Looking Back on the Friedman Era
Sometime in 2010, I wrote a blog post about the Dodgers needing a President of Baseball Operations like Andrew Friedman of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I wrote this because the Devil Rays (now just the Rays) had one of the lowest payrolls in baseball and yet made the playoffs very…
Sometime in 2010, I wrote a blog post about the Dodgers needing a President of Baseball Operations like Andrew Friedman of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I wrote this because the Devil Rays (now just the Rays) had one of the lowest payrolls in baseball and yet made the playoffs very frequently… even making it to the World Series once. I mentioned this in my interview with Andrew in April:
When I said that, I had no idea that the Dodgers would hire him. But I should have been prepared for the firestorm that happened after I wrote that blog. I wasn’t! I was attacked, saying that it was stupid because all Friedman did was “moneyball” and I was chastized on the blog ad nauseum… btw, the ones who castigated me moved on to another blog after I came back and exposed their weak arguments!
Over the next few years, I heard so much crap about how bad Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts were. When the arguments turned personal, I banished the morons. Since then, the Dodgers have won three World Series, and it should have been four but for the Cheaters.
It’s about time, “I TOLD YOU SO,” you stupid morons. I am not right about everything, but I do get my share! I did not deserve all the bullshit shoveled out by the bullshitters. You know who you are. You still read here. You know that I know. Say that you are sorry and want to move back, and all is forgiven. It’s that simple…. or stay away like the bitter little man you are!
Baseball is supposed to be fun. I have no idea why some of you want to be miserable and make others feel the same. The Dodgers will never win 162 games, and that makes some of you miserable! Many fans quit on the 2024 Dodgers and the 2025 Dodgers… several times. I didn’t! I told you the truth: This team can win it all! It’s been that way every year since Andrew Friedman came to LA, but there is no way you can win EVERY year – you can be good enough, but stuff happens!
On this blog, I have not listened to the morons and the naysayers. Lots of fans criticized Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts, ad nauseum, until they couldn’t, because they branded themselves as morons. The back-to-back championships make it three in the last six years. That’s pretty good. It’s actually great… and lastly, I TOLD YOU SO!
OK, I’m done!
UPDATE: LAD Free Agents and Rule 5 Candidates
I don’t like doing work that someone else has already done, so check out LAD Free Agents and Rule 5 Candidates at LA Dodger Chronicles, where Jeff Dominique has already done a fantastic job, saving me the time.
In typical Dylan Hernandez Fashion, he writes in the LA Times that the Dodgers have to keep this Aging Team together: https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-11-04/dodgers-world-series-core-run-back-miguel-rojas. That’s why he is a fish hack and not a GM.
Allegedly, Shohei’s father told him that soon he would have to decide between hitting and pitching and told him he could be a great outfielder. How about this:
LF – Teoscar
CF – Pages
RF – Ohtani
Then, Rushing and Smith can platoon at C and DH. Problem solved.
I think only one of Rojas and Kike will be gone, with Freeland taking that one’s place.
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Good afternoon, any info or projection on Bobby Miller, could he close or be a bullpen piece , if he works out , he gives Roki a chance to start. I hope he turns it around ,
wow! i think we all have completely forgotten about Bobby Miller! I thought he was someone we would have seen starting in the world series as soon as this year. Now i’m not sure he starts for the dodgers anytime soon. Bullpen? Not until he fixes that fastball that has absolutely no movement! Good breaking stuff though.
Mikey,
The Dodgers’ retired players are frequently brought back for various occasions. Ron Cey, Steve Yeager, and, of course, Rick Monday, Orel Hershiser, and others work for the Dodgers. I am sure sume were at the parade, but it was short notice, so I don’t think they all were there.
of all the pitchers i am most excited about for next year, Gavin Stone is top of my list. his demeanor, his presence, his stuff. it will be interesting to see how the dodgers handle him, especially if sasaki goes into the rotation.
Per Olney:
… Because of the looming labor situation, some younger stars who are under team control in 2027 before reaching free agency could be shoved into the trade market by circumstances this winter.
The best example: Joe Ryan, who is eligible for free agency after the ’27 season. Typically, the Twins could wait until next summer’s trade deadline to consider taking offers for Ryan. However, with many executives believing that at least some of the ’27 season is in jeopardy because of the labor strife, placing an appropriate trade valuation on Ryan will be much, much more complicated next July; teams might not be willing to part with significant return if they believe the ’27 season will be truncated or lost. So if teams want to get proper return on players like Ryan, they could be better served to take offers this winter, rather than waiting until next summer.
Other players who could fit this timeline: MacKenzie Gore of the Nationals, the Guardians’ Steven Kwan, the Cardinals’ Lars Nootbaar and the Orioles’ Adley Rutschman. If those players aren’t going to be locked down with multiyear deals, the best time to get value in a deal for them could be this winter.