The Dodgers showed yesterday that they were not afraid to make a move to remove a Dodger Icon when they DFA’ed Team Captain Austin Barnes. Austin was in his eleventh season with the Dodgers and, in fact, has never played for a MLB team except the Dodgers. Chris Taylor has been a Dodger Fixture for nine seasons. He has been affectionately called “CT3,” but now it looks increasingly like a player nicknamed “The Comet” is poised to take his place. Hyeseong Kim has been nothing short of brilliant since his callup.
When a player gets called up, that is their time to shine… to make an impression. James Outman and Kim were called up together. Kim has played excellent defense, as we all knew he could. His blazing speed and superb instincts have also been a revelation on the bases. To top it all off, he is hitting .360 with a .840 OPS. The Dodgers cannot send him back to OKC. OTOH< James Outman has increased his 40% AAA strikeout rate to 72% with the Dodgers. That is deplorable. He will be gone as soon as \Edman or Teoscar is ready to return, but who goes when both of them are back?
Some think Muncy, but no, that will not happen—at least not now. Chris Taylor or Miguel Rojas will be the next player to be DFA’ed or traded. Both have trade value, but the Dodgers would prefer to keep Rojas as he looks like a coach or manager in waiting. CT3 is owed $17 million, counting his $4 million buyout. The Dodgers might have to cover $10 million to trade him. MiggyRo is only owed $5 million, but he brings more to the table. He would be easier to trade, but I think he is more valuable to the Dodgers.
Will the Dodgers pull the trigger? That is the question… then there’s the issue of Alex Freeland…
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Disagree, not disagreeable
max seems to be getting better. good for him AND the dodgers. Kim? there’s no way he goes back down! why would they even consider it? …Dalton had a nice debut last night. Congratulations young man. …. I wish mlb would modify their “ winning “ pitcher rule. both Sauer and JW pitched 4 quality innings last night. JW got the win. Matt S. gets nada! Maybe in bullpen games they should call it a bullpen win. Kinda silly, but don’t seem fair to The “starter’. But after that beat down last night, really nothing else to complain about! …. Can’t wait for saturday night! it’s Kershaw time!
Good stuff, Mr. Timmons…still a cool site, no bells and whistles or annoying ads or popups (sans the company logo, but can’t hate on that), four graphs and straight to the point – I chuckled at the “that is deplorable” line. Now onto a puff of the real good stuff as I try to make sense of this Furcal news….a missile? Like straight up ordnance or something like the fireworks mi primo gets from Tijuana? Maybe our military vets here a LADT or a fireworks enthusiast can explain it to me…
Question for anyone: does anyone think the service time thing with Taylor is a serious consideration from upstairs?
Update and edit: Furcal reportedly said it was just “a rock”
Athletics (22-21)
Dodgers (28-15)
SP Osvaldo Bido R
2-3 4.75 ERA
SP Matt Sauer R
1-0 1.54 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
3B Max Muncy L
RF Andy Pages R
LF M. Conforto L
C D. Rushing L
CF James Outman L
2B Hyeseong Kim L
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In the White Sox-Reds game yesterday, the leadoff batters were Miguel Vargas, at 3B, and Gavin Lux, at DH. Both got a couple of hits.
I’m still not understanding why Outman is on the team. I know its just temporary, but you mean there is no one down there who could do as ‘good’ as him for a few weeks?
Perspective is an interesting word.
As Dodger’s fans we are collectively debating whether to platoon Pages (I am in the camp of “No”!).
While for the Giant’s they talk about the 2nd coming (slightly exaggerated:) in the person of Heliot Ramos:
Pages Stats: 144 AB, .291 Ave, 7-Hr, 21 RBI, 5-SB, .834 OPS, 24-yrs old – and now better than average fielder with a cannon.
Ramos Stats: 163 AB, .288 Ave, 7-Hr, 22-RBI, 3-SB, .838 OPS, 25-yrs old – good outfield, unknown arm quality.
Even with Pages current 22-game hot streak he is still almost an after thought in any discussions on good the Dodgers really are.
While in SF – all they talk about is how fortunate they have this really good young player.
Question for the group:
With the debate on whether to keep Kim or not – could he play some time at 3rd? I know this isn’t the typical thought but until the 9th inning last night – Muncy and Kim were tied in HR’s – with 25 AB’s for Kim and 135 AB’s for Max.
05/15/25 Los Angeles Dodgers recalled LHP Justin Wrobleski from Oklahoma City Comets.
05/15/25 Los Angeles Dodgers optioned RHP J.P. Feyereisen to Oklahoma City Comets.
Even if the Dodgers ate 10 mil, I still don’t think any team is going to want to pay him 7 million.
He’s been subpar for a long time, and even his defense isn’t really fantastic in spite of his versatility, so it’s not enough to offset his offensive ineptitude.
I keep reading that there’s no way he gets DFA’d because of the money he’s owed.
“The Dodgers are paying hm a lot of money. No way he’s going anywhere?”
Why?
In case some of us have forgotten, the Dodgers are loaded and have already blown past the CBT.
Do you think money still owed on his contract is going to be primary consideration on whether he stays?
I would think that decision hinges on what personnel the Dodgers think make the team better now.
Remember Carl Crawford? The Dodgers DFA’d him, and he still had 35 million left on his contract. No one ever signed him, so the Dodgers ate all of it. They paid him to sit on his couch, but, for them, it was the right move.
I don’t think 17 million is THE factor. Maybe it’s a consideration, but I don’t think the Dodgers are going to keep dead wood around just because they’re paying him.
can’t platoon Pages! no way! kim becomes super utility guy. Edman at second base. pick one to leave. my guess is Taylor. he’s a uva guy so i hate it, but maybe it’s time.
Wednesday scores
Round Rock 5, Oklahoma City 0
Tulsa 5, NW Arkansas 2
Lake County at Great Lakes, postponed
Rancho Cucamonga 12, Inland Empire 8
Thursday schedule
Northwest Arkansas (Henry Williams) at Tulsa (Jacob Meador), 9:00 AM PST
Oklahoma City (Nick Frasso) at Round Rock (Ty Blach), 5:05 PM PST
Lake County (Matt Wilkinson) at Great Lakes (Wyatt Crowell), 3:05 PM PST game 1
Lake County (Josh Hartle) at Great Lakes (TBA), game 2
Inland Empire (Chris Clark) at Rancho Cucamonga (Hyun-Seok Jang), 6:30 PM PST
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Our best line up imo has Kim at second, Tommy in center, Teo in right and a platoon of Andy and Conforto in left field.
The Dodgers called up Rushing because he’s an improvement over Barnes. Is Kim an upgrade over Taylor? Then he deserves the shot. Baseball is a meritocracy. If you’re better then you get to play.
Kim is a more likely replacement for Taylor than Freeland.
At this point, Freeland may be our starting 3b next year.
No. Kim needs consistent playing time, CT3 does not.
Let him go back to OKC, play every day and come back for the stretch run, he will be on the playoff roster.
CT3 not going anywhere…