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If the Dodgers could acquire one player at the deadline, who would you prefer?

  1. Machado

    43.5%
  2. Front line starter (degrom, thor, et al)

    56.5%
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  1. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    Yeah you keep saying it wrong. It is not above "average", it is above "above average".
    Also, Puig had the top UZR for the team hence the gold glove running. Any guess as to who the next player in UZR on the team was???? Seager at 6.7.
     
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    i'm saying it wrong?
    wtf are you talking about?
    above average is exactly what it is... above average
    there's no cryptic meaning hidden somewhere
    and obviously your comprehension is flawed since three posts ago i said let's just agree to disagree
     
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    the Irish and Spanky shoooooooooooow :clap:
     
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    The position thing is still a place where we are going to lose some value. A bigger concern than Justin is that Seager projects to move to 3B, so long term you wind up moving Seager or Machado to 1B unless one of them can handle SS.

    Also, I feel weird about anything that forces Bellinger off of 1B because he looks damn good there.

    Third, unless Justin has serious knee issues flair up, I'm not sure why he wouldn't be able to handle 3B for a few more years.
     
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    no fuck you irish lets disagree to disagree!
     
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    Haha Many fan bases agree because of his post season clutch, fuck Beltran
    He retired maybe a year and a half away from 3000 hits, I wonder if that will haunt his HOF bid
     
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    - Heyman is reporting that things are getting a bit more serious with Stanton as now more teams have expressed interest AND it sounds like the Marlins are under the impression they are going to get an offer that suits them. It is also noted that the Dodgers are NOT one of the new teams to have checked in. Cards and Giants are still said to be the most serious.

    - The Dodgers have checked in on Zach Britton already. Orioles want to free up some money and bolster their rotation. Britton is expected to make between 13-14 Mil next season, so I wonder if the Dodgers could look to do something where they send back a guy like McCarthy or Ryu and send a younger pitching spect or two as well. Wade Davis was coming off a considerably better season and all it cost the Cubs was a mediocre, career-underperforming platoon bat, so hopefully this wouldn't cost the Dodgers much more than that..... if he is traded for Joc Pederson....

    - Get ready for a winter of "the Giants are pursuing" as the Giants are currently pursuing Billy Hamilton and Jackie Bradley Jr to boost their OF. They have the depth to make a deal, but it is likely going to be at the cost of their immediate MLB IF depth. Christian Arroyo and Joe Panik seem to be potential candidates, but man.... they trade for someone even decently big and they still are not a contender. They could be doing something that makes them a WC contender at the expense of setting their farm back even further.... GO FOR IT GIANTS!

    - Speaking of the Giants, they want to add more firepower around Mark Melancon and have already reached out to Brandon Morrow.

    - Caught some of Alex Anthopoulos's interview tonight on MLB radio. Said he loved his time with the Dodgers and had no intention on leaving, but Braves offer was too good to pass up. Says the feel in the FO is that they have some unfinished business.

    - Random thing to watch for from my own perspective. It will be interesting to watch how the Twins, Phillies and Braves operate. This FO likes to deal with guys they know and Zoll, Kapler and AA are all going to have guys in the system they like. I wonder if we seem some little trades over the offseason between the Dodgers and those 3 clubs. Logan White apparently tried to do that when he went to the Padres.

    - The White Sox are once again open for business, but both Abreu and Garcia do not seem like optimal targets.
     
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    you keep saying it wrong. it's not abovefuck "averageyou", it's abovefuck "abovefuck averageyou
     
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    • According to Jon Heyman, the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers are two of the teams that have spoken to the Baltimore Orioles about star closer Zach Britton.
     
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    Guys....get a room will ya....
     
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    Not surprised to hear that the Dodgers have not checked in on Stanton. Even though I lean towards the pro-Stanton group, I realize it really doesn't make a lot of sense and doesn't fit with the history of this FO. OTOH pitchers with a history of arm/shoulder issues like Britton, that's in our wheelhouse.
     
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    wtf dude?
     
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    Should’ve known better.
     
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    Taking Britton and his high salary for practically nothing would be a good move, and you wouldn’t have to pay Morrow
     
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    I have a feeling that the bullpen is going to be the focal point of the FO even more this year than over past off seasons. It really feels like they want to pair Jansen with a 1B Closer and are still going to look for another big arm on top of that as well. They had their asses saved by Maeda and Morrow becoming practically godlike in the playoffs and were IMO, one other trustworthy bullpen arm away from winning the whole thing. Pairing Jansen with a Britton, then somehow retaining Morrow would set the back 3 innings during the reg season, then Cingrani/Avilan for LOOGY and Maeda for the playoffs should be formidable.
     
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    Or we could pay Morrow, trade for Britton (put McCarthy and/or Ryu in the deal they are looking for starting pitching) and have the best pen in the game. Morrow/ Britton/Kenley would be amazing and we wouldn't have to stretch Kenley farther than he should
     
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    Despite Darvish's World Series debacle, Dodgers say they haven't given up on him
    by Andy McCullough | Los Angeles Times — 8 hours ago
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    Farhan Zaidi went to work on Nov. 2. The sting of the day before, when the Dodgers fell in Game 7 of the World Series, had not yet faded, and it has not faded since. But the baseball calendar does not allow time to grieve the end of a season, and so Zaidi, the team’s general manager, pondered how to move forward.

    During the immediate aftermath of the defeat to Houston, Zaidi gathered with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and the rest of the front office to conduct a post-mortem on the season past. The conclusions hinted at the challenge facing them this winter.

    Was there anything they could have done differently?

    “It seems really defiant to say ‘No,’” Zaidi said Monday at the general managers’ meetings at the Waldorf Astoria. “But we’re not done with the process. We have a full offseason ahead of us, and have plenty of time to go back and debate.”

    During their first two winters, Friedman and Zaidi prioritized depth, elongating the string of talent throughout the organization by enhancing the margins of the roster. After the 2016 season, the team forked over $192 million to re-sign closer Kenley Jansen, third baseman Justin Turner and starting pitcher Rich Hill, while targeting improvements at second base and against left-handed pitching.

    The scenario this winter is less daunting, but still complex: how to improve a 104-win team with a group of superstars already in place, a list of starting pitchers that stretches into double digits and a lineup of relatively inexpensive contributors who have contracts under team control.

    “We just have a pretty well-balanced roster, where any improvements are going to likely have to come in the form of real-impact talent,” Zaidi said, “and that’s not easy to go after.”

    An early reading of the free-agent market identifies few players who might meet this qualification, and most are pitchers. The Dodgers are closely monitoring the availability of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani. They could revisit trade talks with Baltimore about All-Star reliever Zach Britton. They could pursue 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta. And despite a wretched performance in the World Series, Yu Darvish remains in consideration.

    The Dodgers acquired Darvish last summer to bolster their rotation. After a rocky patch heading into the postseason, Darvish turned in a pair of quality starts in the first two rounds. However, in the World Series he collected 10 outs in two starts, contributing to losses in Game 3 and the decisive Game 7.

    “I don’t know that the end really changes much,” Zaidi said. “It was always going to be a difficult [re-signing] for us to do, but we do have some interest.”

    The price will dictate the likelihood of a reunion. The executives gathered here in Orlando peppered each other with questions about how much pitchers such as Darvish and Arrieta might earn in an offseason when so many teams are focused on improving their bullpens.

    Even so, Darvish is still likely to fetch offers which exceed $100 million, and Friedman never has given out a contract that large.
     
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