The Cavan Biggio Experiment is Over!

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Ira

Agree on the Biggio situation. DFA him already.

Also agree on some rest for both Glasnow and Stone. Both guys could use some rest . Just dont give it to them simulatneously . Around the ASG would be the ideal spot.

Do not agree on Vargas having no business playing 3b. A .920 fielding percentage sure is no GG caliber defense at the hot corner but IMHO good enough to give him an occasional start there until MM returns. As you said Lipcius fielding percentag ist not that much better, same for Kike and Biggio. Vargas bat will help the team more than his glove hurts it. Vargas has several hundred innings under his belt in the minors so the position is not something new for him. With a few days of infield practice you should be able to plug him in there once or twice very week. You can also replace him with a defender in the late innings to even more reduce the risk of his glove.

Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biggio and kiki. opposite side batters, same results. although kiki is a bit better. Chris Taylor has a buffer as long as those 2 are on the roster. The dodgers need an outfielder period! Heyward is hitting the ball “hard “ every one says. But no results. Teo is very streaky and can’t hit a slider. , but has been a godsend! Pages is doing ok, not an all star type performance, but adequate. I said earlier i don’t think Outman is coming back this season, and his numbers prove that. Why not go to the angels and try to pry ward away? Now i’m beginning to believe AF doesn’t give the white sox what they will ask for Robert jr. But, another outfielder that hits and plays solid defense is an absolute necessity! It may very well be Bellinger! Would be a sweet reunion wouldn’t it?

pages in left. bellinger in center. teo in right. Now we’re cooking with gas!!

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I would love to get Cody back. He is a better center fielder than anyone else on this team and is a PROVEN post season performer.

pages in right and Teo in left because of arm strength.

Mark –

I like your idea on Bellinger and the Cubs may be very interested in more Dodger prospects. After a couple of months, Busch hits second in their lineup at .262 with 10 homers and 30 RBIs. Cody would be a good fit for the Dodgers…

Oh Mark, forgot to mention….

Congrats to your son on his promotion and to you on your “back seat.” Building a successful company is something that most of us corporate wage slaves can barely comprehend. And then to be able to trust it on to your son… Quite an achievement!

And while I often mention the Book of Moron, i sure wish AF had paid attention to you regarding Lux’s ability to play shortstop. Perhaps the single best trade AF made in recent years was the one for Miguel Rojas.

A couple of days ago I read about this idea of trading for Bellinger, and it seems to be a good idea, the bad thing is that the Yankees have more need to get him, and who knows, maybe it will be between him and Soto in the race to see who would be signed by NYY next season….

And about that, Vargas and someone else for Bellinger? Sounds like a lot to me, maybe Lux for Bellinger. Lux will have no place on the team next season, and maybe not even this season when Betts returns.

And the other day when I commented that whoever, besides Glassnow in the rotation, that’s what I was referring to, he and Stone (Who I completely forgot about) are reaching their limit. Right now I don’t see anyone “for sure” for the playoffs…

I wish Othani could play outfield, so that it would be a possibility to go for Bichette and Vlady on the trade dateline

While the others are swirling down the toilet, CT3 was batting less than .100. So I guess he is moving in right direction

The best version now and forever of a song called “Hold On” is by Tom Waits, although the Aimee Mann cover is also top notch

As for Cody, It seems when we bring back guys for second time it just doesn’t seem to work out. Orel, Kike, Maddux. Or the second year of some reclamation project–Heyward. Others that I can’t remember. I am sure that some do work out.(Kemp) But anyway.

4:05 PM ET

Dodgers (52-32)

Giants (40-44)

SP James Paxton L

7-1 3.39 ERA

SP Spencer Bivens R

1-1 3.00 ERA

Confirmed Lineup

DH S. Ohtani L

LF T. Hernandez R

1B F. Freeman L

CF Andy Pages R

RF J. Heyward L

2B Gavin Lux L

3B Chris Taylor R

SS E. Hernandez R

C A. Barnes R

67° Wind 10 mph Out

Not a very good lineup today!

what! no Biggio? that’s the last piece of the puzzle!! Why do they do this to me every Single Sunday???

day game loser lineup

Right now I’d rather have Vargas play third without a glove than Taylor, Biggio or Kike. Congrats to your son Mark. Now you have more time to makeup with your morons.

