What we’re seeing is something that’s not easily replicated, so to the people saying “every ownership should be striving to do this” you should know that’s just not always feasible.
Let’s look at the obvious: Ohtani was going there. That became obvious when he his contract was structured the way it was. The Giants could’ve offered him a billion dollars and McCovey Cove and he would’ve shot them down just the same.
Ohtani started the domino effect of acquiring Yamamoto and Sasaki. The fact that he was willing to structure his contract the way he was, incentivized incoming players to do the same.
The Dodgers still have the most lucrative TV contract, which according to Fangraphs is worth 239 million annually. That is NOT a small number, especially considering the deep pockets of their ownership group.
So right now, how can any team play catch up? The scouts are enamored with any player in their farm system, which gives them incredible trading power and they almost have an exclusive pipeline to any elite talent from the Nihon league.
Yes, owners could spend more, but not every team had the same advantage as they did to sign a once-in-a-lifetime player to establish themselves as the go-to destination for elite Japanese talent.
The real question is why did you guys let Blake Snell walk he was already on the team
Nothing more exciting than the team with the largest payroll winning the Series. /s
lol what is that post? Dodgers fan spent the entire season going between crying about how they weren’t going to make the playoffs to boasting about how amazing their team is. Dodgers fans are the absolute most insufferable baseball fans.
The denial is STRONG over in the Dodgers sub LOL. Despite a close series, the Dodgers purchased this ring LONG AGO, when they spent a billion dollars on just 2 players before the last season. Bought and paid for championships. Ain’t no magic in that, sorry.
Until MLB gets serious about a salary cap, watching the same team buy a championship every year just doesn’t interest me
Gotta hand it to the Dodgers real MVP, the Guggenheim Capital Partner’s checkbook
tbh teams dropped the ball all over to help build the Dodgers dynasty. Braves letting Freeman walk for nothing makes no sense. Angels not trading Shohei im not a basball GM but for the life of me I dont get why they didnt trade Shohei. Red Soxs trade Mookie because they wanted to be cheap. I hate the Dodgers but I dont get the logic of being a cheap franchise MLB teams should be forced to invest so much or they lose a percentage or something.
I don’t want to win that way. I want to be connected to the players, not cheering for mercenaries.
MLB really has lost it. This is the only league without a salary cap. So only the big markets can really compete. No team should have such a huge advantage. The dodgers (never capitalized) congratulating themselves is a joke. Screw them.
Unpopular opinion, I’m sure, but we need to be less concerned about the Dodgers and more about getting into the playoffs. No reason SF, with being on the Pacific coast, the amount of corporate and fanbase money in the city, the A’s exiting the market, storied history, etc., can’t outcompete the likes of Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Milwaukee, etc. Once you’re in the playoffs, anything can happen. Sure the Dodgers are unique right now–they’re excelling in all facets, not just free agent spending–but they’re not unbeatable. They finished 5th overall in the standings. And they’re certainly not unbeatable in the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs.
While I’m partially in the “Dodgers buying up everyone is lame” camp. But let’s not throw stones cuz we have a lot of bought players as well. Honestly what bothers me more than the Dodgers buying players is them being the NPB Pipeline. After seeing that the Phillies offered Yamamoto more than the Dodgers and Yamamoto still went to LA it’s made me go nuclear on the “AnY tEaM cOuLd Do ThIs” camp
I wonder which Japanese phenom they’ll sign on a discount this offseason
Believe it or not, but just four years ago two-thirds of the Dodgers roster was home grown, including many of their star players. Clearly that has changed, they are now a team with only a few players who came up through their system. *Built not bought* used to be a legit slogan. That is no longer the case.
When you sign arguably the greatest player of all time to 2 million a year and get every other great player; there are certain results to be expected, it’s just a matter of how frequent it is. They still won and are legitimate champions and all that, but it’s what was expected, nothing surprising whatsoever.
Truly the least respected World Series victors of all time.
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I hate the Dodgers to the core of my soul, but I will admit their ownership group is what every ownership group should strive to be.
And we (and every single other team) wishes our ownership would do the same thing.
They also have a never ending incredible farm system.
The Dodgers do baseball right. It sucks, but I’m don’t fighting it. It makes life easier to just accept it.
