Dodgers, Cardinals Set Rosters for NLDS

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 11:31 AM PDT in Los Angeles Dodgers Roster

NLDS: Cardinals vs. Dodgers
Game 1	Tonight	Dodger Stadium	6:37pm
Game 2	Thu	Dodger Stadium	3:07pm
Game 3	Sat	Busch Stadium	3:07pm
Game 4*	Sun	Busch Stadium	TBD
Game 5*	Oct 13	Dodger Stadium	TBD
*if necessary		All times Pacific
All games televised on TBS

The Dodgers and Cardinals have announced their roster for the division series.

Dodgers

Catchers (2): Russell Martin, Brad Ausmus

Infielders (7): James Loney, Ronnie Belliard, Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake, Orlando Hudson, Juan Castro, Mark Loretta

Outfielders (4): Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Juan Pierre

Pinch Hitters (1): Jim Thome

Starting Pitchers (4): Randy Wolf, Clayton Kershaw, Vicente Padilla, Chad Billingsley

Relievers (7): Jonathan Broxton, George Sherrill, Hong-Chih Kuo, Ronald Belisario, Ramon Troncoso, Jon Garland, Jeff Weaver

Cardinals

Catchers (2): Yadier Molina, Jason LaRue

Infielders (7): Albert Pujols, Skip Schumaker, Julio Lugo, Brendan Ryan, Mark DeRosa, Troy Glaus, Old Friend Joe Thurston

Outfielders (4): Matt Holliday, Colby Rasmus, Ryan Ludwick, Rick Ankiel

Starting Pitchers (4): Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Joel Pineiro, one of John Smoltz or Kyle Lohse

Relievers (8): Ryan Franklin, Kyle McClellan, Jason Motte, Trever Miller, Dennys Reyes, Blake Hawksworth, Mitchell Boggs, one of Smoltz or Lohse

The Dodgers starting rotation will be Randy Wolf, Clayton Kershaw, Vicente Padilla, and Chad Billingsley, in that order.

The Cardinals will counter with Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, and Joel Pineiro for the first three games. Either John Smoltz or Kyle Lohse, who will both be available in the bullpen tonight, will start game four on Sunday.

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Mark Loretta over Doug M.

I am disappointed.

by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions

Mark "can play" 3B

And he did get a key hit in the clincher. Positive thinking, people!

by Jacob Burch on Oct 7, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

I believe!

Phillies-Rockies game started. I’m rooting for the Rocks.

by Dr. Geek on Oct 7, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Let's not challenge the belief system people.

But maybe Loretta is a better bunter? There must be some reason, we already have 3 guys that could play third (four if you counted Minky).

by Dodger Dude on Oct 7, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Over the other options (Mientkiewicz and DeWitt), Loretta is the only RHP, and I’m sure that factored into it.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow you really have that low opinion of Weaver :)

I think Bills might have an argument for RH pinch hitter off the bench over Loretta.

by Dodger Dude on Oct 7, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Haha! I forgot that extra loop to make RHP a RHB :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm audio only for Rox/Phils

but it sounds ridiculously windy there. Every fly ball an adventure.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions

yeah Victorino looked like Luigi from Super Mario Brothers trying to catch that Garret Outkins popup

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Oct 7, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes, baseball should do something about determining their champion in late October and early November. The weather forecast for both games 3 and 4 in Colorado is SNOW! and lots of it.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions

there's stuff flying all over the field.

by bearface on Oct 7, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Eric, I’d like to fanpost my simulation for today’s game up. But I am scared that I will get auto-banned again. I already made a fanpost at the Rockies and Phillies sites for their playoff games and when I tried to post our sim, I got auto-banned. What should I do?
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 11:48 AM PDT reply actions

I believe the issues with posting are resolved. Go ahead and try again. If it doesn’t work, just email me. (I sent you a pair of emails earlier today).

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Ok thanks, I can’t read those emails from work so will have no idea what they instructed until this evening. I will try to repost the fanpost shortly. Will post here if there is a problemo.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

The Dodgers are set to be in the interview room at noon.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=6350584

Cardinals will be there at 2pm. Same link.

