The Dodgers will arrive Monday at the primary league industry deadline as if they were going to an engine show in a custom Ferrari.
Of course, there is something else that can be added to the collection, some other luxury acquisition to park in the garage. But the team is already driving a tough machine. The Dodgers might not be afraid to bid, but they also don’t seem desperate to overpay on the open market.
On Saturday in Arlington, Texas, the team got a first-hand look at one of the few pieces of the industry they’d be interested in, postponing 4 runs and adding 3 earned, over Texas Rangers starter Lance Lynn heading to a 7-4. . win at Globe Life Field. But after fitting in to the first in baseball to score 25 wins, the Dodgers showed why they might not have anything to do before the deadline, especially with the imaginable costs of inflating and stocking up almost in fact dwarfed by demand.
“Our mindset in this business is just to be on the board for things, to get a sense of what’s potentially moving and what the load is,” said Dodgers president of baseball operations Array Andrew Friedman, last Sunday on SportsNet LA. “We’re not looking for our team right now and saying, ‘We urgently want this position, let’s move on and be as productive as we can. “We feel smart in our group, the depth.”
Manager Dave Roberts said this year “is like I’ve never felt” about his education deadline.
“I feel safe,” he added in a post-game video call. “I am convinced in the front work place that if there is something, we will do it. Otherwise, we fully agree with the congratulations. I think we are in a smart position. “
Saturday a school victory for the Dodgers. They scored Lynn, whose average of 1.59 points at the start was ranked third-lowest in baseball for the day, with twice as many problems as his last record of the season. Ross Stripling served a four-run, three-run start despite successive solo home runs in the third inning. And the venue provided five near-close heats, loaded with an undeserved singles run the rest of the day.
Matt Beaty opened the scoring with an AJ Pollock double in the inning of the moment, coming home after Shin-Soo Choo flew the ball into left field. Cody Bellinger sent an impressive two-run houser to the right in the third. And Max Muncy had 4 RBIs, adding a three-run houser in the seventh inning to open a one-run game.
“It’s tough,” Roberts said of Lynn. “Cody put a big twist on one, which is to watch, and then we did a bit of fabrication… Collectively, we had a game plan.
Surely someone like Lynn, or any of the other starters likely to be on the market, adding the Angels’ Dylan Bundy, the Cincinnati Reds’ Trevor Bauer or the Cleveland Indians’ Mike Clevinger, can help a rotation of the Angels. Dodgers who don’t. ‘t. I do not have yet. a third preferred option beyond Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler.
But a club that in the afterlife has been reluctant to splurge will be this year, with the league’s few dealers supposedly commanding the higher costs with a new 16-team playoff field that keeps maxing out. the competing clubs.
Even the logistics of is not clear. If the Dodgers moved, could their acquisition make it to Los Angeles? Could they get a personal or chartered flight? Or would they be forced to fly commercially, probably a last hotel due to coronavirus concerns?
“Flying ad … you may be putting yourself in danger, even without knowing it,” Roberts admitted in a video call on Friday. “So how is this player doing from here to there? That’s a very smart question.”
When asked, hypothetically of course, if it would be even more industry practical for a Rangers player to be able to fly the team’s plane to Southern California, Roberts chuckled as he answered.
“Yes,” he said. “It would be the one of the times.”
But, actually, there are also many negative scenarios. Even before the industry deadline, the Dodgers are arguably the most productive baseball team. There are very few tactics to improve what they already have.
– Muncy played 3rd base and took 3rd position on the roster at the position of Justin Turner, who missed the game with what Roberts called a low-grade left hamstring strain. Turner will return Sunday and will be reevaluated after the team’s day off on Monday.
– Top prospect Gavin Lux called on Saturday for the time this week and went hitless in 4 batting with a strikeout. Although Lux has yet to register good fortune this season, Roberts said he “cleaned his swing, took a lot of hits [on the team’s trading site] and felt in sync.”
– Originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Lux is also creating a GoFundMe page for black-majority companies affected by recent protests in his hometown following the shooting of Jacob Blake. He told AM 570 that he would donate to the bottom for every hit he would get the rest of the season.
Harris reported from Los Angeles.