Remember when hot stove season was miserable & hapless & repetitive & bitter & regretful & bile-filled ... all because our Bums had disappointed us so badly in October??? Remember these dogshit Dodger memories? This winter, I can forget that poison. I DGAF what trades or FA signings are made this hot stove season. I'm good until whenever. This is a clean slate thing. No misery. Just peace.
Interesting. That's good for Buehler because in theory teams are likely to pay him more if they're not losing a draft pick. I wonder if Friedman knows Dodgers won't be in the running and did that as a way to show gratitude.
Hoping our Joe Kelly era is over. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...says-l-a-superstars-arent-lazy-and-play-hard/
Kelly likes to talk shit. But he's gonna be 37 soon so perhaps he should STFU unless he wants to pitch in Japan... I mean ... he's had his moments but I'm over the guy.
The Dodgers may add a third Japanese-born player to their roster in the offseason. In addition to Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Los Angeles may become the new home of right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki. Sasaki, 23, made his professional debut in 2021 in the Nippon Professional Baseball. He has pitched for the Chiba Lotte Marines for four seasons. Sasaki logged a 2.35 ERA with 129 strikeouts and 32 walks across 18 games this season. But, Sasaki reportedly declined an offer from his current team, suggesting a potential MLB career is in his future. Francys Romero@francysromeroFR Roki Sasaki has declined an offer from the Chiba Lotte Marines, per sources. The situation of the 23-year-old ace remains uncertain. One possibility is being posted to sign with an MLB team, while another is continuing negotiations with the Marines. 7:32 PM · Nov 3, 2024 The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal links the Dodgers as likely contenders for Sasaki. “The suspicion among many in the industry, almost everyone in the industry, that if this guy is posted, Roki Sasaki becomes available, the Los Angeles Dodgers will be heavy, heavy favorites to sign him,” Rosenthal said Monday on Foul Territory. “And can you imagine what that team would mean in Japan, then. It already has Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto to get Sasaki as well, well it would be even more so Japan’s team.” Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million contract last offseason that will keep him on the Dodgers until 2033. Meanwhile, Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract that will span until 2035. Despite missing three months of the regular season with a strained rotator cuff,Yamamoto proved his value on the mound in the postseason. The rookie played a significant role in the Dodgers’ eighth World Series victory in franchise history. Ohtani more than proved his worth this season, breaking record after record and accomplishing never-been-done-before feats. Ohtani will add to his starpower next season when he takes the mound for the first time as a Dodger. Having two of the 11 Japanese-born MLB players on the roster already makes the Dodgers a beloved team in Japan. Therefore, it would not be surprising to see the next Japanese star join the reigning World Series champions. .
Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández, and Will Smith are all finalists for Silver Slugger awards.
yeah but Edman is better at 2B or could play CF and is already on the roster Adames is a friend of the Dodgers front office that came from the Tampa org Adames would probably age out of SS and into a 3B role sooner rather than later that is why I prefer another Edman/Kike type of energy/defense player in Kim boras seems less difficult to deal with when its about a role player instead of a star but they already reporting the Dodgers and Adames are talking
I recall this game. Many here likely do as well ... https://youtube.com/shorts/zcV7UN6Dw-w?si=nKBK0oR3TcD_Ioe4
off-topic (for the day) but an example of treinen’s nastiness https://youtube.com/shorts/GQx5w9gEQ4c?si=Wxv6wVjCJgOhj2Fz
