Lost both Lowe and Penny for good or for bad — but we have a rotation of: Billingsley, Wolf, Kershaw, McDonald, and Stults. With Kuroda on the shelf.

Face it, Stults and McDonald are not starters for a first place team trying to win it all this year.

I would rather see Kershaw as a #4 or #5, to take off pressure from his starts.

The pen is a mess. I will not even name names there.

So far, the 2009 Dodgers have pitching problems like the 2008 Yankees. No balance or strength.

[ Read read the last sentence again, three more times. ]

I read this moring that since April 15, Billingsley and Wolf are the only Dodger starters to pitch past the 5th inning. This is not the making of a championship team. Rather, a team that has to struggle to win games and that can cause deep depression of the players, coaches, and fans.

Best to sign someone out there (hint) or consider a trade soon. If a trade, forget who you are trading, and fill the major gap that it present.

With the Giants pitching, if the Dodgers do not make a more, the Giants just might finish above the Dodgers. And Venice would never lets us forget it.

The Draft is around the corner.

Might as well give Weaver/Milton/Estes a shot. That’s the first thing to try, if that doesn’t work, it will be time to figure out who we part with to get what we need.

Starting pitching ERA 4.60
Relievers ERA 3.67

Game ain’t over yet though. We could wake up.

But, not me. I am going to bed.