"Why did you abandon me?" LAD must be regretful... "Trade → 11G against the Dodgers with 4 home runs and 12 RBIs." There's no natural enemy like this
"Why did you abandon me?" LAD must be regretful... "Trade → 11G against the Dodgers with 4 home runs and 12 RBIs." There's no natural enemy like this
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Do they still have resentment against the team that gave up on them? Michael Bush (28), a big infielder with the Chicago Cubs, took revenge against his former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, by swinging his bat for two consecutive days.
Bush started as the fourth batter and first baseman in an away game against the Dodgers in the 2025 Major League (MLB) regular season at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on the 14th (Korea time), and recorded two hits, one homer, one RBI, and one run from four times at bat. The Cubs, with Bush's solo shot and Pete Crow-Armstrong's multi-homer game, beat the Dodgers 4-2 to take the winning series with two consecutive wins.
Busch hit Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow's second pitch of 95.9 miles per hour (about 154.3 kilometers) to pull out after hitting a fly ball to center field with a flying distance of 339 feet (about 103.3 meters).
After preheating the bat with a big hit, Bush reported a hit in his second at-bat. With no runners with one out in the top of the fourth inning when the two teams were tying 1-1, Bush hit Glasnow's fifth sinker with a 3-1 advantage and hit a hit to the right-handed side. Bush then advanced to second base through wild pitches, but failed to score a run due to a failed follow-up hit.
Bush's third showdown was also a victory for him. With two outs and no runners on base in the top of the sixth inning, Bush did not miss an 87-mile-per-hour slider and hit a 403-foot solo shot over the right fence after a tenacious race between Glasnow and nine pitches. His third homer of the season.
Bush, who took his fourth at-bat in the top of the eighth inning with no outs and runners on the first and third bases, struck out Dodgers left-hander bullpen Alex Vesia after three pitches and failed to add more hits.
Bush was a promising first baseman who Dodgers cherished. Bush, who was drafted by Dodgers as the 31st overall pick in the first round of the 2019 MLB Rookie Draft, showed his potential by batting .28379 with 267 RBIs and an OPS of 0.919, in 357 games in the Minor League.
Bush, who ranked third in the Dodgers' prospect rankings in 2021 and 2022, and fourth in 2023, made his big league debut in the 2023 season, but failed to meet expectations with a batting average of 0.167 (12 hits in 72 at-bats) and two home runs, seven RBIs and an OPS of 0.539 in 27 games. Instead, in Triple-A, he showed that he had nothing more to prove with a batting average of 0.323 27 home runs, 90 RBIs and an OPS of 1.049 in 98 games.
The Dodgers, which already has Freddie Freeman, one of the best players in the league, used Bush as a trade card. In January 2024, the Dodgers acquired left-handed pitcher Jackson Ferris and outfielder Zaire Hope from the Cubs, and made a trade to send Bush and right-handed pitcher Yancy Almonte.
Bush immediately blossomed his potential with his new team. Last year, he took over the position of the main first baseman of the Cubs and posted a batting average of 0.248 with 21 homers and 65 RBIs in 152 games with an OPS of 0.775. This year, he has displayed even more powerful performance with a batting average of 0.315 with three homers and 10 RBIs in 17 games with an OPS of 0.986.
Bush's bat burns even more when he meets his former team, the Dodgers 안전놀이터. Last season, Bush had a batting average of 0.333 (eight hits in 24 at-bats) with two homers, eight RBIs and an OPS of 1.135 in six games against the Dodgers, far superior to his performance in the season. He is batting .316 (6 hits in 19 at-bats) with two homers, four RBIs and an OPS of 1.087 in five games this year. In the game on the 13th, he contributed to the 16-0 complete victory of the Cubs by making four hits, three RBIs and four runs from six times at bat, including two doubles and a home run.
"It's time for Bush to hit 10 long balls against Dodgers. Over the past 120 years, Randy Wynn (13) and Ed Sprague (11) are the only players who have hit more long balls than this in the first 11 games against Dodgers," said Sarah Reims, a statistics expert on MLB.com . After being hit by a sharp boomerang for two consecutive years, the Dodgers may regret the trade.