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07-28-2023, 12:52 PM | #1006 | |
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07-28-2023, 03:02 PM | #1007 | |
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07-28-2023, 03:12 PM | #1008 | |
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Because PR is still the one game this organization plays to win. If they were to trade Arenado, the PR pushback would be catastrophic and so they'd never do it without being able to sell it. So they'd have to ROAST LAD in that deal and the Dodgers just aren't in the business of getting strafed in win-now deals for veteran players. If you're looking for that sort of thing, call the Mets. I just don't know that they have anything left in their system worth chasing for a player of Nolan's caliber. |
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07-28-2023, 03:48 PM | #1009 |
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The other thing that makes me nervous about a deal with LAD is they also seem to be in the business of eating some shitty contracts to take on the star vs paying full value in prospects.
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07-28-2023, 03:58 PM | #1010 | |
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07-28-2023, 04:59 PM | #1011 | |
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07-28-2023, 05:04 PM | #1012 |
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Now Helmsley wants out. Apparently pissed off about the arbitration hearing. I don’t know why they don’t come up with a better system.
These hearings are all about telling the player he sucks, shouldn’t get that big of a raise. How can it not create bad blood? |
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07-28-2023, 05:14 PM | #1013 | |
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07-28-2023, 05:15 PM | #1014 |
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If they weren't loaded with catching prospects AND have Will Smith, I'd see them as a nice place to unload Willson. But C is pretty much the last thing they need. They have an outstanding big league catcher and 2 of the top 5 C prospects in the game.
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07-28-2023, 05:21 PM | #1015 | |
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But I'd want Miller, Sheehan and Michael Busch to even continue the conversation for Arenado and I don't think the Dodgers bite. And that's while simultaneously believing that all 3 of those guys are overrated by the Prospect Hounds. Don't look at the prospect lists - look at what LA is doing. They've had ample opportunity to get Busch on the field and he's a 'top 30 prospect' according to the lists. He's hit at every level in the minors and is 24, so neither young nor old - he's ready if he'll ever be. And he's extremely highly touted in prospect circles so in a vacuum, what's not to like? And yet, he's not getting ABs. What's that tell you the organization thinks about him? An organization that's smarter than we are and damn sure knows more about him than the prospect hounds. Same story with Stone - he carved up the minors last year, got bombed in the bigs and buried. The Dodgers have had a lot of cause to let him work his way through it but they didn't. Which suggests to me that they're not confident he's a guy that will. But they've had a lighter touch with Miller. So LA thinks he's their keeper. And they've been a little more patient with Sheehan, so he's their 2nd favorite. With smart organizations, don't pay attention to what they (or anyone else) says about their guys. Watch what they DO with them. |
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07-28-2023, 05:36 PM | #1016 |
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Mikolas got a 5 game suspension
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07-29-2023, 09:24 AM | #1018 |
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07-29-2023, 09:42 AM | #1019 |
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Today should be an auto L with Waino on the mound, correct?
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07-29-2023, 10:52 AM | #1020 |
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