Druff’s boy goes to Boston
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Druff’s boy goes to Boston
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Worth a shot for 1 year.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Boz
Could go either way with him. Could have a great year, could be awful, could be somewhere in between, could get hurt most of the year.
Boston has a pitching approach that is in diametrical opposition to the Dodgers “dial it to 11 until it breaks” philosophy. That said, no New Englander should get too excited about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffWorth a shot for 1 year.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Boz
Could go either way with him. Could have a great year, could be awful, could be somewhere in between, could get hurt most of the year.
Buehler found a little late season muscle memory just in time to save his career and the Dodgers season.
The Fenway Group (includes LeBron) is doing a $1.7b real estate development around Fenway. That figure represents just 2 players for Dodgers but Fenway Group has come under fire in recent years for not ponying up. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been ass too and so on.
There have been musings by journalists that John Henry and company might be coming to terms with the prospects for baseball as a sport and backing off. Recent activity (including the Soto sweepstakes) should stifle the cynics and cheer those who issue permits and loans.
Out of nowhere, its Arizona that snags Burnes for 6/210. Interesting. IIRC Gallen and Kelly are free agents after this year. A hail mary to get back to the dance?
Scary rotation tho.
Dodgers re-signed Teoscar. Shrug. Gonna be a competitive NL West next year outside of Colorado.
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Originally Posted by gut
I don't think SF has much here. They tried to get Burnes but he didn't want to go there. I think he felt he had a better chance to win in Arizona.
SF doesn't have much of an offense outside of Willy Adames and Matt Chapman. And that's if Chapman keeps up what he did last year. And pitching wise, it's Logan Webb and a bunch of question marks.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaybe if Heliot Ramos continues his unexpected hitting, Jordan Hicks makes it as a starter, Kyle Harrison steps it up, and Robbie Ray gets somewhat back to his old self, they've got a shot to contend.
But yeah Arizona and San Diego should be tough.
Dodgers should be even tougher this year.
Giants definitely need pitching, I'm sure they'll end up with one of the next tier starters now...for whatever thats worth. Flaherty, pivetta, Heaney....etc. At least 1 will be a Giant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffQuote:
Originally Posted by gut
I don't think SF has much here. They tried to get Burnes but he didn't want to go there. I think he felt he had a better chance to win in Arizona.
SF doesn't have much of an offense outside of Willy Adames and Matt Chapman. And that's if Chapman keeps up what he did last year. And pitching wise, it's Logan Webb and a bunch of question marks.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaybe if Heliot Ramos continues his unexpected hitting, Jordan Hicks makes it as a starter, Kyle Harrison steps it up, and Robbie Ray gets somewhat back to his old self, they've got a shot to contend.
But yeah Arizona and San Diego should be tough.
Dodgers should be even tougher this year.
Adames signing was a great "2 birds - 1 stone" signing. Allows them to move Fitzgerald to 2nd. If that Korean outfielder is healthy and good, could be a sneaky good lineup, both hitting and fielding.
Roki Sasaki has apparently narrowed it down to 3 teams:
Dodgers
Padres
Blue Jays
This will not be about money, as international signing rules prevent Sasaki from getting a Yamamoto-like payday at this point in his career.
I predict it will be the Padres. Why?
Blue Jays are in a tough division and could fail to make the postseason. Canada also has higher taxes.
Dodgers already have two Japanese stars in Ohtani and Yamamoto, and Sasaki may fear that his merchandising value will be lower if he's in the shadow of those two (especially Ohtani).
Padres are a contender, and Sasaki can make a name for himself there without being in the shadow of more popular Japanese players. Yu Darvish is on the Padres, but that's a plus for Sasaki. First, he has said that Darvish was whom he idolized while growing up. Second, Darvish will be 39 this year, and not likely to be a threat to steal Sasaki's notoriety. Instead, this will be more like passing the baton to the younger generation.
Padres also need Sasaki more than the Dodgers. San Diego has three good starters in Cease, King, and Darvish, but not much beyond that. Dodgers have an extremely crowded situation where Glasnow, Yamamoto, Ohtani, and Snell are guaranteed rotation spots (unless injured), and then Gonsolin, May, and maybe Kershaw will be vying for the last one (or last two if it's a six man rotation). Again, Sasaki may feel like he's nothing special when in a rotation with Snell/Glasnow/Yamamoto/Ohtani.
