Surprising move. To me it makes it seem like we are going to be big spenders now. You don't just throw 13 mill at a guy coming off the crappy season he just had if you are on a limited budget. I don't hate the move because you can't have too much starting pitching and you can't trust Peterson or Megill to be #5...maybe #6 and #7.
Agree with all that. Im fine with the signing he might suck or he could have very good season. High Risk High Reward. But with Cohens money even the risk really isn’t too high
I agree. Cohen retained millions in the Scherzer and Verlander deals just to get better prospects in return.
It’s just going off of what they told us about 2024 being transition year. I don’t think you pay $13 mill for a 4th or 5th starter if that’s the case.
What we lack in quality we make up for with quantity
My guess is if we sign Yamomoto the plan will be to go to a six-man rotation. The Japanese guys only pitch once a week and all of our starters have better splits on 5+ days of rest.
Teams do some of that already with the obligatory “relief pitchers game” where they split multiple middle inning RPs to get through certain games.
We seem to have a lot of 6th or 7th starter caliber guys with Buto, Megill, Peterson, and all the AA and AAA guys who will be ready to debut in 2024. And many of those guys all have options left to be rotated between AAA and the bigs.
You can add Lucchesi to that list. Unfortunately Peterson will miss half the season. I think if we get lucky enough to sign Yamamoto, you have to find at least one more starter at the level of Quintana if not better. Then you would have four or five reliable starters and hope one or two of the others can be as good as Trevor Williams was. I am also concerned about the bullpen. It's early but Stearns seems to be building it the same way Eppler did and I think that has held us back the last two seasons.
Absolutely. He had a great end to last season. He’s kind of a weird pitcher…he’s a 4-5 inning guy typically and he takes a long time to warm up.
funny you mentioned Willie, he was the first player I thought of, specifically, when he signed a contract for $100k. People then questioned the amount. but $70k is unimaginable to me and how the Dodgers will pay for it. Wonder what provisions, if any for injury or performance are included.
Contracts are typically insured to my knowledge.
