I can see it coming a mile away. Mark Loretta’s “high going strain” (don’t go there… literally) is going to land him on the DL for the start of the season and that’s OK, because it might save Delwyn Young for another couple of weeks or until Juan Pierre can be traded (but I doubt it).
The Seattle Mariners announcers said that last night Kershaw was “unbelievable.” Think about this: Kershaw will be slotted at #4 against some really bad pitchers. I can see him winning 16-20 games. REALLY! I’m dead serious! Final line last night, 5-1/3 IP, 3 HP 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.
Chin-lung Hu stole a base last night and is hitting .289 this spring. Juan Castro is not on the roster and we will have to drop a player, so it seems to me that Hu will make the team with Castro going to AAA (his contract gives him until June 15th to make the Dodgers or be released). Hu is as good as Castro defensively, probably better, due to better speed and quickness and is probably a better hitter.
My worst fear is that Jon “Blown Save” Broxton will continue to pitch like the mental midget he is. Another Classic Brox Melt-Down last night! I think we may be looking for a closer before too long as I have never had confidence in Broxton. We might not have to look far (Elbert, Lindblom).
Here’s my Opening Day Roster:
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245 |
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6-4 |
290 |
06/16/84 |
2 |
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6-1 |
210 |
08/13/85 |
3 |
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6-3 |
220 |
03/19/88 |
4 |
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6-1 |
235 |
07/23/81 |
5 |
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6-1 |
210 |
02/10/75 |
6 |
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6-5 |
195 |
10/19/84 |
7 |
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6-6 |
210 |
07/25/73 |
8 |
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6-4 |
240 |
06/19/78 |
9 |
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6-2 |
185 |
05/28/83 |
10 |
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5-10 |
200 |
08/22/76 |
11 |
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5-11 |
190 |
04/14/69 |
12 |
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5-10 |
210 |
02/15/83 |
13 |
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210 |
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14 |
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5-11 |
175 |
08/20/85 |
15 |
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195 |
10/24/77 |
16 |
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5-11 |
190 |
02/02/84 |
17 |
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6-0 |
190 |
12/12/77 |
18 |
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6-3 |
220 |
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19 |
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6-0 |
185 |
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210 |
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230 |
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5-11 |
180 |
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200 |
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23 |
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24 |
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25 |
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Until he learns to pitch and not throw, Broxton will be a BP pitcher. Is he as dumb as an ox or what? For someone who spent a month of ST away from the team, you would have thought he finally had his head on straight, guess again.
Watched that last inning that Broxton pitched.
That guy is NOT ready for the season. I could see the look on Joe’s face during that stretch of pitches. He is going back to the drawing board in his mind on just who can finish or close games.
Here Broxton has been with the WBC for a month or so — and his control is not as good as mine right now. He is throwing at 95 or 99 mph, but he is so hittable. He is not fooling folks. His 99 mph ball does not put people away — Mark is right, it is like batting practice.
There is very little movement on his pitches.
Maybe at this point in his career, Broxton is best in the 7th or 8th innings, and let someone else close.
But this is what Spring Training is all about. Getting ready and Joe has only a couple of weeks to get it done.
I would hate to see the rest of the team come through for 8 innings, leading 6 to 3 or 2 to 1, etc. then have cave-ins in the 9th with the closer.
Josh L. might be looked at.
I agree with that roster for the most part.
If Loretta starts the season on the DL, I see Castro and DYoung on the roster over Hu and DeWitt.
I think management likes Castro for his glove, and he’s actually hit really well in ST, so I say he makes the club. Not saying I agree with that.
I believe the Dodgers prefer Hu and DeWitt playing everyday, so I see them starting the season in AAA.
If Loretta is able to go on Opening Day, I think DYoung’s day as a Dodger are over.
I hope it doesn’t happen, but I could see them placing Weaver on the roster over Lindblom.
A part of me wants the Dodgers to use Elbert as a starter at AAA to begin the season, along with Troncoso.
If Schmidt doesnt make it back we have little depth in the rotation. We got Stults and Vargas and that’s about it. And the inevitable injury will occur. We have to have capable arms ready that can go 6+ innings. (I don’t consider Estes and Milton capabale arms if they do end up in Albuquerque.)
