re: Comprehensive MLB Winter Meeting Trade & FA Thread

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He is 30, younger than Crawford/Either (who each have their own injury history)

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I know. One of the key reasons why he's the more marketable player of the 3.

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hit 25 or more home runs in 4 of last 6 seasons (23 one of those seasons)

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He is not an elite power hitter. And with the move to Petco, those numbers look to decline as well.

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I can agree but if the Dodgers were willing to eat so much salary the other 2 seem like they would have been more attractive to teams.

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Their production, age, injury history, and contract makes them appealing to no one.

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He only has 2 years left, he has no time to build up value..... I think if they would have told a team they would eat 25-30m of either of those 2 contracts then teams would have jumped at a chance to acquire a player who could help for only 5-8m a year. Especially with the way contracts are going and the Dodgers would have got a decent player back at that cost.

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Crawford has 3 years left at over 20 million per season hasn't been healthy for the past 4 years. It's hard to pay all that even if the Dodgers ate half the contract... for a platoon player. If he shows that he's healthy, then they would have a better chance moving him. Either has 53.5 million owed over the next 3 seasons. Ain't nobody wants to pay Either 9 million a year even if the Dodgers eat half.