DODGERS NEWS/RUMORS thread

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  1. Doughty8

    Doughty8 DSP Legend

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    Wow the site wide panic is amazing. Would I love Bryce on this team of course but 10 years? Kimbrel was mentioned earlier but we have a closer who's seemingly over the heart issues and Kimbrel wants to close of course. Still guys out there and like I wrote earlier we still have a very very good team so sitting here on 1/9/19 it's still early. See me on 2/1/19.

    Lowry (LH hitter) so no need for him. A million more than Dozier per year interesting.
     
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    My bad, not sure why I thought Kluber. I doubt Kimbrel is on the radar. Jansen is our closer for better or worse. I think MGT has done all its going to do with the bullie aside from some nickel and dime additions.

    Im not sure i would write off Seager and Bellinger just yet, they are kids.
     
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    kinda think if it gets worse Kelly will start closing
    not much you can do when a guy stops being able to do the job
    eat the cash and find another spot for him on the roster
    or eat cash and jettison him
     
  4. 1988Blues

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    Exactly kids that could use a good foundation while they continue to progress but they can go south too. Baseball is a bitch once it gets in your head
     
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    Watching the LA moves, or the newest tempests in a teapot we're supposed to categorize as clever and genius as in the past, and reading the baleful "progressions" we are supposedly involved with, is a far cry from what, at least for myself, the imagined result was being created with dumping Puig and Kemp...
    All we need is Geraldo Rivera opening up the LAD vault of WS future championships.
    All I can see is the exit and hear his famous parting quip, "I'm outta here"...
    Like us each fall, sorta...
     
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    This is just such a weird offseason, it started off interesting enough with the Dodgers supposedly big game hunting in trades (Kluber, Bauer, Carrasco, Realmuto, Gennett, Castellanos, Abreu and Syndergaard off the top of my head), but it has just gone absolutely dead quiet on them. Even FA's they were kicking around on early have dried up. They have now supposedly fallen behind in LeMahieu, Pollock and Harper talks, which is fine, fine and a fuck you from me, but what can they honestly be thinking at this point?
    Friedman already said that going into the season with platoons galore was not going to happen. As of now, they have platoons at C, 2B and LF with a rookie in RF, a dude coming back from TJ and hip surgery at SS, a guy with knee problems at 3rd and who knows what you could get from your 1B and CF'er. There is no immediate impact depth at any of those platoon positions in MiLB where if something happens, there is a decent space holder so you are already going to be stretched pretty thin with using Hernandez and Taylor around the field and that is not even including one of them needed at 2B on a nightly basis. 2B and C could have reinforcements later in the season, but not really anything you can count on going into the season.

    They knew this was all the case when they made the Puig trade otherwise they don't make that deal, so there has got to be something in the works. They will obviously do something at catcher, just whether it is for a backup to Barnes or a true starter is yet to be determined. Still looking at the way the roster is set up, there has to be a somewhat major move coming unless they really are going to go the "well we can win the division as-is" route and make moves at the deadline. This still makes the least sense to me as they have depleted the farm over the last couple of years by needing to make major trades at the deadline. Granted, last year appears to be the first one that really looks to have cost them intriguing talent, but that just should not be standard operating procedure. The amount of interesting FA's are dwindling, so either the FO has something up their sleeve on the trade market... or they and ownership are totally ok being absolutely blasted by their fanbase.

