In-Season Tournament: Yes or No?

Moving Teo out of RF is a fine goal, but he’s still there in the current thinking. Tucker or Bader or a trade could fix that. Or Edman, if his ankle fully heals. We fans may feel more urgency than the front office. If Siani makes the roster, he can provide elite defense in CF but won’t hit much.

Just don’t see Teo in right field again. Either Tucker or Bichette will end up in LA. Don’t see AF letting both get away. If it’s Tucker, then Edman and Kim split second base. If it’s Bichette, then Call and Edman split time in the outfield. Rojas probably splits with Max, and Kim spells Mookie and Bichette. But the Dodgers will get one of the 2!

right now, the lineup is well-balanced. Shohei DH left Mookie SS right Freddie 1B left Smith C right Max 3B left Pages CF right Teo RF right Call/Ward LF right/left Kim /Edman left/switch Rushing (left), Rojas (right), Ibanez (left) Who is the PTBNL?

right now, the lineup is well-balanced. Shohei DH left Mookie SS right Freddie 1B left Smith C right Max 3B left Pages CF right Teo RF right Call/Ward LF right/left Kim /Edman left/switch Rushing (left), Rojas (right), Ibanez (left) Who is the PTBNL?

Interesting! Good company. He also transformed into a solid centerfielder.

Or count him out….

There are many, many pitchers who, like Bobby Miller, have demonstrated their talent and then went south for some reason…. and then found their mojo again. Miller is a classic change-of-scenery candidate. He wss a Dodgers first-rounder who, as a rookie, looked like a future all-star. Plenty of teams would want a chance to fix him at an affordable price.

If I ran the Cubs, I’d pass on Teo and angle for Hope or de Paula. The contracts for Happ and Suzuki run thru ’26, I think, so a top OF prospect due in ’27 would fit nicely. I’d prefer Shaw to Hoerner. Yes, our Max needs an heir apparent. Plus, he’s been prone to injury, so Shaw might be more than a platoon partner. The Cubs might want to get Hope back. It would be funny if they demanded Hope and Ferris….

Tucker to Toronto…. or Chavez Ravine??

My Western bias leans to Portland, former home of The Battered Bastards of Baseball–a fine documentary every fan should find and watch. My global bias leans to Montreal…. but Nashville sounds fun.

Ward needs a single at-bat before we can count on him.

Feeling Tucker right now

Per JIM Duquette: A League source confirmed to me that the three main teams involved in the Tucker negotiations (Tor, LAD, NYM) have all met with the player, either in person or over Zoom, as part of the recruiting process for a star player. Will be interesting to see if any of the 3 teams increase their offers soon to separate themselves from the other

Jay Jaffe takes a lovely look at the career of Mat. Kemp: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the-2026-hall-of-fame-ballot-matt-kemp/

How would trading Teo affect Pages? Teo has been a calming influence for Andy. Just a thought. Something is about to happen! I can feel it in my bones! Something big! Something that we don’t expect! Wait and see!

One article has Shaw moving to 2b after the Bergman deal. But if not, it would be a great pick-up for the Dodgers. Keep Max away from lefties and sliders away and give him some days off. Shaw is also a step forward to some youth. Great fix all around.

As a 23-year-old rookie, Andy Pages hit .248 with 13 HR and 46 RBI and put up a .712 OPS. As a 24-year-old Sophomore, he hit .272 with 27 HR, 86 RBI, and put up a 774 OPS. His progress was evident. He dropped his strikeout % from a decent 24.4% to a better 21.6%. The area he needs to improve the most in 2026 is walk percentage. League average is 8.4%, Freddie Freeman is 3 points higher. Pages was at 4.6%. If he can double his walk %, he will be a borderline superstar with an OPS over .850. He’s young, and he can do it. In fact, I expect it.

I don’t see him going to SF either. It’s a lousy park for hitters and he’s from Tampa (nice warm weather). Probably wouldn’t want to spend his summers in cold, foggy SF). That said, money talks………………………..and so we wait.

Teo stays at least one more year. He never really recovered from his injury last season, same as Freeman and Edman. Kike was also injured, and it seems to have affected him a lot. Freeman is not going to play for team Canada in the WBC, seems he had some sort of setback. I think he will get more days off this year, another reason Ward and Rushing are on the roster, both can play first. Teo, Pages and Betts give LA three RH thumpers with 20 HR plus power. Betts should be much better this year considering he never really recovered after losing all that weight while he was ill. But they still need one more legitimate bat.

Andy Pages doesn’t have the metrics that wow you, but he was one of just six players in 2025 to have 70+ R, 25+ HR, 85+ RBI, 10+ SB, and a .270+ AVG. The other five were Judge, JoRam, Ohtani, Machado, and Bellinger.

cool! I’m wrong a lot!

Teo is NOT going to be traded because you need his right handed power bat to balance the lineup with the left handed hitters of Ohtoni,Freeman and Muncy. I also read Teo is coming into camp in excellent physical shape.

I don’t believe he goes to the Giants.

70 million of Bregman’s contract is deferred. He also has a full no trade and no opt outs. Reds signed Michael Toglia to a minor league deal. I am curious. Does the Dodgers signing of two over 30 utility type players mean they are moving on from Kike? Seems logical. But neither of those guys look like an upgrade over any player already on the roster.

How about Nico Hoerner for Teo and Kim? or Throw in Miller. It would be great to get younger and have a .300 hitter on the team.