With the state of our bullpen, I’m still ticked Joe Beimel isnt back. To be fair to Colletti, I’m fairly sure it was Torre who was the one who didnt want him back.
Since Torre cant live with out a lefty “specialist” I say bring Will Ohman aboard.
I’m a Broxton supporter but that was really bad last night. I hope he was working on one of his pitches and not giving it his all. Kershaw looked really good yesterday. I agree with some of Marks projections for this kid. I also agree with Troy about keeping Castro and having DeWitt and Hu play everyday in the minors. It would be a waste having them on the active roster right now. Well the fear of Manny, Hudson and Furcal being hurt is behind as today but the fear of closing out a game is upon us. I’m just glad it’s still spring training and not the regular season right now. In closing I would just like to make a comment on Casey Blake. He’s making the plays at third and hit a bomb yesterday. Do I hear the sound of Badger warming up his little paws in the background? GET R DONE
I am not the least bit worried about Broxton. He has electric stuff, he just needs to get control of it, and change speeds often enough to not let hitters get comfortable. And, he isn’t a prospect – in 241 IP’s, he has 306 K’s, a 3.02 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP. We aren’t talking about a guy with Major League potential, we are talking about a guy that has already done it!
I am not a pitching coach, but I could teach him how to get some movement on his pitches. It’s just a simple matter of 1. where you put your thumb under the ball and 2. your finger placement in relation to the seams on the ball. It’s high school stuff, and if Honeycutt can’t get that done then he needs to go back to school himself.
Badger’s little paws? I got news for you Bill, my paws are like vice grips. I got forearms like Garvey. (not that Garvey, Garvey my landscape guy) They don’t call me Badger because I pester people.
Wait, maybe they do.
Hey Troy, we talked briefly at Camelback – I was the guy standing next to Mark at the bullpen session. And I agree with you about Beimel. He did the job for us last year – 2.02 ERA. We need somebody like him, we have the money, or at least should have the money, and he could have been had for less than what the Nats gave him.
We all will carry the fear of the DL around with us all year. Get used to the idea.
Josh with the “Big D” mindset for closer.
Troy is right. For some reason, Joe Torre didn’t like Beimel. He simply didn’t want him. Ohman is a good choice, but I would doubt that he’d be ready right away.
I think Elbert would benefit to go to AAA, if his future is as a starter. I am not sure – I really think he and Lindblom can close.
The only reason I suggested keeping Hu over Castro is not to have to drop someone off the 40-man roster. We already have to drop one for Doug Mientkiewicz and another for Josh Lindblom (if he makes the team). Keeping Castro would mean we would have to clear 3 roster spots and if we keep Milton or Estes or Weaver, we would have to drop 4 players off our 40-man roster. We could lose them all, as we are about to do with DY (barring a trade).
I think it’s clear we need to promote that flutterball pitcher, (what was his name?), and let him throw knucklers as our closer. Hell, if opponents are making swiss cheese out of the cheddar Broxton brings, I’d like to see them take three vertical hacks at flutterballs as they try to compensate for all the heat we bring with the rotation.
Whatever was wrong with Wade appears to be fixed. His sinker never was as sudden as Lowe’s, for example, but has great late movement and hits about 90 mph, tops. He threw a monster curve to0 strike out the last batter he faced last night. He could probably do the job.
Broxton just might get his ox-like ass traded if he doesn’t learn how to mix in his slide when he needs an out pitch. Otherwise, we can expect to see a lot of games like last night. Come to think of it, we did see a lot of games like last night when Broxton would close. Either he’d shut them down on three strikeouts and no hits or walks or else it was Katie bar the door! No lead is safe in the hands of an arsonist. Broxton is too young to be called an arsonist. But he sure qualifies as a juvenile delinquent who loves to play with matches and watch even the opposition’s winkiest hitters smash holes in his cheddar– making it swiss. If he can’t learn to rely on something off speed with two strikes you might as well send him back to France. Or was that Switzerland?
Badger, I agree with you about Broxton — but all of that should have been done over the past three years.
Finger placement on the ball for various pitches is the agenda for getting to the show. Heck, he just had a month on the WBC and that staff.
