totes!

those prospects were okay when dodgers acquired them and they became top prospects when they got traded. the tv deal, willingness to win at all costs ownership, location, the west coast. a winning culture. it’s all the things. but let’s just focus on differing money that other teams can also do.

it’s all of it. the perfect storm. people forget they draft well! with lowwww picks mind you, because they’ve been good! they develop incredibly well. where did those kids they traded mookie for end up? jeter downs is playing in the npb with the softbank hawks after stints with boston/nyy.

sasaki turned down $10M from the padres, $8.2M from the blue jays and took $6.5M to be with the dodgers. teo, took less $. i thought the cubs offered scott $66M/4 years but it’s possible they offered more?

i do keep coming back to that point tho, in this whole conversation. dodgers aren’t forcing anyone to sign there. why aren’t people giving the players crap? THEY are the ones that are chooooosing LA when they can go ~anywhere.

they did them a favor to be honest, what if judge and turner signed there? he offered them so much more than the deals they took to be where theyyy wanted to be. padres have given out some awwwwful contracts, xander? yikes.

dodgers have been winning for so long people forget despite the name on the front of the jersey and the city they play in, that not THAT long ago, this team was going through it until the new ownership came in.

boom.

omg yes! i’ve been in portland for going on 14 years, without a team here. i’ve adopted and have a lot of love for them. it’s just a 2.5-3hr drive. i won’t say my first team, people aren’t happy about them rn…ha

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