Exactly how do you know that Glasnow has “hit a wall”, Mark, as opposed to having a crappy start where none of his pitches were working?

In his previous 2 starts, he pitched a total of 14 innings, giving up 5 hits, 1 earned run, while striking out 19. That didn’t sound like a guy who was desperate for a rest.

If he follows this bad start with another one or two then, absolutely, sit him down for awhile, but even HOF pitchers have bad starts. Eventually, he’s going to need some rest before the playoffs, but it doesn’t necessarily need to come right now. It would be better if he could wait until Kershaw or Buehler were ready to replace him in the rotation.

Bellinger – he has an OPS of .748, absolutely nothing special, but I imagine the Cubs asking price would be fairly steep. JHey, who isn’t exactly having a spectacular year, has an OPS of .726, not all that much worse and I doubt too many here would say we want another JHey to add to our outfield. On top of that Belli can opt out each of the next two years, meaning if he has a good year he waives bye bye but if he has a poor year you’re stuck with him. And he has reverse splits this year and we already have a good outfield to face lefty starters with Teoscar, Pages and Vargas. We need another outfielder to start against righties.

Jessie Winkler and CJ Adam’s would look great in Dodger blue. Just saying that and the Dodgers like to trade with the Nationals. Wow! Christian Yelich made the Allstar team as a starter. Now, think back when Bear said no way to pick him up from the Brewers in the off season. Ohhh I remember that.

Actually Bradley did ask for Ahmed Rosario for a while last year, and that deal did happen.

Glasnow and Paxton made Giants look like best hitting team in baseball

My goodness. Paxton and Glasnow made Giants look like best hitting team in baseball. Pages is not a CFer. Teo is a lot like Muncy. White hot flashes, followed by long stretches of blah. Today’s lineup is not only bad offensively but also defensively. Time for Kike to pitch.

in a rout like this one, I doubt the Giants pitchers were being careful with guys around the Mendoza line. Still, the signs of life from Kike and Taylor are a good thing.

And it’s been reported that the Sox considered and rejected a Dodgers offer for Crochet.

I assume the Sox management is considering a few offers, and hoping some team may sweeten their bids as the deadline approaches. So maybe this is just the Dodgers first offer.

Another injury can change things.

Tough game to watch today.

Not sure who was talking, but earlier today on MLB radio it was said that the Dodgers were getting closer to a potential trade with the Blue Jays for SS Bo Bichette.

Will see, but if true that would be very good news and the 1st of potentially 3 moves they need to make before the deadline.

We also really do need a center fielder as Pages is strictly a corner defender. If not Robert Jr, Bellinger or Outman, I think a good move could be Tommy Pham.

Good bat and if you look at this year and in his career he really is an excellent defensive CF.

And he has played CF a ton.

Adding a SS and CF will also directly improve our bench as few current bench players will need to go.

And of course 3rd is a quality starter. Who that is I don’t know.

I know STB mentioned that the Dodgers may have already made an initial offer on Crochet.

That would be the type of starter we need.

Go Dodgers !!

I don’t recall much buzz about the Dodgers considered Chapman, since Max had 3B locked up.

But I still think the Dodgers whiffed when the Blue Jays snagged him from the A’s.

Back then, Max was playing 1B, and a platinum-glover at 3B would have been sweet.

Which reminds me: Max rarely gets credit for his versatility and willingness to move from 1B to 2B and 3B. We’ve seen other players struggle with challenges–and even guys struggle in positions they grew up playing. Much-maligned Max wont win gold gloves, but he’s a grinder and usually makes it work.

Still, it would be nice to see Lipcius before Max returns…

Look at centerfielders around the league who would be good Dodgers. And the top onesI list would be reachable targets for the Dodgers at deadline. .

Bryan Reynolds pirates

Luis Robert Jr whitesox

Jazz Chizholm marlins

Byron Buxton twins

Taylor Ward angels

Cody Bellinger cubs

Lane Thomas nationals

Jessie Winkler nationals

Jeff Doyle rockies

George Springer bluejays

Dalton Vasho bluejays

Dylan Carlson cardinals