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Recap of Dodgers / Rangers

On a day when Jason Schmidt  finally made it to a major league mound, it was the offense that was the story of the game as the Dodgers prevailed 13 - 7.  Xavier Paul had three hits in his first three at bats to trigger the offense, but it was the light hitting middle infielders for the Dodgers who socked it to the Texas Rangers. DeWitt, Hu, Castro, and Luna combined to  go 8 for 13, with two home runs (Castro/Luna), 5 runs batted in, and 6 runs scored.

Three pitchers went today who are in the battle for the 5th spot in the rotation.  Jason Schmidt almost finished his two innings unscatched, but big time catching prospect Tyle Teagarden touched him for a three run jack with two out. Claudio Vargas did nothing to augment his cause as he gave up three home runs ( Andruw Jones, Boggs, and Blalock).  Eric Milton tried to worm his way back into the hunt with three solid innings of work but Joe Torre told Tony Jackson that it was Schmidt's job to lose. Which may not be that hard to do considering it is Jason Schmidt.

With our left handed relief pitchers getting batted around like a drum (Leach, Garate, Elbert, Randolf) Erick Threets was the only one to go today and he got the only two hitters he faced. Not sure if Beimel is on speed dial but the all time Dodger lefty setup man might be an upgrade.

Victor Garate stayed in camp in an ill fated attempt to win a job on the major league roster instead of pitching for Venezuela. Based on the box score yesterday he would have been welcome on Venezuela pitching staff. 

Use this link to keep track of the Dodger spring training stats.

 

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We can't offer Manny arbitration

Per Dylan Hernandez.

That sucks.

by silverwidow on Mar 9, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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To bad, but smart move by Manny. He will want everyone who can, to bid on him next year and now the teams involved will not have to give up any draft picks.

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Mar 9, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

Why agree to that? The opt out with the deferred money was bad enough. At this point the only way Manny doesn’t exercise the opt out clause is if he gets hurt, which obviously we don’t want. This deal could be so much better if it were just a straight 2/45 (or even 1/25) with no further clauses.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 9, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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He’s doing us a favor with the deferred money not the other way around.

by meercatjohn on Mar 10, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well supposedly

We’ll see how much of a favor it is when one of the yong core players walks because we can’t afford to keep him over a few million dollars.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 10, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Andruw hit a bomb off of Vargas?

No way Vargas makes the team now. ;-)

Small correction: The Rangers catching prospect is Taylor Teagarden, not Tyle.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 9, 2009 10:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Also, the Dodgers might still bring back Beimel in fact

per Tony Jackson:
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2009/03/dodgers-havent.html

“Given the way all the serious candidates for that role (situational lefty role) have pitched this spring, perhaps the Dodgers could use a guy like Beimel. Well, it turns out that the club does have SOME interest in re-signing him — but only if the price comes down. Ditto Will Ohman, another veteran situational guy who remains in limbo on the free-agent market”.

And sorry for the three-peat of comments.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 9, 2009 10:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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