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Post by Blunashun on Dec 4, 2022 20:11:35 GMT
I'm hearing that the Dodgers are going to be frugal and watch their wallet this off- season because they're positioning themselves up for a run at Ohtani in free agency. We've seen that Asians and mostly Japanese players really play well in to the LA market so I don't doubt that. Wonder where he'll go at the deadline. Problem with that line of thinking is every team out there is probably planning to back the Brinks truck up for Ohtani. Not like he's a lock to become a Dodger. Be funny if some of these teams held off this off-season for Ohtani and he signs an extension in Anaheim, lol... Ohtani, & even Trout, are now watching Arte Moreno to see if he's serious about winning. Ohtani moved to the States to play on the big stage. The Angels haven't delivered. He's one guy worth 50 million dollars a year. You fill two positions. |
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 4, 2022 20:18:17 GMT
Keep in kind Friedman's emphasis on versatility & "optionality" though. He's not going to want a 35 year old DH who hit 12 homeruns last season. 16 HR but who's counting  3 more than JT and 5 less than Muncy not much of a difference in average from JT but almost .100 points above Muncy. The thing is that he's a clutch hitter hitting in the middle of the order and has hit in post- season unlike those two. The versality definitely plays up with position players but at DH no to zero versatility is needed and both JT and Muncy are DHs. Muncy can probably play a little 3rd and 1st but not for an extended period because he sucks. Boras is an obstacle but if the rumors were right they wanted him at the deadline but the Dodgers felt the BoSox were asking for too much for a rental. Was it 16? Never mind then. The DH position isn't used like it was initially. You get one big fat guy like Big Papi to fill it. With more pitchers on the roster, you need that versatility. You might be able to stash Martinez in left a handful of games. But he's a DH. If Barnes starts behind the plate, you can't have Smith's bat in the lineup unless JD starts in left. So where's the win? |
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Post by truedodger on Dec 4, 2022 22:29:04 GMT
16 HR but who's counting 3 more than JT and 5 less than Muncy not much of a difference in average from JT but almost .100 points above Muncy. The thing is that he's a clutch hitter hitting in the middle of the order and has hit in post- season unlike those two. The versality definitely plays up with position players but at DH no to zero versatility is needed and both JT and Muncy are DHs. Muncy can probably play a little 3rd and 1st but not for an extended period because he sucks. Boras is an obstacle but if the rumors were right they wanted him at the deadline but the Dodgers felt the BoSox were asking for too much for a rental. Was it 16? Never mind then. The DH position isn't used like it was initially. You get one big fat guy like Big Papi to fill it. With more pitchers on the roster, you need that versatility. You might be able to stash Martinez in left a handful of games. But he's a DH. If Barnes starts behind the plate, you can't have Smith's bat in the lineup unless JD starts in left. So where's the win? Yeah, though I rather have JD's bat over either Smith or Barnes but yeah Barnes has a light stick. |
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Post by truedodger on Dec 5, 2022 0:14:47 GMT
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Dodgers Rumors: LA is ‘Leading Candidate’ to Sign Carlos Correa
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Post by truedodger on Dec 5, 2022 0:21:39 GMT
Rumored JD Martinez landing spot would be bad news for rest of MLB
by Gabrielle Starr
Former Red Sox slugger JD Martinez may have a new suitor.
According to Sports Illustrated’s Pat Ragazzo, the Los Angeles Dodgers are “showing interest” in Martinez, which makes sense, given the many times he’s brought them pain. It was against the Dodgers that he became the 18th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a single game. He was also a key reason the Sox popped champagne in the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium when they won the 2018 World Series. And since that World Series, the Dodgers have been collecting players who bested them in it: Joe Kelly, Mookie Betts, David Price, Craig Kimbrel.
But it’s a member of their coaching staff who could be their best selling point with Martinez.
For several years, Martinez worked with current Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc. Before signing with the Red Sox in 2018, Martinez credited Van Scoyoc and his partner Craig Wallenbrock with saving his career, saying, “I am who I am because of them.”
Martinez began working with Van Scoyoc and Wallenbrock after an underwhelming 2013 season, in which he’d hit .250/.272/.378 with 17 doubles and seven home runs in 86 games for the Houston Astros. The Astros released him in March 2014, before getting a chance to see how he’d improved. Two days later, the Detroit Tigers took a flyer on him, signing him to a minor-league contract. Martinez immediately rewarded their faith in him, hitting 23 homers and 30 doubles in 123 big-league games that year. The next year, he hit 38 home runs, was an All-Star for the first time, and won his first Silver Slugger.
