The Los Angeles Dodgers shall be a brand new crew in 2024. To some extent, this may be stated in the beginning of any marketing campaign, however this season particularly feels just like the one that basically brings a brand new assortment of gamers to Los Angeles.
For the previous few years, the identical script has been adopted. The crew returns a core with one or two key additions (corresponding to Mookie Betts becoming a member of in 2020, Freddie Freeman in 2022), and this 12 months we’ve got Shohei Ohtani, however far more.
If we have a look at that 2019 crew, the final one earlier than Betts joins the group and instantly turns into one among its mainstays, the variety of gamers from that group which can be nonetheless round shouldn’t be that nice. Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager, the 2 high hitters of that group, are each gone, the veteran presence of Justin Turner isn’t any extra, and within the rotation, solely Walker Buehler and Clayton Kershaw stay, each of whom won’t be round in the beginning of in 2024.
So many essential additions are an enormous deal and the entrance workplace definitely confirmed some urgency within the offseason. Nevertheless, by means of all the nice in it, yours really can't be somewhat unhappy from what appears like the top of an period, possibly unhappy isn't the appropriate phrase, however it's only a good excuse to recollect a bunch which isn’t any extra.
Even guys like Betts and Freeman who at the moment are totally established in our minds as Dodger stars, didn't make it with the crew. The Buehlers and Will Smiths of the world are few and much between. The core of this World Collection favourite crew is constructed from exterior acquisitions, some at worth like Betts (the commerce, not essentially the contract) and even Freeman (whose contract seems like a cut price today). For others like Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the crew simply cleared report contracts that had been wanted to get them.
All this creates a special feeling forward of the 2024 season. The common seasons have been somewhat drained the final two years. After all, it's nice to see the crew doing effectively, however with a lot strain tied to the October present, and a lot of the identical group collectively, the thrill for the common 12 months hasn't been as nice. and at this time. .
Your complete rotation will consist of latest names. Shohei Ohtani is a present all by himself, and there are many new issues to take a look at.
Having stated all this, and with completely nothing towards Manuel Margot, I'm certain I used to be not alone in being somewhat completely satisfied to see the crew return Kiké Hernández to the crew. It feels good to have Hernández as part of this group and though he was absent for a few seasons, Dodger Blue got here out of him.
Barring disaster, this crew will do very effectively over 162, and within the course of, we'll be launched to every kind of latest stars from Yamamoto to Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow. Nonetheless, it's good to see some OG names across the group, together with supervisor Dave Roberts.
