Overreaction Tuesday – Are we still mad about Grienke?

Hey Dodger fans, Owen here.

I’m one of you. I wasn’t the happiest when Zack Grienke left for Arizona.

Why didn’t the Dodgers match the offer? How could they give up one of the best pitchers in the game?!

LOUD NOISES!

It’s only one game, but calm Dodger fans have to be feeling pretty good about the team’s conservative approach to giving the lovable righty big money. I still like Grienke. I still think he’s a good player. But when some combination of Julio Urias, Jose DeLeon, Frankie Montas, Grant Holmes, Jharel Cotton, and maybe others are contributing at the major league level in the next 1-3 years, the Dodgers’ free agent chastity this past offseason will be lauded.

In fact, I’m going to make a prediction here: After a quiet offseason for free agents in 2015-16, the team will spend BIG money this upcoming offseason. As some of their young players come into their own, the team will make a concerted effort to build it into a true dynasty.

In case you’re worried that the team might not have a chance at the World Series, think about this: This time last year, I felt way better about the overall makeup of the roster, and look where it got them! The Royals didn’t look like a World Series team before either of the past two years, and look where it got them. There isn’t any reason to think this year’s Dodgers can’t get a little better, a little luckier, and make it to the World Series.

I know they won’t win 15-0 every game, and yes, the generalization of what I saw in one game to an entire season is ridiculous, but honestly — we need to stop being mad about Grienke. This is a playoff team again. To be honest, even with Grienke, that’s all it was the past few years too.