Cody Bellinger – Page 28

The Mookie and Price Dilemma

January 6, 2020

I know that many are afraid of a Betts/Price trade because of the financial concerns for David Price, and I can understand that. So I went back and looked at the Nick Punto trade (I know Mark’s favorite subject); a previous time when the Dodgers assumed a huge financial obligation for a perceived benefit. I pulled the below article: https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2018/3/29/17104518/gonzalez-beckett-crawford-red-sox-dodgers-trade-retrospective One of the lines that caught my eye was when…

The Stuntmen

January 2, 2020

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In 1988, the Dodgers won the World Series with a rag-tag bunch of bench players, junkyard dogs, and stuntmen, including Mickey Hatcher, Rick Dempsey, Mike Davis, Danny Heep, and Dave Anderson. The bench was important to the last world championship and I believe that this year’s bench is immensely better. Hey, these guys aren’t starters, but many of them would be starters on other teams. Due to arbitration and the…

Some Random Thoughts on the Past Season and the 2020 Season

December 30, 2019

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Despite the frustrating end to this past season, the Dodgers provided me with some memorable moments in 2019. Opening day with the 8 home runs was a nice start to the season. Bellinger just going insane for the first 2-3 months of the year. Ryu going 6-0 in May. Buehler’s 16K complete game against the Rockies. The rookies’ 3 successive walk-off homerun weekends. Will Smith’s first major league home…

My Name is Pronounced Blade!

December 27, 2019

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I’m the new guy here and I hope to live up to the standards of this blog. I see LADT as top quality with its participants being amongst the most cerebral of Dodger fans out there. I don’t make that statement lightly. I’ve visited them all and this isn’t a site where you can state an opinion and not back it up with facts and good logic. You’ll get called…

The Next Wave

December 26, 2019

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The Dodgers Farm System produced nine new Dodgers last year, three of whom are still on the Baseball Prospectus Dodgers Top 20 Prospects (Lux, May, and Gonsolin): Gavin Lux, SS Dustin May, RHP Josiah Gray, RHP Miguel Vargas, 3B Keibert Ruiz, C Tony Gonsolin, RHP Diego Cartaya, C Jeter Downs, SS Kody Hoese, 3B Gerardo Carrillo, RHP Michael Busch, 2B DJ Peters, OF Jacob Amaya, IF Omar Estevez, IF Mitch…

Rant & Rave Wednesday

December 18, 2019

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It turns out MadBum was just using the Dodgers to drive up his salary for the D-Bags… or maybe Friedman was driving up the salary the D-Bags had to pay the Bum… Oh nevermind, he is still a Bum! The D-Bags could be pretty good in 2020. They won’t win, but Mike Hazen has done a decent job. On the other hand, the Giants and the Rockies are a trainwreck,…

MY RANDOM THOUGHTS ON – THE WINTER MEETINGS ARE OVER – NOW WHAT?

December 15, 2019

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●Mercifully, the winter meetings are over. Lot’s of questions unanswered, but the main one for me is: Now what? As I wrote few weeks back, keep her steady as she goes. Also, remember, it was December 21, 2018, when the Dodgers surprised us with the Kyle Farmer trade. There’s lots of time between now and the start of spring training. ● It looks like Pedro Moura, of the Athletic, was…

I Refuse To Yield To No Team

December 11, 2019

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All off-season I have hoped the Dodgers would go BOLD. Of course I was disappointed. I thought this would be the year. But unlike some here, I am not about to concede the WS to NYY (or LAA) this year or any time in the future. NYY CBT is already at $245,341,667 with holes still to fill. $2.5MM more in spending and they exceed the top penalty. The tax is…

Dope Fiend Moves??

December 5, 2019

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Mark is often criticizing many of us who seem to propose what he believes to be dope fiend moves. Now granted, there are some very silly FA signings, and perhaps dope fiend is a proper description. But just because a change is recommended and one does not agree with it, does not automatically qualify the transaction as being dope fiend. Per an Andy McCullough article in the Athletic, In December…

The Joc Pederson Dilemma

November 30, 2019

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Joc Pederson hit 36 HR’s in 2019. That’s a lot. In fact, it was the most of any player not named Bellinger for the Dodgers. Joc has 123 HR in his short career. Duke Snider, of course, holds the Los Angeles All-Time Home Run Record at 389, but in a season and a half, Joc should be in the Top 10 in LA Dodger All-Time Home Runs. That’s pretty dang…

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