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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:04 pm    Post subject:

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BREAKING: Right-hander Jack Flaherty and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a two-year, $35 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, sources tell ESPN.


So cheap, wow

Dude’s an innings eater


Oof, for some reason I read it as 2 years at $35M per. You're right that's a real cheap price for a reliable starter. He'd be a #3 on most teams right?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:57 pm    Post subject:

Get ready for the Lakers parade this summer and Dodgers repeat parade in Winter.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:51 am    Post subject:

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BREAKING: Right-hander Jack Flaherty and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a two-year, $35 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, sources tell ESPN.


So cheap, wow

Dude’s an innings eater


Oof, for some reason I read it as 2 years at $35M per. You're right that's a real cheap price for a reliable starter. He'd be a #3 on most teams right?


This is one where teams must have been thinking as I was: this guy has had one good year out of the last five. And unlike some guys who have a resurgent year, Flaherty doesn't have dominant stuff and/or throw really hard. Quite simply, teams were hesitant to commit multiple years to him.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:01 am    Post subject:

^^^^

More details about the deal makes it seem a bit better for Flaherty:

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Flaherty will earn $25 million in 2025.

His salary for 2026 — if he opts in — is worth $10 million, but the 2026 salary can increase to $20 million if Flaherty makes 15 starts.

Therefore, the contract can be worth up to $45 million over two seasons.


Chances are, he gets his $25M for 2025 then opts out to re-enter the free agent market in 2026.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:04 am    Post subject:

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Get ready for the Lakers parade this summer and Dodgers repeat parade in Winter.





It’d be crazy if the Lakers can win with no D Luka n LeBron, with no D Reaves beside them in the starting lineup.
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Get ready for the Lakers parade this summer and Dodgers repeat parade in Winter.





It’d be crazy if the Lakers can win with no D Luka n LeBron, with no D Reaves beside them in the starting lineup.


With the way the whole league is chucking up 3s, D isn't as crucial as it used to be.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:12 pm    Post subject:

Ouch..an um got fired by baseball for having a shared gambling account with a friend...a professional poker playing.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43680990/mlb-upholds-firing-ump-pat-hoberg-gambling-violations

I'll take the ump had his word but boy what an absolute dumb F.
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^ Dude is only 38! If he's as good as they say, he had an entire career ahead of him and probably was going to move up the ranks. Gotta be smarter than that!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:09 pm    Post subject:

First 3 games when the Padres will visit Dodgers Stadium.

June 16 - Blake Snell Bobblehead
June 17 - World Series replica trophy
June 18 - World Series gold players jerseys

Gotta love the trolling.
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First 3 games when the Padres will visit Dodgers Stadium.

June 16 - Blake Snell Bobblehead
June 17 - World Series replica trophy
June 18 - World Series gold players jerseys

Gotta love the trolling.


They're handing out jerseys on the 18th?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:28 am    Post subject:

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First 3 games when the Padres will visit Dodgers Stadium.

June 16 - Blake Snell Bobblehead
June 17 - World Series replica trophy
June 18 - World Series gold players jerseys

Gotta love the trolling.


They're handing out jerseys on the 18th?


It's on the promotions and giveaway page so I think they are handing it out to fans,
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:43 am    Post subject:

Man, reading Mavs reddit reminds me so much of how I felt when Piazza got traded.

I never really got over that, even though Sheffield became a very good player for us. I wanted Piazza to retire a Dodger. There's just something about a homegrown player. Plus, his narrative was so cool, Lasorda's godson, drafted like 62nd rd as a favor and worked his ass off to become a great player (PED rumors aside).

I was numb when they traded Piazza.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:23 am    Post subject:

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Man, reading Mavs reddit reminds me so much of how I felt when Piazza got traded.

I never really got over that, even though Sheffield became a very good player for us. I wanted Piazza to retire a Dodger. There's just something about a homegrown player. Plus, his narrative was so cool, Lasorda's godson, drafted like 62nd rd as a favor and worked his ass off to become a great player (PED rumors aside).

I was numb when they traded Piazza.


It also seemed like a bad deal based on the kinds of season they were coming off from in 1997. Piazza was at his apex in '97 and hit 0.362 (!!!) with 40 homeruns when Dodger Stadium was still a pitcher dominant park that severely hampered batting averages and was not as helpful in the long ball as it is now to balance out. I cant emphasize how hard it is to hit 0.362 with half your games at Dodger Stadium in the 90s. Ive said this before, had Piazza been a Rockie in 1997, Ted Williams 0.400 record would have been snapped that year. Sheffield hit 0.250 with only 21 HRs in '97 at a more favorable hitting ballpark conducive to pulling the ball at Pro Player Stadium and was hitting only 0.272 when he got traded to us (made such an impact I still remember Sheffield's BA and Homeruns when he got traded to us: 6 at the time and I promise I did not have to look. It was reasonable at that point to think Piazza was far superior to Sheffield as a hitter. Sheffield was a relatively small guy who had up and down years up to that point and had injury concerns with his shoulder. Of course, we NOW know that this was not true as objectively Sheffield would actually hit better than Piazza in future years but it was impossible to tell in early May 1998
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:13 am    Post subject:

I still can't believe we got Luka for AD. It's like trading Freddie for Ohtani.

