"Is It Unreasonable to Expect Great Things From Clayton Kershaw?" by Mike Petriello of Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness
... despite our high expectations for a player so young, it’s not as though Kershaw is blazing a completely new trail, here. Young players can succeed, if they have the talent and opportunity, and I think it’s clear that Kershaw has both.
"Is Clayton Kershaw Already Declining?" by Dave Cameron of Fangraphs (via ESPN Insider)
... Unlike hitters, who tend to gain power as they age, pitchers lose it. In the past 30 years, 11 pitchers have rang up at least 180 strikeouts in a single season when they were 22 or younger. The list is not full of guys on their way to Cooperstown. Instead, it stands as a sobering reminder of just how great starts to a career can go very, very wrong. ...
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A native of Los Angeles, Jon Weisman has been writing about the Dodgers at Dodger Thoughts since 2002 and thinking deeply about them since the 1970s. He is the author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, published in 2009. Weisman began covering sports professionally in 1985, complemented by adventures in writing for and about the screen that have culminated in his current position as a features editor at Variety. Any downtime he can muster will be happily spent with his wife and three young children.
TEAM LEADERS
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Matt Kemp
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| HR | M. Kemp | 12 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Ethier | 40 | ||||||||||
| R | M. Kemp | 29 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Kemp | 1.173 | ||||||||||
| W | C. Capuano | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Kershaw | 1.90 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Kershaw | 51 | ||||||||||
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