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  1. Jopal78
    Go pay the $1 to read the front page story in today’s LA Times and then we’ll have an informed discussion. Right now you’re just accusatory and brandishing your obvious ignorance on the topic as a cudgel.
  2. Jopal78
    A financier may very well commit fraud to further line their own pockets, but no billionaire is going to put their liberty at stake to increase the major league payroll of their baseball team. That notion is utter nonsense. The only link in this story to the Dodgers right now is the wealthy guy being investigated for violating Federal insurance regulations owns among a litany of other businesses the Dodgers. That’s why it’s not a baseball story. It’s been clear for multiple seasons that the Dodgers manipulate the luxury tax threshold, and again that’s way different than committing a crime or cheating, and additional evidence of other manipulations shouldn’t catch anyone by surprise.
  3. Jopal78
    Gotta love Murphy. Going an getting him mid-count after Hook was just out there telling Gasser to start throwing strikes
  4. Jopal78
    He was struggling at the plate for sure, but the offensive bar is set so low to be passable at SS with good defense he was never the biggest problem. Frelick and his .630 OPS in RF was a bigger black hole.
  5. Jopal78
    There is no cap in baseball. There is also an huge difference between the Dodgers baseball operations committing fraud (not mentioned by anyone as far as I know) and legal, but perhaps unscrupulous, manipulation of MLB’s revenue sharing rules. Do you think a billionaire owner Mark Walter, Andrew Friedman or really anyone in their Baseball Operations Dept. are going to risk going to prison by perpetuating a fraud just so the Dodgers can sign Kyle Tucker or Tyler Glasnow…. Sheesh
  6. Jopal78
    No it is nothing like the Clippers having handshake deals with players. The Federal investigation is about loans made by Walter from his own Insurance Company A to his own Company B with friendly terms that wouldn’t exist in the marketplace. Where it may run afoul is that if Company B fails to pay the loans back or Company A sustains huge losses it could put the policy holders at risk, and Walter allegedly didn’t disclose the loans. The Insurance Company A is supposed to disclose those loans and didn’t, the investigation is about the action/inaction of Company A. He sold the Lakers because the loans came to light and he needed to infuse the insurance companies with cash. So far there is nothing connecting the Dodgers (and certainly not baseball operations) to the Walter financial empire’s Federal scrutiny.
  7. Jopal78
    Is it really a relevant baseball story? It has virtually nothing to do with the Dodgers, other than Mark Walter is their majority share holder. Rather, the situation involves a note-worthy billionaire with vast diversified holdings and companies under government investigation for potentially violating Federal insurance regulatory laws by lending large sums of money to other businesses he owns from insurance companies he also owns at terms that are below market rate. Those loans theoretically could put the policy holders of those insurance companies at financial risk.
  8. Jopal78
    Remember back in 2017 when the Dodgers traded Scott Kazmir $17M), Adrian Gonzalez ($22M), Brandon McCarthy ($11.5M) Charlie Culbertson and cash to the Braves for just Matt Kemp? The Dodgers can save tens of millions by doing the same thing again; simply give away players they don’t need anymore, while taking a bad contract in return or paying down the guarantees.
  9. Jopal78
    What does best record have to do with gambling lines. Gilbert is better than May. If you’re somehow disappointed they’re behind to a legitimate ace pitcher, I suppose that’s another example of heightened expectations for you.
  10. Jopal78
    Yeah 54% huge favorites.
  11. Jopal78
    Bigger picture, they were going to be hard pressed to beat Gilbert anyways. So does it matter if they lose by 3, 4, 6?
  12. Jopal78
    St. Louis NoT Detroit
  13. Jopal78
    Isn’t chemistry and “the clubhouse” just excuses made by losing teams? Each player is a professional and certainly realizes they have a job to do each game. I’m certain each Brewers player wants to win, and leadership is aligned in that goal. Besides there are plenty of teams where players didn’t like each other or weren’t particularly close yet achieved great things: 70’s Oakland, 77-78 Yankees, Kobe-Shaq Lakers.
  14. Jopal78
    I would take another look. Luke Weaver, Camilo Doval and Lake Bachar are all controllable in 2027. Kirby Yates is the only one who is a rental. According to the pundits’ lists the Pirates parted with their #9 prospect to get Weaver and cash, but most the other players traded would be considered organizational depth. Those deals may not have been a difference maker for the Pirates in ‘26, but maybe that wasn’t the goal. Maybe it was an opportunity to build a stronger bullpen for 2027 at minimal cost and certainly cheaper than shopping for FAs.
  15. Jopal78
    Who brings the most impact amongst Lara Lockridge and Frelick? I’d probably say Lara and Lockridge but wouldn’t be surprised to see Sal nudge one of them to AAA until September
  16. Jopal78
    I bet every MLB team would be completely unstoppable if they averaged 5 runs scored or more per game.
  17. Jopal78
    I don’t think his pull for power approach yielding more ground balls this year than last was a byproduct of a shoulder injury. Rather, he is just a little guy with minimal raw power, and the league adjusted to his pull for power approach by challenging him this year with more hard stuff and he’s topping the ball tryjng to get the barrel out earlier.
  18. Jopal78
    Regardless even if he returns to full health, Bauers plays RF 50% of the time. It doesn’t make sense to take PT from Lara. Who is better suited as a 5th OFer Lockridge or Frelick. I’d probably go with a Lockridge as he’s always been a bench player.
  19. Jopal78
    They should probably option him to AAA anyways so it doesn’t really bother me.
  20. Jopal78
    Senzatela is the 2026 version of the deadline arm acquisition who implodes
  21. Jopal78
    I guess we’ll disagree. Offense gave them the lead yesterday. Pitching staff lost it in the 8th, offense gave them the lead again in the 11th and pitching staff lost it.
  22. Jopal78
    You can’t win if you don’t score and they’re 6-6 this month. Not pick the stats but they play 162 games and there’s always ups and downs. Yesterday, for example, the maligned offense did enough to win multiple times and Patrick, Ashby and Senzatela couldn’t finish the job, it happens over the course of 162.
  23. Jopal78
    They’ve scored 40 runs in 12 games this month, and have allowed 40 runs in 12 games, and have gone 6-6. I don’t know if I’d say that’s a “prolonged slump”. Certainly it’s not “definition of insantiy”, as they’re playing .500 ball. To accurately label the sentiment I’d say it’s “heightened expectations”.
  24. Jopal78
    Easier said than done. Only relievers with options are Megill, Hall, Patrick, Uribe and Ashby. As for Henderson, Drohan, and Gasser they probably want them using what bullets remain in their arms in the majors than spending 2 weeks in the minors
  25. Jopal78
    The Brewers are a combined 23-5 against Cincy, Minnesota. St. Louis and Colorado. Hitters looked great against those teams. . It all evens out, they did not play as well against better teams
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