Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman met with the media (including Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times) on Tuesday afternoon, alongside GM Brandon Gomes. The two executives discussed the disappointing conclusion to another Dodgers season, potential changes to the major league coaching staff, and the team’s offseason plans.
Speaking on his ballclub’s unceremonious exit from the playoffs, Friedman could not deny that the words “organizational failure” ring true once again (he used the same phrase last season). Putting it bluntly, he said, “Our goal was to win 11 games in October, and we didn’t win one.” Indeed, Diamondbacks hitters trounced the Dodgers pitching staff in Game 1 of the NLDS, and L.A.’s own powerful offense rarely came through. Notably, Friedman also used the term “organizational failure” to avoid blaming any specific people or groups of people for his team’s poor performance. “Organizational failure means it’s on all of us,” he explained.
On that note, Friedman left no doubt that manager Dave Roberts and his entire coaching staff would be back in 2024, confirming that there won’t be any changes in the clubhouse. “I think [Dave Roberts] and our coaching staff did an incredible job this year,” he said, “And none of us did an incredible job in those three games versus Arizona.”
Unsurprisingly, Friedman says his top priority this offseason will be starting pitching. That means assessing internal options as well as considering potential trades and free agent signings. Dodgers’ starters struggled in 2023, posting an uncharacteristic 4.57 ERA and 4.37 SIERA. Things became especially bleak toward the end of the year; ten different pitchers started a game for the Dodgers in September, combining for a 4.87 ERA. The team had no shortage of depth, but too few reliable options.
Clayton Kershaw and Julio Urías will be free agents after the season, as will Lance Lynn – presuming the Dodgers decline his $18MM club option in favor of a $1MM buyout. On top of that, Tony Gonsolin will be out for most, if not all, of the 2024 campaign recovering from Tommy John surgery. Dustin May’s status for next season is also up in the air, after the righty underwent flexor tendon surgery in July.
That leaves Bobby Miller, who just completed his rookie season, and Walker Buehler, who hasn’t pitched since June 2022, as the only healthy, established starters remaining in the Dodgers rotation. The team has several young starting pitchers on the roster, including Ryan Pepiot, Emmet Sheehan, Michael Grove, and Gavin Stone, but none with more than 100 innings of big league experience. Friedman expressed confidence in Miller and Buehler during his press conference, but he understands the need to augment the rotation.
As for Kershaw, Friedman made it clear that the Dodgers are “absolutely” interested in bringing the superstar pitcher back for another season. However, the ten-time All-Star hasn’t yet told the team if he plans to return. “I think he and [his wife] Ellen are going to take some time right now and assess,” the team president said (relayed by Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic). “The ball’s squarely in their court.”
In addition to starting pitching, Friedman will also look to address position player needs during the offseason. The Dodgers had an excellent offense in 2023, finishing second in baseball in OPS and runs scored. That said, designated hitter J.D. Martinez, utility man Enrique Hernández, and outfielders Jason Heyward and David Peralta will all be free agents after the conclusion of the World Series. The team will need to replace Martinez and Heyward’s production in particular. In addition, the Dodgers might look to add a new infielder so Mookie Betts can return to a regular role in right field.
Gomes didn’t speak as much as his boss, but he did confirm a report that he declined to interview for the GM opening in Boston. “I’m very flattered and appreciate the interest,” he said (per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register). “But I love it here, and my family loves it here. I’m passionate about this organization and solely focused on winning multiple championships here.”
Kershaw Texas Ranger will be my new nickname before opening day. Mark my words.
It may well be but Kershaw leaving LA is a slim chance.
The perfect rotation would be:
Blake Snell
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Clayton Kershaw
WalkerBuehler
Bobby Miller
Depth
Dustin May
Ryan Pepiot
Gavin Stone
Michael Grove
Trade from prospect stockpile to add a cheap middle infielder and an outfielder/DH so that the money can be on two new Ace starting pitchers
Hope that Gavin Lux returns to be a super-sub
I’d let kershaw walk and trade for Glas Now! Also trade outman and lux as I feel they’ll both have Kike Hernandez/Joc Peterson type of careers minus the playoff clutch factor
Glasnow is a soft, glorified “opener” who should be used as such. No way is Glasnow a front end starter. That being said, Kershaw’s best days are Long in the past.
