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We get Nicasio... 

Post#1 » by Kilroy » Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:09 pm

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/11932192/los-angeles-dodgers-acquire-pitcher-juan-nicasio

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers acquired pitcher Juan Nicasio from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named or cash, the team announced Monday, continuing a trend of stockpiling young, inexpensive pitchers who could compete this spring to be the team's fifth starter or an extra bullpen arm.

Nicasio, 28, went 6-6 with a 5.38 ERA for the Rockies last season pitching in both relief and as a starter, but in his first three seasons in the big leagues he was exclusively a starter. Nicasio is 21-22 with a 5.03 ERA in 88 major league games.

Many people wondered what the Dodgers' new front office would do in its first offseason, and it certainly appears new team president Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi won't spend money the way outgoing GM Ned Colletti did in his last few seasons on the job.

Nicasio, who made $2.025 million last season, is eligible for arbitration. The Rockies had designated him for assignment.

Last week, the Dodgers acquired Mike Bolsinger from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash. It appears Friedman and Zaidi are hoping that moving Nicasio and Bolsinger from Coors and Chase fields, two of the extreme hitters' parks in baseball, to spacious Dodger Stadium will change their fortunes.

The Dodgers are looking to create payroll flexibility and are likely to trade one of their high-priced outfielders, likely either Andre Ethier or Carl Crawford, in an effort to get their payroll down from the $240 million they entered 2014 with.


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Re: We get Nicasio... 

Post#2 » by Neddy » Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:18 am

Kilroy wrote:http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/11932192/los-angeles-dodgers-acquire-pitcher-juan-nicasio

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers acquired pitcher Juan Nicasio from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named or cash, the team announced Monday, continuing a trend of stockpiling young, inexpensive pitchers who could compete this spring to be the team's fifth starter or an extra bullpen arm.

Nicasio, 28, went 6-6 with a 5.38 ERA for the Rockies last season pitching in both relief and as a starter, but in his first three seasons in the big leagues he was exclusively a starter. Nicasio is 21-22 with a 5.03 ERA in 88 major league games.

Many people wondered what the Dodgers' new front office would do in its first offseason, and it certainly appears new team president Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi won't spend money the way outgoing GM Ned Colletti did in his last few seasons on the job.

Nicasio, who made $2.025 million last season, is eligible for arbitration. The Rockies had designated him for assignment.

Last week, the Dodgers acquired Mike Bolsinger from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash. It appears Friedman and Zaidi are hoping that moving Nicasio and Bolsinger from Coors and Chase fields, two of the extreme hitters' parks in baseball, to spacious Dodger Stadium will change their fortunes.

The Dodgers are looking to create payroll flexibility and are likely to trade one of their high-priced outfielders, likely either Andre Ethier or Carl Crawford, in an effort to get their payroll down from the $240 million they entered 2014 with.


Guess we're going full-moneyball now?


so did Boston to win it all.

don't ever misjudge money ball as being cheap budgeted. Money ball is an evidence based evaluation to maximize the efficiency within the structure of any given budget.

and how else would be able to upgrade the bullpen that has so much holes with untraceable parts? nobody will take Wilson even if we pay 80% of his contract and pretty close for League. the fact that Nicasio was a starter for most of his 3 years of major league experience gives us an emergency starter without having to send somebody down to the minors and use up precious options.

also, he DFA Jackson, the guy he picked up just a couple of weeks ago so it tells me he is constantly upgrading at every opportunity that comes by him to not only upgrade some spots with expensive splash deals but upgrading the entire roster top to bottom. can't complain with that.

now that Hanley is signed to the Redsox we now have some desperate teams out there that would want services of Kemp and possibly even Crawford. with those contracts off the books, only then we can go out and make those high profile deals. besides, Scott Boras' clients don't come off the board until the market place has dried up and inflated. I fully expect we are at least gonna be one of the strongest suiters for Max Scherzer come feb and March.
ehhhhh f it.

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