According to independent reporter Francys Romero, the Dodgers are among the teams currently “monitoring” the market for outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, though they are not considered the favorite to ultimately land him. The report comes nearly two months after the club first expressed interest in the slugger’s services at the beginning of the offseason.
Of course, plenty has changed for the Dodgers since that initial report. L.A. has been by far the busiest club of the offseason to this point as they’ve landed top free agents Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto while also swinging a trade for and extending right-hander Tyler Glasnow. While the club’s flashiest acquisitions don’t overlap significantly with Hernandez, the Dodgers did acquire outfielder Manuel Margot as part of the Glasnow trade. With Margot now in the fold, the club appears likely to platoon him and veteran Jason Heyward (who re-signed with the club last month) in Hernandez’s native right field which cast at least some uncertainty on the club’s interest in his services.
Given the massive changes to the club’s roster in recent weeks, the Dodgers’ continued interest in Hernandez is somewhat notable even as they aren’t currently considered to be the favorite to land him. With Ohtani locked in as the club’s everyday DH, Heyward and Margot likely to man right field, and James Outman poised to start his sophomore season in center, Hernandez would likely wind up as L.A.’s everyday left fielder if he ultimately signed with the club.
The Dodgers have no established everyday left fielder, though the job is seemingly poised to go to veteran Chris Taylor if an external addition at the position isn’t made. Taylor put together a respectable season in 2023 that saw him slash a league average .237/.326/.420 while splitting time between shortstop, second base, third base, left field, and center field. If Hernandez or another regular outfielder is added, that would allow the Dodgers to keep Taylor in his current role as a semi-regular who shores up the club’s depth all around the diamond.
While the Dodgers sported MLB’s third-best offense last season with a team-wise wRC+ of 116, the club’s production in left field was actually well below average as David Peralta combined with Taylor to start all but 29 games at the position last year. The club’s collective production from left field was just 96, placing them 20th in the majors and bottom-five in the NL for the 2023 season. Hernandez, as a career 117 wRC+ hitter who slashed a whopping .283/.333/.519 from 2020-22, could prove to be a quality middle of the order bat for LA even after a down season in 2023. With that being said, even Hernandez’s diminished 105 wRC+ this past season would represent a fairly notable improvement over Peralta, who slashed just .259/.294/.381 in 422 trips to the plate last year.
That mix of a relatively stable floor and tantalizing upside earned Hernandez the 12th spot on MLBTR’s annual Top 50 MLB free agents list, where we projected him for a four-year, $80MM contract. While that’s far from an insignificant sum, it’s a relative pittance to a club that’s committed over $1 billion total to Ohtani and Yamamoto alone, even as deferred money lowers the present-day financial impact of those deals. RosterResource currently projects the Dodgers for a $286MM payroll in 2024 but they figure have far more flexibility than that franchise-record figure would indicate thanks to the massive deferrals in Ohtani’s contract, which will pay him just $2MM in 2024.
Of course, the Dodgers are far from the only club known to be interested in Hernandez with both the club’s local rivals in Anaheim and the Red Sox among those pursuing the 31-year-old slugger. On the other hand, Hernandez is not the only corner bat available, though he figures to be a better fit for the Dodgers than Jorge Soler thanks to Ohtani’s presence at DH while offering more impact than the likes of Adam Duvall and Tommy Pham.
Hey Dodgers: CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE ONE FOR THE REST OF US???
Said twice for those who missed it the first time, “they are not considered the favorite to ultimately land him.”
Why not just have a heading ready to go: Dodgers _____ and just fill in “sign” or “interested in” and add the player? This is getting ridiculous and is not good for MLB despite how it may be spinned.
The Dodgers are like the little chubby kid in the candy store, buying up all he candy as you stand there with a single pack of Bazooka bubblegum
Who are the Dodgers not interested in?
Players unwilling to defer money.
