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Talks with the Dodgers centered around Kemp/Ethier

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MrOrange82 Hangout Grand Counsel

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I agree with Weams. The sad thing is if the Yankees/Dodgers/Angels/Red Sox make a 20 million dollar mistake, they can rebound from it.

IF the O's took on Matt Kemp and he got hurt, it would crush our financial flexibility, possibly for the remainder of his contract. We have ZERO room for error.

I like Kemp, but the risk is too high.

It would "crush" he O's flexibility because of the owner, not because dealing with it would be financially impossible.

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But if Kemp can be had for a bag of balls and any sane owner would pay his contract, why hasn't he been traded yet?

I clearly said the contract carries risk and he's had the injury bug but noted the upside potential of acquiring such a player on essentially a 6/120 deal (after accounting for JJ's money). It still requires a team with financial wherewithal to do such a move which I was hopeful we might be since as we unloaded JJ's contract and Nick's money is coming off the books after 2014. The Dodger need to move an OF and Kemp is the most likely candidate. I suspect you will see him moved before the offseason wraps and I hope it doesn't end up being to another AL East club.

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He can't. And who knows. Maybe the Dodgers required EROD or Gausman as well. We don't know that.

This is a possibility and certainly would change the discussion quite a bit. If I was Dan, I would have tried to fit Kemp's contract into my 2014 budget (2015 plus would be aided by Nick being gone) even if I had to forego spending in other areas and get by with in house solutions, though I fully acknowledge that reasonably minds may differ on that approach.

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