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Yasmani, FAZ and Choke Artists

LADodgerTalk.com | August 27, 2018

Related Topics: Yasmani Grandal, Matt Kemp, Sabermetrics, Will Smith, Dave Roberts (outfielder), Andrew Friedman

I want to address a few issues today.

  1. Yasmani Grandal
  2. The Front Office and Sabermetrics
  3. Calling players Choke Artists

Yasmani Grandal

When the Dodgers acquired Yasmani for Matt Kemp, I thought it was a great trade for the obvious reasons: (1) It was a salary dump that needed to be made; and (2) I thought Yasmani Grandal would be an All-Star Catcher who was capable of 30-35 HR a year. Yasmani has not lived up to that billing, but he is arguably still one of the top catchers in the game.

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