The Dodgers signed the only guy that IS willing to defer money. Shohei is a far cry from players like Fernando Tatis Jr, who owed investment firms money for taking a loan out on future earnings when he signed his deal.
Did Yamamoto defer money, no. Glasnow, no. Argument invalid
Relax. I’m just having some fun. The Dodgers are having an an insane off-season. Enjoy it.
I’m just tired of hearing the same joke 500 times on here. Get better material
As a Yankees fan who STILL hears Rob Refsnider jokes, let me say, you need some thicker skin. The deferred money topic is only a week old. You’ll be hearing it for at least the rest of the off-season.
Not thicker skin, tolerance for lame jokes that have been said better by others a thousand times before, I guess
@Joe says
Joe, I’m sorry that your Yankees didn’t sign a guy the Dodgers did (and couldn’t even get a meeting with another guy the Dodgers signed, who then deferred a huge chunk of his salary so the Dodgers could continue to build out their team).
But according to your fellow Yankees fans across these boards, it doesn’t matter because your team never really needed those guys anyway, or who wants a guy who’s never been to the playoffs, or whatever. So your team will be fine!
Good luck in 2024!
There lies the potential of animosity on this team in ’24. All those huge contracts is going to cause an issue somewhere. Whether it’s playing time (or lack of), lack of hustle, etc.
U sound sadd and Salty…log off
Instead of trolling the internet, you should have asked for a “Hooked on Phonics” set. Learn to spell.
Hooked on phonics? Said someone with a user name I.M. Insane. Learn to use an apostrophe before you throw stones in your glass house. And also the 80s called, they want their joke back.
@I.M Insane
Which team? And if you mean LA–which is hilarious–then which player earning a “huge contract” will see his playing time impacted? Betts? Freeman? Ohtani? Yamamoto? (Because those are the ones who qualify.)
And who among those three Hall of Fame players (the first three mentioned, whose collective work ethic and commitment are all unquestioned) and Yamamoto (who’s a pitcher) won’t “hustle”…?
As fun as LA’s moves have been, the resulting wish-casting of doom in LA has been my favorite part of this offseason….
This is why baseball needs its 12 team random playoffs. It’s the best way to impede super teams like the dodgers from winning 5 championships in a row.
Sarcasm?
Because if not, when have the Dodgers ever won 5 championships in a row?
It is sarcasm. The Yankees win 5 in a row in the 50’s. But off the top of my head, the dodgers have had the NL best record like 8 out of the last 10 years. It’s pretty reasonable to guess they’ll do the same for the next ten years. A random playoff system is the best way to counter their payroll dominance.
So are you against random playoff rosters?
I’m for the randomness of the playoffs as functions to create parity. The NFL and NBA have salary caps, but the Patriots and Warriors had two of the most impressive dynasties ever. The MLB playoff system ensures that can’t happen. Hence, super teams can’t buy championships. They can buy 110+ regular season wins.
I’ve noticed there haven’t been modern day dynasties. Yankees had a couple in the past but these days, like you said, it really isn’t easy to do.
STOP! This team is a joke. dbacks made this team take out the biggest loan
While that’s a fun narrative, it’s mostly a meme at this point. This has been the plan for multiple offseasons. That’s why they let so many guys walk the last couple years and cobbled together an OF and DH of mostly 1 year guys last year.
I totally understand spending man but this is ridiculous. how can you not see this is ridiculous. Plan or no plan
Dbags can easily be doing the same. I don’t see it as The Dodgers breaking baseball. Everyone complaining about the Dodgers should be complaining about the other billionaire owners being cheap. So good on the Yankees and Mets for doing that as well. I need a shower now never thought I’d praise either New York team
I think as of right now some owners are looking at their own financial team structure that realizes if the fan base would turnout still if their team would do a Dodger scenario signing
Cheap? Yeah Go on raising the stupid amount the players get, and the price to watch will reach the unrealistic stage. Small market teams won’t survive. Might as well go watch a minor league game.