Luxy is a starter and would have been all season.
Lux is going to be a choker, I have a strong feeling. And I’ve been right about Soto, Lindor and a few others
Braves will take Kershaw over Morton, just for the veteran presence. Then only have Kershaw pitch to twice the order in the playoffs, not run him
Into the ground.
I’d gladly take Morton he owns the Dodgers in the playoffs.
lol Blake Snell lol
Morton owns the Dodgers? In 2020 WS, he gave up 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings. In 2021, he gave up 2 runs in the first inning and walked 6 in 5 innings. He’s one of the pitchers the Dodgers would love to face in the postseason.
I would rather have Aaron Nola than Snell. While he might not have 2 cy youngs, he has been a lot more durable and dependable than Snell. He will also be a hell of a lot cheaper. Not to mention he is going off in the postseason right now.
Snell is a guy who relies on the chase and he walks a lot of guys, and I don’t think that is something LA coaches will love. He seems like a NYM signee this offseason.
Fun fact: Slim chance = fat chance
Slim chance was what they called me back in high school.
Kershaw Power Ranger will be mine if this happens
Not EVER going to happen!
Kershaw will retire before he puts on a uniform that isn’t dodger blue. Mark my words.
I’ve always agreed with Friedman but, Choosing Kershaw contract over a guy like Seager (a proven NLCS/WS MVP) is head scratching. I don’t give a rats d.ick about regular season performance. It’s the post season I care about. Dodgers management is going soft I think. We need to replace Turner, Seager and Bellingers production that was the formula to winning it all.
Kershaw wanted one year, Seager wanted 12 years, apples and oranges
That’s what I’ve been saying! They should’ve gone the ol’ one-year, $20 million route with Seags
Dude, Seager refuse the 250 mil extension. he is a Boras client and was in the driver’s seat.
The size of man’s balls in October merits the cash they ask for.
Seager has and is continuing to put up a .500 average in October that’s insane.
Same with the Nathan eovaladis, ugly regular season numbers with stellar post season numbers.
Huh? 1/20?
Apparently that’s what Mississippi thinks Seager would’ve signed for when he started comparing contracts with Kershaw
Those two things had nothing to do with each other
How on earth do you come to the conclusion the Dodgers had to decide between Kershaw and Seager
Drugs.
from the accounting side of things, you can use some of that Kershaw money to pay Seager. It’s apple juice to apples
Kershaw goes 1 year at a time. They have full control of his yearly payroll salary. Seager is locked in for a decade. Nothing close
By that logic if they re-sign Kershaw again, they’ll be out on Ohtani this offseason. Despite the fact that Ohtani’s contract will likely end up being +20 times the amount that Kershaw will end up getting.
Maybe they don’t want to commit 300+ to an out of position injury prone shortstop.
Although admittedly he is tearing the ball up right now, but who knows if that will last. Dodgers had Trea Turner and Gavin Lux in the system at the time and didn’t really need Seager that bad.
“Organizational failure” and all of the FO + coaches returning doesn’t add up
Most of that organizational failure were the players and himself. Can’t fire the players, and he’s not going to fire himself.
Only If the Dodgers had a manager with some fire in his belly like the late great Tommy Lasroda.
Go review Tommy’s post season record.
You miss the point rookie.
No better ambassador for the game, but no GM would let Tommy ride starting pitchers that way he used to do it
Fire. Is that what that was? I always thought it was undigested fajitas
Lasorda was a pasta guy
Undigested ravioli does have a nice ring to it
Totally and utterly disappointed they are not moving on from Dave Roberts. How many mistakes does he have to make in the playoffs for upper management to realize he has no idea how to manage a post season game? Every year he makes mistakes that cost us chances to win and he doesn’t seem to learn.
