If This Is It…

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1. From the AFL Website:

   Jeter Downs continued his power binge to start the Fall League season by crushing his first grand slam — and fifth homer overall — of his six-game campaign in Arizona. The 23-year-old’s blast came in the bottom of the eighth inning of Scottsdale’s eventual 7-6 loss. After going 1-for-2 with a single in his first AFL game on Oct. 14, Downs has homered in five straight, a total that is already over a third of the 14 he belted during the regular season for Triple-A Worcester. Over 99 games at Triple-A, Downs delivered nine doubles, but the infielder’s overall slash line sat at just .190/.272/.333.

   1. Sounds like all or nothing Dunn the Reds 1st baseman I think in the 50’s and 60’s

      1. Adam Dunn? Dunn played from 2001 to 2014. He had 5 straight years where he hit 40 or more HR’s. He played for the Reds, D-Backs, Nationals, White Sox and the A’s. He hit more than 40 6 times. He also had 4 seasons where he hit 30 or more. He finished with a total of 462 and a career .237 average. Downs has no where near that kind of power.

2. I think Jansen would accept the QO.

   1. He’s not eligible.

      1. nb

   2. Jansen was offered a QO last time he was a free agent and is not qualified to receive a QO as a result. Scherzer is also not eligible to receive one. Kershaw, Seager, and Taylor are the big three who are eligible and most likely to receive it.

      1. Is there a limit to how many QOs a team can offer?

         1. guessing not

         2. You can offer a QO to any of your own free agents that have never had one offered before.

         3. Only one QO per player over their career.

3. Looking at the state of the competition in our own division, as well as the others in the NL, I would imagine that the Dodgers are all in again this offseason.

   I think their biggest threat in the NL next year will be the Braves, but they have some problems of their own. Freddie Freeman will need to get paid and Smyly, Soler, Rosario, Pederson and Duvall are all free agents. They do have an entire outfield on the IL, and Freeman will have to get paid. Then they’ll have to dish out a lot of cash in arbitration for Fried, Acuna, Swanson, Albies and others.

   Within the division, you would think that the Padres and Giants will be big trouble again.

   It was recently said that the Padres have a ton of pitching and McKenzie Gore is just about ready to contribute. The problem is that most of their pitching isn’t very good. I would imagine that Snell will bounce back to some extent, but his injury at the end of the year could be troublesome. Yu Darvish is somewhat of a trainwreck ever since the sticky was banned. He could be the one pitcher most affected by the sticky ban. Sorry, but Gore also looks like a trainwreck and doesn’t look ready at all. Lamet hasn’t been very good so they will mostly be the same team they were this year except they’re right up against the spending wall and will have to deal with the loss of Pham and possible some others with options such as Melancon, Kela, Profar and Marisnick. Not to mention the two elephants in the room, Hosmer’s clubhouse hatred and Tatis’ shoulder.

   The Giants are in a completely different situation. They’ll have a ton of room under the fake cap and will return most of their position players. Unfortunately, most of their position players are very old and Crawford, Posey and Longo aren’t likely to repeat career years just like Hosmer and Myers couldn’t this year with the Padres. I would think the Giants move on from Cueto, so they’ll have to replace their entire rotation with the exception of Brandon Webb. At least they have a good cornerstone to build around. But, there’s no way Farhan is going to be able to hit the jackpot two years in a row while filling out the rotation with unrealized talent. Bryant, Belt and Solano are key position players that will move on and/or need to be replaced. Another handful of bullpen pieces will also need to be accounted for. They’ll have around $145M under the cap and will need to spend that to cover holes vacated by their entire pitching staff and a couple of key position players.

