Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers (For Real)

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

They took on Myles Straw's deal to do it too?  I hope it works but just an incredible scent of desperation for them

It's either super desperate or done with intent. Straw's $15m ain't nothing. 

[Bertz]

I have never been to Toronto but have heard nothing but incredible things about it as a city.

But what about dumb horsefeathering move that would be from a pure baseball standpoint.  The Blue Jays seem poised to rebound significantly from last year's debacle, however:

- Their best players are primarily pending free agents (Vladito, Bichette) aging pitchers (Gausman, Berrios) or both (Chris Bassit)

- Their farm system is butt, ranked 24th by MLB.com at midseason and 23rd by Fangraphs

- They have shown no ability to get the best out of pitchers.  Just last season they traded away Yusei Kikuchi and Nate Pearson and saw them make minor mechanical/repertoire changes and immediately begin to thrive after year's of mis-management north of the border

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Toronto is awesome. I really hate that stadium though. And don't get me started on the metric system.

[Rex Buckingham]

i'd still like Sasaki to sign with the Jays. Because horsefeathers the Dodgers

[Stratos]

Maybe the Japanese players love playing in domes with turf.  Reminds them of home.

[javy knows my name]

Toronto's fine. It's a lesser version of Chicago, at exactly the same size with all the same annoyances.

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

Toronto's fine. It's a lesser version of Chicago, at exactly the same size with all the same annoyances.

I agree it is a lot like Chicago. Not sure what you mean by lesser version, however. 

[javy knows my name]

7 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I agree it is a lot like Chicago. Not sure what you mean by lesser version, however. 

Worse food and traffic, mainly

[Rex Buckingham]

welp... remove placeholder from the thread title

Edited January 17, 2025 by Rex Buckingham

[Stratos]

Anybody want to become a Dodgers fan with me?  Sounds fun

Edited January 17, 2025 by Stratos

[Stratos]

The other 29 owners are coming to kick the Dodgers' arse in the next CBA

[CubinNY]

I wish I was a Dodgers fan 

[sweetpeteman]

Just now, Stratos said:

The other 29 owners are coming to kick the Dodgers' arse in the next CBA

The owners don't give a horsefeathers about this.

[gflore34]

Not a surprise, fix was in from the start, I know other teams had to make an effort to keep the doors open for the future.  Still, you makes you wonder if some of them thought it was a worthless exercise.

[Post Count Padder]

Oh so that's how a good team operates.

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

I wish I was a Dodgers fan 

Or, at the very least, the Cubs acted like the Dodgers of the NL Central.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The Blue Jays are about to find out the price to buy your wedding ring back from the pawn shop 

[JHBulls]

I wish Roki just announced it 3+ months ago when he decided that he was going to sign with the Dodgers lol.

[PackLandVA]

So the Dodgers now have 8 starting pitchers who would each be a TOR guy on most MLB teams. right?

[Post Count Padder]

10 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

So the Dodgers now have 8 starting pitchers who would each be a TOR guy on most MLB teams. right?

Snell

Glasnow

Yamamoto

Sasaki

Ohtani

Gonsolin

May

and 4 guys coming off surgery and Miller, Knack, Frasso in AAA. Embarrassment of riches. 

[chibears55]

14 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

So the Dodgers now have 8 starting pitchers who would each be a TOR guy on most MLB teams. right?

Maybe they'll be willing to trade one

[CubinNY]

Dodgers looking to go 162-0. 

[JHBulls]

23 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Maybe they'll be willing to trade one

I considered that.
 

Then I remembered the whole money thing. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

I'm thinking about only boxscore follow MLB.

Edited January 18, 2025 by NorthsideAvenger

[Max Power]

Hopefully he’s Dice-K 2.0