GAME THREAD Freeway Series (Jul 31st - August 2nd)

Trout is so good that I can't even comprehend it. How can someone be so much better than everyone? Unreal.

 

Dodgers 5 Trout 3

Good Win!

 

Bumgarner...boy. He's on that Clemens juice

 

Lowest ERA Through July
Since 1920
1968 Bob Gibson 0.96
1968 Luis Tiant 1.32
2015 Zack Greinke 1.41

Straight up G!

 

I'd love to see our record since the beginning of last year when only Kershaw, Greinke or Jansen pitch

 

I'll say this re: Greinke. I want him back but I'd leverage the great FA market against him. Tell him it's him or Price and offer them the same deal, whoever takes it first.

 

Everytime I see Trout... I just think "what would of happened if we didn't sign Orlando Hudson in 09 and drafted Trout with the 17th pick"?

#draftmatters

 

Makes sense...but with Greinke, conventional methods may fall completely flat. I think Zack marches to the sound of a different drummer, and the Dodgers and how and what they spend millions on (not neccessarily a good thing totally), make be cutting off their nose to spite their face a bit.
We'll see, but ZG is ZG, and standard psychologies may not apply here.
I can imagine Zack, or anybody they want, would say "you're paying out 85 million for players not to play for you, so if you want me, pay me". IDK.
"We know you've got it-you throw it all over the place".

 

That's all fine and good until the Yankees offer Greinke a billion dollars.

 

Not to be the asshole, but how many top dollar pitching contracts have worked out post age 31?

 

Excuse double post, just saw this:

MLB Scouting Report on a recently drafted Michael Trout:

Trout is a toolsy high school center fielder who was gaining momentum as the weather in the Northeast warmed up. He looks more like a football safety -- his position in high school -- than a center fielder, but has the tools to play there with plus speed. He just started switch-hitting to enhance his offensive value, and with some changes to his approach at the plate should hit for some power down the line. There is some rawness with the bat, but he has the kind of upside many teams look for in a high school position player, and was moving into first-round conversations as a result.

 

Greinke should age really well
I can see him being extremely productive into his mid 30s like cliff lee was for the Phillies
Greinke is elite at sequencing his pitches and hitting his spots. Even if he loses a tick on his fastball he still has the elite changeup and plus slider and can always put the fastball wherever he wants. Tbh he is a must resign for me. And why not add price as well just because we need more niggas on the team

 

If you include the steroid era, a lot: Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Kevin Brown, Roger Clemens, Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz... Basically every top pitcher from 2000-08.

 

It's still good for today's game!

 

Something like what happened when the other great LA move was done...letting a guy go who went into the HoF last week in exchange for a very mediocre 2nd baseman. For all the good moves we've made (recent history, even with the Red Sox I and II blockbusters included particularly) have amounted to nothing.
Have to believe there wouldn't be another 2000-something WS plaque in DS back with the other ones with Trout....maybe even two.
That's baseball. Especially Dodger baseball.

 

You can blame Lasorda for that one. He may love the Dodgers, but that doesn't excuse him from being a dumb, shitty person lol

 

yeah, I know. last mgr. that brought a WS to LA though...and it's long ago. I guess if you win a couple, you figure that moves you make are pretty much golden touch. Like Sabean does most of the time. Please let it be not so with Leake.
I don't know about Tommy being a shitty person: maybe he is, but IDK.
I know he's funny though, and is the King of All Rants.
Oh, and never says "bitch", so he can't be all bad, I figure....

 

I've heard some things, but yeah, winning will cover up a lot of things.