Teoscar Hernandez‘s name surfaced in trade rumors earlier this winter, and now that Kyle Tucker is joining the Los Angeles outfield, it created some natural speculation that the Dodgers could clear room by moving Hernandez elsewhere. Even with Tucker in the fold, however, it is more likely than not that Hernandez will still be a Dodger on Opening Day, according to both The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez.
The Dodgers’ plan is likely to move Hernandez over to left field, with Tucker taking his customary right field position. Andy Pages and Tommy Edman would be the primary center field options with Alex Call in a reserve outfield role, and Edman is also perhaps the top option within an unsettled second base mix that also includes Miguel Rojas, Hyeseong Kim, Alex Freeland, and new acquisition Andy Ibanez. A reunion with Enrique Hernandez at some point this offseason also can’t be ruled out.
Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts and GM Brandon Gomes both downplayed the idea of a Hernandez trade back in December, and even Rosenthal’s initial report about the trade talks indicated that it was “unlikely” the Dodgers would move on just a year after signing Hernandez to a three-year, $66MM free agent contract. The remaining money on that deal is broken down as $12MM in 2026, $14.5MM in 2027, and a $6.5MM buyout of a $15MM club option for the 2028 season.
Half of that $66MM guaranteed has already covered in the form of a $23MM signing bonus and a $10MM salary for 2025, plus $23.5MM of the total $66MM is deferred until 2031. A team trading for Hernandez would therefore be taking on only $33MM over a two-year period, with the remaining deferrals reducing that overall price tag.
This modest remaining cost likely led a few outfield-needy teams to at least float the idea of a Hernandez deal with Los Angeles, and the Royals were cited as one of the interested clubs. While money isn’t exactly an object for the free-spending Dodgers, moving Hernandez would’ve provided the team with some luxury tax relief, and opened up some more room in the outfield for other players. Call or Edman could get more playing time on the grass, which then removes Edman from the second base battle. Several of the Dodgers’ top prospects are outfielders, so the likes of Josue De Paula could’ve had more room for a Major League debut in 2026.
In keeping Hernandez, the Dodgers avoid any potential pitfalls with depth or untested players as L.A. tries to win its third consecutive World Series title. There’s also the possibility that Hernandez’s trade market was a little thin in the wake of a so-so year for the veteran. Hernandez still hit 25 homers, but his .247/.284/.454 slash line over 546 plate appearances translated to only a 102 wRC+, and his walk rate plunged to a career-low 4.8%.
Hernandez also had only a 107 wRC+ in 2023, though he bounced back from that season to hit more like his old self in his first year with the Dodgers in 2024. Another rebound performance shouldn’t be ruled out as Hernandez enters his age-33 season, but his subpar defense means that his value is limited if he isn’t hitting.
While trading a proven big leaguer like Hernandez might not be in the cards for the Dodgers, the champs have enough depth all over the diamond that they could turn to any number of less-established players as trade chips. Rosenthal suggests that right-hander Bobby Miller or minor league outfielder Ryan Ward could be players Los Angeles is more open to trading.
Just a few years removed from being one of the game’s top pitching prospects, Miller performed well in his 2023 rookie season but has struggled to an 8.85 ERA over 61 MLB innings since Opening Day 2024. He appeared in only two Major League games in 2025 while continuing to battle control problems at the Triple-A level. Ward is an eighth-round pick from the 2019 draft who crushed Triple-A pitching in 2025, and while he likely would’ve already gotten a chance in the Show in a less star-studded organization, Ward is entering his age-28 season and probably isn’t in the Dodgers’ long-term plans.
Rich team problems. Still not getting why Tucker has a higher aav than 6 tools Ohtani.
Because they want to raise the floor of the team. And while they have the Betts/Ohtani window open, it’s win now mode.
Friedman said they wanted the bye this postseason. This helps. It’s the cost of doing business.
And they are also raising the value of the team as a whole. So the money invested in the players is multiplied by the gains in revenue and team value.
Also, if there are major changes to the CBA, these contracts are grandfathered in.
hmmm…Shouldn’t they want the extra home games and gate revenue? lol
My hope is that we have a long, extended lockout!! I am sick of the Dodgers buying their way into playoffs every year. The floor must be raised in spending by teams, but their needs to be a hard cap. Don’t like it players? Don’t PLAY BABIES!! Sick of some teams having NO chance to compete for a championship. The Dodgers are spending TWICE what the Braves are spending this year. The Braves are in the top 5 in league spending. The Dodgers tax penalty for last year was higher than 12 MLB teams total payroll in 2025. Ridiculous!! About ready to give up on MLB and go total NFL. At least, there is competition to win among ALL TEAMS.
