Ronnie Belliard Designated For Assignment; Trent Oeltjen Called Up
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2010 4:35 PM PDT
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PrintThe Dodgers purchased the contract of left-hand hitting outfielder Trent Oeltjen from Triple A, which was an expected move, at least since yesterday. What wasn't expected was the corresponding move. To make room on the 40-man roster for the Australian, the Dodgers designated Ronnie Belliard for assignment, per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com.
Much as the 2010 Dodgers are not performing like their 2009 counterparts, Belliard is not enjoying as good a season as he did last year. Belliard was a lightly regarded bench pickup who hit his way into the starting lineup, invoking thoughts of another infielder acquired from the Nationals late in the season, Marlon Anderson in 2006. Belliard hit .351/.398/.636 with 12 extra-base hits in 24 games as a Dodger last season, and ended up supplanting Orlando Hudson, starting every playoff game at second base.
The Dodgers re-signed Belliard, official Friend of Manny®, this offseason for $825,000, but the contract didn't become guaranteed until he weighed in at 209 pounds or less in spring training. In a limited role this season, Belliard has struggled, hitting just .216/.295/.327 in 82 games. He started games at second base, third base, and first base this season.
The 27-year-old Oeltjen made his major league debut last season for the Diamondbacks, hitting three home runs in his first four games, before finishing the season in a 5-for-46 slump. He signed a minor league deal earlier this season with the Dodgers after getting released by the Brewers. He hit .347/.419/.563 in 49 games with Albuquerque.
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I think Trent
can do everything Hoffman can do, plus do it just a little better.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
OT: Vancouver installs child-shaped speed bumps to keep drivers alert
If I sit at a speed bump waiting for the damn kid to get out of the way enough, I think I’ll assume all small children in the middle of the street are optical illusions and I should continue to accelerate.
http://www.good.is/post/vancouver-s-new-speed-bumps-little-children
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/reversestandings/
And when you pass over it
a “bloop” noise plays while the image disappears into a bubble with a point value between 200 and 500 in it.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 7, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think this means John Lindsey gets a few starts at first base against lefties. Hopefully tomorrow.
I hope you're right
but I still abide by the “Joe Torre doesn’t give a crap about September call ups and seeing what they can do” school. I’d be shocked if any of them did anything but get a pinch hit at bat or two.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/reversestandings/
He doesn't really have much incentive to does he?
He will be gone next year. bleh.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
No its more this
he wants to compete with his regulars against teams in contention, it is one of those unwritten rules but Torre is going to abide by it.
Yeah that's exactly it
Now we can all point out, but your regular hitters have stunk for 2 months, but there’s still fear that teams still competing for playoffs will point to subs and say the Dodgers are tanking. It’s not quite right but it is what it is.
Still, hopefully they’ll be some at bats coming for the newbies.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Its hard to remember this
But I am sure we would have been bugged in the past years if teams starting giving at bats to AAAA players in September against someone we were battling for a playoff spot.
That said, I think that is dumb reason to follow.
I'd play my best players
against teams in contention. That said, Andre and Loney would be sitting against LHP, and not sure if Matt Kemp would even be playing right now.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Just don't think we'd get the same
cries of anguish we got last month if Matt Kemp was to be benched for the 3rd time this year. 2nd half OPS is now below .700. At this point even Juan Pierre has a higher 2nd half OPS, and I think it is fair to say that no one would have thought that was possible over a 300 at bat stretch . I sure didn’t.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
CC getting rocked after that brilliant one hitter
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Feeling poetic
A funny old player is the Belli man.
His gut will hold more than his bat can.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the hell-he-can.
(stay on the team this long)
-
(sorry for cross posting this on DT, probably wasn’t worth it. Where’s Humma’s gin, that we can raise in salute to Belliard who shows you how fast a major leaguer can go from hot to done.)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
by underdog on Sep 7, 2010 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Thanks for the reply, Keith. I thought about contacting the seller tomorrow, but didn’t know if that was too soon.
I’ll see how it goes.
