Dodgers Full Deck Good Enough To Beat Cards

Broxton too.

good to see the dodgers score 5+ runs
now they need to provide some run support for tomorrows game
 kershaw FTW

Torre is intentionally trying to get Troncoso’s arm to get tired so his pitches get more sink.

Belisario, Kuo, Troncoso, McDonald, and Mota.

Here’s the 2008 prospects review. Several players like Withrow, Elbert, and Lambo got C+’s. They will probably will be ranked higher this year.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2008/7/22/576581/los-angeles-dodgers-top-20

a) He doesn’t burn ANY options
b) His fastball would probably spike big time in the pen
c) He won’t accrue ANY service time (if I read the rule correctly)

Withrow will still start next year in the minors but when he comes up for good he might be more prepared.

Tomorrow up in the air, depending on Kershaw and his flu, per LA Times.

Elbert scratched tonight, so he can go Thursday if Weaver is needed tomorrow in place of Kershaw.

The Nationals had started out the day at $12.5 million, and listened to a Boras proposal that would have landed Strasburg seven years and $25 million. In the end, right before midnight, the two sides agreed on the deal that some calculate at less than $16 million for four years and others would figure at $19.1 million for four.

7 years, 25 million? Something that would have bought out the Arbitration years? Why didn’t the Nats jump on that!?

From ESPN:

Cardinals at Dodgers, 10 p.m. ET

The Dan Haren-Cliff Lee matchup isn’t the only one pitting two pitchers with ERAs below 3.00. Adam Wainwright (2.62 ERA) hasn’t allowed more than two runs in an outing since June 26. Clayton Kershaw’s ERA has dropped from 2.95 to 2.91 over his past five starts, yet he’s 0-2 during that span.

Los Angeles clearly needs Billingsley (12-6), who missed his previous scheduled start after straining his left hamstring Aug. 7, to shore up a rotation already missing Hiroki Kuroda and Jason Schmidt. The All-Star right-hander has yielded just three earned runs and nine hits in his last three starts, though he doesn’t see himself as a stopper just yet.

“I’m just trying to get back in it, and I’m happy with how it went,” Billingsley said. “I just have to pitch my game, and I can win any time.”

Somebody is getting a shot in.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290818119

That was the final pitch Billingsley threw Tuesday as Torre turned to the bullpen to close out the game. Billingsley threw 77 pitches total, and Torre said that the club was looking for him to throw between 80-90 pitches.

“He hadn’t been out there in a little bit,” Torre said.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090818&content_id=6486590&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

I’d rather watch hours of rally car racing than any more Favre coverage..

Might finally pick up one.

I say 70%

100% that he will at least pinch hit

Excited for the potential post season matchup tonight. As the great Vin Scully would say, “Should be a dandy.”

Tah..

Based on his experience with the title-winning Cardinals in 2006, Weaver said the recent downturn in the Dodgers’ form was no cause for alarm.

Weaver pointed out that the Cardinals had three losing streaks of at least seven games, the last of which came in late September.

“You never know how it’s going to add up,” he said.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-fyi19-2009aug19,0,6466208.story