The veteran slugger struggled with a serious drop in power in his final Sox season, only managing 16 home runs in 139 games. He’d hit between 28-43 home runs in his other three 162-game seasons in Boston. Excluding the 60-game season in 2020, it was his first season with under 20 home runs since 2013, when he struggled with the Astros and began his journey with Van Scoyoc and Wallenbrock.
It wouldn’t be the first time a free agent made his decision based on a team’s coaching staff. Last fall, the Philadelphia Phillies convinced Washington Nationals hitting coach Kevin Long to jump ship. Long had been Kyle Schwarber’s hitting guru, and the slugger credited him with turning his career around after the Chicago Cubs non-tendered him following the 2020 season. Thanks to Long, Schwarber hit 25 home runs in 72 games with the Nationals before they dealt him to the Sox. In 2022, his first season with the Phillies and reunited with Long, Schwarber hit a career-high 46 home runs, the most in the National League.
Of course, Martinez was 26 when he began working with his hitting gurus, and he turned 35 this past August. Some things can be fixed, but Father Time doesn’t go backward.
But if Van Scoyoc can help Martinez bounce back in LA, it’ll be bad news for opposing pitchers.
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 5, 2022 0:58:05 GMT
Not sure Kelly, Price & Kimbrel make me feel better or worse.
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Post by truedodger on Dec 5, 2022 18:53:15 GMT
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Mets have a deal with Justin verlander pending medicals , source says. 2 years with a 3rd year vest .
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 5, 2022 19:44:18 GMT
@martinonyc Mets have a deal with Justin verlander pending medicals , source says. 2 years with a 3rd year vest . Damn. Scherzer AND Verlander. I assume both will me making north of 40 million per. Anything but a championship & the Mets look stupid. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Dec 5, 2022 20:20:07 GMT
@martinonyc Mets have a deal with Justin verlander pending medicals , source says. 2 years with a 3rd year vest . Damn. Scherzer AND Verlander. I assume both will me making north of 40 million per. Anything but a championship & the Mets look stupid. If they both end up on the IL for any length of time, which is a STRONG possibility for both, they’ll look even worse. They had a healthy deGrom & Scherzer this year and didn’t make it out of the first round. With Verlander’s postseason record being what it is, I’m guessing the only good thing to come out of this is New Yorkers getting to ogle Kate on a daily basis. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 5, 2022 20:22:37 GMT
Damn. Scherzer AND Verlander. I assume both will me making north of 40 million per. Anything but a championship & the Mets look stupid. If they both end up on the IL for any length of time, which is a STRONG possibility for both, they’ll look even worse. They had a healthy deGrom & Scherzer this year and didn’t make it out of the first round. With Verlander’s postseason record being what it is, I’m guessing the only good thing to come out of this is New Yorkers getting to ogle Kate on a daily basis. GO DODGERS!!! I'd settle for ogling Kate. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Dec 5, 2022 20:42:07 GMT
If they both end up on the IL for any length of time, which is a STRONG possibility for both, they’ll look even worse. They had a healthy deGrom & Scherzer this year and didn’t make it out of the first round. With Verlander’s postseason record being what it is, I’m guessing the only good thing to come out of this is New Yorkers getting to ogle Kate on a daily basis. GO DODGERS!!! I'd settle for ogling Kate. One of the only reasons I was hoping he’d sign with LA. The cameras would have probably been on her more than the field of play. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by lasnoopyla on Dec 5, 2022 21:08:50 GMT
Trea to the Phillies on an 11 year deal. Idiots gonna pay him through age 41, lol...
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Post by truedodger on Dec 5, 2022 21:10:29 GMT
Didn't think Verlander was a good fit being that he has been bad in post- season and at that age pitching that much.
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Post by truedodger on Dec 5, 2022 21:13:19 GMT
Trea to the Phillies on an 11 year deal. Idiots gonna pay him through age 41, lol... Good luck to him. He's one of the fastest guys in the majors could be the fastest. To me he wasn't a good fit being that Mookie is already the leadoff. Tried to come around to him batting 3rd but just couldn't. I definitely don't think Lux will be the SS. If it's not Correa it'll be Swanson or even a trade. |
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 5, 2022 22:50:38 GMT
Trea to the Phillies on an 11 year deal. Idiots gonna pay him through age 41, lol... Oh my God. |
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