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Dodgers Gauging Trade Interest In Ryan Brasier

By Steve Adams | January 22, 2025 at 9:56am CDT

It’s been an eventful week in the Dodgers’  bullpen. Los Angeles agreed to sign top free-agent reliever Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72MM guarantee over the weekend and is working to finalize a deal with fellow late-inning weapon Kirby Yates. At the same time, they’ve learned of some forearm inflammation for top setup man Michael Kopech (which may or may not have influenced the decisions to more aggressively pursue Scott and Yates).

There could be more activity on the horizon. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that with the likely need to open a 40-man spot — they’re currently at 39 players, with Scott and Yates yet to be announced — the Dodgers have been shopping around some of their “surplus” of big league players who could be squeezed out by the recent additions. Among the names being discussed with other clubs, per the report, is righty reliever Ryan Brasier.

Brasier, 37, signed a two-year deal with the Dodgers last winter. He’s guaranteed a total of $9MM over the term of the contract and is owed $4.5MM in 2025. The veteran righty has enjoyed a resurgence in L.A. after hitting a rough patch in his final couple years with the Red Sox. Brasier pitched to a solid 3.54 earned run average in ’24, albeit in a sample of just 28 innings. A calf strain shelved Brasier for more than three months this past year, though he finished the season healthy. Still, between that performance and a big second-half showing in L.A. the prior season, Brasier boasts a 1.89 ERA, 24.9% strikeout rate and 5.9% walk rate in 66 2/3 frames as a Dodger.

Strong as that performance has been, Brasier could find himself the odd man out. The Dodgers are adding Scott and likely Yates to a late-inning group that already includes Kopech, Blake Treinen, Evan Phillips, Alex Vesia and 2024 breakout lefty Anthony Banda. Brasier was already used primarily in low-  and medium-leverage spots last year anyhow. Scott and Yates (again, if finalized) would add two premium high-leverage arms to the fold. The Dodgers could be without Kopech early in the season, but they’re still expecting to get more innings from him than they did last year, since he was a deadline pickup who didn’t join the club until late July. They’ll also hope for a healthier year for Treinen, who was limited to 46 2/3 innings in 2024.

Beyond the wealth of experienced names pushing Brasier to an ostensible low-leverage role, the Dodgers’ bullpen simply lacks flexibility as currently constructed. Vesia is the only Dodgers reliever who can be optioned, but he’s coming off a 1.76 ERA and 33.1% strikeout rate over 66 1/3 innings. He’s not going to be sent to Triple-A anytime soon. The Dodgers also seem likely to deploy a six-man rotation early on, leaving only seven spots in the bullpen. Simply adding Yates into the mix would seemingly necessitate a trade of a reliever, and it’s defensible if Brasier is viewed as the odd man out.

From the Dodgers’ perspective, moving Brasier would save more than $4.5MM anyhow. His contract contains $2MM per season worth of incentives based on appearances, and they’re of course in the top tier of luxury penalization. Brasier’s $4.5MM annual value on his contract comes with a 110% tax; he’s costing the Dodgers $9.45MM for the upcoming season. Dealing him won’t reduce their penalty level at all, but trimming nearly $10MM off the 2025 budget and opening up further roster space hold obvious appeal.

The looming additions of Scott and Yates to the roster aren’t the only moves on the Dodgers’ horizon. At some point, they’ll formally bring Clayton Kershaw back into the mix. The two parties could theoretically wait until camp opens so Kershaw’s deal can be accommodated by transferring a pitcher to the 60-day injured list, but there’d still be active roster considerations with that move. Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May are all in the rotation mix at present. Scott, Yates, Phillips, Kopech, Treinen, Vesia and Banda are in the ’pen.

That’s 13 pitchers even without Kershaw. Injuries could sort that out organically, with Kopech an obvious possibility to miss some time early in the year. Having such depth is never bad for a club, but the potential for additional names to be squeezed off the 40-man roster is readily apparent. Among the players on the 40-man roster but ticketed for Triple-A are pitchers Bobby Miller, Landon Knack, Michael Grove, Ben Casparius, Justin Wrobleski and Nick Frasso.

