Poll: Which Minor Leaguer Will Make The Biggest Improvement?

by scareduck on Apr 5, 2006 1:23 PM PDT

I've said elsewhere that this team could be improved by means of a strategically placed bus accident.

My question to the audience out there: which rookie/position will rate the biggest improvement? I provide the position, starting player and then his notional replacement from AAA Las Vegas and/or AA Jacksonville.

Poll

Which player/position will be the biggest improvement if the starter goes down?

SP: Jae Seo/Chad Billingsley

18 votes

C: Sandy Alomar, Jr./Russell Martin

16 votes

1B: Nomar Garciaparra/James Loney

7 votes

SS: Rafael Furcal/Joel Guzman

2 votes

3B: Bill Mueller/Joel Guzman

2 votes

3B: Bill Mueller/Andy LaRoche

4 votes

LF: Jose Cruz, Jr./Joel Guzman

8 votes

LF: Jose Cruz, Jr./Andre Ethier

5 votes

SP: Derek Lowe/Chad Billingsley

6 votes

68 votes | Poll has closed

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Loney

Kind of cheating to vote for him, since he's already up... but Nomar did look like the weak link even before he got DL'ed. "Weak link," meaning, "guy most likely to snap like a twig."

Close second for me is Cruz/Guzman.

by wedge on Apr 5, 2006 10:24 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Loney

Oh, I should clarify: I did vote Nomar/Loney in the poll.

by wedge on Apr 5, 2006 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Billingsley for Lowe

Lowe's a bum. The deposition only confirms what I already thought. If we can get someone to take his contract, we should do it ASAP.

by friscododger on Apr 6, 2006 11:29 AM PDT 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
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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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Poll: Which Minor Leaguer Will Make The Biggest Improvement?

Which player/position will be the biggest improvement if the starter goes down?

SP: Jae Seo/Chad Billingsley

C: Sandy Alomar, Jr./Russell Martin

1B: Nomar Garciaparra/James Loney

SS: Rafael Furcal/Joel Guzman

3B: Bill Mueller/Joel Guzman

3B: Bill Mueller/Andy LaRoche

LF: Jose Cruz, Jr./Joel Guzman

LF: Jose Cruz, Jr./Andre Ethier

SP: Derek Lowe/Chad Billingsley

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