The dodgers are the Yankees and Mets on steroids combined! The Dodgers will either wind up being the biggest embarrassment in Baseball or the most hated team for buying an All Star team. Eitherway it’s only benefitting the Dodgers and the players they are massively overpaying.
Small minded you are. It should force the bum owners to spend. There is no such thing as a small market team when you’re talking about billionaires sorry just no. If you consider your team small market then the owner and management have done the team a terrible disservice. It’s 2023 the world is smaller than it has ever been. The owners should spend money. The Dodgers draft late and make good investments don’t hold that against them.
MLB is a different animal than most professional leagues, how many experts said it was going to be the D’Backs/Ranger WS in 2023?? And this coming season who are the experts going to pick I guarantee not one of them is saying it is going to be a repeat WS no one!!! It isn’t about the money they pay a player, for me it is the ticket prices to go to the games, can I really afford to take my family to a game. The NFL and NBA have already price me from going to a game anymore, baseball is about all their is left for most average income families.
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Misfit06209 hours ago
Dbags can easily be doing the same.
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The Dbacks cannot spend the same as the Dodgers, and it is not even remotely close.
Misfit06207 hours ago
There is no such thing as a small market team ……….The Dodgers draft late and make good investments don’t hold that against them.
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The Dodgers are well-run and I respect that.
But thinking that all these markets are the same is past delusional.
Sports team don’t care if you can afford the ticket as long as someone else is willing to buy the ticket at a higher rate. It’s no fun, but it’s how capitalism works. Minor league baseball and college baseball are still affordable, high quality products. Go to them for the live experience and watch your favorite mlb team on tv. It’s not that bad.
@BadCo
Stop carrying water for the corporate-welfare losers who OWN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAMS but have somehow convinced fans of those teams that they’re poor and can’t afford to spend any money to make the teams they own better.
Or, continue to be irrationally angry at ownership groups who spend the money their teams make to improve the on-field product. Because that makes a lot more sense…..
DBacks may not even get back to the postseason. They had a negative run differential. Their ability to run the basepaths is what got them far but that’s not likely to happen again. Shut down their running game and they don’t get far.
If the deals they made actually give them a positive run differential, then maybe.
One year of the d-backs being good, after a decade of being in the toilet has nothing to do with the Dodgers making moves like they have.
Even if the Dodgers went far in the playoffs, did you really think they were gonna stick with Kershaw and Lynn as their aces? And did you really think they wouldn’t go after Ohtani?
I thought the Yankees were bad in the early part of the 2000’s, but this is just ridiculous!
What do you mean?? We just traded for Juan Soto and tried to throw a bunch of money at Yamamoto. Someone else will take that money now. Yankees have perennially been in top five in payroll and ruining baseball for the last three decades! I don’t know how MLB has persisted this long and not collapsed.
Yamamoto money is going to go towards Soto extension
Better hope so ! If not that was a lofty price to pay for one season and a compensation pick
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dodgers instead ended up signing the Hernandez not named Teoscar.
Indeed, it would seem more likely to bring Henry back as the cheaper fallback option during most recent Dodger offseasons…
Henry?
Enrique I think he meant
Yep. Enrique is the Spanish form of Henry. I should have remembered that.
Angel right?
Yes sign angel so he can stop umpiring
Sign him up Friedman. That should take care of the outfield. Then maybe another starting pitcher or reliever/closer and possibly a third baseman.
Trade for Nolan Arenado???
I know the dodgers off-season has been absolutely Looney, but yeah I don’t think that’s happening, sorry mate. I doubt the Cardinals trade Nolan Arenado either, they just signed Sonny Gray and two #5 pitchers. I don’t believe they would do that if they weren’t going to try to Contend in 2024. I could absolutely see a Giolito in the Dodgers future on a one of two year deal. They seem to have the ability to fix starters not named Lynn or Thor.
