How Good Is Our Fifth Starter? Pretty Dang Good.

by Andrew on Dec 27, 2006 12:46 PM PST in News

When I was doing my review of the Dodger pitching staff, I wondered exactly how good the average starter was at each slot in the rotation. With almost impeccable timing, Jeff Sackmann of the Hardball Times answers that question.

The Dodger rotation breaks down just as I thought it would, based on their projections. A slightly below average number one, a slightly above average number two, a great third starter, an even better fourth starter and an out of this world fifth starter. Even better, the back end of the Dodgers rotation won't fall to the league average unless four or five guys get hurt. If championships were truly won on pitching and defense, the Dodgers would be looking mighty good right now. I'll settle for contending in the NL West.

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Randy Wolf: Great fourth starter?

I was going to quibble with your evaluation of Wolf, but then I looked at the projected NL rotations on ESPN's Hot Stove League. Wow, Randy Wolf is looking pretty good to me now.

Here is how I would rate the projected fourth starters for 2007, off the top of my head, with salary no factor:

Cole Hamels
Adam Wainright
RANDY WOLF
Anibal Sanchez
Claudio Vargas
Clay Hensley
Oliver Perez
Jason Marquis
Taylor Buchholz
Kyle Lohse
Shawn Chacon
Brad Hennessey
Wandy Rodriguez
Kyle Davies
Enrique Gonzalez
Shawn Hill

by Alfredo Griffin on Dec 27, 2006 4:42 PM PST reply actions

Fifth starter?

Who is your "out of this world 5th starter"?
Wolf? Billingsley? Guo? I would consider Billingsley and Guo as very good fifth starters, but then that would make Wolf your 4th starter. I consider Wolf a poor 4th starter and an average 5th starter at best. vr, Xei

by xeifrank @ True Blue LA on Dec 27, 2006 9:50 PM PST reply actions

Fourth Starter

I have Wolf as the fourth starter. If he puts up a 4.50 ERA, that's still much better than the 5.10 ERA by the average fourth starter. If he's bad enough that he slips below that, Kuo will replace him.

by Andrew on Dec 27, 2006 10:45 PM PST up reply actions

What about

The fact that Wolf is likely the 6th best starter on the roster. That should count for something.

by PatrickTheDodgersFan on Jan 1, 2007 4:09 PM PST reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
56	Matt Chico lhp	29
33	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
37	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 20 For more info, click here.

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