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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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  1. Doughty8

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    I'm not shitting on Longo he still has some game left and he is a leader type but that only plugged 1 hole. Yes there was a clamoring to get Longo 2 or 3 years ago but I don't remember this board having done it recently to the extent it was in 2015. Obviously question marks happen to ALL teams but if you're going to tell me that this Gnats team can come out of nowhere and win another title that would be a fucking miracle. OF is as of now is defensively and offensively challenged without power of any kind. They have Cueto and MadBum on their staff but little else in the way of proven commodities, the pen has been a mess since 2014 and their farm is pretty desolate plus they aren't getting any younger. Could some of the Dodgers digress yes of course but we have plenty of assets in the minors to make a major deal the Gnats don't. Until they prove otherwise I am much more worried about the Rockies and the D-Bags.

    This team won 107 games so confidence should be high but I wouldn't say over confidence will be a problem for the team and for this board we've seen too many bad endings.
     
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    Idiots, anyone with a brain can see 2010, 2012, 2014 means SF can only win when an African American is in the White House.
     
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    Not pushing Longoria by any means...reazlly don't give a shit about him, or the fucking Giants getting him...just think it's an improvement for getting him, that's all.
    But to say they are depending on bounce back and repeat performances by players, as a contingency to any success, when the other 29 teams are also completely at the same mercies of Providence, seems a bit lukewarm at best.
    As far as overconfidence here, it is an annual joke, alive and very well here, and smacks us all in the mouth every year, and relentless failure means nothing, teaches nothing.
    Maybe we are reading different posts or something...
     
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    I believe that @Doughty8 was referring to the fact the Giant's have a majority of once good players coming off a bad season or more and needing to "rebound" or "make a comeback" for the team to be a success.

    We are not in that boat at all, most of our team had career years last season or close to it. We need them to do it again, not make a comeback.

    And in my opinion, the Longoria pickup is a terrible move for them. They actually traded away young guys that might have an upside for a guy that is only getting worse and paid well.
     
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    I thought I was answering your points but so be it. The past is the past and to keep harping on it is an exercise in futility and out of anyone's control. We'll have to wait and see if last year was a fluke or a product of exceptional depth and planning. I respect your right to be skeptical but I'm sticking with THIS FO and this team you can do what you do.
     
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    OK, thanks...skepticism is borne of repeated failure, I think.
    I don't think it was a fluke at all, we deserved to be in the World Series in 2017.
    We just don't know how to win one...another excercise in futility it seems.
     
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    Logie is probably the 1st guy they'll look to and then rotate some other spots. They've been willing to move Farmer around a little, so maybe he'd be after/before Segedin and then Rios could get a look late in the season depending on his year. But perhaps they'll target some additional depth, could do so if and when they trade Yasmani. Don't hate Jaso because he's brotiful. Jaso is superbrodie
     
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    Sounds like the Pirates are on the verge of trading Gerrit Cole according to Jeff Passan. The Yanks are seen as the likely destination, but it sounds like they're ready to move him have offers on the table that they are willing to accept.
     
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    Harold Reynolds likes the way you handle your posts.
     
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    the difference being russo actually gives us props when deserved
    reynolds, not so much
     
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    NYY taking risks on these younger guys that were a lot better a couple years ago. Gray and now Cole. Good thing the Rays and NYY aren't likely to cut an in-division deal. Archer obviously the better get at this point
     
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    agreed
    and both honorable mentions on the list @fsudog21 posted earlier...

    Overrated Starting pitchers
    LHP Cole Hamels, Rangers; RHP Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
    Also considered: Jake Odorizzi, Rays; Sonny Gray, Yankees; Gerrit Cole, Pirates ​
     
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    Grandal played like 1 game there. Kiké can play there if absolutely necessary too and I assume Barnes could too if need be
     
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    The way everything is going, I think the FO looks at this year as just hang on. Doesn't matter to them whether we make it back to the WS or become a WC team.

    The goal is hope for the best this year, and go all out next off season.

    Something says they are done unless Darvish takes a huge pay cut or bargains show themselves before the trade deadline.
     
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    i could see us adding a back of rotation guy and/or bullpen pieces
    but otherwise agree, we're probably done unless something falls in our lap
     
    irish, Dec 21, 2017
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    more on the purported conspiracy rumor
    with it being reported this early, if it were to happen i could see (other) owners crying collusion
    and then there's this... if were going to spend, why wouldn't we just sign harper -- the better player/athlete -- ourselves?

    MLB exec believes Yankees will trade Stanton to Dodgers and then sign Harper in 2018
    by Matt Borelli | Dodger Blue — 3 hours ago

    Fresh off a World Series appearance, the Los Angeles Dodgers entered the offseason with no glaring roster needs. Nevertheless, the club reportedly entertained the idea of acquiring reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton.

    Stanton, a Panorama City, Calif., native, reportedly preferred to be traded to the Dodgers above all other options. But he eventually approved a trade to the New York Yankees after the Dodgers wouldn’t budge on the Miami Marlins’ insistence to absorb the majority of Stanton’s contract over the next 10 years.

    The Dodgers passed on the opportunity with the task of clearing salary to avoid exceeding the luxury tax threshold for the 2018 season, and recently accomplished that goal with the unloading of Charlie Culberson, Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy to the Atlanta Braves.

    Though Stanton will don pinstripes next season, an MLB executive ultimately believes that he’ll wind up with the Dodgers sooner rather than later, via Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe:

    You hear a lot of stuff at the Winter Meetings. Here’s one rumor told to me by a longtime, major force in the baseball world. It involves the Yankees and Giancarlo Stanton. The story goes that after 2018, the Yankees deal Stanton to the Dodgers and sign Bryce Harper. Your first reaction is, “Wow! Never happen.” Then you start to think about it. Stanton is an LA kid. The Dodgers didn’t have great interest in Stanton this offseason, but perhaps by the end of next year? The Yankees have always coveted Harper and his lefthanded stroke at Yankee Stadium. It starts to make more sense, doesn’t it?

    Prior to their acquisition of Stanton, New York was long viewed as a potential destination for Bryce Harper, who headlines a star-studded free agency class next offseason.

    But with the 2017 home run champion now in the mix, the prospect of Harper joining the Yankees is less certain than ever before. In addition to Stanton, the Yankees already account for a glut of outfielders in Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks and Aaron Judge, to name a few.

    Not only that, but Harper is expected to command the largest contract in professional sports history. Even for the Yankees’ standards, it would be difficult to dole out a record-amount of money to Harper, in addition to employing Stanton, who’s owed $295 million through 2028.

    Whether the Yankees seriously entertain the idea of trading Stanton in favor of Harper remains to be seen, but the Dodgers are in an excellent position moving forward regardless of what may unfold over the next 12 months.
     
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    I think we should snag McCutchen, Cole, and Rivero from Pit. I know it will cost a pretty penny, but it’s worth it
     
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    True but still very thin. Jaso can play the outfield too and we know the FO loves guys who can move around. Although I just looked at his stats, thought he was better than that yikes. Another guy who isn't as versatile is Adam Lind but he has power and has been an excellent pinch hitter.

    Hirano is close to signing with the D-Bags. We were rumored to be in oh him oh will have to hit him now!!
     
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    I'm fine with that!
     
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