Arenado
Matz
For
Muncy
Then the Cardinals sign Montgomery
Doubt it happens but that makes the Cardinals a better team imo.
Call me crazy but I am a believer in Matz. He can probably be a solid 3 or 4 IF (and kind of a big of) he can stay healthy.
@blueskies
Do you not see Kershaw coming back?
Why would cardinals want muncy..unless there is a guarantee of signing montgomery all this deal does is make st louis worse on defense and offense..so..worse in general..and they have plenty of offense and money..contrary to what this deal intimates st lous does not need LA to help them with regard to money..lol they have plenty go pedal your snake oil elsewhere
Muncy is a good player. It’s no guarantee he’s worse than Arenado none at all.
Montgomery and Muncy is better for the Cardinals than Arenado and Matz imo. The Cardinals have options at 3b. What they don’t have is a number 2 starter.
watched Muncy up close in 2023…total butcher at 3b.
Cardinals don’t need someone who can play defense. But a lefty middle of the order bat that is definitely a need
Noot
Donovan
Goldschmidt
Gorman
Contreras
Muncy
Walker
Edman
Winn
yeah, his defense really took a step back last season
ground breaking news….Muncy is, in fact, not good on defense at 3b
I will repeat the Cardinals have options at 3b Muncy would not have to play there all that much if at all. Gorman is a natural 3b. Donovan can play 3b. Saggese is coming soon he can play 3b. Muncy would be the DH. A lefty middle of the order bat is a need. And so is a number 2 starter which there would be money for if Arenado was dealt.
Muncy only ever graded as mildy above average at 2nd and that was a few years back.
But even supposing he magically turns his hot corner defense around.
Regarding Joel P suggesting Arenado and Matz for Muncy, it seems the punch line is missing.
@Joel P
As a LAD fan, I’d do that deal in a nano-second. I mean…YES.
But that would leave STL with a giant hole at 3B, because as any straight-shooting Dodgers fan will attest, Muncy can’t play 3B.
Given the insane wealth that DeWitt possesses, I’m not sure why the Cardinals wouldn’t just…sign Montgomery (and others), to take advantage of what remains of the Arenado/Goldschmidt window, no…? Especially in that easily won division?
@Joel P
So, Muncy is definitely worse than Arenado. Arenado could significantly regress as a 3B (as he began to last year), and STILL be significantly better defensively than Muncy, who has little to no business playing 3B regularly.
But STL is a RICH ballclub! It needs ZERO help financially to sign whomever it wants! So if fans would stop buying what DeWitt and Co. are selling–and DEMAND that their team actually be pro-active and flex its financial might–then you can just sign Montgomery AND keep all your better dudes.
I will say for the third time now MUNCY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PLAY 3B.
No more starters needed. If anything they are now overstocked in that department, especially looking towards midseason. The Cards made it clear last summer that Arenado wasn’t available.
Arenados name has been removed from all promotions. He wasn’t at the winter warm up. My guess is he isn’t happy at all and wants out.
Arenado is a front runner. He’s that girl who left her man for you and then shortly after he’s ready to do the same to you. I hope the Cardinals trade him.
All was well between the player and team as recently as midsummer, and he even waived his opt-out, which surely he would have exercised if he was so unhappy. Sometimes the tea leaves are just so much damp tea.
That opt out was over a year ago. Things have changed since then. I will say it again his name is nowhere to be found on any Cardinals 2024 promotions of any kind. Something is going on.
Interesting. More recently than the opt-out was the trade deadline, when the team firmly stated he was not going to be traded. Possibly he was aggressively exercising his no-trade clause and reducing his trade value to where the Cards didn’t see the value. Suppose we’ll find out pretty soon one way or another.
What teams state publicly about a player who may or may not be traded means almost nothing. Teams lie.
He doesn’t want to go anywhere except LA.
Arenado is a front runner. I hope the Cardinals trade him as long as the money is spent elsewhere.
