Friedman to the Dodgers

[Transmogrified Tiger]

@TBTimes_Rays BREAKING: Andrew Friedman is leaving #Rays for #Dodgers. Matt Silverman will take over Rays baseball operations.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

[Guest]

Colletti is staying on as an adviser, per Rosenthal.

 

what on earth

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/wnjdnD8.gif

[UMFan83]

Wow. Wasn't expecting that.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

So never mind on Puig :(

[jersey cubs fan]

Wow. Wasn't expecting that.

Wasn't this reported/speculated last week?

[Banedon]

Wow. Wasn't expecting that.

Wasn't this reported/speculated last week?

 

Yeah, definitely had been out there.

[Tracer Bullet]

[expletive]

[Clem Fandango]

They're making him the Theo of the team. President of Baseball Operations. He's still going to hire a GM.

[Banedon]

So...how busy do you think Joe Maddon's phone is?

[jersey cubs fan]

So...how busy do you think Joe Maddon's phone is?

I assume he has call waiting.

[Guest]

A quick recap of what Friedman is inheriting, from a guaranteed contract perspective.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GVKZ1jD.png

[hawkeyecub]

Thank God we're not in their division and the playoffs are random.

[sneakypower]

so...i guess the Dodgers didn't think Colletti was as great as their record made him seem?

[SouthSideRyan]

Motherfucking [expletive]

[Tracer Bullet]

$190m is a lot for a guy who can't win in the playoffs

[SouthSideRyan]

A quick recap of what Friedman is inheriting, from a guaranteed contract perspective.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GVKZ1jD.png

 

He's also inheriting 39.1 WAR from that group(quick calculation, apologies if I missed something) and Logan White. We're fucked.

[Guest]

A quick recap of what Friedman is inheriting, from a guaranteed contract perspective.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GVKZ1jD.png

 

He's also inheriting 39.1 WAR from that group(quick calculation, apologies if I missed something) and Logan White. We're [expletive].

 

Were you expecting the Dodgers to be bad in the short term?

[CubInOK]

That is a lot of money tied up in pitchers.

 

Edit: Well, 2 really good pitchers.

[Guest]

A quick recap of what Friedman is inheriting, from a guaranteed contract perspective.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GVKZ1jD.png

 

He's also inheriting 39.1 WAR from that group(quick calculation, apologies if I missed something) and Logan White. We're [expletive].

 

Plus some really good position prospects in the upper minors.

[SouthSideRyan]

A quick recap of what Friedman is inheriting, from a guaranteed contract perspective.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GVKZ1jD.png

 

He's also inheriting 39.1 WAR from that group(quick calculation, apologies if I missed something) and Logan White. We're [expletive].

 

Were you expecting the Dodgers to be bad in the short term?

 

Nope, and now there's no long shot hope that they'll be bad in the long-term

[bukie]

Total protonic reversal.

[Sammys Boombox]

I'm not freaking out. We play them 6-9 times a year at most. Even if they become a 105-win perennial juggernaut (they won't) that will only help every team outside the West when it comes to the Wild Card. A 5- or 7-game series is pretty close to a coin flip anyway.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm not freaking out. We play them 6-9 times a year at most. Even if they become a 105-win perennial juggernaut (they won't) that will only help every team outside the West when it comes to the Wild Card. A 5- or 7-game series is pretty close to a coin flip anyway.

 

That didn't help every team outside the AL East in the wild card chase when the Yankees were at their peak. It could cause other teams in the NL West to try harder and gobble up more great players in an arms race that the Cubs will not participate in for 5 years.