   One commenter said their “Farm system is top notch” which I don’t entirely agree with. Most of their top 10 list are all A ball players with the exception of Joey Bart. No one is going to help much next year and they’re ranked 11th overall. Their tippy top prospects is SS Marco Luciano a 20 year old shortstop just a couple of months older than our own SS prospect Eddys Leonard. Both started at low A and made it to A+ this year. While Luciano has better grades for his tools, it was Eddys Leonard who was superior on the field pretty much across the board. Leonard was 296/390/539/929 vs Luciano’s 258/344/471/815. Luciano checks in at No 1 for them as Leonard checks in at 18 with us. After Bart and Ramos, all of their top ten prospects are at A+ ball or lower. Our top 10 features 7 players at AA or higher.

   It sure looks like our roster has less holes and more prospects that are likely to contribute than our competition. I’m sure AF sees this and will act accordingly. Our window is still wide open as we wait for the next wave of position players to reach the MLB roster.

   I believe our minor league system is underrated compared to other teams. We constantly draft with one hand tied behind our back because of our draft position. Due to the lower picks, I think our prospects start with lower ratings which leads to the lower system rankings. Those two shortstops are good example.

   1. we are our own worst enemy

4. If the Dodgers are serious about going after a title again in 2022 and all sentimental emotions left out here is what they have to do:
   Close the chapter Clayton Kershaw. Yes, it is hard to do and I will be sorry to see him go but for the teams chances to be successful I really believe you can not count any more on Clayton. Too many injuries, too much time on IL and his fastball is just no longer good enough. I do not think his on field worth is more than 8-10 million a year as a Nr. 5 starter at best. Since you do not low ball a player like him it probably is best to cut ties.

   About the same feeling on Kenley. Yes, he turned it around the second half of the season but I do not see him in a Dodgers uni next season. I would go with Treinen as the closer. I have a lot more faith when he comes into a ballgame then I have with Kenley.

   Use the money saved on both Max and Corey.
   Would use the club option on Kelly for 12 m and bring back Knebel.

   Max, Walker, Julio, TG plus a free agent inning eater would be a fine rotation . And when Dustin returns in July,
   August we would have another ace in the making to step in. White, Jackson and Price (if we can not trade him) provide depth and Bobby Miller is waiting in the wings too.
   Pen could be Treinen, Graterol, Kahnle, Knebel,Kelly, Vesia, Bruihl, Ferguson, Phillps (who was a revelation late in the season.

   Make CT3 a qualyfinge offer and cash in the draft pick if he declines.
   Try to trade AJ for prospects.
   Would sign Duvall to provide the right hand power we need.

   Lineup:
   Turner,ss
   Corey, 3b (if he gets his longterm contract I think he is willing to move to 3b)
   Mookie, rf
   Muncy, 1b
   Duvall, rf
   Bellinger, cf
   Smith, c
   Lux, 2b
   JT, DH

   Bench: Barnes, Rios, McKinstry plus 2 free agents contact hitters.

   From a money point this is very doable because a lot of money comes off the books this offseason (especially if we get that Trevor Bauer money off our cap sheet) and again next year.

   1. This isn’t bad, but why do you think Duvall is such an upgrade over Pollock? And what do you think you’d get for Pollock, who is the same age (33) with only one more year on his contract? That depresses his trade value, no?

      Parting ways with Kershaw is the logical dollars and sense move … if that were the only consideration. It isn’t.

      And if your best right handed utility bat is Barnes, then that’s a glaring weakness. Aside from CT3, the bench killed the Dodgers last year.

   2. You have Duvall and Mookie both playing right. I am assuming you meant Duvall in left.

5. @dodgerlover

   Apologies, but I missed your comment/question yesterday.

   I think the Bauer process, from my POV at least, is evaluating the opportunity high-quality pitchers on short-term contracts > the more readily available middle of the road pitchers on more variable contracts.

   1. makes sense

      it’s possible TB was a little overrated in addition to having questionable morals

      what was his best game for us?

      1. How was he overrated? He was leading in most pitching categories before he went down including quality starts and innings pitched. He allowed 2 or fewer earned runs in 12 out of his 17 starts and in three of his 5 losses, he allowed 2 earned runs.

