Dodgers Roster Breakdown
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 7:24 AM PDT
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There will be plenty of time this offseason for moves, but here's an overview of the current Dodger 40-man roster. There are 40 players currently on the 40-man roster, including one (Russell Martin) on the 60-day disabled list. That will change quickly after the World Series as players file for free agency. I have split them into a few groups:
Free Agents (8)
Type A*: Ted Lilly
Type B*: Rod Barajas
Others: Hiroki Kuroda**, Vicente Padilla, Jay Gibbons, Reed Johnson, Brad Ausmus, Jeff Weaver
*Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts has done a great job of figuring out the Elias Rankings, and has posted them at MLB Trade Rumors. In order to receive compensation for Type A or Type B free agents, the club must offer them arbitration. Type A free agents net a first round pick from the team that signs them, provided the pick isn't in the top 15 (not including supplemental picks for failing to sign the first round pick for the previous season), in addition to a supplemental pick in between the first and second rounds.
If a team signs more than one Type A free agent, the players are ranked by their Elias ranking, they give up picks in the lower rounds as well. For instance, the Yankees two years ago gave up their first three picks for signing CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett, all Type A free agents. Type B free agents net only a supplemental pick.
The Dodgers' first round pick in the 2011 draft, number 16 overall, will be a protected pick, meaning if they sign a Type A free agent the Dodgers would give up their second round pick rather than their first.
**UPDATE: After some more research and discussion, Kuroda isn't a Type B free agent, at least for purposes of compensation. With three years of service time, the way he is a free agent is through contractual obligation, the mechanism being that the Dodgers won't offer him arbitration, thus making him a free agent. Thanks to David Young for the heads up.
Options (1)
Scott Podsednik has a mutual option for $2 million in 2011, with a $100,000 buyout.
Under Contract (6)
| Player | 2010 Salary | 2011 Salary |
| Rafael Furcal | $8,500,000 | $12,000,000 |
| Andre Ethier | $6,000,000 | $9,250,000 |
| Matt Kemp | $4,000,000 | $7,100,000 |
| Jonathan Broxton | $4,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| Casey Blake | $6,250,000 | $5,250,000 |
| Jamey Carroll | $1,550,000 | $2,500,000 |
Arbitration Eligible (6)
| Player | Service Time | 2010 Base Salary |
| George Sherrill | 5.147 | $4,500,000 |
| Russell Martin | 4.150 | $5,050,000 |
| Ryan Theriot | 4.118 | $2,600,000 |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | 4.114 | $950,000 |
| Chad Billingsley | 4.110 | $3,850,000 |
| James Loney | 4.012 | $3,100,000 |
The service time is listed in years and days, such that 5.147 means five years, 147 days of service time. There are 183 days in a major league season, but it only takes 172 days to accrue a full year of service time. A player can't received credit for more than 172 days in a season.
Under Team Control (19)
| Player | Service Time | 2010 Base Salary | Options Used | Options Left |
| Clayton Kershaw | 2.105 | $440,000 | 2008 | LOL |
| Ramon Troncoso | 2.080 | $416,000 | 2008,2010 | 1 |
| Ronald Belisario | 1.133 | $412,500 | 2004,2005,2008 | none |
| A.J. Ellis | 1.062 | $400,000* | 2009,2010 | 1 |
| Xavier Paul | 1.041 | $400,000* | 2008,2009,2010 | none |
| Chin-Lung Hu | 1.016 | $401,000* | 2008,2009,2010 | none |
| Carlos Monasterios | 1.000 | $400,000 | none | 3 |
| Travis Schlichting | 0.143 | $400,000* | 2009,2010 | 1 |
| John Ely | 0.101 | $400,000 | 2010 | 2 |
| Scott Elbert | 0.100 | $400,000* | 2009,2010 | 1 |
| Brent Leach | 0.090 | $400,000* | 2009,2010 | 1 |
| Trent Oeltjen | 0.087 | $400,000 | 2009 | 2 |
| Kenley Jansen | 0.073 | $400,000 | 2010 | 2 |
| Jon Link | 0.047 |
$400,000 | 2009,2010 | 1 |
| John Lindsey | 0.028 | $400,000 | none | 3 |
| Russ Mitchell | 0.028 | $400,000 | none | 3 |
| Javy Guerra | 0.000 | ------ | 2010 | 2 |
| Trayvon Robinson | 0.000 | ------ | 2010 | 2 |
| Ivan DeJesus | 0.000 | ------ | 2010 | 2 |
*estimated
For more detailed payroll information, be sure to visit the payroll worksheet, of which a summary is always located on the right sidebar.
