Try this for an October surprise:
1) Have Kansas City trade Jonathan Broxton to San Francisco.
2) Have Broxton enter the final game of the regular season for the Giants in Los Angeles on Oct. 3, going for a save with a playoff berth on the line.
(Optional: The Dodgers sign Barry Bonds to pinch-hit in September.)
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Anonymous
Only if James Loney hits a bloop single to left to win the game
Bob Bartholomew
Only if he pitches like he did against the Yankees that Sunday, June 27, 2010
Jon Weisman
I think no matter how Broxton pitched, Dodger fans would go nuts over the outcome.
Rob McMillin
Funny you should mention Bonds. Yahoo’s Kevin Kaduk posted a recent picture of him; he looks like a real human being again.
Anonymous
Never has been, never will be.
Anonymous
Hou mean his head shrunk back to normal?
Dr. Rockso
Photoshopped!
David Farinella
Did Andres Torres just get traded? Hank Schulman is saying he’s on a hugging binge in SF.
David Farinella
Oh, duh, Torres went to Mets from Giants last season…………. Way too much MLB Trade Rumors today.
Anonymous
For some unfathomable reason, Gnatfans love Torres even though he’s less than useless.
Anonymous
LAT’d:I don’t see how we match up with the Phillies. Lindblom has been mentioned but they have a bunch of promising relief P on their 40-man, I believe.
Critical look at the Victorino: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/shane-victorinos-one-dimensional-bat/
Jeffrey Thomas III
Nice article. It would be nice to add somebody that can hit against righties. Especially if he is to be thrown into the leadoff spot, looks like there’d be a lot of wasted ab’s atop the line up. If the Dodgers had what it took to get Choo he would be a perfect addition.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Or wait til the off season and try and sign a guy like Bourn…
Anonymous
The Bourne Ultimatum? :)
Anonymous
Michael Bourn strikes me as a Juan Pierre type – an overpaid fleet-footed outfielder with virtually no power (till this year, anyway – doing an AJ Ellis imitation in 2012), but doesn’t even hit for average the way Pierre does. No thanks.
David Farinella
I understand that I’m probably wrong, but I’d rather take Soriano (cubs) than Pence or Victorino. Pence parlayed (total Justified reference) a couple good weeks to a huge payday and then has been average every since. Victorino is just, well, tooly.
Anonymous
Is it average to hit 25 HR year after year?
David Farinella
To me Pence equals Beltran — who I wished we would have signed in the off season — in that he is not a centerpiece guy and the owning team wants centerpiece prospects back.
Anonymous
With the book opened on Hanley with comments that he is not a winner, do the Dodgers want to stir Soriano into the mix?
Anonymous
imagine the tooliness rating that game would have.
Bo
Get Matt Stairs
Anonymous
Or Jimmy Rollins.
TrueMontenegro
“Get Matt Stairs”
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Anonymous
That article by Dan Evans (see previous topic) was a great read.
I also liked this quote about SVS in the prospect review by Sickels: “May get stuck as a Quadruple-A type unless he can force himself into playing time soon.” The term “Quadruple-A type” is a great description for a guy who has done everything possible at AAA, but hasn’t caught fire in his (usually limited) time in the show. SVS and Sands are perfect examples. Of course, there are also occasional sleepers who don’t shine as brightly in the minors, but make the most of their MLB shot as the result of a lucky break, like Luis Cruz (and, thus far, Stephen Fife).
Anonymous
Any lineups yet?
Jon Weisman
M Ellis 4
Rivera 3
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
Ramirez 5
Hairston 7
Cruz 6
AJ Ellis 2
Harang 1
Anonymous
M Ellis 4
A Gonzalez 3
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
H Ramirez 5
Soriano 7
Rollins 6
AJ Ellis 2
Dempster 1
Just kidding!
Anonymous
Impressive!
David Farinella
So, the Yankees need a defensive 3rd baseman, but don’t want to take on a lot of money…. If only we had an extra one of those and the ability to pay some salary….
Anonymous
The Yankees don’t want to take on a lot of money???
David Farinella
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said the Yankees can’t take on a substantial contract, so Bryan Hoch of MLB.com says
Anonymous
Yanks have been trying to get under $189 mil. by 2014 just as diligently as the Dodgers have been trying to get over $189 mil.
Anonymous
One can only hope! :)
Anonymous
Uribe is off the books in 2014
David Farinella
Then it’s a perfect solution. Get Ned on the blower.
veryolddodgerfan
so tell me more about this advanced metric named tooliness. i need numbers people.
Jon Weisman
NPUT
foul tip
Following onto how to explode the tubes in LA, here’s how to explode a minor league field, including giving 3B to a fan. Recent sequel by minor league manager Joe Mikulik to his initial blockbuster meltdown from 2006.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/meltdown-part-ii-minor-league-manager-joe-mikulik-070224610–mlb.html
Also has link to original, if comparison desired.