Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: Dissecting Nick Diaz's Positive Drug Test

On Ground Balls, Stay Low Sweet Theriot?

Watching the last two Dodger games live at the stadium has given me a first-hand look at the fielding of new second baseman Ryan Theriot.  That is of course a small sample size - and I am no scout - but he looks to my eye like a rangy, sure-handed 2B who makes a quick turn in the double-play pivot.  I imagine I was not the only one who thought a couple times during those games, "I don't think Blake DeWitt makes that play."

Defensive metrics are not yet the be-all, end-all for measuring defensive play, but they do help gain some understanding and insight.  Courtesy of Fangraphs, here are some fielding statistics for Theriot, DeWitt, and David Eckstein and Felipe Lopez, who, like Theriot, is in his age-30 season, as points of comparison.  (Note that UZR is considered unreliable in small sample sizes, such as partial seasons, and often doesn't stabilize until three full seasons.  Quick rule of thumb for a full season is around 1300 innings.)

Position Innings
(career)
UZR
(career)
UZR/150
(career)
Ryan Theriot SS 3699 3.4 1.4
Ryan Theriot 2B 1116 4.5 6.8
Blake DeWitt 3B 795 7.1 10.8
Blake DeWitt 2B 860 -4.5 -7.3
Felipe Lopez SS 5137 -40.8 -10.9
Felipe Lopez 2B 2586 -1.7 -0.5
David Eckstein SS 8302 -13.1 -2.4
David Eckstein 2B 2053 0.6 0.3

 

Theriot has just enough career innings manning shortstop to suggest that his UZR/150 is a pretty accurate measure of his defensive abilities as a decent, average fielding SS.  One expects players who are good enough to even be considered as major-league shortstops to be even better fielders on the other side of the bag.  On the other hand, players that convert from the hot corner to second base are moving up the skill scale on the defensive spectrum and one would expect lesser defensive ratings.  (In fact the attempt isn't made too often; Bill Madlock anyone?)

Lopez and Eckstein are recent examples of full-time shortstops who have moved closer to the first baseman and have gone from sub-standard fielding shortstops to servicable second basemen.  (Eckstein made this move full-time in his age 34 season, four years older than Theriot is now.)  It seems reasonable to expect Theriot to make this move and change from an average SS to a pretty good fielding 2B, while it is somewhat likely that DeWitt will struggle to achieve or maintain average fielding 2B status.  Theriot's 6.8 UZR/150 would be amongst the better fielding 2B this season in the majors; only six full-time 2B are at 7.0 or better this season (small sample size warning).

A side point on Theriot/DeWitt: besides the cost factor, the other thing will be missed about DeWitt is his left-handed bat and the handedness advantage he brought to the plate against the great majority of pitchers.  This probably aids him in having a career OPS+ of 95, compared to Theriot's 82 (per baseball-reference.com).  Without DeWitt, the Dodgers have three right-handed bats to choose from at second base, Theriot, Jamey Carroll, and Ronnie Belliard, a less than ideal situation.

I leave it to the more sabremetric in the community to assess how big the fielding difference between DeWitt and Theriot is in terms of team wins and such things, and how much that offsets the offensive loss, but the defensive improvement at least seems to be more than negligible.

***

  • Old friend James McDonald has a chance to help the Dodgers a little tonight as he makes his first start for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Colorado Rockies, a team that is ahead of the Dodgers by 1/2 game in the standings.
  • I'm behind in the comments - we attended the last two games at DS - so perhaps this comparison was already made, but Russell Martin's non-slide at home that caused his injury immediately flashed my memory back to Ivan DeJesus's non-slide at home last spring that snapped his leg.

    I heard it reported by Josh Suchon and Ken Levine on KABC's DodgerTalk that Ted Lilly (the on-deck batter) yelled at Martin to "get down, get down", but I am with those that believe that Lilly was out of position and should have been in Martin's line-of-sight behind home plate giving the visual signal to slide.  Maybe it wouldn't have mattered, but if that would have prevented Martin's injury, how well does Lilly have to pitch in his last ten or so starts to make up for the difference between Martin playing and the duo of Brad Ausmus and A.J. Ellis splitting time for two months?
  • Last night's victory was the most lopsided for the Dodgers since the 14 -1 win over Arizona on July 3.
  • Andre Ethier's one home run, two doubles performance yesterday was his first multiple extra-base hit game since June 8, and the first to include a home run since May 2.

Comment 211 comments  |  0 recs  | 

Do you like this story?

