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  1. Major League Ready
    No argument from me that they were wrong about him last year or that they were wrong about many things. Their draft record and trade history make that very clear.. I was talking about 2015 when you and several others were quite adamant that bring up Berrios was clearly the best thing they could do to improve our chances of making the playoffs. The amount of moaning that went on here was silly. He was not ready. We would have burned a year of control, pushed him beyond his innings quota and had they brought him up, many people would probably have blamed that move for ruining our chances at the playoffs. As for the appeal to authority. I would think a guy with a MBA would understand the first rule of management decision making is making sure you have the best information possible. Obviously, all of us are at a decided disadvantage where this is concerned. That has nothing to do with an appeal to authority. It's simply an opinion that questioning the competence of our new leadership given they are highly regarded and we have a fraction of the information is ironically, incompetent in terms of basic management principals. I get the frustration. This organization has been run very poorly. We have enough historic evidence to make that argument rather conclusively. It would just be a more interesting conversation if the focus was tan argument for the options (as many people do) instead of the very tired position of that everyone else must just be stupid.
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    I would like to see Sano / Vargas & Grossman in some combination 3-5 against LHP. Mauer has been fantastic defensively but the time has come to take him out of the middle of the order. As good as Joe has been defensively, it would be a good time to see if Vargas can man 1B adaquately.
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    You speak as if every pitcher who lacks command finds it with good coaching. This is basically same the thread found here in 2015 which entailed numerous posted explaining how Berrios would be our best SP and would be a great asset to the playoff push. Obviously, that was proven to be not even remotely true. Yet, here we are with basically the same discussion. It has been obvious for a long time the organization has many faults. However, their assessment of Berrios has proven accurate. Perhaps more importantly, Levine comes from an organization that is great at developing pitching. He has the final decision on this topic and for people to think they are better equipped to make that decision is ludicrous. Even if someone had an equivalent understanding of developing pitchers, none of us has nearly as much information/input. Thinking they are the one's that don't understand is exceptionally naive.
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    Totally agree that Lucroy and Eaton have more value, especially Eaton with 5 years of control. Also agree they should not risk getting nothing out of Dozier. So, the key is did the Dodgers offer a 2nd piece in the Buehler / Calhoun level or were the other pieces C prospects? I never did believe ALvarfez was on the table. This deal would have gotten done if that was the case. If not, Falvey/Levine substantially overplayed their hand given the limited demand for Dozier.
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    They refused to include Alvarez or Buehler with JDL. Therefore, it might make sense for the two teams to explore where JDL is not the starting point.
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    How about Alvarez / Stewart / Wood? or Is there some combination of Alvarez / Stewart / Wood / Buehler that both teams could agree upon?
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    No. It's not just Dodger fans. Heyman reported "they’re not willing to include first base prospect Cody Bellinger or well-regarded right-handed pitching prospects Yadier Alvarez or Walker Buehler alongside De Leon." There were several of us here who suggested many pages back that the deal was not being held up by 3rd or 4th pieces and the holdup was that the Alvarez was not being included. Given the lack of suitors for Dodgers, I would have to question the decision making prowess of our new leadership if they are rejecting deal that includes both De Leon and Alvarez. I would do that deal without a 3rd or 4th piece.
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    It's easy to see now why this is taking so long. At first it did not seem seem like there were other good potential trade partners. Let's hope the Cards are serious because they have prospects to deal that rival the Dodgers. Buckle up, this could take a while.
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    I agree. The point I was trying to make is I am not sure if he is top 3 or not. That is very debatable so I saw no point in going there. What we do know is that he is a very valuable player and the return should reflect that value. The other side of that coin is that there is not a lot of demand. I personally don't believe the offer is really DeLeon / Alvarez and the 3rd or 4th pieces are holding this up. If that's the case, I have to wonder about our new leadership. Two very good SP prospects and a lottery ticket or even a decent prospective utility player is all we can expect to get given the limited market for Dozier. It would be a real shame if we lost out on two good prospects because our new F/O feels like they have to prove themselves. This would be the case if they actually were declining an offer that included DeLeon and Alvarez. Our team is not going to be good this year and probably mediocre next year so keeping Dozier for those two years at the expense of a couple of very good SP prospects would be horrible asset management.
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    How many of them are available? Perhaps more to the point, how many teams would be willing to trade the players you listed for DeLeon without a high upside 2nd prospect?
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    Agree. You would think this trade would have been done by now if Alvarez was the 2nd piece but who knows.
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    I hear ya .... You would think if ever there was an off-season where a SP like Santana would fetch a nice return, this would be the year.
