August 15: The Dodgers have now officially selected Varland to the roster. The corresponding move is outfielder Jake Marisnick getting transferred to the 60-day injured list. He’s been on the 10-day IL since July 19 due to a left hamstring strain, which will seemingly keep him out of action until at least mid-September.
August 14: The Dodgers are planning to select the contract of right-hander Gus Varland from Triple-A Oklahoma City, reports Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter). They’ll need to make a corresponding roster move.
It’ll be the Dodger debut for Varland, but not the right-hander’s big league debut. That came earlier this season with the Brewers, who selected Varland from the Dodgers in last December’s Rule 5 Draft. Varland made Milwaukee’s Opening Day roster after a huge spring showing and, through his first eight innings, held opponents to a pair of earned runs — albeit on nine hits with as many walks (five) as strikeouts. In what proved to be his last appearance with the Brewers, Varland was rocked for nine runs in just two-third of an inning against the Cardinals on May 15. Milwaukee designated him for assignment the next day.
Varland cleared waivers, was returned to the Dodgers organization, and has been excellent in Triple-A since. The 26-year-old has pitched 33 1/3 innings, working to a pristine 2.16 earned run average with a 29.3% strikeout rate, a 6% walk rate, a 42.4% grounder rate and just 0.54 HR/9. It’s strong production on the whole, but Varland has been even better after a shaky start in his return to the Dodgers organization; since June 9, the right-hander has a 1.42 ERA in 25 1/3 innings.
The promotion for Varland comes on the heels of right-hander Joe Kelly’s placement on the 15-day injured list. Kelly, acquired from the White Sox alongside Lance Lynn, has tossed 3 2/3 shutout innings since being acquired. His IL placement was relative to Aug. 10. Kelly is the ninth right-handed reliever on the Dodgers’ injured list at the moment, joining Yency Almonte, Tyler Cyr, J.P. Feyereisen, Daniel Hudson, Shelby Miller, Jimmy Nelson, Alex Reyes and Blake Treinen. Los Angeles didn’t have another healthy right-handed reliever on the 40-man roster — barring a short-term move to relief for Gavin Stone, Emmet Sheehan or Ryan Pepiot, all of whom are in Triple-A at the moment — so they’ll give Varland his first look and hope he can continue the pace he’s set since returning from the Brewers.
might be the 1st “Gus” since the 60s
can’t think of any off the top of my head since Triandos or somebody
Gus Polidor
Good call. So sad he died young
His libido wandered.
Don’t care about Wander
Not counting Gustavos, there has been a Gus here and there since Triandos. Gus Polidor with the Angels for one.
But like Christopher Walken’s cowbells, we need more Gus. Or Gusses.
And Gus Gil, who was actually “Tomas”. But who names their kid “Gus”? Obviously Mr. & Mrs. Triandos.
Gus Bell
Both Gus Polidor and Gus Gil were named Gustavo. Up until the 90’s they used to anglicise latinamerican’s names in baseball.
Completely off topic too – but I thought the celebration of Fernando (mania!) by the Dodgers was really fun & classy yesterday…
As some pointed out on the Athletic, the HOF should be about people & moments, not just dry stats…
Lolich, Maris & Fernando are in the moments category…
In the case of those three it’s both stats and moments.
Do you include Mark Fidrich in your moments?
As a White Sox fan who realizes they are the most unlikable team in sports, Dodgers are awesome, every team has injuries, Dodgers keep calling these guys up who do great, whatever the Dodgers and Rays are doing is working
let’s not… since thats’s not what this article is about and they dont want comments on that subject. reported.
How about we talk about it only because they don’t want us to talk about it.
A key reason why they shouldn’t shut off comments in the article about the topic.
Do you think the Dodgers medical staff is bad?
How soon people forget? Pittsburgh Pirate closer Felipe Vazquez was charged with and found guilty of essentially the same thing in 2019 and his MLB career is over.
So let’s not.
Thread hijack in progress.
Hop on the bus, Gus. Don’t need to discuss much.
He was pretty good, until he took a liner to the chops.
If Bauer is out then Franco is way out doing this with a minor.
So, what exactly did Franco do? You seem to have inside info, so why not share it with us?
My bad, I assumed you had the intellectual capacity and reading comprehension of at least a twelve yr old.
I get the feeling you focus a lot of your time thinking about 12 year olds.
Only a simple-minded dolt would issue such a response, but yes, I did indeed think about girls my age at 13, but unlike yourself at least I had the ability to at least be rational.
“It’s not against the law”…You must get your “culture” from Hollywood pedos and television my friend. No normal, sane 22 yr old man would want to date a girl that most likely hasn’t even reached puberty.
I’m simply stating the law, not advocating for it. DUH!
