The Clock is Ticking on Deals
The trade deadline is a little over two weeks away. July 31st is the drop-dead date, but wait! Is it really? What would happen if the Marlins put Stanton on waivers in August? Miami could just let anyone who put in a claim have him if they truly wanted to dump salary, so the question is: If he isn t traded before July 31st, would anyone put in a waiver claim
The trade deadline is a little over two weeks away. July 31st is the drop-dead date, but wait! Is it really? What would happen if the Marlins put Stanton on waivers in August? Miami could just let anyone who put in a claim have him if they truly wanted to dump salary, so the question is: If he isn’t traded before July 31st, would anyone put in a waiver claim on him? We need to realize one thing: most of these deals we concoct will never happen!
However, this is baseball and you never know. I do know this: We have no idea what FAZ is doing. I am sure they have something up their sleeve that we never thought of. Some are extolling Theo’s acquisition of Quintana as being a “Bold Move” and it is because the Cubs gave up two highly rated prospects, but Theo had to make it because the Cubs do not have any depth in starting pitchers. That’s the difference. FAZ has the depth so that they do not have to make bold moves like that. That bold move may be good…. but what happens if Quintana doesn’t pitch well or gets injured?
FAZ has made moves that did not work (Johnson, Latos, Olivera, Reddick), but they never gave up Top Prospects to do them. I doubt they will do so this year either – they don’t have to. They have the best team in baseball – all it needs is a tweak here or there. A lockdown LH in the pen would be nice, but I don’t see them trading Verdugo.
Two weeks of playing wait and see and what if?
I’m ready for some Dodger baseball. How about you?
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Disagree, not disagreeable
I ill be damed.
“New Half – Same Story!” Joe Davis
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Classic!
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The Dodgers don’t need a damn thing!
The look on Mattinglys face was priceless!
Unbelievable!!!
27 come from behind wins.
They believe they can win every game so they are never out of a game.
And PUIG!
He heard ya’ll talking! Best 8 hole hitter in MLB… try and say that fast…
Team of destiny?
We talk trade.. They say What?
In Puig I Trust
Puig Flys!
Didn’t see the first six! How did Mac look?
D-backs and Rockies both lose lead is 8.5 and 10.5.
IMO Verdugo is the best AAA hitter the Dodgers have had since John Werhas. I hope not the same desire and drive to compete in the bigs.
I worry just a little that Taylor will revert to his past. I probably need to stop worrying. He had two hits last night and a walk. He made a great play on a ball hit over his head and to his left. He probably is another Justin Turner. If you think of just those two players and what finds they were.
Two outs, nobody on base, down a run in the top of the ninth, two consecutive hitters grind out two strike counts to get on base, and then Puig hangs in with a third two strike count, two out count to hit the game winner home run. This team knows how to use all 27 outs and knows how to win.