Here are some important dates to remember for the offseason:
- Day After World Series Ends: begins 5-day period for eligible players to file for free agency
- November 20: Date reserve lists must be set (adding players to 40-man roster for purposes of Rule 5 draft); Note: I'm not sure if this has been moved up or not, with all the other recent date changes.
- November 23: Last date to offer arbitration to free agents to receive compensation
- November 30: Deadline for free agents to accept or decline arbitration
- December 2: Deadline to tender contracts to players under team control or pre-free agency arbitration-eligible players
- January 5-15: Salary arbitration filing period
- January 18: Clubs and players exchange salary arbitration figures
- March 2-11: Contracts for players under team control that have not yet signed can be renewed
For reference, the Dodgers had 29 players on the 40-man roster before adding four minor leaguers before last November 20 (Jansen, Robinson, DeJesus, and Guerra).
It will be a long offseason, but the hot stove is always interesting.
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Rays lineup
Bartlett SS
Upton CF
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Baldelli DH
Zoby RF
Shoppach C
Rodriguez 2B
Old friends Willy Aybar & Dioner Navarro left off ALDS roster. Per Marc Tompkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Aybar is among those staying with team to workout, while Navarro is among those sent home.
Rangers lineup
Andrus SS
Young 3B
Hamilton CF
Guerrero DH
Cruz LF
Kinsler 2B
Francoeur RF
Cantu 1B
Molina C
I love the LOL
in Kershaw’s option column.
Also, I read that players no longer have to file for free agency, it happens automatically.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 7:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I had a dream last night that Chad Billingsley was traded to Seattle. This is the second time this year I had a dream about one of our pitchers getting traded. Before it was Chris Withrow being traded to the Cubs for (I think, the dream wasn’t too clear) Carlos Zambrano. Not sure who the Dodgers got back for Billingsley.
Justin Smoak
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah
that’s the ticket
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Sex List
I don’t know if anyone has heard about this, but apparently a Duke grad student basically did a thesis on “horizontal academics”, documenting with Powerpoint slides her numerous hook-ups and sexual encounters with many Duke students. It goes into vivid detail with pictures and names along with size, performance, et al. The relevant part is that a certain Dodger prospect was documented in the report.
we've heard
Late Night Lemmerman
(for Humma)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I appreciate it!
Clink!
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
clink!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It really is a good one
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Maybe they kept Jansen down to keep him from being a Super-Two setup man. Assuming Broxton and Kuo are gone by Jansen’s first arb year in 2012, he could be a damn expensive closer in four years instead of only moderately overpriced.
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The more important fact is that
Jansen still maintains rookie eligibility for 2011. If he wins the closer job, or splits it w/ Kuo, coming out of ST, he may be the early candidate for NL ROY.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Do you all think Neftali will take it this year?
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 6, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
The
NL ROY? No. ;-)
He seems like the favorite in the AL, though I haven’t paid very close attention.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
So how much do we have for Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry. I needed to laugh today.
Now I am sad…
don't read Plaschke's newest article then
unless you want to be angry and sick to your stomach as well.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Anything in particular today? Or just Plashke himself making me angry and sick to my stomach.
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he should
but he’s gushing over Arte Moreno saying he would spend “whatever it took” to help the Angels.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
The usual disingenuous pablum
Praising Moreno for doing stuff that is pretty similar to stuff he skewered McCourt for.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Meh forget lee
gonna cost way too damn much. Crawford might not get that crazy a deal… ah who am I kidding yes he will.
