"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I’m sure we were in on Pollock but with LA going 5 years that was probably the breaking point for AA. I just pray we are after JTR still
i wish i knew how joc pederson makes sense here.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
salmagundy (01-24-2019)
How did we not have 3 million to give Brach?
I just don't see the Pederson fit with Markakis on board. Give the Dodgers prospects to help them get JTR? Why even bother giving Markakis $6M?
Passing up real position player upgrades to add another 2 win pitcher when they already have a half dozen young guys who could produce 2 wins? Why?
It seems clear now that "The Plan" was to minimize risk this off season with 1 year deals while putting the best team possible on the field. Prospects would only have been traded in the case of an extreme value add.
Looks like AA wants 1 more season to see what the young pitchers become.
I'd love to have traded for Joc before we brought Muk back but who is Pederson supposed to platoon with now Acuña?!?
And Markakis wasn't signed until AA knew they couldn't get Pollock cheap enough. The most likely landing spot for Pollock was LA, so AA must have known that would make Pederson expendable...and he still signed Markakis.
It doesn't make sense at all to sign a guy (Markakis) knowing a better version of him (Pederson) is likely to be available in trade, and then still go ahead with the trade anyways and get both guys.
You honestly believe he won't be traded before camp opens? Bet you're in a very small minority.
The return isn't going to be what they hoped for in the beginning, but they're not dumb enough to hold him through the first half. If they do, then they will have botched it - not until then. There's no rule that said he had to be moved before today or he wouldn't be moved.
With the Pollock signing, they may now be able to get Verdugo plus.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?