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“Don’t like it players? Don’t PLAY BABIES!!”
What?
Infants can’t throw a ball sixty feet and their strike zone would be tiny. It would be walks until the end of time. Don’t play babies! I think it’s in the extended cut of Minor League 3: Back to the Minors.
Now, and I assume there’s no rules against it, a particularly sporting golden retriever on the other hand could elevate the game.
What, indeed? The complaints seemingly get stranger and more disconnected from reality every day. The 30 owners can share as much of the revenue from the game between them as they wish. The revenue system they have is the revenue system they want. Everybody profits. The biggest and most dangerous delusion held by some fans is that a lockout would be about increasing competition, when it is entirely about increasing profits for ownership. And that’s something every fan should want, right?
Dodgers revenue was more than double the Braves revenue last year so there’s that. What are the Dodgers supposed to do with all the money they bring in other than spend it.
And people will argue for revenue sharing saying it’s fair but all that revenue comes from Dodgers fans, so you can’t tell me it’s fair to take that money and give it to other teams.
I’m sick of whiny people that don’t understand the business of baseball
The teams already share a lot of the game’s revenue, including nearly half of the media revenue, a lot of ticket sales, and merchandising. This is even before we get to the CBT.
The way I see it, where fans get confused is in not fully understanding that the owners, players, and fans have different priorities. The owners are into the game to make a profit, the players to make a living, and the fans to root for their team. These priorities overlap enough to support the industry, but they are different enough to cause conflicts.
So, when the owners push for a salary cap, we as fans should understand that it isn’t to promote our priorities as fans, but their priorities as owners. The players and owners resolve their conflicts through the labor negotiation process. We as fans can only resolve ours by deciding whether or not to watch the game. On the other matters, we get no vote.
BSLA
We should also remember that player salaries are public and the team’s books are private.
As a skeptic, I think the reason for that is obvious – so fans can complain about overpaid players while being ignorant of how much the teams are making.
Juan: true, and a point I have made before myself.
It’s really not that deep. These aren’t publicly traded companies, they’re privately owned businesses and like every other POB they’re under no obligation to show their books.
That’s the thing that drives me insane. On one hand, you have fans that complain that the cheap owner of the franchise that they root for, doesn’t spend money. But on the other hand, say they want a salary cap that does nothing but benefit that cheap owner that doesn’t spend the money that the other hand complains about.
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No one is disputing that.
Do POB’s have an obligation to show their employees’ salaries?
Why do MLB teams choose to do one and not the other?
Bye, Bye WAH 😭
Jets? Raiders? Browns? Cardinals?
😭😭😭 wahhhhhhhhh
Lol. It’s hilarious. I’m torn between stop obsessing/including it or…..actually going to see the Dodgers when they are playing locally where I live. Besides, I’ve always liked Tommy Lasorda.
Sure- head over to the completely scripted sport. If there is a product that is unwatchable it is the new aged don’t touch me football.
Teams need to spend.
How about this… there can be a salary cap if we have open books on all the teams profits. Stop guarding billionaires pocketbooks. I miss the old owners like the original Steinbrenner… losing isn’t an option.
F anyone who thinks their team shouldn’t need to spend more.
And $ doesn’t but you the chip- it certainly gets you a ticket into the playoffs but a championship isn’t guaranteed.
Could you imagine not being pro player so openly? Do you have owner posters on your wall or collect owner cards? Watch games hoping for a glimpse of the owner in their box?
Cry!
the vast majority of the teams rely on public subsidies for their ballparks, so perhaps these welfare owners should have to opens their books for that reason alone.
I think you are right. You should give up on MLB and go to the NFL. 17 games is much less stressful for you.
That’s a lot of people.
How about some accountability from Dodgers fans. Just a simple, “we’re benefiting from a flawed system, we did it the legal way, and we took advantage of deferrals and having the biggest market in major league baseball. Nonetheless, I as a dodger fan can admit there still needs to be a change.” How about that instead of EvErYbOdY cAn Do iT as a breath of fresh air from that horrible fanbase?
