The Dodgers Have Built Their Super Team (Plus Top 10 Catchers for 2025)

[@alexkozlowski4432]

Ohtani's contract should of been 2 billion with what they've been able to build just for signing him. But respect to the Dodgers for using all that cash revenue to make the team better instead of pocketing it all.

[@208patriot6]

I would think all teams would appreciate when the Dodgers come to their ballparks, its gonna fill the seats...

[@jaredcole5818]

my favorite part of the Tanner Scott deal is that Evan Phillips gets to go back to being our fireman. 7/8/9 is Kopech/Treinen/Scott but when it's the 6th inning and the starter just loaded the bases with 1 out, Phillips is getting out of that. it's where he's best and it's where he dominated in 22

[@markpacheco2512]

Your overlooking the fact that the dodgers WILL go with a six man rotation. Which will have May and Goslin in the rotation until otani and Kershaw return.

[@ryanc9876]

I personally have the D-Backs second in the NL West this next season. People forget that the D-Backs were also nipping at the Dodger's heels last season. The thing was, the Dodgers went into a 4 game series in Arizona and won the series 3-1 at the end of August/start of September. I think the lead was 3 games coming into the series. It was a high-octane series, but the Dodgers managed to scrape by despite losing Kershaw in the second inning of the first game and had to throw an impromptu bullpen game. It was no easy series by any means.

[@pistolrx9313]

Thank you Aram and Jack! It’s a long season! Give credit to the Dodgers for running a good organization!

[@everettemathisjr3410]

People are really going to hate the dodgers so many fans and news media are going to criticize the dodgers for just improving their team

[@Jukeboxster]

the system is broken

[@jdcaldwell5088]

Needs criticize their teams Owners!!! GTFO and thank you 😊

[@jacksonkirby-y3d]

@@jdcaldwell5088 other owners aren’t making the money dodgers are making to spend idiot

[@michaelhainline2282]

Since other people thinks the Dodgers are the Evil Empire, then we should play Darth Vaders' theme when the Dodgers take the field.

[@sub04aru]

As a Dodgers fan, that would be bad ass. Other teams already have that lazy, unoriginal, unimaginative Beat LA chant so a change would be nice.

[@trilly33]

My glorious Just Baseball Show.

[@bradgast3028]

I love the evaluations of catchers above all others.

[@icon-o5o]

The Dodgers also have a TV deal that pays them far more than any other team's TV deal, and because of the current media landscape, no team will ever again sign a similar deal. They have that structural advantage on top of the Ohtani-related income.

[@danschweiger3700]

There’s no rule against any other team spending as much money as the Dodgers to improve their team. The Yankees did it for years. The main issue I think many fans have is they’re upset with the all of the players that only want to sign with the one or two top teams every year. It’s like college football before NIL. Alabama and Ohio state got most of the 5 star recruits every single year. Human nature is to want to be on the top team that has the best perceived chance to win. It stinks if your team is not one of them.

[@Jukeboxster]

why is the justification for what the Dodgers are doing to point back to other times when the system showed it was broken? Yankees took advantage of a broken system. Bama took advantage of a broken system. The dodgers are just the latest. But when there's no baseball in a couple of years because there's a lockout, remember how you were cheering this on.

[@danschweiger3700]

@ oh I don’t think the system is good at all. I’m a St. Louis fan. Nothing but greed is stopping the Dewitt’s from spending more money to make the team better. There are a lot of teams in Major League Baseball that bring in enough revenue to compete with the Dodgers in spending, but they want the profit instead. Good for their business, but their fans take the hit.

[@jacksonkirby-y3d]

@@danschweiger3700nah the system is just broken. Teams like Cincinnati and Milwaukee and Minnesota do not make enough money to keep up with the dodgers

[@coconutz247]

fabulous analysis of the dodgers. they are as chick anderson described secretariat at the belmont.....moving like a tremendous machine.

[@D.A.D.8686]

You're drunk if you think Roki didn't know where he was going as soon as he entered the pool. Seriously think this wasn't a show!?😂😂

[@Yuhssss]

What’s really ridiculous, is the fact that Josh Hader has a more lucrative contract than Tanner Scott.

[@markpacheco2512]

After what happened to dodgers starting rotation last year, the dodgers know it can happen to the bullpen as well.

[@gr8fxtznr]

Dodgers also won last year without an ace. Bullpen also got way better, and that was who ran through the playoffs.