Dodger management please reconsider and fire Dave now.
I think that they should replace Roberts to demonstrate that heads have to roll
That being said, Roberts was not the problem. His pitching decisions are decided upstairs. It is unreasonable to say that Roberts should threaten to quit if he disagrees with the POBO and GM’s calls.
The injuries to Buehler and Gonsolin were huge. Urias was already coming off the tracks before his off the field transgressions sealed his fate. Not too many teams can survive losing that kind of pitching and do well in the post-season.
So yes, I could see making a change, but the failure is not on Roberts.
Hard to believe that a nerd from upstairs would have said leave Lynn in to give up 4 homeruns in one inning.
Then put a pitcher in a game that’s win or go home with a 6.13 era. Then when he struggles keep him in. Dave got away with it but just barely.
If either of these are what the orders are from upstairs someone upstairs should be fired.
Ab
Do people actually think that major league front offices are this simplistic?
Dunning-Kruger effect on display
Speaking of dunning maybe the dodgers swing a quick trade for him?
The Dodgers had no reliable starting pitchers and although I’m not a Robert’s guy, that was not on him. No manager could have guided them any further.
Friedman gave him Lance Lynn in a do or die game. Not Docs fault
Ryan Pepiot ever heard of him ?
I agree, Pepiot should have started game 3
He should’ve started game 2 but that’s a collective decision
I was scratching my head when he put Barnes into hit for Peralta in game 3 but other than that, the team just didn’t perform
I would have not pinch hit Peralta with Barnes. That said, it was a lefty. Barnes at least puts it in play. And it’s not like Peralta had been lighting it up. Again, I would disagree with Roberts but it was not a no brainer to stick with Peralta and most likely he would have also not done anything. If that is his greatest sin this postseason we’re really desperate.
I don’t necessarily disagree with the opinion that it’s time for them to move on from Roberts, but what did you want him to do differently? He can’t pitch for Kershaw or Miller, he can’t hit for Freeman and Betts.
The Dodgers’ players choked.
You thought Roberts was the issue? He’s like number #25 on the blame game for this year’s playoffs. Don’t let your hate get in the way.
@Airbal they did not really have many other options. And if you look at Lynn’s game log with Dodgers, he had been pitching pretty good recently
@ Airbal of all the players who choked for the Dodgers this postseason why blame Roberts. In fact I thought he did a great job managing the pen throughout the series after all three starters imploded.
Glasnow to the Dodgers??
Don’t need another injury prone SP. Already got a whole injured list full of em
Friedman’s all in on fixing the pitching troubles – they won’t settle for less, that’s the Dodgers spirit! And Kershaw’s decision to return or not is adding some real drama to the off-season, it’s got Dodger fans all on the edge of our seats! ⚾
All this lamenting the end-of-season result is a discredit to a good young DBacks team that outplayed the Dodgers in every aspect over three games. It happens in baseball.
If you can’t accept how much chance / fortune / luck is involved in baseball then you will seldom be a happy fan.
Dodgers are still the best run org in baseball.
Sorry, wasn’t meant to be a reply to you Old York. Meant to be a standalone comment.
The best run team with $$$$. I agree mate.
I was going to say “prepare for the incoming bad takes”. But I see it’s too late
How long is your mute list? Not long enough.
It’s the exact same Mute list that Samuel has.
Oh filihok is Samuel.
@isoab Explains the d-baggery!
“Muted”
Such condescension!! Yeah, he definitely doesn’t try to hide it. Or he just can’t help himself. SMH.
And Pads Fans is BaseballisLife, websoulsurfer and outinleftfield.
Why on earth does somebody need 4 screen names? Does he play the sock puppets against each other , or use them to fraudulently upvote his own posts??? Curious behavior.
Yes
YBC
Pretty long. And gets longer most every day
But nothing here is mute worthy. Just dumb.
nSDH
“Honest question what is it that you and others like you think you gain by bragging about muting people?”