It isn’t so much that teams lie, I would say they don’t turn over all of their cards (no pun intended). If he’s exercising his no-trade clause to where it applies to only one team then he is surely giving the Cardinals FO a migraine. Anyway, he’d definitely fit in on the LA roster.
Dodgers hoping to find another JD Martinez?
211 strikeouts last year. A declining OPS the past three seasons (with last year being his worst since his rookie season).
Francys Romero?
They should trade for Kepler to man LF
Please just sign Victor Wembanyama and Taylor Swift already and show up on Opening Day!
We are sick of reading about you.
Made you look.
Ohtani might have a clause to be highest net worth..taylors got him beat pretty easily perhaps taylor will get some swifties together and buy the dodgers
and yet here you are…
Struck out 211 times last season. He makes Adam Dunn look like Ichiro.
Adam Dunn was a pretty solid player most days, so this comparison seems all but forced.
Strikeouts aren’t great but Dunn still put up decent numbers with those strikeouts and Ichiro usually never hit for power. Bad bad comparison, no offense.
Dunn played position like a fencepost with a glove.
The comparison was perfectly fine. I think you took it a bit too literal. Happy Boxing Day!
The Onion did a satirical article a few years back about the Yankees signing every single major league player to a contract.
Friedman does many things well but he doesn’t use the farm system he built as much as he did in Tampa.
He’ll often trade depth pieces like DeLuca, Raley, Beeter, Vivas, etc and then over pay a vet on a 1 year deal to fill that bench spot. Or worse play Muncy and Chris Taylor everyday over a rookie with potential. Both should be bench/platoon players but Dave and Andy love their work ethic. It’s funny because at the same time that LA is re-signing Max and Chris, the team was failing to maximize on using Bellinger and keep Urias in shape.
For how much LA loves it’s culture guys like Barnes, Muncy, Taylor, they haven’t always been known for having the best effect on players. Bauer and Puig would probably choose different teams if they could replay those signings.
It looks good on paper but I think these deals will be hurting them in 5 years and he won’t look so good then.
@Stl fan
Man, there’s just so much fiction in these three paragraphs that I wonder if you meant to write this or if you just filled out a comments-section Mad Lib and posted it….
CommentsSectionCommenter
Everyone can tell you’re full of it by your response. Come back at me with a rebuttal or something intelligent. Now you just look like a fool
Under Friedman’s leadership since 2015, the Dodgers lead MLB with a . 614 winning percentage (634-399),
Under Roberts, Dodgers won 111 games in 2022, a mark only reached by four other teams in MLB history. It was the fourth time Roberts had a 100 win season, after doing it in 2017, 2019, and 2021.
Dodgers must just be lucky given all the mismanagement you mention.
@mojo
Or the dodgers have so much talent that an idiot could win 100 games.
I think Friedman and Roberts are some of the best at their jobs in baseball but they’re not perfect.
My criticisms are still valid despite them being good at their jobs
Muncy & Taylor should be a “bench/platoon players” Max hit 36 HRs and had 100 RBIs in 2023. Taylor played in 117 games, many as a pinch hitter or late inning sub. As for your cryptic mention of Bauer & Puig I have no idea what you are talking about. Bauer’s available now. You sign him.
They would be better suited in making a trade for the lf/rf position right handed bat, heyward could play all 3 positions and is only playable against rhp. Pages is waiting in the wings no need for a long-term signing
I would love to see Pages kick the door down this Spring, much like Outman did last year. Yes, he strikes out a lot, but he also walks a lot and makes violent contact with the ball.
Duvall makes much more sense because he can defend better, slide to CF, and protect left-handed CF, Outman. Duval also connected to Freeman, a quality guy for the clubhouse. It looks like the Angels, Red Sox, and Dodgers are in on these two players, though I think the Dodgers are better served climbing the ladder on their bullpen and thinking about long-term plans for SS and Catcher. Will Smith wants to get paid after 2025.
