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| waterman40 wrote: | Assuming we resign Teo….
Maybe move him to RF, so opening in LF (or RF)
Yes, his better position is RF, so that's my assumption.
Do we resign Kike to play the outfield?
Hopefully he's back as a utility guy that can play both; perhaps he starts against lefties in place of Muncy at third base, for example.
Do we use Pages at a corner outfield spot?
If we don't sign anyone other than Teo, yes, it might make sense to give Pages a shot at starting in LF.
Do we give Chris Taylor another chance ?
Unless we find a trade for him, I'm sure we'll just keep him around as an expensive utility guy. Now, if he's struggling as badly as he did last year, since 2025 is the final year of his deal, perhaps the Dodgers would actually DFA him to open up a roster spot. |
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| Quote: | | BREAKING: Superutilityman Tommy Edman and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $74 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. The deal runs from 2025-29 and includes a sixth-year club option. There’s a $17 million signing bonus and deferred money included. |
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That's a reasonable deal right?
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | DuncanIdaho wrote: | | ocho wrote: |
| Quote: | | BREAKING: Superutilityman Tommy Edman and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $74 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. The deal runs from 2025-29 and includes a sixth-year club option. There’s a $17 million signing bonus and deferred money included. |
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That's a reasonable deal right? |
If you break it down it's around 15 mil a year for a switch hitter with gold glove defense so it's an excellent deal. He'll be turning 30 next year we get few years of his prime. |
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| According to Passan 1/3 of Edman's contract will be deferred. Once Teo re-signs with his dererred money, that should put us above 1 billion total in deferred. |
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| waterman40 wrote: | Assuming we resign Teo….
Maybe move him to RF, so opening in LF (or RF)
Do we resign Kike to play the outfield?
Do we use Pages at a corner outfield spot?
Do we give Chris Taylor another chance ? |
Pages/Rushing might be our LF platoon. |
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| Quote: | The contract includes a sixth-year club option for $13 million with a $3 million buyout
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The deal just got better. The $3M buyout is already included in the $74M guaranteed that was reported.
So basically, we can have him for a 6th year for $10M more.
So we have the option to make it a 6 yr $84M contract. That’s great. |
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | | Quote: | The contract includes a sixth-year club option for $13 million with a $3 million buyout
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The deal just got better. The $3M buyout is already included in the $74M guaranteed that was reported.
So basically, we can have him for a 6th year for $10M more.
So we have the option to make it a 6 yr $84M contract. That’s great. |
What a great deal. I thought he was going to be asking for 73 for 4 years so I wasn't sure if that would be worth it. So happy with this deal. For both and team and Edman. I know he's going to be in CF but the fact that he can play SS at almost gold glove level is just cherry on top. If we don't get Adames then I can see Edman play SS a lot. |
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | | Quote: | The contract includes a sixth-year club option for $13 million with a $3 million buyout
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The deal just got better. The $3M buyout is already included in the $74M guaranteed that was reported.
So basically, we can have him for a 6th year for $10M more.
So we have the option to make it a 6 yr $84M contract. That’s great. |
When you put it like that, $12M per is just crazy value for the versatility. The fact that he's a big time performer is just icing on the cake.
To think back at the beginning of his tenure, we used to roast Friedman here on LG. Now I trust just about anything he does.
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| Teo is really the only remaining piece that I'd argue we need. If we lose him, you lose your righty cleanup masher, who also mashes lefties, and I'm not sure how you replace that, at least on the free agent market. It just makes too much sense not to happen. |
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CF n SS -
My prediction is we will extend Edman. I think we like him more than Adames and he’ll probably be cheaper as well.
Once he’s locked up, we’ll know that he can cover CF or SS, so we’ll go shopping for one or the other. But, I think we lock up Edman first.
I think he’ll be our SS as it’s easier to find a CF.
Maybe we’ll revisit the Luis Roberts trade.