    Some other notes from tonight:
    • The talks for Realmuto are said to be heating up. The Dodgers are still believed to be the most active team in pursuit, but there is no indication that the Marlins are stepping off of their demands. I am excitedly awaiting him getting traded to the Astros for a bucket of balls and case of Colt 45.
    • As I mentioned earlier, the Braves are said to have stepped up their pursuit of AJ Pollock. The Braves are getting pushed into a tough position of having to improve with the Mets, Nats and potentially even the Phillies having impressive offseasons.
    • Multiple reports in the last 24 hours has the Giants ramping up their efforts to land DJ LeMahieu. The Dodgers are said to not be as serious in discussions as they once were... something that crossed my mind, the Dodgers were supposedly hard after him early and then Zaidi left. I wonder if Zaidi was the one pushing that signing.
    • The Dodgers offseason has been curious, but you could easily say the same about the Rockies who made a great signing in Murphy to play 1B, but seemingly also let the 2B market pass them by. They have one of the top prospects in baseball on the way and he is likely to play 2B, but they could have used a one year Dozier deal so as to not wheel out Ian Desmond all the time. If they remain quiet the rest of the offseason, the NL West could be one of the worst divisions in baseball next year.
    • Tomorrow is the deadline for teams and players to exchange arb figures. Eric Stephan noted that the Dodgers usually do not make it to that deadline, so we should see a number of signings tomorrow.
    • Morosi tonight said that the feeling amongst execs is that both Machado and Harper are still weeks away from making decisions. There is growing suspicion that nobody is ponying up a deal longer than 6 or 7 years for Machado and his representation is very unhappy about this and could force these talks out further. It is also the reason why some other teams once thought out on Machado, are suddenly back in. There is now worry that we could be looking at a "who blinks first scenario" between the two as if say Harper were to select the Nats, the Phillies would be much more likely to shell out extra dough to land Machado... With that seemingly now Harper's destination, Machado could be waiting for that announcement so that they can get some more desperate teams involved while Boras may not want to agree to anything since he doesn't want Bryce to sign a deal and then immediately get surpassed by Manny. It is a truly idiotic scenario.
     
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    Eh, I think the foundation is already there in Turner, Freese, Taylor, and Kiki. If they get Realmuto or Cervelli even stronger vet presence.
     
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    Mark Feinsand‏Verified account@Feinsand 1h1 hour ago
    DJ LeMahieu signing with the Rays appears very unlikely, according to a source. Several teams interested, but some rival execs believe the Dodgers are the frontrunners for the second baseman. Giants are also in play as the continue to listen to offers for Joe Panik.
     
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    I actually wouldn't mind that....probably prefer DJ over AJ. 3 GG in the last 5 years and his away splits over the last 3 years are not bad. 20hr and 277ba.
     
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    If all we would have done is added Kelly, Lowrie, and Salvador Perez or even a journeyman catcher we and kept Puig we would still have a pretty good offseason in terms of gaining toughness and losing weakness.
    Knowing that the team still had a lot of money and prospects to bring in what was needed when more players became available at the deadline.
     
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    I'm sure this FO would love that .235 hitting catcher who doesn't walk much and can't frame worth a shit.
     
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    Sounds about right
     
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    I love Puig and he was the only one who grew a sack in the playoffs, but I don't really lose sleep at night knowing he's gone. His presence/absence doesnt move the needle much either way. Kemp sucks. Wood can never put it together for more than a few months at a time. Grandal is a streaky bkitch.

    I'm concerned about our depth, especially because we have needed every bit of it in years past, but I'm not specifically upset about trading those guys away/letting them walk.

    I just want to get better. The 2017 Dodgers were the best team we had in 40 years and we didnt win. It sucks that ownership has decided to get worse in each subsequent year.
     
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    Dear Dodger Management



    Yours truly
    Tommy Lasorda

    & 1988 Blues
     
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    But can he catch balls thrown at his general direction?
     
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    I feel the same about everything you just said.

    In addition, I'm not sure why people are just assuming we will win the division this year. Sure, we should have a better chance than anyone else in our division, but I'm hardly confident as fuck about it. Last year it took us 163 games to win our division, and (no offense to the Brewers or Braves) we won the NL Pennant in one of the weakest playoff fields in recent memory. The 2018 Dodgers weren't really that good.
     
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    Looks like the Dodgers strategy is “the NL west sucks and isn’t gonna try so we don’t need to do anything”

    Which is fucking dumb and boring
     
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    LeMahieu to Yanks on a 2 year deal
     
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