Bullpen Options

I don’t think it’s a good idea to include Peters and lux in the same deal for Hader.

I am surprised that Garcia was non-tendered, but not disappointed that Sheffield was not added. He has never lived up to his potential as a first round draft pick. Last season he walked 43 batters in 55 innings pitched.

Mark,

Talking about Yimi is small potatoes if indeed the Dodgers can nab Hader. If I’m Milwaukee, I wouldn’t do your trade. You’ve got a young reliever in Hader who has proven he’s got what it takes to be a game changer in the MLB. Lux has not proven anything, yet. His slide in the 23 games he has played has left more questions than answers. He may or may not be a star in this league. It’s a toin coss. Lux, Peters, & Carillo is a robbery. This would open up 2B for Muncy to prove once and for all that he belongs as a starter. Do it, FO, if you can!

We have to have either Strasberg or Cole. We need that second ace. Then plug in Kershaw, May, and Urias. I do not like giving up Lux. Why not give up Maeda, Stripling, Joc and Carrillo for Hader. Three starters and a prospect for one bull pen pitcher.

I would swap Turner and Muncy. Muncy is a very good athlete. He can play third. Turner playing first will extend his life as a baseball player. Now you may want to keep Taylor and Kike to sub in the infield.

I think Peters is still a good prospect and we need to keep him.

It’s not like Hader was a 14-15 y.o. when he posted his hate. He was 17-18, really not that long ago. He only apologized because the tweets surfaced. Not everyone growing up in a small town is a POS racist like this guy.

“During the 2018 MLB All-Star game, a series of tweets by Hader ranging from mid-2011 to late-2012 were discovered to contain racist, homophobic and sexist content.[29][30] Friends and family of Hader that were invited to the game were given blank jerseys to wear due to the controversy.[31][32] Hader issued an apology after the game and deleted his account on Twitter.[33][34]”

I guess I’m somewhat surprised and not surprised at the same time regarding Yimi García. I always thought he would rise to the next level. His ball really moved, but some times, too many times, it moved to the middle of the plate and flattened out. He became another face on the poster, failed to reach his potential. Maybe he will discover the key elsewhere and rise to the top. Or maybe not. If I ran a team looking for a cheap reliever with potential, I’d take a shot. But the Dodgers need to invest in a different kind of player.

So why invest in Scott Alexander? Well, he’s a left handed who has the proven ability to get out both lefties and righties. He was hurt last year (left forearm inflammation) and they apparently expect him to bounce back, plus with the new rule change you need a lefty who can out hitters from both sides of the plate. That increases Alexander’s value.

I’m sure the Dodgers would like to acquire Josh Hader, but at what cost? The Brewers aren’t going to give him away. Guessing the price will be high and the competition fierce, if they actually trade him.

We need to get past Hader’s teenage years and remember we were once teens too. Did we do and say dumb things?

I think Taijuan Walker is interesting as a starter or bullpen piece. Coming off Tommy John and then a shoulder issue, he does have good stuff. Wonder if the Dodgers think the same thing?

A couple of Dodger insiders seem to think the Dodgers will offer a five year contract for Anthony Rendon at something like $40 million a year and he will be playing third base in LA next year with Justin Turner moving to first. They also said that a couple of current players won’t be on the roster with the expectation that Friedman will make three or four moves through trades or free agency.

I totally agree with 99% of this. I’m 1% unsure about including Lux in the deal for Hader. As far as Hader’s stupid tweets…

He comes from a small town and was probably a big fish in a small bowl. Just a dumb kid saying stupid things. I see no reason to hold a kid accountable in his professional career for saying some stupid stuff when he was a kid.

As far as the 40 man goes. I agree that it was stupid to cut Yimi now instead of protecting Sheffield. But, the 40 man is full, we still need that Ace, RH Power Bat and Closer. So, we still need to more spots to open up. I’m not crying about losing Yimi when we still need to drop a couple more guys. Even more if we’re going to get one of those reclamation projects.

The thing that really irritates me is that there’s at least 2 other pitchers that are worse than Yimi, but because they have options, they’re still on the team. But again, I’m not crying over spilled milk here, because there’s a lot of hot stove left and we really haven’t done anything so far.

Hopefully there will be roster churn in the near future as I’m not really excited about still having Floro, Chargois, Kolarek, Sborz and White taking up valuable roster space. But, I’m sure we’ll still have some of those guys when Spring Training starts to my chagrin.

Cole/Stras, Donaldson and Hader and Treinen – That would be unbelievable!

If Yimi is gone doesn’t that open up a spot on the 40 man? Couldn’t AF put Sheffield on it to protect him?

BTW, if a team claims Sheffield in the rule 5 draft they have to keep him on their major league roster all season, and he doesn’t look ready for the majors yet. That’s why I think AF didn’t protect him.