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2006 Los Angeles Dodgers Predictions
The 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers predictions
show a team on the decline.
They went from a stellar 93-68 season in 2004, in which they made the
playoffs, to a meager 71-90 season in 2005. The Dodgers are a team that
you must bet against consistently in 2006 as the spots to take them will
be few and far between.
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The Best situation to go against the Dodgers in
2006, is form hold true to previous years, figures to be when they are
on the road facing right handed pitching. Going against LA in this
situation would have gained you 13 units last year and I can’t see them
changing the tides on the road this season as it takes good starting
pitching to win consistently on the road and Los Angeles’ staff is vey
mediocre.
The Dodgers did bring in Rafael Furcal, a young,
talented shortstop, over from Atlanta. He will undoubtedly make his
presence felt on the defensive side of the coin as he has great range
and perhaps the strongest arm from his position in the league. His
hitting has yet to be tailored. He has shown signs of improvement, but
I don’t expect him to become a .300 hitter this season, which is the
type of output LA will need from Furcal if they are expecting to get
their sinking ship back sailing. He does have a huge upside because he
is so young and ultimately I thing he is a great pick up for LA who will
pay off in the long run. But he won’t be able to do enough offensively
this season to help out the likes of Jeff Kent to give the Dodgers a
chance in the NL West.
The Dodgers also bring Nomar Garciaparra over from
Chicago, but he is already enduring injury problems in the early going
like most of his stint in Chicago. He can still hit the ball and pick
it up and throw ’em out, but the question remains if he’ll see any time
on the field to do so. We also saw in Chicago that he would press often
times at the plate after returning from injury. He’s maybe the least
patient batter in the league, but he’s a great contact hitter who rarely
strikes out so he has been able to get away with it. However, in the
past, when he’s pressed he’s really gone fishing and the team has
struggled because of it. It will be interesting to see his hitting
approach when he returns for LA. And it will also be interesting to see
how long he returns for as it seems inevitable that something else will
go wrong. He’s almost becoming like Ken Griffey Junior at Cincinnati.
I think Jeff Kent has a lot of pressure to perform
this season and because of the pressure his numbers will suffer. Teams
will also be smart and try to pitch around him. He won’t get the amount
of intentional walks that Bonds does, but pitchers are going to make him
hit their pitch. I think Kent will get frustrated and chase after some
of these pitches trying to make something happen, especially with
runners in scoring position.
It will be important to watch the Dodgers the first
month or so of the season to see if their road woes continue. I think
we’ll find that they will and we’ll be able to make some money by going
against them on the road, especially when facing right handers, this
season.
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