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@derail
The one that gets me is the people that complain about “cheap owners” not spending will turn around and b*tch about the Dodgers for spending. And they’ll argue {“We need a cap and a floor!”} like bro who made you God of baseball where you get to decide what the appropriate payroll is and isn’t.
Please cry more
Because 68M of Ohtani contract was deferred to bring down the cap hit. If all 70M counted, it would be a different story.
What are you talking about with “cap hit”?
My goodness.. there is no salary cap in baseball. And Shohei’s deal for collective bargaining purposes is figured at the net present value of the deal, when he signed it.
Luxury tax hit. Wishful thinking that there was an actual limit.
You know what I meant, but like most large market fans, you decide to be a jerk.
Luxury tax is based on average value of contract .
Net present value of deferred money is what the luxury tax is based on
The length of the commitment has a lot to do with it, and for all the words wasted on Ohtani’s headline number, his contract is one of baseball’s greatest bargains — and not only for what he can do on the field.
“Still not getting why Tucker has a higher aav than 6 tools Ohtani.”
Because they are paying for prime years and not decline years.
Because they are taking on less risk on a shorter contract
Simple supply and demand. Ohtani is not available to sign.
Citizen
Inflation, prices have gone up for everything
Ohtanis contract is worth his value in merchandise in us and Japan, he can also pitch, field, dh, pinch run, sb. Tucker can field and hit, maybe some sb. He still lacks the marketing and certainly can not pitch games. Pay more for less playing and fielding . Great.
Because they get his prime with no long term risk
This fool
This one belongs to the Reds
Still doesn’t understand that Ohtani wasn’t getting $70 million a year. He was getting $46 million a year. That’s why the Dodgers are taxed on $46 million a year.
Joemoe is VERY wrong. They have it exactly backwards
“Tucker doesn’t have a higher AAV.
Tucker has a higher NPV (net present value)
Two very different things.
Ohtani is getting paid 70MM for his services for each year with the Dodgers. Tucker is getting 60MM.”
“Ohtani is getting paid 70MM for his services for each year ”
Each year is, of course., annual value
The AAV (for CBT purposes) of Ohtani’s deal is about $46 million a year
*citation: mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/the-largest-mlb-contrac…
The AAV (for CBT purposes) of Tucker’s deal is about $57 million a year
*citation: mlbtraderumors.com/2026/01/dodgers-to-sign-kyle-tu…
Tucker’s deal has the higher AAV
Net present value is the net present value of the TOTAL contract.
Ohtani’s contract is much larger, thus the NPV is much higher.
I don’t have the patience to teach an entire Econ 101 lesson. Here’s a article I googled.
investopedia.com/terms/n/npv.asp
In short, NPV is the amount you would have to invest today to make the same amount as all the future payments.
Ohtani has a lot more payments coming to him than Tucker does. So, of course his NPV is higher.
The NPV of Ohtani’s contract is about $400 million
The NPV of Tucker’s contract is about $200 million
Thank god, please keep Hernandez!
And we are begging you to keep Stanton.
Tucker doesn’t have a higher AAV.
Tucker has a higher NPV (net present value)
Two very different things.
Ohtani is getting paid 70MM for his services for each year with the Dodgers. Tucker is getting 60MM.
Betts for Skenes? No. Just joking.
Usually the top free agent in a class will try and get the top AAV as well.
Simple Dodgers have two young 20 year old stud prospects who are not yet ready. In 2 years Tucker walks, bring em up. He doesn’t walk get them ready to take his spot 2 years later when they are 24. But at the very least you get two years of Tucker in his prime.
I don’t know why this wasn’t always obvious when it was always so obvious.
I think some people undervalue the concept of roster depth. “Oh look our starting lineup is set let’s trade everyone on the bench/AAA for a bullpen piece!”
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Team: signs a player to a AAA contract
Unknowledgeable fan: Dumpster diving!
Even with a Teoscar trade, there is no way De Paula is making his major league debut in 2026. He’s only 20 years old and has played in a total of 4 games at the AA level. He needs another full season in the minors, if not two.
He definitely doesn’t need 2. Most players who end up as great players hit the majors by the time they’re 21.
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“definitely”
“Most”
Do you see one of the problems with what you’re saying?
With all of these later moves, it almost seems like the League and teams conspire to do this to keep fans interested in January.
So he’ll be traded next week. 🤣
I can still see a trade with Boston depending on what it would take in return. While I’d like Suarez as their 26 DH (not at third other than as a backup), Hernandez would also be fine as the primary DH and occasional or emergency outfielder.