Andy Pages -
Yes I think we’ll make room for him. We need some cheap talent and he’s only making $700k and definitely can start and give us around 2 WAR a season.
Betts -
Yeah they’ll probably stick to the plan to bring him back to the infield. I won’t rule out Betts at SS either.
Teo -
Yeah, I think they’ll bring him back as well just because we did so well vs. Lefties this year.
Outman -
I wonder if he gets another chance.
Other outfield options who I like -
- Tyler O’Neill (30)
How much will he cost? He’s also a powerful RH bat.
- Harrison Bader (31)
- Anthony Santander (30)
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Yeah, I thought they'd try and extend Edman because they'd been chasing him in a trade for so many years. I didn't know if Edman was going to be amenable to it but seems like he was.
Let's see if they move him to SS and acquire a CF or just stick him in CF and acquire another SS (or let Mookie try again).
I don't know but I still think it's easier to let Edman continue at SS and try and acquire a CF. Maybe Outman is indeed an option still?
Pages, Kike? |
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You'd have to think that Pages has passed him up in the pecking order, at the very least, even against right-handed pitching. Outman plays a better defensive CF, sure, but Pages is about 4 years younger, he was the more heralded prospect, and his ceiling is significantly higher. That said, if Outman comes in and has an awesome spring, then maybe they will give him another shot on the big club. Regarding Pages, I'm not sure if they want him to only serve as a short-side platoon starter, at least for the entire season. They may feel like he's better-served to be an everyday player in the minors, if he didn't win an everyday job coming out of the spring. This would keep his service time down and the Dodgers could always move to that down the stretch, if they felt that Pages as a short-side platoon starter was the best thing for the team.
I'm not expecting the Dodgers to promise Kike a full-time starting job. I think they know what he is and does best, and hopefully, Kike isn't seeking much greener pastures and the possibility of a team giving him a multi-year deal, such as Boston a few years ago. He's older now and hopefully he never wants to leave again and would relish the chance to keep playing in the postseason here and to play a similar regular season role while having an expanded role in October.
As I said, for me, Teo is a must to keep. While Santander obviously has great power and is a switch-hitter, he doesn't put the ball in play nearly as often, and I don't like that for postseason baseball. And when you break it down further, his OBP of .308 is putrid, and very un-Dodgers. I don't expect us to have interest in him for that reason. Muncy's OBP was .358 last season, just to compare, and Teo's was .339, and that's actually the more relevant comp. And Teo's OPS+ was even 3 points higher than Santander's from a season ago. Given that we know Teo has excelled here and given that he'll be cheaper since he's older, I think it's pretty clear that we'd prefer Teo, although it takes two to tango, of course. (But on the good side, I think it's pretty obvious that Teo would love to be back.)
Here are the right-handed hitters who are free agents who are corner outfielders that I think have a prayer of being our cleanup hitter (that fit the profile of what the Dodgers go for) if Teo isn't re-signed: O'Neill. That's it. That's the list, and that dude is perpetually injured. Randal Grichuk does kill lefties, but I don't see us going after a part-time player like that to fill a part-time cleanup role.
We really need Teo back; otherwise, we're either going to be installing Will Smith as our cleanup hitter again and just hoping that he somehow turns around his career decline at the plate. That, or we'd need to figure out a trade, which would cost us assets. Just re-sign Teo, please! |
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Soto is very likely to get his 15 year contract in that 600-700 million range.
What does Teo get for a 3 or 4 year deal?
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| ChickenStu wrote: | ^
You'd have to think that Pages has passed him up in the pecking order, at the very least, even against right-handed pitching. Outman plays a better defensive CF, sure, but Pages is about 4 years younger, he was the more heralded prospect, and his ceiling is significantly higher. That said, if Outman comes in and has an awesome spring, then maybe they will give him another shot on the big club. Regarding Pages, I'm not sure if they want him to only serve as a short-side platoon starter, at least for the entire season. They may feel like he's better-served to be an everyday player in the minors, if he didn't win an everyday job coming out of the spring. This would keep his service time down and the Dodgers could always move to that down the stretch, if they felt that Pages as a short-side platoon starter was the best thing for the team.
