Unlike second base, the outfield is not a place that the Dodgers need to add any players. Conversely, they have too many. So where does that leave someone like Andre Ethier coming off an injury-riddled season?
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While it’s probably entirely too early for team management to begin piecing together roster ideas for the upcoming season, it certainly doesn’t hurt when fans begin brainstorming about areas of the squad that could eventually fall under heavy scrutiny about four months from now.
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For whoever the primary person is that’s responsible for writing the Dodgers‘ daily lineups these days, it must be difficult to leave Andrew Toles out of the batting order on any given occasion.
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Up until just a few days ago, it seemed as if the Dodgers‘ front office crew was looking to move outfielder Yasiel Puig to another club in hopes of acquiring a player or two who could conceivably upgrade the squad in the 2016 playoffs. While it was rumored the Brewers claimed Puig off waivers and were working on a trade centered around veteran Ryan Braun, both sides failed to reach an agreement, and the Dodgers eventually decided to pull Puig back onto the roster.
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Ever since the initial moment Josh Reddick arrived in Los Angeles as part of the deal that sent three quality prospects to Oakland, fans of the Dodgers have seemingly been viewing him under a microscope, and many have begun to wonder if rookie Andrew Toles is the better option to play every day in right field.
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If any avid Dodgers fan would have predicted in April that the club’s primary outfield group would consist of Howie Kendrick, Joc Pederson and Josh Reddick come the first of August, that particular fan would probably have been ridiculed and eventually ostracized completely from their own individual Dodger community.
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Having pulled away from the Padres with an 8-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dodgers wasted no time in making their first substitution of the 2016 campaign on Monday, moving left fielder Carl Crawford to the bench in favor of the versatile Trayce Thompson.
It seems like every other word uttered about the Dodgers these days is “depth.” Sure, the Dodgers are very deep in terms of having a very talented organizational pool of players, however, the number of seasoned veterans on the field with both fine leadership skills and World Series experience are few and far between.
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