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Post by 88bulldog on Jul 17, 2018 20:05:23 GMT
I had Harper and Schwarber in the final. Seemed like a no brainer.
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Post by truedodger on Jul 31, 2018 18:37:29 GMT
Muncy has hit the inevitable slump. Hope the clock has not struck midnight for this guy at least while he is here.
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 18:57:13 GMT
Muncy has hit the inevitable slump. Hope the clock has not struck midnight for this guy at least while he is here. Cody had some God awful slumps last year. Not that Muncy is Bellinger, or that Cody is doing that great this year. But I'm willing to give him some more time to adjust. He was batting .190 on May 8th. He had to have made an adjustment then too. |
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Post by truedodger on Jul 31, 2018 19:25:32 GMT
Muncy has hit the inevitable slump. Hope the clock has not struck midnight for this guy at least while he is here. Cody had some God awful slumps last year. Not that Muncy is Bellinger, or that Cody is doing that great this year. But I'm willing to give him some more time to adjust. He was batting .190 on May 8th. He had to have made an adjustment then too. I agree with you on giving them more time. There's Edwin Rios in the minors who has hit at every level in case Bellinger is just what he is. Dodgers are getting Dozier!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 19:32:29 GMT
Cody had some God awful slumps last year. Not that Muncy is Bellinger, or that Cody is doing that great this year. But I'm willing to give him some more time to adjust. He was batting .190 on May 8th. He had to have made an adjustment then too. Dodgers are getting Dozier!!! Seriously? Forsythe gone? |
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Post by 88bulldog on Jul 31, 2018 22:40:06 GMT
Dodgers are getting Dozier!!! Seriously? Forsythe gone? Why would the twins do that deal, lol. What a tremendous upgrade. Dozier has had great 2nd halves the last couple years. |
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 22:42:34 GMT
Seriously? Forsythe gone? Why would the twins do that deal, lol. What a tremendous upgrade. Dozier has had great 2nd halves the last couple years. I didn't mean Forsythe for Dozier straight up.  I was wondering what we would do with Logan. Just got back in from a doctor's appointment. Done deal? |
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 22:45:55 GMT
My God! They did it.
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Post by 88bulldog on Jul 31, 2018 22:47:50 GMT
Why would the twins do that deal, lol. What a tremendous upgrade. Dozier has had great 2nd halves the last couple years. I didn't mean Forsythe for Dozier straight up. I was wondering what we would do with Logan. Just got back in from a doctor's appointment. Done deal? Yeah, it's done. Forsythe and 2 minor leaguers for Dozier. No idea why the twins would do that but THANKS!!! I guess Luke Raley has some potential though. Key part is both Dozier and Logan made the same money!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 22:51:30 GMT
Twins trade Brian Dozier to the Dodgers
Minnesota receives Logan Forsythe and two minor leaguers in the deal.
By Maija Varda@KirbysLeftEye Jul 31, 2018, 3:53pm EDT
Two years after we thought the deal was inevitable, it’s finally come to fruition: the Twins have traded second baseman Brian Dozier to the Dodgers .
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Brian Dozier has been traded to the #Dodgers. Deal is done. @ken_Rosenthal reported close.
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It’s not at all surprising the Twins moved Dozier, seeing as the team has been in fire-sale mode all weekend. Since Dozier is set to become a free agent after the season ends in any case, he was one of the team’s best trading chips.
Though Dozier is having a bit of a down year — he’s hitting only .224/.305/.402 with 16 home runs — his past production probably carries some weight. Since 2015, Dozier has the second highest fWAR of any second baseman in baseball, trailing on Jose Altuve (duh). He’s by far had the most home runs in that time, hitting 120, compared to Jonathan Schoop, who is in second place with 89. The fact Dozier generally starts off slow and heats up in the second half of the season might have been a selling factor for him as well.
What is mildly surprising about the trade is that it ended up being with the Dodgers. The Dodgers recently traded for Manny Machado, which already seemed to have beefed up their middle infield quite a bit.
In return for Brian Dozier, the Twins are getting the Dodgers’ used bits — second baseman Logan Forsythe. Forsythe, if you remember, was the guy the Dodgers went out and traded for when the Twins refused to accept Jose de Leon for Dozier in a one-for-one trade. At the time, many outlets praised the Dodgers for finding a “cheaper” version of Brian Dozier, but I guess it turned out he really wasn’t Dozier after all. Over 70 games played this season, Forsythe is hitting .207/.270/.290 with two home runs. He’ll be a free agent at the end of the season, but at least can help out in the middle infield for the rest of the year.