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  1. Fenway 1

    5 months ago

    Anywhere but Boston please

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    • deweybelongsinthehall

      5 months ago

      Lol. He had a good short run and got compensated. Make the Dodgers release him. No one offers anything in return. Helps Brazier who can then choose from whomever is interested and taxes the Dodgers even more

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      • Redwolves3

        5 months ago

        Teams should make LA Deferrals pay dearly for any player(s) they are trying to unload. Force them to make tough decisions while trying to clear space on 40-man roster. Don’t do them favors

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        • YourDreamGM

          5 months ago

          Greed will make sure someone trades for him.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          5 months ago

          Not sure why. Overall he’s not expensive but not worth his contract so let the Dodgers pay the freight.

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      • Fever Pitch Guy

        5 months ago

        dewey – I don’t feel right discussing this article without Olmtiant, where the heck is he?? Driving to Boston to have a chat with Breslow?

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        • olmtiant

          5 months ago

          Never fear Nation… I got this!!!

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        • Fever Pitch Guy

          5 months ago

          olm – ‘Bout damn time!

          And don’t forget to give your Pegasus pick ;O)

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          5 months ago

          Lol.

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      • Owen13

        5 months ago

        Some team will offer a trade for him to cut the waiver priority order ahead of the White Sox, Rockies, Marlins, etc. so not likely.

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    • Mookie's Wager

      5 months ago

      Brasier for Yoshida

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      • Fever Pitch Guy

        5 months ago

        Mookie – I actually like that idea …. what better place to rejuvenate Yoshida’s career? They could form the Japanese Fab Four!

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          5 months ago

          Make that deal only if it’s written in the deal that Henry pays the Yoshida contract to the extent he doesn’t reinvest that contract money in additional payroll in 25. The club has a bookful of off-season quotes but it would surprise how many of they were able to unload that salary and use the money on either the soccer or hockey club?

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      • rdodger32

        5 months ago

        Why would they trade for another player that has to be put on the 40 man roster, when they are trying to open spots!

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  2. Cave

    5 months ago

    So many pitchers, and this doesn’t even include the possibility of Kelly being re-added as well.

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    • Echopark

      5 months ago

      The only way that happens is on a minors deal. At a low MLB salary.- like 2 million. But where would they put him? (Easy answer: where he always is….on the IR). But they def do not need him.

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      • BlueSkies_LA

        5 months ago

        Agreed. Kelly may be a folk hero in LA, but he isn’t making this roster — or any other probably.

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        • DroppedThirdStrike

          5 months ago

          Cards

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    • maxcb12

      5 months ago

      or flaherty

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    • Dodger Dog

      5 months ago

      I don’t think anyone expects Kelly to return for exactly this same reason, he would cost the team roster flexibility and be relegated to low leverage situations.

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    • highflyballintorightfield

      5 months ago

      This offseason will test the strength of Kelly’s blackmail material on Friedman.

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    • NickTheDev

      5 months ago

      Kelly’s career is done.

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  3. Echopark

    5 months ago

    This is so easy – dump Grove. There’s your spot. Anyone who will take him. Unless the Dodgers are planning on needing a third spot?!

    The issue for the Dodgers will be that no one in the bullpen will have options left. That’s maybe why they are thinking Brasier, not Grove.?

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    • Dodger Dog

      5 months ago

      Yes I think it’s the lack of options that’s the issue at play.

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    • rdodger32

      5 months ago

      You do realize that Grove still has options!

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  4. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    5 months ago

    This is definitely the greatest roster since at least the ‘01 mariners or the late 90s Yankees

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    • unpaidobserver

      5 months ago

      Yes as long as the games are played on paper they cant possibly lose.

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  5. Acoss1331

    5 months ago

    The Dodgers trading away relief pitching? That’s so odd to me, usually it’s them stockpiling arms.

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    • Joemo

      5 months ago

      They need to make room, would you rather have Yates (or Scott) or Braiser?

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      • rdodger32

        5 months ago

        It’s for Scott AND Yates!

