-At 24-17, the Dodgers now sit in second place. 25% of the season has passed.
-Yes, second place. We’ve been here before this season, but having been beaten in two of three by the Braves this past weekend, it now feels a little bit different.
-Scoring runs was a challenge this week. In the six games since last Tuesday The Azul put up 1, 12, 3, 2, 2, 3, a total of 23 runs while giving up 31.
-Mookie is back and that is something to be optimistic about. On the other hand it’s not as if he’s been an offensive juggernaut. In fact, he hasn’t been the Mookie from pre-2024, that is, hitting around .300 with 30 homers, since… 2024.
-Last season he filled the gap at shortstop like the Hall of Fame player he is, becoming one of the top defenders in the league at that position. Now Roberts needs to ask Mookie to do the improbable again: play gold glove shortstop AND hit like the Betts of old rather than like old man Betts. And I say that as a 58-year-old with a desk job who has played catch once on the last five years.
-Besides if anyone can pull off something improbable, it’s Mookie Betts. He’s an incredible athlete and seems like a good human and I’m rooting for him.
-Meanwhile in Metsland they are calling up prized prospect AJ Ewing, who was hitting .327 in AAA Syracuse. They need something to unlock the offense that scored 5 runs in three games in Arizona over the weekend.
-If Jose Soriano pitched every game for the Angels, they’d be 30-10 rather than 16-26. What if he wins the Cy Young for a 4th or 5th place Angels team? It could happen. Paul Skenes won while pitching for the last place Pirates in 2025.
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