In addition to Forsythe, the Twins received minor leaguer Luke Raley. Raley, 23, is a first baseman and outfielder who has spent the 2018 season so far in Double-A, where he’s hit .275/.345/.477 with 17 home runs. Raley was ranked as the Dodgers’ 19th best prospect on MLB.com’s Prospect Pipeline.
The Twins also received Devin Smeltzer. Smeltzer, 22, is a starting pitcher who 4.73 ERA and 1.35 WHIP over 83.2 innings in Double-A this year. He’s also a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of 9.
Best of luck to you, Brian Dozier. Maybe we’ll meet again one day.
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 31, 2018 22:57:00 GMT
I didn't mean Forsythe for Dozier straight up. I was wondering what we would do with Logan. Just got back in from a doctor's appointment. Done deal? Yeah, it's done. Forsythe and 2 minor leaguers for Dozier. No idea why the twins would do that but THANKS!!! I guess Luke Raley has some potential though. Key part is both Dozier and Logan made the same money!!! This is awesome. Thank God for cheap geeks! We didn't cave in to the Twins' demands. We unload De Leon at peak value & get Forsythe. While Logan definitely under-performed here in LA, we made it to game 7 of the World Series with him & he was one of the few hitters who did well. This year we need hitting help because of Seager's injury & Logan under-performing again. We take Forsythe & trade him for Dozier. It's pretty funny actually. But the Cubs still had the better winter.  |
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Post by 88bulldog on Aug 1, 2018 2:43:54 GMT
Yeah, it's done. Forsythe and 2 minor leaguers for Dozier. No idea why the twins would do that but THANKS!!! I guess Luke Raley has some potential though. Key part is both Dozier and Logan made the same money!!! This is awesome. Thank God for cheap geeks! We didn't cave in to the Twins' demands. We unload De Leon at peak value & get Forsythe. While Logan definitely under-performed here in LA, we made it to game 7 of the World Series with him & he was one of the few hitters who did well. This year we need hitting help because of Seager's injury & Logan under-performing again. We take Forsythe & trade him for Dozier. It's pretty funny actually. But the Cubs still had the better winter. These guys nailed it this year. Like they always do actually. Saved money in offseason and look what they added. OMG. A ridiculous deadline, but nothing new. and btw, they stayed under 197 mill, and still have the best lineup in baseball. |
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Post by Blunashun on Aug 1, 2018 17:00:23 GMT
This is awesome. Thank God for cheap geeks! We didn't cave in to the Twins' demands. We unload De Leon at peak value & get Forsythe. While Logan definitely under-performed here in LA, we made it to game 7 of the World Series with him & he was one of the few hitters who did well. This year we need hitting help because of Seager's injury & Logan under-performing again. We take Forsythe & trade him for Dozier. It's pretty funny actually. But the Cubs still had the better winter. These guys nailed it this year. Like they always do actually. Saved money in offseason and look what they added. OMG. A ridiculous deadline, but nothing new. and btw, they stayed under 197 mill, and still have the best lineup in baseball. Two superstars. They've stolen the Yankees' thunder. I guess the Bronx Bombers don't really want to win. |
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Post by 20DodgerMiracle24 on Aug 2, 2018 23:52:21 GMT
This is awesome. Thank God for cheap geeks! We didn't cave in to the Twins' demands. We unload De Leon at peak value & get Forsythe. While Logan definitely under-performed here in LA, we made it to game 7 of the World Series with him & he was one of the few hitters who did well. This year we need hitting help because of Seager's injury & Logan under-performing again. We take Forsythe & trade him for Dozier. It's pretty funny actually. But the Cubs still had the better winter. These guys nailed it this year. Like they always do actually. Saved money in offseason and look what they added. OMG. A ridiculous deadline, but nothing new. and btw, they stayed under 197 mill, and still have the best lineup in baseball. Good things come to those who wait. Forsythe dissapointed us last year after a pretty good year with the Rays. Many, including me, wanted Dozier, but the price was just too high. The Twins wanted Bellinger and Beuhler. Some on the forum wanted Forsythe instead and the only player of any note was Jose DeLeon, but he's been hurt a lot. We won the pennant and this time around, Dozier only cost us Forsythe and two minor leaguers whose names very few people know. . |
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Post by 88bulldog on Aug 8, 2018 14:13:49 GMT
Muncy has hit a wall it seems. Can't say I'm surprised.
For the 2nd half so far he is .179/.266/.393/.658 with 2 HRs in 64 plate appearances.
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I was wondering what we would do with Logan. 
