During Saturday's FanFest, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman sounded like someone who wasn't done building his roster, even with pitchers and catchers reporting in two weeks. He said the trade market was still evolving. When asked if he expected movement before spring training, he said, "For sure."
With the Astros and Dodgers not scheduled to play each other in the regular season, a group of Dodger fans is snapping up tickets to the Angels' home opener against the Astros with plans to vent its frustration over the sign-stealing scandal.
Dodgers players at the team's annual FanFest said they had no interest in being deemed champions in 2017 and 2018 after the Astros were found guilty of stealing signs and amid a current investigation against the Red Sox.
Ross Stripling today: "Players cheated, and then they were granted immunity to tell the truth. MVPs were won, Silver Sluggers were won, and a championship was won because of it, and not a single player gets in trouble. That's hard to believe."
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman pointed to the importance of moving forward and said the Astros' punishments should be enough of a deterrent for other teams not to follow. He was asked whether any Astros have personally apologized to him, and also whether they have shown enough public remorse. "They have not," Friedman said, "and in my personal opinion they have not."
Justin Turner had this to say when asked how the Dodgers' legacies would be altered if not for the Astros stealing signs ...
New Dodgers RP Blake Treinen played with Mike Fiers, the whistleblower in the Astros' cheating scandal. He defended Fiers. "I respect him for what he said. What's worse — him knowing about it and not saying anything about it to his teammates, or him going out there with an unfair advantage, or saying something so that people know what's true?"
Dodgers infielder Kiké Hernandez, smiling: "I'm extremely proud of our guys. We won a game in Houston when they knew every pitch that was coming."
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, on the Astros illegally using technology to steal signs in 2017: "Frustrating is probably the floor of my emotions." He said he feels bad for players who were criticized in that World Series, specifically Clayton Kershaw and Yu Darvish.
Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball has no plans to strip World Series titles from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox as a result of the sign-stealing scandal.
A resolution urging Major League Baseball to strip the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox of recent World Series titles and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers has been unanimously approved by the L.A. City Council.
In the aftermath of the Astros' cheating scandal, a big question lingers for former Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish, who was rocked by Houston during the 2017 World Series: "Was I tipping [pitches], or were they stealing [signs]?"
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Rob Manfred's 9-page memo detailing the Astros' sign-stealing system and subsequent punishments stated the team did indeed use both systems — the replay room to give catcher signs to a baserunners, the center-field camera that led to trash-can banging — during the postseason, when the Astros went 8-1 at Minute Maid Park and defeated the Dodgers in seven games in the World Series.
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The Dodgers lost to the Astros and Red Sox in back-to-back World Series, and now both those teams are under investigation for alleged sign-stealing.
The Dodgers are bringing back Alex Wood, who signed a one-year deal that is worth $4M and includes incentives. He will compete for a spot in their rotation. The Athletic first reported the agreement.
Free-agent left-hander Alex Wood, who played for the Dodgers from 2015 to '18, is reuniting with Los Angeles on a one-year, $4 million deal with incentives, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported.
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Cody Bellinger avoided arbitration with the Dodgers on Friday, and sources told ESPN that the one-year deal is for $11.5 million, a record for a first-time-eligible player.
Reigning NL MVP Cody Bellinger and the Dodgers have avoided arbitration with an $11.5M contract for 2020, a record for a first-year arbitration-eligible player.
Friday was the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to agree on salaries or exchange desired numbers for 2020. Recapping a hectic day of contract decisions.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
