Signing(s): Trevor Bauer signs with the Dodgers (3 years, $102 million)

[DueDiligence]

so much dodger hate lol

It's not Dodger hate; it's MLB hate. Pretty friggin stupid when Bauer's salary next year is higher than 3 team's total payroll

 

[Terry Yake]

meanwhile, the A's aren't even willing to spend a dollar

the duality of MLB fandom

 

[MMC]

It's not Dodger hate; it's MLB hate. Pretty friggin stupid when Bauer's salary next year is higher than 3 team's total payroll

Says more about those teams than the Dodgers

 

[Del Preston]

Bob Nightengale is a pretty shitty insider.

 

[darko]

Bob Nightengale is a pretty shitty insider.

Fooled me.

 

[DueDiligence]

Says more about those teams than the Dodgers

No its says a lot about the state of MLB. The only thing which keeps MLB from being a complete joke is the Rays; they validate the "see you don't need to spend alot to compete for a World Series" argument.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

 

[Big McLargehuge]

...and here I am living across the arroyo always being furious at the Pirates instead of bailing to the team with the most inverse philosophy possible because...?

 

[EpochLink]

...and here I am living across the arroyo always being furious at the Pirates instead of bailing to the team with the most inverse philosophy possible because...?

I have a Pirates cap, that’s a classic logo.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Baseball is just such a totally f***ed up sport. There you have the Dodgers with a payroll equal to the total of the bottom 5 teams in MLB. Just absurd.

Baseball needs a salary floor badly.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Dodgers have $ to spend and are maximizing contending windwo

Cant really bash them for it

We all wish our teams had the SP depth and payroll resources they have

 

[EpochLink]

Dodgers have $ to spend and are maximizing contending windwo

Cant really bash them for it

We all wish our teams had the SP depth and payroll resources they have

Dodgers have good drafting too.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

It’s not just that the Dodgers have a financial advantage over almost everyone on spending money on free agents, they have the advantage of spending money on hiring the best scouts and player development, best facilities, and most of all, keeping their homegrown talent once their contracts are almost up. Cheap teams like the Rays can say they can grow their own talent but they can’t keep it. That’s the difference.

 

[Canes]

...and here I am living across the arroyo always being furious at the Pirates instead of bailing to the team with the most inverse philosophy possible because...?

That stadium man. Just be glad you don't have to traverse a traffic hellhole to see your team. For now, I guess... otherwise yeah, you Pirates fans have been done extremely wrong. Pens and Steelers success should help though.

 

[jcs0218]

Dodgers were the best team in MLB last year, from start to finish. Now they have gotten even better.

They had inconsistent and questionable pitching last year once you got past Kershaw and Buehler. That is no longer a weakness for them.

 

[EpochLink]

That stadium man. Just be glad you don't have to traverse a traffic hellhole to see your team. For now, I guess... otherwise yeah, you Pirates fans have been done extremely wrong. Pens and Steelers success should help though.

Im puzzled, Pittsburgh has done right towards the Steelers and Penguins with stable good ownership/management.

It’s like after 1979, it all went downhill.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

That stadium man. Just be glad you don't have to traverse a traffic hellhole to see your team. For now, I guess... otherwise yeah, you Pirates fans have been done extremely wrong. Pens and Steelers success should help though.

Oh I live in LA...I have to traverse a traffic hellhole just to get to my car

Just a dig at living closer to Dodger Stadium than I ever did Three Rivers or PNC and my demented sense of loyalty to an organization that despises joy. I have to drive past Dodger Stadium if I'm heading basically anywhere else that can loosely be called Los Angeles or Hollywood (east is the Inland Empire, south is Orange County, north is flammable mountains).

Loyalty is stupid and dumb when it's a one-way street. Maybe this'll be the year I can put a Dodgers game on in the background without pangs of guilt as if I'm cheating on something even capable of feeling shame.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

And this is why people were afraid of Friedman having a big boy payroll.

They develop prospects at a great rate and they also have money to throw at literally whoever they want.

They're the new Yankees except more efficient.

Yanks always had the Jeets, Rivera’s and Bernie Williams’ of the world, but they hardly developed surrounding talent. I agree that that’s the huge difference between them.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Dodgers have always been big spenders. They're just finally smart about it.

 

[habamillions]

I hope he does a live feed when his friend banks on the bet. I want to see him getting hit in the nuts with a paintball from 10 feet out

 

[BKIslandersFan]

No its says a lot about the state of MLB. The only thing which keeps MLB from being a complete joke is the Rays; they validate the "see you don't need to spend alot to compete for a World Series" argument.

You don't need to spend like Dodgers to win.

Look at what padres did this offseason and tell me teams like Pirates are not the ones to blame.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Oh I live in LA...I have to traverse a traffic hellhole just to get to my car

Just a dig at living closer to Dodger Stadium than I ever did Three Rivers or PNC and my demented sense of loyalty to an organization that despises joy. I have to drive past Dodger Stadium if I'm heading basically anywhere else that can loosely be called Los Angeles or Hollywood (east is the Inland Empire, south is Orange County, north is flammable mountains).

Loyalty is stupid and dumb when it's a one-way street. Maybe this'll be the year I can put a Dodgers game on in the background without pangs of guilt as if I'm cheating on something even capable of feeling shame.

It took me a long time, went to at least a few games a year every year since 1987, 2018 was the first year I didn't attend any based on a personal boycott/ being fed up over the poor returns for Cutch and Cole. Skipped 2019, and obviously last year was a washout, still watched them on tv and they were the main reason I kept paying for cable. Finally washed my hands of them completely now and cut the cable off, I think I am ready to move on to a new team and I'll just watch the new team on streams or something..... it almost feels like I am a recovered alcoholic

 

[CTHabsfan]

You don't need to spend like Dodgers to win.

Look at what padres did this offseason and tell me teams like Pirates are not the ones to blame.

A team might not have to spend like the Dodgers to win, however teams do need to spend a lot if they want to be competitive on a yearly basis. Otherwise, it's a situation where you hope to win during a three-year window of opportunity before you have to trade players for prospects (or loss them to free agency) and rebuild for your next chance to win. MLB really needs a salary cap and floor.

 

[DueDiligence]

Dodgers have $ to spend and are maximizing contending windwo

Cant really bash them for it

We all wish our teams had the SP depth and payroll resources they have

That's the point; most teams don't have revenue streams anywhere close to the Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs etc. It's like the Premier League in soccer where it's a shock if one of the top 5 revenue earners don't win it all.

 

[DueDiligence]

You don't need to spend like Dodgers to win.

Look at what padres did this offseason and tell me teams like Pirates are not the ones to blame.

How long are the Padres going to keep a $157 million dollar payroll if they are losing huge amounts of money? I give them 2 years until they start shedding salaries.