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If the team is looking to upgrade and is willing to spend some money but not go long term on guys, it sounds like the Dodgers are willing to make Yasmani Grandal available, he has one year of arb left (exp. @ 7.5-8 mill) and even in a down year where his walk% dropped, he was still better than what the twins have. I don't think he'll cost a ton in terms of prospects either because while there are very few good catchers around the league, there are fewer contenders looking for one, other than the DBacks, Rockies, and Nats (and I don't see the Dodgers trying to make their competition better). They could also ask about Brandon McCarthy, who's been good when healthy, they could probably just get him for like half his contract.

Theyre 2nd rounder was a college pitcher Mitch white, and their 3rd was a big strong high schooler named Dustin May fwiw.

Forsythe is pretty good, really solid OBP and has slugged .444 the last two years with an ops over .790 the last two years. Really solid defender too. Dozier definitely the better base runner though. That being said, Dozier isn't better enough to justify DeLeon + Alverez+ more compared to Forsythe, while he would be an upgrade over forsythe, he isn't enough of one to make up the difference in price.

Their first rounders last year were Lux, Sheffield and Will Smith (catcher)

That's because they got sweat to end the season in 3 meaningless games when they were trying guys out to see who would get post season spots.

They have a lot of OF so they could potentially.

Really, I notice they tend to over rank recent draft picks based on ceiling, especially mid season, I kind of wish they would give more credence to players succeeding at higher levels. I remember them ranking Bubba starling top 15 straight out of high school.

The only one of those teams that really matters is the giants, and the dodgers are a better team than the giants.

No, I think the dodgers are a playoff team with or without him, what he dose is increase their odd's of winning the world series, though probably not by much.

Trading for Dozier doesn't guarantee them a playoff spot anymore than resigning Utley. It makes them a little more likely, but it's not chiseled in stone.

I think it's gutsier to push all your chips to the center of the table before you have to, if they do trade for Dozier and they get hit with injuries or bad play or a mix and wind up being noncompetitive, then it'll be foolish to have jumped the gun. It's safer to let the first 3 months play out and then go from there.

That would be an insane return for 3 months of Dozier.

What they could really use is OF and help at 1st/DH which is something the dodgers could provide. A trade centered around Stewart, Verdugo and Calhoun makes sense for both sides. That's 2 near ready top 100 prospects at positions of need, and a starter for their rotation or a hard throwing reliever for their major league roster.

It seems like the twins front office has been using the press much more than the dodgers.

They really need a lead off hitter more. They never really do, that's just the organization the Hill/Reddick trade came out of nowhere last year.