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**Official 2014 MLB Regular Season-All over but the shouting (3 Viewers)
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Hilts
Footballguy
One of the exceedingly rare times shady is wrong about something.
Hilts
Footballguy
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Awful.
Might as well have the Yankees and Red Sox on the other side for the world to be just perfect.
Eephus
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
I wonder how many showers Bryce Harper took today.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Yasmani Tomas works out again with Padres. Crazy, given how loaded they are with hitters.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
Go Royals I guess.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Daily News and Rosenthal are reporting that Colletti could possibly get the boot.
Eephus
Footballguy
The NL West GMs will be four guys with less than two months service time and His Holiness Pope Brian Sabean
the Giants will be losing a longtime double agent planted by Pope Sabean if Colletti is fired.
Eephus
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
JJ Hardy resigns for 40mm, 3 years. Nice bit of mid-playoff business for the O's.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Good god.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Royals are rumored to offer Shields $90MM over 5 years to stay.
Shields's agent thanks Dayton Moore in advance for ensuring his client gets a nine-figure deal.
Shields's agent thanks Dayton Moore in advance for ensuring his client gets a nine-figure deal.
Eephus
Footballguy
I don't watch a lot of Oriole baseball. Is he that good defensively nowadays? His advanced fielding metrics suggest he is if you believe UZR.
I remember him as solid when he played for Milwaukee but not a wizard and he's 32 now.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Wow if true, esp. about the Dodgers cutting payroll. Think they're already at 200mm next year with Haren's option vesting and Wilson sure to take his. Jansen and Ellis arbitration gets you to around 210, then rookie contracts / other arbs.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-colletti-plaschke-20141010-column.html
They have enough talent to make this work, but Friedman's going to have to pay people to take Ethier/Crawford/Wilson/League off his hands.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-colletti-plaschke-20141010-column.html
They have enough talent to make this work, but Friedman's going to have to pay people to take Ethier/Crawford/Wilson/League off his hands.
Eephus
Footballguy
I don't think it's possible to turn the aircraft carrier that quickly. The Dodgers have contracts that were considered unmovable when they acquired them and have added to that by paying above market rates for some questionable talent.Good Posting Judge said:
Maybe they'll change their philosophy and their payroll will start trending down but I don't see any major relief coming for 2-3 years. They also have to prove they have the discipline to wait for talent to develop and not overpay for the free agent du jour. The Yankees have been talking this game for years without any significant changes. We'll see how the Dodgers fare.
Eephus
Footballguy
Premier
Footballguy
Lol You think they are the first team to offer him money? A rumor was two years ago the Astros offered him a piece of ownership.I won't
Eephus
Footballguy
We're talking about an organization that gave Brandon League $22.5MLol You think they are the first team to offer him money? A rumor was two years ago the Astros offered him a piece of ownership.
Premier
Footballguy
Fair point.We're talking about an organization that gave Brandon League $22.5MLol You think they are the first team to offer him money? A rumor was two years ago the Astros offered him a piece of ownership.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
If they're serious about slashing payroll, I think it's going to come down to playing Pederson and Guerrero next year. The latter's already making decent coin and he crushed at AAA, no sense bringing Hanley Ramirez back. A smart guy like Friedman wouldn't blink letting him walk IMO.
The most logical thing to do is to eat some money on Crawford and Ethier. If they can get away paying half of their remaining salaries for the next three years, I think that's a win. I can see some team going 3/27 for Ethier, or 3/32 for Crawford, especially the latter, given that he's got some defensive ability left.
An infield of Ellis, Gonzalez, Guerrero, Gordon, Uribe, and an outfield of Pederson, Kemp, and Puig (Van Slyke as backup) is probably enough to carry the West again next year, if not get a wild card. A rotation of Kershaw, Greinke, Haren, and Ryu can probably let you get away with going cheap on a #5 SP. The pen is obviously going to need a complete re-tooling outside of Jansen and a guy like Paco Rodriguez, but that's much easier for a GM who isn't obsessed on throwing tons of money at former "closers."
It's going to be tough if they're serious about 180-190, but LA's farm system is also loaded with hitting. I still think they're in much better shape than, say, the Angels. Or even the Yankees.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I'm not that familiar with the Dodgers GM situation, and I know there is plenty of Dodger hate - but I'm not sure there is all that much wrong with LAD.
They've won their division the past two years.
Yeah, they bowed out quickly, but in a best of 5 series, that's not all that indicative as a team as a whole, rather who gets hot quickly. Matt Carpenter was on fire, and Kershaw was not terrific. Puig was Rob Deeresque
They have some bad contracts sure, but I don't see a need to blow it up just yet.
Locked in long term - Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu are a good 1-2-3 for the rotation. Kemp, Crawford and Ethier are tough, but if they can get rid of one, Puig is signed for very manageable money. I dunno, looks like the spring board to another competitive year, although I'm always biased in that I love pitching
They've won their division the past two years.
Yeah, they bowed out quickly, but in a best of 5 series, that's not all that indicative as a team as a whole, rather who gets hot quickly. Matt Carpenter was on fire, and Kershaw was not terrific. Puig was Rob Deeresque
They have some bad contracts sure, but I don't see a need to blow it up just yet.
Locked in long term - Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu are a good 1-2-3 for the rotation. Kemp, Crawford and Ethier are tough, but if they can get rid of one, Puig is signed for very manageable money. I dunno, looks like the spring board to another competitive year, although I'm always biased in that I love pitching
Eephus
Footballguy
I hate the Dodgers but agree that they're not in a bad position at all. It's a much better destination for an up and coming GM than 99% of the jobs available. There's talent on the field and in the organization and of course there's loads of money to spend. They have some short term problems to deal with but they're generally problems of excess except for the bullpen.
I'd rather have Ethier and Crawford in LF than Travis Ishikawa.
I'd rather have Ethier and Crawford in LF than Travis Ishikawa.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Dodgers' source says that they won't likely pursue any SP that'll cost them a draft pick (Scherzer, Shields).
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/12779/the-prime-directive-get-younger
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/12779/the-prime-directive-get-younger
scoobus
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
New D-Backs regime may not be as gritty (like that's possible!) as the previous one.
RnR
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
That cat wants to GTFO.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Friedman to the Doyers, Colletti to a "Senior Advisor" role (adios). Matt Silverman takes over Baseball Ops for the Rays.
Bad news for SF.
Bad news for SF.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Jose Fernandez, lefty-hitting 2B/OBP machine, has disappeared from his Cuban team and should be a FA this winter.
whoknew
Footballguy
Yost is the worst manager. The Royals are clearly the worst team. Yet here they are, 8 innings away from the WS. And still haven't lost a game.
rodg12
Footballguy
I don't think the bolded is true. Lots of talent on that team.Yost is the worst manager. The Royals are clearly the worst team. Yet here they are, 8 innings away from the WS. And still haven't lost a game.
whoknew
Footballguy
No. There's really not.rodg12 said:I don't think the bolded is true. Lots of talent on that team.whoknew said:Yost is the worst manager. The Royals are clearly the worst team. Yet here they are, 8 innings away from the WS. And still haven't lost a game.