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that’s too bad too because I think a guy like Crawford could be the missing piece in our offense. Granted most of the core can duplicate a year like in 2009.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I still think there is an off chance
we make a run at him. The PR would be great for the McCourts.
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In light of everything
I think Ned will spend every last dollar he can on one-year free agent deals. He’ll probably wait until late in the offseason when prices are lower.
probably
I just think that he knows that won’t be enough, and the McCourts might be willing to let him splurge a little bit on one player.
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Won't the PR be bad
if the perception is that they were outbid?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
If its by the yankees or red sox?
Maybe. Thats the problem with most fans. If they do nothing they get crucified. If they try but fail to sign the guy, they are cheap, regardless of what contract he gets offered. Although if its the above mentioned teams I think most people would just sigh and move on.
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Nobody corrects Eric and lives to tell about it.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Is there a mediocre starting pitcher on the trade block
that would cost roughly the same as Casey Blake?
I thought we should’ve traded Blake for Kenshin Kawakami before Aug 31. He might still be available in the offseason.
I think all-star Infante is a free agent
he should be able to cash in on a big season so the Braves just might be interested. The problem is we don’t have anyone to play 3rd base. They wouldn’t be moving Sands to 3rd base if they thought Mitchell was the answer.
You're probably right, but
Ned loves having options and DeJon works for him, so….
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
There are probably FA pitchers (type B) like that
Jon Garland, for example. Then dump Casey’s contract on whoever would take it. Same result for LA.
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Awesoke breakdown
Two things:
1. We really don’t have anybody signed for 2012? If so, this could be a serious transition year.
2. TB/Texas might be the best DS of all. My DVR plans to enjoy watching it today.
Casey Blake has a club option.
Rafael Furcal has a 2012 option that vests with 600 PA in 2011; if he gets 625 PA in 2011, it becomes a mutual option.
2012 arb eligibles: Martin (maybe), Loney, Theriot (maybe), Kemp, Ethier, Kershaw, Billingsley, Kuo, Troncoso
Do you mean 625 PA it becomes a player option? If it becomes a mutual option, woudl that mean that if he gets less than 600 PA (no contract), between 600 and 624 PA (contract for 2012), and greater than 625 PA (no contract.)
If 625 really is a mutual option, the Dodgers can basically move on from Furcal unless he sits exactly in 25 plate appearnces.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
But is the club forced to pick it up at 625 PA?
If so, it becomes a player option at 625+
If not, what is the point of the option being vested at 600?
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
As you age
it becomes every third year…..
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via mobile
How is the signal inside Peaches anyway?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I updated the payroll sidebar to show 2011 now. Keep in mind it will change significantly, and for right now includes roster guys in vacant spots.
small request
It will probably be depressing, but could you add a subtotal line above the deferred section to show what we are paying players to play in 2011?
by CarolinaDodger on Oct 6, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
It isn't hard to make a good estimate on that subtotal
in your head.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I thought at first it was only a Joe Maddon-only thing to try to improve team morale, but then I noticed the players wearing them.
Not a fan.
The Tampa Bay McRays of the Clan McLeod. In the end, there can be only one.
by Little Blue Bicycle on Oct 6, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Maddon asked all fans to come wearing plaid.
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I believe the line from yahoo was something like
I don’t advocate coming to the stadium dressed in plaid, but it’s gotta be better than the fans coming to the stadium dressed as empty seats.
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So all the retirees can just show up
in their golf togs?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yeah, i think they look great. Only reason I don’t like off-color dodger hats is because of the tradition behind our hat, but the Rays only have like 3 years of history in their current digs, so who cares.
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Brent Leach
Says he ws optioned in this year (2010). I don’t remember this happening. Am I reading that wrong? Trying to learn more about all of this.
Can’t a player be optioned as many times during the year? Like Link for example, they optioned him down several times.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
ah okay, so you can only be optioned in 3 different seasons? So Xavier Paul is out of options therefore he has to stay on the Dodgers or other teams can pick him up.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
thank you both..I need to learn more about how this stuff works. Really makes it more interesting when you know what people are talkinag about.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Or was that because he was on the Dodgers roster at the end of the year and not making the team out of spring training meant being optioned back to the minors?
