Dope Fiend Moves
As baseball fans, we like to make up trades – it’s in our DNA! We can’t help it – it’s a form of BOCD (Baseball Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and is the root cause of “dope-fiend moves.” Andrew Friedman was a “recovering dope fiend”… that was until he signed Michael Conforto…
As baseball fans, we like to make up trades – it’s in our DNA! We can’t help it – it’s a form of BOCD (Baseball Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and is the root cause of “dope-fiend moves.” Andrew Friedman was a “recovering dope fiend”… that was until he signed Michael Conforto. That was a classic example of a dope-fiend move. He is now back in recovery, and I am hoping that he is back on the wagon. No Harrison Bader, No Kyle Tucker, No Steven Kwan, No Cody Bellinger, and No Jaren Duran. I can make a good case that the Dodgers should stand pat and ride with what they have.
- Shohei Ohtain DH
- Mookie Betts SS
- Will Smith C (Dalton Rushing catches twice a week)
- Freddie Freeman 1B (Dalton Rushing catches twice a week)
- Andy Pages RF (He’s the #5 hitter… I expect more progress)
- Max Muncy 3B (with Miggy Ro playing against tough LHP)
- Teoscar Hernandez LF (with Dalton Rushing playing against some RHP)
- Tommy Edman CF (after surgery, he should be much better)
- Hyeseong Kim 2B (let’s see what he has)
Bench: Alex Call, Kike Hernandez, Rushing, MiggyRo
The Dodgers have plenty of bullpen arms. Keep the farm intact, and maybe someone will be ready by the All-Star Break. There’s also Alex Freeland.
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Discussion (57)
Disagree, not disagreeable
If Rushing slides to third and 1B backup, maybe we need to pick up a few catcher prospects. We have nothing in the minors right now. Maybe an old pro with a few years left with some pop as a backup for Will. Framing will fade away next year with the challenges starting so it’s back to the pitch blocking and steal defense skills the way the Baseball Gods intended.
I’m saying this because we really don’t need much else since we got Diaz to close.
Ardaya on the Diaz signing ($$$)
Open on www.nytimes.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6877125/2025/12/09/dodgers-mlb-winter-meetings-edwin-diaz/“We are in a really strong position right now, financially,” said Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, who couldn’t discuss the Díaz signing directly since the move isn’t yet official. “If we were on a really tight budget, we probably wouldn’t allocate in the same way.”
Per Dennis Lin:
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