DODGERS NEWS/RUMORS Thread

What a dick. Always combative and always accusing the interviewer of creating false narratives. Instead of telling us fans what we like/want, how about asking?

 

He and the Guggs are kinda like a more sophisticated version of McCourt.

 

Like I said bs ownership

 

Kasten should NOT be the mouthpiece of this organization.

 

Actually makes Plashke sound normal.

 

Why does Kasten talk as if everyone thinks Harper’s deal was definitively bad?

Harper would have been the 4th best player on our team in 2019, and he would have raised our WAR by 4.0 games (assuming we don’t sign Pollock and his 0.2 WAR). Where are we right now if we signed Harper instead of Pollock?

You have 2 options to get over the hump, you either pay to get over or you hope to get lucky, we are obviously the later.

 

yes and yes

 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz........zzzzzzzzzzz

 

The way they see it, and frankly the way it is, is that no matter what you do you must get lucky. Paying up in assets (financial or youth) doesn't buy you a ring. It does however risk shortening their continued seat at the table like it did with the Cubs.

I simply wish that they would be more forthcoming with it instead of defensive.

 

I'm not sure which image is worse

 

For all of that "upkeep" that went into her body she still looks like I should be looking for an Adams apple.

 

He really Really REALLY should not be. He comes off completely detached from the common fan with a holier than thou tone. He also needs to realize that a great bunch of people do look at his legacy riddled with failures. Kasten is our very own Marie Antoinette.

 

Some Notes from around baseball:

• Nick Castellanos is narrowing his decisions down and the Rangers seem to be one of the finalist. The Rangers are also said to be one of the front runners for Donaldson as well. Not sure if they could walk away with both, but if they were able to, it would be pretty fun to watch. The AL West would be a bit of a behemoth with the Astros still doing their thing, a much improved Rangers squad, the A's having their young guns up and a strong Angels team with dangerous lineup, but no pitching. Only the Mariners really look bad and they have done a great job of quietly building a strong farm.

• Josh Donaldson has set his price and is said to be ready to sign once he gets the offer. It is said to be in the $110M range. The Twins, Braves, Nats and Rangers are said to be the last remaining teams in on him, though is revived speculation that the Dodgers are potentially still kicking around after Kasten's remarks over the weekend. The Braves are still viewed as the favorite.

• The Nats have signed Starlin Castro, Eric Thames, Asdrubal Cabrera, Daniel Hudson and Will Harris in the last 48 hours. For a team that had come out and said that they were low on funds, they sure don't seem to be acting like it if they really are still in on Josh Donaldson.

• The Angels have apparently called the Indians and entered themselves into the Mike Clevinger sweepstakes. They would only pose a threat to the Dodgers if they were to offer Jo Adell as he is one of the top prospects in all of baseball, otherwise their system is trash.

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-2020-opening-day-roster-predictions

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-2020-opening-day-roster-predictions

 

Biggest LAD news of the off-season

Clint Pasillas (FRG)@realFRG
Ken Gurnick hitting us with the sad line of the day.

"There seems to be no expectation for a return by Andrew Toles, who missed the season with personal issues."

 

The 2018 Red Sox are now being implicated in the sign stealing fiasco as Rosenthal is reporting that they illegally used their replay room... awesome.

 

Glenn Burke knew that story.