Game Thread 7/2: Houston Astros

by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:01 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros, Jul 2, 2008 5:05 PM PDT

Prior to the game, Clayton Kershaw was sent down to make room for Hiroki Kuroda on the active roster. I do like this move overall, because we really do need to limit Kershaw's innings this year, and this could make him available for a stretch run. It also removes the slim chance he could have recieved arbitration this year. However, Kershaw is certainly a better pitcher than Eric Stults, so losing him does make the team worse in the short term.

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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Houston Astros

07/02/08 5:05 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers	Houston Astros
Matt Kemp - CF	Michael Bourn - CF
Andre Ethier - RF	Hunter Pence - RF
Russell Martin - C	Lance Berkman - 1B
Jeff Kent - 2B	Carlos Lee - LF
James Loney - 1B	Miguel Tejada - SS
Blake DeWitt - 3B	Geoff Blum - 3B
Delwyn Young - LF	David Newhan - 2B
Luis Maza - SS	J.R. Towles - C
Hiroki Kuroda - P	Runelvys Hernandez - P

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If Stults can keep up his smoke and mirrors act for a few more starts

then it won’t hurt too much. The sooner teams figure Stults out though the worse this becomes.

Hopefully now that Kershaw has had some time in the bigs he’ll be able to work on that walk problem…

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by bluemax on Jul 2, 2008 5:07 PM PDT reply actions

Let’s win this one for Shawn Chacon.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:11 PM PDT reply actions

Kent has an .845 OPS since he came back from injury.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:13 PM PDT reply actions

And now that.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions

So what you're saying is

rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated?

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by bluemax on Jul 2, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

DeWitt

2-25 since the 20th.

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by bluemax on Jul 2, 2008 5:24 PM PDT reply actions

Yikes

14-77 last month! .182/.238/.234/.472

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by bluemax on Jul 2, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

26-139 since May 18th.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

128 sorry.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Kent! Again.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

Interesting stat: DeWitt has an OPS under .400 when the first pitch is a strike, and over 1.000 when it’s a ball.

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 5:57 PM PDT reply actions

Squeeze!

I love the squeeze. Only time I really like bunting.

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by bluemax on Jul 2, 2008 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

Does anyone hate the squeeze?

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by Andrew on Jul 2, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions

How did Jones do in AAA tonight? If he’s healthy and hitting, we might have a very good offense again.

by Tango and Cash on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions

first at-bat, he hit a 3-0 popup to the right fielder. second at-bat, he hit the first pitch he saw to the second baseman. didn’t catch his other at-bats bcuz i left the game early.

nomar on the other hand had 2 singles.

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MATT KEMP 4 VICE!

by wongy on Jul 3, 2008 12:51 AM PDT up 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	37	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		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
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	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

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

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 19 For more info, click here.

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