         I would say his best game was on May 21 against the Giants. We won that game 2-1 6.1 IP with 1 ER and 11 K’s. He also had a 7 inning two hitter against the Marlins with 0 runs and 10 K’s right before the Giants game. The last game he pitched was a 3-2 win over the Giants, 6 Innings, 2 ER 8 K’s.

         1. His numbers are better than I remember. I recall his getting into early trouble a few times. I always viewed him as our #3 starter in the postseason: open with Buehler & Urias [or Kershaw] at home then hit ’em with Bauer in Game 3 on the road. It never came to be.

            For the money we spent, we were expecting a Cy Young season.

         2. Like others, Bauer’s effectiveness dropped when sticky fingers were banned.

            1. Bauer also was prone to the HR ball.

            2. On June 21, Jacob DeGrom was the first pitcher inspected after the ban. On June 12, Trevor’s ERA sat at 2.64. He made three starts afterwards until he was banned. His ERA was 2.59 when his season ended. Those three games were against the D-Backs, Padres and Giants. He gave up 0, 3 and 2 ER in those games and went 7, 6 and 6 innings.

               Your claim is inconclusive.

         3. There was a significant dip in his spin rate after the stickum ban. He was still effective, but not quite at the same level as when he was …adhesively enhanced.

            He was only overrated in the sense that AF was gambling that he would continue being Cincy Cy Young Bauer and not Cleveland Indians Bauer. Any signing is a gamble. AF gambled with Bauer and got burned. We wont’ be seeing him in a Dodger uni again.

            1. more like incinerated

            2. Yep it was one gamble he lost. Just like Ned did when he signed Jason Schmidt and Andruw Jones, both of whom are in the top 5 worst free agent signings ever.

            3. But Bauer is SHORT term. Schmidt and Jones were five years or longer, no?

            4. Short term maybe but the $$ involved made it worse.

            5. No. Jones was 2 years, 36 million and Schmidt was 3 at 47. They ended up deferring payments to both.

            6. omg. That’s right!

               Jones was only 2 years, but he was dreadful and IIRC he was coming off a dreadful year, but the previous year (2 years before signing?) was good if not great.

               What was the problem with Schmidt? Wasn’t he coming off major surgery or something? No, he had a rotator cuff tear and they signed him.

               At least Bauer was coming off the great year. Albeit still a lack of due diligence by the team.

            7. Jones was signed after hitting only .222 for the Braves with 26 HR’s and 94 RBI’s in 2007. In 2006 He had hit .262 with 41 and 129. He was going into his age 31 season, so there was every expectation that he would rebound. He didn’t. He played for the Rangers, White Sox and Yankees after that. Appearing in over 100 games only once, 2010 with NY. He retired after the 2012 campaign when he hit .197 with 14 HR’s and 34 RBI’s. Schmidt was signed coming off of this 5th straight year winning in double figures. He pitched in 3 games before going down with a shoulder injury. He came back in June pitched 3 more games and went back on the DL. They did exploratory surgery and found out the damage was worse than they expected. He then missed the entire 2008 season. In 2009, he pitched in 4 games going 2-2 with a plus 5 ERA. At that point manager Joe Torre opined that it looked as though his career was over. The Dodgers got 3 wins and 6 losses for their 47 million.

6. With each passing day, it becomes less likely that the DA will charge Bauer. If they don’t, how is this going to shake out? In the legal world, they say “assuming facts not in evidence.” I think there is a lot of ground to cover.

   1. There is legal and then there is MLB’s domestic violence clause. If he is reinstated he will be traded with the Dodgers once again paying part of a player’s salary who is not on the team.

      I hope he is traded to the Angels and the more of his salary the Dodgers pay, the better player they get in return. Angels could wind up with Bauer and Scherzer.