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    • YourDreamGM

      5 months ago

      Trading away the old making a few million guy. Keep their years of control option guys and will get a prospect they can use in later to add to super team.

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    • Jerry Hairston Jr's Toupee

      5 months ago

      The problem being that there too many guys that can’t be stockpiled in the minors. So many that they can’t even shuffle them around the injured list. At some point, they’ll have to move Dustin May too….

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  6. BeeCarbo

    5 months ago

    Bloom is salivating in St. Louis, hoping Brasier gets DFA’d.

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  7. itsmeheyhii

    5 months ago

    Trade him but defer the years he isnt on the LAD roster starting in 2027.

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  8. Jimbob 57

    5 months ago

    No team in their mind should deal with these devils , they are ruining are game !

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    • BleedingLABlue

      5 months ago

      How dare they play by the rules.

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      • shox1989

        5 months ago

        The rules until 2027 when baseball loses a season to the Guggenheim deferred money Dodgers. Keep thinking this stuff is great until there is no baseball and all the fans that don’t have a $300 billion ownership group backing them and the highest revenue TV deal in baseball by far don’t care. Go Dodgers!

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          I hope you run into a door and break your nose.

          See how that works?

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        • JoeBrady

          5 months ago

          shox1989
          The rules until 2027 when baseball loses a season to the Guggenheim deferred money
          ======================
          There is not a single team in BB that will vote for a lock-out because some team defer salary.

          And there are at least ten teams with deferred salaries, so imagine what the optics look like when they vote for a lock-out over paying their own players deferred salaries.

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        • highheat

          5 months ago

          It’s mostly the uninformed that are arguing against deferrals in general, and using that subset of discontented observers as the representative of that side of the debate is arguing in bad faith, at best.

          The problem isn’t deferrals in the game; the problem is using the deferrals structured in contracts to circumvent Luxury Tax penalties instituted under a collectively bargained process.

          Was what the Dodgers did within the rules? After an MLB investigation, they concluded that it was within rules (but even that conclusion only carries as much weight as you put to the League’s word; we all know that MLB would never do or condone anything shady to increase viewership)

          Will there be a lost season over it? I don’t know, because there are a lot of moving parts to the situation; what I do know is that if it’s a legitimate concern for teams, the “optics” won’t matter.

          Comparing other teams with deferrals to the Dodgers is a false equivalence; there isn’t another team using deferrals the way that the Dodgers are. Or can you point me to another MLB contract that has a comparable percentage deferred to Ohtani’s?

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          @highheat. Your argument that deferrals circumvent the CBT is uninformed. They do not, and believing they do requires a deep ignorance of very basic financial concepts. This, as far as I am concerned, is just a reason — not an excuse.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          5 months ago

          The problem is baseball even with the stupid wild cards is not a balanced playing field. Why should fans get behind teams that have very little chance of winning the WS? Too expensive cost and timewise to invest when there are so many alternatives. I just invested in an OLED but had I been healthier, I would have had to choose between it and going to games like I used to (my back prevents me from going).

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          Baseball has never been a balanced playing field. Play parity is a great idea whose time has never come.

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        • highheat

          5 months ago

          @BlueSkies

          Lmfao yes, an argument that deferrals circumvent the CBT would be incredibly uninformed, but do me a favor and re-read my comment; nowhere in there did I say that.

          I said, “(T)he problem is using the deferrals structured in contracts to circumvent Luxury Tax penalties instituted under a collectively bargained process.” The problem is the STRUCTURE of the deferrals that allows them to skirt to lower levels of penalties under the CBA.

          If you can’t understand that; the Dodgers argue that X amount of dollars today is worth some extra percentage in tomorrow’s dollars. That’s fine, anybody financially literate understands that.

          The problem is in saying that “tomorrow’s dollars are the terms of the deal, but today’s dollar amount is what we should penalized for”

          If you’re going to play the semantics game, at least have a strong understanding of words and sentence structure (and more than cursory knowledge of the circumstances surrounding that which you’re arguing certainly helps).