How do they come up with those names?
The government in the Dominican Republic might not be good for much, but they do have a very productive Ministry of Funny Names.
Is Minasian still interested in him? Just use what you already have. Give Adell proper training and start him in outfield.
You can’t buy grit, and the dodgers don’t have it.
Dodgers mind as well just unload the farm system for a Cease and call it an offseason.
When all else fails, just buy a championship.
cry
12 years $800,000,000
I can’t believe all the negativity around Oscar. His regression is natural and expected plus he took a hit playing in Seattle. He’s a great bounce back candidate for the right lineup and ballpark. Maybe this is a fluff article to get Boston to pony up a couple more mill ? That seems best fit to me
If Dodgers are interested, they’ll outbid the cheapo Red Sox. Red Sox will be out of the market for him if Dodgers heavily pursue.
Just sign Adam Duvall.
Sign Teoscar
Trade for Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames
Head to Spring Training ready to put up 110 regular season wins and take home the WS trophy at the end of the season.
Shane Bieber & Emanuel Clase might be a better use of the farm system offload than Burnes & Adames. I like SS upgrade with Adames but not sure the Brewers won’t wait until July to trade Burnes.
They’d be better off trading for Clase and Devin Williams. They don’t need more SP or light hitting middle infielders. Friedman usually has had lackluster bullpens in LA. He would never pay for top tier RP, in prospects or $.
They do need another starter. You can’t have too many and with Sheehan slated as #5 and Beuhler on limited innings another arm is needed. As for so called light hitting middle infielders if you are referring to Adames hr had 23 HR and 80 RBI last season. I agree SS is not a priority but why would you trade for TWO closers?
Maybe they sign Teoscar, maybe they don’t, but for everyone saying how the Dodgers are getting everybody and that it’s not fair just remember, the games still have to be played, and last I checked Arizona gave them a whooping in their own house in the playoffs.
Agree. World Series isn’t won on paper
Exactly, Winning the offseason means nothing once the games start
Please! This doesn’t make much sense at all. Now, I don’t think the Doyers are done, but you better believe any future signing will be a better fit than this. Simply because said player, will cost them double now.
The Dodgers are really just pathetic. It’s never enough. They are the literal definition of greed. Their insecurities about not winning 100 games every year and appeasing the phony fans of that awful city just smack of desperation. Hader, Snell, Bellinger will probably all end up there too because they feel like they “need” them so badly. They’ve ruined baseball for at least the next decade so thank goodness the Rangers gave us a parting gift by winning this year’s World Series.
Mickey, stop crying and let it happen! Your tears are pathetic, not the Dodgers!
Jeez, you sound like chicken little, the sky is falling. They are just filling holes in their team like all the other teams. Would the blue jays be “pathetic” if they signed the same two free agent players? Or the Giants? No. And they didn’t ruin baseball. Nothing to do with greed. If they signed 3 Short stops, that might be more a greed move, but even then it’s not. And your digs at the city and its citizens is what is pathetic. What utopian city do you live in? I’m sick of this type of fan. Makes me want to not talk baseball. Be happy for your team, not bitter at others teams. It’s not a good look.
It is just the city they live; MLB and the NBA have to have a strong presence of star quality players in LA. LA owners have to spend big dollars. There must be a look to both these leagues that LA is going to compete at the highest level every year.,. It keeps the sports media talking about these two leagues in their off season, the NFL does not have that issue, they are marketable throughout their offseason, MLB and NBA are not.
Mickey –
I’m sorry your team doesn’t have the same dedication to giving their fans a World Series championship.
If u upset go take a walk,I’m happy we’re spending money then sitting on it,if your team can’t do the same ,find New hobby
Exactly, I never get when someone is angry at a team for spending money on players. Don’t you want your team to do the same?
lol. What everyone is forgetting is that signing Ohtanhi was a brilliant financial move. They have to show MLB that they have the money by putting it in an account. They are going to make enough interest on his money that will end up making them as much if not more then they will
Pay him.