7. From Dodgers Nation:

   Upcoming negotiation issues:
   1. Young players getting underpaid
   2. Older players getting pushed out for cheaper young players
   3. Service time manipulation

   Ultimately, the management teams in baseball have found many ways to manipulate the payroll and service time. Let’s hope and pray that an agreement can be hammered out. Some things to expect if/when they come to an agreement:

   1. Post-season changes – more teams
   2. The designated hitter in the National League
   3. More changes to the luxury tax

   —————
   Players with one year remaining on contracts:
   Trea Turner
   Austin Barnes
   Blake Treinen
   Tommy Kahnle
   AJ Pollock

   In-house replacements for 2023.
   Bobby Miller
   Miguel Vargas
   Ryan Pepiot
   Diego Cartaya
   Michael Busch
   Andy Pages

   ————-
   Defense (Still) Matters
   According to FanGraphs, here’s how the Dodgers defensive players ranked at their position with a minimum of 300 innings played:

   C – Will Smith – 14th out of 60
   C – Austin Barnes – 23rd out of 60
   1B – Max Muncy – 18th out of 44
   1B – Albert Pujols – 22nd out of 44
   2B – Trea Turner – 19th out of 40
   SS – Trea Turner – 14th out of 41
   SS – Corey Seager – 35th out of 41
   SS – Gavin Lux – 37th out of 41
   3B – Justin Turner – 30th out of 47
   LF – AJ Pollock – 36th out of 45
   CF – Cody Bellinger – 15th out of 47
   CF – Chris Taylor – 42nd out of 47
   RF – Billy McKinney – 6th out of 46
   RF – Mookie Betts – 19th out of 46

   As a team, the Dodgers were 25th out of the 30 teams on defense. Overall, the bad defense causes more free outs to be given away and the pitchers have to throw more pitches. That is at least three years of the Dodgers being mediocre to bad on defense. For a team that tries to be efficient in getting outs, this defensive performance will continue to be a problem. Something needs to change.

   1. Wow, they must have gotten it wrong because everyone on this site knows that Barnes is better than Smith defensively.

      1. smith always short-arms his throws . . .

         1. His CS% is better than Barnes and is right at league average.

            1. it was a joke

            2. The sky is blue. That was a joke.

   2. Bum, can you coach me up on how FanGraphs measures and ranks “defense”?
      Does a computer spin out rankings base on human input and subjectivity? How does it work?
      * There are a pot full of defensive stats that Sabermetricians attempt to use to document defensive proficiency and compare players. It’s an acronym salad. We’ve got your basic fielding %, dWar, Range Factor, DRS, URZ, FRAA, OAA , DER……you get the picture. Each of these have their strengths and weaknesses. Just like people who like a buffet. You can pick out your favorites. I look at batting metrics far more than defensive ones. I still look at Fielding % and Range Factors, knowing full well that they may penalize guys with more range. You get to more balls, you can boot more balls. But mostly I don’t trust them because there are too many variables and subjectivity involved. Here’s my problems with defensive stats:
      1) Shifts now cause players to be put in positions that aren’t traditional positions. Do you ding Seager for not getting to a routine grounder to short when he’s playing behind second? How do you rate Machado’s play at third when he’s catching balls in right field? Infielders are frequently out of position compared with traditionally positioning. It isn’t a players choice as positioning is based on computerize spray charts. Some metrics are based on double plays completed. That’s all changed by shifts that eliminate middle infielders covering 2nd base on a double play ball.
      2. Human subjectivity is quietly ignored but it’s a huge factor that’s the elephant in the room for stat-heads. Humans still input data into a computer. Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) is a company which serves Major League Baseball teams and publishers of baseball statistics like Fan Graphs.
      BIS is the leader in the collection, analysis and delivery of sports data used in all sports. There are BIS trained analysts *people” imputing data into a computer.
      3. Even the statisticians and analysts who develop and work with the advanced defensive metrics are constantly referring back to the empirical evidence, what they see a fielder do, as well as to his reputation (how many Gold Gloves has he won?), to check the reliability of their statistical analysis.
      4. If there is GPS Tech available to measure a player’s range, I’m not aware of it. I see the possibility of baseballs containing a chip and the players have a chip in their glove or on their body that could measure everything. It’s used now in football shoulder pads to measure measure everything including effort in practice. When that happens I’ll be more trusting.
      5. Each stat is offered on a different scale to rate good from bad. Without a glossary, I don’t know one rating from the other.
      6. Badger offered up a while back, an ESPN’s MLB Defensive Players Fielding Stats for 2021. One big problem I have with the ratings list like Badger offer up is validity. Bulldogs&Penguins summed it up perfectly for me when he said “If you think DRS is a useful stat, I’ve got some beachfront property in Mojave I’d like to sell you on the cheap. Here’s a list of shortstops with a lower DRS value than Corey Seager…Fernando Tatis, Didi Gregorious, Gleyber Torres, Javier Baez, Dansby Swanson, Xander Bogaerts and Trea Turner”Cory Seager is rated 41st and Trea Turner 56th on the list. Kyle Farmer is #32. Is anybody interested in Farmer coming back as our everyday SS?
      ** Derek Jeter has the distinction of being the worst fielder ever measured by DRS; he accumulated -162 Defensive Runs Saved between 2003 and the end of his career. That pretty much says it all for me.
      7. I don’t need metrics to know if a guy can play. I use my eyes. Like the BIS uses trained people to analyze, I feel am trained too. I’m very confident in my ability to evaluate players. My training was playing shortstop from age 7 through some pro ball and 30 years of coaching the game. I can pretty much tell you after watching a player for awhile whether he’s got what it takes to be a quality defensive. I don’t need stat lists to tell me what I can see.