Adding Tucker to this lineup will have Toescar seeing a lot more pitches that he can hit. I am guessing he gets to 25HR’s and if he stays healthy possibly 80-90 RBI.
If he gets 500 ABs, I can see better in that lineup. Back in I think 1977, both the Dodgers and Red Sox each I recall had four players with 30 and 100. The Yankees though won the WS lol.
It will be interesting to see how Teo does in 2026. He was hitting .315 with a .933 OPS in 2025, before a groin injury, and his performance was subpar overall thereafter . He only missed a couple weeks with the injury, which seems way too little with a groin injury and I think he was hurting the rest of the season. It would help explain why he looked like 2 different players pre and post IL trip.
Yeah, he has to stay healthy, but I think with the addition of Tucker, he will get additional games as the primary DH when Ohtani is pitching. As a White Sox fan I am a bit jealous of the Dodgers owners, but with the Sox being the 2nd Chicago team in Baseball, I doubt we see them contending until Jerry Reinsdorf sells the team.
Nope. Shohei is still the DH, even when he pitches. He played in 158 games last year, and 159 the year before, and he was the DH for every single start.
How about Ohtani grab a glove and go stand in LF once in awhile?
Embarrassment of riches. Hope these players realize with all that money comes an arrogance that everyone is expendable (minus ohtani) that will hurt even players like Hernandez.
He can wipe away his tears with dollar bills. He just has to be careful not to cut himself with his world series rings.
Jr,
Unlike some teams, the Dodgers communicate with their players. Everyone knows where they stand.
Where did you buy your rose colored glasses? I could sure use a pair. Ignorance is bliss.
Jr,
I just listen to what players say in interviews. Present and past players. Players there for months and players there for years.
Edwin Diaz liked what his brother said about the organization. He was there just for a short period before he was released. He told his brother “They treat every player exactly the same.”
Other players have mentioned they communicate there expectations to the players, what they are trying to accomplish with each player, etc.
In other words, adult communication.
You just need to watch interviews.
How they’ve destroyed pitchers over the years would lead me to think that might not be the case. They’ve injured the most pitchers in baseball since 2020 due to changes requested of pitchers by their sabermetrician division. Tony gonsolin cant be too pleased right now in particular.
So we’ve moved on to pitcher injuries.
The Dodgers have prioritized quality pitching over innings pitched for some time. They would rather have a high end pitcher who has an injury history vs a good pitcher who gives them bulk innings.
This approach is organizational, so it stands to reason they are willing to draft guys with violent deliveries, or other possible issues if their stuff is elite.
This is one of the main reasons they have had so many pitching injuries in recent years.
If they can get a pitcher with disability and elite stuff? They get them.
I haven’t moved on to anything? To act like this isn’t part of the conversation is asinine. A player who’s career is cut short, is likely a player that’s none too pleased.
Every team has to deal with multiple pitcher injuries every year. Do you have any data showing that the Dodgers have destroyed the most pitchers? And of course, blame it all on the “sabermetrician division.”
That’s a shocking revelation that the two time World Series champions would like to trade a pitcher with an ERA over 8 and a 27 year old career minor league outfielder.
Point taken, but on Miller, he showed really well in his rookie season. Some team might want to take a chance that he can figure it out again. And most teams probably would have promoted Ward by now. Neither of them nets a haul, but maybe a midlevel prospect or two. The other player they need to move sooner or later is Knack.
Ward was available last year in the Rule V draft. Obviously no one drafted him.
Sure, not for a full season active roster slot at that time. This is the catch on Rule 5. In a trade with options remaining he gets them something back. Not a lot. Something.
C: Smith
IF: Freeman, Edman, Muncy, Betts
OF: Teoscar, Pages, Tucker
SO: Ohtani
BN: Rushing, Rojas, Ibanez, Call
Call or Ibanez could go when/if Kiké comes back
Looks like it’ll be tough for Freeland to force his way onto the team.
Alex Call still has options so he can be stashed in AAA when not needed.
Edman won’t be ready to start the season.
I think Kim makes the team as a pinch runner, defensive replacement, and overall cheerleader
Instead of who?
What about Kim? Trade him out? I agree that Ibanez is a place holder for Kike unless he starts out on fire. With Ohtani not counting against the pitcher max of 13, they could keep a fifth bench bat if they choose. I think they will want a lefty bat that is not the other catcher on the team.