[@dom_o]

Aram fr hating on the dodgers

[@socalastarte6727]

FYI the Dodgers strike again, Kirby Yates to the Dodgers. Heads up other teams, if you want a player, you better sign him, or the Dodgers will.

[@icon-o5o]

And thank you for the critiques of the Cubs. They are led by an fo that refuses to do anything unless the spreadsheets say "yes" and that continue to ride on the coattails of a World Series win that's almost ten-years old. Their owner also treats the organization as a real-estate development company first and a baseball team second. They refuse to act like a big, wealthy club.

[@Jonny0nline]

Great show guys. But we can't act like the Dodgers weren't looking for a high leverage reliever all offseason and were connected to Tanner since last year. This wasn't them flexing on the league. It was them probably waiting to see if Roki signed before they committed that money to Tanner and not another starter like Flaherty if Roki doesn't sign.

[@Objectivity-w5j]

Jonny...the only problem with your reasoning is that it's too logical for many people who are upset with the Dodgers 🙂. They're thinking..."what do you mean the Dodgers are taking "advantage" of a system that MLB and the Players Union agreed on" and "what do you mean all the other teams can take advantage of that same system IF they were smart enough to manage the money in such a way that the players and team benefit from it???" That's STILL unfair in their eyes and we need a salary CAP!!! 🤣 The real problem here is jealousy of the Ohtani signing. That signing afforded the Dodgers the resources and flexibility to make all those moves and unfortunately for 29 other teams.......there is only ONE Ohtani.

[@lad14ever]

Question what’s better to became the Ace on a rotation like San Diego or the Blue jays or became the Ace of a staff full of aces. Dude wants to be the Goat

[@ncampbell315]

Do you guys do shows on best prospects by position or just by organization? If you don’t you should consider that cause I’d love to see something like that.

[@JustBaseballFans]

Best by organization on The Call Up Pod! That channel is all prospects all the time, we will also do top by positions too.

[@ncampbell315]

@ I do follow The Call Up too! I couldn’t remember if you did just by organization or by position too. This made me think about that so I wanted to ask. Thank you!

[@pinverarity]

Two 24-season-long eras of MLB: 1941-1964 and 2001-2024. Era One: Yankees go to the World Series 18 times, win 12. Era Two: Dodgers go to the World Series 4 times, win 2 (unless you’re a hater in which case it’s 1) Remind me: did baseball survive the harrowing Yankees dynasty?

[@stevenerickson3379]

The Sasaki evaluation seems excessively low for a guy with results as elite as his were. By some models he had 2 complete outlier pitches at the WBC where he was sitting 100 and a slider that stuff+ was also very high on. If his fastball returns to 2023 form I think “Hunter Brown” and “Sean Manaea” are very fair Y1 comps

[@damiansamuels367]

Love the Salvy love. And Contreras is the clear #1 guy for sure

[@benjaminoberdorfer4482]

No Sean Murphy at all? I know down season but he’s coming off back to back previous 4 plus win seasons before 2024

[@thomaslarmore5125]

I love you guys but I can’t listen to Jack pontificate about the Ohtani’s contract anymore so I’ll see you once the season starts.

[@JustBaseballFans]

Sorry, just need the Dodgers out of the news! I think Jack's tapped out!

[@thomaslarmore5125]

@ Forgive me, I know having to talk dodgers every day is perhaps not easiest job. Thanks for the episode!

[@23skidoo46]

what's even more stupid is, Scott wanted to go to the Cubs and they wouldn't pony up the extra $ to get him. that's even worse. haha.

[@SuperCatacata]

Thankyou for bringing up the uncertainty behind Sasaki, especially in his first couple years. He has a lot of development to do. But fans and ESPN are acting like the Dodgers got Paul Skenes. Maybe in a few years he becomes Paul Skenes or better. But in his first year it's very unlikely.

[@大山-c1n]

Perfect game 14K in a row including Yoshida.

[@SuperCatacata]

@@大山-c1n I think Sasaki will be amazing, but Paul Skenes just placed 3rd in Cy Young voting at 22 years old. Skenes didn't need to take time to adjust to the MLB ball. Sasaki will be amazing, but that doesn't mean he will be Cy Young caliber in his first year. Not even Yamamoto was a Cy Young finalist in his first year.

[@大山-c1n]

@@SuperCatacata different ball, mounds, baseball, culture, language, country, everything so duh.

[@SuperCatacata]

@@大山-c1n I don't know why you left that comment in the first place if you also know it's obvious. Go away.

