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

  1. Machado

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

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    The difference is the Dodgers are already good
     
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    and they have a competent front office
     
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    Racist but spot on
     
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    That’s not the plan though. They’ve made it very evident through every move they’ve made since they’ve been here that their priorities are superstars and versatility. Kershaw and Seager and to a lesser extent Kenley, Turner and Bellinger are the guys they build around. Anyone else is expendable and can be easily discarded if a star becomes available. So they postured themselves to be able to keep their superstar FA in Kershaw and potentially add another one in Harper, Machado or Blackmon.

    They’re really good at this, and despite almost all front office’s being smart at this point, continually find ways to show their ingenuity.
     
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    I think what the Kemp deal and the lack of a Stanton deal showed is that they don’t view Stanton as a transcendent talent worthy of giving up all your flexibility in next year’s offseason. They obviously do see Kershaw, Harper and Machado as that. I agree 100% with that evaluation.
     
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    One last thing. I think what I’d do is package Kemp with Ryu to an AL team that needs SP and a DH. Hopefully get them to take on $6-10 million a year of Kemp’s deal considering they’re getting Ryu. I’d keep Grandal and sign Darvish (easy once you clear $15 million from Kemp and Ryu) and maybe trade for an elite reliever like Brad Hand or Felipe Rivero.
     
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    Except they tried to get him with the same players. Question is: where was Atlanta during all this? Miami could have had Culberson with his minimal salary instead of Castro. It only would have taken one more prospect or player going to Atlanta, or vice versa. I read a report that this was being talked about as a Stanton backup since FA started so why didn't they all get together?

    Jeter's Yankee love > common sense.
     
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    i agree with you and them
    no slam on stanton, and not saying i have the eyes of a scout
    but harper and machado are far more athletic and versatile than stanton
     
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    Wait 'till next year...
     
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    I think it’s obvious from what you said and what I said. They didn’t want him.
     
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    I don't completely agree with other poster's idea that the Dodgers FO did not see Stanton as a transcendent talent and therefore did not go after him. The truth is I think that the Yankees were more financially prepared to take on Stanton's salary and make a couple of moves to go below the luxury tax. In a way, Judge's surprise year and his team friendly salary made the idea of a superteam on the relative cheap a possibility.

    The Dodgers signed Turner and Kenley to big contracts already, have CK to deal with, and a bunch of arb qualifying players to deal with, talks with Darvish we needed this Atlanta deal more than the Yankees and Stanton was a distraction they literally could not afford.
     
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    LAD's ace is a likable choirboy who chokes every fall. I'm good with signing asshole Harper, if he is that, that is. Maybe we'll get a different result in OCT. At least Harper's MVP caliber and takes his work seriously. However, I do share some reservations about his health, that's a solid point to be sure.

    If the FO is at all interested in Machado and up for moving JT to 1B next year, then maybe they'd do the same for Donaldson or maybe Donaldson would take up 1B? There's the Donaldson/Zaidi/A's connection and adding him would obviously give them more flexibility to move some things around in a pinch with injuries/rest/whatever. Charlie Blackmon would be a nice score as well, doubly nice as it'd be a gut punch to the Rockies.

    Sort of off topic, but I love how the Dbacks are slow playing Goldschmidt with the new deal he should've had like years ago. They can't stop saying how great of a man he is, so I guess nice guys finish last. Considering Goldschmidt is over 30yrs old, Greinke walking around that clubhouse making 3 times as much as him is outright injustice. They should trade Greinke on the strength of that alone
     
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    could have stopped there tbh
     
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    agree w/most of this
    not saying they did acknowledge stanton's talent
    just that they now have options they wouldn't had they acquired him...
    the freedom to add a starter and pen help either now or at the deadline and still the opportunity to sign someone from next year's big fa class for less or no penalty
    i like stanton and think he would have done well here
    i just don't think he was the rightbest fit due several factors -- cost, plays a position already filled (hence, no imminent need), and the length of that albatross contract
    bottom line, he was a luxury not a necessity
     
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    FRIEDMAN: "So Adrian, how do you feel about Atlanta?"
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    what a fragile bkitch

    Strasburg might skip future All-Star games
    Associated Press — 11 hours ago

    WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg is not so sure he wants to be an All-Star ever again.

    The Washington Nationals right-hander said Sunday he is sure a change in routine for that event last season contributed to an arm injury that landed him on the disabled list, so he might just skip future Midsummer Classics.

    The Nationals are hosting the 2018 edition.

    "I mean, I think I felt like, at the All-Star break, it was a tough situation. Might have to rethink about if I'm going to actually pitch or not pitch in an All-Star Game -- whether I'll actually go altogether," Strasburg said at the team's annual fan festival. "That was the issue I felt like was the reason why I got hurt."

    His 2017 invitation to Miami was his third career All-Star selection. He didn't appear in the game, but he still was thrown off, Strasburg said, and he left his second start following the break after only two innings.

    He went on the DL for a little more than three weeks with a nerve issue in his pitching elbow.
     
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