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Belisario
His lateness, and his “personal reasons”, at the very least, postponed him making a bump in salary through arbitration by a year (and subsequently postponed his FA by a year, if he’s even in the league that long).
When I first read the title of this post I thought it was going to be a 20,000 word thesis giving details of how each player failed this year.
I was pleasantly surprised that was not the case. Good work, bro.
OT--Nails' Problems
If you haven’t read about Lenny Dykstra’s financial woes there’s an article in today’s LA Times (front page):
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lenny-dykstra-20101006,0,828960.story
But if you want more info there’s an even more in-depth look that was on ESPN.com last year:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4084962
The level of ego and failure is absolutely amazing. The ESPN piece is amazing.
I just read the ESPN story
wow. He’s out of his mind.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Having read the SI story last year
I assumed the LAT piece is superfluous.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
that was before the fall
this is after
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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Perhaps I am thinking of a different article
because it was definitely after the fall. And the first person account from someone who used to work for him for that Players Magazine thing.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I'm probably thinking of a different article then
Or I’m forgetting the article, probably this.
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Dykstra is certifiable
and I’ve got no sympathy for him. I do feel sorry for the people he’s fucked up through the years though.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I rolled up on him in the bathroom of my office a couple years ago. after flushing like 10 times in a row he asked me where he could get a cigarette. when I told him he had to go downstairs he was like ‘oh I can go smoke in the stairwell?’ no you idiot. go away.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Playoffs in less than 1 hour!
Rooting for Tampa Bay Rays.
by DodgerSF on Oct 6, 2010 9:42 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I’d like to see the Reds do something. I like the Twins in the AL. But anybody really as long as it’s not the Yankees.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Oct 6, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Crazy
The salaries for Broxton and Sherrill are disturbing for next year.
Does anyone know of a legal signal online for TBS, or are we limited to that stupid 4 camera angle thing online.
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 6, 2010 9:53 AM PDT reply actions
the stupid 4 camera angle
I’ve probably mentioned it before, but if mlb.tv eliminated blackouts, I would cancel my cable immedietly.
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Amen!
I would gladly pay for MLB.TV if I could watch the Dodgers.
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 6, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
It is literally the only thing stopping me
I would much rather go the on demand route for all my tv, but sports is the killer app for cable, so to speak.
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Sherrill won’t be making that. Broxton, well, MSTI pointed out that there are no real solutions.
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not even trading him?
I guess his value is probably pretty low.
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It's not that he has no value
it’s that all the teams who can afford to take on a 7mil relief pitcher already have their own closer.
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Papelbon bad, K-Rod bad, whoever is closing for the Phillies bad, really any reliever but Mariano bad.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
bad is not the problem. beinga ble to afford two underperforming expensive relief pitchers is.
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Most of them could non tender their bad pitcher though.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
The only guy on that list that could be non-tendered is papelbon, and I find that unlikely. So I’m not being redundant, I suggest going to MSTI and seeing his article on it from a couple weeks ago.
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Hahahaha the Phillies have Lidge for two more years. How the hell is that even possible?
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
And they gave Madson a three year deal….
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Madson is still a good set up man isn't he?
just sucks as a closer.
We talk about how the closer is so overrated, but it does seem that pitchers do fail quite often when trying to pitch in the ninth. Self fulfilling prophecy? Everyone says its so important so they get all mental about it?
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All relievers* are kinda shitty to begin with. You become a “proven setup man” by pitching over your head. When your kinda shitty reliever that was your closer falls back down to Earth, proven setup man becomes closer. Proven setup man then regresses back to the mean and doesn’t have the closer mentality.
*Not Mariano
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Plus once you become a “good reliever” senile manager pitches your arm off.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
such a volatile game
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Truly. Hell, we’re one year removed from proven setup man Ramon Troncoso.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
And 2 years removed from proven setup man Cory Wade
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
and 3 years removed from proven setup man Joe Beimel
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
and 6 years removed from ERIC GAGNE 4EVER
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I'm disappointed in you
If you wanted in on the thread, you needed to say what was going on 4 years ago. You jumped ahead.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
in my defense
2006 was Broxton. So he doesn’t really contribute here either.
