The Dodgers Farm System

1. Why would they trade Rushing in favor of Rortvedt? The dude can’t hit! 2. Anyone could be traded for the right price. I would trade Ohtani for Judge and Skubal. 3. I never considered Banda being DFA’ed. 4. I don’t think Skubal will be traded now… only if the Tigers are not in contention at the Deadline.

Would they now consider trading Dalton with Big Ben back? Not suggesting they should, but just wondering. Might be a major mistake to trade him,

Rortvedt’s return seems certain to affect Rushing’s future. Sheehan + Rushing for Skubal? Sheehan + Rushing + ??? Hey, why not toss Bobby Miller in there… A deal just seems that much more plausible now, like the move of a pawn to set up something bigger. The Tigers can try to maximize Skubal’s value now and avoid his $32m salary this season by bringing in Sheehan at the league minimum with years of future control, and add a potential star in Rushing. I hear that Rushing has options and could be sent to OKC. Skubal-Yamamoto-Snell-Shohei-Glasnow-Sasaki…with Ryan and Stone and others in the wings. I’m a bit bummed about Banda, a working-class hero who led the Dodgers in appearances while Tanner Scott shat the bed. Of course we are hoping that Scott bounces back….

Masher seems like an exaggeration.

The Dodgers spend about 75% of their revenue back on the team. They spent how much renovating Dodger Stadium? I feel no sympathy for billionaires who are spending around 35-40% of their revenue on the ball club. The Cubs spend 39% and Ricketts is wealthier than Walters. Kudos to AZ who despite having kind of a crappy fan base they still spend 66.7% on their team. MLB better be careful about biting the hand that feeds them. Ohtani is a unicorn in his ability to generate revenue for a club. He won’t be around forever. If they need to make an adjustment around the Dodgers TV contract that seems reasonable but that’s it for me.

Thanks Andrew. I’ve got to think we’ll at least get a player back for Banda.

No big loss. He was redundant with Rojas anyway. Potentially good news for Freeland.

“The Los Angeles Dodgers received cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs to finalize the February 2025 trade of Ryan Brasier. While the trade was initially announced as being for a “player to be named later (PTBNL) or cash considerations,” the deal was ultimately settled for cash. This type of settlement is common when teams cannot agree on a specific prospect from a pre-negotiated list within the standard six-month window”.

As I predicted: “The A’s have claimed infielder/outfielder Andy Ibañez off waivers from the Dodgers, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR reports. Los Angeles signed Ibañez to a one-year, $1.2MM deal last month and then tried to pass him through waivers in order to stash him in Triple-A as a depth option. Instead, the A’s will pick up that $1.2MM bill and add the versatile lefty masher to their infield mix”.

He’s not only had TJ but also flexor tendon surgery. No way I’d either pay what they would ask for him in trade or go after him in free agency. Let the Mets take their chances with him and if it works out, good for them. I’m waiting for Skenes.

At the time, the Brasier deal was for cash or a PTBNL. How was that finally resolved? Did we ever get a player?

Per Ardaya, the Dodgers have DFA’d Banda. His thoughts: – Banda was sneakily really effective last season, especially against LHH, but the Dodgers had six potential LH relievers on their 40-man roster, and Banda was out of options. – Banda settled at $1.625 million in arbitration. We’ll see what team picks it up. – This move reminds me a bit of the maneuver they tried with Ryan Brasier last season, trying to see if they can get something via trade for a guy who was a redundancy on the roster.

Kike is not going to do that! 😉

They have to cut Siani again! 😉

Rortvedt is back!!!

I would kike to thank everyone for the kind birthday wishes yesterday! It was a fabulous day with the family.

Hopefully the Dodgers can count on a couple of position prospects in the future. Pitching prospects seem to be getting the job done regularly and the position prospects have kind of been hit or miss lately. I’m really excited about River Ryan! Gavin Stone is money! Emmit is stone cold good! It’s going to be very interesting to see who’s still in dodger blue in 2027!

Let the Mets have him. We have too many highly promising youngsters for at least two of them not to work out at frontline starting pitchers

Yeah I don’t see them offering a 30 year old pitcher more than 4 years. At what per year? 50 million? Not sure how that would work out! The Mets will be all over him!

Well, the Dodgers could be players as well, but Skubal will be 30 next year. I cannot believe that he won’t need a second TJ in the next 3 or 4 seasons, due to how violent his delivery is. BTW, he burst onto the scene at the same age River Ryan is. Just sayin’

Not talking about a trade. I’m talking about free agency

We certainly robbed Boston on that trade, getting Tibbs, Erdhard and others – At least on paper. Can’t wait till they show some promise in spring training. Do you really think we need/want Scooby Do?

What do the Mets have to offer Detroit for Skubal? They would have to gut their farm system, and I can’t see David Stearns doing that.

Steve cohen will be foaming at the mouth at the end of the season! I said a couple of months ago that Skubal would be a Met. So unless the Dodgers get crazy and offer the tigers a package they can’t refuse, he will be a Met. He would be a nice addition, but if River Ryan develops into what we believe he will, and Gavin Stone is healthy, and Sheehan is still cooking? Along with Yamamoto, Snell, Sasaki, Ohtani, Glasnow? Wait. That’s a lot of starters! Nobody in baseball can touch that rotation! If the bullpen is good, the Dodgers are going to pitch their **sides off! Seattle 28— Patriots 20.

If I had to guess, I would predict that the Detroit Tigers are “all in” at the start of this season with Framber Valdez and Tarik Skubal at the top of their rotation. I do not see them trading Skubal… unless they are out of it at the deadline. However, I do not see that happening. This is likely their rotation: 1. Skubal 2. Valdez 3. Flaherty 4. Mise 5. Olsen 6. Anderson 7. Melton They only need 5. They really need another big bat, but if Spencer Torkleson, Colt Keith, Kery Carpenter, and Riley Green can continue their development, the Tigers could be a fun team to watch. I see them as Darkhorses to win the AL.