Sasaki to Dodgers.
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https://instagram.com/p/DE8cyBEz4xS/
Translation:
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I have signed a minor contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It was a very difficult decision, but I will do my best to make it the right decision when I look back after my baseball career.
I want to slip my sleeve on the Dodgers uniform at the opening conference, thanking everyone who has supported me this far.
Dodgers sign Tanner Scott $72 mill over 4 yrs.
heres my question with half the dodger season ticket holders hollowed out from the palisades can we keep this going? like yes gate fee doesnt pay all salaries but we were doing 3 million plus average attendance how much of that is just gone
I know there are a lot of people complaining about the Dodgers sucking up all the talent, and those are valid complaints.
There probably does need to be a salary cap, and one which takes into account deferred salaries.
One charming thing about the 2010s Dodgers teams was that, despite their lack of postseason success, at least their regular season dominance wasn't bought. They were mostly a product of in-house development and signing of reclamation projects which worked out (Max Muncy, Justin Turner, etc).
In the 2020s, it's more become a matter of, "Let's spend a ton of money and just keep picking up elite players."
Nice for fans like me, but also feels a bit unearned.
With that said, the Scott signing was a mistake. You should never invest big money in a reliever unless he's truly elite. Like a Mariano Rivera type.
Dodgers signed Kirby Yates pending a physical.
Are they trying to field two teams?
Justin Turner is still alive.
In MLB that is.
At the youthful age of 40, Justin has just signed with the Cubs, for 1 year, $6m. He's going to be the backup for another former Dodger, Mike Busch.
Turner was once a good defender, but those days are long gone. He can play 3B, but he probably won't very often, or at all. He's now going to be relegated to 1B, DH, and pinch hitting. It is possible Turner could get time at 3B if Matt Shaw's injury recovery doesn't progress as expected.
Turner still managed a .737 OPS last year, with a .259 average and 11 HR.
His body has lasted a bit longer than most because his career got a late start. He didn't see any real time in MLB until age 26 (2011), and then was only a part time player for the next 3 seasons, before going full time in 2015, at the age of 30.
He's 2 HR short of 200, and has a career average of .285.
Speaking of the Dodgers and Cubs, they will be playing at 12pm PST today.
That will be the first and only spring training game today, and then the rest start tomorrow.
Yoshi Yamamoto will draw the start for LA. He's considered the #1 starter this year, with Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki, and Gonsolin following. Dustin May, Clayton Kershaw (yes, he's back) are also options, and Shohei Ohtani will eventually make it to the mound as well. This year Ohtani will start off only hitting.
Offensively, the team will be very similar to the 2024 postseason edition, with only Michael Conforto and Hyesong Kim, both starters, being the new non-pitching faces.
Phillies starting a former Dodger for their opener against the Tigers on Saturday, Nabil Crismatt. He’s fighting for probably the one opening in the Bullpen, and there might not even be one spot if no one gets injured. He’s competing with Free Agent failure Taijuan Walker who lost his starting spot and is only still with the team because he’s owed $36 million over the next 2 years.
Make or break year for this high paid Phillies roster that is getting older.
Mark Prior must have felt DOGE sniffing around his job, and he got right to work. Michael Grove out for the year with shoulder surgery.
Currently 10 Dodger pitchers slated to open the season on IL.
There were ten in a bed and the little one saidQuote:
Originally Posted by gut
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
Can you identify any tangible evidence Andrew Fraudman addressed their injury issue as he said he would in a late season press conference?
Answer: increased pitching salary budget
Grove was never any good. They saw potential in him, but he's got a 5.48 ERA after 64 games (20 starts) over three seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
But yeah this is an issue in general.
And now there are arguably 0 workhorse aces remaining. Cole out with TJ, after missing half of last year. Was pretty much down to him after Verlander got hurt a few years back.