I'm not expecting the Dodgers to promise Kike a full-time starting job. I think they know what he is and does best, and hopefully, Kike isn't seeking much greener pastures and the possibility of a team giving him a multi-year deal, such as Boston a few years ago. He's older now and hopefully he never wants to leave again and would relish the chance to keep playing in the postseason here and to play a similar regular season role while having an expanded role in October.
As I said, for me, Teo is a must to keep. While Santander obviously has great power and is a switch-hitter, he doesn't put the ball in play nearly as often, and I don't like that for postseason baseball. And when you break it down further, his OBP of .308 is putrid, and very un-Dodgers. I don't expect us to have interest in him for that reason. Muncy's OBP was .358 last season, just to compare, and Teo's was .339, and that's actually the more relevant comp. And Teo's OPS+ was even 3 points higher than Santander's from a season ago. Given that we know Teo has excelled here and given that he'll be cheaper since he's older, I think it's pretty clear that we'd prefer Teo, although it takes two to tango, of course. (But on the good side, I think it's pretty obvious that Teo would love to be back.)
Here are the right-handed hitters who are free agents who are corner outfielders that I think have a prayer of being our cleanup hitter (that fit the profile of what the Dodgers go for) if Teo isn't re-signed: O'Neill. That's it. That's the list, and that dude is perpetually injured. Randal Grichuk does kill lefties, but I don't see us going after a part-time player like that to fill a part-time cleanup role.
We really need Teo back; otherwise, we're either going to be installing Will Smith as our cleanup hitter again and just hoping that he somehow turns around his career decline at the plate. That, or we'd need to figure out a trade, which would cost us assets. Just re-sign Teo, please! |
Yeah, I was more thinking of how they’ll fill the outfield positions throughout the year.
Just give this guy n that guy a shot until someone takes the reigns. Sort of how we did it 2 yrs ago with Heyward, Peralta, Outman, etc.
For instance, if we move Betts to 2nd n Edman to SS, then we have 3 open spots in the outfield.
I think Pages gets a corner spot. So that’s one.
Of course if we sign Teo, that’s 2.
I think the beauty of having Edman is, he’ll be the CF or SS depending on who we’re able to acquire. If we don’t acquire anyone, then I can see maybe Betts being at SS and Edman in CF.
I think Outman gets another shot at the big league level this year. At the very least he’ll get called up when someone inevitably goes on the IL.
Rushing might also get a shot in LF as well. |
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Not surprising.
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Despite the Dodgers making serious efforts to recruit Juan Soto this offseason, they reportedly will NOT go out of their way to beat other teams for him.
What's the biggest contract you'd give Soto? 💰
Via Jon Heyman/Mark W. Sanchez |
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| aprevo15 wrote: | Not surprising.
| Quote: | @DodgersNation
Despite the Dodgers making serious efforts to recruit Juan Soto this offseason, they reportedly will NOT go out of their way to beat other teams for him.
What's the biggest contract you'd give Soto? 💰
Via Jon Heyman/Mark W. Sanchez |
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Wth does this mean?
Serious but not out of the way? |
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | | aprevo15 wrote: | Not surprising.
| Quote: | @DodgersNation
Despite the Dodgers making serious efforts to recruit Juan Soto this offseason, they reportedly will NOT go out of their way to beat other teams for him.
What's the biggest contract you'd give Soto? 💰
Via Jon Heyman/Mark W. Sanchez |
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Wth does this mean?
Serious but not out of the way? |
Yeah. I don't see the point in this news. We're serious but if you outbid us then he's all yours don't sound that serious to me.  |
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| waterman40 wrote: | Soto is very likely to get his 15 year contract in that 600-700 million range.
