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“DODGER BLUE = GREEN
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They earned the World Series diamond encrusted ring.
They held the Victory Parade in the streets and the Dodger Stadium celebration.
They are now ready for next season.
And it may be the same old..same old.
The Dodgers accounting sheet showed a payroll of (383M), an all time record.
The Dodgers owe MLB a payment of in excess of (151M) as a luxury tax on players.
The Dodgers look ready to strike in free agency again.
They are looking for an ideal power hitting left fielder.
They are pursuing a veteran closer to add to the bullpen.
Get ready for them to move players off the roster, days after they earned a World Series ring.
Goodbye slump ridden OF-Michael Conforto (17M). They could part ways with battered relief pitcher Blake Treinen (13.5M). Kirby Yates and his (13M) should exit too.
Clayton Kershaw (7.5M) and Miguel Rojas (5M) come off the books in retirement.
Might they walk away from oft injured Tony Gonsolin, Evan Phillips, Michael Kopech and Brock Stewart?
If all that happens, it means the Dodgers would clear some (74M) off the payroll, plenty enough for them to play ‘checkbook baseball’ again in the coming weeks.
How would Alex Bregman look at 3B? Bo Bichette at SS? Kyle Tucker in LF? Robert Suarez in the bullpen?
And of course, using the Dodgers form of ‘new math’, any or all deals could be accompanied by ‘deferred payments’, the kind we saw for 8-players on last year’s roster, led by the Ohtani contract stretched out till 2036.
Can you imagine the angst in the 619-858-760 area code, if Robert Suarez and Roki Sasaki become teammates in the Dodgers bullpen?
Can you imagine putting Bregman or Tucker into a Dodgers lineup with Showtime, Mookie, Freddie and more?
It’s a new world.
Just get ready as the free agent signing window opens on Friday.
Dodgers Blue = Dodger Green Dollars.
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