Fangraphs breakdown the 40 man roster (draft, free agent, trade, etc) and minor league prospect rankings:
1. [Dodgers](https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/dodgers)
2. [Padres](https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/padres)
3. [Giants](https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/giants)
4. [Diamondbacks](https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/diamondbacks)
5. [Rockies](https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/rockies)
What we’re seeing is something that’s not easily replicated, so to the people saying “every ownership should be striving to do this” you should know that’s just not always feasible.
Let’s look at the obvious: Ohtani was going there. That became obvious when he his contract was structured the way it was. The Giants could’ve offered him a billion dollars and McCovey Cove and he would’ve shot them down just the same.
Ohtani started the domino effect of acquiring Yamamoto and Sasaki. The fact that he was willing to structure his contract the way he was, incentivized incoming players to do the same.
The Dodgers still have the most lucrative TV contract, which according to Fangraphs is worth 239 million annually. That is NOT a small number, especially considering the deep pockets of their ownership group.
So right now, how can any team play catch up? The scouts are enamored with any player in their farm system, which gives them incredible trading power and they almost have an exclusive pipeline to any elite talent from the Nihon league.
Yes, owners could spend more, but not every team had the same advantage as they did to sign a once-in-a-lifetime player to establish themselves as the go-to destination for elite Japanese talent.
The real question is why did you guys let Blake Snell walk he was already on the team
Nothing more exciting than the team with the largest payroll winning the Series. /s
lol what is that post? Dodgers fan spent the entire season going between crying about how they weren’t going to make the playoffs to boasting about how amazing their team is. Dodgers fans are the absolute most insufferable baseball fans.
The denial is STRONG over in the Dodgers sub LOL. Despite a close series, the Dodgers purchased this ring LONG AGO, when they spent a billion dollars on just 2 players before the last season. Bought and paid for championships. Ain’t no magic in that, sorry.
Until MLB gets serious about a salary cap, watching the same team buy a championship every year just doesn’t interest me
Gotta hand it to the Dodgers real MVP, the Guggenheim Capital Partner’s checkbook
tbh teams dropped the ball all over to help build the Dodgers dynasty. Braves letting Freeman walk for nothing makes no sense. Angels not trading Shohei im not a basball GM but for the life of me I dont get why they didnt trade Shohei. Red Soxs trade Mookie because they wanted to be cheap. I hate the Dodgers but I dont get the logic of being a cheap franchise MLB teams should be forced to invest so much or they lose a percentage or something.
I don’t want to win that way. I want to be connected to the players, not cheering for mercenaries.
MLB really has lost it. This is the only league without a salary cap. So only the big markets can really compete. No team should have such a huge advantage. The dodgers (never capitalized) congratulating themselves is a joke. Screw them.
Unpopular opinion, I’m sure, but we need to be less concerned about the Dodgers and more about getting into the playoffs. No reason SF, with being on the Pacific coast, the amount of corporate and fanbase money in the city, the A’s exiting the market, storied history, etc., can’t outcompete the likes of Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Milwaukee, etc. Once you’re in the playoffs, anything can happen. Sure the Dodgers are unique right now–they’re excelling in all facets, not just free agent spending–but they’re not unbeatable. They finished 5th overall in the standings. And they’re certainly not unbeatable in the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs.
While I’m partially in the “Dodgers buying up everyone is lame” camp. But let’s not throw stones cuz we have a lot of bought players as well. Honestly what bothers me more than the Dodgers buying players is them being the NPB Pipeline. After seeing that the Phillies offered Yamamoto more than the Dodgers and Yamamoto still went to LA it’s made me go nuclear on the “AnY tEaM cOuLd Do ThIs” camp
I wonder which Japanese phenom they’ll sign on a discount this offseason
Believe it or not, but just four years ago two-thirds of the Dodgers roster was home grown, including many of their star players. Clearly that has changed, they are now a team with only a few players who came up through their system. *Built not bought* used to be a legit slogan. That is no longer the case.
When you sign arguably the greatest player of all time to 2 million a year and get every other great player; there are certain results to be expected, it’s just a matter of how frequent it is. They still won and are legitimate champions and all that, but it’s what was expected, nothing surprising whatsoever.
Truly the least respected World Series victors of all time.