Dodgers Season In Thirds

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 7:00 AM PDT in Dodgers History & Records

I know this is a day late and a dollar short, but Wednesday night's game was the 108th Dodger game of the season, marking the two-thirds point of the season. I thought it would be a good time to compare the first 54 games of the season to the second set of 54.

Here's an overview of the team numbers:

	W-L	Runs For	Runs Allowed	BA/OBP/SLG	ERA
Games 1-54	36-18	295 (5.46/gm)	208 (3.85/gm)	.285/.367/.414	3.75
Games 55-108	30-24	244 (4.52/gm)	214 (3.96/gm)	.272/.340/.418	3.45

Looks like there was a little more power in the second 54-game stretch, and a little more onbaseability in the first 54 games.

We'll take it position by position after the jump.

Catcher
Russell Martin
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	47	46	173	23	46	9	0	0	20	29	7/3	.266/.377/.318	.695
2nd 54	50	47	172	22	46	4	0	3	13	24	1/3	.267/.373/.343	.716

Brad Ausmus
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	8	35	6	11	1	0	0	3	2	1/0	.314/.368/.343	.711
2nd 54	12	9	32	3	11	3	0	1	4	2	0/0	.344/.400/.531	.931

A.J. Ellis
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000

Infield
James Loney
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	51	208	24	59	12	0	2	41	22	3/1	.284/.348/.370	.718
2nd 54	53	51	198	27	59	9	2	5	27	23	3/1	.298/.371/.439	.810

Orlando Hudson
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	54	54	216	39	71	17	2	3	32	32	4/0	.329/.410/.468	.878
2nd 54	50	48	195	22	49	11	2	4	21	10	2/0	.251/.299/.390	.688

Rafael Furcal
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	42	189	27	47	8	0	1	11	18	3/3	.249/.314/.307	.621
2nd 54	54	50	216	33	61	10	3	5	21	23	3/1	.282/.350/.426	.776

Casey Blake
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	49	44	164	27	49	12	1	9	34	18	0/0	.299/.374/.549	.922
2nd 54	53	50	195	32	54	11	3	3	27	25	2/4	.277/.353/.410	.763

Mark Loretta
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	38	10	59	11	17	3	0	0	10	11	0/0	.288/.408/.339	.747
2nd 54	38	11	69	5	13	3	0	0	10	6	0/0	.188/.253/.232	.485

Juan Castro
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	19	12	44	12	15	2	0	1	7	5	0/0	.341/.400/.455	.855
2nd 54	17	10	38	2	11	1	0	0	2	1	0/0	.289/.308/.316	.623

Blake DeWitt
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.176/.222/.176	.399
2nd 54	14	0	15	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0/0	.133/.188/.400	.588

Doug Mientkiewicz
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	7	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0/0	.400/.400/.600	1.000

Outfield
Andre Ethier
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	52	49	188	31	49	12	0	7	31	27	3/0	.261/.363/.436	.799
2nd 54	54	52	212	34	60	13	1	15	38	23	2/3	.283/.357/.566	.923

Matt Kemp
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	53	51	200	33	62	9	4	6	30	21	12/2	.310/.377/.485	.862
2nd 54	53	53	200	30	66	7	2	9	39	19	10/2	.330/.387/.520	.907

Manny Ramirez
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	27	27	92	22	32	9	0	6	20	26	0/0	.348/.492/.641	1.133
2nd 54	28	25	96	14	26	7	1	6	20	12	0/0	.271/.369/.552	.921

Juan Pierre
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	46	30	140	27	53	10	3	0	21	13	11/4	.379/.439/.493	.932
2nd 54	50	31	147	15	37	5	1	0	4	7	12/5	.252/.308/.299	.607

Jamie Hoffmann
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	9	3	17	2	3	2	0	1	7	0	0/0	.176/.158/.471	.628
2nd 54	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.200/.200/.200	.400

Xavier Paul
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54	11	2	14	3	3	1	0	1	1	2	0/1	.214/.313/.500	.813

Mitch Jones
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54	8	3	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.308/.400/.385	.785

Starting Pitchers
Chad Billingsley
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	11	11	6-3	74.0	58	25	23	32	76	2.80	1.216
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	69.2	63	40	38	31	64	4.91	1.349

Clayton Kershaw
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	10	3-3	56.0	40	27	27	32	55	4.34	1.286
2nd 54	12	12	5-3	68.2	47	14	13	39	68	1.70	1.252

Randy Wolf
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	12	12	3-1	75.2	64	30	27	22	58	3.21	1.137
2nd 54	11	11	2-5	64.1	62	28	27	17	48	3.78	1.228