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    I agree in that context but I don’t agree with the context. All those young guys are question marks. I am considering them a hole until they are filled by someone we can count on long-term Perhaps that’s a little harsh. Maybe the better way to look at this is the state of the team overall given the context of my comments were that winning a few more games in 2017 should not take precedent over acquiring the talent we need to field a team that can go deep in the playoffs. SP-Terrible Bullpen – Good young arms but certainly not proven. Therefore, there are question marks. How about the critical positions “up the middle”. SS is weak / Catcher – mediocre / 2B likely filled by Polanco who has great potential but far from proven. If its Dozier, we have him for 2 years and he will never contribute to a playoff contender. Buxton – Could be a superstar but the jury is out on him too. How about the corner positions. Kepler looks like he has great potential but he is far from proven. Will Rosario ever develop adequate plate disciple or will someone else occupy the other corner OF spot? Will Sano stick at 3B. Mauer is adequate at 1B but he too will never contribute to a contender. So, maybe we should not call it holes. That’s not significant to the original statement which was that no front office would be thinking short-term with a team that requires this much development or that has this much uncertainty.
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    Dont' worry ... For the most part, any trade that would make us better in 2017 would involve trading players considered to be part of our young core or our very best minor league prospects. There is not a front office in all of baseball that would take that tact coming off 103 losses and holes all over the team, not to mention a horrible pitching staff. A short term focus would be horrendously incompetent. Again, not to worry because Lavine and Falvey had been very clear that they are taking a patient/long-term approach. The one exception might be to trade Santana for a position player.
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    Fair enough.
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    So, let’s just say for the sake of argument that the Dodgers had signed another international prospect. The other prospect is almost exactly the same age but was signed 3 years earlier as a 16 year old for $100K. Now, almost 5 years later, the player that was signed as a 16 year old has grown up to be the exact same size as Alvarez and the two of them have identical stuff. They have identical delivers, build, and any other factor by which a pitcher can be judged, they are identical. Every ranking system has them ranked nearly identically. Does Alvarez have more value to any other team in a trade? Does the prospect the Dodgers signed for $100K have less value to the Dodgers? If have 100 shares of stock, is the value any different if I purchased it at $100/share or $200 share. What the Dodgers paid for Alvarez is absolutely irrelevant to his value in a trade.
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    It's hard to believe they would kill the deal over the 3rd or 4th piece. The two primary pieces are by far the most significant value. Something else must be slowing down the process.
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    This is interesting because its more about perception than reality. This is pretty much the definition of a sunk cost. That cost does not go away regardless of what they do with him. There is no way to recover it and he cost the same as any other prospect going forward. I doubt they consider the acquisition cost at this point.
  20. Major League Ready
    Good catch. I knew I must have missed something. However, I still don't think they will need to dump salary to satisfy MLB. The luxury tax level going up will drop their tax substantially. Crawford's contract expires at the end of 2017. Apparently Maeda's posting fee was structured over two years. Either's contract has a 2.5M buyout in 2018 so that's another $15M reduction. $10.65M for Jansen is also off the books. I doubt that they are going to be forced to make a deal in order to dump payroll.. They just are not going to be able to play in free agency this year. Regardless, Dozier's relatively low cost should help make him a more attractive acquisition.
  21. Major League Ready
    The article does not make sense. They state MLB is demanding they cut debt and the metric for compliance is 12X revenue. Their revenue is over $400M/yr so that would imply they have greater than $5B in debt. Of course, that makes no sense. Their operating loss was over $70M last year. Perhaps MLB has instructed them to get this under control. That would make more sense in the context of the article but they stated the problem was a product of their debt to revenue ratio.
  22. Major League Ready
    For starters, metrics measure the past. Are you suggesting there are not examples of #B that got significantly better defensively? Look no further than Plouffe and Koske and of course there are numerous other examples in MLB history. Metrics also should not be the sole determinant of if Sano should be given an extended opportunity at 3B. Those stats don’t tell us what a more experience and 25 or 30lbs lighter version of Sano could do. Asking the player to get in shape to play his position seems like a better idea than giving up on someone with Sano’s athleticism, especially while he is still in his early 20s. Is there a stat that factors in what is probably the best arm of any the 3B in the league? You have to explain how playing Sano at 3B is about “the P&L and not W&L. There is not a GM in the league that would relegate Sano to DH at this point, even the winning clubs. Next year is the perfect time to invest in our young players so it makes even less sense to give up on him in the field.
  23. Major League Ready
    Great signing. Ramos is going to likely look for a one year deal to rebuild value. It does not make sense for a rebuilding team to spend what Wieters will get. Castro also makes a nice platoon with Garver when he is ready which is hopefully very soon. Now they can concentrate on getting pitching in trade for Dozier.
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    I would think he goes to the highest bidder. This is probably his one chance to cash-in. He is a catcher entering his age 30 season and his career earnings are a touch over $12M. Pay him a premium. Cover it by cutting Plouffe if you can't trade him. Platoon him with Murphy until Garver or Turner are ready. Of course, there is always a chance a preferred team just matches the bid until it gets to a point where its stupid to go any higher.
  25. Major League Ready
    The decision to keep Molitor has been made. Why would anyone expect Falvey and Levine to say anything except we are happy to have a great baseball man like Paul Monitor as our manager? They spoke of the importance of working together. One does not promote that cooperation by criticizing a member of the leadership team publicly.
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