We had Magic era, Kobe Shaq era, Mobe era, and now Luka era is about to begin. Sorry to Lebron cans but I never celt that the Lakers were e er his team.
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I still can't believe we got Luka for AD. It's like trading Freddie for Ohtani.

We had Magic era, Kobe Shaq era, Mobe era, and now Luka era is about to begin. Sorry to Lebron cans but I never celt that the Lakers were e er his team.


Never imagined the Lakers could top what the Dodgers have done this offseason but Pelinka pulled it off. Wow
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:00 pm    Post subject:

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I still can't believe we got Luka for AD. It's like trading Freddie for Ohtani.

We had Magic era, Kobe Shaq era, Mobe era, and now Luka era is about to begin. Sorry to Lebron cans but I never celt that the Lakers were e er his team.


Never imagined the Lakers could top what the Dodgers have done this offseason but Pelinka pulled it off. Wow


Now, will the Rams get another Super star? I don't care for the Dippers and Chargers
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I still can't believe we got Luka for AD. It's like trading Freddie for Ohtani.

We had Magic era, Kobe Shaq era, Mobe era, and now Luka era is about to begin. Sorry to Lebron cans but I never celt that the Lakers were e er his team.


Never imagined the Lakers could top what the Dodgers have done this offseason but Pelinka pulled it off. Wow


Yeah this off-season...oooh boy. It's the sort of thing most cities will see in a lifetime much less a single off season.

To Aprevo's point...you're not alone in your feeling dude. I know SOOOOOOO many Lakers fans that have checked out since Kobe retired. Lebron's arrival was met was "oh...cool". My group text of closets friends that are all Lakers/Dodgers fans absolutely went bananas when news of Luka broke.

I'm still on cloud 9. I went from scheduling my study sessions around Lakers games in college during the 90s to watching at most a handful of games a season (and not even all the way through) to now jumping out of my skin waiting for Luka's debute. This dude. He's Kobe-esque in the..."don't blink something electric is about to happen" category.
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The Chicago Cubs are acquiring right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN. Brasier, 37, was DFA'd last week but should get leverage innings for Chicago.

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The Chicago Cubs are acquiring right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN. Brasier, 37, was DFA'd last week but should get leverage innings for Chicago.


Good, at least we're getting something back.
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The Chicago Cubs are acquiring right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN. Brasier, 37, was DFA'd last week but should get leverage innings for Chicago.


Good, at least we're getting something back.


It's only old man Brasier but here's hoping AF can raid the Cubbies again! Not expected a Busch level return here obviously but some diamond in the ruff that our front office is so great at finding.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:05 pm    Post subject:

The Dodgers have tweeted that we traded Brasier and cash to the Cubs for a PTBNL or cash considerations. Well hey...it's something!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:10 pm    Post subject:

^^^

Yeah I was afraid we might have to eat some of his contract. Oh well.

Yankees just got Tim Hill for 1 yr $2.85M. I think they had similar stats last yr so I can see why $4.5M might be more than Brasier's market.

I'd say we sent $1M to the Cubs and the Cubs got him on a 1 yr $3.5M contract.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:02 pm    Post subject:

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Man, reading Mavs reddit reminds me so much of how I felt when Piazza got traded.

I never really got over that, even though Sheffield became a very good player for us. I wanted Piazza to retire a Dodger. There's just something about a homegrown player. Plus, his narrative was so cool, Lasorda's godson, drafted like 62nd rd as a favor and worked his ass off to become a great player (PED rumors aside).

I was numb when they traded Piazza.


It also seemed like a bad deal based on the kinds of season they were coming off from in 1997. Piazza was at his apex in '97 and hit 0.362 (!!!) with 40 homeruns when Dodger Stadium was still a pitcher dominant park that severely hampered batting averages and was not as helpful in the long ball as it is now to balance out. I cant emphasize how hard it is to hit 0.362 with half your games at Dodger Stadium in the 90s. Ive said this before, had Piazza been a Rockie in 1997, Ted Williams 0.400 record would have been snapped that year. Sheffield hit 0.250 with only 21 HRs in '97 at a more favorable hitting ballpark conducive to pulling the ball at Pro Player Stadium and was hitting only 0.272 when he got traded to us (made such an impact I still remember Sheffield's BA and Homeruns when he got traded to us: 6 at the time and I promise I did not have to look. It was reasonable at that point to think Piazza was far superior to Sheffield as a hitter. Sheffield was a relatively small guy who had up and down years up to that point and had injury concerns with his shoulder. Of course, we NOW know that this was not true as objectively Sheffield would actually hit better than Piazza in future years but it was impossible to tell in early May 1998


I remember being mad at Piazza and thinking it was a good trade. Some of us thought Charles Johnson would do well and he was MUCH better at throwing out runners at 2nd base. He hit poorly in LA and was gone after the season.

Sheffield was awesome but looking back I feel a lot differently about the trade. I was mad at Piazza for years. Now I think I shouldn’t have been mad at all.

Then later we traded Sheffield for Brian Jordan and it was sold as being a good trade because Jordan was a great guy to have in the clubhouse. But Sheffield was great with the Dodgers and Jordan wasn’t going to scare pitchers the way Sheffield would.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:27 pm    Post subject:

^^^

Why were u mad at Piazza? He was looking for 6 yrs $90M I think. Seemed very fair at the time. Also they were owned by Fox at the time.

A couple (few?) years later, they decided to give Kevin Brown 7 for $105M.
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