He was wild last night. No control, and what bothers me — he could put very few pitches past hitters, even at 99.
I’d be less concerned about making sure we don’t lose scrubs just because we drafted or traded for them and more concerned about keeping the best bench jockies that balance the team nd provide realistic pinch hitting. Paul has earned a spot. Great bat! But unless we’re out of options, he’ll have to stay down even though he’d be the best pinch hitter of the lot. Repko has the best arm besides Kemp and can play any position. he should get a chance as well and let Pierre squeeze out some kind of trade. Throw in Young and hu and you might get a real pitcher in return. Loretta and Castro m akeHu irrelevnt. Or keep Hu and let Castro go.
I’d keep power (Paul) and a 4th outfielder who can hit and play awesome defense and steal Repko) and let a 3rd string infielder (Hu or Castro) or defective outfielfders (Young or Pierre) go the way of the lemming.
I think its a no brainer that Ardoin gets bumped from the 40 man roster. 5 catchers isnt necessary.
Agree on Ardoin. In fact, he’s such a no brainer I forgot he was still here.
The knuckleball pitcher is Charlie Haeger.
Chuck Haeger? Wasn’t he a fighter pilot?
ldog, wouldn’t you rather see Paul getting 4 at bats a night? I would. He is my number 3 hitter in Albumakirkee. Hu is an Isotope too. Those guys need to play everyday. I don’t like young guys sitting on their asses. If Loretta is hurt, then my guy is Mintcaveitch. Castro has a good glove, but he never could hit and we need somebody off the bench that can scare opposing pitchers.
Castro, Mintcaveitch, Pierre and Repko? (Young?) That’s if we carry 11 pitchers. If we carry 12?
I just don’t know at this point, but I still believe somefin gonna happen to change our make-up.
Badger is thinking of Chuck Yeager I believe. Or Chucky Cheese….
Thanks Chucky! Churlie Haeger. Tell me a dozen times and I still probably wouldn’t recognize his name as it went by in a post. He must be having a great spring as I didn ‘t even see his name on Mover’s red list.
I’d agree it’s probably in Paul’s best interest to get 4 abs per night at AA or AAA as opposed to getting 50 abs for the season with the big club, but we need someone we can really believe in coming off the bench with a bat in their hands. That’s not Castro and it’s not Hu or Minkeywinkeyvitch.
Castro=Hu. Only keep one guy with a glove who couldn’t hit spit in a bottle with a hammer. And Loretta is a utility guy who can hit. I guess that means we go with Young and Repko as the extra outfielders–keep Pierre as the designated munchkin who will bounce the ball toward the infield whether he’s hitting or playing the outfield and send DeWitt down to hone his skills as a second baseman? That seems kind of silly. Blake is ready and could be the best infielder on the team right now if Furcal’s back, O-rod’s wrist and Blake’s geezing come into play.
just want to know what good is a pitching coach.. if he cant teach these young men any thing…. they should have been working with J B all winter long ..he needs other pitch. if the dodger need a pay roll cut ..then get rid of honnycut. to many coachs that do nothing…
Bill, if you have never read Yeager’s book, you should do so. What an incredible read. (not Steve, Chuck)
I haven’t read anything by Mr. Cheese.
Castro glove = Hu glove is accurate. But there is also this – Castro is old and could sit on his ass. Hu needs to play everyday. Castro up, Hu down. If we all can think back a few months, Hu was once one of our 2 A prospects (yes we only had two) the other being the ever popular and much missed Andy La Roach.
I am not sure what position DeWitt should focus on, but I am thinking 3rd base. I just don’t see him as a middle infielder, and if he could add a few pounds of anabolic biceptuals he could become a decent option at the corner. In the mean time – once again I’ontno where he should play but I think he should do it in New Mexico.
I got my site back!
Wholooo!0
Mr Cheese is a good read and he makes a really bad pizza. I agree Castro Up and Hu down but I do understand what Mark is saying about the 40 man roster however. Castro won’t be picked up where as one of our better propects might get taken. I’m glad it’s not me making this decision.
Chucky was the first to break the sound barrier I believe but I haven’t read the book.
