OzOcampo was as soon as an govt with the Houston Astros who was the director of worldwide scouting. Now, he appears to be throwing shade on the Los Angeles Dodgers on social media.
Ocampo shared a submit on X (previously Twitter) from the official Main League Baseball account that includes Houston pitcher Framber Valdez. The previous govt, who’s now a professor at Rice College, captioned the submit with “Didn’t value us $1.032 billion to place it collectively both.”
Somebody is clearly bitter that the Dodgers are spending cash to create the most effective roster in baseball. Sadly for Ocampo, the Dodgers are discovering methods to herald expertise and win with out banging on trash cans. Sure, he was employed by Houston in 2017.
This season has been not like another for the Dodgers whereas underneath the management of Andrew Friedman. The workforce’s president of baseball operations set a aim that he needed to strengthen his roster throughout the offseason, reasonably than scramble to amass expertise in July.
He has finished that and angered different executives alongside the best way.
“It’s been my aim the final nonetheless a few years — and I failed miserably at it — however my aim is to keep away from July to purchase,’” Friedman stated eventually month’s winter conferences. “I don’t need to purchase in July. I really feel just like the extra occasions I say it out loud, the higher likelihood it has to truly be a factor.”
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Friedman bolstered the beginning rotation including two-time Cy Younger Award winner Blake Snell and 23-year-old Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki. These two will be part of Shohei Ohtani, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin Might, who’re all getting back from damage.
Los Angeles re-signed All-Star outfielder Teoscar Hernández, added veteran outfielder Michael Conforto and signed Korean utility man Hyeseong Kim.
Then there may be the bullpen. Blake Treinen returned on a two-year deal, Tanner Scott signed a four-year deal and as soon as a spot on the 40-man roster opens up, the Dodgers will formally add Kirby Yates.
It’s all an effort to win now and have the personnel throughout the season if accidents happen. Shopping for on the commerce deadline isn’t one thing Friedman desires to do and he’s avoiding it in any respect prices this winter – even when meaning making a former Houston govt jealous.
“For us going into this offseason, it was, ‘Let’s do every part we will on the entrance finish. Let’s be as aggressive as we may be and be able the place we don’t must go to market in July,’” Friedman stated Thursday at an introductory information convention for Scott, the fourth such ceremony the workforce has held this winter.
“Clearly issues can occur, you by no means know,” Friedman added. “However that’s our recreation plan. To have a very gifted workforce as we head into spring coaching, give that workforce an opportunity to jell and bond collectively, and never have to go to market in July when costs are two occasions what they’re at different occasions.”
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