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Oh, I've got it
and 5 years removed from proven setup man Duaner Sanchez.
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I believe 2004 was the year of Guillermo Mota
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2003 was so cool
we really did play 6 inning ballgames.
38 year old Kevin Brown with his 2.39 ERA in 32 starts, Paul Quantrill, Mota and Gagne slamming it shut from the back end. ’Twas good times. And the end of Dodgers fans leaving early.
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
Quantrill was the real setup guy. Shuey was more 7th inning.
"You tryin’ to smush right now?" - Snooki
Quantrill was 7th inning, Mota was the 8th.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually Quantrill had
more appearances in 8th both years than Mota. 2002 Q 56-17 2003 Q 60-31
"You tryin’ to smush right now?" - Snooki
Wow. Mota was the second best reliever in baseball that year. But Jim Tracy.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
and Tom Martin with one of the greatest strand rates in history.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
My Dad didn’t like that they traded him.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Nonsense. Mentioning Broxton would have been perfect.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't they have Bard in Boston?
I think people will expect K-Rod to bounce back, but the Phillies might be interested, although considering what they have done to Broxton in the playoffs that might turn them off from him.
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Why
Are they taking BP in the TBS studio?
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 6, 2010 10:01 AM PDT reply actions
I just realized that the Ray's stadium is called Tropicana Field.
Reminds me of Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy. That makes me like them just a bit more.
Did you think, “The Trop” was the official name?
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Polanco can’t answer the bell. The Phillies will be starting Wilson Valdez at third base today.
He’s on the roster though but if he has to be replaced he cannot come back until the World Series (if they get there).
Wilson Valdez, starting 3B in the playoffs
oO !
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
My feeble imitation
“Valdez is coming.”
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Reaction is: imagine Tom Hanks, Phillies fan, on a raft, crying,
Willllson, Willllson.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lol
rec’d
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
My imitation pales
in contrast to the authentic original!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I forgot that Bronson Arroyo
already has a ring in a box.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Probably the most significant ring in baseball history too. One that says 2004 Red Sox on it.
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shut up ESPN
I fucking hated that. Not that they won, but the coverage of it. Did anyone want to talk about how they shut down a really good Cardinals offense? NO of course not, CURSE CURSE MUMBO JUMBO BLAH BLAH BLAH. Go fuck yourself ESPN.
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Speaking as a dude who was a Red Sox fan at the time
…and forgive me…
That was one of the most inconsequential World Series in my memory. The comeback against the Yankees is famous, and should be. In a generation, most people won’t even remember that it was the Cardinals they beat.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
It works like this -- I've told this before
I grew up in Schenectady, New York. My baseball choices were Toronto, Montreal, New York (A), New York (N), or Boston — Schenectady is roughly equidistant from those cities. Of those, the Yankees (on WPIX) and Red Sox (on WSBK) were available on cable. I couldn’t be a Yankees fan, so I became a Red Sox fan. That increased when I went to college near Boston. I moved to LA after graduation but stayed a Sox fan for a number of years.
Then, in 2005, a number of things happened. First, the Sox won the Series, and then became completely insufferable. Also, to watch more baseball live, I became part of a Dodgers season package. I found out about DT and followed along the ’05 season, which was so terrible, and followed the ’05 Suns, who were so fun to watch and discuss. In short, it became impossible to root for the team I was rooting for, I was watching a lot of games of the city I was living in, I was following their minor league club, and discussing them in an online blog. It was easy to convert to a Dodger fan.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
they didnt have the pieces to win the world series like Jeff’s Suppan and Weaver at that time
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
not to mention
Ronnie Belliard
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Which is too bad
The Cards Astros LCS was awesome.
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That was the Beltran year, right?
BTW, in some playoff montage the other day they showed the Endy Chavez catch against the Cardinals. Man, what a beautiful catch.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
That Chavez catch was one of the greatest of all-time IMO. I loved it.
