MLB NEWS/RUMORS Thread

It is a common misconception that Corey Seager is not a good defensive SS. He’s actually pretty good and throwing from third is a farther throw than SS most of the time.

Also Justin Turner would have to move more playing first base than he ever would playing third base. Like literally he has to run to the bag on every groundball, and about the same number of groundballs will come his way at either position, literally the only difference is the distance of the throws he’d have to make

And Zack Cozart is on the wrong side of 30 and just had the flukiest career year ever due to a juiced ball and will likely revert back to hitting .250 the rest of his career

 

Verdugo plus for Archer

 

The oldest rumor that will never come to pass

 

Pretty much

 

Id rather MGT go after Ohtoni.

 

We all understand the risks of Stanton. Big money and somewhat of an injury risk.

But he's a local product who is still young, attractive, marketable, and drops BOMBS. He's an L.A type player and would take our lineup to another level.

I'd waive my concerns if we got him.

 

Doubtful that one would get in the way of the other.

 

Also, still have to wonder if Ohtani will even begin the season in the rotation. Could be kept in Arizona for some extended work, coming back from the surgery and all. Could also be used as an option in LF to start out and then rotate into the rotation when LAD begins it's 10 day DL cycle with some of the other starters. It's hard to pinpoint how they'll use him, but they certainly won't pass up a legitimate opp to land cost controlled guys like Archer and Gerrit Cole because they had to drop 300K on Ohtani. It'll be the price that Tampa is putting on Archer that makes LAD pass.

 

Would not be surprised if our FO gets "more serious" about Stanton now that apparently he is not interested in going to 2 of the 4 teams rumored to be the strongest after him. Plus, if he is not wanting to go to STL or Boston, no chance in hell he wants to go to Philly either since that fanbase is full of fuckwads too. So if the Giants are the only strong suitor left, it makes sense for the Dodgers to stay involved, if only to make it more of a costly transaction for SF. Still don't believe that we are going to do what is necessary to land Stanton, but it would be fun to find out that our sticking around cost someone an extra $25M and another impact prospect.

 

Philly's fans are obviously shitty, but Stanton has multiple reasons for not wanting to go there. Another one of them being that he's made it clear that he doesn't want to be involved in another rebuild and of course that's what they're doing Philly, so that whole scene is just a no-go. It's a cute, little option that Miami's FO drummed up for fake leverage, but nah. This whole show is seemingly trying to build leverage against the Dodgers..what we'll probably end up finding out. And I wouldn't be shocked if Jeter just took his ball and went home.

 

Ohtani is an extremely affordable luxury and no off season move would get in the way of it or not

 

You think that MGT would go after Ohtani AND Archer???

 

I honestly think the Phillies could win 85-90 next year for a wild card

 

Each acquisition taps into different resources. Financial and farm

 

There is no room in the rotation for Archer and Ohtani. So MGT would most certainly only go after one. Another factor to consider is that our farm system is great, but not great enough to handle Archer and Stanton. IMO they should sign Ohtani and Stanton. Leave Archer as a back up if they don't get Ohtani.

 

They’ve shown a willingness many times over to overstock the rotation with talent with the expectation that pitching breaks down over the course of the season. Especially when it comes to elite talent I can’t see that stopping them.