          Since you failed understanding my comment, maybe you’d feel a little bit of a win if you could bring up one contract with deferrals comparable to the structure of Ohtani’s? Come on man, I’m pointing you right in the direction of what would disprove my point.

          It should be easy, right?

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        • taran7

          5 months ago

          I watched the Dodgers suck under McCourt and others for a decade. Why? Because I’m a baseball fan just like all you jokers who say you’re going to stop watching it. And the dumbest thing is that you don’t realize that the Behemoths often don’t win it all. In fact as an LA fan, I’m going to prepare myself for the likely upset, and just enjoy a fun regular season.

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          @highheat. You simply restated your erroneous argument and claim that you didn’t say what you just said for a second time. Huh? What? Don’t blame anyone else for not understanding your argument. I don’t see where even you understand it, since it makes so little sense.

          The Dodgers have nothing to “argue.” These terms are all set out in black and white in the CBA, for them and everyone else to read, understand, and follow. So there’s also no “semantics” at work here, just plain, simple arithmetic.

          You’re right, it should be easy. So why is this so hard?

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        • Jerry Hairston Jr's Toupee

          5 months ago

          highheat doesn’t understand that the deferrals don’t lower the luxury tax payments. Deferrals just make it possible for the team to make money on a player’s salary by investing what they will pay later. For that, the player negotiates a higher salary because of the deferred money. That’s why Ohtani got such a large contract. He ain’t worth that much, but he’s letting the Dodgers make money off his held salary. It’s insane that Soto got that much without deferrals. Cohen is an idiot….

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        • highheat

          5 months ago

          Is English your first language? Why are you struggling to understand the difference between me talking about “deferrals” compared to the “structures of deferrals” as a problem. Not all deferrals are structured the same, smart guy.

          I quite literally highlighted the operative word in my follow-up comment to you, and you still set up the same straw-man that was just addressed lol; if your brain is too simple to understand more than simple concepts, it’s not my fault that you’re incapable of understanding.

          It’s like you lack enough understanding of the English language or lack enough cognitive ability to understand the nuances of an argument. And go ahead and read up on the structure of Ohtani’s contract, since you obviously don’t understand why I’m talking about playing semantics.

          Playing semantics is the only way you can spin Ohtani’s contract structure as a “good thing for the sport”

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          @highheat. Your “operative” word is quite literally inoperative. There is simply nothing unique about the “structure” of any one deferral, as they are all structured in precisely the same way, according to the rules laid out in the CBA. They cannot be structured in any other way. And since you can’t seem to come up with any details of how Ohtani’s deferral is “structured” in some unique way, I suspect you are already aware of this. For sure you should be now, at any rate.

          I also said not a single word about whether deferrals in general or any one deferral specifically is or is not “good for the sport.” So you just made that up entirely. This, along with your petty insults, just serve to illustrate the desperation of whatever point you think you are making. Just know that you aren’t making any.

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        • Jerry Hairston Jr's Toupee

          5 months ago

          Tomorrow’s cash just means stuff will cost more because inflation. By the time dudes get their hands on deferred cash, they’ll hafta pay more than they pay now. Personally think it’s a win for owners, players & fans. Other franchises are starting to fully get on board. It’ll be standard soon enough….

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        • Dodgers like ButHole Whisperers

          5 months ago

          It circumvents the cbt

          10 years 700 mill, cbt penalty should be 70 mill next 10 years whether you defer 1 dollar 1 quarter 1 cent or all of it.

          Yet we get
          10 years
          700 mill next
          Defer 680 mill
          CBT tax penalty is 46 mill based on projections of “future money being worth less than current day value” which isn’t always true as evident by 1920s stock market crash, Covid, 08 recession housing market crisis, etc.

          So it’s a cbt tax dodge 100% no matter how you slice it. It’s a made up number based on “estimations “ not actual known quantities.

          10 years from now we could be in the middle of a national divorce for all we know which will surely tank the dollar.

