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  1. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    don't beat yourself up dude
    they must have had suspicions anyway
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    still waiting for the subsequent move...

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  3. 1988Blues

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    Puig shouldn’t have been traded just my opinion that was a bullshit move

    I hope he kills it and breaks it open for him. That dude wore his emotions and played balls out

    Hope he turns into a HOF career.
     
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    I think I am the only one here with a subscription to the Athletic so you may not have been able to read the Rosenthal article going around today. He basically explains what Kasten meant last week and the overall take away was that the Dodgers are done for the offseason. They like Pollock more due to affordability, being right handed and they hate both Harper's defense and how he has been rather up and down over the last couple of years. He speculates that they are more focused on players that have been consistent performers over the years like Nolan Arenado and Mike Trout. The Dodgers are still kicking around on Realmuto, but signs are that the Marlins have better offers from other clubs. The Indians on the other hand are seemingly focused FA acquisitions and are no longer seriously engaging the Dodgers(or anyone else for that matter) in talks for Corey Kluber. He also said the Dodgers never seriously entertained offers for Joc Pederson. They feel he is continuing to take steps forward and is a valuable piece in the OF. One thing I would not be shocked if this was related to the team wanting to first see how Muncy responds before depleting any more of the core. If Muncy dips to some projection levels, the Dodgers are going to be kicking themselves for the moves they've made this offseason. The same could be said if he comes back walloping the ball AND manning a much improved 2B. We will see, but Rosenthal thinks the team will do the same thing it has done each of the last few years. See how the start of the season is going and reassess as the deadline nears.
     
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    Garbage.

    Laughable for the Dodgers to suggest Pollock or any player in the organization outside of Turner, Seager, regular season Kershaw and Jansen are "consistent" (and even those guys are aging and/or have serious health issues). It is a roster full of what ifs.

    I'm getting close to my limit. Was looking at potentially getting back into the season ticket game and collaborating on some Dodger related media projects but these bastards are going to turn me into a casual fan at best. I have to stop giving a shit.

    Trout isn't coming. Just a cop out. If home/road splits are not an issue and they're looking toward Arenado, why not just keep Machado who is better?

    2017 grows more devastating every day.
     
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    :stirpot:
     
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    Garbage excuses of The Dodgers management I hope people wise up an stay away from the ravine.

    I am very skeptical about this season. I suspect their angle is to bring in Rios and more youngsters to see who will step up and the go after who they need if thier in it
     
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    Which in my thought process is fine go with it but don’t jerk me with bs.

    They imo should of kept Puig and be done with it and move Wood with Kemp or just straight up traded wood for the prospects they wanted and cut Kemp and kept Puig with Pollock
     
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    every year the same shit
    we're holding off for next year
    when does next year become now?
    said it from day one, if the puig/kemp trade wasn't followed up with something bigger...
    and the implication that arenado is consistent but harper isn't is absurd
    kasten is a fucken charlatan and he's using rosendouche as his mouthpiece for damage control
    two consecutive trips to the ws is great, really it is
    but to get that close twice and not do anything to get over the top?
    whatev fuck this team
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    we're out but the padres are in
    wish la was a big market like san diego
    • Per Jon Heyman of MLB Network, Padres ownership sees Bryce Harper as a "business/marketing opportunity" and "may now lean" toward securing his services over those of Manny Machado, despite their obvious need at 3B and swarm of young, controllable corner outfielders.
     
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    San Diego doesn’t have a hockey team, basketball team, and now no football team. It makes sense for the Madres to try to make a splash.
     
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    I just took my first real look at what Harper has accomplished in his seven years as a pro, and I was incredibly unimpressed. He's basically had one statistically significant year - 2015. That was the only time he even finished in the top ten in WAR. He averages 3.9 wins above replacement. As a comparison, Trout has averaged over an 8 WAR in his eight seasons. More alarmingly, Harper's WAR average since 2015 is a paltry 2.5. Even Chris Taylor has averaged a 4.5 WAR in his two seasons as starter.

    There's no eff'n way he should get close to the salary terms that have been thrown around. I'm not happy with the Dodgers lack of activity this offseason, but with regards to Harper, kudos to them for not taking the bait. Let him be some other team's long-term problem.
     
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    Dodgers need to make sound baseball decisions and not whore out to "business/fandom reach around opportunities" like the Padres.
     
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    Unfortunately we are in a society where your social media or political or hype game is good enough it can get you paid like players who have game that good.

    The Dodgers do not need to pay Mike Trout money to anyone who is not Mike Trout.
    But they may be able to pay Manny Machado money to a guy like Harper.
    If Harper won't take it then maybe Manny will.
     
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    there's a fine line there
    and one could argue extending kershaw wasn't sound
    there's a time and place to be sound and there's also a time/place to be aggressive
    and business soundness doesn't always equate to baseball soundness
    - whether it's fox telling us piazza had to go
    - or jamie mccourt telling us inner city fields were more important than improving the team
    - or kasten's presumptuous bombast on what we fans want...
    it hasn't worked
    and meanwhile the giants have three rings
     
    irish, Feb 2, 2019
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    I fuckin love this post. Good take
     
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    I can understand if Harper is risky, but then why trade away Puig and leave a hole there in RF?

    And pitching has been THE issue in the WS, and yet all we do is pick up a reliever?

    Why make a hole and don’t fix it, and then not deal with an issue that has plagued this team?

    CK and Jansen are NOT the solution.
     
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    Yup. I’m happy to hand verdugo the RF spot and see what he has. Great contact skills and good D. We just need better pitching. I want a fucking ace!. The catcher spot is so over looked and I’m not comfortable with what we have currently but,do we really want to send top specs for Realmuto?

    Nope.. our FO is taking a beating this off season and to be honest what can they really do. I get the nerrative... Two World Series in a row coming up short.. blah blah fucking blah.. but do we really want to trade away our top specs, or buy into a 10 plus year commitment to a bitch like Machado or a career 4 WAR injury prone bitch player like Harper for 10 plus years? Nope.. while it’s all fun an nestalgic as fuck to get these putos.. the implications can be devistating..

    While I sit on the fence, my heart says go get the flashy players but the baseball mind says fuck those putos..

    Had season tickets... been there done that.. got a couple T-shirts... I’m all for the DODGERS.. I believe in the FO and think they are doing what’s best for the teams present and future...

    Puig was basically a rental this year. He wasn’t coming back.! We gave the Reds a headcase, inconsistent lefty and Matt mutha fucking KEMP! For solid prospect depth to either be traded and kept for future development... BIG WIN!!

    Buy the right players and keep rolling with stabilization of the minor league boys..

    Let’s fucking GO....
     
    blazer5, Feb 2, 2019
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    No hole in RF.
    Bellinger showed last year that he is great in RF.
    And we still have Verdugo and Toles who are RF.
    Team probably did not like the idea of investing whatever the Puig market rate contract was going to be in a year.

    Team picked up Kelly for the bullpen and still has assets to go get another reliever or sign Kimbrel.
     
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    FUCKTARD GENIUS ON DISPLAY
     
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