Post#78 » by Neddy » Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:59 am
even simply just to save his arm and maybe to take advantage of his speed a bit, LF is where Ohtani goes, not RF to platoon with Puig, although on occasion when Puig happens to need a day off while a RHP is coming up and Ohani is ready to hit, of course.
so I was a bit surprised when heard that we picked up Logan's option for 9 mil, thought the management might give Joc one more chance at CF and move Taylor back infield to play 2B full time, but hey not complaining getting back the guy at all. but as good a player as he is, I really thought if the dodger management was honest about getting below the lux tax, Jeez, there is one obvious spot to save some $, the goddamn 2B where we've had around 8 million committed this year between Logan and Chase that produced next to nothing for most of the season, is about to, thanks to Logan's contact alone, increase the value by a million coming 2018. the production we've gotten from there can easily be replaced by Taylor and much more, by moving him back to middle infield.
anywho, what I was getting at, is that we could have saved money and move some pieces around, while still having cheaply hired kids like Toles and Thompsons as they are coming back from injuries and whatnot to re-join already crowded outfield, we can use a healthier competition by freeing up another full time position by moving Taylor back to his natural mid-infield position and not lose any ground on any facet of the game. and this is also important because, it allows Ohtani to play LF while depending on the which handed the opposing starter is, we can rotate between Toles/Joc/Verdugo/Thompson/Puig/**** for the other 2. this is some crazy OF rotation of names alone...
ehhhhh f it.