caulfield12 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) https://dodgersnation.com/japanese-star-headed-for-mlb-soon-posts-photo-wearing-dodgers-hat/2024/12/27/#:~:text=Murakami plans to sign with an MLB team,pictured wearing a baseball hat representing the Dodgers. https://x.com/munetaka55ys/status/1871837920560341025/photo/1 Japanese 3B "Babe Ruth/Aaron Judge" of Samurai Japan/WBC fame expected to sign with LAD in 2026 at age 25/26 when he becomes eligible for next massive $300+ million contract...20% posting fee will go to his NPB team similar to Yamamoto deal. Questions exist about his weight/defense and potential move to 1B/DH later in his career, but power is totally legit. Will replace Max Muncy at 3B. Already set record for youngest bitter ever in Japan to 200 NPB home runs. Edited January 18 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: https://dodgersnation.com/japanese-star-headed-for-mlb-soon-posts-photo-wearing-dodgers-hat/2024/12/27/#:~:text=Murakami plans to sign with an MLB team,pictured wearing a baseball hat representing the Dodgers. https://x.com/munetaka55ys/status/1871837920560341025/photo/1 Japanese 3B "Babe Ruth/Aaron Judge" of Samurai Japan/WBC fame expected to sign with LAD in 2026 at age 25/26 when he becomes eligible for next massive $300+ million contract...20% posting fee will go to his NPB team similar to Yamamoto deal. Questions exist about his weight/defense and potential move to 1B/DH later in his career, but power is totally legit. Will replace Max Muncy at 3B. Already set record for youngest bitter ever in Japan to 200 NPB home runs. He ain't getting no 300 mil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: He ain't getting no 300 mil. No way he gets less than $200 million at that age...$225-250 million unless he just explodes again this season after two seasons of slightly lesser numbers. And think of the lineup protection in LA...my god. http://www.google.com.hk/url?q=https://www.mlb.com/news/munetaka-murakami-to-be-posted-for-2026&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj-odWqv_-KAxWWIEQIHbrtD54QFnoECAoQDQ&usg=AOvVaw2sINNFeyImh6_6A6bwvYED http://www.google.com.hk/url?q=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/three-budding-japanese-baseball-stars-who-could-be-next-to-fetch-huge-mlb-contracts/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiClsvhwP-KAxXUL0QIHUkzKlwQFnoECAwQAg&usg=AOvVaw2vFH-L_X1x36khpZka22sn And finally, Orix's 21 year old Yamashita the next great Japanese pitcher, but likely not posting until 2028. "What's his game? Watch the clip above from last season and you might be struck by how much Yamashita resembles a MLB starter. He's 6-foot-2 and strong; he features the kind of truncated arm action popularized by Lucas Giolito and Shane Bieber (among others); and he's already adept at playing the vertical game, elevating his mid-90s fastball over bats and burying his curveball below them. He threw a career-high 95 innings last season, punching out 26.4% of batters while walking less than 8% of them." Edited January 18 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I see him going to the Pirates instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Why is everyone concerned about how good the Dodgers are? There are 28 teams between the Sox and the Dodgers right now. Achieve “not the worst team ever” and then we can start worrying about the Dodgers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 19 minutes ago, Timmy U said: Why is everyone concerned about how good the Dodgers are? There are 28 teams between the Sox and the Dodgers right now. Achieve “not the worst team ever” and then we can start worrying about the Dodgers. I think it’s more of it being relatively significant baseball news independent of anything white Sox related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 (edited) 3 hours ago, Snopek said: I think it’s more of it being relatively significant baseball news independent of anything white Sox related. It's like the Chiefs just got back a motivated Tyreek Hill on a rookie contract...and Bowers replaced Kelce, who married Taylor Swift (and had a kid who ended up joining the Chiefs for Mahomes' last season.) Might as well throw in Saquon Barkley, McCaffery or Derrick Henry as RB1/2/3. Edited January 18 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 24 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: It's like the Chiefs just got back a motivated Tyreek Hill on a rookie contract...and Bowers replaced Kelce, who married Taylor Swift (and had a kid who ended up joining the Chiefs for Mahomes' last season.) Might as well throw in Saquon Barely or Derrick Henry as RB1/2 4 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: