Puig being shopped?

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  1. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    not sure of this guy's credibility
    maybe some of you guys are familiar with him
    seems a weird time to be discussing deals
    then again :shrug:...

    Dodgers Rumors: Puig Being Shopped, Cubs Among Teams Interested
    by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation -- 5 hours ago

    In the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, Matt Kemp was the Los Angeles Dodger outfielder most often linked to rumors. In just two days after the Dodgers’ season came to an end, it’s been Yasiel Puig’s name in trade rumors.

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    Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News suggested the Oakland Athletics could make a run at the Dodgers’ center fielder, albeit in a surprising move. On Thursday, George Ofman of WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, said the Dodgers were shopping Puig and the Cubs are among those interested:

    The Cubs traded Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Athletics in July in exchange for three players, headlined by Addison Russell. As they’ve suffered through five straight losing seasons, the Cubs have stockpiled young talent that’s on the doorstep of leading them for years to come.

    While the Dodgers have a crowded outfield, which led to manager Don Mattingly calling for a resolution this off-season, it’s difficult to fathom the team parting ways with their best outfielder. Furthermore, Puig is signed through 2018, though is eligible for arbitration following the 2015 season.

    After another season in which they failed to reach the World Series, the Dodgers face several questions this winter. Among them is retooling and upgrading a bullpen that will still include Brian Wilson, who intends to exercise his player option, and making a decision in regards to Hanley Ramirez.

    As for front office matters, reports indicate general manager Ned Colletti is on the hot seat, with manager Don Mattingly believed to be in better standing with the Guggenheim ownership group.

    While that may be the present case, it could easily change if a new general manager is brought in as they presumably would want the opportunity to select their manager.​

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  2. LASports96

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    nope
     
  3. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    to what?
     
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    I hope not. Puig is the last of our worries....guy played 90 games on average in Cuba and still hasn't fully adjusted to the far more demanding schedule here. Still very young and has plenty of time to mature, grow, and was our best hitter last season. The media makes him out to be the devil, but the media is a joke nowadays
     
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    these sources aren't credible nor is this idea logical at all
     
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    There is no credibility. Ned is on the hot seat so who exactly is shopping Puig?
     
  7. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    so true
    was watching mlb network the other day and they were discussing bryce harper yelling out at hunter strickland from the dugout after taking him deep
    every one of the guys excused harper, saying he was still young and just pumped up by the moment
    that is, everyone except former-giant darryl hamilton
    hamilton said it was not okay that they were excusing harper and that had it been puig, the media would be eating him alive
     
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    This is so true(what Hamilton said). Harper gets away with murder compared to Puig....Puig's shit gets overblown, but I'm not going to say I like the shit Puig does either.

    On trading Puig...I'm NOT opposed to it. His trade value is by far the highest on the team and I'd like to see a new direction for this team....players that have talent but can't play the game between their ears are getting on my nerves. Hanley, Puig, Kemp, Crawford, Uribe are all similar...a couple is good to have but 4 or more is a bad formula IMO. These guys swing for the fences in situations they shouldn't be far to often. Watching Puig's ABs in the post season really got annoying. If they don't trade him fine, but it is something I can live with either way.
     
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    love the sig fordie
     
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    It's because Harper is white. White America, people.

    It'd be idiotic to trade Puig. He's our best player at a very cost friendly contract.
     
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  11. LAFord

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    Well...
    He's our only cost friendly contract.
    I argue he is not our best hitter. Maybe in April/May/June...after that he turns to shit. Maybe his roids wear off. 2 years in a row he was crap the later-2nd half. Maybe the long schedule tires him out, which seems a little silly givin his age and shape. He's not a pitcher getting dead arm.

    Funny to me how fans argue against a trade because a player is good. That is the point sometimes...trade them while they are good, you get good shit. Imagine if we traded Ethier when he was good? We'd be better off for it now.

    I'm not going to try to sell the trade of Puig to you guys...like I said I don't mind either way. Keeping him or trading him have their upsides as well as downsides. I still think he's an over emotional dumbass-drama queen most of the time with boatloads of natural talent and seemingly fun to have around.
     
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    How does this make any sense...at all? keep Kemp, Crawford (iffy at best) and use Ethier , whose career is about over , IMO, or near it), or SVS, and Joc Pederson, who hopefully will blossom , but who has , so far, sucked...and get rid of Puig? Sounds about right for Ned Colletti.
    And I sure don't believe any rumors about Ned's "hot seat" status either...when I see it, pactum factum....done deal...affait'acompli...then I'll believe it. Not one second before.
     
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    Puig hit only 16 HRs this season...a full season. He hit more in a shorter season last year (19). He did hit more doubles and triples by far so that's a good sign. hid BA/OBP/SLG/OPS all went down this season. Maybe a sophomore jinx...if you believe in such a thing.

    He also struck out 7x in a fucking row in the playoffs...is that even possible for an allstar that was in the HR derby? We talk about how we want a team that gets it done in the post season like the Cards and Vagiants...well there's one(of many) reasons we don't.

    Then there is the "led all of baseball" in outs on the basepaths. Damn that is ugly IMO....but I guess that also means he reached base often enough to get that record lol.
     
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    I just think that what is left out there...without Puig...weakens us. Hanley is a question mark, Gonzo, Crawford are getting old, etc., etc,...all depends who we can get like you wrote. Uribe and Kemp aren't enough alone right now to carry us...the power isn't there. Need more.
    I do think he will be an offensive disappointment soon, as his bad habits, are really bad. And he falls back into them so easily, after momentary, but short-lived periods out of them. His head will eventually get him, I think too. Defensively, I think he can do almost anything, however.
    Oakland had Cespedes, every bit Puig's equal, and gave him up...WTF do they want Puig for when they basically had him? Maybe they realize their mistake.
     
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    BUT what are we getting in return? Maybe Stanton to play OF? I agree I have no faith in Ethier or Joc.
     
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    Well Puig isn't exactly my idea of "power" although he does have some. Hard to gauge what a power hitter is at this time of transition from the steroid era, but Kemp and AGon seemed to fit the bill this year.

    Puig is a lot cheaper to pay than Cespedes at this point....something very important to teams like the Athletics.
     
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    yeh, his post play sucked (and his pre post play) and was as choke as can get at the plate. Sad...just a huge letdown and excruciating to watch. But people exonerate him because others did badly...as if one player sucking is OK because another did, too.
    His HRs were an overall disappointment, but I never thought he was a big HR hitter anyway with his swing. I posted so about that stupid HR Derby, and was told how he would probably win it...and then he proceeded to the the worst of anyone ever did in the joke circus event.
    Still have a hard time believing him on the trading block, though.
    I don't know if it was ever mentioned, but when the great lament went up about Ethier starting rather than him, it occurrd to me the Ethier getting nailed off 3b by Molina, was something that Puig could have done very well himself. But Ethier got a hit, I think, so that was a wash with Puig's performance overall.
     
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    Unless you get Mike Stanton and Fernandez and some extra relievers, he's staying put.
     
  19. irish

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    mlb just reported that the dodgers reportedly benched puig because of his lack of hustle on defense
    not sure if they cited a source, i kinda came in at the middle/end
     
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    everyone should be shopped, on every team, every year

    not listening to possibilities is just foolish and while the price may be high and likelyhood of a trade low, this what a GM does and if they won't shop their players, they simply aren't doing their jobs.
     
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