DODGERS 2017 NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

Fun SF Giant baseball fact.

https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/889249511737970688?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Now watch them take two of three against the Dodgers next weekend.

 

Smells like Randy Choate.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/07/dodgers-to-place-clayton-kershaw-on-10-day-dl.html

 

last year he spent 10 weeks on the dl. going off that 10 weeks is the last game of the year.

The real news today is Roberts once again takes a pitcher out of the game with a no hitter going.

 

I've already been on record saying I'd trade Calhoun and Alvarez in a heartbeat mainly because of the depth in the minors from the right side. Nothing against those 2 but Willie has defense issues and is better suited to DH while Yadier has struggled in A ball where Buehler did not. Yadier will be pitching this Wednesday for Tulsa I believe so maybe I change my mind after the start. The only issue of course is that the deadline will be upon us.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-darvish-hernandez-20170723-story.html

 

If the Rangers think three months of Yu Darvish, only one month of which we actually need him, is worth up to 18 years of player control of top 100 prospects they are nuts I can go screw themselves

 

Normally I'm with you 200% but losing Kershaw is a game changer!!!! Not every report of who the Rangers want is always accurate, it all comes down to trusting the Nerds and I know that is a hard thing to do, lol.

 

I think Calhoun is going to end up on an American League team anyways, so I wouldn't mind giving him up in a deal like this. Alvarez is so far away from the Major Leagues that I'm not necessarily attached tohim. Did you prospects are so tough anyways. Yeah, I think I would do this.

But like you said, other teams seem to have given up less four comprable starters, so it's annoying that we always have to pay a premium

 

The NYY, armed with payroll space and talented specs, weren't among the pool of teams interested in those guys.
The price is all about the market and who's in it and right now we're hearing NYY and the Cubs
This is a high powered market..so many of the teams that are buying have top tier farm systems to play with and payroll flexibility

 

The Cubs farm is somewhat depleted, but as mentioned before, they have young talent at the major league level that they could move and if a Schwarber or Russell hits the block, good luck

 

True but the White Sox ruined it for everyone because of what they got for their trades. Plus we can't deny that we MAY be in desperate mode if Kershaw is out for the season God forbid. 1 week away from deadline. Willie Calhoun posted this and quickly deleted it: Yu, is that you? Let the uncoding begin. Not sure shy he did it but it was interesting,

 

Alvarez + Calhoun probably gets LAD a seat at the table among NYY and the Cubs + maybe the Brewers as well with their super farm system and payroll flexibility
Gets them in the game, but those two may not guarantee LAD anything regarding Darvish, not in this particular market
I hope the reports of a strong market for Darvish are wrong or off and LAD can get him for less, but I'm not counting on it
The NYY need a #1 and look to be setting the tone here right now
Almost makes me wonder if other interested teams will just go ahead and bow out/start looking elsewhere, knowing they can't value Darvish more than NYY, ultimately allowing for NYY to get him for a tick less.
LAD has the Kershaw shit going on now with his back, but LAD's payroll picture is still muddied because of semi-useless Adrian/Kazmir/Ryu which could quell their hunger to re-sign Darvish, thus somewhat hinder the way they value him.
NYY's payroll pic is cleaner right now
Maybe TEX represents an org that LAD could dump some of their bad contracts on because TEX rarely goes into a full rebuild, and then that'd open it up for LAD

 

Yep, the price completely depends on the current market and everything points to a bidding war for Darvish.

Like you said, if the Cubs offer Schwarber or Russell they become hard to beat. Texas isn't looking to rebuild, so major league talent will be a huge plus for them.

And the Yankees are absolutely in a better position to sign Darvish, making him even more valuable to them. I think the Dodgers would trade for him purely as a rental.

So that's what the Cubs and Yankees have going for them. What we have is creativity, so we could bring in a third team to get Texas the major league talent they want. Or another thing I could see happening, is we backdoor the whole thing and pry Hamels from Texas instead. But even more likely is we step away and make a deal for Verlander. I think if we flip Kazmir in a Verlander deal then picking up Verlander's remaining contract is very doable.

 

Not putting anything past Theo but he's on record as saying he prefers controllable pitchers and Darvish is not. Verlander/Gray are though.

 

My money is on the Cubs matching up with Gray. The price will be more expensive, but it would give them Quintana + Gray, both under control for a few years at reasonable cost. Feels like a good match with Lackey and Arrieta both potentially gone next year.