Anyone who has not been living under a rock knows about the Redsox – Dodger Trade Debacle. The Red Sox traded David Price and Mookie Betts to the Dodgers and paid half of Price’s salary, while the Dodgers sent Kenta Maeda to the Twins and the Twins were to send flamethrower Brusdar Graterol back to the Red Sox. In a separate move, the Dodgers will send Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling…
Jim Bowden of THE ATHLETIC said this about the Dodgers trade for Mookie Betts and David Price: “The Dodgers made one of the most lopsided trades for a superstar player in baseball history. They gave up only two players from their major-league roster and zero prospects from their farm system to land one of the top five position players in the game in Mookie Betts along with veteran starter David…
I have no clue what the deal is, but allegedly Alex Verdugo is headed to the Red Sox. I am not excited… or unexcited either. More to come! Bumsrap will be upset because Joc Pederson is gone. This is a blockbuster!
The Dodgers do not need Mookie Betts! Let me start by saying that. However, the NL West will not be a cakewalk. Colorado will likely be better than last year. The Padres and the D-Bags are also better. The Dodgers, most likely, will not run away with the NL West. However, the Dodger’s depth on the offensive and pitching side will prevail. That said, I would really, really love to…
Disclaimer: I am not saying that the LA Dodgers have the best pitching in MLB. However, the possibility exists that they COULD. They certainly have the quantity… the quality is in question by some. At the age of 28, he won the CY Young and the MVP with a 24-5 record and a 2.40 ERA. Over the next few years, here was his ERA: Age 29 – 2.64 ERA Age…
See what I did there? Nevermind! The Mookie Betts rumors are so rampant that MLB may have to build another building to house all the rumors… there, I did it again. But seriously folks, what should we believe about the Mookie Betts rumors? Well, believe this: Mookie Betts is one of the top 10 players in baseball. He’s way on the right side of 30. He’s a good guy. In…
Since my wife and I started US Systems in our garage 18 years ago, we have never both been able to be gone for more than 4 or 5 days due to the demands of it. However, in the past two years, we have hired 5 vice-presidents in Sales, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations from the corporate world. This is the first time we have been able to be gone…
We don’t talk politics or religion at LA Dodger Talk and it is extremely rare that we talk about… much less even feature, something other than Dodger Baseball, but today is one of those days (sadly). For those of us who are old enough, we will always remember where we were when people like JFK, Princess Diana, and Kobe Bryant died. I was in Waikiki heading to the Airport when…
One of the many definitions of an “iconoclast” is someone who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions. Some people think inside the box. Others think outside the box. I prefer to think there is no box. I am an iconoclast. I readily admit it and even embrace it. While the entire Dodger Fandom was attacking Andrew Freidman (pick a day… any day), I was embracing his tactics. I still…
Every time I hear that it makes me wonder if the person who said it was repeatedly dropped on their head as a child. What other possible explanation could there be? Maybe insanity? Let’s just say that the fans who say that Guggenheim & Company are just “greedy bastards” – only concerned with profits are right. That’s all the more reason the greedy bastards would want to win. What? Why?…