It was always the Dodgers.
Look at this staff:
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Of course, he would.
If you’re him, why go anywhere else?
What’s better than that staff?
The 1990’s Braves?
Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery…and Pete Smith?
They could only dream of having this level of depth.
They had better 1-2-3 but this Dodgers staff may be the deepest I’ve ever seen.
I don’t even know how you stop this.
Because Sasaki left Japan before he was 25, he’ll be under club control for six more years.
The largest bonus the Dodgers could give was no larger than any other team.
He chose the Dodgers…because they are the Dodgers.
Now MLB has a Superteam on their hands.
Is that a positive or a negative?
The 1936-39 Yankees won four World Series in a row and the 1949-53 Yankees amazingly won five straight.
The last team to even win 3 World Series in a row was the 1998-2000 Yankees.
Maybe parity is a bad thing?
As a fan of another NL team, my heart sank a little when I read the news.
I imagine Diamondbacks, Phillies, Braves and other decent NL teams are doing the same of thing.
At least before today.
Now it’s a race to the NLCS and get curb stomped by dominance.
SOURCE- Sasaki’s numbers were down a bit last year, his ERA rising to 2.35.
His four-seam fastball went from averaging roughly 98 mph to 96.
At one point, he dealt with shoulder fatigue.
Any other team and that might be a reddish enough flag to cause at least some concern.
They can do whatever they want, whenever they want.
They’ve done it.
I now hate the Dodgers more than the Braves.
Not the Yankees though.