Why is everyone concerned about how good the Dodgers are? There are 28 teams between the Sox and the Dodgers right now. Achieve “not the worst team ever” and then we can start worrying about the Dodgers. Even though the Dodgers won, the playoffs were still pretty fun this year. Cleveland Detroit was a good epic last game, the Padres gave the Dodgers a real shot, and in the World Series you had both the Freeman moment and the Yankee 5th inning meltdown that made for good tv. Make the Dodgers significantly better and it’s suddenly less interesting. If they win 110 games and no one wins more than 1 game against them in each postseason series, that’s not fun. If they do that then add another Japanese all star, why should I care about baseball in 2026 or 2027? If the Dodgers are so good that the only thing that can stop them is injury, then s%*# I’m stuck rooting for injuries to get better playoff games. That’s no fun at all. Why should the Padres not trade away pitching now and just concede the next couple years? That concept sucks. If the Dodgers are as good as they look on paper, and they’ve overcome the randomness of baseball by just outdoing everyone else, I will lose interest pretty quick. I hope we aren’t there but I’m not sure at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 49 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Even though the Dodgers won, the playoffs were still pretty fun this year. Cleveland Detroit was a good epic last game, the Padres gave the Dodgers a real shot, and in the World Series you had both the Freeman moment and the Yankee 5th inning meltdown that made for good tv. Make the Dodgers significantly better and it’s suddenly less interesting. If they win 110 games and no one wins more than 1 game against them in each postseason series, that’s not fun. If they do that then add another Japanese all star, why should I care about baseball in 2026 or 2027? If the Dodgers are so good that the only thing that can stop them is injury, then s%*# I’m stuck rooting for injuries to get better playoff games. That’s no fun at all. Why should the Padres not trade away pitching now and just concede the next couple years? That concept sucks. If the Dodgers are as good as they look on paper, and they’ve overcome the randomness of baseball by just outdoing everyone else, I will lose interest pretty quick. I hope we aren’t there but I’m not sure at all. Every post-season has a couple of teams that are stacked. Padres, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, Phillies, Braves, Mets. Then you have the teams that put together a nice core, and coast for most of a decade - Astros, Cubs, Orioles, Guards, Nats, Brewers, Cardinals, Giants, D-backs, Twins, D-Rays Goodness, look. I've just rattled off about 2/3 of baseball. Then you get the weirdo teams that shoot up for a couple of years. Royals, tigers, White Sox, Blue Jays, A's. If that last bunch would just run their businesses better, you have 80% of baseball that are at least semi-competitive for most of the time. The Dodgers grind down their pitchers to a nub. That's why they need a rotation of 10 guys. You don't have to root for injuries. They're just going to happen. On top of it, guys like Betts, Freeman, Muncy - they're all on the wrong side of 30, and in a few years, they're going to be paying league average performers $30+M. Dynasties happen. It was fun pretending the Astros were the evil empire because they cheated. Or the Yankees. Or the Red Sox for their insufferable fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, Snopek said: I see him going to the Pirates instead. If they can move KeBryan Hayes and his premature extension somehow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, WestEddy said: Every post-season has a couple of teams that are stacked. Padres, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, Phillies, Braves, Mets. Then you have the teams that put together a nice core, and coast for most of a decade - Astros, Cubs, Orioles, Guards, Nats, Brewers, Cardinals, Giants, D-backs, Twins, D-Rays Goodness, look. I've just rattled off about 2/3 of baseball. Then you get the weirdo teams that shoot up for a couple of years. Royals, tigers, White Sox, Blue Jays, A's. If that last bunch would just run their businesses better, you have 80% of baseball that are at least semi-competitive for most of the time. The Dodgers grind down their pitchers to a nub. That's why they need a rotation of 10 guys. You don't have to root for injuries. They're just going to happen. On top of it, guys like Betts, Freeman, Muncy - they're all on the wrong side of 30, and in a few years, they're going to be paying league average performers $30+M. Dynasties