Old Friend McDonald Comes To Town

by Eric Stephen on Sep 17, 2011 4:10 PM PDT in Dodgers Game Previews

Old friend James McDonald makes his return to Los Angeles on Saturday, making his first start against his old team, as the Dodgers battle the Pirates at Dodger Stadium. McDonald hasn't really been anything special this season, but then again, neither has his mound opponent tonight, Ted Lilly.

Pitcher	Starts	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	ERA+	FIP	xFIP	fWAR	rWAR	Salary
Lilly	30	172.1	161	87	84	28	46	139	4.39	84	4.45	4.05	0.7	0.8	$7,500,000
McDonald	29	163.0	163	78	74	22	74	135	4.09	95	4.60	4.42	0.5	2.1	$443,000

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Tim Federowicz makes his second career start for the Dodgers tonight.

Pirates		Dodgers
LF	Presley	SS	Gordon
SS	d'Arnaud	2B	Sellers
CF	McCutchen	CF	Kemp
1B	Lee	LF	Rivera
RF	Ludwick	1B	Loney
3B	Wood	3B	Miles
2B	Harrison	RF	Sands
C	McKenry	C	Federowicz
P	McDonald	P	Lilly

Game Time: 7:10 p.m.

TV: Prime Ticket

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by Josie Becker on Sep 17, 2011 4:23 PM PDT reply actions

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Bold in Gold

by berkowit28 on Sep 17, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Two bad pitchers face off tonight, not you’re best job of hyping a game, Eric :)

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by regfairfield on Sep 17, 2011 4:23 PM PDT reply actions

Pedro Alvarez is so bad he’s not starting a game in Mid-September. This is why the Pirates will never ever win.

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by regfairfield on Sep 17, 2011 4:24 PM PDT reply actions

Not sure I follow.

by berkowit28 on Sep 17, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

If I may put words in reg's mouth

These games are meaningless as the teams are out of the race. The Pirates need to play their most promising prospects like Alvarez to give them the most opportunities to see major-league pitching and try to make the adjustments they are going to need to make to become successful major leaguers.

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by David Young on Sep 17, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm amazed at a guy who hits so well can only hit .195 in the majors. Though he did draw like 3 walks last night

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Sep 17, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

the orioles

trying to play spoiler

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by shaqfor3 on Sep 17, 2011 4:52 PM PDT reply actions

GO FED EX!

Good Luck in you second MLB start.

by 68elcamino427 on Sep 17, 2011 5:00 PM PDT reply actions

# 7 James Loney

Home Run again tonight

by 68elcamino427 on Sep 17, 2011 5:03 PM PDT reply actions

Prophecy!

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by David Young on Sep 17, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

But if only you had said “three-run Home Run again tonight”, then we’d really have to bow down to you.

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by David Young on Sep 17, 2011 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions

If only the last set of numbers matched as well.

Second place here we come.

by Skunkburner on Sep 17, 2011 5:10 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Federo! Federo!

FEDEROWICZ!!!

"We're the best in the west and the west is ours!"
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by funkyjam on Sep 17, 2011 5:13 PM PDT reply actions

arghhhh

why must fed x play when i cant see the game

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by Chuy Gutierrez on Sep 17, 2011 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

The Mac Attack is Back

oh wait

I before E except in Teixeira.

by G.Scott on Sep 17, 2011 5:27 PM PDT reply actions

Kemp needs to launch one for good measure.

by Skunkburner on Sep 17, 2011 6:06 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Sellers

I like Sellers in the #2 spot. He’s good at taking pitches to give Dee a chance to steal. I think Sellers is the best .210 hitter in baseball. Check out these stats for Sellers:

Batting with bases empty: 67 PA; .148 BA; .224 OBP; 197 SLG
Batting with men on: 47 PA; .308 BA; .391 OBP; .487 SLG

Wow! What a difference! He’s the anti-Jamey Carroll. No wonder he seems to be performing better than his numbers indicate. He only makes outs when no one is on.

by albany10 on Sep 17, 2011 6:17 PM PDT reply actions

i’ll be happy to replace gnome with sellers

by wukunlin on Sep 17, 2011 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Reg, the KSwing and KLook feature at minorleaguecentral is fantastic. That’s something I’ve always been interested in.

by silverwidow on Sep 17, 2011 6:17 PM PDT reply actions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

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

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		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
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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