oski003 said:
GMP said:
Not the outcome I was hoping for but a great game. Wild, really.
Looking forward, I mean this as a compliment, sorta: this was probably the worst Dodger team of the last 10 years and they still won it all, which is a credit to them and obviously as with all championships came with a lot of luck. It was basically a two man team.
But this feels like a death rattle win. The team is old and owes a lot of money to a lot of old guys. The farm system seems to have stopped producing contributors. Obviously, they have the money and the will to spend that money to build it back up. But at some point they become the 2000s Yankees… an old and expensive roster that mortgaged its future and those payments are coming due. Ohtani is an incredible player. Yamamoto proved he is, too. But after that it looks a little creaky. It will be interesting to see how next season goes.
Lol. The Dodgers farm system is one of the best in baseball. They trade good prospects for star players. Will Smith, whom you discounted a few years ago, just hit the game winning World Series home run. The giants, who absolutely suck, would love to be in their situation next year. There is no mortgage due. They make cash hand over fist.
https://www.mlb.com/news/farm-system-rankings-2025-midseason
You're the one who assured me that Gavin Lux was a superstar, right?
Let's see. From last night's lineup, who is a homegrown player.
Ohtani: no
Smith: yes
Freeman: no
Betts: no
Teoscar: no
Muncy: no
Kik: yes
Pags: yes
Edman: no
Rojas: no
Dean: no
Then the pitchers they used the last two nights:
Ohtani: no
Glasnow: no
Sasaki: no
Wrobleski: yes
Yamamoto: no
Snell: no
Sheehan: yes
On the hitting side, two starters (Kik and Smith, both of whom are over 30) and two young guys, one of whom (Pags) took a huge step back this year but still could end up a player and the other (Dean) who is a career minor leaguer and was used strictly as a defensive replacement. Then one pitcher (Wrobleski) with a career ERA of almost 5 and another in Sheehan who looks like he could be pretty good, although he had a bad postseason.
So where is the farm system's talent? Why is it not producing at the big league level anymore? It used to.
The lineup used to be scary. Now there are 3 guys who scare you, all of whom are over 30, none of whom came up in the Dodger system, and then a bunch of guys who can run into one once in a while (including Smith, yes, who is not bad, but what you are referring to I believe I said was not the next Posey, and he clearly Is not).
I'm also not seeing a lot of guys in their lineup who were traded for using their farm system. They traded for Glasnow. The rest were free agents, off the top of my head.
Farm system rankings are nice. They are an easy thing for lazy fans to point to in order to feel warm and fuzzy. But of the two I know which farm system has produced big league talent the last 3 years and it's not the Dodgers.
Another wrinkle is all the deferred money. Many others say the dodgers are ruining baseball by spending so much money. I don't agree. They should spend and other teams should, too. But I do think the deferred money scheme should be stopped. Regardless, they do it a TON which is literally mortgaging their future. When all that money comes due for retired players or players they have shipped out at the end of their careers, are they still going to spend like they are now? Idk. Maybe. But I doubt it. We'll see, which is why I think it will be interesting. If they three peat, feel free to say you told me so. Until then, enjoy the win.
