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  1. MrTPlush
    I don’t really see a point in trading him. You get an okay return and lose a starter that has dependably given you incredible regular season value and is a great pitcher? We are clearly going to try to win next year and are completely void of veteran pitching. Woodruff is almost certainly gone and Quintana is quite plausible gone too. We would spend double or more just to find another veteran arm…that is way worse. Way too much confidence in Priester repeating his year and Miz even being able to hold down a spot in the rotation next year…let alone be a great starter.
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    Cal on deck and struck out with zero pitches anywhere near the zone.
  3. MrTPlush
    World Series Set: #1 Seed $509mil vs. #5 Seed $255mil #1 and #5 seeds outspent their opponents (#15 and #22) $764 million to $285 million to purchase their World Series appearances. Dodgers will be playing another Top 5 payroll and will still be doubling that opponents payroll.
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    Someone mentioned it before, but the current ‘competitive balance’ stuff is actually embarrassing. Large markets get a slap on the wrist punishment in the draft and the small market gets a marginal boost. Both of which won’t see the fruits or turds of that labor for half a decade. On the other hand the free agency advantage is so lopsided the only way to somewhat bring that down is to basically take 10 rounds of Dodgers picks away so they basically have no farm. These big markets basically have a minor league farm system and an instant reward free agency farm system. A big issue I don’t see talked about often in the competitive balance issue is the major decline in trade returns you get now. It used to be blue chippers, heck, even for rentals. Now you get middling prospects regardless. Small markets don’t even get the big boost trading their guys off anymore. 10 years ago trading Peralta was a no brainer, now it feels like you might as well roll the dice with him.
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    So there is no payroll issue argument because a few of our highly paid guys didn’t play/perform in the postseason? I don’t know that Hoskins or Woodruff are even Top 10 salaries on the Dodgers. Here is a list of expensive players the Dodgers paid this year and aren’t on their postseason roster: Michael Conforto - $17mil (left off roster) Kirby Yates - $13mil (left off roster) Chris Taylor - $17mil (released midseason) Tanner Scott - $13mil (injured) Pitchers Gonsolin, Kopech, Phillips, and Graterol - $20mil (injured) BONUS: Clayton Kershaw -$16mil (1 postseason appearance so far) That is $96mil of payroll not even playing for them in the postseason, but yah, no reason to complain, right? Certainly no issue they have endless money to have ridiculous depth and have zero issue with all that wasted money. A guy that would be our #2 starter riding the pine and being in the conversation to miss the NLCS roster entirely.
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    Under the current system, sure. That’s because we have zero shot to ever resign them. We only have players 4-5 years now as is because we have to trade them away so we don’t lose them for nothing. If there was a salary cap, that cheap control isn’t as essential for small markets because their ability to retain the talent isn’t unfair like it is now.
  7. MrTPlush
    Smarter with their money? How exactly are they supposed to be smarter? 1) All three of those players had pretty big impacts this season. Even Hoskins was pretty decent when he played this year. The postseason struggles (or not playing at all) sucks…but hardly something you can go predict. Without them, we don’t win the division. Or worse 2) What is your alternative that is so much smarter? Short term deals with risk (Woodruff/Hoskins) is by far the best way for us to find impact talent without hamstringing our payroll long term. If you don’t like big long term deals like Yelich and don’t like spending money on Hoskins/Woodruff types…your solution is? Jeff Suppan types?
  8. MrTPlush
    Surely you see the difference between $45mil and hundreds of millions. And it certainly did help them, they aren’t even a .500 team if we booted $45mil off their roster. Most of the pests that series were some of their higher paid people. But thus, I can’t blame someone for wanting to ignore the payroll reality. It’s probably way less depressing to watch if you think the Brewers actually have a reasonable chance to win.
  9. MrTPlush
    You just gotta pay the site and you get like a full mod protection it appears. Surely the only reason he isn’t banned is because he dropped some bread trying to convince people he isn’t a Fubs fan.
  10. MrTPlush
    Do players on the 2025 Cubs flex a World Series win the 2016 Cubs had? Idk, guessing the answer is no.
  11. MrTPlush
    Funny the day it happened, funny today, and will always be funny.
  12. MrTPlush
    Today may end in a loss, but I predict we don’t lose the rest of the series after today.
  13. MrTPlush
    Well for starters you don’t face elite pitching daily in the regular season. That every day is rough for average hitters and even more rough for a team needing steals/multiple hits in a row to manufacture runs. This sweep isn’t even slightly surprising.
  14. MrTPlush
    Correct, you got at least 5 owners on each side of the coin that would be entirely against it. Thus, you could only lose another 4 before losing majority. You would probably lose 5 before even threatening a lockout. I don’t know that there are even 10 teams that would actually go to battle to fix things.