Comments

Display:

Good stuff Dave

I agree about the parallel with DeJesus. It’s that indecision heading into home plate that tends to leave the runner prone to injury.

Amazingly, the CBS video of DeJesus from 2009 spring training is still up.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 12:18 PM PDT reply actions  

2 Free Tix for tonight's game

Top Deck, Section 11, row E, on the Aisle.

You’d just have to pay for the ticketmaster email fee.

If anyone wants them, email me at JJLACS (at) hotmail (dot) com.

by JJ 24 on Aug 5, 2010 12:19 PM PDT reply actions  

From last thread

I think for Guillen you just wait for KC to release him, then sign him for the league minimum. If someone claims him and they work out a deal, so be it.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 12:21 PM PDT reply actions  

also to that

Guillen is right handed, we have enough of those on the bench.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m willing to go all righty if it means ditching our current lone bench lefty.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

sucks

when your bench lefty is that terrible. Carlos Delgado?

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wouldn’t it take him about as long to remember how to hit MLB pitching as it has taken Joe to remember GA sucks?

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, we traded for a DH last year for the stretch run. This wouldn’t be that different. (I always thought we’d get Delgado to pair with Shawn Green back in the day.)

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wouldn’t mind this guy instead

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=blaloha01&year=Career&t=b#plato

800+ career OPS against righties, sucks against lefties.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

He was released by Tampa and never signed.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

ed zachary.

As OB says below, he’d make for an interesting split with Blake.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

say ‘exactly’ in a really thick asian accent..

Ed Zachary.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

That would be offensive if it weren’t so damn clever!

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got it from:

A woman was very distraught at the fact that she had not had a date or any sex in quite some time.

She was afraid she might have something wrong with her, so she decided to seek the medical expertise of a sex therapist. Her doctor recommended that she see Dr. Chang, the well-known Chinese sex therapist, so she went to see him.

Upon entering the examination room, Dr. Chang said, “OK, take off all you crose.” The woman did as she was told. “Now, get down and craw reery, reery fass to odder side of room.” Again, the woman did as she was instructed. Dr. Chang then said, “OK, now craw reery, reery fass back to me.” So she did.

Dr. Chang shook his head slowly and said, “Your probrem vewy bad. You haf Ed Zachary Disease. Worse case I ever see. Dat why you not haf sex or dates.”

Worried, the woman asked anxiously, “Oh my God, Dr. Chang, what is Ed Zachary Disease?”

Dr. Chang looked the woman in the eye and replied, “Ed Zachary Disease is when your face rook Ed Zachary rike your ass.”

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’ve always been a Blalock fan. He and Teixeira have had highly divergent career paths.

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too bad he can’t play 3rd anymore, he would make a good platoonmate for Blake.

by OB12 on Aug 5, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

We have a DH for the stretch run. Can’t remember his name. The guy with the hair.

@soyboquense

by delias man on Aug 5, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Would be cool to be able to start Reed Johnson LF and Manny DH against lefties and Manny in LF/Blalock DH against righties.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

that would be cool

because it would mean the Dodgers were in the World Series.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ed Zachary.

Brought it back. ok that’s enough.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

yeah probably, it was a half hearted suggestion

besides, he’d probably wanna go somewhere where he gets more than one PA per game. I hear the White Sox are interested.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

David

this headline…oh my god, I can’t stop laughing. Awesoke!

Leading the league in OMGs.

by Maddz on Aug 5, 2010 12:28 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm not going to do the math

but I’m gonna say that if Lilly pitches really well in his final 10 starts and leads the Dodgers to victory in 6 – 10 of them, his contribution (vs. what we were getting out of the 5th spot) will outweigh the difference between the Ellis/Ausmus/? platoon and the production we were getting out of Martin.

by BFDC on Aug 5, 2010 12:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Great piece David

i agree with you on everything except on your opinion that Lilly was partially at fault for Martin’s injury. You slide. First off, Jamey Carroll is hitting, how far could he have possibly hit it? You know there’s going to be a play at the plate. Martin isn’t ever afraid to slide as he’s shown when he rounds third base and gets held up at the last second. I think Martin just spaced out for a second and thought he easily had it. I really think it’s all on him. Everyone knows at every level of baseball that you should slide.

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Aug 5, 2010 12:48 PM PDT reply actions  

You sold me with this part
Jamey Carroll is hitting, how far could he have possibly hit it?

