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total innings for a starter is a consequence of the number of innings per start.   you can't just add up total innings.  I agree that the primary pitcher for the halos pitched about 770 innings last year.  I think 850 ip which would be an increase of half an inning per start is a very reasonable expectation and unlikely to be any more than that. 
giving up only 700 runs would put our pitching staff in the top 5.  750 runs would put us middle of the pack.  
I think our offense could be electric and score close to 900 so I think 890 is still a good optimistic number.  Even if we give up 750 runs that's still a differential of 140 and would put the team close to 95 wins.  Again, pretty darn optimistic but doable.  

Isn’t it possible that during the 5 or 6 days when details of the trade between the Dodgers and Angels were leaked that other teams approached the Dodgers with offers that they felt may have been more attractive than what the Angels were rumored to be offering?  Maybe the Dodgers realized they could do separate trades for Pederson and Stradling that would net more than what the Angels were offering?   I can’t see Arte nixing a trade that the organization had already had an agreement to do....

Dear Arte

I get that Arte has a history of acting like this but I don’t see why the Dodgers would have still done the trade. Their other trades changed their payroll and roster so the Angels trade wouldn’t have brought them under the threshold and they would still need to cut players they wouldn’t necessarily want to cut. By all accounts, the trade was originally in the Angels favor and the changes to the Sox/Twins trades took away the few positives for the Dodgers to move Pederson/Stripling to the Angels.
Pujols, Wilson, Wells, and Hamilton are all examples of Arte getting in the way to the detriment of the club but I don’t think Arte can be the one to blame for this falling through. There’s just no way the Dodgers didn’t try to change the trade with the Angels giving up prospects or taking on money. Our payroll is already the highest it’s ever been and this move would have taken us pretty close to the tax line originally, I can’t blame Arte for not wanting to take on more money.
If more info comes out to place the blame on Arte, I’ll gladly shift the blame to his shoulders but right now, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt from looking at the trade from the Dodgers’ perspective and why they would even do it in the first place.

I get that Arte has a history of acting like this but I don’t see why the Dodgers would have still done the trade. Their other trades changed their payroll and roster so the Angels trade wouldn’t have brought them under the threshold and they would still need to cut players they wouldn’t necessarily want to cut. By all accounts, the trade was originally in the Angels favor and the changes to the Sox/Twins trades took away the few positives for the Dodgers to move Pederson/Stripling to the Angels.
Pujols, Wilson, Wells, and Hamilton are all examples of Arte getting in the way to the detriment of the club but I don’t think Arte can be the one to blame for this falling through. There’s just no way the Dodgers didn’t try to change the trade with the Angels giving up prospects or taking on money. Our payroll is already the highest it’s ever been and this move would have taken us pretty close to the tax line originally, I can’t blame Arte for not wanting to take on more money.
If more info comes out to place the blame on Arte, I’ll gladly shift the blame to his shoulders but right now, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt from looking at the trade from the Dodgers’ perspective and why they would even do it in the first place.

I get that Arte has a history of acting like this but I don’t see why the Dodgers would have still done the trade. Their other trades changed their payroll and roster so the Angels trade wouldn’t have brought them under the threshold and they would still need to cut players they wouldn’t necessarily want to cut. By all accounts, the trade was originally in the Angels favor and the changes to the Sox/Twins trades took away the few positives for the Dodgers to move Pederson/Stripling to the Angels.
Pujols, Wilson, Wells, and Hamilton are all examples of Arte getting in the way to the detriment of the club but I don’t think Arte can be the one to blame for this falling through. There’s just no way the Dodgers didn’t try to change the trade with the Angels giving up prospects or taking on money. Our payroll is already the highest it’s ever been and this move would have taken us pretty close to the tax line originally, I can’t blame Arte for not wanting to take on more money.
If more info comes out to place the blame on Arte, I’ll gladly shift the blame to his shoulders but right now, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt from looking at the trade from the Dodgers’ perspective and why they would even do it in the first place.

if the deal fell apart because of outside reasons, then fine, things happen. if it's because of another organization and we got screwed, they don't owe the angels an obligation to get better. if the deal fell apart because arte moreno threw a tantrum and couldn't hold his milk, then i do have a problem with that because he does owe an obligation to the angels to get better. i'll wait and see what happens/happened because i'm a big boy and i've been in business for a long fucking time and i can hold my tongue even when somebody pisses me off, especially when it's to my benefit to stew silently. i would hope arte in his years of experience has learned the same lessons, otherwise i'll start to believe some of those rumors about his meddling over the years.

If we were willing to trade two top 10 prospects, we’d have Kluber.

No doubt about it. 

Sucks when you come here to get updates on whether this goes through or not and it’s just being bumped by kids arguing.

Stripling (and Andriese FWIW) was over 50% GB last season which was about top 20 for starters. Anybody know if we have good infield defense?

You should probably get really upset about it before all the details are out.

You should probably get really upset about it before all the details are out.

You should probably get really upset about it before all the details are out.

You should probably get really upset about it before all the details are out.

You should probably get really upset about it before all the details are out.

I am sure many of you will be unhappy no matter what. 🙂

Lead off against RHP. In between two right handed bats or on the bench against LHP.

Stripling (and Andriese FWIW) was over 50% GB last season which was about top 20 for starters. Anybody know if we have good infield defense?

Friedman also turned Yordan Alvarez into Josh Fields.  

What kind of contract would Pederson get in FA next year? Maybe something like Castellanos? Would he decline a QO and net us a comp pick? That’s the only thing I could see making the trade a little better but I do like adding a lefty power bat. 

What kind of contract would Pederson get in FA next year? Maybe something like Castellanos? Would he decline a QO and net us a comp pick? That’s the only thing I could see making the trade a little better but I do like adding a lefty power bat. 

That looks a lot better than the 6 ERA you were predicting earlier.

That looks a lot better than the 6 ERA you were predicting earlier.

The entire past decade is evidence that upper 80s wins gets you into the wildcard. Zips, which historically is the most accurate projection, has us projected for upper 80s wins.
Ipso facto, you are either purposefully obtuse, an extreme pessimist, or willfully ignorant.
Vegas only cares about getting equal money on each side of the wager. Based on clowns like you and others on the board, they are correct to skew low.