Andrew Friedman is Garbage!

Del Taco Field at Dodger Stadium??

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/07/17/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/The-Lefton-Report.aspx

Good afternoon to all of you, I was reading this article and I found it interesting, what do you think?

http://www.dodgersnation.com/mlb-inquiry-dodgers-abused-10-day-disabled-list-rule-je1083/2017/07/17/

Bums, my mistake. Misread your post by overlooking the “2018” part. Old age is getting to me faster than I thought.

When I saw the schedule for this season I was concerned about the fact that we ended it with a 3 game series at Coors. Important games there at the end of the season could have played havoc with our pitching. Assuming we hold onto our large lead and we have lots of additional pitching with our expanded September roster, not concerned anymore.

Since when did Friedman run the Marlins?

Agree Brooklyn, Romo will not be on the roster during the play offs. I do no like the idea of trading Morrow. There are some things they need to figure out? How good is Ryu out of the pen? How good is Stewart on high leverage situation? Is Liberatore going to make it back? Is Dayton going to be the Dayton we had last year? Maybe, just maybe, we do not need to do anything at the trading dead line.

Buehler to OKC.

This team has to win the playoffs. The Nats, Cubs, et al will not be throwing in the towel in October just because we win 100 games. The team needs a solid 2 inning relief arm. Maybe 1.2 innings with Jansen doing 4 outs. We should enjoy the rout while we can, but if this team doesn’t go all the way, it will be same ol’ same ol’. BTW: 0 walks yesterday and a bunch of K’s.

On Wood, he has raised his arm slot back to where it was before arm surgery a few years ago. He has added 2 – 3 MPH to his fastball as a result. Additionally, he has changed his pitch mix and is throwing more change ups. The combination of the two has been devastating.

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Every team with post-season designs will be looking for relief help at the deadline. I am frankly surprised that the A’s got so little for Madsen and Doolittle. They didn’t get any of Washington’s top prospects. I expect more competition for relief help before the deadline.

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The Dodgers will dump Romo or any of their other inexpensive relievers if necessary to find a roster spot for bullpen help.

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No to Ryu, Maeda or Kazmir coming out of the pen. We need a lefty killer and someone ready for post-season action. None of those guys give me confidence that they are ready to handle a post-season role in late relief.

Not sure what the Dodgers would like to have from the Yankees but the Yankees need pitching now more than just a couple of weeks ago.

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Pineda to have season ending TJ surgery. Suffice it to say, the timing of Pineda’s injury could hardly be worse for the Yankees or for the player himself. Already rumored to be on the lookout for rotation help, the Yankees will now be without a right-hander that was one of their most productive starters for the season’s first two months.

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McCarthy for ?

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McCarthy and Gonzales for ?

I doubt there is any need to worry if there would be any takers for Romo. If the Dodgers need room on the roster, Romo is easy enough to DFA. We’re already past the half way mark. Whatever is left on his contract is pocket change. In fact, his entire contract was pocket change.

When I read that stuff from TBLA I kept saying to myself that that can’t be Eric Stephen. Not just the content, but the incessant misspellings and generally atrocious writing. Relieved to hear it wasn’t actually Stephen.

I’ve supported the 2012 Trade with Boston, but I’ve also been a strong supporter of FAZ, who by the way, were hired by the same folks that pulled off that Trade.

Bums, I haven’t looked closely at the Dodgers payroll in quite a while, but I assume that that $177 million includes players like Ethier, Crawford and Alex Guerrero, who together represent about $45 million or more, and are coming off the books after this year.

I’m not focused on any particular players, but would like to see the Dodgers ad pitching and a strong righthanded power bat. I like Chris Taylor, but I’d also like to add another bat to lengthen the Dodgers lineup even more, especially since I think there are multiple ways to keep Taylor in the lineup in conjunction with such a deal. Be it Stanton, J.D. Martinez, or someone else of a similar ilk, putting one of those bats behind Cody Bellinger, and in front of Grandal (or whoever bats 6th) would make pitching to the Dodgers lineup a nightmare, even for good pitchers. How many more strikes would Bellinger, and for that matter, Turner and Seager, see as a result of having that threat behind them. And how much less pressure would there be on those hitters, knowing that it’s not just up to them. And how much more patient would they be, knowing that a walk could be just as good as a hit. Just like you can’t have too much pitching, you also can’t have too much depth in your lineup.

And, of course, adding a premium bullpen arm or two helps tighten the vise that much tighter. I personally believe that when you have your opponent down, you apply more and more pressure by putting your foot on their neck, and keeping it there.

That said, everything I want would come at a cost, and I’m not in favor of mortgaging the farm system. However, I trust that the Dodgers brain-trust has a good idea of the prospects they are willing to part with for whatever return they can get. In fact, they also have a better idea of what they have deep in the farm system, including players drafted this year, and others acquired during the recent July international signing period.

Now it’s just let’s wait, and see.

Zero point zero interest in Stanton and his Ryan Howard-esque deal.

And this from Rosenthal:

Sources: #Dodgers open to trading Morrow and/or Romo. Idea would be to clear spot for LH acquisition, create greater L-R balance in ‘pen.

Morrow (20 Ks, 2 BBs, 0 HRs, 15.2 IP) pitching better than Romo (31 Ks, 12 BBs, 7 HRs, 25 IP). Romo owed balance of $3M, Morrow of $1.25M.

After watching the series with the Marlins I didn’t think Stanton looked good on defense. I like solid defense and decent speed over power but if the Dodgers could swap some 2018 payroll cost with Miami and Miami paid the last 2 years of Stanton’s contract, it would tempt me to add Stanton.