I guess the point I was trying to make is that if a guy is probably no better than the 26th candidate right now amongst all candidates for roster spots who are out of options, I say just cut the cheese, check your roster again to make sure he’s no better than 26th amongst those without options left, suck it up and cut the bloke! If he’s 26th best on our roster it’s very unlikely anyone else will pick him up. And if they do we know they’re just weakening they’re overall roster by so doing in comparison to what constitutes our best 25.
It’s like worrying about cuts in football. Scrubs are scrubs. Cut them if they can’t play. Then don’t look back. Forget them. To hell with them if they can’t take a joke.
Bill
Don’t bother to read anything about Yeager.
Yeager allegedly “Broke” the sound barrier on 10/14/47 in a Bell X-1, which is a lie.
However, my friend, Bob Chilton “Mr. P-51″, God rest his soul, was in the chase plane that observed George Welch brake the sound barrier on 10/1/47 in an XP-86.
Pancho lied to the press about not hearing the sound and then told everyone that the sound was just mining explosions because she loved Yeager.
Bob and George, a civilian, were under orders not to brake the sound barrier but George did anyway.
Bob had more test flights in P-51s than Yeager which is counter to other lies that Yeager told.
Politics among the Air Force, North American and Bell prevented the truth from being told.
“Don’t bother to read anything about Yeager”
because your friend was in a chase plane?
“Yeager” – review:
YA Bona fide heroes are a rare breed, and while Chuck Yeager would be the first to deny he was one, his life story tells a different tale. Here he describes his early life in the hills of West Virginia; his years as fighter pilot in World War II, where he was shot down in occupied France and escaped with the help of the French Resistance; his love of flying. His coolness under pressure; his knowledge of how everything on his plane worked; and his extraordinary luck saved his life in many instances. Brash, opinionated, stubborn and given to wild antics, Yeager also comes across as a man of integrity and courage. Yeager both lived and made aviation history. He tells his story vividly and pulls no punches in describing the events and the people who made history with him.”
You don’t read this book because you have a friend who has a friend who knew something about something…. your loss my friend.
Badger
I don’t read anything written by liars.
If you knew who I know and who my wife is related to in this area you would not doubt me.
Chuck Yeager is Steve Yeagers uncle, Didja know?
Back to Broxton: I am sorry guys but he is NOT a closer. It doesn’t mean he is a bad pitcher but damn it why do we have to give this guy so many chances. Can I remind you that when he got a chance in a pressure situation last year he threw a 99MPH fastball over the heart of the plate to a fastball hiiting monster. Matt Stairs hit the ball to Pasadena! Like Mark said “MENTAL MIDGET”. I know Russ Martin takes some of the blame for that butBroxton can not close and I think he will cost us more than a few games this year.
My nominee would be J. McDonald if he doesn’t crack the rotation. This kid has nerves of steel. Baby Hughey can set up or be traded while he still has value.
OK, everyone agrees that Broxton is not a closer. WHO could we trade for? Who do we give up? any ideas????
Remember Jed is watching…..
Mota didn’t look all that great yesterday either. I’m not hearing his name batted around today. If Kuo can go then he’s my man. I’m getting t-shirts printed up as we speak.
Badger,
I can vouch for who Ken knows, but I am sworn to secrecy!
Chucky,
The key is “Don’t panic.” Let this thing play out.
Someone will need Pierre.
Someone will need a SS.
Someone will need a 3B.
Someone will need prospects.
Sell High.
Buy Low!
“Game over” Gagne would appear to be the man. He’s only 33. Fit’s to a Tee. ESPN said this about the geezing Gagne:
A Cy Young award winner as recently as 2003, Gagne’s career was derailed shortly thereafter, as a barrage of injuries have since turned him into a shell of his former elite fantasy self. He has earned small shares of the closer roles in Texas and Milwaukee the past two seasons, but never proved consistent enough to lock either down for an entire season, with a combined WHIP of 1.40 from 2007-08 and a steadily decreasing strikeout rate. A free agent at the onset of spring training, Gagne was seeking simply a chance at a setup role for a big-league club. He’d need to land in a bullpen practically devoid of talent to have a significant chance at some saves.