Hiroki Kuroda
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	2	2	1-1	10.2	7	3	3	4	8	2.53	1.031
2nd 54	12	11	3-4	66.1	69	38	35	12	52	4.75	1.221

Eric Stults
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	9	4-2	45.0	46	24	24	25	30	4.80	1.578

Eric Milton
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	3	2-0	14.1	15	5	5	5	10	3.14	1.395
2nd 54	2	2	0-1	9.1	15	7	5	1	10	4.82	1.714

Jason Schmidt
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	4	4	2-2	17.2	16	12	11	12	8	5.60	1.585

Relievers
Jonathan Broxton
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	23	5-0	12	26.0	8	4	4	10	41	1.38	0.692
2nd 54	23	2-0	12	22.2	17	11	11	11	33	4.37	1.235

Ramon Troncoso
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	3	33.1	31	7	7	10	22	1.89	1.230
2nd 54	30	3-0	2	31.1	30	11	7	12	18	2.01	1.340

Ronald Belisario
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	26	1-2	--	31.1	22	10	8	15	30	2.30	1.181
2nd 54	17	0-1	--	17.0	15	5	5	5	16	2.65	1.176

Guillermo Mota
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	20	2-1	--	20.2	26	15	15	12	10	6.53	1.839
2nd 54	28	1-1	--	32.1	15	3	3	6	18	0.84	0.649

Jeff Weaver
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	9	3	3-1	26.2	29	12	12	15	18	4.05	1.650
2nd 54	10	2	2-3	30.1	33	16	14	10	24	4.15	1.418

James McDonald
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	10	4	1-1	18.2	17	14	14	16	9	6.75	1.768
2nd 54	15	0	2-1	20.2	17	9	5	6	14	2.18	1.113

Brent Leach
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	13	1-0	--	8.0	7	5	5	4	10	5.62	1.375
2nd 54	25	1-0	--	12.1	9	8	8	8	9	5.84	1.378

Hong-Chih Kuo
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	7	0-0	--	5.1	5	4	4	4	4	6.75	1.688
2nd 54	5	0-0	--	4.2	0	0	0	2	6	0.00	0.429

Cory Wade
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	18	0-3	--	18.2	19	10	10	9	13	4.82	1.500
2nd 54	9	2-0	--	9.0	9	7	7	1	5	7.00	1.111

Scott Elbert
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	3	1-0	--	6.1	10	5	5	1	6	7.11	1.737
2nd 54	4	0-0	--	7.2	3	1	1	2	7	1.17	0.652

Will Ohman
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54	21	1-0	1	12.1	12	8	8	8	7	5.84	1.622

Claudio Vargas
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	8	0-0	--	11.0	7	2	2	4	10	1.64	1.000

Travis Schlichting
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	2	0-0	--	2.2	1	2	1	5	2	3.38	2.250

George Sherrill
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	3	0-0	--	2.1	0	0	0	1	5	0.00	0.429

Mark Loretta
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54	1	0-0	--	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000

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Great stuff

1. Who knew Matt Kemp was our most consistent hitter
2. Furcal has replaced the Hudson production
3. The B & B boys (Broxton and Billingsley) were out of synch in the last quarter.
4. Kershaw was Cy Young the last 54 games
5. What a turnaround for Mota
6. If Loney could maintain an .810 OPS for a full season would that make some people happy?
7. Juan Pierre – what can you say but those are terrible numbers for a 4th outfielder.
8. Brad Ausmus – OPS machine
9. Martin – consistent average, OB, lack of power
10. Wolf – most consistent starter

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 7, 2009 7:26 AM PDT reply actions

Brad Ausmus – OPS machine

Thanks for that, Phil. Nothing like starting off my Friday with a good chuckle :-)
Among the everyday players, it is worrying to see how the OPS has dived significantly for Blake and Hudson. Does anyone think they have a chance to rebound in the last third of the season?

2009-10 LA Kings Hockey: Where Smyt Happens!!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Aug 7, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Both should be fine. Hudson’s seasonal numbers are right around his projections, and even though Blake had a power outage he still got on base. As long as both are healthy I am fine with either one going forward.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm a little more bearish on thes two than Eric

particularly because neither of these guys are really young, so I’m afraid their numbers will continue to be pedestrian throughout the rest of the season. Blake was not terribly effective last season after the trade and Hudson is a guy who has trouble staying healthy. I agree that these guys now are producing at around historical levels and most realized that Hudson’s start was unsustainable anyway. I’m not especially worried about either but I don’t think they need to be in the starting lineups every single day. With Abreu getting called up, hopefully he gives these guys more rest.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions

"Onbaseability". I like the sound of that word.

I have a question (which may be dumb, but I’ll ask anyway).

