Letters: Is this the end of the Yasiel Puig era?

Free advice to Yasiel Puig: While in the minors, mimic the behavior of 19-year-old Julio Urias with his maturity, dedication, desire, concentration, teamwork, and professionalism.

John Howard

Port Hueneme

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Andrew Friedman once again double-talked his way into making Dodgers fans believe he was after, as he called them, “elite-level” players. Instead, he kept his precious first-tier prospects and traded for an outfielder hitting below .200 against lefties and a 36-year-old pitcher on the disabled list. These moves, or lack of, are almost indefensible, but letting Matt Moore, a better starting pitcher than anyone on the Dodgers’ roster not named Kershaw, go to the hated Giants is an unpardonable sin. At least we’re still the projected pennant favorites in 2020.

Allan Kandel

Los Angeles

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The Yasiel Puig saga has more to it than meets the eye. A performance demotion? Laughable. This cannot possibly be a performance demotion. With stiffs like Scott Van Slyke, Kike Hernandez and AJ Ellis still on the roster, a 50% Puig is head and shoulders more valuable than them. Heck, even Joc Pederson is an iffy big leaguer.

We all know that Puig is a head case to the enth degree. He’s lazy and uncoachable. He has been since day one. But what did he do to warrant this demotion? Did he tell upper management what they could do to themselves? Whatever he did or said was the final straw. Puig may never wear the Dodger uniform again and I guarantee you it has nothing to do with his performance.

Geno Apicella

Placentia

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Maybe if the Dodgers had just used a ruler instead of all their fancy numbers crunching in dealing with Puig they would have noticed that the distance between Puig the All-Star and Puig the underachiever was exactly equal to the distance between Puig’s left ear and Puig’s right ear and that the piece they needed to bridge that gap was a guy working part time in retail.

I guess it is too late to talk Tim Bravo into meeting Yasiel in Oklahoma City. No matter what one says about the Dodgers’ brain trust. it turns out that one still needs just a little bit of common sense.

Larry Weiner

Culver City

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The Dodgers finally had enough of Yasiel Puig’s bad attitude and constant issues. Apparently the rest of baseball felt the same way as no team wanted to give the Dodgers more than a bucket of balls for Puig’s services.

Dylan Hernandez goes on to say that the Dodgers never figured out how to handle him. I disagree. Two different managers tried different things and they even had a personal baby sitter in Tim Bravo working with him.　

It was time for the Dodgers to cut their losses, time for a 25-year-old baseball player to play by the team rules and take responsibility for his actions like an adult and deal with the consequences of his behavior. 　　　　　　　　　　

Matthew D. Kerster

Gardena

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I was much saddened to learn that the Dodgers have given up, at least temporarily, on Yasiel Puig. That is because I am a Giants fan. I’m afraid that now the Dodgers’ total fielding percentage, total base-running efficiency, and overall batting average will all increase.

Andrew Sacks

Riverside

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Puig was finally hitting a little because his teammates were scoring some runs, and he didn’t need a five-run homer every time up.

Congrats, Andrew. Dodgers fans were wondering if you knew what you were doing. You’ve removed all doubt.

Jim Grier

Costa Mesa

The Dodgers may be well stocked with arms but why are they emulating “The Walking Dead” with so many stiffs? Just when I’d almost forgotten Chris Hatcher, Mat Latos and Jim Johnson, now we have Brock.Stewart. Does anyone really think Avilan is the answer? Why was anyone panting over McCarthy, who was Andy Ashby at his best. Ryu looks finished. Bud Norris, Brett Anderson and Alex Wood? Really? The new guy Chavez came with a 4.57 ERA, but now, evidently, the Dodgers are finally saving time — they traded for Rich Hill, who’s already on the DL.

Can we send management to Oklahoma City?

Bill Locey

Ventura

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As a Mexican American who has grown up rooting for the Dodgers and remembers the impact Fernando Valenzuela had on the community, I was glad to see that the Dodgers did not trade Julio Urías. With what he has already endured, this young man is an inspiration. As someone who has to take unpaid days off from work to watch the few Dodgers games that are televised, I can only hope that the contract dispute gets settled before he becomes a full-time starter.

Karen Y. Perez

Lomita

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Let’s hope that Rich Hill doesn’t get blistered by the Red Sox when he starts this weekend.

Jeff Hershow

Woodland Hills

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During the early years of the Civil War, a member Abraham Lincoln’s administration told the president it was that Ulysses S. Grant was a drunkard. Lincoln responded, “Find out what he drinks and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals.”

I say that Dave Roberts should find out what brand of gum Corey Seager constantly chews and that a case of it should be sent to all his fellow teammates.

Steven Schilling

Sierra Madre

And the Angels ….

The trades the Angels made definitely shows me that this team is going backward. Go ahead, Arte, sign more injured and over-the-hill players. You’ve had a great fan base, but, I don’t know how long they’ll keep coming out to see your minor league team.

Ernie Beltran

Tulare, Calif.

Hey Mike Scioscia. Regarding your love affair with using Huston Street, I suggest you modify his role slightly. Instead of using him as the closer, how about using him as the closer for Angels batting practice? That way, home run balls would benefit Angels hitters instead of destroying chances for an Angels victory.

John Raetz

Fountain Valley

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Scioscia says no white flag is being run up. I believe the last time I heard that it was concerning Custer’s last stand. Sorry, I’m an Angel fan.

Jack Buss

Banning

Unfair to Rams’ fans

On July 29, I responded to an ad for a job fair being hosted by the Rams. Unfortunately, the event was more of a cattle call than a job fair and “the leader in crowd management” and the Rams organization seem oblivious to the fact that crowds are made of people. There was no shade provided from the heat, water stations were useless as there were no drinking cups available by early afternoon, and the few bathroom facilities available to the public were disgusting and unmaintained.

Once applicants were moved indoors there were still several hours of waiting to be had and long lines with more standing along the walls, despite the availability of chairs. I left after six hours sunburned and dehydrated, and I still hadn’t seen an application. Although the waiting was for naught. the experience was an eye opener.

While the return of the Rams to Los Angeles has been advertised as an opportunity to bring money and jobs to Los Angeles, the organization and its affiliates need to remember that the labor pool is made up of human beings and we are not chattel.

Linda Rodriguez-Bayete

Los Angeles

Pulling rank

Well, if you are going to evaluate all-time college football rankings [Aug. 3], then you have to provide context over the years. Pretty much every college in the Top 15 has lied, cheated, paid off players, been on probation, took tests for players, and has maintained abysmal graduation rates to attain their dubious ranking. Institutional corruption at its best.

Jeff Black

Los Angeles

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