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          @toupee. It’s more than inflation, which is an inherently speculative concept. The CBA more clearly defines deferrals as a player loaning their salary back to the team, and I think this is a much easier concept to understand. Everybody knows if you borrow money you should expect to pay interest on the balance due. In the case of deferrals, the CBA even specifies the interest rate the team has to pay the player for the loan.

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 months ago

          @Bring San Diego. No, you are completely wrong, for reasons that have been explained probably hundreds of time already.

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        • DroppedThirdStrike

          5 months ago

          It’s like a fixed rate loan. In 10 years your bank knows, to the penny, how much you’ll be paying and what the balance is.

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        • Tigers3232

          5 months ago

          @highheat The deferals are funded annualy as the deferrals are happening. The principal need to accrue to pay out value is funded per the CBA. It uses a rate that is out of the Dodgers control.

          That present day value is what counts against the luxury tax. Since a 3rd party is paying the interest, the amount counted against luxury tax is the true value the Dodgers are paying.

          Why would the team be on the hook for the interest? Do teams have to claim the interest of any investments their players have made? Ultimately the team is investing the players $ and assuming all risk. The rules on how the deferral $ are invested make the risk slim to none. Deferrals and all that’s associated with are really a non issue.

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        • Tigers3232

          5 months ago

          @Bring Its not a made up #, it’s the principal needed to accrue to the payout value. The rate used is not determined by the Dodgers.

          When your employer pays into your 401k eho is reliable for the taxes on the interest down the road? It is the same concept, just doesn’t have the restrictions of a 401k as far as withdrawals. It has a fixed date.

          Ultimately Ohtani’s contract is $460M. That’s what he’s earning in present day value and that’s what the Dodgers will ultimately pay. The rest of the $ comes from interest from a 3rd party. There is no dodging of taxes going on for MLB purposes. It just inflates the true value of his contract. What you are failing to account for is deferred $ comes with an opportunity cost. If player with deferred $ was paid today he could invest himself, he can’t so it is invested for him at a fixed rate til day of deferral payment.

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        • Dodgerfan75

          5 months ago

          All teams are owned billionaires. The dodgers owners just want to win. Signed the right guys to big deals (ohtani) knowing the player and circumstance will pay for that contract twice. Don’t be salty, the dodgers have to pay like 380 million in luck tax to field this roster. That’s the tax. Where does that tax go? Kick rocks man. Go dodgers

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      • oldguyG

        5 months ago

        Rules are a joke so is Manfraud . Money is the root of all evil though.

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        • DroppedThirdStrike

          5 months ago

          Says who?

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        • JoeBrady

          5 months ago

          Money is the root of all evil though.
          =======================
          That’s not the right saying.

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      • MLB-1971

        5 months ago

        The name should be changed to:

        LA Deferrals

        ….and the hotdogs will be

        Deferral Dogs

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    • deweybelongsinthehall

      5 months ago

      Jimbob, I just wrote the same thing…

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    • Old York

      5 months ago

      @Jimbob 57

      The problem is that there are too many teams in the league. Far too many owners who have the team as a status symbol and investment instead of wanting to win. Dodgers know they can invest in the team and get a big return but most of the other teams are just happy to throw together a AAA team to play the season.

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      • Jimbob 57

        5 months ago

        When the current CBA is over there will be a lock out for sure, the owners will want a salary cap & players will ask for a floor, then we will know where the majority of owners stand for sure. In my book it has went too far, Players should be paid but it has went overboard ,I think min. Salary should be no less than 1 mil .

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        • Old York

          5 months ago

          @Jimbob 57

          It will be a mess and the only ones losing will be the fans of the league. MLB is getting quite expensive for families to attend.

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        • DigglinDickers

          5 months ago

          There is not going to be a lockout, lol.

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    • LouWhitakerHOF

      5 months ago

      I don’t understand why all these Yankees and Red Sox fans are so upset with what the Dodgers are doing. The Mets even tried it a couple of years ago, by signing all of the top free agents. Of course the Dodgers are deferring money but teams have done it in the past so it’s not anything new. I wish I had an owner like the Dodgers that wanted to win. My owner only signs players coming off a poor or injured season hoping they rebound only to trade them at the deadline. I don’t think owners that want to win are bad for the sport but the owners that don’t even try to win.