So using your logic (such as it is), stating the law equals advocacy for the action that’s not even prohibited? You must get your “culture” from a matchbook cover.
You got to give this guy credit: he’s going to die on this hill. He is completely missing the sensitivity of what he’s arguing for and expecting normal people to suspend logic. All to defend what the rest of us deem as pedophilia.
Dude – we all get your argument at this point. You’ve completely missed ours: what you are saying is not okay to say out loud. Regardless of legality that you’re trying to tie around it. It’s wrong. End of story.
Can you read and comprehend, or are you the worst product of government schooling? So, it’s inappropriate to simply state the law and the fact that legally, Franco did nothing illegal IF the contact occurred and IF it was non-sexual, and IF it was not forced, and IF she was under the age of consent. People on this site are condemming the guy for a hearsay incident qualifiedby numerous “ifs” that hasn’t even been verified as to the nature of the contact or if there was contact at all and I’M the one to be condemmed? I’m not asking you to “suspend logic”, just to apply it in it’s simplest form.
YOU… are an idiot. If they delete this post, they must also delete your’s, but at least my post was accurate.
“You..are an idiot”…I feel like we got off on the wrong foot. I think this whole thing is probably just a big mix up and amisunderstanding. If you’ll just come down to the station, take a polygraph, give a DNA sample and answer a few questions I think we can put this whole thing to bed. We have a couple cases we’re trying to clear, just routine Police business you know.
Perhaps you should have a sit down with Chris Hansen
Fan – this whole “agains the law” thing takes a different perspective when we see they are investigating him in the DR. Do you profess to know the last of DR as well as you know (lol) the laws of each state in the US?
Post getting shutdown in 3….2….1 lol
Progressivism is predicated on the idea of continuing to push the line farther and farther to the left. At some point, what once was left will become right under this model. But not if the right pushes back. And guess what? We are absolutely not okay with you even trying to even start to try and justify this nonsense. If you do, you are a weirdo, creepy pedophile that needs to be locked up. Stop defending it. There’s an absolutely no way you’ll ever change my mind. You disgust me if you say even another word except: you’re right.
Baseballfam2019
Are you claiming to represent the right?
Because you seem to have zero understanding of the situation and zero ability to use reasoning or nuance. If that is your understanding of what “the right” is, well.
Things that make one a pedophile: being attracted to prepubescent children
Things that do not make you a pedophile: literally anything else
So this
“We are absolutely not okay with you even trying to even start to try and justify this nonsense. If you do, you are a weirdo, creepy pedophile”
Is ignorant nonsense.
Now, when you almost assuredly will respond by saying that I’m a pedophile, I may respond. I may not. I will mute you and forget that you exist.
Zzy – you clearly represent the left: I’m going to say what I want to say and then mute you so that I do t have to hear your points. Seriously?
Oh, and I already called you a pedo. My previous post pointed out that any attempt to even justify this nonsense qualifies you as one. Obviously nuance escapes you, as well. That and literal language apparently, too.
A perfect encapsulation of the right?
In how many ways is your post completely and utterly wrong?
1) I’m not zzy
2) I said I’d mute you if you said I was a pedophile, not that I was muting you now and would not read any points you made. Note: you have not made any points
3) Again, defending pedophilia does not make one a pedophile. That’s…just not what pedophilia is. Pedophilia is being attracted to prepubescent children. It’s a simple concept that you seem to be failing to grasp.
4) Your literal language doesn’t escape me, it’s just wrong. In at least 4 ways in one comment.
Now, it’s likely that you’ll come back and say that I am also a pedophile (and I will mute you when you do so, because you will have proven yourself to be a waste of time) because I’m defending pedophilia. Of course, I haven’t said a single thing that a reasonable and intelligent person could construe as defending pedophilia. I just pointed out what pedophilia is (attraction to prepubescent children) and what it is not (literally everything else).
Just because you put numbers down, does not indicate a point was made. Everyone is now dumber for having listened to you. I award you no points. May god have mercy on your soul.
Point 3 continues to be your downfall.
Your summary says you made 4 points where I was wrong. Yet, point 2 doesn’t point out a fallacy. Point 4 is subjective. It’s not right or wrong.
You really just think you’re right. You’re not. You’re defending pedophilia. You even admit it. Again – thanks for making my argument even stronger.
Muted
A complete lack of reason and intelligence
What has happened to this site? You got people who think it’s okay to mess with children, 2 cowards in the football section who think it’s okay to beat up women. Seriously when did this place get so horrible. Muting doesn’t help they just keep coming back
When one loses an argument, they resort to muting. This guy defended pedophilia. I said anyone defending it is just as bad. He can’t differentiate or reason. Then, he claims it’s me that’s unreasonable. This is a great example of what’s wrong.
