Where, Oh Where have the Dodgers’ Bats Gone?

The San Francisco Giants continue to win World Series Titles. 3 in 5 years to be exact. The San Francisco Giants continue to own the Los Angeles Dodgers. After last night’s 2-0 victory over the Dodgers, they sit pretty with a 5-2 record in head to head play this year. The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to hit skids, year after year year, where their bats just completely disappear. After being shut out last night, the Dodgers have now scored a grand total of 1 run, in 3 games. Inexcusable.

The Dodgers started the year guns bats blazing. Home runs where leaving Dodger Stadium at record pace, but what seems like in a blink of an eye, the bats are no where to be found. This has been a recurring issue with the Dodgers through the years where runs just become impossible to find. Everyone continues to talk about Joc Pederson’s power, and his 10 home runs are nothing to ignore, but his .235 batting average is unacceptable. Its home run of bust for Joc and that needs to change. And if it does not change, Mattingly needs to remove him from the lead off spot immediately. There is zero reason to ever have a .235 hitting player atop your lineup. Especially when that player, that when he does get a hit, hits it out of the park, which means his home runs continue to be of the solo variety.

With the lineup struggling this bad, Mattingly may want to consider bumping Howie Kendrick to the lead off spot. Something he has not done in his career, but the Dodgers need to shake something up. They continue to lose. They have now dropped 4 of the last 6 games. They have watched there NL West lead shrink to just 3.5 games over the Giants with two more games head to head still to be played this week. Those game get no easier either as the Giants will send Lincecum in a resurgence year to the mound tonight, and Madison Bumgarner on Thursday.

The season is still young, but with no offensive power and injuries piling up, the Dodgers may be running out energy to keep treading water…

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