2nd Biggest Surprise of the 2008 Season

by Phil Gurnee on Dec 18, 2008 9:45 PM PST

Nothing can top Mannywood but before we head into 2009 what was the ~~biggest~~ 2nd biggest surprise of 2008.

We expected Billingsley to be good, we expected Kershaw to be a phenom, we expected Kuroda to at least be average but what was the biggest surprise of the season.

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Biggest Surprise of 2008

DeWitt starting 3rd base opening day and 2nd base during playoffs

47 votes

A Jones putting up one of the worse Dodger seasons in history

88 votes

Kuo staying healthy and becoming a dominant setup man

6 votes

Nomar playing SS again

6 votes

Neither LaRoche or Nomar or DeWitt playing 3rd base in Sept

3 votes

Corey Wade???

28 votes

Beating the Cubs three straight

72 votes

Other - Write In

8 votes

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I voted “other,” because I never in a million years thought I’d see Manny Ramirez in Dodger Blue.

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Dec 18, 2008 10:33 PM PST reply actions

Other

I voted other as well. Manny has got to be the biggest surprise of ‘08. Of course he won’t win though because its not on the poll.

by Brendan Scolari on Dec 18, 2008 11:58 PM PST reply actions

Mannywood!!!!

I’ve modified the poll. Sorry to see your Other vote get wasted.

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Dec 19, 2008 8:08 AM PST reply actions

Nomar playing SS for a reasonably extended period of time (29 starts) without exploding to dust was shocking to me, but even the most negative about the Andruw Jones’ signing couldn’t have foreseen such a disastrous year.

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Dec 19, 2008 10:23 AM PST reply actions

Corey Wade

I had to pick C Wade. Seriously, who had that guy on their radar prior to 2008, and who honestly believed that he could be so effective in the pen for the Dodgers this season?

Paul Lo Duca is MLB's Pablo Escobar..

by DodgerBlueBalls on Dec 19, 2008 3:36 PM PST reply actions

Wade didn't surprise me

I remember looking at his stats in the minors and saying “hey, we have a minor league pitcher that doesn’t have control problems.” 100 K, 28 BB and 8 HR in 99 IP in 2007, not too shabby.

by StolenMonkey86 on Dec 23, 2008 3:54 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
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Biggest Surprise of 2008

DeWitt starting 3rd base opening day and 2nd base during playoffs

A Jones putting up one of the worse Dodger seasons in history

Kuo staying healthy and becoming a dominant setup man

Nomar playing SS again

Neither LaRoche or Nomar or DeWitt playing 3rd base in Sept

Corey Wade???

Beating the Cubs three straight

Other - Write In

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