NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

1B isn't a platoon spot. Adrian Gonzalez is an everyday player, and if they said they want to give him more rest, it still means he will start 140 games. At most he will get one game off per week. I think that gives SVS the advantage for a bench spot. But Utley and Turner can also play 1B.

Ethier will play 1B before Trayce, and Ethier won't play 1B.

 

1B could be a platoon situation, actually. Not a strict platoon, but Adrian has had three consecutive abysmal years against LH pitching...I can see him getting a lot of time off against them going forward. 67 wRC+ last year against LHP and an 85 wRC+ combined against lefties over the last 3 seasons. I read on Dodgers Digest that his slash over the last 3 years is .247/.300/.357 against lefties. That's horrible. If SVS is mashing southpaws, Gonzo should ride pine.

I know platooning sounds scary, but he's in decline and doesn't hasn't hit lefties in a long time.

Play him 130 games. Maximize what he has left.

He can mow the outfield grass is he gets bored. :wowracist:

 

Wow...The SVS suckitude level is through the roof here...Didn't t he have a fairly serious injury he's trying to come back from? Idk...Maybe he does suck now, and I don't get it. Wonder why they didn't off him; maybe he is being set up for trade? Odd to be in the FO camp for me, but genius is as genius does...Eh, Forest?
Reminds me a bit of that guy AJ, who at one time was written about on here like Chuck Norris. Then, when the curtain of hatred fell...It fell very hard. It seems Agon is scheduled for much the same, as the march of time erodes his talents, and the shift dilutes his BA by about 20 or so points.
Guy still is one of the best picking throws I've ever seen. Almost single-handed handedly makes the LA IF one of the best there is.
Should be a very creative season with the Adrian dissfest with Bellinger lurking in the shadows...or sunlight.
My tuppence: makes Scioscia look like Usain Bolt.

 

Gonzalez has been a great Dodger, but his range sucks, his baserunning is all-world bad, and his power is in steady decline. This will most likely be an ugly year for him as much as I hate to say it.

 

Come post season, Adrian is in the lineup.

 

Hope roomie #3 can recapture what he had

 

In his first Cactus League outing, Yaisel Sierra struck out three during two scoreless innings. Sierra, a 25-year-old Cuban, experienced a rocky transition in 2016. Four months after signing him to a six-year, $30-million contract, the Dodgers outrighted him from the 40-man roster. Working as a reliever, Sierra posted a 4.30 earned-run average with double-A Tulsa. He looked sharp against the Rockies on Tuesday. “The sinker was explosive, late in the zone with a lot of depth,” Roberts said. “He had a punch-out with the slider. So really effective, got a couple ground balls. It was good.”






LAD overflowing w/relief options.
Maybe it's wrong, but after watching LAD pull it together and run to the post w/o Kershaw, I'm purposely sleeping on what Blanton meant to this team.
I could see if Blanton had a successful track record in the fall ala Romo, but no.

 

I definitely think we could see some more time off for Adrian, but as bad as he was at hitting LHP last year, I don't see anyone rostered at this point pushing him for a platoon. SVS is the best bet for the backup job, but even on most days vs LHP I would still want Adrian in there. This is all fluid though. Adrian sucked vs LHP last season (and 2014... but not 2015?), and if he continues to suck maybe I change my tune (so I guess, in a way, I agree with you that it's a possibility). But over his career he has shown ability to hit LHP and he is still a top defensive option at 1B, so at this point I fully expect him to be our everyday 1B.

I don't know if the FO agrees with this, but my opinion on platoons is that you should only make a regular practice of platooning during the season if you are going to employ the same platoon in the playoffs. Otherwise, at what point are you creating the disparity in your team's ability to hit LHP vs RHP.

I also don't think Rube is totally off with the idea of looking for RH options to back up 1B, but you can't just plug anyone into 1B...

 

Love that scene

 

-Ryu had a sore abductor so he threw a bullpen instead of a live outing. Not seen as a big deal and he will throw to hitters on Saturday again.
- Seager should play again Friday. He was hobbled after fouling a ball off of his shin above the protector.....
- The team is giving a lot of the regulars extended time off to start the spring as it is a longer ST due to the WBC. Sounds like that will all ratchet up either over the weekend or next week.

 

Please be ok Seager

 

Fucking addict probably opts for surgeries just to get the Morphine and Percocet....

 

Chase DeJong was traded to Seattle earlier
LAD still moving starting pitching and I think Seattle's 50th trade this off-season

The Mariners announced that they’ve acquired minor league right-hander Chase De Jong from the Dodgers in exchange for minor league infielder Drew Jackson and minor league right-hander Aneurys Zabala.

 

Zabala throws 100, just 20yrs old
Jackson, wheels/glove/arm SS

 

while we full well know its not going to be Agon of years past i still have faith in the guy
not a stat guy but have to imagine he stacks up against the best defensive first basemen we have ever had
not to mention his clutch and ultimate teammate qualities
even if he is to see another drop this year its going to take a lot to get him out of the majority of games and i'm fine w that
he became one of my all time favorite Dodgers quick just by showing up like the consummate pro that he has always been

 

Is it fair enough to say I'm fine with slogging around Gonzalez for another season but he doesn't have to hit cleanup if he's meh by July?