Quick weekend update

by meercatjohn on Mar 23, 2009 8:13 AM PDT Comment 6 comments

1. James McDonald finally saw the writing on the wall and realized that he could be the fifth starter if he got his stuff together. Boy did he ever as he threw 3 perfect innings after he walked the 2nd batter.

2. Josh Lindblom has pushed himself into the bullpen equation with another excellent performance on Friday night. Those of us with MLB.TV got to see him deliver some nasty stuff to the KC hitters. If he isn't on the team come April it appears it is just a matter of time before we see his stuff this summer.

3. As expected from the day he arrived in camp Shawn Estes was cut. The only downside of Estes being in camp was that he was taking innings from other pitchers. I hate to see the end of careers but I think Estes's major league career is at end, even though he doesn't seem to realize it. To his credit he did realize that going to our AAA team was not a good thing for him.

4. We heard some brief rumors that Juan Pierre might be headed to the White Sox. They still need a centerfielder and lead off hitter and Juan fits the bill but nothing happened and as of today he's still a Dodger.

5. Valentino Pascucci was also reassigned along with Hector Luna, Mitch Jones, Nick DeBarr, Stephen Randolph, and knuckleballer Charlie Haeger. Haeger is someone who might blossom under Hough. Pascucci would make a good option for a team who needs a RH platoon partner at 1st base. The Dodgers already have Loretta and Blake who can play 1st base so he didn't have much of a chance to stick.

6. Dodger Stadiujm should be rocking tonight when Korea and Japan tangle for the WBC 2009 championship.

7. Dodger Thoughts has the lowdown on the Peter O'Malley visit to Brooklyn via a first hand perspective of one of his readers.

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McD and Lindblom

Yeah—-both guys seem to be the real deal, especially Lindblom. I think we will see him in the majors this year, perhaps in the bullpen so the coaches and mgr. can see what he has on a consistent basis, sort of what they did with Billingsley. He looked great against KC. I like our pitching—-and I especially like Wolf in the middle. Aside from his talent, I like his attitude, as well. Sounds like, to quote my ancestors, a mensch.

"It's a cookbook!"---The Twilight Zone

by Buck18 on Mar 23, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

Lindblom is a good example

of why we shouldn’t throw away draft picks to sign free agents.

by silverwidow on Mar 23, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

I'd say it depends on who the free agent is though.

And you have to consider that we might also get draft picks back when we let those guys leave.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 23, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm excited to see Lindblom at some point

Hopefully he can make it to the majors in 2009.

How awesome would it be to trade Pierre to the Sox and only be on the hook for half of his contract or something? Maybe they would give us something decent in return and then we could keep Delwyn.

Speaking of which, I don’t see the point of keeping Eye Chart over Delwyn but that seems to be the way Torre is leaning.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 23, 2009 11:10 AM PDT reply actions

re:

With the emergence of Xavier Paul as a better overall player then D Young I I think I’d keep Eye Chart over D Young. I’d hate to get nothing for him but it is not like he has much value in the league and he’s not going to build his value by being our pinch hitter.
Even if we move Juan Pierre I can’t see D Young being the 4th outfielder because it is not like he’s an adequate defensive replacement. Paul can play all three outfield positions and help on the basepaths.

by meercatjohn on Mar 23, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Re Delwyn

Have to admit that I have mixed feelings about him. To ask him to be a pinch-hitter all the time is to give him the hardest job in baseball. I’d like to see him catch on someplace so we could see if we had something in him or not. Haven’t really seen enough (and he hasn’t played enough) to see if he would be a liability in the OF.

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by Buck18 on Mar 23, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions

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2010 Dodger Payroll

Pos	No	Player	2010 Salary
C	28	Barajas	$117,486
1B	7	Loney	$3,100,000
2B	13	Theriot	$909,290
3B	23	Blake	$6,000,000
SS	15	Furcal	$8,500,000
LF	21	Podsednik	$640,710
CF	27	Kemp	$4,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$6,000,000

SS/2B/3B	14	Carroll	$1,475,000
OF	5	Johnson	$850,000
OF/1B	31	Gibbons	$155,738
C	12	Ausmus	$850,000
C	17	Ellis	$332,241
IF	60	Hu	$74,350
PH/1B	35	Lindsey	$61,202
1B/3B	9	Mitchell	$61,202
OF	49	Oeltjen	$59,016

SP	22	Kershaw	$440,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$3,850,000
SP	18	Kuroda	$14,100,000
SP	29	Lilly	$1,696,721
SP	44	Padilla	$4,025,000

CL	56	Kuo	$950,000
RHP	51	Broxton	$4,000,000
RHP	26	Dotel	$636,612
RHP	74	Jansen	$159,563
RHP	54	Belisario	$297,541
RHP	38	Troncoso	$297,792
RHP	36	Weaver	$800,000
LHP	52	Sherrill	$4,500,000
RHP	37	Monasterios	$460,000
RHP	48	Ely	$222,951
RHP	50	Link	$109,649

DL	59	Schlichting	$185,792
60DL	55	Martin	$5,050,000

		Manny	$7,267,760
		Pierre	$4,000,000
		Andruw	$3,600,000
		Schmidt	$2,000,000
		Wolf	$2,000,000
		Hudson	$1,440,000
		Nomar	$1,250,000
		Belliard	$825,000
		Anderson	$409,699
		Ra.Ortiz	$349,727
AAA	45	Miller	$292,623
		DeWitt	$266,612
		Ohman	$200,000
AAA	49	Haeger	$195,393
AAA	47	Wade	$194,514
AAA	30	Paul	$131,147
		Repko	$122,951
		Green	$96,175
		Ru.Ortiz	$63,934
		Taschner	$39,344
		Zerpa	$35,000
		Castro	$32,787
		McDonald	$28,771
AAA	57	Elbert	$6,557
AAA		Hoffmann	($25,000)
		Stults	($400,000)

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