Honest question. Who’s bragging! Not me
“I have no one muted, but if I were going to I would just do it. I wouldn’t be like “Haha I’m muting you you peon!””
Honest question. What is it that you and people like you get out of bragging that you don’t mute people and wouldn’t say if you did?
Get it?
nSDH
Because it wasn’t really a question.
nSDH
No.
It was me mocking you by using your exact same wording to show that you saying that you don’t mute people is the same as people saying that they do mute people.
nSDH
Why brag about not muting people?
nSDH
So, you missed the point
If you weren’t bragging why do you think people who say they are muting someone are bragging?
nSDH
What purpose does you saying that you don’t mute people serve?
Understanding your own motivations is a good way to start understanding others’
nSDH
And I answered first
Pretty good chance that it’s similar to the reason that you said you didn’t
nSDH
“No. You didn’t.
Here’s the question again. What exactly is it that you and others like you (like the Pads Fans’s, Samuel’s, Longtimecoming’s and dvmin98’s of the world) think you gain by replying to people with “muted,” regardless of whether you mute them or not?”
Yes, I did
Here’s the answer again.
It’s probably similar to the reason that you announced that you don’t mute people and wouldn’t announce it if you did
Speculation has been that Ohtani would be a Dodger, yet his TJS means he can’t pitch and the Dodgers need pitching. Will they direct their resources elsewhere now, opening up the door for Ohtani to sign elsewhere?
Jordan Monty
They can probably also use one of the best hitters in baseball
> Ohtani … his TJS means
Ummm, where did you learn that he had Tommy John surgery? Dr. Neal ElAttrache had this to say about Ohtani’s surgery—
He said in a statement that the sides decided to “reinforce the healthy ligament in place.”
Reinforce the elbow ligament. Not replace.
They still need to replace JD at DH…
Or just resign him…
Ohtani is a great hitter and the most marketable player on the planet. Don’t underestimate that second part.
I doubt Ohtani is a Dodger. They may need a DH to replace JDM but he’s going to be a damn expensive DH and risk injury pitcher once he comes back in 2025 for the length of contract.
Off subject, but one thing the Dodgers really need to do are to please stop the stupid arse dances when they get a hit. Wow. You, as a professional have done something you are supposed to do. Stop looking like a little leaguer.
rwnc
Oof
Is anyone even on your lawn?
Just the bodies buried under it.
Uhh, a lot of teams do the same. And it’s not meant to boast about getting a hit. It’s having fun with your teammates. I get it you’re the no fun guy. If it’s not distracting to the team and not offensive you’d think it’s okay with the fan base.
Friedman brings the Rays’ model of zero expectations, as long as you follow the nerd data excel permutation sheet from Junior Varsity reject front office types that wouldn’t be able to pay someone a million dollars to start one MLB game.
They love Roberts because he’s a puppet that does whatever they say. Good boy!
They need to start using the Powerpoint slides
Seems to be working pretty well. When does the rest of the leauge get the division title every year formula sheet?
Covid World Series!
That’s an odd retort. 29 other organizations and fan bases would have loved winning that covid world series title. Anyone saying they wouldn’t is lying.
Less analytics more passion and fundamentals
Passion? Don’t they aleady do stupid dances after getting hits? Isn’t that passion enough? 😉
Don’t they pump there arms or do some signal thing after a hit? That’s passion right there buddy.
I wonder what next year’s choice words will be
Honestly I called in Dodger Talk several times to complain that Dodger hitters NEED to swing at first pitches. And what did the Rangers do yesterday? Swing at 2 first pitches of the game, get on base, score a run and control the tempo of the game after. That falls on the manager. I’ve always supported Dodger management but we need, new hitters and a tweak to post season hitting philosophy.