Here is the latest on Stanton. I have no idea if these numbers are correct, but I know (or think I know) that it’s a buyers market for Stanton and someone might get a steal. I like Stanton around $200M coupled with the additional savings the Dodgers would get because of their luxury tax situation, better than Harper or Machado at $300-400M. I also like Stanton at that number better than the “boy wonder” in Chicago’s contract with Heyward. .

I KNOW Stanton would look mighty nice in LF and the 5 hole in LA. Waive the no-trade to LA Stanton and come on home.

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Craig Mish of Sirius XM tweeted Saturday that the Giants have shown more interest than anyone else in Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, leading Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area to assess whether a deal could happen. The California-born slugger’s enormous contract (he’ll collect $295MM through 2028 if he doesn’t opt out after the 2020 season) makes it highly unlikely he’ll end up in San Francisco, even if the Marlins were to eat around $95MM, observes Pavlovic. To take on that type of money – particularly for a player who has had difficulty staying healthy – would cripple the Giants’ budget for both the near term and the long haul, Pavlovic writes.

Britten’s 2018 salary is $12M+.

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$177,201,188 = 2018 payroll under contract that includes players no longer on the team.

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Does not include player payroll not under contract for players like Seager, Pederson, Bellinger, Taylor, Barnes, Hernandez, Stripling, Stewart, Buehler, etc. etc.

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Whatever players the Dodgers add for the stretch run that have contracts at least through 2018 have to be weighed against the 2018 penalty cap of $197M. That could affect whether or not the Dodgers use their option on Forsythe for 2018.

Interesting analysis of Brock Stewart at http://www.dodgersnation.com/potential-true-value-brock-stewart/2017/07/16/

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“However, anecdotally, I can tell you that based on my observations his 95 mile-per-hour tailing four-seam fastball that he throws 60% of the time (Brooks) has been nearly impossible to hit. I don’t know if this has to do with a usage reduction of his slider, coupled with a corresponding usage increase of his change up (also Brooks), creating a more profound velocity gap. I don’t know if the fact that his fastball isn’t really like anyone else’s on the team in terms of behavior, making it difficult to scout and prepare for, has anything to do with it. I can only tell you that opposing hitters do not look like they are having any fun at all against him.”

Surprised that guy didn’t bemoan Friedman not signing expensive Samardzija, instead of cheap reclamation projects. Oh well Midget Fans, only another $59M after this year on that contract. The good news for you, he doesn’t walk many.

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The real Samardzija, where are ya? Is there a ballplayer who is producing just flat-out weirder results these days than the Giants’ Jeff Samardzija? Samardzija entered Sunday’s start against the San Diego Padres leading the National League with a rate of 1.1 walks per nine innings and a strikeouts-to-walks ratio of 9.07. And yet he was just 4-10 with a 4.58 ERA.

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Make that 4-11 with a 4.86 ERA. Samardzija was tagged with seven runs and nine hits over six innings during San Francisco’s 7-1 loss to San Diego. But those control numbers were still growing: He struck out eight and didn’t walk anybody.

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Since April 28, Samardzija has struck out 100 batters and walked four over 92 2/3 innings in 14 starts. That’s an easy K:BB ratio to calculate: 25.0. His ERA during that stretch? It’s 4.37.

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So we ask again: Who is the real Samardzija? Frankly, I’m betting it’s more the control-master version than the one with the inflated ERA. Samardzija has allowed a .333 average in balls in play this season. It’s “only” the 11th-highest number among qualifying hurlers, but it’s 33 points above his career mark.

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And perhaps not coincidentally, the Giants rank 29th in the majors with minus-74 defensive runs saved.

It reads like something a fourteen-year-old would write. And not a bright fourteen-year-old at that.

To be fair to True Blue LA which is a great site for dodger information, that was a Fanpost and not an article by their usual authors or editors.

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It was pretty quickly trashed in the comment section but has lived on because it was so over the top. Have to admit I enjoyed reading it again though will need more coffee to help with the headache it caused.

MT or AC…. Can you give me the reason why Alex Wood is doing what he’s doing…Is it that he’s finally healthy or did he have some modifications from Honey or a combination??? He is lights out and fun to watch!!! Almost C.Y. fun…

Yeah, I have seen that poster’s work before. About the only rant he forgot this time was, “Friedman coughed up a real hairball by not trading Peraza for Hamels!

Interesting note from yesterday about the NATS:

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Nationals acquired LHP Sean Doolittle and RHP Ryan Madson from the Athletics in exchange for RHP Blake Treinen, LHP Jesus Luzardo and 3B Sheldon Neuse.

FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal was first to report the deal and it’s now official. The Nationals have had the worst bullpen in baseball this season, so adding two relievers in the midst of terrific years certainly helps. Doolittle and Madson might share the closer job in Washington for now, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Nats are still in the market for another reliever. Treinen could potentially be in the mix for saves in Oakland, although probably not right away. Jul 16 – 1:04 PM

The writer of that post cannot be that stupid. He certainly doesn’t understand the salary cap or the luxury tax implications, nor does he understand the importance of building a franchise for the longterm by drafting and developing your own talent .

Does he not realize the Dodgers have won the NL West for four consecutive years and now have the best record in all of baseball? Analytics is the new thing in ML baseball and the Dodgers have assembled one of the best analytic departments that will be the envy of all.

This guy had to write that post for “shock value,” because nobody could be that stupid. Could they?

Boy, I do not know who wrote that article, but he does not like Friedman. He is in the dark and he is going to stay there. Does he know we are above the luxury cap and he still wants these other players. Hate is a terrible thing. It really clouds your thinking.