What does Teo get for a 3 or 4 year deal? |
It seems like Teo's looking at roughly $20MM per year. Maybe slightly above that on a shorter term and maybe slightly below that on a longer term, but that would be the number that seems close. |
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Some dude named Randy Miller, a Yankees beat writer is saying he thinks (or heard) that the Yankees are topping out at $550M to Soto:
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So Randy Miller, Yankees Beat Writer, says he thinks it’s going to come down to the Mets, Red Sox, and another team (my guess is Phillies) for Juan Soto, with the Yankees topping out in the $550M range and coming in 4th.
As I’ve said many times, and this isn’t bias, but the Red Sox should be taken seriously here, and should have been from the get-go.
Say what you will about John Henry over the last few years, but when the timing is right (farm system in good shape, young talent/stars to build around at MLB level, tidy payroll) and the urgency is there, he has more often than not broken out the checkbook.
Can’t stop the Sox. |
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| Quote: | | Who the hell is Randy Miller? Red Sox fans in the comments are having fun. I don’t see this being slightly true. |
| Quote: | | Randy miller is a reporter who says (bleep) like judge was househunting in SF and that Pete Fairbanks to the Yankees was done |
| Quote: | | I want to be a baseball reporter and get paid to make (bleep) up all day long. I have a decent imagination. I just need to learn how to tweet and I’m golden. |
| Quote: | | feels like arson judge to the giants lol. randy miller is a bum |
| Quote: | | I’ll eat my own (bleep) if Soto signs with the Red Sox |
| Quote: | | There's no way Hal is dumb enough to not offer more than $550MM for a player of Soto's talent. |
| Quote: | Randy Miller has previously “reported” that Aaron Judge was headed to the Giants and the Yankees were acquiring Pete Fairbanks. He knows no more than random Twitter accounts slinging (bleep).
At absolute best, this “report” is an attempt to get the Yankees to increase their bid, but I would hesitate to even call it that. |
| Quote: | | Randy Miller is one of the worst NY reporters lol. Remember this is the same idiot who said Judge to the Giants was guaranteed |
| Quote: | | Sox fans believing this guy makes me so happy 😭 adorable they think they’re actually in the mix |
| Quote: | | That entire sub is delusional lmao imagine leaving NY for Boston 🤮 |
Yeah, reminds me of us chasing Ohtani last year. Just on pins and needles after every rumor out there. I'm glad we're not in on the Soto chase this year.
I guess it'll be the same on January 15th for us when Sasaki gets posted. |
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| LA vs NY again in the finals......AGAIN LA are the favorites. AGAIN LA had to go through their toughest rivals to make it. Their high-octane tiki taka offense completely shut down by the best defense in the league but the Galaxy find a way to win thanks to the guy with the most balls of steel on the team: Dejan Joveljic. Whether its basketball, baseball or soccer, you can always spot who are the ones who can execute in the biggest moments. |
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| 1995Lakers wrote: | | LA vs NY again in the finals......AGAIN LA are the favorites. AGAIN LA had to go through their toughest rivals to make it. Their high-octane tiki taka offense completely shut down by the best defense in the league but the Galaxy find a way to win thanks to the guy with the most balls of steel on the team: Dejan Joveljic. Whether its basketball, baseball or soccer, you can always spot who are the ones who can execute in the biggest moments. |
A moment of magic! Ten years later and the Galaxy are back in the Final. |
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| ChickenStu wrote: | | 1995Lakers wrote: | | LA vs NY again in the finals......AGAIN LA are the favorites. AGAIN LA had to go through their toughest rivals to make it. Their high-octane tiki taka offense completely shut down by the best defense in the league but the Galaxy find a way to win thanks to the guy with the most balls of steel on the team: Dejan Joveljic. Whether its basketball, baseball or soccer, you can always spot who are the ones who can execute in the biggest moments. |
A moment of magic! Ten years later and the Galaxy are back in the Final. |