Not sure what you’re talking about. On game 3 alone, first 10 ABs, the Dodgers swung at first pitch 6 times and took 1 ball. That is probably too aggressive but it obviously depends on the pitch. If your notion is that the Dodgers just blindly take the first pitch you’re dead wrong. They believe in working counts as many teams do, but that’s mostly on plate discipline and not chasing away from the zone. If baseball were only that simple. Offense was not the issue this season. Unfortunately it was an issue in the three playoff games. Teams can go cold over a three game stretch. Unfortunately it happened in the worst time possible.
Just look at what the rangers did v the astros. First 2 pitches were hits and had 2 men on base instantly.
Ok, and what is your point? What if both swings yielded outs? So, you have two pitches and two outs. There are tens of thousands at bats over a given season. Swinging at the first pitch is neither good nor bad. Pros and cons and it depends on the pitch, location, movement, pitch type, etc.
Yeah–no other team celebrates….never. Compared to what other teams do, the Dodgers’ moves are tame.
I am surprised they don’t have a choreographer being it LA and all.
The choo choo train was lame. I much prefer the hot hands.
Like the Braves and Orioles, week off did in Dodgers. Go 8 teams 1st playoff round. No week off for higher seed(s). Best of 3. All 3 games played at higher seed park.
Why so much talk about format? Astros don’t have issues whether they have time off or not. 7 straight ALCS’s. Feels like people want the postseason tailored more for the higher win teams.
Amftsh
“Feels like people want the postseason tailored more for the higher win teams.”
I mean, a playoff where the worst teams get in would be weird.
Who says they are the worst? Aren’t we seeing two teams that earned a trip to the WS? The best teams are playing the same game out there aren’t they? They need to prove it instead of a Fast Pass to the League Championship.
Why shouldn’t the postseason be tailored to favor the higher win teams? There’s no point of having playoffs if there isn’t an advantage to being good in the regular season. At this point the MLB might as well go the soccer route and just crown the regular season winner the champion. No need for playoffs.
ma2
“At this point the MLB might as well go the soccer route and just crown the regular season winner the champion. No need for playoffs.”
The first part would be awesome
But, then have a playoffs too. With all the teams
As if we need more playoff teams. Condense it to four teams per league, or if you go five teams the 4/5 game is a one game play-in on Monday. Start the playoffs on Wednesday with no byes. I prefer 4 teams start the playoffs on Tuesday. Also, eliminate the five game series. All seven game series.
The extra days off did the Dodgers in? I would ve thought not 1 of the 3 starting pitchers complete 3 innings hurt them. Imagine a team whose rotation was decimated by injuries had injury issues in the playoffs. What a surprise…
As for the Braves they suffered the same fate to same team as last season, yet now its the fault of the format?? Just like last year their pitching gave up ro many HRs, yet now it’s the fault of extra days off. Just doesn’t seem to jive with reality.
The SP was bad, no doubt about that. and the hitting was also atrocious Purpose is not to make excuses but there is something to be said about not playing a competitive game for 5 days while your opponents are playing. Simulated games are not the same. It wouldn’t surprise me if that is a contributor to a team not being as sharp. Again, no one can say either way for sure, and this could impact players/teams in different ways. Reality or not in who’s perspective?
Starting pitching sucked yeah but the Dodgers averaged 5.5 runs per game in the regular season and then only scoring 2 runs per game in postseason is just as bad imo. If we score 5 runs per game every game we win 2/3 games
Or go in the other direction. 4 teams as suggested above by mlbdodgerfsn15. Whatever! Just don’t have teams sitting around for a week.
Prior should be the one coach to go, IMO. Starting pitching was miserable from day 1, Friedman knew it was his biggest need and waited until last second to go after Eddy from the Tigers. Rosario and Braiser were the best additions this year. They stupidly kept Rosario off the PS roster and never fixed starting pitching issues the entire season. Lux will be the starting 2B in ‘24, so Mookie can go back to RF. They need to trade prospects for proven aces who don’t have a long track record of injuries. Urias is done. They should offer Bauer a contract but they won’t. As a life long Dodgers fan of 30+ years, the only “Organizational Failure” was who and what they promoted at Dodgers Stadium this past season. LaSorda will curse the team until ownership changes. God Bless!
