I hate to break the streak with a miserable post like this, but then again, what is the name of the site? The Dodgers are ruining themselves and I'm not just talking about the McCourt fiasco that I've payed next to no attention to (at least the specifics). What I have been noticing is that it has already affected the Dodgers and will continue to for years to come. As Tommy mentioned, the Dodgers "lost" Randy Wolf today. I've always really liked the guy, but an even better reason we should have kept him was that he was good. Not the best, Kershaw is clearly better, cheaper and locked up longer. Billingsley is probably better, too, though Torre worked wonders on that kid's confidence last year (see also Orlando Hudson) so we'll have to see next year.
The fucking [sic] debacle here is the fact that the Dodgers had chances. The Dodgers could have offered Wolf arbitration, landed him for 8 million (super cheap for a quality pitcher) or received draft picks (first round and supplemental) if he signed elsewhere. Even now it is reported that Wolf would have re-signed, had we had the drive, for 2 years/14-16M. But clearly this McCourt thing is affected every penny spent. What is also just as bad is that we didn't tender Hudson (first round and supplemental if he signed elsewhere). In fact, the Dodgers had a chance to tender four Tpye B free agents and they offered arbitration to none. That's a potential 4 second round and 4 supplemental picks. Putting all this together that is 10 total first two round draft picks lost. And no one will remember because we're going to be good next year, and probably the year after.
Just please sign Matt Kemp to a multi-year deal, or put me out of my misery......
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