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      • JoeBrady

        5 months ago

        LouWhitakerHOF
        I don’t understand why all these Yankees and Red Sox fans are so upset with what the Dodgers are doing.
        =====================
        I don’t recall seeing any RS fans except me commenting. And I have no problem with it. I do have a couple muted, so just for fun, which RS objects to it?

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    • freddiemeetgibby

      5 months ago

      Jealousy doesn’t make them evil

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      • l9ydodger

        5 months ago

        @freediemeetgibby; “jealousy doesn’t make them evil
        =================================
        And, they don’t look good in green either!

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    • kingbum

      5 months ago

      @Jimbob The Dodgers aren’t ruining anything. Friedman is using a loophole other teams are free to use. I’m actually pretty shocked only the Dodgers are exploiting it to this extent. Why not push payments to when the CBT will be higher and inflation will make payrolls a half billion a year?….It’s the small market clubs that really should consider copying this model. This could keep Bobby Witt Jr in Kansas City for example, just defer his annual salary until you reach an agreeable yearly and he’d get retirement money.

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  9. jbryant0693

    5 months ago

    Doesn’t look like Brasier can make the all star team, needs to be traded.

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    • CarverAndrews

      5 months ago

      MLBTR could set up another column – “Shopping in the Dodgers Leftovers Aisle”. Special sale prices; daily specials and the special clearance section.

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  10. Salzilla

    5 months ago

    I’ll take Banda, please, thanks.

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      5 months ago

      Go for it. Banda has exceeded his sell-by date.

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  11. BloodySox

    5 months ago

    Trading him for cash… 700 mil

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  12. Steve E.

    5 months ago

    That Oklahoma City starting rotation is gonna be stout.

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  13. DrDick

    5 months ago

    At this point all teams should refuse to even talk to the Dodgers.

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      5 months ago

      You’re living in a fantasy world. Please send us a postcard.

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    • Clayton Russell

      5 months ago

      Yeah, great idea. I bet they’ll stop cashing the revenue-sharing checks coming from the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets too.

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    • freddiemeetgibby

      5 months ago

      From “loser chokers that can’t win” to “don’t even talk to them, they are ruining everything by winning” in 0.00001 seconds after the World Series ended

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  14. alaskablue

    5 months ago

    Your math is off. Because Sho is two-way, he doesn’t count as a pitcher. So they can still have an 8-man pen.

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    • ginto

      5 months ago

      Ohtani only counts as 2-way player when he is pitching. He is not expected to do so at least the first month of the season, possibly more. Dodgers would have to play with 7-man pen until he returns to pitching.

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      • alaskablue

        5 months ago

        Respectfully disagree. He’s listed as a two-way player now. The Dodgers can have 13 other pitchers and count Sho as a position player.

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        • Fever Pitch Guy

          5 months ago

          alaska – True! But if the Dodgers do elect to go with 13 pitchers in addition to Ohtani, that would leave them with just a 3-man bench (including the backup catcher).

          I don’t think the Dodgers are that dumb.

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        • highflyballintorightfield

          5 months ago

          Still a 4 man bench because Ohtani will be in the lineup. The 12 position players are the 8 other lineup guys plus 4 on the bench.

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        • highflyballintorightfield

          5 months ago

          As I understand it, the rules say that to be a two-way player you have to have pitched and hit certain amounts in the current or previous season. That was true for Ohtani in 2024 but won’t be true at the beginning of the 2025 season. Once he starts pitching he’ll probably have to be counted as a pitcher until he gets the required plate appearances. Happy to be wrong on that, though!

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        • Fernando P

          5 months ago

          @highfly – Once you have two way status, you retain it for TWO years. You didn’t think MLB was going to make Ohtani have to earn that designation again?

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  15. spirit of truth

    5 months ago

    I’d be so hurt getting traded from the Dodgers. Especially if I ended up on some bum team.