He’s for us! A bullpen practically devoid of any talent will give him a chance to look better than average by comparison–if you don’t look too hard.
Oh my! What did the juice do to our man Gagne? Left him in shatters, it did.
I don’t agree that Broxton is not a closer.
I would get rid of Honeycutt before I dumped a 24 year old kid who can throw a ball near 100 mph.
You sound just a bit pretentious there ken. Who do you know that knows so much about Leo Janos YOU would call him a liar? Read it, don’t read it, I don’t care. Again, your loss.
I’m beginning to wonder who this Ken person is. I thought I was older than dirt but he’s old enough to have a friend who was an eye witness to Yeager’s fradulant claim to breaking the sound barrier so that probably puts him at least as close to 70 as I to 60 (I’m 59).. His responses indicate he’s most likely a lawyer from the conservative republican religious persuasion.
Anybody know if Ken Starr is a Dodger fan?
What he says about Yeager is probably true. I have a friend who’s father was a flyboy with armed forces during the same era and he said everything Yeager said was crap. A real piece of work. He liked the man less than he liked General Douglas MacArthur–and he hated MacArthur.
He’s younger than you, dog!
Hmmm. He might be the guy who does the voice of Kenny on South Park! He doesn’t say very much but then neither does Kenny on South Park since he’s usually being killed or already dead.
Are you going to give us at least a little more of a hint than the little ones you’ve left for us? Or is this meant to be a board mystery?
Looks like that Welch feller may be a lying rat bastard too:
In his book Me-163, former Me-163 pilot Mano Ziegler claims that his friend, test pilot Heini Dittmar, broke the sound barrier when steep-diving the rocket plane and that several on the ground heard the sonic bangs. Heini Dittmar had been accurately and officially recorded at 1,004.5 km/h (623.8 mph) in level flight on October 2, 1941 in the prototype Me163a V4.
I always thought that the Me163a V4 could have taken the XP 86 in the quarter mile.
You just can’t trust anyone can you.
Gagne? I don’t think the Dogs are interested in bringing him back. I think his numbers need to have an asterisk by them too.
Yes, that’s right . He was much more familiar with the contents of law school courses and had not forgotten most of what he learned there so he must have less than a dozen years experience.
Will you tell us if we gess his identitiy
Stults and Vargas throwing batting practice today.
Pierre with his 10th stolen base this spring. He is auditioning. Somebody is going to take him and somebody is going to get a good deal in the process. Another begonia for Fred.
Mach One is 714 mph isn’t it? I don’t think you could break the sound barrier flying at 623 mph–unless you had really heavy smog in which case you’d cause the “sound” to chop into oozing chunks of oily pollution–which not make a sound…merely a whimper.
We couldn’t sign Gagne in a deal unless he was released or waived by his present team as I think He signed an FA contract at the beginning of the spring.
All these test pilot guys think highly of themselves and have a bit of a God complex or they wouldn’t be able to do their job s without occasionally retreating to the corner of a storage room, pulling into the fetal position and cry like a baby girl. Some are just more arrogant than others.
The other thing I notice about Ken is that he’ll throw some statement out that looks to all the world like an opinion and they won’t defend it. If you push him on it, he’ll give you a little smack upside the head. If you then look at what he said closely you can see there could be a basis for what he said but it’s still vague and no supplemental material is added to clarify the “issue” and how he knows he’s right. This is aggravating. When he’s clearly right on the face of the statement made because he looked at it more carefully, it can be maddening to the point you want to engage in a little monitor diving, come up in his room and open a la little can of ass whoop on him–which shows great intelligence on the part of his victim He is smarter than most lawyers at least in the sense that he is very careful about what he reads and says in response to something and doesn’t want to argue about anything. Just smack you if you cross the lines of logic or get careless in your reading before responding.
The fact he doesn’t want to dirty himself in a good old fashion argument but will still tell you the truth about something in a provocative way using just a line or two then shut up together with his reliance on what is taught in law school and the subtle differences between agreements which are contracts and others which are iillusory again points to a lawyer who didn’t actually practice much time as a trial lawyer and spent most of is time in legal research as a lawyer or J.D. or LLD who didn’t bother with law school.
