Dodgers Should Know When To Walk Away, Know When To Run From Padilla

I would think between the 2 of them we would rather have Garland. Decline his option, he gets 2.5 mil from Arz then look to sign him for 5 mil or so a year maybe for 2 years, giving our young arms in the minors a little more time to develop. 2012 starters Kershaw, Bills, Elbert, Winthrow and ?.

I would love to bring Wolf back

But I would prefer Wolf (Kuroda in my opinion a #5 option with a new #3 needed). No question he has some good stuff. Having guys that are capable of shutting down another team in the playoffs are good to have. His lifetime numbers show he is never going to be that consistent, but I think good enough to be a 3 or 4 in a playoff rotation. I agree that any contract would have to be short short short term and specifically prohibit the handling of guns, machetes, or long knives (like three months?). OK I would give him a year.

I think we are really talking hypotheticals until we see what the budget is for player salaries. I’m pretty convinced its less than what we paid last year, which would mean we let all our current free agents walk and pay arbitration for the young guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3DpCXzSqC0&feature=related

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Now when you read that, did it make your stomach cringe? Yeah, yeah, I know, it made mine cringe too…

This is an actual quote from another blog I frequent.

I stated before and I’ll state it again, when I look at their eyes in the 4th quarter (you can rewatch the tape if you have TIVO) as the camera pans through the players you can see the fear.

I’ve been doing my best to argue this point, but my points are barely even landing.

Did I mention how much I enjoy True Blue LA?

Don’t walk away from Padilla, Run Instead

RT @nyp_joelsherman: GM 6 lineup: jeter, damon, teix, a-rod, matsui, posada, cano, swisher, gardner

RT @philaphillies: Tonights Lineup: Jroll, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Werth, Ibanez, Feliz, Francisco and Ruiz. Ibanez will DH.

in getting the Bill James projections. :)

October 24: http://www.truebluela.com/2009/10/24/1099240/a-look-toward-2010-the-offense
October 25: http://www.truebluela.com/2009/10/25/1099482/a-look-toward-2010-the-pitching

Today: http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/11/for_all_you_bill_james_enthusi.html

is that it almost guarantees that we’re not going after Lackey, Webb, or even Halladay.

We’ve got a really solid 2, 3, and 4 in Kershaw, Bills, and Kuroda – would love to have somebody that can go into any situation and dominate as that #1 guy. for years the Dodgers had the pitching and not the offense, and now its the other way around. can’t we get it all worked out at once?

we saw what furcal and loney were made of towards the end of the season this year. and I’m expecting more of the same from Ethier and Kemp, but with less K’s.
I’m not a stats guy, but I’m fairly certain that its statistically impossible for Martin to hit any worse in 2010 than he did this year. Blake wants to go out on a high note. Manny does too. My point, is that our offense should improve this year.

When I look at what guys like Lee, Pedro, Sabbathia, and Burnett have brought to those teams, its hard to argue the value of a big time pitcher.

After seeing Lackey go into Yankee Stadium in the post-season and hold that monsterous team to only 2 runs, I can’t imagine what he could do in the NL.

You’re just tempting the baseball gods with the comment that “Martin to hit any worse in 2010 than he did this year” :)

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Vicente Padilla was accidentally shot by his bodyguard at a shooting range, spokesperson for the Nicaraguan national police told The Times.

unanswered. It went like this; If a guy like Mark Cuban wants to buy the Dodgers, is there any kind of conflict interest legally that would keep him from buying the team since he owns the Mavericks and the Lakers play in LA? I don’t think so, but I wasn’t certain.

Every once in a while I like to glance over at Cot’s Baseball Contracts, to look at just how large the Yankees’ payroll is.

The Yankees in 2009 had nine players make $13 million or more. Their payroll was roughly $213 million this season.

In 2010, the Yankees already have $161,350,000 committed to just 10 players.

Riviera retire, they will still have all that money to pay free agents. And it seems despite what everyone says, their farm system still provides some pretty good players. But I do agree that Rivera and Jeter are kind fo the linch pin for that team for now.