MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[funkster]

Theo is my expert.

Yes.

 

 

I'm a little surprised that a Friedman run Dodgers FO is having such difficulty this offseason.

[rok]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jstraw" data-cid="268105" data-time="1450394605">
Theo is my expert.

Yes.

 

 

I'm a little surprised that a Friedman run Dodgers FO is having such difficulty this offseason.</blockquote>
They've been a real shit-show over there. One wonders if Friedman just can't operate with a big payroll.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

 

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jstraw" data-cid="268105" data-time="1450394605">
Theo is my expert.

Yes.

 

 

I'm a little surprised that a Friedman run Dodgers FO is having such difficulty this offseason.</blockquote>
They've been a real shit-show over there. One wonders if Friedman just can't operate with a big payroll.
</blockquote>
 

I dunno. They have done a great job in two major trades (the one last season that netted them Alex Wood+) and this recent one with the White Sox. Hell, the Gordon/Haren for Heaney+ deal worked out well for them as well.

[rok]

Yes, but it seems that every move not involving prospects or young cost-controlled players has been a disaster, or has just fallen apart on them.


Edit: I looked back at the Haren/Gordon/Kendrick/Heaney/Hernandez/ Rojas trade, and see that the only player of value that remains with the Dodgers is Kike Hernandez. Gordon flourished in Miami. Heaney is a solid mid-rotation SP with the Angels. I don't think that was such a good deal for the Dodgers at all. I'll grant you the Wood trade though.

[funkster]

I still don't think much of the White Sox trade.  I like none of the guys they got.

[rok]

Maybe we'll have one less douche in the NL Central if he waives his NTC.


https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status...2514813954

[Runnys]

I still don't think much of the White Sox trade.  I like none of the guys they got.

I think the only guy the Sox got was Frazier.

[1060Ivy]

Maybe we'll have one less douche in the NL Central if he waives his NTC.
https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status...2514813954

Would prefer he was stuck on a bad Reds team than being teamed with Dusty on a talented, under achieving Nats roster

[funkster]

Runnys, I meant from the Dodgers perspective.

[rok]

Webster is the Jacob Turner of small market teams.


https://twitter.com/pirateprospects/stat...9796948992

[Runnys]

Runnys, I meant from the Dodgers perspective.

Gotcha. It's funny, a lot of guys think the Dodgers did much better in the trade than the Reds.

[rok]

After taking a few days to digest it, I think all the prospects that were exchanged are shit. Montas may turn into a decent RP, but otherwise no one stands out. Peraza looks like a future Brendan Ryan.

[Runnys]

I really don't understand it from the Reds side. It seems like they could have gotten more from someone for Frazier. I don't understand why they didn't wait until the trade deadline. There would have definitely been teams looking for a power bat at the deadline.

[funkster]

I'm pretty much where Rok stands.  The dodgers got a nicer bag of balls.

[rok]

Sounds like the Phillips trade is falling apart. Could be posturing by his agent to sweeten the pot and waive his 10/5 rights, but Dusty may not get his man after all.