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From a Dodgers fan's perspective on what caused Forsythe's decline: -Always in a pitcher's count. Rarely does he swing at the first pitch. He looks as if he's sitting fastball middle-in until he has two strikes on him and then he's in defense mode. It's been very frustrating to watch. -No power at Chavez-Ravine. The ball doesn't carry there at night so unless he really pulled the ball it was dying at the track. -Injuries set him back to start both seasons -This season he choked under the bright lights. I watched Logan at Spring Training before the 2017 season. He could go the other way for a base knock at will. After getting injured, he was never right against RH pitching. He still hit well vs lefties and drew a lot of walks. After a nice post-season everyone thought he would return to closer what he had done in the past, but with less power and nice defense. It didn't happen. He defense regressed a bit too and then he was pressing. His AB's were just plain awful and it was apparent he was choking under the bright lights because fans/media were questioning why he was on the diamond so much if he wasn't even producing against left-handers this season.

The Dodgers would happily pay two-thirds of Kemp's salary to go away. If you want prospects then the Twins would have to start taking on more money. Probably half just to get a decent prospect. Buehler isn't going anywhere. Kemp is working out at Dodger Stadium and has lost a lot of weight. He tore it up the first two months of last season until he had hammy issues and then his season, weight, and attitude fell apart. Helping the Dodgers move Kemp puts them back in the Darvish sweepstakes though. As for Alvarez, his conditioning was questioned last year when he showed up to ST. I recently read that he's been in AZ at the Dodgers facility in shape and working on developing his changeup to go the plus plus fastball and plus slider. Stuff isn't the issue. Like most young pitchers it is command. He got a bit of a wake up call last year after performing better than expected the year before. He could be a #1 or he could wind up a bullpen piece. This season will go a long way in which direction he's headed. Teams that are starving for pitching should be looking at Ryu. The Dodgers babied him last year because they didn't know what he could provide. If you subtract his starts against the Rockies he was quite good. He knows how to pitch and he's working on adding a two-seam fastball to his arsenal. He can no longer hit 94-95 mph when needed but he knows how to work up and down in the strike zone and it makes his 91-92 mph fastball good enough with such a good changeup. He may not be a match for the Twins but he's a cheap trade option for teams who need multiple starters.