[@大山-c1n]

@ dodgers got closest pitcher to Skenes. You mentioned like that’s false statement. Obviously needs time for adjustments that’s because he’s from other country. Still doesn’t change the fact that he’s closest thing to a Skenes.

[@RedSoxTruther]

Next CBA there needs to be an update that deferred money is worth the same under the CBT Threshold. If Ohtani is fine with making 2 million a year and 68 deferred per year that’s cool but the Dodgers should not be getting a break on the tax for that. It should be counted for playing years only and count full. So if you want to defer 68 million, that’s fine and you can pay that as normal in deferrals but that money should count as 70 per year he is under that contract on the CBT with the Deferral years having no standing on the CBT number in the future. Ohtani broke the system with that contract. Honestly MLB should’ve stepped in for that because it is just a ridiculous overreach

[@ajalvarez3111]

The whole league gets that “break.” So that’s not really an effing break. The teams that share in the luxury tax pool aren’t doing shit with that money except pocketing it. Why do you want to give guys that aren’t improving the game even more free money? At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what rule changes you put in place, the Dodgers will adjust fast and better than everyone else so they will still have the advantage. Lastly, notice the Dodgers are ramping up and stocking up now…before any rule changes come out of the new CBA.

[@DerekDominoes]

I would have put Langeliers somewhere in the top 10.

[@FirstToThird]

I'm curious how you all feel about Alejandro Kirk? Obvious, obvious bias coming from a Jays fan, I know he's one of the worst baserunners in the league with almost zero pop, no arguments against that. However, he has been one of the best defensive catchers in the league for the past 3 years, consistently bringing good framing and good blocking skills behind the dish, and even being very good at catching steals in 24. His offense isn't great, but it's not abysmal for a catcher either, with a 96 wrc+ in 23 and a 93wrc+ in 24. I'm not trying to argue that he'll go back to how he was in 22, when he looked like he might be one of the best in the league, but I feel that the disappointment in not reaching that year again has made him underrated. Love the podcast!

[@vicvsvictor2652]

3:10 Siberia😂

[@bradgast3028]

Sasaki signing annoyed me. A WS Champs should not have the opportunity to sign a Sasaki. That is a Foreign Draft system serious malfunction that needs to be corrected. LAD is a baseball-smart team that has tremendous revenue and I wish my team was more so.

[@davidlevy3486]

Why weren’t people talking all this mess when… 1. The Astros cheated in 2017. 2. When we lost in the playoffs so many years because of injuries. 3. When the Yankees and other teams used free agency to Win World Championships. The Dodgers are just a better ran organization! * Players love to play for us * We have a great farm system * We have a great development system * We have homegrown talent * We have great senior players * We make very good free agent decisions * We have a great manager team (coaches!)

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

6 man rotation.

[@ryanfoster2936]

sean murphy not even mentioned nobody has it worse than me💔

[@DerekDominoes]

The Dodgers are now the MLB equivalent of Blackrock.

[@YDAMLAZA]

bad for baseball competition , dodgers should win 125 games

[@thomasjoseph3488]

Bad for baseball. We'll find out the extent rift between the have and have not owners/teams in the CBA after the 2026 season. This inequity is unsustainable, so figure a major work stoppage or even another lost season. Low-revenue teams must draw the line now.

[@allelujah1210]

Poor small market teams that pocket the shared revenue money. Cry me a river

[@thomasjoseph3488]

@allelujah1210 Yeah, have a six-team league. That's fun. The CBT isn't broad or high enough. Soon, though, soon.

[@allelujah1210]

@thomasjoseph3488 I bet those six teams would spend though 😂

[@DoGuov]

There won't be a rift when it's time for the new CBA. All these teams who are benefitting from that shared revenue will gladly take all that money. They do a lockdown and those owners are out on all that money that they're basically getting for doing nothing.

[@thomasjoseph3488]

@DoGuov David Samson's podcast a few weeks ago had much different insights regarding the huge rift between the two owner groups. Might want to consider his points.

[@brianb82328]

Apparently the Dodgers bought this channel too

[@jacobsidedown]

cry

[@fernandosandoval4711]

They dis. Not. Build... not w/o. Mlb. Allowing thisn2. Happen.

[@Mikehawksworld]

Speak English

[@kennymoore6776]

Baseball is becoming like some of the big soccer leagues in Europe...same old same old - not yet...but quite possible.