You joke about dombrowski but if Friedman leaves you almost certainly will hire someone who will be more apt to trade the farm for major league talent to win a championship knowing they don’t have the cache of Friedman and if they win a championship they will get instant accolades for that.

Friedman has had an astounding amount of discipline to trust the farm and get the payroll under control.

Also while Friedman has help with the analytics department he ultimately is the one pulling the trigger in the draft. Given what position y’all have been drafting in and the depth of talent is incredible.

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Posted by WestCoastAg

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 10/11/19 at 1:23 pm to Adam Banks

the player development under friedman has been nothing short of heroic. here is a list of players who are currently on the major league roster who are 25 or younger

bellinger
seager
buehler
urias
may
smith
verdugo
lux

so yea. all of those but urias and seager were friedman picks and we still have a top 7 or so minor league system even after all of this talent graduation. i also didnt even mention people like gonsolin

if friedman leaves, will the organization take an immediate step back? probably not. but the point is with friedman, the organization is so healthy that we have multiple young and talented internal options ready to go for the major league team and its just a conveyor belt year after year after year of options. we dont have to use our immense financial resources to fill holes because of what hes built. that keeps us from being in a spot like the giants or the red sox right now

we can all agree that it will take a while for us to get to that point, but its a possibility that it could happen under someone different when its very unlikely to happen at all under friedman

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Posted by papz

Austin, TX

Member since Jul 2008

9346 posts

Posted on 10/11/19 at 1:25 pm to Adam Banks

I'm not saying he wouldn't be missed as he's a great GM. He's also not the only person capable of doing that job. The Dodgers aren't going to collapse w/o him.

My opinion that the Dodgers will be just fine if he left is a testament to how great of a job and system he was able to put in place there. I have no doubt that machine will keep on plugging.

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You joke about dombrowski but if Friedman leaves you almost certainly will hire someone who will be more apt to trade the farm for major league talent to win a championship knowing they don’t have the cache of Friedman and if they win a championship they will get instant accolades for that.

Friedman has had an astounding amount of discipline to trust the farm and get the payroll under control.

You ever thought maybe that is what has been holding the Dodgers back from winning that ring?

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