I still haven’t seen a Cardinal lineup yet.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 11:57 AM PDT reply actions

No Auxilliary Press Box passes for you guys on TBLA?

by delias man on Oct 7, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Nope…MLB is the gatekeeper for the playoffs, not the Dodgers.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions

The gauntlet has been thrown…Purple Row went to an overthrow thread after only 2 innings!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 12:12 PM PDT reply actions

I just wanted to mention

that the comparison of Joe Torre to Emperor Palpatine is spot on and gave me a chuckle.

by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions

It was the eyes (well, and the menacing look in that photo) that sealed it for me

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions

John Smoltz was the last pitcher to steal a base in a playoff game (gm 2, ’95 NLCS) – in fact, Smoltz had the last 3, before Cliff Lee

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions

We do have a Phillie/Rockie chat link.
http://www.truebluela.com/2009/10/7/1075045/baseball-playoffs-day-one-chat

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 12:43 PM PDT reply actions

When making my picks for the contest I originally picked the Angels over the Dodgers but then decided that Jim Thome could be a difference maker in the World Series. It would be strange to have a player who made as little impact as Jim Thome did this season all of the sudden become incredibly important in the World Series.

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions

Boy...

Guess I suck, couldn’t even get my picks posted as comments were closed…and it’s not even 1 PDT yet (though it is 8 til when I started this post)

Looking forward to watching the games along with everyone else. Anyone else going to the games in STL?

by elsid on Oct 7, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

Put them here, I'll include them.

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

ok

Angels over Red Sox — 5 games
Yankees over Twins — 4 games
Yankees over Angels — 6 games

Dodgers over Cardinals — 4 games
Phillies over Rockies — 4 games
Dodgers over Phillies — 6 games

Dodgers over Yankees — 7 games

by elsid on Oct 7, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Did you see Eric's note

that your brother had a the highest ERA+ ever for a Dodger pitcher with over 27 innings?

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I think that was Jon Weisman over on Dodger Thoughts that mentioned that.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, I knew I read it somewhere

and just assumed you had done it. When you add up some of Ned’s late season additions you have some crazy numbers from Marlon / Belliard / Sherrill / Padilla / Garland.

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

All Thome needs to do is hit a big HR in the playoffs and Ned will have gone 5 for 5 this year in the benefit department (irrespective of cost of course).

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

But Sherrill did have just the second Dodger ERA ever under 1 with at least 20 pitches.

Hank Aguirre had a 0.69 ERA in 1969 in 39.1 IP

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

pitches = innings

by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Is that good or bad?

I don’t know all of the terms that well, haven’t delved into them that much.

by elsid on Oct 7, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s good. Basically it means how much better you are than the average, a high one means much better.

by LA Taco on Oct 7, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool

There are so many terms out there now. I have read many of them, but haven’t gotten into what every one of them means.

Looking forward to him progressing through the post-season, along with the rest of the Dodgers.

by elsid on Oct 7, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

LongBeachDodger had fanpost up about meeting up in St Louis but I don’t see it anymore.

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah...

I responded to that one, but I didn’t see it today. I wasn’t sure if it had been removed or not.

by elsid on Oct 7, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Almost 80 entries in the contest

Not looking forward to entering all those picks. I didn’t even announce a prize.

by meercatjohn on Oct 7, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

Prize?

I think the prize is knowing that most of us picked the right World Series winner :)

by Ivdown on Oct 7, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Compare the Cards and Dodgers hot zones

Check out these graphics from the Post-Dispatch tracking both the Cardinals and Dodgers batters, where they hit the most and where they connect in the strike zone the most:

Pujol’s hot zone is ridiculous.

St. Louis:
http://bit.ly/2G4ZMX

LA:
http://bit.ly/Oz6S0

by Will Sullivan on Oct 7, 2009 1:08 PM PDT reply actions

I would like to see the chart with Jessica Alba’s hot zones. :)
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

BOOYA

by UCLAClass82 on Oct 7, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Lee

Raise your hand if you’d like to have Cliff Lee pitching on your post-season playoff team. In all seriousness, I wonder if the Dodgers knowing what they know today (Kuroda hurt, Billingsley regressing etc…) would’ve made a stronger attempt to trade for Cliff Lee at the trade deadline.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions

Well, the Phillies game appears to be out of reach.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, they are eating the Rockies for lunch it looks like.

by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions

Who is starting for the Rockies in Game #2. Not going to be much of a drop off from Cliff Lee to Cole Hamels, so the Rockies may have trouble in Game #2 also. But like I said earlier with the big snow storm headed to Denver over the weekend, there might not be a Game #3 in that series until Monday. And if so, Cliff Lee could come back and pitch Game #3 or more likely Game #4, giving Hamels a Game #5 start if neccesario. Time will tell.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 7, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Choketober in approx 100 minutes…

by stillnotah8er on Oct 7, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

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

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		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
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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