NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread (Oct 2016 - Feb 2017)

Remember people saying this when the Royals were in the WS. So getting stoned or wasted and watching teams in blue is the closest we will get to seeing the Dodgers in the WS. Sweet.

 

omg please, please, please!!!

 

he's owed over $35mm
dodgers would probably give him $10mm to go away

 

good point
the market is incredibly thin for fa starters
hill is by far the best one... which is probably why he'll go elsewhere
plus (despite what he says) he's probably still upset about being pulled from a perfect game

 

Seager named 2016 Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year
by Eric Stephen | True Blue LA — 8 hours ago

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager was named the 2016 Sporting News National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, the first Dodger in 21 years to be so honored.

The Sporting News awards are voted on by players, and Seager was picked as NL Rookie of the Year on 143 of 176 ballots. Nationals outfielder Trea Turner was second with 15 votes, followed by Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda with six votes and Rockies shortstop Trevor Story with five.

Seager hit .308/.365/.512 with 40 doubles and 26 home runs, setting LA Dodgers rookie records in hits (193), runs scored (105), doubles and total bases (321). He was the team’s best hitter while playing a premium defensive position, and figures to receive NL MVP votes as well.

The last Dodgers position player to win Sporting News Rookie of the Year was Raul Mondesi in 1994. But through 2003, The Sporting News named top rookies in each league both at position player and pitcher. The last Dodgers pitcher to win Sporting News Rookie of the Year was Hideo Nomo in 1995.

The Baseball Writers Association of America will announce the top three finishers for its awards on Monday, Nov. 7 on MLB Network. BBWAA award winners will be revealed from Nov. 14-17, with Rookies of the Year in each league announced on Monday, Nov. 14.

 

Dave Roberts named 2016 Sporting News NL Manager of the Year
by Eric Stephen | True Blue LA — 8 hours ago

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was named 2016 Sporting News National League Manager of the Year on Monday, perhaps a foreshadowing of the BBWAA award next month.

Roberts received 7 of 14 votes from NL managers to win, the fist Dodgers manager to be so honored by The Sporting News since Walt Alston in 1963. Cubs manager Joe Maddon and Dusty Baker of the Nationals tied for second place with three votes each, and Mets skipper Terry Collins received one vote.

The Dodgers won their fourth consecutive division title in 2016, but it wasn’t smooth sailing in Roberts’ first season. He saw ace Clayton Kershaw miss 10 weeks with a herniated disc in his back and the Dodgers set an MLB record with 28 different players played on the disabled list.

"To get recognized is a great honor, but something for me that is a team award. I can't tell you how much support I've gotten in the first year,” Roberts said Monday. “The title says manager of the year, but it's a team and organization award for me.”

Baseball Writers Association of America award winners will be revealed from Nov. 14-17, with Rookies of the Year in each league announced on Tuesday, Nov. 15. But first, the BBWAA will announce the top three finishers for its awards on Monday, Nov. 7 on MLB Network.

 

two weeks prior to season's end and this is what he's focused on?
glad to see you've got your priorities in order yasiel
and since you're so grateful to mexico, why don't you stay down there?
please trade this idiot
fucken moron

Puig hopeful to play for Mexico in 2017 World Baseball Classic
by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 6 hours ago

Roughly two weeks prior to the regular season concluding Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig expressed an interest in playing Winter ball in the Dominican Republic. In order to do so Puig would need to gain approval from Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

Friedman didn’t rule out the possibility, but at the time with a postseason run still left to be played, he didn’t see it fit to make a decision. While it remains to be seen if Puig will be granted permission, he more recently expressed an interest in playing for Team Mexico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

“I want to play center field for Mexico,” Puig said during an appearance on “MLB Tonight.”

“It’s the reason I’m here right now,” Puig said of Mexico’s importance to him. “I signed in Mexico with the Dodgers and now I’m here and now I’d like to give the favor back and play with Mexico in the World Baseball Classic.”

Puig acknowledged a willingness and desire to play for his native Cuba, but the country will not permit Major League players or anyone who has defected to represent them in the 2017 tournament.

In a good-natured fashion Puig interrupted an J.P. Morosi’s interview with Team Mexico manager Edgar Gonzalez. Edgar is the older brother of Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.

“If we’re able to get permission and get all the paperwork squared away, I would love to have him in the outfield with us,” Edgar said.

Puig obtained a Mexican passport when he established residency in the country after defecting from Cuba. He signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers in June 2012.

It’s plausible he’d be joined on the Mexican national team by Dodgers teammates Adrian Gonzalez and Julio Urias. Gonzalez left the Dodgers for a brief period during Spring Training to join the Mexican national in the WBC qualifier.

Mexico begins the 2017 WBC in Guadlajara on March 9. Dodger Stadium will host the WBC semifinals and final from March 20-22.​