not what you spot during nan game. He’s a young feline who’s learning nan starting role, who wants to beryllium great, who is conscionable learning, and we’re present to help, and that’s why you spot truthful galore group trying to thief him.”

Miguel Rojas: “It’s really difficult to alteration 1 person’s characteristic from 1 twelvemonth to another. We person to understand and springiness him a small spot of a break, because he’s young. Now, if we’re seeing this adjacent year, aliases nan aforesaid point happening 2 years from now, there’s astir apt going to beryllium a speech pinch nan organization. You person to spot growth.”

That sounds for illustration 2 guys who for illustration him, and are trying to thief him navigate done each of this. Which is what teammates are for.

However, is Rushing successful sync pinch nan pitchers? Let’s return a look astatine nan starting pitcher ERA pinch Rushing and pinch Will Smith successful their career. We’ll see Austin Barnes and Ben Rortvedt too.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto
ERA pinch Rortvedt: 0.86 (21 innings)
Barnes: 1.64 (33)
Rushing: 1.75 (92.2)
Smith: 3.29 (221.2)

Justin Wrobleski
Smith: 2.60 (86.2)
Rushing: 3.75 (72)
Rortvedt: 6.14 (7.1)
Barnes: 10.90 (17.1)

Shohei Ohtani
Rortvedt: 0.00 (11)
Smith: 2.08 (82.1)
Rushing: 2.97 (39.1)
Barnes ne'er caught him

Roki Sasaki
Rortvedt: 0.00 (2)
Barnes: 2.00 (9)
Smith: 4.32 (58.1)
Rushing: 6.21 (37.2)

Emmet Sheehan
Rortvedt: 0.00 (1)
Rushing: 3.04 (50.1)
Smith: 4.20 (124.1)
Barnes: 7.56 (16.2)

Tyler Glasnow
Rushing: 1.46 (24.2)
Rortvedt: 2.89 (18.2)
Smith: 3.42 (210.2)
Barnes: 5.40 (10)

Blake Snell
Rortvedt: 0.47 (19)
Smith: 3.26 (30.1)
Rushing: 4.80 (15)

Eric Lauer
Smith: 1.50 (6)
Rushing: 3.86 (23.1)

All Dodgers pitchers this season
Smith: 3.02 (393)
Rushing: 3.74 (341.1)
Chuckie Robinson: 4.88 (59)

All Dodgers pitchers successful 2025
Rortvedt: 2.89 (140.1)
Rushing: 3.87 (325.1)
Smith: 4.00 (865.1)
Robinson: 5.14 (7)
Barnes: 5.16 (103)

You tin spot why nan Dodgers liked Rortvedt truthful much.

Dave Roberts, millennium man

Dave Roberts sewage nan 1,000th triumph arsenic Dodgers head when they hit nan Athletics connected Tuesday.

“I mean, 1,000 didn’t moreover look connected my radar,” Roberts said aft that game. “That’s a agelong clip of accordant winning, fto unsocial keeping a occupation for 11 years. That’s conscionable benignant of nan life I chose. But yeah, to benignant of put your caput down and look backmost and go, ‘Oh my God, I’m here,’ it’s mind-blowing. I still consciousness for illustration I’m getting better, and I still bask it.”

Roberts, who is successful his 11th play arsenic Dodgers manager, gave a hint arsenic to really agelong he will beryllium astatine nan helm.

“I will not negociate 20 years. Mookie wants maine to negociate until his statement expires [in 2032], truthful that’s thing I americium reasoning about. But I tin beryllium definite I’m not going to do 20 years. It’s excessively much. I emotion it, but it’s a batch to give. To spot myself doing that for different seven, eight, 9 years, that’s a lot.”

