Dodger Talk

Season is going to come down to 3 outs for us. We haven't really come up like that all season. Jansen trying to keep ny off the board

 

Jansen does his job....is there some magic in the skies of LA tonight?

 

You must be a Dodgers fan to keep trolling for no reason. Most of the fans here didn't believe the team would win anyway.

on to the real point of why I came back in. The problem has been before and still is now we don't get timely hits. I feared that it would be hitting that would be the problem and 0-13 (I believe) with RISP after the 1st isn't going to win you games. Mets deserved to win they fought and clawed. Disappointing.

 

Great series, Mets were pretty fortunate tonight thanks to the brain fart there by the Dodgers allowing Murphy to take third. If it weren't for that I'm not sure they would've pulled it off.

 

^Fair enough. I don't go to those threads personally but good as it gets is well good as it gets.

 

Report: Zack Greinke to opt out of contract with Dodgers

Zack Greinke will opt out of his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and test free agency, according to a report by CBSSports.com.

There had been widespread speculation that Greinke would opt out of the contract despite having three years and $71 million remaining on the six-year deal he signed with the Dodgers before the 2013 season.

Citing multiple sources in its report, CBSSports.com reported that Greinke should receive multiple contract offers of at least $125 million over five years, according to one general manager.

Greinke, who turns 32 on Wednesday, is coming off the best season of his 12-year career and figures to be a contender for the National League Cy Young Award. The three-time All-Star went 19-3 with a major league-leading 1.66 ERA this season.

Greinke emphasized that he was "not even thinking" about his future with the Dodgers after Thursday's season-ending loss to the New York Mets in Game 5 of the NLDS.

"It would be nice to be back [with the Dodgers]," Greinke said after pitching 6 ⅔ innings in Los Angeles' 3-2 loss. "I'm not even thinking about it. It's more about today, I guess. Maybe after I get home."

 

I really hope we don't lose Greinke! I didn't get to watch much Dodgers baseball this season but I still follow it as best as I can. We can't lose him. He had a truly remarkable season. Him and Kershaw together is a formidable duo!

 

Dodgers have hired Dave Roberts as manager. Thoughts?

 

I think the most we'll offer Greinke is 6 years $180 million. If he gets anything more from someone else, or a deferred contract a la Scherzer, then we can kiss him goodbye.

 

It doesn't because that's only twice the league average vs when the Yankees used to quadruple the league average.

Hehe, try again.

 

1. We actually cut a lot of bad contracts from the last regime. It would have been a lot worse with the old regime throwing more and more money at guys like Brian Wilson.

2. Yup!

3. Our top 7 relievers are far superior than the previous year's top 7. Look at the numbers.

4. Unfortunately there's no consistency with RISP. Not one player in history was ever consistently good at it, and there's practically no way to scout guys who would be consistently good at it.

5. We didn't know both Ryu and McCarthy would get hurt at the same time, and Brett Anderson pitched a 3.69 ERA which is not bad for a #5/#6 starter. Alex Wood is actually a pretty good talent we managed to swipe before deadline.

6. I won't get into detail but Seager was on fire and hitting way better than Jimmy Rollins. Kike was also hitting better than Joc Pederson. Puig, heh, always the question mark.

7. Yes. He is too good. We got rid of our international prize signing 3B man Hector Olivera to give Turner all the playing time he can play.