You want to let Mark Prior go? Clearly not a Dodgers fan.
RE: ss
Bauer supporter
Seems like e negative reference to The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Muted
@filihok I guess you would rather support disgusting jokes of human beings that are the sisters than a man who was proven innocent…
All that typing to say pretty much nothing.
I feel like the Dodgers run parallels the 1991-2005 Braves as postseason stalwarts that always seem to come up short. Incidentally, both clubs would win championships in shortend seasons (the 2020 season was drastically shorter than 1995) and never in full seasons
and apparently they haven’t had enough yet
What media/LA fans believe LAD will have
SP:
Ohtani
Blake Snell
Walker Buehler
Yoshinobu Yamamoto or Clayton Kershaw
Bobby Miller
Likely Scenario
SP:
Walker Buehler
Bobby Miller
Dustin May
Clayton Kershaw or Stone/Grove
Ryan Pepiot
I doubt LAD will dip big into pockets unless it is a big name star – am sure they will try for Ohtani
I think it’s somewhere in between the two.
Schilling/Johnson, Koufax/Drysdale, Gibson/Carlton, Spahn and Sain. Pitching wins playoff and WS games. Hitting helps of course, but pitching wins it all. Dodgers lost on August 31st when they settled for Lance Lynn. Julio Urias aside, Dodgers should have seen this coming, but they were “blinded by the Betts/Freeman light”.
DM
“Schilling/Johnson, Koufax/Drysdale, Gibson/Carlton, Spahn and Sain”
So, only 4 teams have won championships?
Or does your logic suck
Let’s try something
Hitting wins championships. Ruth/Gehrig, Greenberg/Gehringer, Rose/Morgen, Howard/Utley, Jackson/Munson, etc…
so how many chances does davey get? 20 maybe? its nice to have had 2020 but not very satisfying. its like they’ve set the bar for mediocrity. love watching Bochy immediately take his Rangers deep and rooting for that squad like a lot of others. the team literally never does anything different but daves a great guy right?
And Roberts has gotten a far longer leash than Mattingly got to deliver essentially the same results. The Dodgers are obviously satisfied with Roberts as the figurehead to push the front office’s agenda. However the vaulted Dodger braintrust still hasn’t figured out how to play October on paper…
Mattingly never got his teams into the World Series, Roberts has gotten them there three times, winning one (and we all know why it’s not two).
There is no comparison, certainly not one that ends up with “essentially the same results.”
It’s not two because they lost two games at home. Let’s not use the beyond tired trash can excuse.
2024 Starting Rotation
Buehler
Cease (via trade)
Yamamoto
Miller
Pepiot/Stone/Sheehan
Kershaw (as the only lefty in the rotation)
I would prefer SP next year of;
Buehler
Snell (lefty replacement for Kershaw)
Miller
Yamamoto
Pepiot
Then make a deal with Cardinals for Arenado & Edman with our young pitching prospects.
Cease is not the pitcher he used to be. I could name probably 10 pitchers I would rather have who we could get for a lot cheaper.
An old and washed up Lance Lynn pitching in a must win postseason game pretty much sums of Friedman’s Dodgers career. I’ve never seen someone get so many passes for regular season success.
His have your cake and eat it too approach became tiresome years ago.
I can’t wait to see what former Rays prospects he drafted 15 years ago he brings in to fill voids on the roster.
DDC
“I’ve never seen someone get so many passes for regular season success.”
Yes
Getting passes for success. What a travesty.
Putting together teams that constantly win the division
The team with, I’m almost certain, the most wins over the last decade.
Any discussion is just going to come down to how much one believes the playoffs are much vs how much is skill. We likely disagree on that.
Not saying Robert has been ALL the issues but I really feel like they need a change of philosophy. No denying that is hasn’t work well with Roberts. They have had some amazing talent and teams over the last decade with only one title to show for it. Someone like Bochy and maybe they have 3-4.