The 2004 NLCS, even though the Dodgers didn’t make it, was pretty sweet. Kent walk-off HR in Game 5, Edmonds walk-off in Game 6 IIRC.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
DeWayne Wise to save Buehrle’s perfect game make that list?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Love that catch
And my first thought was, gee, I wonder what Buehrle gave Wise to thank him for that catch?
I would think, roughly, 24 Rolexes.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
27
one for each batter in a perfect game.
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He gave him a cup, to protect him from random groin punches from AJP
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
lol
rec
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Ya gotta think that AJP was, in high school, voted “Most Likely to Be Ostracized from His Community, Which Hunts Him Down With Torches and Pitchforks, and then Stones Him to Death.”
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I love that catch, and only see it in slow motion in my mind.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Phillies Lineup
Rollins SS
Victorino CF
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Werth RF
Ibanez LF
Shit C
Valdez 3B
Halladay P
mlb audio
Anyone know which broadcasting team is more listenable – the rays or the rangers?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:29 AM PDT reply actions
maybe we must judge by whose local commercials are more sufferable
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Reds Lineup
Phillips 2B
Cabrera SS
Votto 1B
Rolen 3B
Gomes LF
Bruce RF
Stubbs CF
Hernandez C
Volquez P
I heard their was some sort of jewish conspiracy involved with game 2 and the rays so we’re guaranteed a 1-1 series if texas wins.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
More like if they don’t win today they have no chance
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: Slim Jims commercials aren't what they once where
“eat it and beat it”\
….
really?
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for the SoCal people
anyone else find it funny that the very week that SoCal baseball ends, the weather turns immediately cold and rainy?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:37 AM PDT reply actions
supposed to be warm again this weekend.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know about funny
but I immediately thought the same thing on Monday.
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not funny ha ha
funny odd
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it
Need more rain up in socal
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I watched a senior softball tournament in a hurricane yesterday. Coming home to more rain was really depressing.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I called our last two games last night. Way too much rain
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 6, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
i don't mind
i just thought it was kinda symbolic
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
well it is a little early but..
It is looking very winter in Mammoth this week
02-15-2011
by MammothDodger on Oct 6, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
maybe he should change this strategy since hes inducing 400 fouls
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
The changed ground rules in TB are the same for both teams
no big deal, get over it.
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What’s the limit on ground rules? Can you put a “hit it here” target in center for double the runs?
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
just put a skee ball target there
see where the ball goes in
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
beyond the RF wall for a free steak dinner.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
gotta hit the Ray
“I held it like an egg.”
“Yeah, and he scrambled the shit out of it.”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Is the best news of the playoffs
that none of the announcing teams have Chip Caray?
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listening on the radio
Buffalo Wild Wings: the home of “Table-gating”
get it?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
better than table-bating. That can get you arrested.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
personal experience?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
self destruction
When I was younger and hated my life because I was working 20 hours a day buffalo wild wings in Houston was my sanctuary. Tons of beers, ranch dressing and smoking at your table? Sign me up.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh I was there sunday
and they had those ads up. They need to advertise better. Just say you have a billionty tables and delicious wings and I’ll be there.
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b illionty tvs
not tables
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Cliff Lee now has an
infinite WHIP in this playoffs.
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rangers are starting francouer? damn.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:54 AM PDT reply actions
has their been an ex-cubs analysis of the playoffs this year
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:54 AM PDT reply actions
Please don't use
that overhead angle again. Yuck.
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You know what we missed out on this year?
Three weeks of discussing and arguing as to who will be on the playoff roster. That was a good time last year. It’s those little things I’ll miss in the years the Dodgers suck.
say Crawford did come to the Dodgers
where does he bat in the lineup?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 10:57 AM PDT reply actions
Well, he’d have to be behind Theriot, so…
No, I think he would bat second behind Furcal.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Correct Answer:
“Wherever he wants.”
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Dammit I didn'ts see Marty's response first
Btw, is there ANY chance they have a shot at him, or none at all?
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I think with as many teams that want him
slim to none. But others know more than me.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I found a site online streaming the ESPN Spanish broadcast of the TB-Tex game
It’s actually better than listening to a lot of the regular ESPN announcers.