:-)

More seriously, Martin has to watch the catch to know when to leave from 3B so he should have planned to slide unless he got signaled not to. He got no signal, so he should have slid. I was stunned he didn’t slide, but I had a better view the entire time than he did. ;-)

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Aug 5, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jon Weisman with the best link I've seen in a while

http://bit.ly/btoE1 0

It’s a Japanese Lindsay Lohan cartoon re-enactment with one possibly NSFW shower scene.

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 12:56 PM PDT reply actions  

weird

That’s not it. Well, it’s on DT. (Sorry mods)

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

hitting that waiver wire?

Wonder if and when we put Blake and Manny on waivers? Blake to StL or Minny would be a godsend…although we’d have a huge hole next year at 3b

Blake next year…RH can play 1b and corner, decent bench guy no? If paired with LH 3b he’d be worth having around, especially is he can get alot of rest in his 37th year. He turns 37 in 18 days…yikes. LH DeWitt as starter next year 3b with DeJesus,Carroll at 2b…wasn’t in our plans I guess
Can anybody remind me of the terms of 4th option year on Blake?
thnx

by megaballs on Aug 5, 2010 1:04 PM PDT reply actions  

from Cot's
3 years/$17M (2009-11)
re-signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/9/08
09:$5M, 10:$6M, 11:$5.25M, 12:$6M club option ($1.25M buyout)
performance bonuses: $0.125M each for 525, 550, 575, 600 PAs
buyout increases to $2M if traded between 10/2/09 & 10/1/10

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks…so CLUB OPTION on Blake in 212 and a $2mil buyout if traded between now and October…fascinating…he’s staying I guess..only $5.25m in 2011
Thanks again

by megaballs on Aug 5, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Adam Dunn

has been claimed by a mystery team.

Who could it be?!?!?

by silverwidow on Aug 5, 2010 1:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Hold on

Let me make some popcorn ;)

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

you better be sharing :)

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved the ESPN “Breaking News: Adam Dunn not traded.”

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

did they pull him back? or did they just want to make a headline?

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was from from 7/31. I don’t know what’s happening today.

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

ah ok

would be funny if the Dodgers did claim him. as you gotta think as it stands now we’d win the claim.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Reds want him back!

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man

by mleadman on Aug 5, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Philly gets him for three weeks at 1b and Houston pays half $

by megaballs on Aug 5, 2010 1:18 PM PDT reply actions  

I don’t know whether to laugh or be angry about that.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Interesting article

I like The Natural, but everything he says about it is true.

I’m still hoping for a movie about Jackie Robinson. What a story. (and no I’m not counting The Jackie Robinson Story, sorry.)

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who would you have play:

Jackie: Will Smith
Rachel: Kerry Washington
Branch Rickey: Edward Herrmann

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think

Jackie’s story and name are enough that an unknown could play him and it’d do well. That said, you’d probably need a big-namer playing Branch Rickey though.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

that being said

if they ever made a movie about Satchel Paige, I think a good choice would be Dave Chappelle. Dude looks almost exactly like Paige, and with his showboating attitude, I think it could be a good match. That’s just my crazy mind though.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

have Philip Seymour Hoffman play Branch? I think you’d need a big enough name as the main character to get the casual fan to come. Maybe Terrence Howard as Jackie.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pee Wee Reese: Giovanni Ribisi?

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

So many directions to go with this one.

I’ll settle on: “For the one-handed pop-ups?”

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Pee Wee Reese’s face looks a bit like Jack Davenport.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sure I told this story before

I once had occasion to interview Mark Johnson, who produced The Natural. I said, casually, y’know, I have a friend who calls that the best book-to-movie change of all time.

Johnson says, I remember our first story meeting. We went through the whole script with the studio. And we get to the end. And Glenn Close stands up. And he’s bleeding. And the pitch comes in and he swings — and it’s strike three. He’s out. We fade to black. I swear, you could hear a pin drop in that room.

The Omar Moreno of this blog

by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Holy shit

The perception of Roy Hobbs, the movie, all that shit is totally changed with that ending vs the HR and the Lightning and so on.

Cool story, Humma

by keithc13 on Aug 5, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

LA Weekly profile of Frank McCourt. Was this posted earlier?

I don’t see this in earlier posts. Long un-flattering history of Frank McCourt’s business dealings.

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-08-05/news/dodger-dog/

People don't think it be like this, but it do.

by MartinGreen on Aug 5, 2010 1:27 PM PDT reply actions  

I still don't understand why Selig allowed all of the debt ast this article points out...

