Dodgers Announce Taiwan Trip Roster

Here's the preliminary list of 33 Dodgers slated to go to Taiwan next week (departure is March 10):

Pitchers (15): RHP Mario Alvarez, LHP Alberto Bastardo, RHP Robert Boothe, RHP Jesus Castillo, RHP Hyang-Nam Choi, RHP John Ely, RHP Francisco Felix, RHP Charlie Haeger, RHP Kenley Jansen, LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, RHP Josh Lindblom, RHP Jon Link, LHP Juan Perez, LHP Eric Stults and RHP Josh Towers.

Catchers (4): J.D. Closser, Gabriel Gutierrez, Lucas May, Jesse Mier

Infielders (8): Ronnie Belliard, Angel Berroa, Jamey Carroll, Chin-lung Hu, John Lindsey, James Loney, Russ Mitchell and Ramon Nivar

Outfielders (6): Brian Barton, Xavier Paul, Manny Ramirez, Prentice Redman, Michael Restovich, Trayvon Robinson

Coaches: Manager Joe Torre, first base coach John Shoemaker, third base coach Lorenzo Bundy, pitching coach Jim Slaton, hitting coach/bench coach Tim Wallach and bullpen catcher Mike Borzello.

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With all of these guys gone, they’ll have no choice but to use Withrow, Gordon, etc stateside.

GIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

by silverwidow on Mar 2, 2010 7:19 AM PST reply actions

"no choice"?

There are still 23 pitchers in big league camp aside from those going overseas. It wouldn’t shock me if they used some guys from minor league camp, but I don’t know about “no choice.”

by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2010 7:56 AM PST up reply actions

‘Twas a bit overzealous, but nonetheless, it’s a perfect opportunity to showcase a couple of the youngsters for an inning or two.

by silverwidow on Mar 2, 2010 9:10 AM PST up reply actions

Manny is apparently confirmed. Well at least for now. Per Dylan Hernandez:

Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said the agency that represents Manny confirmed he would go

by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2010 8:26 AM PST reply actions

Taiwan Trip

Should be a pretty good time of the year to be in Taiwan. The summers are brutally hot/humid (monsoon season). It still rains quite a bit in March, so there is good chance that some of the games could see some rain fall. I have no idea if their stadiums are indoor or not, I always avoided staying in Taiwan too long during baseball season due to the weather. I did however load up on a few packs of baseball cards from the Taiwanese League. I found a 7-11 store that sold them. I’m not sure if I was more amazed that Taipei had 7-11 stores, or that they had Taiwanese League baseball cards! Nothing like a one stop shop for baseball cards and jaozi.

The team should enjoy their stay, but obviously won’t have much time to sightsee. Of course there was much more to see and do in Beijing than anywhere in Taiwan. Taipei probably has the worlds top museum, but I doubt Manny Ramirez steps foot in it. Perhaps a trip to the Chiang Kai Shek memorial, which eerily resembles the Lincoln Memorial inside. A big pat on the back to anyone who knows how many steps (stairs) the CKS Memorial has leading up to it and why?
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Mar 2, 2010 9:31 AM PST reply actions

With no real starters going,

Is Manny going for publicity? Or is he just taking a free trip?

by Skunkburner on Mar 2, 2010 10:55 AM PST via mobile reply actions

James Loney is offended by your comment

by Michael White on Mar 2, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions

We should have guessed that Brian Barton was going; he was probably first in line to volunteer.

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Mar 2, 2010 12:59 PM PST reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

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

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		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

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
56	Matt Chico lhp	29
33	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
37	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 20 For more info, click here.

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