Stealing From Theo…If Not Now, When?

January 4, 2020

It is time for a little Devil’s Advocacy.  I have been an unapologetic fan of Andrew Friedman and what he has accomplished, and just as critical as to what he has NOT accomplished.  I was critical when AF did not beat out the Astros offer for Gerrit Cole before the 2018 season.  The Astros traded a #5 SP in Joe Musgrove, a decent but unceremonious 3B, Colin Moran, a RHRP…

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The Stuntmen

January 2, 2020

In 1988, the Dodgers won the World Series with a rag-tag bunch of bench players, junkyard dogs, and stuntmen, including Mickey Hatcher, Rick Dempsey, Mike Davis, Danny Heep, and Dave Anderson. The bench was important to the last world championship and I believe that this year’s bench is immensely better. Hey, these guys aren’t starters, but many of them would be starters on other teams. Due to arbitration and the…

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My Name is Pronounced Blade!

December 27, 2019

I’m the new guy here and I hope to live up to the standards of this blog.  I see LADT as top quality with its participants being amongst the most cerebral of Dodger fans out there.   I don’t make that statement lightly.  I’ve visited them all and this isn’t a site where you can state an opinion and not back it up with facts and good logic.  You’ll get called…

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The Next Wave

December 26, 2019

The Dodgers Farm System produced nine new Dodgers last year, three of whom are still on the Baseball Prospectus Dodgers Top 20 Prospects (Lux, May, and Gonsolin): Gavin Lux, SS Dustin May, RHP Josiah Gray, RHP Miguel Vargas, 3B Keibert Ruiz, C Tony Gonsolin, RHP Diego Cartaya, C Jeter Downs, SS Kody Hoese, 3B Gerardo Carrillo, RHP Michael Busch, 2B DJ Peters, OF Jacob Amaya, IF Omar Estevez, IF Mitch…

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Much Too Early Prediction Monday

December 16, 2019

Let’s assume that the Dodgers make no more changes to their roster.   That’s not likely, but for the purposes of this exercise, we’ll make it so.  These are my predictions for how the players presently on the 40 man roster will perform next year:  Pitchers:                      W        L          ERA    IP     H      R       BB      SO   SV   WHIP  Scott Alexander            2           3       4.12       53    48     17      26       48     1      1.235 Pedro Baez     …

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MY RANDOM THOUGHTS ON – THE WINTER MEETINGS ARE OVER – NOW WHAT?

December 15, 2019

●Mercifully, the winter meetings are over. Lot’s of questions unanswered, but the main one for me is: Now what? As I wrote few weeks back, keep her steady as she goes. Also, remember, it was December 21, 2018, when the Dodgers surprised us with the Kyle Farmer trade. There’s lots of time between now and the start of spring training. ● It looks like Pedro Moura, of the Athletic, was…

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I Refuse To Yield To No Team

December 11, 2019

All off-season I have hoped the Dodgers would go BOLD.  Of course I was disappointed.  I thought this would be the year.  But unlike some here, I am not about to concede the WS to NYY (or LAA) this year or any time in the future.  NYY CBT is already at $245,341,667 with holes still to fill.  $2.5MM more in spending and they exceed the top penalty.  The tax is…

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The Joc Pederson Dilemma

November 30, 2019

Joc Pederson hit 36 HR’s in 2019. That’s a lot. In fact, it was the most of any player not named Bellinger for the Dodgers. Joc has 123 HR in his short career. Duke Snider, of course, holds the Los Angeles All-Time Home Run Record at 389, but in a season and a half, Joc should be in the Top 10 in LA Dodger All-Time Home Runs. That’s pretty dang…

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AC’s Random Thoughts

November 21, 2019

BRAVES AND THE PEN: Braves have now signed 3 pitchers who will serve as late inning high leverage relievers. On Monday they signed Chris Martin to a two year $14MM contract after signing Will Smith to a three year $40MM deal. Earlier this month, they signed Darren O’Day to a one year $2.25MM contract. They also have Mark Melancon in the final year of his four year $62MM contract. Thus…

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A New LUXury!

November 19, 2019

In 2018, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. hit .381 over 4 minor league levels with a .437 OB%. He hit 20 HR and 29 doubles to go with 37 walks and 38 strikeouts in 357 AB’s. His OPS for the year was 1.073. He was the 2018 Minor League Player of the Year. In 2019, Gavin Lux hit .347 across two minor league levels with a .421 OB%. He hit 26 HR…

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