NEWS/RUMORS/PROSPECTS Thread

Fabian Ardaya@FabianArdaya
Source: Evan Phillips, Dodgers avoid arbitration at $1.3 million for next year. @Jack_A_Harris on it.
3:55 PM · Jan 13, 2023

 

#3 huh
could be part of the reason why friedman didn’t want to give trea a long-term deal

MLB Pipeline@MLBPipeline
The Dodgers have agreed to terms with SS Joendry Vargas and OF Arnaldo Lantigua, Nos. 3 and 23 on the Top 50 International Prospects list, per @JesseSanchezMLB. Details: https://atmlb.com/3kji771
7:18 AM · Jan 15, 2023​

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• USA Today reporter Bob Nightengale believes the San Diego Padres will have their eye on Shohei Ohtani next offseason.

alright, padres are out

 

muncy, on jt leaving…

• “That one hurt. All of those guys leaving hurt, obviously. It’s just, you spend every day with these guys and you develop such relationships with them. And even Trea [Turner], only having been with us for the year and a half that he was, those guys leaving, it really hurts. But with JT, man, that’s a really tough one. That’s his clubhouse. That was his clubhouse. He controlled everything. There’s so many little things that JT brought to the team that no one even knows about. Just little things as simple as, every year we have a group chat with all the players, JT is the guy that sets all that up. He’s the one that’s figuring out who’s getting called up, who’s getting sent down, he’s changing out the numbers. And that’s not to say that not anybody can do that, but he took it upon himself to do that, because that’s the kind of the leader he was. Every time we flew into a city, JT is setting up a team dinner at a restaurant for everybody … and I know that JT always focused on that because if the whole team is going out and doing that, we’re creating such a brotherhood that it’s easier to play for each other when you just have those kind of relationships. And that was something that JT brought to the team, and there’s countless other things that he would do that people don’t know about. And so not having him, that one’s really going to hurt.”

 

An era of missed opportunities.
An era of what-ifs.
An era of locker room champagne celebrations for being 2nd through 8th best.
An era of Davey explanations.
An era of accepting mediocrity from the field manager in the name of diversity.

An era of disappointment.

 

Fabian Ardaya@FabianArdaya
Dodgers and Tyler Cyr are in agreement on a minor league deal with a big league invite, source tells The Athletic. @ByRobertMurray on it.
10:21 AM · Jan 21, 2023

 

Sad to say, but even McCourt gave us more interesting offseasons than this one.

 

rip indeed
amazing player on an extremely talented team
remember watching that throw live like it was yesterday
wasn’t at that game, but did get to go with my dad to the one game they won



to this day, the loudest roar i’ve ever heard at a dodger game
i remember the ump ringing washington up emphatically
still gives me goosebumps

 

Fabian Ardaya@FabianArdaya
Looks like the Dodgers made some moves, per the transaction log, including a couple guys with big league time: - signed former Nats reliever Wander Suero to a minors deal - signed ex-Marlins/Mets RHP Jordan Yamamoto to a minors deal.
8:58 AM · Jan 24, 2023

 

My like is for the Conan gif, not the tweet.

The story of this offseason. Every week there seems to be an announcement of another minor league acquisition. Yippee.

We're going into the season with Mookie, FF, Will... and a bunch of question marks. Yes Muncy has potential to return to his pre-'22 numbers, but until it happens, he's an unknown. Same for CT. Can Lux finally put it all together for a full year? Will Vargas make the leap this year after he couldn't last season (albeit in limited opportunity)? Can Trayce produce as an every day starter, or is his best role as a bench bat? Does JD have anything left in the tank?

I made the post a few days ago in the opening day lineup predictions thread and joked about another quick exit from the playoffs, but if I were being completely honest, I have this team on the outside of the postseason looking in. The competition simply all improved too much. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

Same reason that Schilling doesn't. The liberal media is judging them on their political beliefs rather than their contributions to the game of baseball.