Kim gets some reps at second base while Edman is recovering from ankle surgery. He hit extremely well and surprised everyone until the league caught up. If he’s made the right adjustments, he’ll get regular playing time at second.
Remember that Kim was well known for his eye in Korea. I think he got excited and hit challenge cookies well early on and this year his walks come up to where they should be.
“With Ohtani not counting against the pitcher max of 13, they could keep a fifth bench bat if they choose. ”
They need 6 starters because of Ohtani. And Yamamoto. And, everyone else, really.
So, they need the extra pitcher spot
They currently have 6 – Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow, Sheehan, Sasaki. The question is whether one or two of those guys gets traded as well as whether one gets used as a swingman.
Juan, I like it. Just playing devil’s advocate here, but Pages might not be a guarantee to stick. His 2nd half was meh.
I’m not sold on Pages either but I’m not paid to make decisions based on my opinions.
I felt as if he went brain dead on the base paths multiple times last year in in opportune moments. Defensively, he was not a great route runner, and no one can forget his lack of effort going after Yamamoto‘s no hit bid homer. He carries himself a lot like Joc Pederson and has that “best player on the field at all times “mentality. He plays with a swagger that he hasn’t really earned yet. Flip a coin and his arm saved a lot of runs in crucial situations last season and he was scorching hot at the plate for almost a month last year so I’m torn with this guy being a future Dodger. Again, I don’t get paid to adjust the Dodgers roster so I’ve lived to accept the front offices moves as they’ve made more good moves than bad. We shall see.
Getting Teoscar out of RF was probably an offseason goal for a team that values run prevention. Indulging Betts’s desire to play infield last season meant the team risked (and experienced) significantly weakening the defense. Some of the geekstats don’t agree with this, but he looked at least average in LF in 2024.
Yes, it was obvious that the Dodgers wanted to move Teo out of RF and that they’d make it happen somehow. Teo will never be a graceful outfielder, but can get the job done, and his skills play better in LF.
But I can’t agree with Betts having some sort of desire to play SS. He simply answered the bell when it rung. He put a lot of effort into it, and succeeded, because he’s that kind of athlete and that kind of person.
Tucker will likely take right field, Pages in center, with Hernandez in left.
Betts moving was the team trying to reduce his load, as he was supposed to play second base. Lux getting the yips moved Betts to shortstop. And since he put in the work and is extremely competent at the position, they left him there.
Easier to find a second baseman than a gold glove nominated shortstop who hits like Mookie Betts
@another
Which is why I’ve always thought that Hernandez would end up in Boston along with a couple of young arms for Duran and whatever else the mix ends up being. You don’t have to be a defensive whiz in left field at Fenway, which Hernandez definitely fits that description. The outfield would be Tucker, Duran and Pages if they are committed to Pages long-term.
Hey Andy,
I don’t really see Duran as an upgrade over Teo. He’s fast, and it helps him recover from bad routes in the outfield. But Teo provides more power and has been clutch in the postseason.
I think healthy Teo is a threat at the plate, and it overshadows his defensive limitations.
Regarding Pages, he’s talented, but tends to make mental mistakes when he isn’t focused. This is the year they will see if he can lock in over a full season. Teo has played a large part in Pages development, acting as a mentor and teacher. If he can help Andy reach his potential as a truly consistent pro, they can afford to work around his defense. Pages at full tilt could be a monster that doesn’t cost anything on a team full of large contracts.
I do think you’ll see them forcing Teo to take days off during the season. Signing he was very resistant to previously as he likes to post consistently. It worked to his and the teams detriment last season when he was injured and wouldn’t rest.
@another
That’s fair. Is it a net positive with Duran instead of Teo, and I say it ultimately is, and you say it isn’t and guess what?
The world keeps turning.
Now I’m hearing Peralta….whats that gonna cost?
Andy, I’m not sure what the asking price will be for Peralta. And if the Dodgers will want to meet it.
Just checking around it looks kind there are at least five teams in the bidding. I wouldn’t be mad if the Yankees get him, as it won’t affect the Dodgers unless they meet in the world series.
Looks like they need utility player help, outfield corner power, and DH.
Even saying what I said regarding Teo, he would be a great fit, along with a controllable arm. If the dodgers are willing to pay down his salary, that is.
Most likely they ask for Pages, Kim, and a pitcher. It would allow them to compete now and fills their needs. I don’t see that trade happening for one year of Peralta.
