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  1. Fall Winslow

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    Could say the same about Desmond
     
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    Valid point, I think you are right on this one and they should stick with Schoop.
     
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    Don't know that they should, just hearing that they really like the kid, so much so that they just kinda went " meh " on Howie and we know how solid Howie is.
    Kid does have the look of a slugger, if he can hold tight to that .780 OPS at that position perhaps that's win enough for them?
     
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    Welp this makes sense now about the Padres and probably the Yankees as well. Bummer!
     
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    It was reported a while back that he was willing to wait until July, so the figure is gonna have to be just right it seems.
    How far do they go for a 16yr old?
    Don't know, but the early estimation was 15-20MM, or at least that's the offer he got from Japan.
    Maybe he goes well beyond Diaz's number now tho?
     
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    It’s been a month since the Dodgers reportedly struck an agreement with Cuban right-hander Yaisel Sierra, but the team has yet to announce the move. While Dodgers fans may be apprehensive about that silence, given what happened with Hisahshi Iwakuma earlier this offseason, Jon Heyman tweets that the Dodgers’ deal with Sierra remains “on track” with “only paperwork remaining.” Sierra was reportedly guaranteed between $30-35MM over a six-year term at the time of the agreement, and Heyman narrows the scope a bit, saying the final number will fall in the $30-31MM range.





    Maybe Lazarito's number comes in around that 30MM range now?
    Which was a pretty generous deal for Sierra by most accounts.
    But there's enough league wide interest in Lazarito now that it should bring additional value from the standpoint that they could buy him and move him later for other guys that they covet around the league if they so choose ala Olivera.
    Now, obviously Olivera is twice as old as Lazarito, but you know what I'm sayin.
     
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    I wouldn't mind passing on Sierra honestly.
     
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    Heyman reported that it's just paperwork stuff holding it up.
     
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    Dumbass of the year goes to Mets RP Jenrry Mejia. Permanently suspended from MLB for a 3rd positive drug test. The latter 2 occured while on suspension for the 1st positive drug test. Unbelievable.

    He joins Pete Rose as the only two living people in the world permanently banned from MLB.
     
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    ...aind the beat goes on....
     
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    Frankie Montas had surgery to remove a rib today :( will be out 2-4 months...
     
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    in order to make eve?
     
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    tijuana fkags hire nomo and saito
    shouldn't they be hiring mexicans?
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    Padres hire Nomo as advisor
    by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 10 hours ago

    The San Diego Padres announced the hire of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo as an advisor for baseball operations. Nomo joins Takashi Saito as former Dodgers pitchers who are now part of the Padres front office.

    San Diego hired Saito as a baseball operations intern last November. Logan White is another with ties to the Dodgers who is now with the Padres.

    White was with the Dodgers for 13 seasons, including the last two as vice president of amateur scouting. He’s now the Padres senior adviser to general manager A.J. Preller and pro scouting director.

    As for Nomo, he’s expected to be involved in player development and baseball operations, as well as aiding the Padres expand their presence in Asia. “I am very happy to join the San Diego Padres and return to Major League Baseball,” Nomo said in a release.

    “My hope is that my advice will be handed down to the young players of Padres. It is also an opportunity for me to learn, and I hope to help bring a World Championship to the Padres. I look forward to working with A.J Preller and all of the Padres baseball operations staff.”

    Along with the hires of Saito and Nomo, the Padres’ efforts to connect with the Asian market include a goodwill trip last November to Japan. San Diego will also host the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters during Spring Training.

    Nomo was the first Japanese player to permanently join the Majors. He went 13-6 with a 2.54 ERA in 1995 with the Dodgers, starting the All-Star Game for the National League, and earning NL Rookie of the Year honors.

    Nomo spent seven seasons with the Dodgers (1995-98, 2002-04), with his success paving the way for other Japanese natives such as, Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka and recent Dodgers signee Kenta Maeda, among others.

    Over a 12-year Major-League career, Nomo went 123-109 with a 4.24 ERA and 1,918 strikeouts. Along with pitching for the Dodgers, he spent time with the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals.

    Nomo threw two no-hitters in his career, including the only no-hitter ever thrown at Coors Field, which he accomplished in 1996.​
     
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    more on what @doyerfan posted earlier...
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    Montas to miss 2-4 months after rib surgery
    by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 90 minutes ago

    The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Frankie Montas underwent rib resection surgery Friday morning to remove his right first rib. A stress reaction in his rib required the procedure. Montas is expected to make a full recovery in two to four months.

