Even though Nathan Eovaldi surrendered the 0-0 tie with his final pitch in the sixth inning of tonight's 3-1 Dodger loss to Milwaukee, he still has a space among this season's much-needed pleasant surprises.Eovaldi gets himself in trouble, walking nine in 17 innings so far, but his 2.12 ERA has been fun nonetheless. As has Josh Lindblom (despite his three bases worth of wild pitches tonight, thanks in no small part to the sloppy catching of Dioner Navarro). As have Scott Elbert and Javy Guerra, and Rubby De La Rosa and Dee Gordon before they got hurt, and Jerry Sands before he was sent back to Albuquerque. Not to mention a small dose of Aaron Miles and Juan Rivera, the strikeout tear of Kenley Jansen, the stately poise of Hiroki Kuroda and, of course, the explosions of Matt Kemp an
Eovaldi is u-less but hardly useless
Published August 17, 2011 at 10:35 PM
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