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mrshyguy99
Well why not give lee his shot. I want to see what lee got.he doing pretty well to start the season.
kirkdavenport
Zach Lee may be getting his shot. The Dodgers have said they were hesitant to just bring him up as a spot starter as they want him to not have his development schedule interrupted. They have Baker, Bolsinger, Wieland and Frias available for spot starts. However with a regular spot in the major league rotation now open, Lee should be given a chance now to see if he still has a future. The only catch I see is that he was seen by past ownership/management as a top future prospect and perhaps overrated and the new management may be looking at him more critically
BlueSkyLA
They could also have Beachy available by midseason.
mrshyguy99
With all the Injuries you can tell how well the Dodgers have done in putting together good depth. In Years past Dodgers would be hurting , but not now
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
What exactly is the goal of the Dodgers? What is their business model?
I know it’s now what Ben Franklin said many moons ago: A penny saved is a penny earned.
Wanton spending is their game, but to what end?
Cam
End game = winning.
The misconception to some, is that spending or transacting in volume, equates to unrestrained or reckless.
They have and will continue to spend money to collect talent at the Major League, and Minor League level. They have, and will continue to make a large volume of waivers claims and designations to build depth that was sorely overlooked for years.
I’m sure they have a strong business model somewhere, they are a collection of guys in charge of a multi-billion dollar operation. They probably can quantify a winning product as a financially viable product – that’s for them to know.
As long as they are doing what they can to create a winning team, that’s all I particularly care for. There are owners out there who can do more to create a winning team, but have different plans for that money, and fair enough..it is a business.
It probably wasn’t Ben Franklin, but someone did say “Gotta spend money, to make money”.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
Well, I hope they win a World Series in the next two or three years for everyone’s sake.
It probably wasn’t Ben Franklin, but someone did say “Gotta spend money, to make money”. Very true! =P
Cam
As a Dodgers fan, a championship sometime very soon would be sensational. Haven’t won one in my lifetime..
BlueSkyLA
The last championship was in my lifetime, but it just doesn’t seem that way anymore.
Cam
Far too long between drinks.
johansantana15
The new regime is not spending wantonly on free agents or trades anymore. They are investing heavily in building an organization with lots of quality young depth. You do that by international signings, draft picks, trading unnecessary veterans for prospects, etc. The plan going forward is to keep investing heavily in the farm system and supplement it with a generous MLB payroll, I would say about $150-200 million
MadmanTX 2
JD probably hung up laughing at the Dodgers for suggesting they broker the Hamilton trade in exchange for prospects. “Oh, wait, you’re being serious!?”
GameMusic3
Presumably the Angels’.
Baseball on Earth
The Dodgers were essentially trying to buy prospects in exchange for absorbing some of Hamilton money. Obviously, neither the Angels nor the Rangers are fiscally conservative enough to give up their valuable prospects.
BigGameJames
Yeah because the Texas FO hates money and would never entertain the Idea of selling a minor leaguer. That’s why they gave so much $ away to Andrus, Choo and Prince.
BigGameJames
Just call up Urias already. King Felix age 18 in AA and Kershaw 19 & 20 in AA weren’t as impressive as Urias so far. He’s going 6 innings now and should skip the PCL anyway. Jose Fernandez skipped AA and AAA, more and more teams recognize the value in a phenom at the MLB level.
robertk
For one month until Ryu is back, we should be able to manage. The off season will bring massively interesting questions. Should we keep Greinke? (YES!) Should we go after Price? (NO!) Should we go after Cueto? (YES!)