      1. I’ve said in here for a few years that the defensive metrics are not as useful as offensive metrics. Still, it’s interesting to see what those metrics are saying.

         The shift has basically adds range to all players including the outfield due to positioning.

8. If Seager leaves the Dodgers I would trade for Matt Chapman to play third. Chapman would give the Dodgers 2 years, 2022 and 2023 before becoming a free agent. I would offer Trea Turner who would give the Dodgers one year, 2022 before becoming a free agent.

   I would then make Lux the shortstop and Betts at second.

   Anybody else that would have to be involved in this trade is up to Friedman.

   If Seager stays, I still make the trade but keep Seager at short and put Lux at second.

   1. Lux has a career total of 59 games at SS. His fielding pct there is .966. Turner’s career fielding pct there is .973. Lux had difficulty with his throws from SS, that is why they moved him to second along with the fact that he was needed there. Betts is the best RF in the league, unless they want to put less stress on his hip problem, he is not moving to the infield while he is healthy. Why would Oakland trade Chapman? They have no one to take his place at third. In order to make a trade there has to be a need for both teams. Their # 7 prospect is a 3rd baseman. He was in AAA last season but only played in 36 games because of an injury. He might be ready at the end of next season. I seriously doubt AF tries to move Turner to another team.

      1. Why would we want Chapman after his dismal .716 OPS this past year? Why would we trade a SS with a 900+ OPS for him?

         1. Exactly.

            1. Exactly, except for what you just said above.

9. For all of you who think it’s a foregone conclusion that Bauer will be on another team next year, remember how much crow you ate this year when you said.

   Belli should be traded
   Turner is a great defensive shortstop
   The bullpen sucks
   Trade Pollock
   Verdugo is better than Betts
   Barnes is the superior defensive catcher.

   As far as the Bauer vs Schmidt / Jones contracts go. Bauer was great for every single start except one. Schmidt and Jones sucked the entire time for multiple years. Bauer is not even in the same conversation.

   1. True, but at this point in time, they were all bad free agent signings. No telling how the Bauer saga ends yet.

   2. we’re not saying he’ll be on another team; we’re saying it won’t be LA

      you can bet a lot of money on that and not sweat the odds.

      (there would literally be protests outside the stadium)

      1. There weren’t any protest outside the courthouse before the judge ruled in his favor. But, a year later there will be protests at the stadium after no charges filed? You have quite an imagination DL.