    The surgery was performed by Dr. Greg Pearl, who also removed one of Josh Beckett’s ribs in 2013 to relieve pressure caused by Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

    Montas was acquired by the Dodgers in a three-team trade last December with the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Los Angeles also received prospects Micah Johnson and Trayce Thomspon in the trade.

    Last season Montas went 5-5 with a 2.97 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 23 starts with Double-A Birmingham.

    He made his Major League debut and pitched seven games for the White Sox (two starts) throughout September, going 0-2 with a 4.80 ERA in 15 innings.

    Montas, who has 92 career Minor League outings under his belt, first signed with the Boston Red Sox in 2009. Of his 92 career Minor League outings, 80 have come as a starter. In 382.2 career innings, Montas has a 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 390 strikeouts.

    This marks the second consecutive year a pitcher has required surgery with Spring Training around the corner. In 2015, closer Kenley Jansen underwent left foot surgery to remove a growth that kept him out of the first month of the season.

    Pitchers and catchers are expected to report to Camelback Ranch by Friday, Feb. 19. The Dodgers’ first full-squad workout is scheduled for Feb. 25.
     
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    Dodgers under pressure this season
    by Justin Russo | Dodgers Nation — 2 hours ago

    Pressure bursts pipes, or so they say. Well, you can add the Los Angeles Dodgers to the list of things that pressure could end up beating this season. Then again, they weren’t the only team to appear on a CBS Sports dot com list about the teams that are under the most pressure this year.

    Joining the Dodgers on that list were the Chicago Cubs, who are basically the odds-on-favorite to win the World Series this season, the Boston Red Sox, the Detroit Tigers, and National League West foe Arizona Diamondbacks. The list was rather interesting, especially the Dodgers’ part.

    From Dayn Perry at CBS Sports dot com:
    "Compounding those pressures is the somewhat muted offseason. The Dodgers were indeed active, but their maneuverings felt a bit like half-measures in light of the organization’s immense resources and recent willingness to spend..."

    It’s hard to say if “half-measures” is the right term, but it isn’t a bad one to use if you expected the Dodgers to go for broke this offseason and spend money all willy-nilly. They didn’t sign David Price to replace Zack Greinke, no, but they did sign arms who should be able to help regardless.

    Perry wasn’t done, though, and his final statement on the Dodgers does seem to ring true in some circles:
    "It’s overly simplistic to call 2016 a proving ground for Andrew Friedman and company, but that’s going to be the perception in many quarters."

    This is Friedman’s second season with the team, but people are already clamoring for his head because they lost Greinke and didn’t fill his absence with a major signing. But that’s not the way Friedman operates. He’s helped turn their farm system around, and now has built enough depth to help the team compete.

    Whether the team wins anything substantial this season remains to be seen, obviously, but what can’t be debated is that the former Tampa Bay Rays executive has helped the team in a short time. Another division title is in play for the Dodgers, but there is a bigger prize at stake. The pressure is going to be enormous this year.
     
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    First 2 weeks in April could be huge for Dodgers
    by Justin Russo | Dodgers Nation — 90 minutes ago

    It’s really weird to say that the first two weeks of the baseball season could mean so much in a division race, but here we are. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will play each other seven times in the first two weeks of the MLB season. And those games might be bigger than you realize.

    Everyone is looking forward to the final series of the season, a three-game affair up in San Francisco that could decide the division, but the first couple weeks of the regular season could ultimately matter far more in the long run. Especially in what should be a tight divisional race.

    From Jeremy Dorn at Today’s Knuckleball:
    "That is seven chances to put separation between themselves and the most likely divisional challenger."

    That is one poignant sentence. Every game matters, even those in the opening month. The Dodgers, as Dorn writes, have stumbled out of the gates lately, including, as he notes, going 1-5 in April and May against the Giants in 2015. Sure, they won the division handily, but good starts are ideal.

    Considering that homefield advantage could be in play for the Dodgers if everything goes right, you want to start the year on a hot streak. Ending the year on a hot streak, preferably with a World Series title mixed in, would be better, but how you start the season does matter, as well.

    The Dodgers play the Giants 10 times in the first half of 2016, and seven of those are in the first two weeks. That means there’s only three games between the two sides from April 18th through August 22nd. That’s three head-to-head meetings over nearly four months. In other words, winning the early games will matter a lot.

    That might be why Dorn wrote this part:
    "It’s just seven games in April. But this year? They count a little more than the rest."

