Last week Mark kind of stole my thunder with his remarks about Raul Ibanez who is a Special Assistant now to Andrew Friedman. He had signed with the Dodgers in February of 2016 along with Greg Maddux.
The reasons for my interest in Raul Ibanez was that first, it was recently rumored he had an opportunity to move to another organization and didn’t. Secondly, suggestions were made that others were deserting a sinking ship when Farhan Zaidi, Turner Ward and Chris Woodward, among others, moved on to other positions. I think the exodus is not a sign of a sinking ship but a sign that the ship is full steam ahead and those moving on have not only been a factor in that progression but have also been the beneficiaries of being in the Dodgers organization.