Flying in the face of an MLB rule that limits owner debt to 40 percent, almost the entire purchase was financed with loans from News Corp. and Bank of America.

by BFDC on Aug 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

this was the most telling quote for me

I just know he’s gonna do everything he can to hang on to this team and squeeze every last penny out of us, without really caring about the product on the field

“I would never count on Frank McCourt to back me up,” Heath says. “He’d always go for the quickest and biggest buck. If that meant someone else was left behind, that’s okay.”

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Aug 5, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

ESPN has the 50 most painful outcomes in college football history

How is the Stanford Band play only #20? Hell it is called “The Play”

"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010

by K3vo on Aug 5, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Everyone's banged up

Kris Medlen of Braves and Greek God of Walks both likely out for year.

by kinbote on Aug 5, 2010 1:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Who’s that, Youkilis?

by Xeifrank on Aug 5, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

Youk is having surgery on his paw

by keithc13 on Aug 5, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

uh oh

might be the Red Sox who claimed him then, or does he have to pass through the NL first?

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

NL First

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

A player on waivers from an NL team goes through all the NL teams by record then the AL teams by record. Ditto for AL players going through the AL first then the NL.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

excellent

The more I think about it, the more I hope it was the Dodgers who claimed him, if nothing else to block him from going to the Giants or Rockies.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wouldn’t surprise me if a team like the Mets did to keep him from the Braves.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Would we even be able to block either of those teams?

I thought waiver priority was based on last season’s standings? Or is that just how it is at the beginning of the season until a good number of games in the current season have been played?

by Jesse S. on Aug 5, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are correct.

I found a great article on MLB Transactions on Purple Row from February 2009. It says (link):

November 11 – April 30 (or the 30th day of the next season): The club with the worst won-loss record in the previous season has priority.

May 1 – July 31 (31st day of the season – July 31): The club with the worst won-loss record in the current season has priority.

August 1 through November 10: The club with the worst won-loss record in the current season has priority, but American League clubs have priority for AL players, and National League clubs have priority for NL players.

by Jesse S. on Aug 5, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sorry i just still dont fully understand the waiver wire

if Dunn is claimed by another team then, is it draft picks that the Nats receive, do they negotiate a trade with the team that claims him? or is it just a way to dump him and his contract for nothing..

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Aug 5, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

If a player is claimed

current team has options:

1) let the claiming team have the player (new team assumes all remaining salary)
2) work out a trade with the claiming team
3) pull back player from waivers (can’t place player on waivers for remainder of season)

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

me next eric

if a team claims him, does another team have to make the claim at the same time?

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

once the player is on waivers, there is a 48-hour period in which teams can submit claims to a central bank at the league office. It doesn’t matter what time everyone makes the claim.

Once the waiver period is up, one team will win the claim (if there are more than one) based on record

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

thank you

I again reinterate my hope he does not go to our rivals.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Eric maybe you'll know

If a player is put on waivers and pulled back, do you still have the option of putting them on irrevocable waivers where the team that put the player out there no longer has the option to pull the player back.

Excuse my poor wording.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

ah ok thank you, that clarifies

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Aug 5, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Question for all you experts

Will Kershaw be a super two next year, or will he be making under $1m?

by StolenMonkey86 on Aug 5, 2010 1:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Depends on his peers, but I am 99.9% sure he will not be a Super Two next season.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

ok

So there’s only a 0.1% chance of him costing an extra $4m next year.

by StolenMonkey86 on Aug 5, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I will modify that to 100%. Kershaw will be at 2 years, 105 days service time at the end of this season. No way that is in the top 17% of all players between 2-3 years service time.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

When you say top 17 percent

Does that go by stats (like some kind of formula) or actual playing time? Or days of service I should say.

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Service time

among players with at least two years, but not three years.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks

I was always wondering what top 17 percent meant.

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

All part of The Plan!

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

64.6% chance that will not happen tonight. :)

by Xeifrank on Aug 5, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jose Guillen

Jose Guillen
Jose Guillen

by keithc13 on Aug 5, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pods. If I’m stuck with bad defense I’d rather not bring in a cancer.

Podsednik at least provides some utility as far as pinch running in tight spots. Game 7 tie game Bottom 9, loney hits a double with 2 outs..I want Pods pinch running to win the series.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Padilla was concerned a cancer at one point. But I do not want any of them on the team .

DFA JAMES LONEY

by NotJoeTorre on Aug 5, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

considered*

DFA JAMES LONEY

by NotJoeTorre on Aug 5, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Padilla was also largely unproductive in Texas, so it’s somewhat understandable from a baseball standpoint that no one took a chance on Padilla except us. Jose Guillen is having a good season and still no one wanted him.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Didn't we grab Padilla in August after he was DFA'd?