There are aces without the injuries but not the track-record to be a workhorse (corbin burnes and anyone younger), and some workhorses who wouldn't quite be considered an ace of a quality staff (aaron nola, kevin gausman, jose berrios)
Who knows if there will be one again.
Yankees are really looking sad now.
The protection around Judge are Bellinger and Goldschmidt (at least til Stanton comes back), which is great if it's 2017, but not so much right now.
Rotation is Max Fried followed by 4 guys with a projected 4.00+ ERA.
Bullpen, aside from Devin Williams, looks mediocre.
Fans are already getting restless.
@country978
Roman Anthony ROY sprinkle and enjoy the summer. Real name is Anthony Anthony. “Boy name Sue” kinda shit.
Maybe the greatest Red Sox rookie prospect ever - statistical arguments that he exceeds Betts and innumerable others in history.
I’m prolly gonna check him out in Worcester on a nice spring day.
Let’s touch base in a while
While you have the app open hit Kristian Campbell ROY too. Hats off to Sox scouting.
Finally some baseball fun and I’m NOT a homer. This is legit goodness. Deserved
Devers is being difficult. He’s so eccentric he can be forgiven. That too is fun.
I live 2 miles from Polar Park and did watch those kids a couple times last year. They signed some decent pitching this year and that is also what has me excited about baseball in Boston for the 1st time in 7-8 years. They have another kid, Marcelo Meyer, who should be in the mix too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
I don't know the Sox can exactly be forgiven for trading Betts for nothing but this is definitely a start. Bregman having a huge spring as he should for $40m a year. We don't know if they'll be contenders yet but this is going to be an excellent baseball season in Boston and Worcester.
You said in a recent post you couldn't get excited for baseball, or something to that effect, so I'm glad to see you've noticed that we finally have something to cheer for around these parts. The Celtics are likely to win again this year, the Patriots are getting better and now the Red Sox are poised for a great season. This could be the year!
Sometimes when I am up all night, I think, "It's too bad there's no US sports to watch right now."
I'll finally get my wish when the Dodgers play their first game at 3:10am PDT on March 18.
Royce Lewis pulls up lame running to first, strained hammy. Twins maybe best pitching "prospect" shut down for a third consecutive season for another shoulder surgery. I used quotations cause Canterino is already 27 and hasnt debuted in the show yet.
Must be just about baseball season!
Tokyo flu - Japan is experiencing a flu outbreak not seen in decades........ just in time for the Dodgers to be visiting.
Manager Dave Roberts said Monday that Betts is starting to feel better but has lost nearly 15 pounds and is still trying to get rehydrated and gain strength. Roberts added that the eight-time All-Star might fly back to the United States before the team in an effort to rest and prepare for the domestic opener on March 27.
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Originally Posted by simpdog
Betts picked up the flu in Arizona, but the symptoms got worse in Japan.
Gotta be pretty harsh if a 32-year-old athlete like Betts dropped 15 pounds.
Three true outcome player Joey Gallo got released by the White Sox, and now wants to pitch. Good luck with that.
Gallo is a career .194 hitter, and hasn't hit above .177 since 2021.
He has 1292 K in 2896 AB, though also has 208 HR and 497 BB. Interestingly, here's the breakdown of the way he's gotten on base, excluding errors and fielders choices:
208 HR
349 hits which weren't HR
497 BB
So he's substantially more likely to walk than get a non-HR hit. And he's striking out like 35% of the time.
Gotta take Tommy Edmunds here now w/o Betts. How? Most Series RBI @ 20:1. Maybe he hits outta 2 hole again. He loves them lefties too.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpdog
The AL East is such ass. You won’t have Vlad for long. Orioles pitching is simply awful. Yankees is just public money giving Boston some kinda value at +350 to win division. I hate futures and +350 offers no excitement but I have to take Boston to express my disdain for the division.
Pray for Roki. Dodgers are certain to ruin the kid with their time proven formula. He will never finish the year. Roki +225 ROY is fraud perpetrated on innocent consumers. Why can’t there be 2-way bets in this market?
Dodgers charging $180 for Opening Day for the literal worst seat in the house.
Gotta pay those salaries, I guess.
Is that Japanese series official regular season?
YupQuote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Dodgers and Cubs will have 2 games in the books before the season begins.
