Environmental Friendly Dodgers Busy Conserving Power

Normally conserving power is a good thing.  We all want cleaner air to breath, right?  Well, the 2013 version of the Los Angeles Dodgers - the same Dodgers that are highly paid if I remember my numbers correctly are doing their part in conserving power.  Their bats have been recycled and sent to wind farms in the Far East.  Their homerun trots have been outsourced to Cleveland and most notably their winning percentage is at a 52 week low.  So what's going on?  Heck if I (or Mark McGwire for that matter) know - but here are the numbers and they will make you feel green.

First let's look at the pathetic

Name	HR
Carl Crawford	5
Adrian Gonzalez	3
Andre Ethier	3
A.J. Ellis	2
Juan Uribe	2
Mark Ellis	2
Clayton Kershaw	1
Hanley Ramirez	1
Jerry Hairston	1
Justin Sellers	1
Matt Kemp	1

Yes, that is right. Matt Kemp only has one HR. Luckily, Carl Crawford has come out of his shell this season to lead the team with five homeruns. Perhaps Crawford shouldn't be hitting in front of the pitcher for the time being, no?

Well, how is the rest of the league doing? 22 homeruns is probably middle of the pack or something, don't you think? Hmmm, not quite.

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Rank	Team	HR	Team	OBP	Team	SLG	Team	wOBA
1	Indians	44	Rockies	0.352	Indians	0.476	Rockies	0.356
2	Braves	44	Tigers	0.352	Rockies	0.471	Indians	0.352
3	Rockies	43	Red Sox	0.347	Red Sox	0.451	Red Sox	0.347
4	Blue Jays	41	Athletics	0.343	Yankees	0.433	Tigers	0.34
5	Yankees	40	Indians	0.34	Braves	0.429	Athletics	0.332
6	Orioles	39	Dodgers	0.333	Tigers	0.428	Yankees	0.33
7	Cubs	39	Reds	0.33	Brewers	0.427	Braves	0.328
8	Rays	37	Rangers	0.33	Orioles	0.425	Rangers	0.328
9	Red Sox	36	Yankees	0.328	Rangers	0.42	Brewers	0.324
10	Brewers	36	Braves	0.323	Athletics	0.413	Orioles	0.323
11	Rangers	36	Royals	0.323	Cubs	0.412	Rays	0.318
12	White Sox	36	Brewers	0.322	Diamondbacks	0.409	Diamondbacks	0.313
13	Diamondbacks	35	Orioles	0.322	Rays	0.407	Cardinals	0.312
14	Mariners	35	Cardinals	0.321	Angels	0.403	Angels	0.312
15	Pirates	34	Giants	0.32	Blue Jays	0.399	Royals	0.311
16	Athletics	33	Twins	0.32	Pirates	0.397	Giants	0.31
17	Mets	33	Rays	0.317	Mets	0.397	Reds	0.31
18	Angels	32	Angels	0.316	Astros	0.393	Pirates	0.308
19	Tigers	31	Diamondbacks	0.315	Giants	0.39	Dodgers	0.308
20	Nationals	30	Padres	0.314	Royals	0.39	Mets	0.308
21	Astros	30	Mets	0.309	Cardinals	0.39	Cubs	0.308
22	Reds	28	Mariners	0.308	Mariners	0.387	Mariners	0.306
23	Phillies	28	Pirates	0.307	Nationals	0.381	Blue Jays	0.306
24	Cardinals	27	Astros	0.305	White Sox	0.379	Astros	0.306
25	Giants	25	Cubs	0.301	Reds	0.378	Padres	0.305
26	Padres	25	Blue Jays	0.301	Padres	0.378	Twins	0.305
27	Dodgers	22	Phillies	0.298	Phillies	0.377	Nationals	0.294
28	Twins	21	Nationals	0.295	Twins	0.366	Phillies	0.294
29	Marlins	19	Marlins	0.29	Dodgers	0.363	White Sox	0.289
30	Royals	16	White Sox	0.283	Marlins	0.325	Marlins	0.273

Yeah, that's pretty ugly. 27th out of 30, 14th out of 15 (NL) in homeruns. Thank God for teams like the Marlins. In slugging percentage the Dodgers drop to 29th, once again with the Marlins cushioning the fall. Is there a silver lining you ask? Well, of course there is. Look at the Dodgers on base percentage. They are 6th! Good news, the offense isn't totally pathetic - just the part where we get runners past first base is. Dodgers management needs to put the breaks on this power conservation policy. Puig in a few more bats, oops did I incorrectly spell 'plug'? Silly me. Gas up the batting cages and turn this ship around.