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What he lacks in this those areas he makes up with TWTW. He’s not a guy you want playing SS long-term, but he could hold down the fort for a month or two. He is a very smooth / reliable defender who his pitchers like behind him.

So I was at SoxFest last night and got in line for the meet and greet at 7:45 and there was Chase with his skeevy stoner locks free flowing. There was only four people in front of me when I entered the line and almost within seconds they rushed him and Braden Montgomery out. Literally the meet and greet was supposed to go to 8:00, so my dream of getting a picture with him was crushed and I was enraged at being scammed. You don’t promise Meidroth and then pull a bait and switch on my emotions.

A cap and floor is what is needed. Honestly, you are going to have make the Players Union miss time though to get them to agree to it.

I can understand why they’d keep Scholtens around, but let’s not pretend he is actually any good. He is simply an arm that you can use & abuse as needed because he’s not an actual prospect and has options.

Touki doesn’t have options, which is the entire logic of keeping Scholtens.

Someone has taught him the ways of service time manipulation

The Ben Johnson is a Marc Trestman type rumors have aged poorly. You can tell that this dude isn’t one who will cower to his players.

That Raiders posturing by his agent definitely paid off for Johnson

We’re just beating a dead horse at this point, but you continue to ignore that he will cost the first pick of the second round, $500k in international slot, and may not even be good by the time the rest of our team is good. Steamer projects he will be a 2.7 win player next year and with a normal aging curve you’d be looking at 2.2 in 2026, 1.7 in 2027, 1.2 in 2028, & 0.7 in 2029. Maybe he ages more graciously, but he’s not the type of player I would bet on for that. As such, he doesn’t make any sense for a team coming off the worst season in baseball history and who won’t be competitive for quite some time.

Fully agree on talking to as many candidates as possible. There is always something to be learned on what other orgs are doing and teams should take advantage of these opportunities when they have them.

I read earlier today that Ben Johnson is known as a hardass on gamedays and will chew guys out. He’s definitely not a Trestman type…Campbell wouldn’t allow for that of leader on his staff.

Definitely happening at some point…not sure if they have to adhere to the Rooney rule first or not.

I think the 16 coaches being interviewed was just to buy time. Once Johnson became officially available, they basically upended the remaining process. I think Ben was their guy from day 1.

They are?

Oh I agree with this. But the Ricketts allow their front office to run a modern baseball org, which up until now (and a huge maybe), Jerry has been against.

There is no rational argument for the Ricketts being worse than Jerry. The latter is a no doubt bottom four owner in baseball right now along with Nutting, Fisher, and whoever owns the Rockies.

I won’t defend a $65M payroll or Jerry for that matter, but we’re also rebuilding so you’re comparing apples and oranges. The Cubs should be outspending us by a mile right now. That being said, I do agree the Ricketts should be doing more theoretically, but they are also a bunch of trust fund fuckwads so who knows.

Lol…Jerry needs to sell ASAP. Like when a “cherry on top” closer signing for the Dodgers is effectively the largest move in franchise history for us, it’s officially time to put the current owner to pasture. $100M contracts are simply not a big deal anymore, at least in isolation, but Jerry is basically allergic to them. Also, f*** the Dodgers and Major League Baseball…league is a total fucking joke right now.

I’m not sure what people are even arguing here. Paddy legit failed at his job, regardless if he was somewhat compromised by Jerry. We have consistently failed to fully utilize our international bonus pools in an effective manner under both Hahn and Getz (at least so far). And no, one good trade for Batista by Hahn doesn’t change that narrative…there are multiple years of money going unspent, pool traded to teams to eat option costs, and slot being traded for relief prospects that all flamed out. As for Keller, it’s way too early to draw firm conclusions there. The early talk is highly promising but we need to see some results before we anoint him our LatAm savior.

Seems like a bad sign no?

Exactly this…or make them free agents. Don’t build situations like this where a highly talented intentional player like this just goes “f*** it, I guess I’ll sign with the Dodgers”. But for some reason, there is a subset of MLB fans who like to pretend the Dodgers spend more because their owners are generous with their wealth and want to win more than the other cheap owners instead of simply having access to more revenue streams than the vast majority of clubs.

Why is he going through the amateur process to begin with when he’s played multiple years of professional ball in Japan? Yeah, there are plenty of reasons to go to the Dodgers when he’s limited to a like $6M signing bonus. Unfortunately, it’s a flawed system and one that rewards teams like the Dodgers.

Seriously…I had to go to page 2 to find this thread

Baseball is so fucking broken