Its reasonable to assume someone will take a flier on Guillen.

by BFDC on Aug 5, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

yep, Aug 20. But he also had an ERA+ of 95 in Texas and a 124 with us in LA. We lucked into him.

Guillen on the other hand, has an OPS+ of 101. My point is that Jose Guillen is playing well, so he’d have to be an exceptional asshole to be DFA’d.

It would seem, from the outside looking in, that Padilla was not liked but was DFA’d for baseball reasons whereas Jose Guillen is not liked but is productive, so he would have been DFA’d for “fuck it we’re out of the race anyway” reasons.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guillen has been in a pretty bad slump and they probably want to see what their youth can do without shuffling the lineup. The Royals could have an up and coming young team with an awesome farm system and probably want to see what they’ll have to build around.

by BFDC on Aug 5, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not talking about why the Royals would want to get rid of him. I’m talking about why no one was willing to give up even a fringe prospect for him.

Now they can get him for the prorated minimum, but they didn’t know that before today.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

How can they get him for the prorated minimum?

If a team claims him, wouldn’t the new team would have to pay the salary?

Otherwise he could still be dealt for a fringe prospect. Maybe the Royals were just asking for more prior to the deadline.

by BFDC on Aug 5, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

no one is going to claim him. He’ll get through and be released and then any team can sign him for like 50k.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guillen could still be dealt

but if they wait until he is released, a team can sign him for the minimum.

by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

To answer the question, though…yes, if someone claims him the Royals could dump his salary onto the claiming team and just let him go, or as Tommy says they can work out a deal.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

seeing him last night live made me realize how much he runs on his toes

he’s still quick though

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Aug 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

OT: History of "Madden" and EA Sports

Great read:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100805/madden

"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson

by Ego Crusher! on Aug 5, 2010 2:10 PM PDT reply actions  

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100805/madden

"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson

by Ego Crusher! on Aug 5, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Try again Dorothy : )

How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?

by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100805/madden

"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson

by Ego Crusher! on Aug 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

you can't put it in the header

here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100805/madden

How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?

by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thx Toto

"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson

by Ego Crusher! on Aug 5, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Belly

Any news on Belly’s status. Somebody said earlier that the Dodgers had to decide by today, I thought they had until tomorrow August 6?taking him off the restricted list

by wineracquet on Aug 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT reply actions  

He was placed on the restricted list July 7

So today is the 30th and final day he can be on the restricted list. They will need to add him to the roster by tomorrow.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone else having “over capacity” problems on Twitter?

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 2:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Did LeBron have another decision?

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Adam Dunn broke it.

@soyboquense

by delias man on Aug 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

BP

projects an avg. of 83.3 avg. wins for Dodgers.

6.31033% chance of the playoffs.

The Rockies are half a game ahead in the standings, yet have a 22.42201% chance. Seems kinda high…

Braves are a tick higher than the Pads despite being 1.5 games behind them.

I remember following this back in ’08, it was fairly similar. Dodgers left for dead, then made something like a 60% jump in 2 weeks very late (over the course of those two sweet, sweet series against the DBags).

If we drop out quickly, I’m going to pray for SF to take the WC and Cards to take the Central. Cards would demolish SF in a short series.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Blasphemy!

I don’t want the Gnats to make the playoffs… From now until eternity…

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rather see them

just miss out by a hair, or get embarrassed in the playoffs, without a division pennant to fall back on?

Tough call, but I’m taking the second.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd rather see them miss out by a hair

They miss the playoffs, and their first round pick is unprotected… Which will be awesome when Sabean gives Adam Dunn a 10 year deal…

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Better GM

Ned or Sabean?

Killing yourself is not an option.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

I say Sabean

His drafts are pretty good… LOL on sticking with LOLina for so long though…

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Really?

I picked Sabean because they have a nice farm system there… I hate saying that…

/throws up

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sabean had the greatest player of all time and couldn’t even make the playoffs consistently.

by regfairfield on Aug 5, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're talking about Bengie Molina

Right? :)

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rich Aurelia.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

nope

Benito Santiago

Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?

by shaqfor3 on Aug 5, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dude loves his veterans

even more than Ned.

