Dodgers Announce Opening Day Roster
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
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The Dodgers announced 96% of their opening day 25-man roster today, which technically can be changed before tomorrow's 4:05pm game in San Diego. Here is the roster:
Catchers (2)
Russell Martin, Brad Ausmus
Infielders (6)
James Loney, Orlando Hudson, Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake, Mark Loretta, Blake DeWitt
Outfielders (5)
Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Juan Pierre, Delwyn Young
Starting Pitchers (5)
Hiroki Kuroda, Randy Wolf, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, James McDonald
Relievers (6)
Jonathan Broxton, Hong Chih-Kuo, Guillermo Mota, Cory Wade, Claudio Vargas, Ramon Troncoso
Disabled List (1)
Jason Schmidt
This is a very weird announcement by the Dodgers, as Young and Vargas are expected to go on the DL. Also, Will Ohman and Doug Mientkiewicz will almost assuredly be added before tomorrow's game, but a corresponding roster move will need to be made to accommodate one of those spots. In other words, there's 27 hours to decide what those moves will be.
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The Dodger game is unexpectedly on the MLB Network.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Final 2 bullpen spots
per Bill Shaikin of the Times, is between Troncoso, Lindblom, Belisario, and Threets.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jason Hammel
traded to Rockies, for 21-year old and #16 rated Rockies prospect Aneury Rodriguez.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
McDonald is rocking
Great stuff, Big Mac.
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 1:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What the hell?
Right before Josh Bell is supposed to bat, the feed switches to NBC golf coverage then a commercial
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This SUCKS
I guess we’re not getting the game anymore
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Loving this velocity
Even if the gun is a bit juiced.
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Kind of like the outside the box thinking
Giants are having Sandoval, their starting 3B, as the lone backup catcher on their roster. Will be interesting to see how that plays out.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Its a bad idea
because they might carry 6 outfielders. That makes no sense. And since Molina is the slowest guy in the league he needs to be pinch run for a lot.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 5, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watching this broadcast
reminds me of playing MVP Baseball 2005
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Giants trivia question
Their AFLAC trivia was who was the youngest SF Giant pitcher to start on opening day. My guess was Juan Marichal. I was off by 5 days, to a future CYA winner.
Lincecum will end up 3rd youngest on this list.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 2:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lindblom looks great.
When he’s missing, he’s missing right off the edge of the plate. Also, I didn’t expect his stuff to be quite this good. Not sure if the Giants’ gun is juiced, but he’s hitting 95-96 a lot. Also, his curveball has a ton of break.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 5, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he can be Joba without the hype
No exaggeration.
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We'll see
I don’t want to put those kind of expectations on him, because then we’re setting ourselves up for disappointment. He definitely looks deserbing of more hype than he’s gotten though.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 6, 2009 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Diamond Leung brings the news
Eye Chart
Troncoso
Belisario
Ohman
Lindblom to AA (to start — a good thing!)
No Castro (a great thing!)
Two spots need to be cleared to create space for the 3 non-roster guys (Ohman, Eye Chart, Belisario). More info as we find out.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 5, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
quick question, eric
who is this belisario guy?
Dodgers - 2008 NL West Champions
Cardinals - 2008 NFC Champions
by wongy on Apr 5, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Belisario = power arm
Career minor leaguer that one of our scouts discovered in Venezuela this winter. GREAT fastball. Also heard about some possible attitude issues, so we’ll see how it goes.
by silverwidow on Apr 5, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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