happen. It was fun pretending the Astros were the evil empire because they cheated. Or the Yankees. Or the Red Sox for their insufferable fans. The White Sox and Blue Jays don't belong in the same sentence. Both rebuilds fizzled.. but 74-88 is a far cry from worst team in baseball history. They finished #2 #2 for both Ohtani and Sasaki despite being in EST in Canada of all places. A week ago, you could imagine them back in the AL Easy race instead of trading Guerrero and Bichette at the deadline for spare parts. As Balta said, watching Cease and King and Arraez and Suarez and Cronenworth in a fire sale, etc., isn't good for baseball (except it's great for Elias in?Baltimore to get bailed out.) They've been taking swings at LA going back to 2019/Machado and came this short from knocking out the Dodgers early the third consecutive time (Arizona the other occaicons. Can you legitimately believe that aging Darvish, knuckleballing Waldron and Vazquez and the next veteran version of Martin Perez can take on LA again? Instead of extending Merrill with yet another huge contract...maybe they instead trade him to reboot another long rebuild around Ethan Salas and deVrieze??? And it just makes a lot more sense to dump pending FAs Cease/King/Arraez...two of those guys are really expensive now in arbitration. How is that best for baseball when SFG Rockies DBacks and Padres fans see little to no reason to believe their teams can actually even compete in the West??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-sign-first-player-from-south-sudan-joseph-deng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-sign-first-player-from-south-sudan-joseph-deng 5D chess...next they're going to trade for Jays' Arjun Nimmala and take over baseball marketing to 1.4 billion Indians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) "Deng already has a big fastball for his age, reaching 95 mph. At 6-foot-7, 185 pounds, Deng has an extremely lanky, long-limbed frame with tons of space to fill out and continue to add velocity once he gets stronger. He has enormous physical upside and attacks hitters with a fastball/splitter combination. Has been compared to Garrett Crochet, Randy Johnson and Chris Sale." Should be noted the Pirates are the other team to sign an African prospect (Ugandan infielder) and purchased contracts of two Indian players profiled in Jon Hammer movie Million Dollar Arm a decade ago. Forward thinkers. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/dodgers-land-joseph-deng-first-player-ever-signed-from-south-sudan/ Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) O'Leary and McCourt Make Their Move Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has teamed up with Kevin O'Leary to buy TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Dubbed The People's Bid for TikTok, their proposal aims to acquire TikTok's U.S. assets, rebuild the app with American-designed technology and ensure user privacy. Taking over the world... https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/488640fbb937-ohtanis-historic-50-50-ball-goes-on-display-at-landmark-taipei-tower.html Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/whats-next-for-dodgers-after-roki-sasaki-signing-focus-shifts-to-bringing-back-mainstays-possible-trades/ Resign Enrique Hernandez Resign Clayton Kershaw Trade May or Gonsolin for bullpen/bench pieces RHP Shohei Ohtani (did not pitch in 2024 after elbow surgery) LHP Blake Snell RHP Tyler Glasnow RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto RHP Roki Sasaki RHP Tony Gonsolin (missed 2024 with Tommy John surgery) RHP Dustin May (missed 2024 with elbow and esophageal surgery) RHP Gavin Stone (will miss 2025 with shoulder surgery) RHP Landon Knack RHP Bobby Miller LHP Justin Wrobleski RHP Ben Casparius RHP Emmet Sheehan (will miss most of 2025 with Tommy John surgery) RHP Kyle Hurt (will miss most of 2025 with Tommy John surgery) RHP River Ryan (will miss 2025 with Tommy John surgery) LHP/HoFer Clayton Kershaw Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) After Sasaki’s $6.5 million bonus, the Dodger have either $896,200 or $1,146,200 remaining for their other signings. As of Saturday night, the Dodgers have not yet announced any signings (not even Sasaki, officially), but here are the other players reportedly added to LA’s 2025 international class. Known bonuses So far the only Dodgers signing bonuses reported outside of Sasaki are for Panamanian left-hander Adrian Torres, who gets $365,000 (plus a $100k scholarship), and Venezuelan shortstop Luis Tovar, who gets $300,000. Both bonuses were reported by Francys Romero. https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/18/24346458/dodgers-international-signing-period-2025 Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 "But from an entertainment perspective, it’s underwhelming, dispiriting. The rich are getting even richer, the strong even stronger. The Dodgers, a team with an armada of superstars, add yet another, this time at a bargain-bin price. Chavez Ravine, it seems, is hogging all the hardball joy." https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-flex-evil-empire-might-in-signing-roki-sasaki-and-give-rest-of-mlb-reason-to-grumble--especially-jays-padres-022729768.