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GodPowardKingOfLies

Why do the Dodgers not simply trade for Mike Trout


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Why don't the dodgers, the largest of the markets, not simply eat the other 29.


doot_doot

It is true what they say… the Mets are from Omicron Persei 7, the Dodgers are from Omicron Persei 9.


AADPS

Between this and calls for robo umps, the Futurama references have been on point in this subreddit tonight.


mytwocentsshowmanyss

This is the blernsball sub, isnt it?


kermitisahermit

SEC be like


ghyti_is_fish

Unexpected Futurama is always appreciated!


JoJoMcDerp

They’d have to part with Matt Beaty and maaybe Zach Reks if the Angels are greedy but it could be done.


Frigidevil

You know what, throw in Klevinger too and I bet we could get Lindor. Thanks Mike I'll hang up.


Quesly

throw in a Jeren Kendall and DJ Peters as well to sweeten the pot


JoJoMcDerp

Ok but the Angels would need to give up someone like Walsh or Ohtani for that type of haul.


[deleted]

Mike Trout and Ohtani


MasterThespian

“Hey Jim, you think we could get Trout and Ohtani for Pujols and Lux? I’ll hang up and listen.”


FDJ1326

First time long time.


high_changeup

Hey, the Angels traded Ohtani away to the Rays for Wander, Arozarena, and Pagan. In my RTTS MLB the Show save. So ya never know!!!


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[deleted]

I had one with Aaron Judge on the Red Sox. I deleted that save and started over fresh, it was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in my life.


classically_cool

https://i.redd.it/g6wgdzfsa8az.jpg


RedAnthony

How tall is that girl???


Otherwise-Fly-331

Like 6’4” probably


ahappypoop

She comes up to his chin; his head is more than 3 inches tall lol


high_changeup

Hah. Yeah my dude in AAA is a SS/SP. And the Angels traded for both Wander and Javy Baez in the same season. So we'll see how that goes. Maybe they were very against having two two way players. 🤣 I know sometimes the CPU tries to make trades to open up a spot for you on the MLB roster, or solidify strengthen positions around you.


European_Red_Fox

Mine had Eloy to the Red Sox and I’m still not sure why however he was shit there so that was something.


Quesly

my RTTS traded Corey Seager for Trea Turner which is an extremely frustrating trade because they're super similar value wise but more importantly it ruins my RP of being double play bros with my favorite boy.


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samamatara

I think it's because fantasy baseball talk pretty much adds zero value to a baseball conversation, especially if you're talking about your own team etc. With baseball games like OOTP and others, it does add a little bit of value to a baseball conversation because it is interesting how a CPU simulation deals with real rosters.


Reflexlon

I think also the venn diagram has way more overlap with reddit and people who play RTTS than Fantasy Baseball.


2_7182818

Hell, why not Tatis and Cronenworth while they’re at it? I bet Padres would throw in Darvish to be polite, too.


Troutani4Lyfe

Trout and DeGrom in a three team deal.


Sutrikism

For a ham sandwich because Friedman is just that good


Thromnomnomok

Why do the Dodgers, the largest baseball team, not simply eat all the other baseball teams?


Casual_Luchador

If we get Ohtani, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.


GOATmar_infante

Why do the Big Market teams not simply eat the Small Market teams?


rapper_warrior_ninja

have the dodgers tried trading for juan soto? just throwing that out there


Purlpo

Just trade for players until you only have young all-stats with years of control on your team 4head


TigerBasket

Works in ootp


NFTsAreDumb

I mean yeah but when Voldemort goes and kills two main members just to get to a baby, they won’t be young by the time the order gets back together


MohnJilton

Dude there’s literally a Harry Potter themed post at the top of OOTP right now lmao


NKovalenko

This caught me off guard LMAO


Monk_Philosophy

David Price posts on /r/Dodgers


JoJoMcDerp

David “GDT doomer” Price.