Who knows for sure but like I said, I just don’t think it’s worked with Roberts.
Regular season success sure but I could manage that team, in that division and be successful.
As far as Kershaw, not going to go look it up but I think that his 2023 ERA was less than his career avr. Pretty impressive for a HOFer on the wrong side of 30 that is “washed up” because his career ERA is impressive on its own.
You know what you get with Kershaw. Very good, and sometimes great, starting pitching but will need a huge break from mid June to August. Sign me up. I’ll take it.
I’d pass on Otani but drive up the price if SF wants him badly enough. Great hitter and MAYBE a great pitcher going forward but too many dollars for the risk of not pitching as well or ever. Could he be a dominate closer? Would he want to? Not smart enough to know.
Cencal gets its nice post
I think Buehler and May end up being RP’s maybe dominant closers. Wait and see how their arms do after 2 surgeries. I personally wouldn’t sign Ohtani, not for mega millions!
Dodgers lineup was built for the regular season. Lacked depth. Get by Freeman and Betts, you’re in the clear. With both contained in the NLDS the offense suffered. Dodgers need another bat or two.
Although Roberts should have been dismissed before 2020, and kept his job because of 2020, 2023 was not his fault. Dodgers have had better teams in the last 8 years or so than the 2023 squad.
Not really, JDM had a monster season and Muncy and Smith are still dangerous hitters. Bottom of lineup is weaker but Heyward had a decent season against RHP Outman was fine. Yes, they were top heavy but who would have thought that Betts and Freeman would go 1/21?
We all knew that this team was not as good as other Dodger teams, and it all starts with SP. What was not accounted for was the lineup struggling so badly when they were essentially the second best hitting team in MLB. Playoffs doesn’t change that. But going cold in the three games of playoffs was terrible timing.
i_h
“Get by Freeman and Betts, you’re in the clear.”
Absolutely absurd
I loved watching the mighty 100-win Dodgers get bounced in the division series two years in a row by “inferior” NL West opponents.
Don’t forget the loss to the 88 win braves in 21!
And I hope Snell does not sign with the Dodgers since he absolutely dominates them whether pitching for the Padres or the Rays.
Muncy is not dangerous. JDM and Will Smith are good hitters. Lacked depth beyond that, as I said. “Not really”, you sure about that?
Why Muncy is not dangerous; facing good pitchers who won’t walk him makes him a near-useless hitter since he hits bombs and nothing else. Exposes his deficiency. Muncy needs to be the 7th or 8th best hitter in the lineup. He’s higher on the Dodgers.
i_h
“Muncy needs to be the 7th or 8th best hitter in the lineup. He’s higher on the Dodgers.”
Absolutely absurd
It’s interesting that you are so strong with YOUR opinions but chose not to support those opinions with facts. First, you praise Smith and dump on Muncy, and yet Muncy had a higher OPS, more Runs, Home Runs, RBIs than Smith. Career as a Dodger Muncy’s OPS is slightly higher than Smith’s. So how is Smith a good hitter and Muncy not dangerous? By the way the notion that he hits bombs and nothing else is wrong too. Muncy’s OBP as a Dodger is 0.356 or just about the same as Smith’s 0.357. Again, you have no clue what you’re talking about. You probably think batting average is the most important stat. Slam dunk that Muncy’s club option is picked up. Smith is the one that spent too much time at the 3 hole. His numbers have fallen each of the last three years, down to a career low in 2023. I thought that he would be a slam dunk long-term Dodger but as it stands now he needs a big bounce back year in 2024.
The Dodgers have won ONE non-asterisked World Series in the last 58 years. 1981 was a sham strike-shortened season where whichever team was in first at the break was automatically in the playoffs, and 2020 was, well, you know. So 1988 is it. If success is judged by legitimate World Series wins, the Dodgers have been an organizational failure for a very long time.
If you ignore all the World Series they’ve ever won, they’ve never won a World Series
What a sham organization