(12-11-2018 11:53 AM)stever20 Wrote:  love this tweet from Buster Olney....

Dodgers have talked to other teams about moving two outfielders among the group of Kemp, Puig, Pederson, Bellinger, and as they look to re-shape payroll, they are also are prepared to move starting pitchers Rich Hill and Alex Wood.

Of course they would like to get rid of those guys. But the question is, why in the hell would other teams want to take them? Only one with pretty much any value is Bellinger. Kemp, Puig, Hill, and Wood have 1 year of team control left.... Pederson is nothing but a platoon outfielder....

I don't get that. It makes it seem like Pederson is worthless. His 2.7 fWAR places him as the 33rd most valuable OF. He might be useless against LHP, but those are by far the minority of all pitchers. And Puig had a 123 wRC+ and 117 the year before. I'm not saying either of them would command huge returns, but I can imagine a lot of teams wanting them. How about the Astros? They would love an OF, especially a LHH like Pederson, or a RHH who doesn't come with a long commitment and won't block Tucker. I don't know why you're on this crusade to prove that some of the Dodgers role players don't have any value. I mean:
Player A: 21 starts, 111 IP, 8.19 K/9, 1.62 BB/9, 3.81 ERA/3.60 FIP
Player B: 24 starts, 132.2 IP, 10.18 K/9, 2.78 BB/9, 3.66 ERA/3.97 FIP
Player C: 27 starts (33 appearances), 151.2 IP, 8.01 K/9, 2.37 BB/9, 3.68 ERA/3.53 FIP







Player A is Eovaldi. Player B is Rich Hill. Player C is Alex Wood. Yes, I realize Hill is 38 years old, but to act like no team would want either he or Wood is absurd.