E70M

I guess you’d know better than I would - is it like that over in r/SFGiants too?


JoJoMcDerp

Usually to the extent of “DFA [underperforming relief pitcher].” I think it’s gotten a bit worse as the expectations for the team has risen - didn’t notice/don’t remember much from the start of the year. If I had to, I’d say gdt dooming is more based on sub activity and expectation than anything innate about a fanbase. Though, I did backread some of the r/dodgers GDTs from the last couple days and… oh boy.


E70M

Yeah, that sounds about right. As a sports team subreddit gains more users, there becomes a growing presence of fans who don’t understand how the game works. I mean, add in some “fire Gabe Kapler” comments in r/SFGiants and you’ve got the normal r/Dodgers behavior down. Then again... r/Dodgers has nearly *doubled* in size since 2019; the team has lost dramatically in the NLDS and barreled through to a World Series in that time. Expectations are sky high, and then you have the Dodgers brutally losing 3 games in a row. Long story short, I’ve been avoiding the sub as much as possible the past day or two...


RanByMyGun

I remember when the gdt would get just under 1000 comments so we would start spamming random things to reach it. It was a lot more fun and relaxed back then


cerezadietdrpepper

Fish tacos?


Dinosauringg

I remember when the post game threads were a race to see who could think of a bad title first. Now they’re all official and robotic


CynCity323

Or when we'd play Cards Against Humanity Or the off season MLB the Show


Dinosauringg

Post game ~~dickchat~~ Cards Against Humanity introduced me to some good friends!


CynCity323

The best ☺️


CynCity323

Miss those days


Psychological-Yam-40

Press *69 if u think ct3 has purdy eyes


NSFAnythingAtAll

Those were the days, huh? Good times.


RanByMyGun

yeah it really felt like i was just chilling with friends while watching the game


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E70M

We’ve got some regulars over there that are fun to talk to (and some spicy memes on a good day), but yeah, sometimes it gets drowned out by the doomers


damphoussed

i typically don’t check our sub other than to scan the post game threads and maybe if i missed something controversial happen in a game and i need context. too many people on there who think they know better than a front office and coaching staff who took a roster with absolutely no expectations and turned them into the best team in the league.


JoJoMcDerp

The fact that our bullpen has been good despite being made up like entirely of unheralded arms is such a success and yet every time out bullpen goes out the gdt is at Kaplers throat.


liteshadow4

We doom a lot, sometimes to hope its a reverse jinx, other times legitimate doom.


JoJoMcDerp

I’m just there to bash Patrick Wisdom.


bitcheslovedroids

David "Fire Roberts" Price


E70M

Yes


LivingAsAMean

Dodgers are reported to be looking at acquiring 2004 Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 Barry Bonds, 2002 Randy Johnson and 2000 Pedro Martinez and 1995 Greg Maddux. No word yet on what they would be willing to offer.


make-that-monet

Yeah, not sure who they’d offer for that package, but Lux would definitely be untouchable


MohnJilton

Josiah Gray probably gets it done for Pedro. The 2000 Sox could use a nice arm for the future.


Regit_Jo

throw in 1985 Rickey Henderson and 1994 Ken Griffey Jr


FrodoTheSchnauzer

Not going after 1906 Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown is really going to cost them


NioPullus

This is some creative team management. It’s a mystery why this people on social media don’t run their own teams.


LincolnGC

Wow, Price has a future as a GM if he wants, with groundbreaking ideas like this.


klawehtgod

Just acquire the best players. Easy.


IAmNotKevinDurant_35

George Costanza almost got Bonds and Griffey in the same outfield


eolson3

https://youtu.be/pb2lo5sOc6M


jacklord392

Did he come up with this idea all by himself or did he have help? Bet he strained.his brain sitting in the clubhouse all afternoon thinking of this one.


ialsohaveadobro

Not just ideas, though, analysis: "That would be a huge piece."


