Dodgers Notes: LA Signs Veteran Infielder, GM Hints at More Moves, Walker Buehler to Giants?

It actually makes perfect sense. Not signing one guy doesn’t mean we should be willing to give that money to anybody. We don’t know what the Dodgers motivation was in the offer they made for soto. We know they got outbid and with what the Mets are spending on their roster compared to their revenue the Dodgers actually have more money to spend than the Mets do. If they really wanted soda they would have gotten him they’re bid for Soto was more about getting other teams to make big moves early so we can come in later and get what we want cheaper. The Mets spent big on Soto and for what they spent on him they still have other needs. They’ve got a little money to work with they said they’re not done making moves but they don’t have a whole lot more moves they can make. The Yankees are in such a bad position without him that it looks like they’re going to sell the farm just to get Cody bellinger, a guy who has been inconsistent and who is rather expensive for a guy who has had some very lackluster seasons. Don’t get me wrong I love Bellinger I probably wear his jersey but we do have to be realistic about things. This is going to leave the Yankees with very little left to make trades and already high budget so they don’t have a ton of money to go get free agents and there’s not a lot of free agents on the market anyway. The Padres have done their spending they really don’t have any money to work with or any prospects to work with to make deals I’m not saying their team is set in stone but they’re not going to make any major changes. And the Giants while they do have money they’re in such a terrible position right now so desperate for anything to help and the fridge of Market is so depleted right now but the Giants are looking like they’re going to take a chance and spend big money on Walker Bueller hoping that he recovers when Walker has been heavily injured for the last couple of years. For the end of the day the doctors are in really good shape compared to all these other teams even with just who they’ve got now. And then as far as the guys you’ve mentioned yes they are all huge fan favorites. But Buhler is a huge? That’s going to come at a high price tag there’s better less risky ways we could spend that money. As far as those named Hernandez Kiki is expendable. We already showed that by letting him go once. He’s not a guy the Dodgers need for the regular season you’ve got plenty of guys who can fill that rule. The only real value that comes from Kiki is in the playoffs and his numbers really aren’t that big he just seems to come through had a couple of timely opportunities that makes him stand out. As far as Teo he stepped it up big in the playoffs as well but none of his numbers last season were that big. For what we paid for him last year as a Reclamation project he did great but a year older a year closer to retirement and making more money that’s not such a value anymore. And then looking at what we have we really don’t need him even if he does come up big. Any production we might lose without having Hernandez on office we can make up for defensively our Outfield defense was terrible last year. Maybe not like League worst terrible but considering we’re talking about the Dodgers here a team that typically focuses on defense more so than offense it was one of the worst defensive outfields I’ve seen play at Dodger Stadium in my entire life. We’ve got the best leadoff hitter in baseball the best number two hitter in baseball presumably a healthy Freddy Freeman back Max Muncie to provide us the power in the five hole I’m not worried about our offensive production without either hernandez. Quite the reverse I think our defense will be improved more than enough to offset that

I agree 100 %