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Though a move has yet to be made Leonys Martin Jersey , the Dodgers appear to be the most active team at the winter meetings. ews: Realmuto, Castellanos, Kelly New,618commentsByBlakeHarris@BlakeHarrisTBLADec 11, 2018, 11:01am PSTShareTweetShareShareDodgers news: Realmuto, Castellanos, Kelly Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsThough a move has yet to be made, the Dodgers appear to be the most active team at the winter meetings. With their name seemingly attached to almost every player, it looks as if the Dodgers are ready for a busy offseason. J.T. RealmutoWith the likely departure of Yasmani Grandal, one of the Dodgers’ biggest needs is finding a catcher. It’s not every day the best player at a certain position is available via trade, and LA has been linked to one the entire offseason. Realmuto, 27, is regarded as the best catcher in all of baseball. He led all catchers in 2018 with a WAR of 4.3. In only 125 games, he hit 21 home runs and drove in 74, both career-highs. The Marlins know how good of a player they have, and it shows in their asking price for him. There’s no question that the Dodgers desperately want Realmuto. He’d be an instant upgrade http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , and another solid bat added in the lineup. However, it’s unclear if LA will meet Miami’s steep asking price.The Dodgers are high on Bellinger moving forward, so not sure if they would consider moving him. There’s no doubt that LA has the farm pieces to acquire Realmuto, it’s just a matter of them agreeing to include a major-leaguer as well, whether that be a Bellinger or a Yasiel Puig. The Dodgers have two things going for them in their favor. One, Miami reportedly wants to ship Realmuto outside of their division. With the other heavy suitor being the Mets, LA may have an upper-hand advantage. Two, It’s been reported that Miami’s asking price is decreasing by day, as they hope to dish him out soon.Though, with two highly touted catchers in the Dodgers farm system already, it raises the question on whether or not Realmuto is worth the price. Nick Castellanos With all the news surrounding Bryce Harper, the Dodgers have expressed interest in another outfielder. With Castellanos not even a top their list, it’s likely a deal never happens. However, this is something to take a look at. Should the Dodgers acquire a Realmuto or a Corey Kluber, they’d likely be sending away one or two of their starting outfielders, thus opening up a spot. As mentioned, the Dodgers will be strongly pushing towards signing Harper. Though, should the two teams not reach an agreement http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , Castellanos would be a great addition. Only 26 years old, Castellanos has quietly been one of the better outfielders in baseball over the last three seasons. Last year, he hit a career-best .298, to go along with 23 home runs and 89 RBI. Over the last three seasons, he’s hit .285/.336/.495/.831. On top of that, he has 67 homers and 248 RBI. Since 2016, Castellanos is one of 14 players with those numbers. Joe KellyYesterday, I talked about the Dodgers making a push towards a reliever. Today, there is news of LA making what looks like a stronger push towards signing another one. According to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com, the Dodgers “may be putting the biggest push” towards signing Joe Kelly. Kelly, an LA native, was born in Anaheim, played high-school ball at Corona High School and played collegiate ball at the University of Riverside. He had a bit of a down year in 2018, posting an ERA of 4.39 and a WHIP of 1.35. However, he was practically lights out during Boston’s World Series push. In nine games, the 30-year-old had an ERA of 0.79, while opponents only hit .186 off of him. He had 13 strikeouts in 11 1鈦? innings of work. The Dodgers know him too well, as they struggled against him in the World Series. Kelly threw six innings of shutout ball against LA Jeimer Candelario Jersey , while striking out 10. Final newsWith the Dodgers being drawn to a plethora of players, there’s some that might be on the way out. With Bellinger and Puig being brought up in deals, there are other names that might be shipped out should a trade take place. Definitely a lot to keep an eye on as the winter meetings continue. ST. LOUIS (AP) Jose Martinez is making the most of his limited opportunities.Martinez sliced an opposite-field pinch-hit single to the right-center field gap off Wade Davis with one out in the ninth inning, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs and lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Thursday.”Trying to put the ball in play, trying just to get one run, that’s the most important thing,” Martinez said.Greg Garcia singled with one out against Davis (1-4) and took third on a single by rookie Harrison Bader.Bader stole second, and Martinez singled on a high fastball, giving the Cardinals their ninth walk-off win this season.It was the first career walk-off RBI for Martinez, whose playing time has decreased since Mike Shildt became the interim manager on July 14.”It’s a great teammate. That’s probably one of the best compliments I can give Jose,” Shildt said. ”He’s still getting opportunities. He’s not getting quite as many, but he’s determined to make the most of them and showed up ready to take a really quality at-bat with a nice plan.”Davis has a career-high five blown saves in 36 chances.”I left it over the plate,” he said. ”A couple of line drive hits there. Obviously, the stolen base didn’t help either.”Colorado, which began the day one game back for the NL’s second wild card, lost three of four at the Cardinals. The Rockies had been seeking to tie the franchise record of nine straight series without a series loss but instead lost a series for the first time since dropping two of three at San Francisco from June 26-28.”We’re in every game now, which is good, and we’ve won most of them http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey ,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. ”We’ve got to continue to pitch well. If we do that we’ll be fine.”Chasen Shreve (3-2), acquired from the New York Yankees on Saturday, pitched a perfect ninth in his second appearance for the Cardinals.”This is a focused group that’s really dedicated to playing good baseball and to moving this thing forward and to win games and to put us in position even further than where we are now,” Shildt said. ”This team wants to play in the playoffs.”St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas allowed two runs – one earned – and seven hits in seven innings. Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela gave up one run and five hits in six innings.After the Cardinals loaded the bases in the sixth, Senzatela struck out Bader on a curveball in the dirt with an 0-2 count.Tyler O’Neill put St. Louis ahead with a sacrifice fly in the third. Gerardo Parra had a tying single in the fourth, and Colorado went ahead when Ian Desmond hit a bouncer to the third-base side, and Mikolas made an off-balance throw that hit the tarp in foul territory in right field. Desmond was credited with a single, and Nolan Arenado came home from third on the error.MAKING A SPLASHO’Neill made a running catch against the wall right-field wall in the first inning to rob Arenado of an extra-base hit and a diving catch of a liner off of Trevor Story’s bat in the fourth.”If I can help on the defensive side of the ball that’s what I’m going to do,” O’Neill said. ”I was just able to make a couple of plays out there to help the boys get the game going.”TRAINING ROOMRockies: 2B DJ LeMahieu (left oblique strain) was reinstated from the 10-day DL and 2B Garrett Hampson was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque.Cardinals: OF Marcell Ozuna left in the fifth inning because of discomfort in one of his left toes. 2B Kolten Wong (left knee inflammation) began an injury rehabilitation assignment at Class A Peoria and is expected to join the team this weekend in Pittsburgh.UP NEXTRockies: RHP German Marquez (9-8, 4.82 ERA) starts Friday’s opener of a three-game series at Milwaukee. He is 4-0 with a 3.03 ERA in his last five starts.Cardinals: RHP John Gant (3-4, 3.49 ERA) starts a three-game series on Friday at Pittsburgh, where RHP Chris Archer (3-5, 4.31 ERA) is to make his Pirates debut after his acquisition from Tampa Bay. Gant is coming off his shortest outing of the season, lasting 4 1/3 innings in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night.—