For sure....I would argue though that the offense was complete crap today (because Seattle's defense is unbelievable) but our defense was really the heros....especially our Japanese combo of Yoshida and Yamane. This game had all the signs of a loss. A young prolific offense team getting shut down and starting to get very frustrated against a veteran team that was playing their game and a championship winning coach who had our coach's number. Yamane was really getting turned over at first but he made key stops on their left winger Minongou and started to figure out how to play against his pace. Yoshida's positoning and key clearances were absolutely critical. Yamamoto and Ohtani and Yoshida and Yamane. All great Japanese internationals and LA heros. These two were critical to the win today. |
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| 1995Lakers wrote: | | ChickenStu wrote: | | 1995Lakers wrote: | | LA vs NY again in the finals......AGAIN LA are the favorites. AGAIN LA had to go through their toughest rivals to make it. Their high-octane tiki taka offense completely shut down by the best defense in the league but the Galaxy find a way to win thanks to the guy with the most balls of steel on the team: Dejan Joveljic. Whether its basketball, baseball or soccer, you can always spot who are the ones who can execute in the biggest moments. |
A moment of magic! Ten years later and the Galaxy are back in the Final. |
For sure....I would argue though that the offense was complete crap today (because Seattle's defense is unbelievable) but our defense was really the heros....especially our Japanese combo of Yoshida and Yamane. This game had all the signs of a loss. A young prolific offense team getting shut down and starting to get very frustrated against a veteran team that was playing their game and a championship winning coach who had our coach's number. Yamane was really getting turned over at first but he made key stops on their left winger Minongou and started to figure out how to play against his pace. Yoshida's positoning and key clearances were absolutely critical. Yamamoto and Ohtani and Yoshida and Yamane. All great Japanese internationals and LA heros. These two were critical to the win today. |
Where is it being televised?
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | 1995Lakers wrote: | | ChickenStu wrote: | | 1995Lakers wrote: | | LA vs NY again in the finals......AGAIN LA are the favorites. AGAIN LA had to go through their toughest rivals to make it. Their high-octane tiki taka offense completely shut down by the best defense in the league but the Galaxy find a way to win thanks to the guy with the most balls of steel on the team: Dejan Joveljic. Whether its basketball, baseball or soccer, you can always spot who are the ones who can execute in the biggest moments. |
A moment of magic! Ten years later and the Galaxy are back in the Final. |
For sure....I would argue though that the offense was complete crap today (because Seattle's defense is unbelievable) but our defense was really the heros....especially our Japanese combo of Yoshida and Yamane. This game had all the signs of a loss. A young prolific offense team getting shut down and starting to get very frustrated against a veteran team that was playing their game and a championship winning coach who had our coach's number. Yamane was really getting turned over at first but he made key stops on their left winger Minongou and started to figure out how to play against his pace. Yoshida's positoning and key clearances were absolutely critical. Yamamoto and Ohtani and Yoshida and Yamane. All great Japanese internationals and LA heros. These two were critical to the win today. |
Where is it being televised? |
Well apparently Fox and Apple TV for the Finals |
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | Some dude named Randy Miller, a Yankees beat writer is saying he thinks (or heard) that the Yankees are topping out at $550M to Soto:
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@gingersnaphyde
So Randy Miller, Yankees Beat Writer, says he thinks it’s going to come down to the Mets, Red Sox, and another team (my guess is Phillies) for Juan Soto, with the Yankees topping out in the $550M range and coming in 4th.
As I’ve said many times, and this isn’t bias, but the Red Sox should be taken seriously here, and should have been from the get-go.
Say what you will about John Henry over the last few years, but when the timing is right (farm system in good shape, young talent/stars to build around at MLB level, tidy payroll) and the urgency is there, he has more often than not broken out the checkbook.