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    • cwsOverhaul

      5 months ago

      You must not be a competitive person if everything needs to be stacked in your favor. Lot of players want to be among the key handful of guys on their team and earn their way to postseason.

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      • McGurk

        5 months ago

        They want to be the man on a team because they want to earn more $$ . Not dissimilar to me wanting to take on harder projects at work, I want my bosses or prospective bosses to see what I can do so they will pay me more

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      • freddiemeetgibby

        5 months ago

        Said like someone who has never played a major league season

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    • DroppedThirdStrike

      5 months ago

      I guess they’ll just cry themselves to sleep with their rings.

      Reply
  16. billysbballz

    5 months ago

    No teams should trade with the Dodgers unless it’s a heist! Don’t help this team out anymore. Let them continue to add and don’t let them subtract. But I know it’s a pipe dream.

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  17. alaskablue

    5 months ago

    “That’s ok, Andrew, you salvaged my drowning career by changing my pitch mix and got me a championship ring. Where was I before you gave me a second chance? Thanks for saving my career.” -Ryan

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  18. whyhayzee

    5 months ago

    How about Dairy Queen?

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  19. TB Sox NY

    5 months ago

    I am excited because everybody will assume the Dodgers will win 130 games.Remember they will have down games.All great teams still lose.I would love to see Bregman take a short deal to play third for the Dodgers.Then move Muncy back to second.I mean why not?Trde some spare parts for Tarik Skubal.They can offer him the most down the road.Might as well get him now.Same with Skenes.

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      5 months ago

      Everybody, as in, nobody?

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    • YourDreamGM

      5 months ago

      I think most people will just assume they keep doing what they have been doing. Will win the west. Get bye. Will just be harder to beat in playoffs but won’t make or win every world series because they have to play series.

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      • l9ydodger

        5 months ago

        Your Dream GM; yep, the Dodgers will have their share of injuries again this year, maybe more. The majority of their pitchers have had their pitching arms injured and/or operated on.
        They’ll have position players out at various times with injuries. And they will have slumps during the season too just like all the teams do. Then the playoffs, any team can win a short series. Any team! So, the Dodgers don’t have another World Series locked up. Far from it. Friedman is just trying to give them the better chance to do it. Majority of the other owners I guess don’t see it that way. Don’t have that competitive fire in them for their team. Their money comes first, the team second. Oh well…..

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  20. VegasSDfan

    5 months ago

    Giants, White Sox, and Orioles are intetested

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  21. johncoltrane

    5 months ago

    How r they currently at 39 players??? Theyve signed every FA in the world not named soto

    Feels like theyre at 99 players

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      5 months ago

      “If it feels that way it must be true.”

      Another bumpersticker that would sell.

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  22. whyhayzee

    5 months ago

    They’re quite some teyeam there.

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  23. olmtiant

    5 months ago

    Unreal you can get the best reliever in mlb. (Now that Mo retired) my proposal to Dodger’s…. Anthony/ Campbell/ Mayer and we’ll pay half of Mookie’s salary.. In return we get Brasier/ 3 Dodger Dog HD Containers/ 2 cotton candy poles and 2 frosty malt coolers ( wooden spoons included ) Who says No???

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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      5 months ago

      Olm – What happened to the Twizzlers?

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      • olmtiant

        5 months ago

        Pushing for wooden spoons… I see their flying Frankie D in for a mount… He was in his 70’s when I saw him in 90’s BC Classic.. His horse drifted so much I was petting him, Won some serious coin with Silver Charm/ Awe inspiring that year.. Mrs B also.. Pat Day all Day…

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      • olmtiant

        5 months ago

        Check that… Awesome Again won breeders cup classic!! Mrs B just schooled me…good grief…

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  24. redmatt

    5 months ago

    Seems like most of this thread needs a diaper change.

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  25. BlueSkies_LA

    5 months ago

    Worth mentioning that one of either May or Gonsolin, possibly both, are likely to headed to the pen in a swingman role. So this alone makes Braiser expendable.

