Unable to trade Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers demote him

[Dan Druff]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17...gers-road-trip

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/...es-dull-moment

Dodgers shit the bed by not trading him earlier. Instead, they sat on their hands, nobody bit, and they were stuck holding him past the trade deadline.

So they demoted him.

And Puig stormed out of the room when he heard.

I don't think demoting him will do much good, other than further erode his trade value in the offseason.

He actually has some trade value due to his high potential and relatively low salary (by today's standards).

In other news, Matt Kemp was quietly shipped from San Diego to rot in Atlanta, in exchange for..... Hector Olivera, the woman-beater who is also owed a lot of money. Then the Padres DFA'd Olivera.

So basically the Padres got rid of Kemp simply to dump his contract minus 30 million.

I know all of Kemp's issues, but I still wish he came back to the Dodgers. I wish the Dodgers offered to take him back minus 30 million. For all of his baggage and poor OBP, he still is hitting like .269 with 24 HR, playing mostly in pitcher's parks. I always felt that the "clubhouse cancer" thing about Kemp was exaggerated. When I watched him in the dugout, he was always one of the most enthusiastic ones cheering for the team, even when injured. Puig was the selfish one who pissed everyone off, not Kemp.

[big dick]

I have always hated Puig he reminds me of sammy sosa

[GrenadaRoger]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17...gers-road-trip

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/...es-dull-moment

Dodgers shit the bed by not trading him earlier. Instead, they sat on their hands, nobody bit, and they were stuck holding him past the trade deadline.

So they demoted him.

And Puig stormed out of the room when he heard.

the storming off was reported originally by Ken Rosenthal, he has retracted his report with an appology


http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/ken-...r-stadium.html

[Sanlmar]

I was a little despondent over Hill & Reddick and appreciate your cheering me up.

Thx Druff.

[Jayjami]

A stint in the minors would be good for him. They could teach him how to hit the cutoff man. That throw to third base earlier this year might be the best I have ever seen though:

[RichardBrodiesCombover.]

LOL Puig was always so overrated.

[sah_24]

Definately overated no one is trying to give up much for a player like that.