Can’t stop the Sox. |
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| Quote: | | Who the hell is Randy Miller? Red Sox fans in the comments are having fun. I don’t see this being slightly true. |
| Quote: | | Randy miller is a reporter who says (bleep) like judge was househunting in SF and that Pete Fairbanks to the Yankees was done |
| Quote: | | I want to be a baseball reporter and get paid to make (bleep) up all day long. I have a decent imagination. I just need to learn how to tweet and I’m golden. |
| Quote: | | feels like arson judge to the giants lol. randy miller is a bum |
| Quote: | | I’ll eat my own (bleep) if Soto signs with the Red Sox |
| Quote: | | There's no way Hal is dumb enough to not offer more than $550MM for a player of Soto's talent. |
| Quote: | Randy Miller has previously “reported” that Aaron Judge was headed to the Giants and the Yankees were acquiring Pete Fairbanks. He knows no more than random Twitter accounts slinging (bleep).
At absolute best, this “report” is an attempt to get the Yankees to increase their bid, but I would hesitate to even call it that. |
| Quote: | | Randy Miller is one of the worst NY reporters lol. Remember this is the same idiot who said Judge to the Giants was guaranteed |
| Quote: | | Sox fans believing this guy makes me so happy 😭 adorable they think they’re actually in the mix |
| Quote: | | That entire sub is delusional lmao imagine leaving NY for Boston 🤮 |
Yeah, reminds me of us chasing Ohtani last year. Just on pins and needles after every rumor out there. I'm glad we're not in on the Soto chase this year.
I guess it'll be the same on January 15th for us when Sasaki gets posted. |
I assume the Red Sox are the Blue Jays., Reading the Red Sox reddit gives off very similar vibes to the way the Blue Jays reddit was last year.
I have a feeling he is gonna go to the Mets. Both NY teams have legit shot at winning it all so it will come down to money and I think Cohen beats everyone out. |
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Some people feel that Arenado is dropping hints on social media that he's going to be traded to the Dodgers:
| Quote: | All-Star Trade Candidate Posts ‘Dodger Blue’ on Instagram
St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado posted a series of photos on his Instagram along with Kendrick Lamar’s song “dodger blue” from the Los Angeles rapper’s new album, GNX.
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Arenado’s cryptic post caught the attention of several fans as it is widely known the Cardinals are shopping the third baseman this winter. Some of the photos included in the post featured the All-Star around Los Angeles, which could easily be the reason Arenado used Lamar’s new song.
Arenado, 34, was born in Newport Beach and was raised in the Orange County area. Being a Southern California native, it makes sense the third baseman embraces homegrown rappers such as Lamar.
There are some reports that Arenado is willing to play at either corner next season to make a trade happen. The Cardinals have been exploring the potential trade market for the 10-time Gold Glove winner throughout the offseason, but there has been little to no indication that Arenado would land with the Dodgers.
There are a few teams that have expressed interest in Arenado and the trade talks are likely going to intensify as the winter meetings quickly approach. There is strong speculation that Arenado will land with a new team by the end of the offseason; however, the Dodgers haven’t been linked to the third baseman.
Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that Arenado will be traded since the move would be quite complex due to his full no-trade clause and the remaining money on his contract. Arenado is reportedly willing to waive his no-trade clause for an organization that is poised to be a contender for several seasons.
Arenado’s win-now mentality certainly matches with the Dodgers’ efforts to embrace a golden era of Los Angeles baseball. The third baseman has been transparent about his desire to play meaningful baseball.
There aren’t several third-base options on the market this winter, aside from Alex Bregman. In the end, Arenado’s choice of song in his recent Instagram post could simply mean nothing outside of music preference.
However, some would say Arenado is dropping a hint toward his preferred trade destination. |
Maybe they're reading too much into it?
He's really slipped alot lately.
Here's his remaining contract:
| Quote: | | Arenado's contract has three years and $52 million remaining on his eight-year, $260 million contract after he's paid for this season. |
Yeah, they'd have to eat alot of that and maybe take on CT3's contract for us to be interested.
We owe CT3 $17M through 2025, and we have Muncy on a 1 yr deal for $12M for 2025 plus a $10M option for 2026.
Last edited by LongBeachPoly on Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:11 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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