Tony LaRussa might fit–but he’s not named Ken. Boras is younger than I and he’d fit the bill.
That’s at sea level ldog. The speed of sound gets lower as you get higher.
You are right about test pilots being arrogant. They have egos the size of Montana, and, if you read Yeager’s book you will understand why. You don’t get to where they got without enormous belief in yourself.
ken doesn’t say a lot, but you are right, he throws stuff out there and backs off to see who will swing at it. But the statement “I don’t read anything written by liars” is rather ridiculous, not to mention prejudicial. Of course you do. Everyone does because everyone lies, or embellishes at some point. Every day if you read a newspaper you are likely reading something that isn’t true.
I once ran a 9.8 hundred.
There, you just read something that is a lie.
I used to throw a 100 MPH fast ball.
LIE!
I only threw 97.
Badger,
Ken is the kid of guy who doesn’t want the spotlight, but if you knew what I know, you would understand, and if you told me something in confidence, I would honor that which I am doing with Ken. Don’t be too hard on him. You really can’t have any idea, and NO, Lawdog, I won’t tell.
I don’t care who the guy is, or who the guy knows, or who the guy’s wife knows, anyone, and I mean ANYONE who makes a statement like the one he did deserves to be called on it.
I don’t know Chuck Yeager at all, but I read his book and thought it was a good read. Was some of it trumped up? Maybe, but the fact is Yeager is an American hero who put his life on the line many times and lived to tell about it. Was he the first to break the sound barrier? Who the f cares? Was he a decorated combat pilot? Yep, he sure was. And now some guy in a chat room is telling me he knows different? Sorry, I’ll believe the medals on Yeagar’s chest before I buy rhetoric from some guy in a chat room named ken – that’s ken with a small k.
Back to the Dodgers and the stinko pitching – 4 HR’s and 4 BB in 6 innings today.
11-8 in the 7th inning. Sounds like a slow pitch softball game.
Badger,
Both of you are passionate about it for different, and valid reasons, and I think Ken is OK with being called out. My guess is that he’s had his say about it and doesn’t really care to do battle. Just a hunch…
Spring Training — going on for like 5 years now, it seems.
Joe might have to put a bunch of names in a hat and pull one for the 5th starter.
Stult just seems like a AAA guy. Vargas, in one inning gives up 2 bombs, 4 hits, 4 runs.
And Lindblom came down to earth.
From what I have seen this spring, almost all of the Dodger pitches on the expanded roster need to go to A or AA or AAA or be released.
How does all of the above talk relate to a Yeager-snitzel?
These 3 stooges auditioning for the 5th spot in the rotation are like playing hot potato with a live grenade. Thanks for the effort or lack thereof but Larry, Moe and Curly have all but given the job to you, James. Please grasp that ring by your actions tommorow.
We still have no 5th starter. Sure, we have names we could pull out of a hat, but none of them can be counted on for one quality start, let alone a string of them.
I don’t wish to “do battle” either Mark. I hear someone call a decorated combat vet a liar, I get just a bit testy. You call a man a liar, you question his entire testimony do you not?
Yeager snitzel? Would you mean yager schnitzel? noodles mushrooms and brown gravy?
I learned from an old Abbott & Costello movie, Buck Privates — the song, “The Navy Gets the Gravy and the Army Gets the Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans.”
I think in the end, Ned has to make a trade for another starter, or sign “some” free agent.
This team is too good, they have spent too much money — to go with a window washer #5 starter for more than a couple of starts.
Anyone else concerned a bit about Loney and his bat – at this point???
I would add — McDonald could it the nod, but it is hard to see that he could start like 30 times and maintain major league quality start.
Yes, other have in the past — but it is really a big mountain to climb. If he is given the chance, I will be rooting for him
Don’t forget about Schmidt….
Yeah, I know.
I’m just sayin’
Let it play out.
If we need to make a trade,
we will!
Yeah who knows. Maybe once the bell does ring, we will have a few guys that will step up and get some outs. It’s not like we don’t have a plethora of arms from which to choose. None of them look good now, but it only takes one to make it work.
I am not worried about Loney. He is a gifted hitter and will come around. That is, if he is healthy. Maybe he has an owie now too.