Probably a lot of teams are but not at 20 million per.
Now the Dodgers are just bidding up the prices of remaining players so their contracts don’t look so silly.
@whyhayzee
Which of the contracts of any Dodgers player is silly?
I’lll wait….
Done a little research on the Dodgers average price in 2023 for a ticket was $52.00.
Also found out that in 2024 the average ticket price will go up to about $85.00 a home game. How can a family of four go to a game at Dodger stadium without spending close to $ 500 for the game. I know for sure I could not afford that.
We are being penalized for not being rich.
Just guessing but I don’t think the Dodgers care if broke people like yourself are at the games. The stands are going to be packed with rich Asians, celebrities and Angelenos who will buy expensive jerseys and beer and make them rich.
Isn’t there a middle ground between rich and broke?
The Dodgers are creating an exclusive, high end product that will cash in at least 162 games a year because they are always in it during the regular season. They are also creating a fanbase that will echo throughout generations. These are very rich business people doing what they do, And here I read some guy who can’t afford to go to a baseball game critiquing their business model.
Same thing goes with any team in LA, it is a shame though that all LA teams are meant for the rich and famous. Feel sorry for the young kids that will never be able to attend one baseball game in person at Dodger stadium. That is why baseball is losing young fan interest they are being priced out of the game especially in LA.
Averages are averages, not minimums. Lots of seats go for much less on the resale market. By definition, around half do. You can also bring your own food, which I do not because I can’t afford the stadium eats but because they are mostly kind of awful.
New and improved Dodger Dogs await you this year BlueSkies!
Made with real meat?
Whoa whoa…Let’s not get ahead of ourselves..All I said was “new and improved.” Haha
Lots of seats go for much less on the resale market.
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It’s too early for this, but every time I hear that about the Yankees, I look up a nice Tuesday night game in July and find plenty of good deals.
3.8 million attendance to lead MLB in 2o23. Again. What’s your guess for 2024? Dodger attendance up or down?
Up. 3.8 is 46k per game, capacity is 56k. Can’t imagine there’s not going to be an Ohtani bump. I live in Reno and I’m contemplating a road trip to catch a game. Been far too long since I saw my team at Dodger Stadium, and I’d really like to see Ohtani play sometime.
The maximum seating capacity for games is around 52k. For games two sections of seating in the pavilions are covered as part of the batter’s eye. I don’t know if this accounts for all the difference between a sellout for a Dodger game and the stadium’s total number of seats, but this is at least part of it. That said, I certainly expect to see more sellout crowds this year and especially more tourists from Japan.
Someone CRITIQUED their business model?!?!? The freakin audacity of some people!! The little folk MUST learn their place once and for all! They need to merely be in AWE of such luxury and magnificence! Stupid poor people! Ignorant saps!
Trumbo – Relax buddy my comments were towards Desert Dawg. But while we’re here… hardly worth considering the multitude of critiques from a bunch of overly dramatic commenters voicing shallow opinions that are totally skewed by their personal biases.
BRB!! Have to drop a Teoscar!!
who aren’t the Dodgers interested in now? everyone after everybody
Toescar looks like a better option for the Cubs. 5/120.
I had interest in him too for my team, but, things didn’t come to fruition…
Dodgers 4/60
Nick Deeds uses “whopping” far too often.
Just what the Dodgers don’t need. Another strikeout machine.
Interesting stat: Of the 5 top lifetime hitters with the highest strikeouts per AB 4 are in the Hall of Fame.
Players are using other teams to drive up the price and only the Dodgers can ultimately afford them. Baseball is broken. Zip it with the “your team could spend too!” That’s the most pathetic Dodger bandwagon excuse on the planet. Enjoy your upcoming tainted decade of dominance.