Sure they can resign him. But they can also sign him as a free agent next off-season if they want him back. Or make a deal during the season.
I’m not sure what the Dodgers have in the farm system they’d want to trade or keep for what is essentially a surplus starter, excellent as he is.
But it’s the Dodgers. And while I’m good at checkers and decent at chess, they have master 4D chess, where I have only watched Star Trek.
It wasnt about indulging Betts. The Dodgers had a need to improve their IF offense and Betts had a need to take the physical strain of RF off his body (Betts’ body type takes a harder beating in the OF than IF). If Betts hadn’t gotten severely ill at the start of the season, he probably puts up a monster WAR number instead of just an elite one.
Waiting through 10+ years of a Tiger rebuild, suffering through it all, waiting and hoping and praying. Looking for a dynasty.LA just wipes the floor with everybody, The Tigers just trying to be merely somewhat competitive and squeekers into the playoffs. I keep hearing anything can happen in a short series…..
NOT WHY I WAS A FAN = to squeek in.
I should have drank more beer at Tommy’s!
Same experience as a Twins fan. The moment we were relevant owners cried poor and cut spending and gutted the roster over the next two years. Then tried, and failed, to sell the team but are claiming to try winning again with the leftover bones. Really they’re getting just above the minimum spending for a relief aid team.
Meanwhile every big market team except the Mets waltz into the playoffs and sign any players they want leaving the others to fight for the scraps
I’ve always felt bad for Twins fans since a lot of them remember the magic of 1987 and 91 but haven’t had memorable seasons since (imagine if the 2019 team didnt have so many injuries)
Sadly maybe a dozen teams have the same experience. A handful, or less, of relevant seasons in the last 30 years
Teoscar ridin’ the pines…
So long Kike…mop duty in the food court
Maybe Kike signs with the Blue Jays … makes for a fun story
Yeah bestone, a millionsire many times over will definitely move to a food court. Probably as the owner but still.
Dodgers will sign Kike when the 60 day IL opens or they open a 40 man spot through a trade.
Yankees won 20 WS Championships in 40 years from 1923-1962. That’s the bar.
Dodgers need 17 more in the next 35 years to get there
NY won a goodly number of those when winning the WS meant winning 1 series (not 4). Apples to apples (however Big) it ain’t.
It is harder now with having to win multiple series, no doubt. But this ownership group and Front Office group if they keep it up could get it done.
Yankees bought Babe and had the best scouting in baseball for most of those 40 years. They kept winning and were America’s team. Little kids from all over the states wanted to be Yankees.
Winning just does that. Dodgers were the first team to $1Billion in revenue and the easiest way to get to $2Billion in revenue is to keep winning.
I wouldn’t doubt with their resources that they could be that kind of dynasty.
@aapimentel. The point is that no team today, no matter how good, will ever match the success of the Yankee dynasty back then, despite all the fans crying about how the Dodgers have it so easy.
Someone might offer for Hernandez.
I hope this all backfires severely on the Dodgers. They have ruined baseball.
How are they ruining baseball if in-person fans and revenue are not decreasing and the tv/internet audience is at a global all time high?
@andy
Knee jerk comment. Emphasis on the latter.
True. Billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to spend their money if it embarrasses the other billionaires.
When I become a billionaire, I’ll fix it all.
Of course they have, little fella.
No andy, they’ve enhanced it.
Dodgers news………whatever
and yet here you are
MLBTR knows that hate-clicks count just as much as other clicks.
Aka no takers even at a probable discounted rate
If I were a rebuilding team I would ask the dodgers for prospects instead of cash in a Teoscar deal
Which they probably did dodgers said no and nobody was interested in Hernandez and cash deals
NY won a goodly number of those when winning the WS meant winning 1 series (not 4)… apples to apples (Big or not) it ain’t.
Yes it’s apples to apples, as far as how dominant their dynasty was. No team is doing that today.
I loved Teoscar as a Blue Jay, I wish they had never traded him away, he is the only reason I pay any attention to the Dodgers.
Thanks for sharing
All the Dodger fans thank you for caring, I guess.
If you played fantasy baseball then you’d have to pay attention to all of them.
Dodgers say that but who knows, if a team with a need for a bat comes knocking, they probably move him for some prospects.