Barring immoderate unexpected illness by nan Dodgers for a mates of seasons, Roberts will beryllium head of nan Dodgers for arsenic agelong arsenic he wants. He has won 3 World Series titles and will spell into nan Hall of Fame 1 day. He has grown considerably arsenic a manager, arsenic he has shown successful nan past 2 postseasons. There is ever a vocal number who doesn’t for illustration him, aliases who thinks anyone could negociate this squad to a title. Nonsense. As Mookie Betts said:

“I would decidedly opportunity it’s astir apt nan reverse. It makes it harder. It’s astir apt easy to constitute successful a lineup, for sure. But to negociate truthful galore personalities, injuries, guys coming up, guys coming down, it’s a lot, particularly losing. We went done our stretches wherever we weren’t playing well.

“And past it’s nan different way, like, ‘Oh, you sewage this roster, and you’re still losing X, Y, and Z.’ But he conscionable benignant of handled it. Handled it pinch grace. And still travel retired connected top. So, yeah, it’s astir apt easy to constitute successful nan lineup, but to negociate it for 162-plus is really difficult to do.”

Roberts became nan 69th head to triumph 1,000 games and nan 4th Dodger manager, joining Walter Alston (2,040), Tommy Lasorda (1,599) and Wilbert Robinson (1,375). He besides has nan champion winning percent of immoderate head successful history, winning 62.3% of his games. He is 1,003-607. Just down him is Joe McCarthy, who won 61.5% (2,125-1,333). McCarthy won 7 World Series titles, each pinch nan Yankees, and is considered by galore to beryllium nan top head successful history.

Sad news

Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo made his awesome convention debut pinch nan Dodgers connected Sunday, but pinch a dense heart. Alfonzo’s younger sister, Eliana, and stepmother, Patricia, died during nan devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela recently.

”Don’t really cognize what to opportunity astir it extracurricular of my bosom goes retired to him and his family,” Roberts said before Sunday’s game. “He’s successful [the lineup]. He’s going to play today, but evidently it’s dense hearts. I don’t want to really spell excessively acold because I’ll get emotional, truthful I don’t know. I cognize it’s tough, very tough.”

After nan game, Alfonzo said this astir playing: “Honestly it was a small difficult, but astatine nan aforesaid clip thanking God ever for everything. What happened, unfortunately, is retired of my hands and portion of life. Only God knows why they happen. I went retired location to grant my sister and my stepmother, and springiness my champion successful a difficult moment.”

Keep these types of things successful mind nan adjacent clip you want to boo aliases outcry astatine a subordinate for making an error, mentally aliases physically. We don’t cognize what they are going done from time to day. It’s easy to get caught up successful reasoning these are shot players making a batch of money and surviving nan dream. But nary 1 lives nan dream 24/7.

Four All-Stars

Ohtani, Freeman, Max Muncy and Andy Pages were each elected arsenic starters for this year’s All-Star team, and Yamamoto besides made nan team, giving nan Dodgers 4 All-Stars this season, tied for nan astir pinch Atlanta and Philadelphia. It is Ohtani’s 3rd All-Star motion pinch nan Dodgers (he besides had 3 pinch nan Angels), Freeman’s 5th pinch nan Dodgers (he besides had 5 pinch nan Braves), nan 3rd for Muncy, nan first for Pages and nan 2nd for Yamamoto.

The franchise grounds for astir players connected nan squad is seven, done successful aggregate years while nan Dodgers were successful Brooklyn.

Dodgers named to nan All-Star squad astatine slightest 4 times:

11
Clayton Kershaw

10
Pee Wee Reese

Nine
Don Drysdale

Eight
Roy Campanella
Steve Garvey
Gil Hodges

Seven
Sandy Koufax
Duke Snider
Maury Wills

Six
Ron Cey
Jackie Robinson
Fernando Valenzuela

Five
Freddie Freeman
Mike Piazza
John Roseboro

Four
Mookie Betts
Pedro Guerrero
Cookie Lavagetto
Davey Lopes
Van Lingle Mungo
Don Newcombe
Mickey Owen
Johnny Podres
Preacher Roe
Don Sutton
Dixie Walker
Whit Wyatt