Censor police is out again. I tried replying not sure if they’ll let it go through
“Age of Consent:” has nothing to do with dating per se. it has to do what may ensue during the date, but again, I suspect that’s a bit too much for your brain to process.
🙁
“Age of Consent: has nothing to do with dating per se. it has to do what may ensue during the date”
Yea it’s still creepy as it sounds like grooming but I do get what you are saying. I have a paralegal degree but sometimes people have issues when you take the law so literally with out acknowledging the creepy factor behind it. At the end of this day, we don’t know the details and what has or hasn’t happened. He is still an idiot like Bauer for even taking this risk in todays environment.
are you a stupid person?
Don’t know much about Gus is this a showcae callup to spite the Brewers or draw interest?
I’m curious, how would this have anything to do with the Brewers? Not sure what else they could/should have done than what they did. He got absolutely rocked in his last appearance with the club and got designated for assignment. I’m glad he’s been successful in AAA for the Dodgers, but that’s happened before.
Gus is the older brother of Twins pitcher Louie Varland. Gus started scuffling when he hit AA back in 2021 which is why the Dodgers left him exposed. Not sure what the Brewers saw in him, but it didn’t work out for them.
Overall, Gus has traditionally been pretty hittable and has some difficulties with walks at the higher levels of the minors. His recent stint with Oklahoma City (the Dodgers AAA club) he’s been better across the board. Dramatically fewer walks, not giving up a ton of hits, strikeouts bounced back to a nice 10.5. Not sure what’s driving the results change, but Gus is now 26 and teetering on non-prospect status. For the Brewers, he was pitching fastball (96mph), changeup (90mph, and slider (88mph). The fastball has good spin and movement and the slider seems to have good movement as well. Seems like his changeup is probably his weakest pitch.
It’s just more bullpen filler. He’ll eat up a couple innings and get dfa when someone is ready to come off the IL.
Because it’s the Dodgers and everyone tries harder for those buy-whoever-they-want system abusers I’m sure Varland will dominate for no reason.
Besides Mookie (who has been absolutely worth every penny) who else have the Dodgers bought whoever they wanted? They’ve been pretty mellow in free agency and have let some of their own leave for big money with other teams. Your comment comes off as a bit envious.
0-100%? We have no info on the pending investigation.
This guy’s overall take is nuts, but Latin America does have a problem with men in their 20s acting this way
“Kelly, acquired from the White Sox alongside Lance Lynn, has tossed 3 2/3 shutout innings since being acquired. His IL placement was relative to Aug. 10”
Relative? A believe the word is retroactive. Proof reading is tough.
This can’t be what MLB had in mind with its ‘Let the Kids Play’ marketing campaign.
In what proved to be his last appearance with the Brewers, Varland was rocked for nine runs in just two-third of an inning against the Cardinals on May 15.
Who in their right mind leaves a pitcher in to give up 9 runs? Reminds me of a Bob Gibson story. He was getting absolutely rocked, but Tim McCarver as well as the manager at the time, I think Red Schoendienst, were basically terrified of his temper. When they finally worked up the courage to go to the mound, he yelled at them, “Where have you been, can’t you see I’ve got nothing?”
Good luck to Varland on the Dodgers.
Funny story.
Varland is just another one the cannon fodder relievers Friedman likes so well. He’ll get a few innings of work. When Kelly and Almonte are back, he’ll be gone, most likely.
Adams is a hack.
“Varland made Milwaukee’s Opening Day roster after a huge spring showing and, through his first eight innings, held opponents to a pair of earned runs…”
Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG. Learn how to use commas, FFS.
“Varland made Milwaukee’s Opening Day roster after a huge spring showing, and through his first eight innings, held opponents to a pair of earned runs…”
This is correct. This is also correct:
“Varland made Milwaukee’s Opening Day roster after a huge spring showing and through his first eight innings, held opponents to a pair of earned runs…”
Omg. The irony is too much. YOU are the one who needs to learn how to use commas! The comma before “and” is unnecessary because you are NOT connecting two independent clauses. Your second “correction” is just awful on multiple levels.
The best correction would be as follows:
“Varland made Milwaukee’s Opening Day roster after a huge spring showing, and he held opponents to a pair of earned runs through his first eight innings.”
By adding the subject “he,” I made the comma before “and” necessary. Also, by placing the prepositional phrase last, I made it so that no other comma is needed.
Lmao, nice try idiot. You are completely, unequivocally wrong in saying that mine are incorrect or “awful on so many levels.” In fact, YOU are not connecting independent clauses in your “best correction.” Anyone with a third-grade education can see this. Go back to grade school, kiddo.