Rumors & Rumors of Rumors
Of course, MLB is building a new 50-story building to house all the Rumors. Bad-A-Bing, Bad-A-Boom! But seriously, folks… The Randy Arozarena Rumors Won’t Go Away Randy Arozarena would instantly be a Dodgers fan favorite. Some players just feel destined to be Dodgers and Randy…
Of course, MLB is building a new 50-story building to house all the Rumors. Bad-A-Bing, Bad-A-Boom! But seriously, folks…
The Randy Arozarena Rumors Won’t Go Away
Three Problems:
- The Rays are not sellers (yet);
- The Dodgers need help in CF, not LF; and
- The Rays are not Sellers (yet).
Brent Rooker Makes Miguel Vargas Look LIke a Gold Glover
Brent Rooker might be a nice DH, but he makes Miggy Vargas look like a Gold Glove LF. Hard NO!
Do Not Put Any Trust in Rumors
Especially rumors put out by fish hacks. And we are all fish hacks. Believe it when it is announced. For the record, I would not pay the prospect collateral required for Crochet, Skubal, and even Flaherty. It will come down to a bidding war and may require a lot more prospects than expected. I am of the opinion that the Dodgers can stand down… unless they can steal Bellinger!
Family Time
Of course, my wife is from San Francisco, and this week, we have family from SF in town, and I have been spending a lot of time enjoying the “pool view:”
At any rate, to a person, the people who live in SF and there are seven (to a person) say San Francisco is a “shithole” (not my words… theirs). Several are actually moving here. It’s sad what has happened to that city and yet people try and convince you that you should not trust your “lying eyes”! That was my opinion and my wife’s opinion as well. She says, “They ruined my city!”
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Discussion (69)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Does anyone else see a Yordan Alvarez type swing with DePaula?
I’d rather not trade him; keep him for the later part of this decade and next.
Dodger starting pitching in 25. Ohtani, Yamamoto, Sasaki, (he’s coming to Dodgers), Glasnow. Now you also have May, Gonsolin, Sheehan, Miller, Stone, Knack, Ryan, WrobleskI, Hurt, Frasso, Bruns, and more. There just isn’t enough room for all these starters. You can’t just let them languish in the minors. It’s a waste of organizational capital and unfair to the players. AF is too smart and loyal to let that happen. We need a CF right now. I’m trading some of that capital for Robert jr. The potential is just too great. Deal with SS in the off season.
Mark, you wrote:
For the record, I would not pay the prospect collateral required for Crochet, Skubal, and even Flaherty. It will come down to a bidding war and may require a lot more prospects than expected. I am of the opinion that the Dodgers can stand down… unless they can steal Bellinger!
Well, the consequence of not dealing the prospects is that you will lose some of them during the Rule 5 draft.
Dodgers just can not protect everybody. It is smarter to deal them now, even if it is a sligth overpay, for guys like a Skubal (if availble) or Crochet or Tanner Scott or even Mason Miller. Dodgers are all in and I am pretty sure we will see them make at least one blockbuster deal and one or two minor ones.
One example is Cartaya. He just has no place with Smith signed longterm and Rushing ahead of him as a catching prospect and Lirano just behind. Same for all those young arms. Can not keep them all and stash them away for emergency.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark, what is your poolside beverage of choice? Mine is an ice cold can of hoppy west coast IPA.