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ChaplinBaseball
Wow … I’m still surprised that the Dodgers are not making any moves in the FA world… $45 Million to Iwakuma seems a lot… Could have spent that on somebody else… Well….Probably the Dodgers are brewing a major trade..
nookster
– “surprised they aren’t making moves”
– “45mil to Iwakuma seems a lot”
contradictory?
if they’d made more moves it would certainly also be for “a lot”
what concerns me if they go for Maeda along with Iwakuma & Ryu,
is that Kuroda is really the only Asian pitcher who I would call durable
when you think of Darvish Tanaka Iwakuma Matsuzaka and several more.
BlueSkyLA
They needed a RHP for the #2 slot from the start of the offseason yet they passed on the best free agents and trade options. Is anybody left worth a trade? The bullpen still needs work, 2B is effectively unmanned (platooning is a fallback, not a solution), and the OF is a mess. I would not assume they are doing anything but cashing in the fan’s chips, and frankly talking about trading scares me, given the Whiz Kids’ record so far.
baronbeard
Friedman was always a wait and see type of guy. He never really made a big move unless it pronounced it self to him.
ew032
94 wins before he took the reigns. 92 wins first season (w Greinke). Let’s count next year’s win total and division finish. If it declines and the team misses the dance, there should be scrutiny. Remember, this is Kasten’s guy, so he should receive the scrutiny right along with Andrew. It may all work out; just gotta wait and see. Only time will tell.
ew032
If some of the kids come up and are impactful, and Ryu comes back solid, and Puig grows up (just a bit – I know, asking a lot), they could win a bunch and Andrew will look like the genius he’s touted to be.
BlueSkyLA
Dodgers fans are not in a wait and see mood. If Friedman and Co. think we’re going to be patient with them then they’ve either judged the mood of the Dodger Nation completely wrong, or they don’t really care. I’d bet the latter. They’re getting paid either way.
73SFGiantsFan
I think you have to consider that the Dodgers are slowly trying to become a team built completely from within. I can’t stand them as my handle suggests but the rivalry is back which is important to me because there was a long stretch where neither teams playing one another mattered in terms winning the division with both teams neck and neck towards the end of the season. This rivalry is very important for baseball, and I’m glad it’s back.
Rickey O'Sunnyvale
The BlueSky is falling! The BlueSky is falling!
BlueSkyLA
So you’re enjoying your Los Angele Cubs?
Rickey O'Sunnyvale
I’m enjoying they haven’t made any stupid moves and it’s only a week past the winter meetings. My best guess is that they’ll trade from their farm riches for a young, controllable pitcher who will outperform most of the 30-something, $200 million crowd. Todd Frazier would be a nice acquisition as well. Still plenty of time. We shall see!.
BlueSkyLA
So hanging onto Grienke would have been a stupid move, in your opinion? Miller was the best of the available lot for RHP trades. Arizona made the stupid move of getting him too. These guys have been shooting blanks since they got here. Why reserve judgement about their performance? To date, it’s been lousy.
cbwalradth
Jocketty is an idiot! Homer Bailey gets $106 for 6 years instead of just locking up Cueto for $25 more… At the time Cueto would have probably taken same $106 contract. Same age and not even same ball park as Cueto.
GoRav114
“You have a guy that has a chance to be an elite presence in your rotation if he’s healthy and we can play good defense behind him and he uses our ballpark to his advantage,”
Oh and if he does terrible you pay him a ton but if does well he leaves for more money. Great concept.
oyippee
Same type of contract Dodgers previously gave Greinke
oyippee
Same type of contract Greinke had with the Dodgers.
Rickey O'Sunnyvale
Trying to outbid Arizona for Grienke would have probably resulted in a stupid contract, yes. Greinke made it very clear that the most money wins, so how high do you go? Seven years? $250M?. If shooting blanks means winning another NL West title, improving the roster, building the farm, making room for the kids, and avoiding albatross contracts, yes, I’m all for it.
BlueSkyLA
The Dodgers would have gotten Grienke for around the same ticket as he what he took in Arizona. The Whiz Kids were simply unwilling to go six years (ignoring the publicly stated opinion of Rick Honeycutt, incidentally — but what does he know about pitchers?). I am all for building the farm and I give them credit for that much, but at some point these are assets to be spent. The teams that got what they needed were in the World Series. We got junk instead, and out went the lights. It was all pretty predictable, just as the results are for this season. Unless they pull of something dramatic (as opposed to desperate) we are going to be looking at taillights all summer.