Got the unpleasant surprise of not having the Dodgers channel, when it was almost time for the game.
Cable company guy fucked me over a few days ago, when I called about perhaps getting a better monthly rate for the same (or very similar) services and he kept trying to upsell me instead.
When I refused the upsell, he got increasingly irritated, and by the end of the call, he said the best he could do was my rate staying the same through March 2026 (it was set to go up more in May 2025), and my service would stay the same.
I said ok and accepted it. He passive aggressively removed the plan with the Dodgers channel because I stated several times that the Dodgers channel was important to me to keep. I guess that's what I get for showing my hand.
Anyway, fortunately they have 24/7 customer service so I was able to get the channel back, and only miss the top of the 1st. I have to call back later to get the bill adjusted, because that department is only around during the day, and tonight's fix added $10 to my monthly bill.
All the hate cable companies get is deserved.
Thin Dodgers lineup tonight.
Not only is Betts out, but ironman Freddie Freeman now hurt his ribs on practice swings (lol), plus his bad ankle from October is still hurting a bit.
Uh oh.
So far a 0-0 game in the 2nd, but Dodgers have 2 runners on thanks to walks, with nobody out.
Yamamoto vs Imanaga
Yeah this lineup doesn’t look very daunting. And their playing for the 3 run homer may work out, but it would help to occasionally start the runners or manufacture runs.
This is on regular Fox here. Do they black that out there?
Also hate the ballpark. This Tokyo dome doesn’t feel like a ballpark. The field turf looks shitty. Cheapest seat I read anywhere was $1700 USD.
I am about ready to head to the gym. I fired a small Dodgers -1.5 since they were road team and figured Shohei would do something heroic. Didn’t do my homework on how weak the lineup was. Lunch money bet, but was excited to have baseball back and this one already has me uninspired.
Dodgers fell behind 1-0 and couldn't get a hit off Imanaga, even though he gave up 4 walks.
But they busted out against a reliever in the 5th, and Yamamoto, who was struggling a bit early, really came on in the 3rd thru 5th, and looked great after some time. Decent chance Dodgers get the W here to start off the year.
Ohtani got a hit after starting off 0-for-2.
Okay Roki
You have a player making his MLB rookie debut. Making his Dodgers debut in a circus atmosphere that can only be compared to the week prior to the Super Bowl. Your coach is Mark Prior. Kid’s gonna be fucked and will get the hook
Under 12.5 outs. (I think this ship has sailed)
Ladder over 2 walks -145 & 3 walks +210
BTTS F3 1+ +165
Cubs F5 +120 (I was slow adding this)
I have Tucker OR Ohtani 1+RBI +100 in a DK promo.
The Tommy Edmund most RBI’s is still live at 20:1
I prolly have more lol
The Dodger olds finding it hard to get outta their chairs
I was a retard and forgot to check if it was also on national TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Your homework on the lineup yesterday wouldn't have mattered, because Freeman was a last minute scratch. Worked out for you though.
I don't want to do it yet because the lineup will be missing Mookie and maybe Freddie, but once the team is healthy, Dodgers -1.5 and -2.5 might be the way to go for awhile.
This is a legit scary lineup, and the top 4 pitchers (Yamamoto, Sasaki, Snell, Glasnow) plus the killer bullpen should lead to a lot of big wins.
I don't recommend a win totals bet because you never know with injuries, load management, etc, plus they've got two capable divisional opponents in Padres and D-backs, plus the Giants probably won't be horrible. However, on select games I think a Dodgers run line could be +EV if the books don't adjust enough, especially on the road where -1.5 isn't hobbled by being nearly impossible to win if not up by 2+ after 8.
Keep an eye on it. I predict a lot of blowout and semi-blowout wins.
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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I’m two games ahead of you.
I bet it and then came here later and saw San’s post and truly thought about cancelling it. But it was moderate sized bet and the cash out pregame would have cost me a $68 haircut and I saw Steele was off in spring training. Off to begin the year last year. Just said yolo it’s Shohei in Tokyo.
The minute I woke up and turned the game on is when Roki walked 3 in a row and a run in and I thought I should have slept in.
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