Los Angeles Dodgers Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 27 | 92-70 | 5 | Clayton Kershaw's 1.83 ERA was the first sub-2.00 ERA by a starter since Roger Clemens in 2005 and the lowest since Pedro Martinez's 1.74 mark in 2000. His ERA+ of 194 was a hair better than Sandy Koufax's career-best 190 in 1966. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 26 | 90-66 | 4 | Most starts allowing two runs or fewer: Clayton Kershaw 23, Jose Fernandez 22, Jordan Zimmermann and Madison Bumgarner 21, Zack Greinke, Felix Hernandez and Patrick Corbin 20. Greinke has had 11 straight starts of two runs or fewer. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 25 | 86-63 | 2 | Is finishing strong important? The Dodgers are 3-8 over their past eight games. Carl Crawford (.100), Andre Ethier (.148) and A.J. Ellis (.194) have struggled the most on offense. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 24 | 83-59 | 2 | The Dodgers have lost four straight for the first time since losing eight in a row May 1-10. Remember when Adrian Gonzalez was an on-base machine? With just 39 walks, his OBP is a decent-but-not-great .336. From 2009 to 2011, he had a .403 OBP. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 23 | 81-55 | 1 | Yasiel Puig's go-ahead homer on Sunday came on the first pitch he saw in the sixth inning. He's now hitting .596 (34-for-57) when putting the first pitch in play, highest since Jim Edmonds hit .604 in 2004 (minimum 50 at-bats). -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 22 | 76-54 | 1 | Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig have been getting most of the headlines, but Zack Greinke is now 9-1 with a 2.14 ERA over his past 12 starts. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 21 | 72-51 | 1 | The unsung heroes of this 42-9 stretch: The bullpen has a 1.49 ERA since the All-Star break while holding opponents to a .169 average and just four home runs in 84.1 innings. Oh, yeah, Clayton Kershaw: MVP. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 20 | 67-50 | 5 | On June 21, the Dodgers had the same record as the Cubs and Brewers. Since then, they've gone 37-8, the first NL team since the '53 Dodgers to win at least 37 games in a 45-game stretch. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 19 | 61-49 | 8 | Remember when the Dodgers' bullpen was a problem? Since June 15, the pen is 11-2 with a 2.85 ERA, which ranks fifth in the majors. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 18 | 56-48 | 9 | Yasiel Puig is heating up again, hitting .435 over his past six games, including Sunday's 11th-inning walk-off home run. The home run came off a changeup, and according to ESPN Stats & Info, it was his sixth homer off an off-speed pitch on the outer half of the plate since his recall from the minors, tied for the most in the majors. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 17 | 50-47 | 11 | Matt Kemp returned to the lineup Sunday and hit sixth in the order. Nick Punto hit second. Don Mattingly isn't exactly helping here. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 16 | 47-47 | 15 | The Dodgers have gone 17-5 since June 22 and Hanley Ramirez has hit .390/.457/.732. He looks like the Hanley Ramirez who finished second in the 2009 NL MVP vote and that's a scary thought for NL West opponents. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com | |
| Week 15 | 42-45 | 15 | Yasiel Puig note of the week: Among players with 130 plate appearances, Puig has the eighth-highest "chase" percentage on pitches outside the strike zone. Twelve of his past 19 outs have been via the strikeout. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com | |
| Week 14 | 38-43 | 20 | The Dodgers are still in last place, but it's a closer-to-first-place last place after closing June with eight wins in nine games. Obligatory Yasiel Puig note: He finished with 44 hits in June, second most by a rookie in his first month in the majors (Joe DiMaggio had 48 in 1936). -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 13 | 32-42 | 23 | This week in Puigmania: Finally drew his first two unintentional walks Saturday. Still, he's hitting .425 and has a hit in 16 of his 19 games. Put him in the Home Run Derby! -- David Schoenfied, ESPN.com | |
| Week 12 | 29-39 | 20 | Puig-mania has been fun, but now reality has set in: This is still a bad team that has gone 2-6 over its past eight games to fall 10 games under .500. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 11 | 27-35 | 21 | Yasiel Puig's first week in the majors was so awesome that even Vin Scully seemed in awe. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 10 | 23-32 | 22 | The Dodgers are sixth in the NL in batting average, but 12th in runs per game as only the Marlins have hit fewer home runs. Sunday's lineup featured Nick Punto hitting leadoff, Scott Van Slyke batting cleanup and Tim Federowicz batting fifth. Ouch. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 9 | 20-28 | 22 | They can't wait for everyone to make a run. Their next seven series are against the Angels, Rockies, Padres, Braves, Diamondbacks, Pirates and Yankees. The Angels are red hot and five of the other six teams are over .500. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 8 | 17-25 | 23 | The bullpen blew two more leads over the weekend and has 13 losses, most in the majors. The Dodgers have seven losses when leading entering the sixth inning -- but no wins when trailing entering the sixth. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 7 | 15-21 | 26 | The Dodgers finally ended an eight-game losing streak with two wins over the Marlins and may welcome Zack Greinke back to the rotation on Wednesday, even though he allowed eight runs in a rehab start in Class A this past Friday. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 6 | 13-17 | 19 | The Dodgers are actually second in the NL in on-base percentage but 14th in slugging percentage, leading to the second-lowest total of runs scored in the NL. A .222 average with runners in scoring position has been a major issue. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 5 | 12-12 | 18 | A 4-2 week got the Dodgers back up to .500, but Josh Beckett remains a question mark in the rotation; he's allowed eight home runs and 18 runs in 30 1/3 innings. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 4 | 8-10 | 16 | Dodgers third basemen and shortstops have combined to hit .148 with two extra-base hits. Adrian Gonzalez and A.J. Ellis each have on-base percentages over .440 and yet have scored just six runs combined. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 3 | 7-5 | 12 | Tough week for the Dodgers: Zack Greinke got injured in the brawl, and they lost a Clayton Kershaw start. Good results so far from Hyun-Jin Ryu and Josh Beckett, however, still means the rotation looks good behind Kershaw. (Chris Capuano will replace Greinke.) -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 11 | It helps that Clayton Kershaw started two of the Dodgers' first six games, but L.A. pitchers allowed only 10 runs and walked only eight batters. That's one more walk than Tim Lincecum had by himself in his first start. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 7 | Expectations are through the roof for the Dodgers. Getting off to a good start would definitely be beneficial. -- ESPN.com | |