(Inspired by a comment at FanGraphs comparing Ned Colletti to the baseball's perspective as an...

(Inspired by a comment at FanGraphs comparing Ned Colletti to the baseball's perspective as an object with no brain.)

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that matt kemp

swinging the bat right…

by matthewmafa on Dec 3, 2009 9:19 PM PST reply actions

Yes.

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Dec 3, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions

The ball is leaving the bat.
Like to see the same shot of each of Ethier’s walk off’s
If the Bison can come closer to that swing … watch out

by 68elcamino427 on Dec 3, 2009 9:30 PM PST up reply actions

Please continue to throw that quote back in Colletti's face as much as you can next year.

I’m beginning to dislike him just because F MC likes him.

by Cool Dudes on Dec 3, 2009 9:50 PM PST reply actions

Heh

that’ll be the TBLA rallying cry all next year!

by Seanny Rotten on Dec 4, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

That was funny

by JonWeisman on Dec 3, 2009 10:29 PM PST reply actions

Thanks.

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Dec 4, 2009 9:46 AM PST up reply actions

Good to see

Allen Webster in BA’s top 10. Miller was the surprise for me, as he was ranked 3rd.

by Julio Nievas on Dec 4, 2009 8:34 AM PST reply actions

BA TOP 10

The moment I was waiting for…

1. Gordon
2. Withrow
3. Miller
4. Martin
5. Lindblom
6. Elbert
7. Lambo
8. DeJesus
9. Robinson
10. Webster

No Eovaldi or Gould, but I have no real complaints here. Great list.

by silverwidow on Dec 4, 2009 9:23 AM PST reply actions

but for the first time since I can remember, the projected lineup four years into the future (2013 in this case) were all drafted by the Dodgers (except for Ethier, who has only known one major league team). I thought that was cool.

Projected 2013 Lineup
Catcher Russell Martin
First Base James Loney
Second Base Ivan DeJesus Jr.
Third Base Blake Dewitt
Shortstop Dee Gordon
Left Field Andrew Lambo
Center Field Matt Kemp
Right Field Andre Ethier
No. 1 Starter Clayton Kershaw
No. 2 Starter Chad Billingsley
No. 3 Starter Chris Withrow
No. 4 Starter Aaron Miller
No. 5 Starter Ethan Martin
Closer Jonathan Broxton

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions

For instance, last year’s 2012 lineup had Furcal at SS and Kuroda as the #3 SP.

*Baseball America does not factor in contract status in these projections. They assume a player will stay with his current team, and project accordingly.

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:38 AM PST up reply actions

Are they projecting on guys who are not currently prospects?

For example, does this mean they think Aaron Miller will be a better starter than James McDonald? Or do they look at the current roster and see that McDonald is a reliever and just assume that moving forward.

by Michael White on Dec 4, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions

They take in all the info. I can only assume they think Miller will be a better starter than McDonald in 2013.

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions

They have moved guys around before to positions they think they will eventually be in. I don’t have the book in front of me, but I want to say they had Joel Guzman as the RF in like 2008 or something.

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:54 AM PST up reply actions

Looking back for fun

from the 2007 Handbook, here was the projected 2010 Dodger lineup:

C Martin
1B Loney
2B Abreu
3B LaRoche
SS Furcal
LF Ethier
CF Pierre
RF Kemp
SP Billingsley
SP Schmidt
SP Kershaw
SP Elbert
SP Penny
CL Broxton

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions

The long and winding road of Scott Elbert

2006: ranked 6th best Dodger prospect
2007: 3rd
2008: 4th
2009: 5th
2010: 6th

He wasn’t in the Top 10 in 2005, but that’s quite a long run as an organizational top ten (albeit some years stronger than others).

by Eric Stephen on Dec 4, 2009 9:47 AM 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	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
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
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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