    Amen. Pick up games when you can, and the easiest way to do that is through direct competition. Los Angeles needs to start the year off on the right foot, or else they might be looking up at San Francisco when they meet for the final nine games between August 23rd and October 2nd.
     
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    Kazmir headlines list of Dodgers' newcomers
    by Ken Gurnick | MLB.com — 4 hours ago

    LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training next week. In anticipation, MLB.com presents a series of articles previewing the season.

    Thursday's installment is "The New Guys," of which the Dodgers have fewer than last season after a relatively quiet winter.

    LHP Scott Kazmir: After losing Zack Greinke, kicking the tires on Jose Fernandez and backing away from Hisashi Iwakuma, Kazmir certainly wasn't management's top pick. It's unfair to ask him to be a Greinke, but he was an All-Star in 2014.

    RHP Kenta Maeda: The Japanese sensation wanted to play for the Dodgers badly enough to sign a long-term, team-friendly deal when soundness questions arose during his physical exam. Traditional scouts are scared off because he's a smallish right-hander, but there's nothing traditional about these Dodgers.

    RHP Joe Blanton: His first Dodgers stint as a starter after a 2012 stretch-run acquisition was a disappointment, but he reinvented himself as a reliever with the Pirates for two months last year, enough for Dodgers management to think he might help build that elusive bridge to closer Kenley Jansen.

    RHP Frankie Montas: He's a triple-digit flamethrower who has struggled to harness the talent, but an impressive Spring Training without too many walks could thrust him into the bullpen picture because he has multiple-innings capability.

    LHP Julio Urias: If management thought Urias was ready, only one of Kazmir or Maeda would have been signed to replace Greinke. The top left-handed pitching prospect in the game is only 19 and he's never thrown more than 87 2/3 innings in a season, so the trick is to stretch him into a Major League starter without rushing him. Relief duty isn't out of the question.

    RHP Jose De Leon: Unlike Urias, De Leon is a late bloomer who might be ready to help the Major League club even sooner, perhaps as a reliever. He struck out 163 in 114 1/3 innings last year at two levels, with an improving change-up added to the fastball and slider.

    INF Micah Johnson: His short-term opportunity took a real hit when Howie Kendrick returned after the re-signing of Chase Utley, even though Johnson projects as the table-setting leadoff hitter the Dodgers could use. So he'll spend the spring trying to show whether he's the second baseman of the future, after the White Sox decided he wasn't the answer on the South Side.

    OF Trayce Thompson: The son of former Lakers center Mychal Thompson and brother of Warriors guard Klay Thompson is trying to show he's more than a fourth outfielder. Without a trade, though, it will be tough for him to crack a crowded outfield.

    INF Elian Herrera: Here's a useful non-roster invitee who provides depth because he can play everywhere in the field and he's not an automatic out. Working against him is that shortstop isn't one of his strengths, and that's a spot where the Dodgers need backups. It's his second time with the club.

    RHP Jharel Cotton: A broken left wrist didn't stop Cotton from dominating the Texas League last year and fighting off the label of small right-hander. It's not clear if his future is starting or relief, but regardless of his spring success he figures to pitch this year at Triple-A.

    INF Charlie Culberson: A former first-round pick of the Giants, Culberson missed most of last season with a back disk injury. He's had big league cameos, but has never hit enough to stick.
     
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    guess that was a clown question... bro
    douche

    MVP Harper warns to not sell him short on big future payday
    ESPN.com news services — 2 hours ago

    The 23-year-old outfielder was asked in an interview with 106.7 FM The Fan what his thoughts were about his next contract potentially being worth more than $400 million. Harper will earn $5 million this season and is eligible for arbitration after 2016.

    "Yeah, I mean, I don't really think about that stuff," Harper said Thursday. "I just try to play the years out and do everything I can to help my team win. But don't sell me short. That's what you're doing right now to me, so don't do that. I'm looking forward to just playing this year, just looking forward to playing the next couple years. And I think all that stuff will play out."
    Harper becomes eligible for free agency after the 2018 season.

    Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton currently has the most lucrative contract in Major League Baseball, a 13-year, $325 million deal that he signed in November 2014.

    Harper was named the youngest unanimous MVP in baseball history in November, garnering all 30 first-place votes in National League voting. He is only the seventh unanimous MVP in NL history.

    Harper led the majors in on-base percentage (.460), slugging (.649) and WAR (9.9) in 2015. He also tied for the NL lead in homers (42) and had the second-best batting average in the NL (.330).​
     
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