Depth is why the Dodgers are great year in and year out. Maybe they wont ever win a WS in the next couple years, but they're good every year and with the depth they have, they'll always have a shot. Cant ask for more.
But gut the team for 1-2 WS runs then have to rebuild.
It is rather enjoyable to watch their fans crawl back into their holes and no longer following their beloved team. But but but Chapman led us to a championship. Worst fans in sports. More so then the Phanatics.
I think they would rather point at that flag than hear about a 100 year curse anymore.
Raptors could suck and be bottom of East cellar dwellars for years but I think Toronto and rest of Canada will gladly be happy with that championship for a decade.
I do not agree that AA should have gone all in today. But let's not pretend that some Cubs fans are going to be that upset for losing the next few years when they are 3 years removed from winning it all.
As a biased fan, yes I would trade a few years off the competitive window if it means we won it all this year or next. The Braves had ****ty luck all throughout the 90s and early 2000s having some of the best teams with nothing to show for it. So if we somehow got lucky and won one this year, then were just in the borderline hunt for the WC the next few years I wouldn't be the most upset.
I was still watching this team in 2006-2009 and 2015-2017 when it wasn't the greatest time to watch.
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I do wonder if we should have made a competitive offer for Greinke given the fact that we are willing to take on Melancon's 14 mil next year. Greinke, Soroka and Keuchel is a pretty solid playoff rotation. And we still could have added the 2 less expensive relievers.
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Jaw (08-01-2019)
Threads like these are what keeps me coming back here. Great material all around.
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This thread is one epic facepalm.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
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While I don’t agree with these specific trade proposals, I wouldn’t have minded the Braves aiming high for a true TOR SP and a platoon corner OF like Corey Dickerson (tho I suppose Duvall mitigates that need).
As Houston and LAD has shown in recent years, it tends to pay off to trade expendable prospect depth for elite players when you are clear division favorite.
With that said, Syndergaard, Will Smith and Vazquez seem like the only elite guys that were even remotely on the market with a salary we could afford. Obviously if the price tag was reasonable someone would have traded for them, so it’s hard to get too worked up about it.
"pushing all your chips to the middle of the table" in baseball guarantees you nothing except a bleak future.
smart teams don't do it.
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Morosi said the Pirates wanted Dustin May and Ruiz from the Dodgers for Vazquez, thats probably Waters and Anderson from the Braves side. Thats a big fat no from me.
The Mets pulled Thor off trade talks. But given we're division rivals, i dont wanna imagine that prospect cost.
I would have tried for Will Smith, but the Giants didnt seem to make him available.
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