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    I guess one can always take appreciation in the fact it wasn’t another choke job in the books. Honestly, they played better this series than I assumed going in. Our pitching showed up and balled out. But as I said before the series, the starting pitching is so lopsided in the Dodgers favor it isn’t even funny. Beating that was going to be a tall ask. Our hitters aren’t elite, even the good ones aren’t exactly All Star forces. Seems more likely to depend on lesser pitching stopping elite bats than it is for middling hitting to hit against the elite pitchers of the game. Also, I’ll go against the grain a bit, I think Murphy’s pitching decisions were great. Every single one of them to be honest. We held them the 2/5/3 runs. The 5 run game involved 3/5 runs coming from our ace. Not sure what more you could ask for. While I thought using Uribe mid game in tight spots was bold…it was the right decision. Use your best guys when you need them most. No point waiting to be down 5 runs. Reality is, we were going to live or die on the backs of Ashby/Uribe pitching a lot. They weren’t going to chill and pitch every 3-4 days. No need to sugar coat it, we never had a chance…and to no fault of our own. Maybe someday that changes, but for now, it’s time to just watch another big market trot to the World Series. History has told this story over and over again.
  16. MrTPlush
    I’m not mad at our hitting. I’m mad at baseball economics. Oh well.
  17. MrTPlush
    Literally no where. NO WHERE Was I blaming Yelich for the teams poor success in the NLCS.🤣 Y’all arguing to a brick wall. lol It probably has more to do with his garbage health and staying on the field. At that rate suiting up every day in October is an accomplishment. But thus, highest paid man in franchise history and turns in to a negative contributor come fall. Deserved or not, he gets to wear that on his legacy. $200mil man who can’t hit a ball out of the infield or get it to go more than 5 feet without hitting the ground in-front of him.
  18. MrTPlush
    Christian Yelich’s first game in the postseason (career): 2 RBI His next 108 PAs: 1 RBI He has never batted in a run without the ball going over the fence, his three RBI came off his two homers. He has 4 multi-hit games in 25 games, none of which ever occurred in the same year. He has, however, managed nearly double as many multi-strikeout games (7). He has 4 doubles, none of which ever occurred in the same postseason. He has 10 games in his career where he went hitless. 2 career postseason HRs. Zero since 2018 Only three more years of this bum.
  19. MrTPlush
    The current issue is most certainly tied to the Dodgers trotting out a 5/$136mil pitcher, then a 12/$325mil pitcher (with zero MLB experience for that contract), then a 10/$700mil pitcher, and then a 4/$115mil pitcher. ALL of which were not originally Dodgers prior to those contracts. It is pathetic. It was sad back in the day when rich teams could afford a player we couldn’t. Now they can afford to pay an entire rotation of aces and we can’t afford to pay one.
  20. MrTPlush
    A lot of issues though: 1) Players union would have a fit. And what exactly would they gain? Is a salary floor really a huge gain to the players union? You would have completely abolish arbitration all together I would think. Three years and then FA. Probably have to fix service time manipulation. Maybe league expansion could be a bone to throw? 2) Would there actually be a majority to support it? The Top 10 teams probably love having an unfair advantage and want it to stay. There would be at least 5 cheapo owners that love not spending money. In reality there are probably 5-8 teams that try hard, maybe would spend more if it was fair, and would welcome it. 3) Do the majority of casual fans even care? Baseball got saved when they did all the stuff to shorten games and make them less insufferable to watch. So far viewership and attendance seem fine (though flat). Im actually a bit shocked considering how non accessible games became for casual watchers due to the RSN debacle
  21. MrTPlush
    Small markets? This is starting to become a situation where even mid-markets are starting to lag behind a bit. 2025: $5.65 billion in team payroll (only est. I found) 2019: $3.98 billion $1.67 billion difference That 6 year difference is comparable to the change from 2006-2019. The sad reality, the wealth gap is irrelevent and I doubt many owners care. As long as the overall wealth is increasing they are happy.
  22. MrTPlush
    Ironically they are pretty similar careers. A few massive years, some AS years, and then a flury of average years. I think Braun is still better. Yelich greatly benefits from the DH existence and Braun didn’t. Braun also did seem to be a little more trusty in clutch spots…even ignoring this postseason. Though if you take into consideration the likelihood of Braun cheating much of his early career to stay healthy and on the field it’s a bit of a wash between the two.
  23. MrTPlush
    If that is the case, wouldn’t you want Ohtani? The best case scenario is 6 innings for him. Not that Game 2’s flailing wouldn’t give him a chance at 7…but Ohtani is the best chance at 4-6 and he is gone.
  24. MrTPlush
    MA could do more, but MLB is the reason he doesn’t. We could spend another 50mil (probably well beyond anything we could do) and still it would barely move the needle. That’s the issue. There is no motivation to spend past what it takes to win the division and roll the dice in the postseason. The Dodgers can waste $300mil a year to choke 4/5 years because their bottom line is still exponentially more green than a small market team not even trying to spend money. That is crazy.
  25. MrTPlush
    I remember watching almost every single Brewers game during the season, even in seasons that weren’t winning, going to many. Then they kicked all the games off streaming services and payrolls exploded. I haven’t been to a game in years and watch maybe half those that are on national/accessible TV. When the Brewers became relevant in 2008 their payroll was $85mil and only one team was double that. Now in 2025 there are two teams darn near tripling their payroll and another five plus that are near or over double their payroll. It is hard to care anymore, tbh.
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