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re: Skubal to Dodgers

Posted on 8/2/26 at 11:51 am to
Posted by Patfic15
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2018
4480 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 11:51 am to
Baseball lol.
Posted by icecreamsnowball
Member since Mar 2025
1740 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 11:55 am to
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94 nearly killed it.
No it didn’t haha
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
39244 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 12:03 pm to
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they have a logjam and their prospects can’t make it to the big leagues.



And then they trade them off and for the most part lately conveniently they get to the MLB and suck.


Nice situation if you can buy it.


ETA I even acknowledged this earlier in the thread


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additionally though I will admit that due to them being able to buy off everyone in FA they don’t have to graduate any prospects themselves and they hold them down and preserve their inflated value and dump them off. While evil it is smart.
This post was edited on 8/2/26 at 12:13 pm
Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
10607 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 12:12 pm to
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Then there’s the cast offs that dodgers turned into impact players such as Justin turner and max muncy


We were short on starting pitching when we traded for Lauer from Toronto. Dude was 1-5 with a 6.69 ERA. He’s 5-0 with a 2.96 ERA with the Dodgers.
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
4560 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 1:13 pm to
They will not win the WS. THIS JUST JINXED IT.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216752 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 2:06 pm to
Him being a dodger is one thing, but he is still just coming off that surgery. Not telling how long that arm will last…
Posted by icecreamsnowball
Member since Mar 2025
1740 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 6:07 pm to
Baseball was not at risk of not existing because of the 94 MLB lockout.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
53256 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:07 pm to
Watching dodgers try to defend this shite is peak comedy

WCA is going one of the correct routes

Rub it in everyone’s face sarcastically

It’s either that or admit they’ve completely fricked the system to their advantage
Posted by Cliff Booth
Member since Feb 2021
3405 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 7:54 pm to
Friedman on Ohtani:

“You can never predict the future, but if you said, ‘Hey, place a bet on it,’ I would be very confident placing it that he will be back pitching,”


Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
19230 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 6:57 am to
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And then they trade them off and for the most part lately conveniently they get to the MLB and suck.


Nice situation if you can buy it.


ETA I even acknowledged this earlier in the thread



Some folks who cover prospects for a living will tell you prospects in their system get the "Dodger Bump" - kind of like for years folks would say football recruits got the "Bama Bump" if Bama signed them. Not sure of the merit of that assertation, but it's out there.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
22858 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 8:26 am to
Question -

During a lockout/missed season, will they drug test?

Could be in for some fireworks when everyone comes back after a year off
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
11001 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 8:37 am to
Dodgers have an unfair competitive advantage. Due to the previous ownership issues the Dodgers currently don't have to share their TV revenue. Combine that with their absurd deferred contracts and they are financially able to buy up every top free agent on the market. This also has an effect on their farm system, blocking prospects who now become overvalued in trades.

It is common knowledge that Skubal is signing with the Dodgers in the off season. Knowing that, other teams were not interested in giving up too much for a 2 month rental. It created a depressed trade market with only one destination, the Dodgers.

Fans are sick of the Dodgers. This is probably worse than the Yankees hate of the late 90s/early 2000s. At least then the Red Sox were there to balance them and keep them in check.

There is going to be a work stoppage and it's going to be because of the Dodgers.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
151297 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 8:56 am to
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Due to the previous ownership issues the Dodgers currently don't have to share their TV revenue.
not a single penny!
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43635 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 9:00 am to
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There is going to be a work stoppage and it's going to be because of the Dodgers.


No, it's because the owners want a salary cap so they can keep more of the profits and the players want to keep the free market system in place so they can get more of the profits that they are bringing into the league.
Posted by TTB
LA to L.A.
Member since Nov 2006
3384 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 9:58 am to
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Fans are sick of the Dodgers.


Dodger fans aren’t. Other fans are just jelly.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148119 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 10:01 am to
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No, it's because the owners want a salary cap so they can keep more of the profits and the players want to keep the free market system in place so they can get more of the profits that they are bringing into the league.

All true... and for once public opinion is on the owners side heading into this deadline

B/c of the Dodgers
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
43635 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 2:28 pm to
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and for once public opinion is on the owners side heading into this deadline



Shows you the intelligence level of the general public
Posted by McVick
Member since Jan 2011
4639 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 4:16 pm to
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All true... and for once public opinion is on the owners side heading into this deadline

B/c of the Dodgers


Wait, what? I don't think public opinion is on the side of ownership. It seems to me that the owners screwed up a number of things and, to fix it, potentially lock out the players to fix their screwups.

Labor hasn't caused a problem, and they shouldn't be blamed or punished.
Posted by icecreamsnowball
Member since Mar 2025
1740 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:59 am to
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Baseball was not at risk of not existing because of the 94 MLB lockout.
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
3942 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 10:09 am to
And Cubs beat Skubal
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