         Which type of crow did you already eat this year?

10. I wanted thank Mark and every other writer here for the work they have put in. This is the only Dodger content I really follow.

    My final thoughts on how we exited the season:

    I feel strangely at peace with it. I had a conversation over a beer on Sunday with another lifelong Dodger fan. He said something that really resonated. To paraphrase: “Would we have rather have gone home after losing to the Braves or losing to the Astros? Because we are beat up like the team has never been beat up before. And the Astros are on fire.”

    I never thought I’d actually agree with a statement like that. But I do. Probably only this one time in my life. It’s defeatist, and that’s not my nature. However, I don’t believe we could have beaten the Astros as our team stands today. If your ship is adrift, taking on water, listing to port, half the crew has already abandoned ship and the enemy is quickly approaching; you scuttle the ship to deny your enemy the prize.

    I’m not saying the Dodgers didn’t fight to the end. They did. But I would rather go home after the NLCS than give the Astros the opportunity to take down a decimated Dodgers team and celebrate another WS Championship on our field. The thought turns my stomach.

    Sometimes it’s better to deny the enemy the prize.

    I can live with how this ended.

    To the offseason.

    1. I said the same thing a few days ago. I don’t think I could stand watching the Astros celebrate winning against us on their field or especially ours

    2. Totally agree and the high point of the season for me? Sending the Giants home for the winter. I got a lot of satisfaction out of that. I had seen the end coming with the Braves. When they were down 3-1 I did not think they could pull off the same miracle they pulled off in 2020. Too many major pieces hurt and out for the season. The lack of a true #4 starter killed them and they had to go to Buehler and Max when they were not performing at their peak. At their peak, they beat the Braves.

       1. I also agree. I’m surprised at myself. I really didn’t get that upset about the Dodgers losing to the Braves. I just did not want to see the Dodgers play the cheaters with their team in such bad shape. Thanks for a great and entertaining year Dodgers. As they used to say in Brooklyn, “Wait ’til next year”.

          Thanks Mark and to all the writers for making this site so great. You guys put in so much work. Please know that your efforts are really appreciated.

    3. never and no way

       you fight to the end

       1. In any other year, I would agree. But not this one.

       2. We did fight to the end it just didn’t work out.
          The point is if we’re going to lose I’d rather lose to the Braves then lose to the Trashtros
          I agree with Bear knocking the midgets off their high horse ended up being the highlight of our season

    4. I can’t deny that I didn’t derive pleasure from sending the Giants home. In fact, I thought the way it ended made it all that much sweeter. The high point for me was that we advanced and it was just that much better that it was against the Giants.

       I didn’t think for a minute that we would lose to the Astros. I never feel that way ever since the 88 team. I know that the MLB postseason is random and any team that gets there is good enough to win. When Max went down at the end of the year, I knew it was going to be tough. But, we could have won the first two games with the pitching we had if they would have had a great outing, which is perfectly legitimate since we were sending out 3 of the best pitchers in all of baseball all on the same team. No one could have predicted they would all run out of gas.

       I don’t feel bad after this season because our front office put together the best team. It sucks that the circumstances led this team to a less desirable outcome. There’s no way to manage around that much unjury.

       I’m still amazed that we led the league in offense with Bellinger and Seager missing all that time on the IL and Mookie playing injured all year. This was a hell of a team. We won 106 games, one off the pace while fielding Recks, Raley and Nuese all at the same time in multiple games! We played with 3 stars out of the lineup at the same time for large portions of the season and still put up the league leading offense.

       For all intents and purposes, this was a miracle team. It took a miracle for this team not to win it all. It turns out it was the Brave’s miracle that came to fruition.

11. DodgerLover,

    I deleted your post.

    You know which one.

    Keep it up and I will Cancel You!

    Your choice.

    You can be civil or not!

    If not, you can’t stay here.

    You have been kicked outta’ here under about a dozen other names. I just figured out who you are!

