DODGERS NEWS/RUMORS Thread

Poor judgement call the way I see it..par for the course with their free agent decisions. And Jansen even displayed why they shouldn't have given him that money that very season, not wanting to own up to his shitty series against SFG and blowing reporters off is the moment I remember most.

IIRC, I believe @dodgers and myself were the only ones who didn't want his punk ass back. Fat bitch blew 6 or 7 saves that season going into free agency and never owned up to any of them. He showed who he was that season and they should've believed him, and now they're stuck

 

I remember wanting them to sign Kenley, but not being very invested in the idea because I thought for sure they would pass on him (and on Hill). I was a little surprised they handed out that contract. But he ended 2016 strong IIRC, and it seemed like a good sign.

But you are right. What are the best FA signings under Friedman? Turner? After that... David Freese and Utley? Many more failures than winners, probably not too different than most GMs. I will take it because the trades, player development and waivers have been so good... but to think what could be if they were just mediocre with FAs? If Cuba didn’t exist?

 

Not even just his recent shitty performance for me. Kenley's just a big bitch. A big money bitch..the worst kind of bitch. Have to be more selective about who you're paying. And they knew he was a shaky character guy when they gave him the money. Another one of the weak ass kids raised under the McCourt regime.

It was hard to give red ass Jeff Kent the benefit of the doubt at the time, but he had a point. And none of the kids really matured into tough minded, championship caliber ball players. Kemp complaining about having to move off CF for the good of the team and given the boot to SD..Ethier's non lefty hitting ass complaining about not not playing everyday and requesting a trade..Kenley and his lack of accountability..Kershaw's lack of growth revealing itself at the worst times of the season..Martin and the way his tenure ended.

Friedman is caught in the BS web of paying LAD fan favorites and bringing them back for additional runs with the team. We're all talking about Lindor when we know damn well the Cleveland Indian that we're getting is Puig's bum ass

 

and bringing in a top notch reliever to take his job will cost money
and we all know we have to stay under that luxury tax

 

This is why teams more and more are going towards development over FA signings and why the league is looking at changing the way things are done from a contractual standpoint. Prime years are now earlier in a career, so generally you're no longer getting the performances you would expect from a guy after he is signed. Our best FA signings under the new FO are Muncy, re-signing Hill, Anderson(not the QO), re-signing Turner, Maeda, Morrow, Toles and re-signing Freese. Definitely not bad as they are averaging more than one good to great FA signing a year. So you take the bad with the good and it should not be ignored just how good some of these acquisitions have turned out. I'd be interested to see how their $ per WAR would come out over the same stretch compared to the rest of the league as I would guess that they would be in the upper tier for return on investment. They just need to be better about the bigger deals and at this point I don't know how you can be since there always seems to be someone that is willing to pay absurd amounts of money for 3+ years of a players downfall.

 

and top notch relievers are consistently showing why you should not pay them top notch money.

 

Volatility on and off the field

 

Just to tack on, here are where the saves leaders from this year came from... ALSO saves do not mean shit, but just showing how these closers are getting to the role.

Picked off Waivers 2 yrs ago
Traded for while serving 80 game suspension
Homegrown
FA Signing, market hurt with Domestic Abuse history
Homegrown
Traded for as LOOGY 4 years ago in midst of a bad season
Traded for after being a waiver claim. Originally claimed as a failed starter
Homegrown - resigned with club
FA Signing as SP, converted to RP this season in yr 4 of contact
Homegrown
Traded For

The big ticket relievers are on this list in Chapman and Jansen, but no Melancon, Kimbrel, Morrow or Davis. There is just no recipe for finding the perfect reliever.

 

I felt this way 3-4 years ago, when the farm was still filling out, but that day is past now and the lux-tax has been reset. Everything is now set up for them to be more aggressive in free agency. When the farm is graduating top tier talent year in and year out, they have this infusion of young talent to help make up for a star's decline.

Of course, their rebuttal would be - " why spend that money when we can just play the kids? " And the easy answer to that is - kids don't win in October. If they show me a Juan Soto, I'll change my tune, but only the Nationals have that kid. Kids aren't leading the way

 

Gas cans will be gas cans.

 

chase my pitch a
smack my bitch up WHOA!

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/stephen-strasburg-nationals-world-series-free-agent-022358019.html

 

• Chapman signed a 1 year extension to remain with the Yankees through the 2022 season.
• There are a couple reports tonight that the Nats are said to be overly confident that they will be able to retain Stephen Strasburg and to a lesser extent, Anthony Rendon. There is a belief around the league that the Nationals and Strasburg are already close to a deal.