Dodgers get darvish

TKainZero · Post #1 » by **TKainZero** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:12 pm

Big trade.

Legit ace

Gave up 3 minor leaguers

Calhoun was the big one

Quake Griffin · Post #2 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:15 pm

Good deal for both sides.

Rangers get their 2nd round level player + volume.
We give up someone that doesn't harm us at this point.

Fat Willie can go and DH in Texas now.

Post #3 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:59 pm

Wow... I guess it's go big or go home time in LA. All in for the 2017 WS.

Quake Griffin · Post #4 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:58 pm

I have nothing else to offer but...

Rick Honeycutt, work your magic.

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Neddy · Post #5 » by **Neddy** » Tue Aug 1, 2017 1:24 am

think of the ballparks too. Yu is coming from DH deploying AL, and Arlington park is one of the best hitters parks around. he is coming to the Dodgers, NLW team in one of still the most pitcher friendly parks, and the league's #1 framer with highest defensive WAR valued player among in all MLB catchers according to the Fangraphs, is going to be his battery mate. oh and don't underestimate the friendly confounds of LA's Japanese/Iranian community embracing one of their sons, and having a friend in Kenta. I believe Yu also competed with Ryu multiple times over in Asia in international games and are in good terms.

Ranma · Post #6 » by **Ranma** » Tue Aug 1, 2017 4:47 am

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Ranma · Post #8 » by **Ranma** » Tue Aug 1, 2017 11:12 am

I'm sure the Dodgers will offer Darvish a contract when he becomes a free agent, but like Moriyama tweeted below,
I don't see him coming back unless he takes a Rich Hill-like discount. Supposedly he is looking for a $100-million deal, but with the dearth of available starting pitchers, some team will likely overpay for his services.

At the same time, he may be more open to taking less in order to stay in a situation he's comfortable with since he's expressed a willingness to return to the Rangers. If our pitcher whisperer can fix his mechanics and his performance is reinvigorated pitching in Dodger Stadium, it should be a draw for him to stay in L.A. as a professional athlete of Iranian and Japanese descent.

The added bonus of acquiring Darvish at the deadline is that it allows for both parties to familiarize themselves with each other as well as grow comfortable together. It would also provide an inside track in negotiations, but money as well as production tends to be overriding issues, so we'll see how things play out.

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Quake Griffin · Post #9 » by **Quake Griffin** » Tue Aug 1, 2017 4:32 pm

Dylan Hernandez looks like a buffoon for that tweet and he looks like a buffoon for the war he has waged against F&Z since they've been here. His Giants nuthugging since last year, inability to admit he was wrong about that team and how good they were, inability to admit he was wrong about last year's Dodger team, and subsequent "I told you so" attitude after we lost to the Cubs when he didn't even think we'd be that far have annoyed me to no end.

Glad he looks like an idiot and that Farhan jabbed him with class and tact.

We get it. They're smarter baseball heads and the world knows it so until they turn water into wine, nothing will be good enough:
- 74-31
- Yu acquired
- Farm still fully stocked and loaded.

Shutup bitch.
foh

Quake Griffin · Post #10 » by **Quake Griffin** » Tue Aug 1, 2017 4:38 pm

Ranma wrote:I'm sure the Dodgers will offer Darvish a contract when he becomes a free agent, but like Moriyama tweeted below,
I don't see him coming back unless he takes a Rich Hill-like discount. Supposedly he is looking for a $100-million deal, but with the dearth of available starting pitchers, some team will likely overpay for his services.

At the same time, he may be more open to taking less in order to stay in a situation he's comfortable with since he's expressed a willingness to return to the Rangers. If our pitcher whisperer can fix his mechanics and his performance is reinvigorated pitching in Dodger Stadium, it should be a draw for him to stay in L.A. as a professional athlete of Iranian and Japanese descent.

The added bonus of acquiring Darvish at the deadline is that it allows for both parties to familiarize themselves with each other as well as grow comfortable together. It would also provide an inside track in negotiations, but money as well as production tends to be overriding issues, so we'll see how things play out.

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If he isn't looking for Greinke/ Scherzer money, he'll at least be looking for Greinke/Scherzer years.

Scherzer at the end of his age 30 season, 7 year deal.
Greinke at the end of his age 32 season, 6 year deal.
Yu is 31.

I'd do years 32-36 and pay him depending on how he pitched for us this fall but I'm in no rush to hitch myself to his wagon. More importantly, I was never big on Fat Willie, so I feel no pressure to justify this deal by getting years out of it.

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ShowtimeFan · Post #17 » by **ShowtimeFan** » Mon Aug 7, 2017 5:24 am

Yeah, other teams should be worried...!

Ranma · Post #18 » by **Ranma** » Mon Aug 7, 2017 5:34 am

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Quake Griffin · Post #19 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Aug 7, 2017 1:42 pm

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There are some old men in their 60s that would flip out if they heard a pitcher was given game advice from the GM.

#StayingOffTheirLawn

Ranma · Post #20 » by **Ranma** » Wed Aug 9, 2017 4:44 am

Quake Griffin wrote:There are some old men in their 60s that would flip out if they heard a pitcher was given game advice from the GM.

#StayingOffTheirLawn

This is why I have faith whenever the Dodgers trade for players in need of a bit of rehabilitation. Not only do we have Rick Honeycutt but the front office's sabermetrics expertise gives incoming players new information to apply to their personal approaches. We're ahead of the game in that regard even though the A's obviously started the movement.