I see the ERA is lower in the second half yet the runs allowed is higher. Is this due to unearned runs?

by Dr. Geek on Aug 7, 2009 8:12 AM PDT reply actions

Yes, there have been a ton of unearned runs in the last 54 games compared to the first 54

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions

1st 54 games: 7 unearned runs
2nd 54 games: 22 unearned runs

Also, thanks to more losses and some extra inning games, there have been more innings:
1st 54 g: 483 IP
2nd half g: 509.1 IP

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Nice post Eric. It would be interesting to see the BABIP for the hitters as part of the data. The Dodgers had an incredibly high BABIP the first half of the season. I’d like to see how far it has regressed to the mean for many of the Dodger hitters.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Aug 7, 2009 8:16 AM PDT reply actions

If I get around to it tonight, I’ll try to update the post with that (as well as add FIP for the pitchers)

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions

You don’t have them memorized?? :)
Btw, you got mail.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Aug 7, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Very, very soon Torre will have this bullpen at his disposal:

Broxton rhp
Sherrill lhp
Troncoso rhp
Belisario rhp
Kuo lhp
Mota rhp

Plus Weaver as the long man. So many options. So awesome.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:00 AM PDT reply actions

If you think about it, if you found a decent closer, this bullpen might not be half bad either:

Closer X
Elbert lhp
McDonald rhp
Wade rhp
Ohman lhp
Schlichting rhp
Leach lhp

This is the “B team” of the Dodger pen.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions

Oh yeah, and Lindblom and/or Choi…wow.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh Eric...

You telling me that THAT is our “B team” makes me feel giddy.

Damn we’re loaded

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't forget Garate as the LOOGY

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Garate = Underrated

In my books.

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Good call…I forgot about him.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Odds Garate will make it to the 40 man roster?

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions

He’s in double- A, odds aren’t that good

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure he is already on the 40 man

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Yep

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Scott Strickland instead of Choi in my book

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 7, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Things I'd rather do than enduring another Jason Schmidt start #54...

plunge Fat Joe’s backed up toilet.

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:49 AM PDT reply actions

Can't wait for the 40-man roster...

Will give our main bull-pen pitchers extra relief, get to see Lindblom, Elbert, Garate, others to pitch… Exciting!

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

I don’t anticipate Garate will be called up. Elbert, McDonald, Leach, yes. Lindblom, Sclichting, probably. But I don’t think they will bring up a ton of pitchers.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Lindblom will have to be added to the 40 man

which I’m guessing would be done after a Schmidt DFA/60 day DL transaction.

Also, I can’t see Wade not being called up. It would likely be viewed as a smack in the face to Wade (if he wasn’t called) and we know Torre is a loyal guy. So I think the Dodgers will swap Schlichting and Wade.

I would call up Garate. His LOOGY credentials look great in AA, but seeing what he can do against major leaguers would be a nice baseline.

Players I would call up when rosters expand (assuming the Dyland Hernandez transaction goes through as we expect in the next few days)

Pitchers:
Elbert
McDonald
Garate
Leach
Lindblom

Position Players:
DeWitt
Eyechart
Hoffmann

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions

I see a Cory Wade trade.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

I doubt it, at least this season. Maybe in the offseason.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions

He could pass through waviers.

In a bullpen loaded like this. He’s the short man.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Lots of people pass through waivers. But that doesn’t mean he will be traded. It is highly unlikely during this season at least.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Why would the Dodgers put Lindblom on the 40-man

Right now. Unless Troncoso gets hurt or Beliasario isn’t right, there is no place for him and in September, he would be behind Mota, McDonald and maybe Wade too.

They are better off waiting until next spring to see if he will compete for a job then.

by bhsportsguy on Aug 7, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Because you have to put him on the 40 man roster before Sept. starts in order to make him postseason eligible.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd answer that with, "why not"

If you DFA Schmidt, you would have an open spot on the 40 man (even assuming Eyechart takes the current vacancy.) The team seems to think Lindblom can contribute sooner than later. Being behind the guys you mentioned is irrelevant for 40-man purposes. Unless there is somebody else not currently on the 40-man who the Dodgers think can contribute sooner, I don’t see why Lindblom wouldn’t be the logical fit.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

I can see that, especially that I forgot about Wade.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes!

Just picked up tickets for the game tonight..

by PHAT JULIO on Aug 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions

Adding Lindblom on 8/31

would make him postseason eligible, and they would NOT use up an option for the remainder of the season. Win-win situation.

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 AM PDT reply actions

I’d go so far as to say its a rare win-win-win!

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Huh? Why?

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Why, what?

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

If you aren’t on the 40-man you don’t waste an option by being in the minors. MLB doesn’t count the expanded roster period when determining options.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

In other words, Lindblom just needs to be on the 25-man roster (or DL) once he is on the 40-man roster, for any period BEFORE September 1. In this case, the only day that would matter is August 31, and he would be considered on the active roster for 100% of the time he was on the 40-man (all of one day).