    1. Damn, I didn’t even get to see it.

       1. I know!

12. I think everyone should do a little research to see if there is precedent with your predictions regarding Bauer. I just want to point out that 4 of the last five players that were suspended for Domestic Violence all returned and played for the same team they were on when they were suspended. None of them are as good as Bauer and the one that didn’t was a free agent so there was no team to return to and he’s not eligible to return until next year. All of them were on big name teams including our own Julio Urias.

    Many on this site were demanding that Urias be traded just like you all are right now with respect to Bauer. In fact, you’re all probably the same people and you all loved Urias when he recorded that final out next year. None of you have heard Bauer’s side of the story yet and none of you know what the Font Office is going to do.

    For those of you that know there will be protests, there weren’t any at Yankees stadium for Aroldis or at any other stadium that I can find on the Internet.

    1. I think the point is, right or wrong, that none of them created the stir on social media the way this one did
       The court of public opinion was much larger in this case
       I hope the man is treated fairly if he is innocent. But baseball is much more of a family venue than any other sport, so I would be surprised to see him back in a dodger uniform

       1. If there Dodgers were so concerned about the court of public opinion, they wouldn’t have signed him and blown past the CBT in the first place. And yet they outsold all teams in tickets, home and road. Even while being caught in the middle of this predicament.

          1. Apples and oranges as far as his perception when they signed him compared to his recent predicament. As far as tickets being sold the Dodgers have Always been on top or near the top as far as I can remember. Also they distanced themselves from Bauer

       2. The court of public opinion can turn on a dime… and truth!

          We have not heard the whole story.

    2. After his year long suspension without pay, he’s going to come back to a contract that is going to be dirt cheap because the one the Dodgers negotiated was an extreme front loaded 3 year deal that paid well under market value in his opt out year. It was basically a foregone conclusion he was going to opt out.

       The Dodgers would either try to deal him if he doesn’t opt out (and he might not if he realizes nobody wants him) or just eat the rest.

       Highly unlikely he ever pitches for the Dodgers again, even at under market value.

13. Padres interviewed Ozzie Guillen for their managerial opening. Hasn’t that guy been out of the game for about 10 years?

    1. Yeah he’s been out for a long time. I always thought Ozzie could’ve been a good manager except for his temper

       1. Not a fan of Ozzie. Anytime I see a manager who creates more headlines and attention than his players, I have a problem with him. Too big an ego. Too big amouth. Always had to be the story.

          1. I hope the Padres hire him. He He He!

          2. His personality seems like the perfect fit with the Pads.

             1. Guillen , Tatis and Machado. Now that’s a trio

14. Rosario is a one-man show enjoying the Braves beating the Ass..strows,down. Two hits and an outfield assist so far the man’s unconscious

15. Atlanta 6 – Astericks 2. It would give me some satisfaction for Houston to lose the WS.

    1. I agree, but I still will not watch a single game. I can better use my time with other projects. I did get into a little tete a tete with some woman on Facebook. I posted that I would not watch the Cheato’s as long as any player who was on that team is still playing. And I also posted that this series will probably be one of the lowest rated in MLB’s history. Who besides Atlanta and Houston even care about these two teams. You can bet this series is not rating high in any of the major markets. LA, Chicago and New York could care less about the Stros and Braves. Some of the Dodgers bad injury luck rubbed off on the Braves though as Morton broke his leg.

16. Manfred said he has no problem with the Tomahawk chop. Well, several Native American tribes do. And they voiced that tonight. Not so much about the Braves name, but they think the chop is racist. Cleveland forced to change their name, DC football team forced to change theirs also. It only stands to reason that at one time or another, some vitriol was going to be aimed at the Braves.

17. Hey Houston, do you think maybe Atlanta might of been cheating? Well if they actually did do you think they deserve a pass? Well I think they’d deserve a whole new award. Hope you get your asses handed to you the next three games!!! Gooooo Braves!!!!

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