Olney Blog

[Roderick]

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/olney_buster/id/7936650/a-new-playoff-format-bring-more-buyers-trade-deadline-mlb

 

2. Los Angeles Dodgers: They have a Rust Belt-size payroll now, starting this season at $90 million, leaving the team's new owners with lots of room to grow. ............. Should they go after Kevin Youkilis? Carlos Lee? A.J. Pierzynski? Shane Victorino? Zack Greinke? Shaun Marcum? Joe Blanton? We'll see.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Not really news here. They'll go after big names in season and all of the top free agents this offseason, especially Greinke and Hamels. Not sure why Hamels isn't listed here if Victorino and Blanton are. I don't see Greinke and Marcum being available unless we're 10+ games out at the deadline.

[pete]

Is he talking about before the trade deadline or in the offseason?

[monty57]

Well, if they're talking about this season, if they have a pitching injury (or don't think someone is doing the job), and they don't want to hand their playoff hopes over to rookie Nate Eovaldi, I could see them making a play for a pitcher. However, I'd see them going after offense first: at outfield over the injured Rivera and aging Abreau, at 1B over Loney or at 3B over Uribe/Kennedy. They certainly could be a trading partner if they stay hot and the Brewers stay not. Assuming Greinke isn't going to extend, I'd trade him for Eovaldi if we're out of it a month from now.

 

If they're talking about after the season, I think they'll make a big play to land Greinke or Hamels.

[RockCoCougars]

I personally think that Hamels is going to be the Dodgers' primary target this off-season. The Phillies have roughly $60 million tied up for next year in Lee, Halliday and Papelbon, and their offense is pathetic (granted sans Howard and Utley, but it wasn't great last year with them). I'm not sure that they will want to dump another $20 million+ in their starting rotation at this point.