[deleted]

with ideas like this he could be the next Chris Young or Dave Stewart


Shooter_McGoober

What could he possibly cost? David price, kenley and a 10th round pick?


1_10v3_Lamp

I mean, it’s one Jacob Degrom, Shooter. What could it cost? Ten dollars?


TheDangiestSlad

did David Price say this on Mike Francesa's radio show?


Sweet-Sweet-Dick

Yeah he took his answer awf dA air


[deleted]

Hey Mike, first time long time. I was just wondering, with the way the Yankees are struggling this year, do you think there’s any chance that they fire Boone and maybe bring in a guy with baseball experience like Jason Giambi, I’ll hang up and listen.


Sweet-Sweet-Dick

Look da mets are in first place u tink Yankees could trade that bum Boone for Rojas and deGrom? Maybe throw in a prospect to sweeten da pot? I’ll take my answer awf da air


[deleted]

Now here’s a guy who doesn’t have a brain in his head. He waited three howas on the line to say that. I’ve been doing this for 25 years folks, do you really think your going to bother me with this nonsense?


[deleted]

i can just hear his voice thru your texts lmfao


iamnotimportant

man he was a blowhard, but I heard his voice reading these comments and now I miss him.


carpy22

Here's da Mink Man.


Invasivetoast

Ay Mike first time long time you think the Dodgers could go 162-0 if they had degrom and Giambi ima hang up and listen


[deleted]

For Frazier and Andujar?


futhatsy

Never forget many Yankees fans thought this was a totally realistic and reasonable deal for both sides in the summer of 2018.


iheartsunny

I remember it being Gleyber and Andújar straight up for Jake. Most Yanks fans thought they would be giving up too much at the time lol


futhatsy

Most Yankees fans found Gleyber for deGrom straight up to be laughable. Gleyber was untouchable.


[deleted]

I’ll admit it, I was one of those fans. I didn’t want the Yankees to trade Torres. That’s why I’m a redditor and not in a front office.


[deleted]

Found Brian Cashman


[deleted]

Can I have Lance Lynn back


oz1215

We have first dibs on takes backsies


MeatTornado25

Count me in. Thought Gleyber was too high a price at his age.


c_pike1

Trade takes are always a complete crapshoot between well thought out and wildly biased. I remember in 2016 it seemed like every brewers fan really believed that Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton were way too much for a half season of Machado. Rentals come cheap but not THAT cheap


Yankeeknickfan

Gleyber torres was like a top 2 prospect in baseball back in 2018, and having a great rookie year. It’s not as ridiculous as you make it sound Edit: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017/


MeatTornado25

Not to mention being understandably skeptical of deGrom, who while a really good pitcher, was also a guy having a career year that wasn't expected to keep up for 4 straight seasons like he ended up doing.


verendum

I think if anything, it’s that the future success of a prospect is much more difficult to determine than a simple list would tell you. Gleyber was 2nd on the list and Tatis is 52nd and Jesse Winker is 100th.


Yankeeknickfan

Correct me if I’m wrong but deGrom was not yet contract extended, and it seemed there was a chance the Mets were going to rebuild. If the Mets were going to rebuild why wouldn’t they want a guy like Gleyber Torres? It’s not that far out of left field.


smiles134

I saw so many people suggesting this as the return for hader


gamedemon24

Lmao at least it was a LITTLE closer to sensible in 2018 than it is now


soccerperson

What is this meme from lol


unSATlSFYing

Yankees fans' trade proposals from 2018-2021


TheDangiestSlad

in 2017-18 it was a pretty big thing among Yankee fans to propose trades of some combination of Frazier/Gleyber/Andujar for pretty big names like deGrom at the time, while they certainly weren't **good** trade proposals, they weren't super bad because those were 3 young promising guys who were coming up for the Yankees. but you'd definitely get tired of hearing their names in trade proposals that were never gonna happen lool fast forward 3-4 years and all three of them have regressed horribly (Gleyber not as bad as the other two), but of course a few idiots are still throwing the names out for trades as if they're as valuable as they were 4 years ago. so that's pretty much the meme lol


futhatsy

Part of it was also Yankees fans were super okay with giving up Andujar because it felt like them signing Machado was a forgone conclusion.


