It seems like a lot of people are writing Hamilton off. He was very solid last year and improved defensively as the year went on. At the very least his speed is an asset off the bench.
I would’ve thought Koji would be over 100 also tbh. I forgot he had relatively low save totals despite his dominance. He was definitely my favorite closer we’ve had.
The Dodgers now have the following starting pitchers under contraxt
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Blake Snell
Shohei Ohtani
Tyler Glasnow
Roki Sasaki
Tony Gonsolin
Dustin May
The Highest career ERA of them is 3.49 by Glasnow. This isn’t even including some of the prospects they have such as Bobby Miller.
this is also not including the expected eventual re-signing of Kershaw.
Yeah I just saw Passan tweet that said this
they’re also abusing the system with all the deferred contracts and having Ohtani recruit other Japanese stars is like a cheat code.
So the Dodgers win the World Series and then in the offseason accomplish the following :
- Blake Snell
- Michael Conforto
- Re-signed Teoscar Hernandez
- Re-signed Blake Treinen
- Hyeseong Kim
- Roki Sasaki
- Tanner Scott
- Re-signed Tommy Edman
and the only thing they really lost was Walker Buehler and maybe Kike Hernandez?
So the Dodgers now have essentially 5 ACE type pitchers, 3 MVPs in the lineup (along with other good players), just signed the best reliever in free agency and it sounds like guys like Kershaw want to re-sign just to sit on IL and pitch if injuries occur.
This is really annoying to watch.
Wish him the best of luck. Very likable player and had an outstanding 2023. My only complaint is he came here at the end of his career as opposed to earlier and his dominance was short lived.
Rest in Peace Rickey. I unfortunately was too young to witness his prime and my only memories of him playing were early 2000s, but I’ve watched many documentaries and YouTube videos about him. He had a special kind of speed, talent, cockiness and swagger to the way he played. We truly lost a great player
If this is a deal for depth purposes and they are still going after Burnes or another healthy pitcher who is good via FA or trade, I like this signing. If they’re signing ANOTHER guy coming off a major injury and expected him to make a big impact, I’m not a huge fan, at least for the 2025 season. The contract could be a bargain in 2026.
I highly doubt Toronto would trade him in division. In division trades are rare, and when they involved a young star, they are almost non existent.
Also, if they did trade for Vladdy, Casas would absolutely be sent to Toronto in the trade.
I’m not betting on that happening, but we also have no reason to believe Fried will all of a sudden just suck 3 years into the deal. He’s been very good and consistent his entire career.
And in 3 years Montgomery and Teel could be multi time all stars.
I just worry about Crotchet’s 2nd half and liked Fried more due to his proven track record and no prospects attached.
Yeah but the difference is Crotchet costs prospects and is going to demand a lot of money. Fried just costs money. Fried is older, yes, but also a lot more proven.
I’m kinda 50/50 on this.
I like getting Crotchet and like keeping Mayer. Anthony and Campbell. There was rumors that White Sox wouldn’t move him without getting Anthony and I was absolutely against that.
The downside is we lose Teel at a position we’re extremely thin at, lose other prospects and still have a lot of question marks in the rotation and I would have much rather just paid Fried and kept prospects or attempted to do both.
Crotchet is also going to demand a lot of money in an extension.
We’ll see on this one