In getting Blake Snell, the Dodgers removed one of the main free agents from the board, but there are still plenty of others to consider. Some possibilities are longshots and others are more likely. Let’s consider a few: Roki Sasaki: Some people say that the Padres are the favorites. I still believe the Dodgers make the most sense as Yu Darvish is at the end of his career while Yamamoto…
Happy Dodger Thanksgiving!
We had our Thanksgiving Dinner last night in order to accomodate some schedule conflicts. We had about 35 members of our family here: inlaws, outlaws, no laws, etc. Today, we have to drop my wife’s neice and her husband off at the airport at 11:00 AM and then drive two hours to my daughters new house in Ft. Wayne to have Thanksgiving Dinner with her family. My wife and her…
Why Juan Soto Will Be a Dodger
Scott Borass was Blake Snells agent, so we can no longer say that the Dodgers won’t do buisness with Borass, I also believe Juan Soto will be willing to defer money… and that he will soon be a Dodger. Consider this: Since 2019, only Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Marcus Simien have scored more runs that Juan Soto and only Aaron Judge has more WAR. The thing is: all of…
Evaluating, Postering, and Negioation
Why haven’t the Dodgers just signed Teoscar Hernandez, Walker Buehler, Willy Adames, Juan Soto, Max Fried, or Matt Snell? I mean… not all of them… but maybe one… or three? Every year, the free agent market is different. This year, several teams are really in on Juan Soto, namely the Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers, Jays and allegededly a “mystery team.” I did not mention Roki Sasaki because he has not…
Justice, Injustice & MVP
In 1963, Sandy Koufax won his first Cy Young Award. In 1964, he finished 3rd in the Cy Young Award, and then in 1965 and 1966, he won the Cy Young Award again, which meant he won the Cy Young Award three out of four years. Dean Chance may have deserved to win, but Sandy was a close 3rd in the voting. Koufax was 19-5 with a 1.74 ERA, 223…
Six-Man Rotation
The Dodgers chances of signing Sasaki dropped since he is not going to be posted until next year and as we sit here, the Dodgers have just $5,146, 200.00 to sign Sasaki, which means there are 28 teams who can offer Sasaki a larher signing bonus! Ouch! Now, that can change if Andrew Friedman trades some players for signing bonus money… but he will have to overpay to get it….
Joe Jacques: Andrew Friedman’s Next Reliever Project
Standing tall at 6’4″, Joe Jacques is a wiry left-hander whose deceptive sidearm delivery has made him a specialist against left-handed hitters. A graduate of Manhattan College, Jacques has pitched in the majors for two consecutive seasons, debuting with the Boston Red Sox in June 2023 after being plucked from Pittsburgh in the 2022 Rule 5 Draft. While his MLB stints have been limited—23 appearances for Boston in 2023 with…
The Dodgers Don’t HAVE to do Anything!
The Dodgers could stand pat this offseason and still would be the odds-on favorites to win the World Series in 2025. I am not saying that should stand pat or even that they might stand pat. But, if they do, they will still be a damn good team. Let’s asume that the Dodgers stand pat and don’t sign or re-sign any player (other than arbitration-eligible players and utility free agents)….
Evolution, Not Revolution!
Andrew Friedman is not relly serious about Juan Soto, but h has to act as if he is so as to drive up the price to whoever signs him. It will take something North of $500 Million to sign Soto… maybe $600 to $700 Million. Who knows? The Dodgers might be in on him at $500 Million, but not a higher number… but I never thought they would sign Ohtani…