Dunno
no one has ever lived long enough to hear taps played in their honor
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/reversestandings/
But
isn’t it “played in [one’s] honor” only posthumously? I think both statements are true!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
It is really loud
at MCRD in San Diego. But it all depends where you are in relation to the speakers.
Taps is one of those melodies
where if you had never heard it before, then heard it, you’d say to yourself, that would make a good melody at a funeral for fallen comrades.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I guess we'll never know if Belliard ended up this season as a Dodger
hitting his weight or not.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
They needed Oeltjen on the bench yesterday
When Ausmus could have been PHed for with runners at second and third, but wasn’t. With Gibbons the only LH PH, Torre/Schaefer didn’t want Gibbons sent up there and IBBed, then have a RH PH up there. But they could have sent Oeltjen up there and put Gibbons on deck and gotten the handedness matchup they wanted.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yep
He had an ERA of over 5 with the Pirates at the start of the day.
by robotmadeofnails on Sep 7, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Fangrapshs says
2.45 (FIP) and 3. 64 (xFIP) as a Pirate
http://www.fangraphs.com/winss.aspx?team=Pirates&pos=all&stats=sta&qual=0&type=1&season=2010&month=0
with a very sexy almost DD K rate
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
So much anger...
I’m going to go find a baby to punch.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
watching the White Sox game
announcers were talking about things the WS hitting coach noticed in Manny’s swing and thinks he’ll hit for more power.
submitted without commentary
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
Forwarded on by the
Tim Wallach for Manager in 2010 Committee. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Who will get a Dodger PA first
John Lindsey or Trent Oeltjen? I say the latter.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’ll go so far as to say Lindsey will be announced first, to face Joe Thatcher, but after the pitching change, Oeltjen will PH for the PH Lindsey!
then can we have them?
I read somewhere that they both wanted to be Dodgers. But I could be making it up.
free sandwiches?
fuck yeah
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I heard the parole board just told Chapman to imagine what it was like to be free, and that it was easy if he tried.
The SEC teams will never go to the west coast to play a good team
NEVER. /exagerate but not really
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
You don't count
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
plus that was for fugging ever ago
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I said a good team
I don’t know why you keep bringing up USC.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Sorry dude
I was trying to provide examples.
Who is nolanders favorite team? I will include them next time.
:)
Anyone not in the BCS?
heh I don’t really have a favorite college team, though I tend to root for anyone in the Pac 10 not named USC.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I also root for Notre Dame
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
just don't say you root for stanford
you’ll be banned
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
More like a ND fan jumping ship
although that happened several years ago, and I’ve never followed college football that seriously. The lack of a playoff system just makes it a pleasant diversion from time to time, but not the full blown obsession the NFL and MLB are for me.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
teflon babies are the hardest to punch.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
When I think Oregon and Louisiana
the next thought in my mind is always, One team has a good coach, one team has Les Miles.
Speaking of lightly regarded LSU coaches...
My brother Kelly likes to tell the story of when Bob Knight came back from something like 30 points down to LSU, and when asked after the game, Knight said “When I looked down and saw Dale Brown on the other bench, I knew we were in good shape.”
Classic. Assholy, but classic.
That is funny. I have a friend that has a landscaping business
He was at my house the other day helping me clear out some Crepe Myrtles. He is a huge LSU fan. He starts in telling me this story about how MLB sucks because they took their future QB. He didn’t even know what MLB team did it.
He was saying that once he started school, he shouldn’t have been able to be contacted. I was laughing the whole time.
I have two in my back yard
They are great trees. They should never be “cleared out”
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
They should be
if they “distract” the front of the home in an attempt to sale said home.
I like them. If they are cared for properly, they are great. I failed them this year. The good thing is they grow like weeds. They will grow back in no time.
Meant to comment on this earlier
You won’t meet a nicer guy than Dale Brown. Not the greatest basketball coach in the history of the sport. The last game that UA played in its old basketball arena, They played LSU. They had Chris Jackson (aka Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf) and Shaq. Shaq scored like 20 pts on 10-10 shooting that night. Shaq didn’t touch the ball the last 7 minutes of the game. Arkansas won and Nolan Richardson said after the game that Dale must’ve been taking it easy on us bc of the arena closing.