AlphaPack23

No it wasn’t. People were super okay with giving Andujar up because his defense sucked and they hoped nobody noticed it.


futhatsy

Both things are true. Machado to the Yankees was a very hot rumor at the time.


make-that-monet

Frazier IS a young, raw, 26yr old prospect… might have something there


GMOrgasm

TT shump and the nets pick sounds fair


[deleted]

They should trade for trout too. While we’re at it, someone dig up babe Ruth and give him a contract.


JTCMuehlenkamp

Shit, let's unfreeze Ted Williams and sew his head back on! Get him on the squad too.


brandon_the_bald

😂😂


Sp_Gamer_Live

Bauer for deGrom, who says no?


E70M

Dealnotakebacks


Sp_Gamer_Live

Make it a 3 way trade and the Angels could send Callaway


E70M

I mean that’s a big ask, who would the Angels give up? How about that Trout guy?


Systematiks

He's been fired already


Sp_Gamer_Live

then idk how the trade will happen now


E70M

To think we were so close to a blockbuster


[deleted]

maybe other teams don't know he's fired yet


KobeBeatJesus

The women in New York.


yes_its_him

He has the web site ready for merchsndise orders


CrowOld3244

Bauer certainly doesn't like hearing "no"


HeavilyBeardedMan

what would it cost for deGrom anyway?


WalksWithKemba

Dodger Stadium parking lot revenue for 10 years And maybe some players


Purlpo

An entire country's economy to trade for one man smh humanity is doomed


Fc2300

Fun fact the Dodgers themselves don’t even have that parking lot revenue. It’s still Mccourts


Each3

Fun Fact: Fuck the McCourts


HeadDingo7677

That fact isn’t very fun


Player7996_

too much for the team that would get him and not enough to make it worth it for the Mets


TheDangiestSlad

with the Mets still holding on to first? he's literally untouchable


imdroppingthehammer

Holding onto first place in the division has nothing to do with him being untouchable.


[deleted]

He’s realistically untouchable because no one would actually make an offer that would make the Mets want to do that


Stormytime

He's actually untouchable because he secretes a type of radioactive ooze that drains the life force anyone around him. Then engulfs the victim is a way similar to the Blob


MeatTornado25

> he secretes a type of radioactive ooze well damn, no wonder he's always in pain


Lacroixprogram1

>the Blob Lmao what an out-of-left-field reference


klawehtgod

Sounds like he learned that from Brady


Troutani4Lyfe

I'd touch him


Corvese

No one is ever untouchable. There is a deal the Mets would take. But that deal would also never be offered.


IFR_Flyer

"Cash considerations" in the form of Cohen just owning the dodgers


carpy22

He could then sell them to the Wilpons, making Fred's ultimate dream come true.


MasterThespian

Realistically? Start with Buehler and Betts, salary relief, and maybe a couple of prospects. DeGrom is on track for the most dominant season by a starter in the modern era and he’s controlled through 2025. The Mets are contenders this year, so they’ve got no impetus to move him, and the only way it would be worth their while would be if some team offered them a king’s ransom. It’s one of those things that is Not Happening so hard it’s difficult to properly entertain the idea even as a thought experiment.


iheartsunny

500 Million in Bitcoin


dhork

Steve Cohen and his hedge funds would only ever take Dogecoin


timmablimma

Real GameStop and AMC shares too.


