NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

We'll see if the DFA comes, reporters saying " he may clear waivers "
That'd be crazy, both Puig and Uribe DFA'd within days of each other

 

Wouldn't go that far. Toles earned this and Taylor is an infielder. I mentioned Kike and SVS because they are both listed as O'fers.

 

Kike and SVS can play both infield and out field, and with Reddick in the lineup, maybe Puig's inconsistency and experience only in right field was something they were thinking about. Who knows.

I mean it doesn't have to be a permanent move. The way this team has been bit by the injury bug, Puig might be called up tomorrow.

 

This is the bullshit that many of us are pissed about. Yes the dude has his flaws, but so much of this shit is media driven. This is not the first time that the media has come down on him only to learn later that, "oh wait, no he acted properly!". It drives the perception and frustrations with him beyond the box score. So Puig is getting crushed by the media for being a punk, meanwhile he is at home (or the airport) as instructed and liking Instagram photos from Dodgers fans. This shit is fucking absurd. Now he better go to OKC and work on the kinks, I don't like backing dudes that are D'bags.

 

Not sure what's going on, but it all seems pretty fucking stupid.

 

Not accurate

 

He should still have options right? Just a straight demotion would do

 

I mean that's all I can come up with.
But maybe it's not necessarily a clubhouse thing or that he's been a problem in there.
Meaning, like we were just sitting here talking about who's going to the bench now that Reddick's aboard and so many of you pointed at Chase...maybe the buck stopped there and that Chase and Howie are too respected to be replaced by one Yasiel Puig and they don't like him in a reserve role much?
Or maybe like CKWG is clinging to, maybe they just want him to " fix his swing "...which would be weird to me because I'm getting Puig's stats since coming back thrown at me left and right and they are good, so why are we fixing anything?

 

Honestly I've lost a lot of respect for management. He hasn't bitched or pouted, and he is still better than Chrsi Taylor and Van Slyke, and Toles, probably Utley at this juncture too. He should be on the 25 man, easily

 

I know you've all been waiting with bated breath (well...it smells like bait) on my opinions of the moves made today. Here goes.

Don't like the Hill/Reddick swap. We gave too much. Hill won't continue to produce at this level and Reddick is a platoon guy. A year from now (give or take) the FO will be saying 'wtf were we thinking?'. IMO those same 3 prospects would have netted a bigger haul in the off season. At no time did I say they won't help us, just said we gave up too much.

Gnats & Moore - he's a better pitcher than most people think. Whether they gave too much is opinion. But he will be an anchor on that staff.

Chavez and Fields - minimal help for a tired pen. Any innings they eat will help in the long run, and we didn't give up anything of note.

Rangers - needed pitching, got hitting.

 

Simple answer: You don't know that we wanted him.

 

Yeah, he still has options. They will try to pass him through waivers like they do with every player, just be ready for "OMG THE DODGERS PUT PUIG ON WAIVERS" stories in about a week. My hope is that they see something in his swing that they need him to get regular AB's with(like Ward said), so they are sending him to OKC, probably with the roaming hitting instructor, while also getting him used to LF for September. We shall see... Let's also not forget that he was just replaced on the roster by a guy who gets hurt about as often as Puig does.

 

so turns out the media made up some shit to make Puig look bad again get fucked Rosendouche!

and now the question is why the fuck would they option Puig when their is like 15 guys worse than him on the team

wtf???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

LF, that's would make him arm less useful. He's a good defender, at least this year. Put Reddick there, not Puig

 

Rosendouche "clarified" his previous tweet.

 

dgaf he started an uncontrollable fire here

 

They could've traded any one of these guys to open up a bench spot for Puig.
Still reading between the lines on the " traded or demoted " thing here.
They shopped him, were cool with moving on without him.