I know how to say “Cliff Lee’s already in trouble” in Espanol!
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Some things I need cleared up
How come the Dodgers’ pick is protected when it’s not in the top 15? What’s the difference between under contract and under team control?
I know one aspect is AZ’s failure to sign their first round pick. They get a do-over.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 6, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
The worst 15 teams are protected. The only reason the Dodgers pick isn’t 13th is because there are 3 unsigned first rounders from last year, and those teams get compensation picks (one pick after their 2009 position)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Team control are the pre-arb players who the Dodgers own the rights to. They are cheap and aren’t going anywhere. Contracts are post-arb players who signed multi-year deals with the Dodgers.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
The human head weighs eight pounds.
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
Dogs and bees can smell fear.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Michael got me. I didn’t see she asked two questions at once. I was just so damn eager to answer the first one that I posted prematurely. Again.
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Under contract is actually a signed contract.
Team control are players with under 3 years of service time. They basically have no rights. If the player and club don’t agree on contract terms by March 2, the team can simply renew the contract at whatever amount they see fit, subject to the minimum and 20% cut rule.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
thanks Michael, Eric. I’d reply under Michael but Scott and Kavula got there first : ) So basically your first three years in MLB you’re a wage slave until you put in enough service time?
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup. And that’s after you make it to the majors. Before that, the Dodgers own your minor league rights where you make even less.
The only recourse is that if you are good, the Dodgers will eventually ahve to protect you from the Rule 5 draft by putting you on the 40 man roster. At that point, you get a pay bump and you start using options.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s rough. But at least they seem to still be in the six figure range. MLS players in that position are making $30k, living with roommates or their parents
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
That is roughly the rate of a minor leaguer, on the 40-man roster for the first time (minimum in 2010 was $32,500). For the Dodgers this year, that would have been Ivan DeJesus, Trayvon Robinson, and Javy Guerra. Kenley “the Dutch Rudder” Jansen, too, before he was called up.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
which all makes sense since MLS, while not under anyone’s control, is a minor league in the World soccer schema, with a few teams (Chivas USA, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake) having overseas or overborder parent clubs.
Which is a weird double think, knowing your covering a minor league sport but treating it like a major league.
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
a wage slave making a minimum of 400k a year, yes.
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
but salary is all relative at that level. Kershaw is bringing in more than $400k to the Dodgers, they probably make that in parking on nights when he’s pitching and that’s really the only draw on a losing team.
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Kershaw is arguably
the most valuable player in terms of worth compared to salary in major league baseball.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I doubt
that Kershaw is a draw on his own, I can think of two players who affected attendance when they pitched, Fernando in 1981 and Nomo in 1995,
Have the Dodgers made any attempt to advertise Kershaw, or did we blow the budget by putting Nickelback on a billboard?
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I am not sure it matters
the two players I mentioned were popular because they brought more Latinos or in Nomo’s case, there were tours from Japan that made it point to go to the game.
Certainly a new campaign might make Kershaw more visible but the average fan is not going to decide around 4:00 to go to the game just to see Clayton pitch.
They’ll go more for the fleece blanket than the player.
Well, wins translates into revenue (or so the conventional wisdown goes), and Kershaw was the most valuable player. So there’s that.
by Michael White on Oct 6, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree that it might not make much difference, but the Dodgers have been noticeably bad at advertising any players they have not named Manny.
Maybe no one thinks Kershaw is an ace because the team never gives LA a reason to care about him.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
advertising is expensive, maybe the Dodgers can’t justify an ad campaign that would cost more than Clayton makes in a year. Even the Giants just let the media hype Lincecum, but with little ads til he was under contract.
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
What does Kershaw's salary
have to do with it? Won’t they simply advertise what will put more butts in seats, such as what bhsportsguy suggests, fleece blanket giveaways?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
it just seems to make more sense to base an ad campaign (which will cost a few million) around someone making a few million in an effort to recoup that salary. I mean maybe give Clayton the radio or newspaper ads but not TV or billboards
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
The problem with trying to market starting pitchers
is that they only start about 16 home games a year. Then you still have to market someone else for the other 65 home games.
