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I think we're heading back to the dark times of the 90s when Trout leaves w/ Arte running the ship and the state of our minor league system. Hope I'm wrong obviously, but there is just no plan seemingly

You gotta be kidding me Dipoto, Stoneman, Eppler, hell even Reagins are not the problem with this team and never have been. It's the inept owner that micro-manages everything and has no vision except catering to the fat man in the dugout that is the problem with this franchise. Mediocrity doesn't get you anywhere, and your solution of having Pennington at SS doesn't get you more than mediocrity. Neither does your mediocre fantasy reliever and 2B that Santiago and Wilson (making 18 million dollars) would bring us

It's embarrassing to have a generational player, yet not go all in on the next 2-3 years when you know damn well the farm system is pathetically bad and will not help us when Trout is set to be an FA in 2020. I've never been this bummed about the future of this franchise, and it's because of that pathetic owner of ours

I agree. If they all produced like they are capable, that would be a hell of a lineup too

You probably could have said all that without being an asshole though Also, in my opinion you are wrong. It's one more season. Why not just keep Weaver on the roster and then let him walk away on his own terms next year? It's not like we have amazing pitching depth or something

Kubitza is an average defender at 3rd. He does not have the athleticism to handle a position that requires a ton of range

I don't know what everyone sees in Trayce Thompson. He has a not good minor league track record and came up as a 24 year old and had 44 games of results in an extreme hitters ballpark. Big whoop...I see a league average outfielder Peraza for Johnson is a wash and honestly Peraza is probably better when you factor in his speed and defense. Montas is the real prize of the trade for the Dodgers, and allows them to flip De Leon/Urias for a big arm

There's no reason to over work him this year. I'd be cautious. Maybe 130-150 regular season innings at most

I love Gordon and Upton. Gordon is an elite defensive player that gets on base and can hit 20 bombs...exactly what we need out of left field. Upton still has star ability and will probably hit 30 home runs with a high OBP. Cespedes would be OK but i'd rather have Gordon/Upton

Yes but Cain has really struggled lately. If he rebounds to 70% of what he was in 2012, they will have arguably the best pitching staff in baseball next year

Ha, suck it Dodgers!

They have more points than the Ducks Crazy season Draisaitl looks like a star in the making

He had a terrible defensive season and is 32 year old now. If you're signing him, it needs to be a 3 year commitment at most for 10 million a season, and we need to get Upton with him because giving up a draft pick for just Kendrick wouldn't be smart. More than 3 years for Kendrick seems really risky to me...He's not the greatest athlete in the first place...any more decline in skills and he's just an average ball player or worse. I wouldn't commit to someone for more than 3 years unless the ceiling is high or they are young (I'd give Upton 6 years)

He's got a .360 career OBP which is extremely impressive But if our platoon in LF is Gentry/Nava...yikes. That's a 4th place ball club at best

Springer has put up star numbers when healthy. No shot we have the assets to acquire him especially when you consider Houston is in our division

For me it's the neo-cons and liberal nut jobs that have ruined most of the good this country had going in the Reagan era. Electing Hilary Clinton makes this problem worse. She's another Obama that is more manipulative and dishonest. Look at her work the past 15 years. She's had about 10 shady incidents. This is the last type of person America needs right now. Personally I'd vote for Rubio or Cruz over Hilary in a heart beat. Rubio is the best of the GOP IMO because he's against the ridiculous spending the liberals want but is also diplomatic and rational. But yeah, as for the thread...if a libertarian had a legit chance of winning I'd vote for them

The correct question is actually Freese vs Escobar, since Yunel is likely playing 3B for us

I am glad he stayed in the NL. At least the Dodgers will continue to have a tough time making it past the first round

Soler will be moved for SP and a cheap CF brought in IMO, but yeah that's an amazing lineup

He took less than 200 million to go to Chicago. Nothing you can do about a guy taking a discount to play in a specific place but it bothers me that DiGiovanni tweeted we were "never seriously involved"

Your first year following the Angels?

At least go Mikayla Trout for her sake lol Ben Wrightman (Fever Pitch) would be proud

9/220 ballpark would be a reasonable offer for Hayward and if you get outbid, so be it

lol wow that is not a good sign. Hopefully he's got one more high BABIP year in him

3.02 ERA...decent upside He's not great but they need to add to the bullpen even more than they did 30 minutes ago now. At least we addressed 2B