Monasterios, Ortiz Give The Staff a Boost

I believe it will only be Blake resting. Karstens is a righty, and GA is struggling, so pencil in Paul at leadoff (just a guess on the Paul inclusion).

Eric, we had a blast…I am just sorry we had to leave at the top of the 7th, but we got to see Ramon get the double play on the walk out.

Wonderful time had by all!

I went to a lot of college hoops games with him this season, so I knew what to expect. It worked out well.

with me, that should count for something.

You’re a real jerk. You wasted eight fuckin’ aprons on that girl. ;)

Andre, productive on and off the field :)

JJ24 is the only guy I know who has season seats and goes to games but is never in his own seats.

I’m kicking myself for not taking a pic of Lima.

Thanks for coming, Tripon. Nice seeing you again

Molina is playing. Posey is in AAA. Does he think that he should be mentoring Posey.

If so hes probably butthurt about management making promises to him. But then again if he wanted guaranteed playing time he should have signed with the mets…

But every interview around the draft, Logan White has always been almost defiant re Baseball America rankings (which to me always made the Kyle Blair pick so strange since they were going to have to go so far above slot to have a chance).

And its not like White was spending freely (outside of Andy LaRoche) in 2002 and 2003. But then the Red Sox, TIgers and Yankees were not paying above slot at that time.

White said two years ago that he didn’t want to pay those high bonuses in Latin America.

The one part of the column that I have an issue with is this paragraph:

It is not that the Dodgers cannot contend without pouring money into major league free agents, draft picks and international signings. However, given the prices they charge for tickets and parking, and given that they led the major leagues in attendance last season, it is unconscionable that ownership won’t pour money into at least one of those areas, to leverage the advantage of playing in Los Angeles into the best possible chance to dominate the National League West.

Are we talking about going forward, this past off-season, the Logan White era of running the scouting department? Last time I checked, this current administration as been to the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years and 4 of the last 6. Prior to that, 7 seasons of nothing.

Again, all of what is in the article is not really new but it is accurate to what I have seen before.

“For Pittsburgh and Kansas City and all those teams that have outspent us, what do their fans have to be happy about?” White said. “They’re still going to have 18 or 19 losing seasons in a row. We’re not.”

Um Logan —→ its not just Pittsburgh and KC that have outspent the Dodgers.

White really comes off as being defensive. Its true that the Dodgers payroll at the major league level has dropped, as well their investment in amateur talent. Talent costs money (whether you buy it in free agency, sign it in the draft, or trade for it). If the Dodgers wont spend, its very likely that the team is going to go downhill rapidly.

I dont have a huge problem with the Dodgers not paying over slot, even though I think they should bc who cares about getting an All Star game in LA. I’d rather the Dodgers have great players than worry about something like that. And I understand about the Dodgers being gunshy about giving some of the Dominican players 2-3 mils dollar bonuses (Joel Guzman)…but that said —→ You cant be a major market team like the Dodgers, and be at the bottom of the barrell in the Dominican. Its not going to work.