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Next year I think I will try to go to at least 10 Kershaw starts
My goal will be about 8 or so.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Assuming you make it to the bigs, which most people won’t so they’ll make between 10-30K.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
And that’s 400K a year in an industry where you can be fired for no reason, a billion people that want your job and gives you no skills for the future.
by regfairfield on Oct 6, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
and also with a very limited number of years to earn any money, relative to the rest of the world.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Next year's MLB minimum
(as well as the minor league minimum salaries as well) will depend on the CPI-W in November 2010 compared to November 2008.
As of right now, using 1982-1984 as 100, the CPI-W in November 2008 was 207.296. We don’t have November’s data yet, but the most recent number was 214.205 in August 2010, so…
214.205 / 207.296 = 1.0333, meaning the MLB minimum would increase to $400,000 × 1.0333 = $413,332, which rounded to the nearest $100 (per the CBA) would mean a minimum salary of $413,300 next year.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Draft notes
After the last CBA, teams got a compensation pick if they did not sign their first round picks. This year, the Diamondbacks, Padres and Brewers all did not sign their picks. So while the Dodgers have the 13th worst record, their pick goes up 3 for the compensation picks. However, the compensation picks do not affect the worst record order.
Michael, I recently had a dream that Bills was traded
too! I would worry that this is a sign of something pending but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Must more be a sign that we’re paranoid and that the Dodgers are bumming us out. :-)
Fortunately the dream wasn’t directly about that, other more interesting things happened so I didn’t wake up screaming.
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other more interesting things happened so I didn’t wake up screaming.
bow-chicka-bow-wow
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:01 AM PDT reply actions
Unfortunately not THAT interesting
I’m kinda glad those two worlds didn’t collide in same dream
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Pena and Maddon arguing that Pena was hit by pitch
that may or may not have grazed his sleeve. Ump said no.
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That the argument
was that ump called foul tip and Rays (and my eye on replay) said “no contact”.
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Ah, I guess my Spanish knowledge not as good as I thought ;-)
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The Spanish Vin says
that Pena said “fertilizantes”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
They had a special on ballpark prunes today as part of ticket package
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I think they marketed this game
as the Early Bird Special
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
by mleadman on Oct 6, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Healthy foods.....taste sooooo goooood
HEALLLLLTHYYYYY FOOOOOOOODSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
/sesame street
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you see what happens
when you clog the bases with Rays?
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
24 pitches
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I’m still staring at it, trying to accept it
by Julio Nievas on Oct 6, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course that's just the tip o' the iceberg
by Josie Becker on Oct 6, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Meh
After the Astros’ Rainbow Guts uniforms, nothing surprises me or displeases me. Sure, wear plaid, why not.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously, is that any more hideous than this?
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
the special on him
was great. Sad though.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
i used to wear those
for little league
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
How about a houndstooth uniform?
Paisley anyone?
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I think baseball should be played the way it was meant to be played:
in a coat and tie. Anything else is like playing in your drawers.
Damn kids, get off my lawn.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprisingly
I liked the uni numbers on the pants leg
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
If I’d designed it, I would have put the uni number inside the star.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Neither pitcher impressing much to start this game at all
even if Lee got out of his jam.
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wasn't Baldelli
on the 08 Rays?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:11 AM PDT reply actions
You mean
Cantu cannot.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 6, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
David Price just doesn't have what it takes to win the big game
Doesn’t have enough heart, sweats too much.
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look in his eyes, see the fear
THE EYES I TELL YOU!!!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Price throwing a lot of pitches
Lee did in the first inning too. These two might not be around too long, though they are both work horses.
He should have thought of that before he decided to walk double digits this year :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
On Manny being a type A FA despite missing so much playing time over the last two years
Eddie Bajak commented on MLBTR (to a different question, but relevant here)
Up to 60 days of DL time is prorated.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Kuroda
I can see why Kuroda would not warrant compensation, but how does Uehara from the Orioles warrant compensation? Is it a contractual issue or misprint?
I would guess that
Kuroda, Uehara and Saito are all in the same situation.
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