I like him
He coached Palm Springs High in 1965-1966. Outside of me and maybe Greg, Brown is the most notable person associated with PSHS.
He came out and spoke to the crowd
after the game I was talking about earlier. I remember him saying that Arkansas would win a National Championship in the next few years if the just let NR continue to coach there. He was right.
This made me laugh
from Brewers’ beat writer Tom Haudricourt:
Just saw that the Cardinals will play the final 31 days of the season without day off because of make-up game vs. Fla. on Sept. 20. Wow.
Suck it, St. Louis!
Do the Dodgers get any salary relief from DFA Belliard?
or no since it’s September and there are no minors for him to even accept an assignment to?
He had a major league deal, so they are on the hook unless he signs with another team for the final 3 weeks or so. They would only save the pro-rated minimum.
The savings on that much extra food
per day, why that alone is enormous!
hello, top free agent 2011!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
CarGo
3 run HR.
He’s insane.
.341 Avg .999 OPS 32 HR’s 100 RBI’s
Braves down to J-Mac and Pirates 5-0.
Phillies up on the Marlins 5-3. Phillies can take over the N.L East lead is this holds.
comp
noticed that Kemp and Adam Jones have about the same OPS, SLG and OBP this year. Jones is about a year younger, who’d you take? I’d still take Kemp offensively, but Jones on D…overall, Jones as a true CF.
That which is in constant motion contains all possible forms.
have you ever seen both of them in the same place, same time??
Hmmmmm…
That which is in constant motion contains all possible forms.
3 times now
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha!
Isn’t this why Larry David exists?
That which is in constant motion contains all possible forms.
extra
EEEEEEEEVIILLLLLLLLLLLLL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t realize that 3B coach interference from Texas this weekend involved former Dodger Dave Anderson! He is the Rangers’ 3B coach. Awesome.
He chased a guy down the line who took his hat during the pennant celebration in 1988.
I wanted to let you know that
I was listening to ESPN radio the other night and they played a clip of Mike Golic ripping Manny for not trying with the Dodgers
and how he got his way again. Not putting out for another team. Golic said that Larry Bowa was pissed about the effort of the
Dodgers and that Bowa is one of, if not the best, 3rd base coach in the game.
hardee fuckin har
J-Mac
7 shutout innings…against the first place Braves. THAT is why I got so worked up when I read
“but his career seemed to stall as he failed to show the maturity the Dodgers had hoped”from Phil’s link earlier. The implication that he was not up to the task was not only out of place in a feel-good article about John Lindsey, it was also very misleading, to say the least.
And speaking of misleading, his ERA with the Pirates doesn’t tell the whole story. He was cruising along against the Brewers a couple of weeks ago, when a bad defensive play in the 7th opened the floodgates. That was probably worth about 0.50 at least. He also gave up a 3 run homer to David Wright in a rain shortened game, and got blooped to death by the Padres. (And who hasn’t had THAT happened to them this season?) Outside of that, he’s been great.
Wouldn’t someone folding like a house of cards at the first sign of a bad break be the very definition of a lack of maturity?
I'm not really disagreeing with the sentiment
In fact, thanks to SBNation/TBLA’s handy search tool, I pulled up this gem from March 20th,
by sarcastro9 on Mar 20, 2010 10:01 PM PDT Seems like a lot of the things that many people think is true with Bills actually is true with J-Mac.
But to use it as sort of a compare-and-contrast, to show why John Lindsey IS with the Dodgers and J-Mac isn’t, is just plain wrong. J-Mac is not with the Dodgers because Colletti was hoping to repeat the “success” of his youth-for-veteran trade deadline moves of ‘08 and ’09, plain and simple. Doesn’t seem like it worked for him (and us) this time around. I am glad it’s worked for J-Mac, though.
So ….
the change of scenery has done him good???
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 7, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
The chance to start in the majors
more then once this season has done him good.
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