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    • Cap & Crunch

      5 months ago

      Gonna be a whole lot of swinging going down in that pen.
      Its going to be like a Florida retirement home

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  26. olmtiant

    5 months ago

    To Dodger’s fans.. 1 question…. How many WS championships do you have without RB on your team in last 5 years??( not counting 15 game) Covid year?? Your Demise is one DFA away….

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  27. JoeBrady

    5 months ago

    The Dodgers are cracking under the weight of Brasier’s contract.

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    • olmtiant

      5 months ago

      Release Ohtahni…Duh….

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  28. Niekro floater

    5 months ago

    Some smart GM is gonna sit tight w/Friedman n get 1st dibbs on the extra players the Dodgers are going to need to shed this spring. Gonna lose some pitching n all it will take is lower level minor leaguers to acquire, a lil value in return. It’s great problem to have … too many good Ps.

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    • YourDreamGM

      5 months ago

      Nope. The dumb ones are gonna trade prospects and gobble em all up. Then at trade deadline Dodgers will trade those prospects for your loser teams star.

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  29. norcalblue

    5 months ago

    Which of these teams would sign a FA pitcher for $4.5 m/ 1 yr who posted a 1.89 ERA, 24.9% K and 5.9% walk rate in 66.6 years innings last year: Yankees, Orioles, Red Sox, Rangers, Astros, Astros, Guardians, Royals? At best, one of these teams will get him if he’s released and it’s likely he’ll be gone IF he is DFAd.

    Unlike the ignorant and stupid who post here, I suspect FO execs from many, if not all, of these teams will be quite interested in making offers for Brasier involving young players in their system who are not considered top prospects.

    Sheesh, people the Dodgers are living rent free in your heads. Get over it.

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    • McGurk

      5 months ago

      The way these teams operate they would probably wait out his market in hopes that he drops his ask to 2M only to have the dodgers jump back in and sign him for 3M.

      Then the crying from the fans will ensue.

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    • Cap & Crunch

      5 months ago

      Be a nice get for the Angels, they need pen help bad and being a vet should help a very young pen out there

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  30. freddiemeetgibby

    5 months ago

    Cartoon time Mickey Grouse

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  31. MakeGABPGreatAgain

    5 months ago

    I have decided to defer caring about this rumor until 2034.

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  32. olmtiant

    5 months ago

    Norcalblue… As much as Brais is my pal the only way he comes back to Boston is as a Twizzlerrrr vendor… so my trade proposal is to much?? Fine no wooden spoons…

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  33. STC 2

    5 months ago

    Greedy pigs because they put their profits back into signing the bet players possible while other teams act broke and do nothing ??What a horrible team playing by the rules and wanting to win titles, man they sure are selfish, they should stop signing the best and let others have a shot. Maybe the major market teams like Chicago , but act like they are housed in a market like Little Rock, Arkansas can have a shot at spending.

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  34. STC 2

    5 months ago

    Funny how it works, if your team went on a spending spree, then it would be cool. Just like when the 2020 Dodger title was a fake COVID ring BUT if the hater’s team won, all cool, it counts. You just have to love ignorance.

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  35. Fernando P

    5 months ago

    Vesia & Miller to Yankees. Here’s another 1M in international bonus money for Sasaki.

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  36. unpaidobserver

    5 months ago

    Dodgers roster crunch is turning into Squid Game soon.

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  37. daddyw

    5 months ago

    Makes sense! Teams are in need of relief. Probably trade for cash considerations to open up a 40-man spot

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  38. dano62

    5 months ago

    Hopefully no teams hand the dodgers a lifeline here; Brasier could help a number of teams but make them release him or pay someone to take him.

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      5 months ago

      So you’re saying the other teams should collude against the Dodgers?

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    • DroppedThirdStrike

      5 months ago

      And miss out on a player that’ll help your team just so the Dodgers have to pay for him? I’m surprised some small market team hasn’t brought you into their FO already.

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  39. MLBTR needs to hire editors

    5 months ago

    Learn to write, Adams. “Strong as that performance has been” is NOT proper English. You can’t just leave “as” out at the start of the sentence because you feel like it. You’re a professional writer; “as” and grammar are not optional.

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