Teo is now a better fit elsewhere as a DH. The relatively low $33 million 2-year obligation (with a reduced impact on the CBT from the deferrals) could make him attractive to other teams. Obviously Kansas City had an interest at one point. Seems premature to suggest Teo will not be dealt.
Who cares? What the Doyers really need to worry about is the 2027 and even 2028 lockout. Maybe they can take their all-star team around the world and play exhibitions against the Savannah Bananas?
@Jplane
Millions upon millions are being made by the owners and players alike yet you think (poor choice of words in that there appears to be no thinking involved) there might be a multi-year lockout. Ridiculous. If history has taught us anything (try reading about past baseball work stoppages) these impasses are short and involve brinksmanship, not real problem resolution.
For a non-baseball comp, look at how congress handles government funding. They go to the brink time after time when funding resolutions run out and then compromise and the beat goes on.
I don’t think that there will be a lockout. Owners are more worried about cable tv and internet revenue.
I would like to see a rule that a team that goes under $100 million or over $400 million loses their next first round draft pick. Otherwise, I think everything is just fine. Yes, the teams in the bigger cities have an advantage over the teams in smaller cities. It it has been that way for a long time and the game is still fun and successful.
@MLB Top
I can see the logic in increasing the tax penalties for high spending teams and I can see value in increasing the revenue sharing gifts the rich teams bestow on the “struggling” teams. But all this hand wringing and whining about how the game is being ruined by the Dodgers primarily and the other big market big money teams is such garbage.
The Mets are doing the same thing but the complaints are about the Dodgers because the Dodgers have won. Yankees and Blue Jays as well. It is not one team. It is called the Cohen rule it the Guggenheim rule. I am also open to minor tweaks that help competitiveness, but for me those start with the underspending teams. It is a government-sanctioned monopoly and lots of billionaires would like a seat at the table.
I think it’s kind of funny, in a hilarious sort of way, how quickly the narrative on the Dodgers has changed in the last couple of years. A few years ago, they were the Masters of Choke, and no matter how much they spent, they’d still flop in the postseason. And of course, 2020 didn’t count. Because, you know, you can’t buy a championship! But now that they’ve won two in a row, they are the Darth Vaders of baseball. Because, you know, they keep buying championships!
Teoscar solid fo sho. I like Techameletoscar’s chances tho
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Please don’t explain yourself, Dumpster. It is truly energy sapping,
when you comment.
Why not? They are controlling everything else.
At this point, the internet will explode if the Dodgers acquire anyone else, making another addition to the arsenal of the haters which will be ”The Dodgers are too good already.” and have nothing to do with money.
The organization also has many other assets besides money to acquire good players .
In the 90’s this was the same complaint about the Yankees. They got nick named “The Evil Empire” all because George Steinbeenner was willing to spend more money to deliver a championship. The final numbers seem to justify the means; not only do they get a championship, but apparently, the money a championship brings covers the expense/investment and more. Yes, there’s a risk…
losing to the other team messes it all up. But there’s always going to some element of risk. The rewards merit it.
To the “small market” teams and their fans who are complaining:
y’all are one of 30 teams. Until expansion occurs again, that is a fixed number of teams and makes your team and city part of a very unique and one of the most exclusive members of an organization on a global level. Most teams also have territorial exclusivity that should help them monopolize local/regional revenue to support their home teams. A few “large” markets like NYC, LA, Chicago, SF/Bay Area are the exception because they have the ability to support more than one team.
And that brings me to the point I want to make:
if any team and it’s fans want to complain about the money that teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, etc can and are willing to spend,
maybe the problem is those teams. Maybe the problem is that the fans dont/won’t support their hometown teams enough. Yes, I get that it’s not cheap to go to a game, but when we live in a country where free & open capitalism is the how we do business rising costs are inevitable; anybody thinking bleacher seats should still be $10 is clearly out of touch with basic modern economics.
Not to put it all on the fans, but the bulk of it is on the owners. If you want you want to own and genuinely compete in this exclusive business then you should have the capital and reserves to do so. if not, then sell it to somebody who does. Because a team has been in your family for multiple generations doesn’t automatically mean you should hold onto it. If you cannot economically support the team to realistically compete with any and all other clubs then sell it to an entity that can and is willing to do so. Otherwise, you are doing a disservice to the team’s fans and your respective city. It probably brings down the family name in the public’s eyes as well. IMHO, it would be a very difficult proposition to find any Dodgers fan to think of the McCourt’s in any positive light.