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 27 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: "But from an entertainment perspective, it’s underwhelming, dispiriting. The rich are getting even richer, the strong even stronger. The Dodgers, a team with an armada of superstars, add yet another, this time at a bargain-bin price. Chavez Ravine, it seems, is hogging all the hardball joy." https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-flex-evil-empire-might-in-signing-roki-sasaki-and-give-rest-of-mlb-reason-to-grumble--especially-jays-padres-022729768.html I'm amazed the people who talk this way even watch sports. Are the best run NASCAR teams supposed to drive slower to make it fair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 24 minutes ago, WestEddy said: I'm amazed the people who talk this way even watch sports. Are the best run NASCAR teams supposed to drive slower to make it fair? What do you expect of sports writers? To cheer for the Dodgers getting bigger and better by the day? Maybe F1 is the closest parallel...fans seem to love the same 2-3 drivers winning every race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 11 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: What do you expect of sports writers? To cheer for the Dodgers getting bigger and better by the day? Maybe F1 is the closest parallel...fans seem to love the same 2-3 drivers winning every race. Isn't it that in all sports? I hated the Indians during the 90s. Every year, they seemed to clinch in Chicago. They traveled better than Notre Dame. Oh, I hated those fuckers, waving their AL Central Champs banners while beating the crap out of us, boasting about their 455 sellouts. After 2005, they're just pathetic. I even root for them when they're in it. Like an old man you used to be scared of, and now you bring him bagels. I hated the Steelers in the 70s, the 49ers in the 80s, the Cowboys in the 90s. And they were all great for the game. I was in Belfast around 1987. Went to some "hidden" bar, the bar tender was making fun of me for being American, while wearing a Raiders t-shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Isn't it that in all sports? I hated the Indians during the 90s. Every year, they seemed to clinch in Chicago. They traveled better than Notre Dame. Oh, I hated those fuckers, waving their AL Central Champs banners while beating the crap out of us, boasting about their 455 sellouts. After 2005, they're just pathetic. I even root for them when they're in it. Like an old man you used to be scared of, and now you bring him bagels. I hated the Steelers in the 70s, the 49ers in the 80s, the Cowboys in the 90s. And they were all great for the game. I was in Belfast around 1987. Went to some "hidden" bar, the bar tender was making fun of me for being American, while wearing a Raiders t-shirt. At least Ohtani might be the greatest player in history...unlike that prick Derek Jeter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 The Dodgers are going to sell $25+ million in blue LAFD shirts jerseys hats and related merchandise in SoCal and Japan alone over a 162 game season, playoffs and ST. Hopefully they donate a good chunk of that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, WestEddy said: Isn't it that in all sports? I hated the Indians during the 90s. Every year, they seemed to clinch in Chicago. They traveled better than Notre Dame. Oh, I hated those fuckers, waving their AL Central Champs banners while beating the crap out of us, boasting about their 455 sellouts. After 2005, they're just pathetic. I even root for them when they're in it. Like an old man you used to be scared of, and now you bring him bagels. I hated the Steelers in the 70s, the 49ers in the 80s, the Cowboys in the 90s. And they were all great for the game. I was in Belfast around 1987. Went to some "hidden" bar, the bar tender was making fun of me for being American, while wearing a Raiders t-shirt. There always seems to be something different, something far less honorable about buying a team than developing a team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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