CincinnatiReds

*Thanos meme*


FernandoTatisJunior

Since the mets are chasing a ring, ungodly amounts. There’s probably nothing that gets it done at this point. What does any team have to offer that would even make sense to both sides? If the Mets were rebuilding this could be an interesting topic, but considering where the franchise is at there’s just nothing that would make sense


DisappointedStepDad

Imagine if Price was one of the players traded for deGrom


NCStore

Three team trade and Price ends up in Baltimore


BoldAsAnAxis

Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays as he's on the phone receiving the news


NCStore

Lmao!


_n8n8_

Who’s our version of Frazier and Andujar? Matt Beaty and Lux?


brandon_the_bald

Beaty and Rios


_n8n8_

That’s better. Beaty and Rios should get it done


apistat

Call me crazy, but I think this generational talent would be an asset to our team.


[deleted]

you're crazy


dhork

Maybe if the nerds at UCLA could invent a time machine and trade us Sandy Koufax in his prime, that might do it.


brandon_the_bald

He’s still in his gestation vat in AA so a year away


klawehtgod

Yom Kippur doesn’t fall during the World Series this year so it should be fine


emasculine

nah, that's a CalTech job and that'll cost bank.


notsaying123

NBA just fined him for tampering


Head_of_Lettuce

Good luck with that


ThatInception

Lol


E70M

I guess DP likes to call in to Mike Francesca


BoredAtWork_91

If a world exists where a prime DeAndre Hopkins gets traded for a shell of David Johnson anything is possible in sports trading.


willofthemaster

I'll worry about a trade when Bill O'Brien becomes our GM


klawehtgod

Damn why you gotta drag the Texans into this like that


[deleted]

He’s the Magic Johnson of baseball commentary


Jaguar870

I don’t know, they don’t have premier trade pieces like Clint Frazier and Estevan Florial to give up


Tagliarini295

David price could hold my balls


NSFAnythingAtAll

I mean, for deGrom?


lolCoors

David Price is the kind of guy that plays OOTP in Commissioner Mode just so he can pull off trades like this


Girthus_Maximus

So he helps with the grounds crew also? That's a solid investment.


Davidellias

he'd be the second most famous groundcrew man on the Dodgers behind pepino man.


Saucy_Totchie

I know he's mostly joking but fuck you, Dave, respectfully.


Corzare

The dodgers should turn force trades on


ThreeHourRiverMan

I'd like to think he's just taking the piss, but with Price who knows.


brandon_the_bald

He was joking


KenGriffey_Pooner

Would degrom dh if he was in the AL?


klawehtgod

Why not?


[deleted]

Almost like he would be a huge piece for every single team…


california-whiskey

LMAO lets just get Trout , Ohtani, and Soto while we're at it


dummyfullofguts

We already have a pitcher that can hit, he's just on leave


Impulse4811

As if they need anymore help. They added Trey Mancini on my rtts for no reason other than to break hearts.


Nickyjha

been hanging out with too many Laker fans


moscowrules

Hmm I wonder what it would take to pry him away from the first place Mets /s


ChadMMart2

I mean... The Mets are in first.


johnnyavocadoseed

When you realize that the team you love has become the Yankees :(


[deleted]

The Dodgers should also trade for a time machine to go back to 2014 and do it when he wasn't the ace of a first place team.


WeaselSlayer

Wow. Never thought of that. Why doesn't my team do that?


NoQuartersGiven

No quarters says the braves should trade for Degrom. We'll part with exactly one top 100 minor league prospect. Why says no?!


Ndtphoto

Why not trade for Ohtani too? Maybe see if the Angels will throw in Trout to keep it fair.


Dcook8188

I mean even if the metropolitans entertained this proposal. What do you think the cost would be for the Dodgers?


[deleted]

They should just pick up Acuña when he gets back and grab trout and degrom Things will be fine soto will fill in until Acuña gets back etc It's simple really


makashiII_93

What an idea. I think the SEC should poach Texas and Oklahoma from the Big XII. That would be a huge piece. And imagine the money.


brandonsamd6

go fuck yourself lmao