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Really?

I did not know that. McDonald was on the 25 man roster last year before 9/1?

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

He wasn't

I think Eric meant he has to be on the 40-man roster by 8/31.

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

I meant for purposes of option status.

In Lindblom’s case, since he isn’t already on the 40-man, he needs to be added on 8/31. But, in order to not burn an option, Lindblom will concurrently need to be placed on the 25-man roster, but really only for one day.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

I guess I wasn’t too clear…to sum up:

To be active for the postseason: Lindblom on 40-man by 8/31

To not use up and option year AND be active for postseason: Lindblom on 25-man on 8/31

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

We could always do what we did last year and put Kershaw to triple-A for a couple of days. :)

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Haha…right, and we were able to do that because he had already burned an option year when he was sent down in July.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Right. Not like the Dodgers care about Kershaw's option years.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah, okay.

For 40 man roster spots, we should be looking at

- Jason Repko
- Jesus A. Castillo
- Jason Schimdt.

I think those are the 3 most likely 40 man roster spots to be exchanged for Lindblom.

Repko, and Schimdt are good candidates to get DFAed, while Castillo seems might be a guy who mysteriously get 60 day DLed.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

There is still the open spot, that doesn’t look to be occupied by Mientkiewicz for a while anyway. He may be activated on 9.1 if he can pinch hit, but a lot can happen between now and then.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Who would Lindblom replace on the pitching staff

Assuming no one gets hurt, you have a bullpen of Broxton, Sherrill, Troncoso, Beliasario, Kuo, Mota, and Weaver. Plus you already know what McDonald, Elbert, and Wade can do. Now, if you are saying you don’t need a 5th starter (whomever it is) and you don’t need a long man in Weaver (though I think you do need someone who can throw mutliple innings), my guess is that McDonald certainly fills one of those roles and I am guessing that Weaver stays on the roster anyway.

Now, if Belasario can’t make it back, then you could see something but I think the way the bullpen has performed and especially with the addition of Sherrill and now Kuo looking like he can go on back to back days, I just don’t think they will add Lindblom now, if only to save the 40 man roster spots for players like Trayvon Robinson, Scott Van Slyke, Alberto Bastardo and Javy Guerra who will need to put on the 40 man roster to avoid Rule 5 issues. Lindblom doesn’t need to added now for that reason so I think they will wait.

by bhsportsguy on Aug 7, 2009 12:05 PM PDT reply actions

Because you're giving yourself an option in case of injury.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I can see BH’s point though. Lindblom is behind at least Elbert and Wade in the pecking order, so you’d need two injuries for the Lindblom move to payoff, whereas the cost would be a 40-man spot a year ahead of time, which could bite them in November.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions

That's migiated by several veterans leaving the team.

I doubt Castro, Eyechart, Schimdt, etc. are going to be on the team next year.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

and mota

by matthewmafa on Aug 7, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Can you definitively say he is behind Wade for post-season forster purposes?

James McDonald had never been on a major league mound before the rosters expanded last year and he impressed Torre. As a result, come post-season roster time JMac was in and Troncoso (who had spent most of the year in the majors) was out. If Lindblom impresses, he certainly has a chance to be on the postseason roster ahead of Wade or Elbert.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Fangraphs rates

Josh Bell as the 3rd best prospect traded, and Steve Johnson 14th.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/trade-deadline-prospects-ranked-part-5

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

Rays trade for Gregg Zaun.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:15 PM PDT reply actions

How about this

Dodgers purchase Lindblom’s contract on 8/31
Option Lindblom to AAA on 8/31
Re-call Lindblom on 9/1

The option is nullified because it only lasted one day. Am I correct.

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions

Still needs to figure out a way to get somebody off the 25 man roster.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions

No, he's immediately optioned.

The 25-man roster is not affected on 8/31.

On 9/1, the active roster expands to 40 and he can easily be brought up.

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

By optioning him on 8/31, an option year would be used this yet.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Yet = year

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Ok

So the rule about needing to spend 20 days on assignment doesn’t work, because the minor league season ends on Labor Day. Got it.

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I realize that the movement to get Aberu on the team is so they can have him for Oct.

Okay, use Eyechart’s 40 man roster spot for Lindblom, option Aberu on Aug 31. Call up Linblom.

Call up Aberu on Sept. 1.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions

And if the Isotopes are going to the playoffs, the Dodgers might want to stash Aberu there until the Triple-A playoffs ends anyway.

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions

wow

i knew loretta had been bad recently… but this terrible? yikes.

by whorge on Aug 7, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		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
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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