Phil Rogers throws KW under the bus

[caulfield12]

The Dodgers definitely have to trade Ethier or Crawford, and eat contract dollars to do so.

 

Probably, they will replace Uribe's bat at 3B in the next 5 or so weeks, so that does block Dee Gordon (at least until the end of the season) from playing SS if Hanley Ramirez can actually stay healthy.

 

If we were to do that trade, it would make MORE sense to keep Dunn, get back Ethier or Crawford (BOTH with a ton of cash) and Gordon AND a solid prospect. Then trade Alexei in a separate deal.

 

Instead of making the focus of the deal Ramirez, it should be a starting pitcher instead (Peavy, Danks, Santiago, Quintana), which is the bigger/biggest need for the Dodgers right now with Billingsley out the whole season.

[GreenSox]

He said that KW's idea of putting in the work for player development was going to the AFL, deciding a player was an All-Star, then singlemindedly trying to get that player from there on out, regardless of anything else.

Rogers is probably just making that up to fit the facts - some of Williams' recent trades look like that's all he did when scouting prospects.