How can you DFA Hoffman and keep Repko? Are you the kiss of death? Is Schlichting next?

Dodger lineup:

Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Blake 3B
Hudson 2B
Martin C
Loney 1B
Padilla P

The RedSox seem to like our castoffs. Maybe they will pick him up.

Per Bob Nightengale:

The Dodgers are paying $1 million of Thome’s remaining salary

after striking out the side tonight has pitched 17 innings and given up only 5 hits while striking out 22. Not a bad first month. With 2005 top 10 draft pick Thomas Diamond being released today it is good for them they have other arms in the arsenal. They could have a nice one two punch with Feliz and Holland going forward if Feliz can be just as dominant as a starter as he is a reliever. Or he could end up being mediocre Jobo.

The issue could be, I don’t know if offman was a lock to remain on the 40-man after this season. Repko is probably going to be released as opposed to non-tendered (since those contracts come up after the Rule 5 draft). But the Dodgers already have 4 MLB outfielders (assume Manny takes the 2nd year), they like Paul (who was ahead of both Repko and Hoffman) and they have two young outfielders in Robinson and maybe Van Slyke that need to be protected.
 
If you are going to remove Hoffman from the 40-man at the end of the year anyway why not DFA now and see if you can get him to sign a minor league deal for next year. I can see wanting to use Repko in September since he already has been through this in 2006.
 
I don’t know if Abreu will clear waivers which at least mean the Dodgers won’t have to face him this year.
 
The good thing about Elbert coming up, you better hope both the Nationals and D-Back deals are completed before the end of the year since a PTBNL cannot appear in MLB after the trade is made. Actually, by calling him up, Elbert might already be DQ from being part of any of those deals.
 
I still think they need to something today because by game time Garland needs to be on the roster. I would be thinking that Charlie Haegar will get his red card today.

With Elbert joining Sherrill and Kuo, I can just taste that large Diet Coke that Eric will buy me in October. (The adding of Thome and Garland also makes those roster spots even more precious.)

At least Doug got his year’s credit of service time to secure his health care benefits from MLBPA.

Belliard joining the team and Abreu’s pending departure still make it unlikely that the Dodgers will call up Dewitt and/or Hu before the AAA season is done.

I still think its possible that Cory Wade could be the PBTNL in the Belliard deal.

Joe Torre said that Jim Thome was expected to arrive tomorrow.

Also, Jon Garland is starting Thursday, and Torre mentioned Haeger would be in the bullpen on the pregame show.