It was only in the last couple of years that Sabean actually started hanging onto what he gets from his good drafts.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least he's actually learned

Unlike someone we know…

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

You, Hitler, Ned, And Sabean are locked in a room

You have 2 bullets, who do you shoot? Shoot Hitler 3 times so he doesn’t see what you do to Ned and Sabean.

lol, I totally stole that joke from some guy i use to know, but it was McCarver and Buck instead of Ned and Sabean.

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Shoot hitler 2 times*

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

The old Brooklyn joke was:

You’re in a dark alley with Hitler, Mussolini and Walter O’Malley, and your gun only has two bullets..who do you shoot?

You shoot O’Malley twice.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rowand and Andruw

The veteran CF contract showdown of ’08. Was like Ned and Sabean trying to out Ned/Sabean each other. Ned won.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not me. :)

But serious question… better team: 09 Dodgers or 10 Giants?

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep.

Also I think this year’s Cards are much better than last year’s Cards.

by some_dude on Aug 5, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jesus

Who sucked the blood out of his body?

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

is that jimmy page?

Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?

by shaqfor3 on Aug 5, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well gosh that looks familiar

How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?

by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

if that's Lestat

then it’s not even close. Lestat is hot.

Leading the league in OMGs.

by Maddz on Aug 5, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's Dracula

from Buffy v. Dracula, Season 5 Ep 1

How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?

by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

With no hair he’d look like Voldemort, jeez.

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Toss Up!

Which would you dislike more:

1. Phillies win WS for next 2 years.

2. Giants win WS this year.

by Jesse S. on Aug 5, 2010 3:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Would rather us never win a title than them ever win one.

so 1.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

dislike 2 more

and its not even close

@soyboquense

by delias man on Aug 5, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

i guess he did say dislike more

so then yes, 2.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's always the Gnats

Not close

/jumps out the window

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Giants aren't allowed to win ever!!

I would rather us never win again, knowing they won’t win either. At least we will have something to hang our hats on!

"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson

by Ego Crusher! on Aug 5, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Misery loves company.

I’m right with you here. Though if scenario #1 included us getting knocked out of the playoffs each year by the Phillies I might change my answer.

by Jesse S. on Aug 5, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I go with 2

even though I cant stand the Phillies.

Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?

by shaqfor3 on Aug 5, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I dislike 2. My dad and grandpa will never shut up.

Leading the league in OMGs.

by Maddz on Aug 5, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

3. Become a

Royals fan.

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

they have Dodger-esque unis though

Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?

by shaqfor3 on Aug 5, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

4. Become a

Reds fan?

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Their farm system is rockin

At least this way we could have a nice future to look forward to ;)

"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"

by Ivdown on Aug 5, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Number 2 easily, even if option 1 was the Phillies winning the next 10 WS

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would vote for #1

all day long.

I wouldn’t vote for #2 if Jack Bauer was trying to beat that shit out of me!

by keithc13 on Aug 5, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have it backwards

At the end of the day just know I fckin hate the Giants more than any other franchise in any other sport.

That is how that should read!

by keithc13 on Aug 5, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

dislike 2 infinitely more

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Aug 5, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Phil’s up to 167! He needs 80 more by tomorrow? Dang.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:25 PM PDT reply actions  

they added him back to the roster?

Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?

by shaqfor3 on Aug 5, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

unclear

just said he is throwing live bp to reed johnson

by EephusBlue on Aug 5, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t have to until tomorrow. He has been working out at DS for at least 10 days or so.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

fat

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

fat like Broxton.

Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.

by G.Scott on Aug 5, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

A place for Dodger fans to congregate without spending $15 on parking.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

100_1427_small
Dodger Blogger Softball Tourney Update
2011-philly-game-me__2__small
2011 Dodgers Spreadsheet Project
Ed-ak286_scully_g_20091006143938_small
It is time to play - Name the BA Top 30

Recent FanPosts

Kemp_small
All-star predictions
Img_0247_small
Dodgers.com might have a job opening...
Small
Law Ranks Dodger System #12
Small
DODGERS -- 2 GREAT SEATS FOR SALE
Small
Joe Torre Horrow Show
Small
Are you the Biggest Dodger Fan?
P1010315_small
1st Trip to LA

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

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 37 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 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
60 Matt Chico lhp
29
35 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

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

*Age on June 30, 2012

NRI count: 19

For more info, click here.


Manager

Eric___ned___reporters_2011_trade_deadline_small Eric Stephen

Editors

100_1427_small Phil Gurnee

Dgy_small David Young

Hanauma_bay_small Chad Moriyama

2501_small Michael White

Raptors_small Brandon Lennox