These names look familiar

How notable players who were pinch nan Dodgers nan past mates of seasons are doing pinch their caller teams (through Sunday). Click connected nan player’s sanction to beryllium taken to their afloat stats page:

Anthony Banda, Twins: 2-0, 4.46 ERA, 2 saves, 34.1 IP, 31 hits, 15 walks, 33 K’s, 98 ERA+, connected nan IL

Cody Bellinger, Yankees: .251/.348/.426, 374 PA’s, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 11 homers, 50 RBIs, 116 OPS+

Walker Buehler, Padres: 5-4, 4.61 ERA, 82 IP, 83 hits, 30 walks, 76 K’s, 91 ERA+

Mike Busch, Cubs: .234/.367/.391, 398 PA’s, 14 doubles, 2 triples, 11 homers, 47 RBIs, 114 OPS+

Michael Conforto, Cubs: .250/.345/.492, 148 PA’s, 10 doubles, 7 homers, 21 RBIs, 133 OPS+

Justin Dean, Cubs: .400/.500/.800, 6 PA’s, 1 triple, 3 RBIs, 259 OPS+

Caleb Ferguson, Reds: 1-0, 1.62 ERA, 1 save, 16.2 IP, 15 hits, 6 walks, 16 K’s, 278 ERA+

Jack Flaherty, Tigers: 2-8, 4.60 ERA, 76.1 IP, 74 hits, 37 walks, 92 K’s, 93 ERA+

Kenley Jansen, Tigers: 1-4, 4.98 ERA, 10 saves, 21.2 IP, 14 hits, 12 walks, 23 K’s, 87 ERA+

Craig Kimbrel, Rays: 0-2, 4.62 ERA, 25.1 IP, 22 hits, 10 walks, 23 K’s, 9Gavin 4 ERA+

Gavin Lux, Rays: connected nan IL

Dustin May, Cardinals: 5-6, 4.80 ERA, 84.1 IP, 83 hits, 24 walks, 78 K’s, 84 ERA+

Zach McKinstry, Tigers: .196/.274/.291, 225 PA’s, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 3 homers, 16 RBIs, 58 OPS+

James Outman, Tigers : .159/.234/.292, 124 PA’s, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 homers, 11 RBIs, 46 OPS+

Joc Pederson, Rangers: .242/.338/.466, 276 PA’s, 7 doubles, 2 triples, 14 homers, 31 RBIs, 133 OPS+

Luke Raley, Mariners: .228/.293/.466, 241 PA’s, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 14 homers, 35 RBIs, 114 OPS+

Ben Rortvedt, Mets: successful nan minors

Corey Seager, Rangers: .182/.292/.374, 219 PA’s, 6 doubles, 10 homers, 25 RBIs, 94 OPS+, connected nan IL

Justin Turner, Tijuana (Mexican League): .281/.394/.475, 216 PA’s, 17 doubles, 6 homers, 28 RBIs

Trea Turner, Phillies: .246/.283/.360, 364 PA’s, 15 doubles, 10 homers, 31 RBIs, 72 OPS+

Miguel Vargas, White Sox: .247/.363/.494, 304 PA’s, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 20 homers, 56 RBIs, 138 OPS+

Kirby Yates, Angels: 0-3, 2.75 ERA, 2 saves, 19.2 IP, 11 hits, 7 walks, 28 K’s, 154 ERA+

Note: Vargas was named to nan AL All-Star team.

Up next

Monday: Colorado (*Kyle Freeland, 2-7, 7.25 ERA) astatine Dodgers (*Eric Lauer, 4-5, 4.84 ERA [3-0, 2.88 ERA pinch Dodgers]), 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Tuesday: Colorado (Michael Lorenzen, 3-9, 6.91 ERA) astatine Dodgers (*Justin Wrobleski, 10-2, 2.80 ERA), 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Wednesday: Colorado (Ryan Feltner, 3-2, 4.27 ERA) astatine Dodgers (Roki Sasaki, 3-5, 5.40 ERA), 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

All times Pacific

*-left-handed

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Until adjacent clip ...

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