(10-31-2018 01:40 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 01:25 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 01:14 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Yeah the pen really is huge for LA. What I think is funny is they had guys like Maeda, Wood- that could have been used like Eovaldi- but they made them single inning type of relievers normally. Maeda in the last 2 years had only 3 appearances out of 17 that he got more than 3 outs. Part of it with Maeda was the innings money I'm sure in the regular season so they were only pitching him there an inning at a time- so he wasn't stretched out for the playoffs.

Maeda wasn't nearly the bullpen asset he was last year. Wouldn't be surprised to see Maeda back in the rotation to stay from now on. Wood was more of a versatility/depth move and I don't think there's any intention to have him in the pen. In fact, I think he's pretty decent trade bait: One more year of team control, reasonably priced (MLB Rumors has his arbitration at $9MM).

I suspect part of it with Maeda was he felt like the Dodgers cost him a lot of money- which they did. It's going to be really interesting to see him going forward. Dodgers would be smart to do more of a set contract with him for both sides quite frankly.....

Wood is interesting. 1 year of team control. Not sure what they could get back for him- don't think it'd be all that much for how much he struggled late in the year....

??? We're right in the middle of a parallel conversation about how ****** the state of starting pitching is! A 7 digit salary guy who has proven numbers (even if they slid late in the year) ABSOLUTELY has value!