maddux + manny + blake - andruw = chemistry = wins.

Somewhere, the phrase "heart and soul" is going to be used and I will be ashamed I even asked this question.

Manny Ramirez vs. Greg Maddux:

2 for 11 with a double.

Hence, this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYayO4KCSY

Imagine if your favorite T.V show lost it's theme song. No sir I will not!

Maddux can't do much worse than a sore-armed Penny, I shouldn't think.

Xavier Paul and Justin Orenduff or Greg Miller.

You have to be kidding me.

X Paul is a decent guess. The Padres like college players now, so it could also be somebody like Pedroza or Orenduff.

Paul is a good OF prospect who also doesn't fit into the teams plans.

*Stults optioned
*Proctor to 60-day to make room for Maddux

Also, if Furcal comes off the DL you have to clear room for him off the 40 man as well, correct?

Kuroda 7-8 3.88 1.22 (5.6 k/9) (2.1 bb/9) (0.7 hr/9)

Maddux 6-9 3.99 1.22 (4.7 k/9) (1.5 bb/9) (0.9 hr/9)

Those are pretty similar numbers.

On another note, one of the things I remember from Maddux '06 was that he was on a limited pitch count, only going 5-6 innings. I wonder what effect this is going to have on the bullpen, that has already show some wear the last few days sans Cory Wade. Anyone have access to how many pitches he's averaged per start? I know he's averaged 5.9 IP per start. I guess the question is will he save the bullpen more than Stults, Johnson, or McDonald?

This is true. Although I would have thought that the biggest effect Petco would have had would have been to keep the HR down. However, he's actually allowed 9 HR at Petco (0.9 hr/9) and 7 HR away from Petco (also 0.9 hr/9).

How can CC (a) win MVP playing ~3 months, and (b) win MVP but not win Cy Young?

Gresh said Sabathia wins MVP, but can't win Cy Young because he hasn't been there all year. My head just exploded.

Also: Maddux BABIP splits (if I figured them out with with late night math):

HOME: .236
AWAY: .353
TOTAL: .291

I guess either way, I believe it comes down to who was going to tax the bullpen the worst. With McDonald probably being on a IP limit (already at 134 ip), I'd think that Maddux is the best option out of Maddux/Stults/Jason Johnson.

Maybe Andruw Jones has just become Val Pascucci.

But it looks like I will be able to now though!

>>Although Kershaw is a power lefty and Maddux is a command and control righty, the rookie plans on learning all he can from Maddux.

"If he does get to come, I definitely would ask him as many questions as I can," Kershaw said. "Hopefully he likes answering questions, because I'm definitely going to be doing a lot of that.

"He obviously has a lot to teach. He's been out there so long. He knows a lot more about the game than I do right now, so I'm definitely going to just try to listen to him, pick his brain."<<

The PTBNL normally can be on the 25-man roster, but the rule is he has to switch leagues, so in this specific case it would have to be someone not on the active roster.

"The Dodgers will be paying at least a part of the remaining portion of Maddux's contract, making him the first of four trade acquisitions this season whose entire salary isn't being picked up by his former club."

So, the two PTBNL can't be of much significance if we're paying some money.

.315/.411/.410

Also...
68 walks
14 steals in 16 attempts

He is the YOUNGEST player on the team.

1. Deal must be complete within 6 months of trade.
2. Player(s) cannot have played in the same league at the time of the trade.

Rule 2 means that in trades within the same league, the player to be named later cannot be on the active roster at the time of the trade.

The usual procedure is the trading team provides a list of players that the receiving team uses to make its choice.

If the player is on the 40 man roster, he must clear waivers or they will wait until after the season to make the trade. If the player is not on the 40 man roster, that player does not need to clear waivers.

Age 21:

Furcal (A/A+): .322/.387/.389
DeJesus (AA): .315/.411/.410

Not much power but really good hitters who could work the count. Biggest difference is Furcal had an incredible 96 SBs that year.

55 Me, too. It actually reminds me of mummification, but that involves a hook, not a pick.

Disregard 62 , since it was based on the incorrect date listed on his minor league BB-Ref page.

. . . or Andy LaRoche.

8/23 - @ Philadelphia
8/28 - @ Washington D.C.
9/2 - San Diego
9/8 - @ San Diego
9/14 - @ Colorado
9/19 - San Francisco
9/25 - San Diego

376, 386 - Passage ... out?

Maddux last pitched on Friday against the Phils, although it was at Petco Park and not Citizens Bank Launching Pad. He did pretty well, going 7 IP, allowing only 5 hits and taking a hard-luck loss on a 7th inning solo HR to Pat Burrell.

Maddux's next start was scheduled to be Thursday, so I'm hoping he ends up pitching at home against Colorado that day. That would put Lowe in Philadelphia on Friday and Kershaw on Saturday.

AZI: FLAx3, StLx3, CINx3, SFx1, @StLx4

LAD: SDx3, @PHIx4, @WASx3, @PITx4

In all other respects, the schedule is identical (plus 6 HtH games, split evenly at three at each stadium).

Although I don't think Dan Whitney could have pulled Alyssa Milano.

Come to think about it though, if Maddux plans on beginning round 2 of his Dodger career the same way he began round one, I wouldn't be very disappointed watching him shut down the Phils in person…minus the rain, of course.

(The fact that I have tickets to Saturday's game has in no way influenced my opinion on this.)

But it would be tough to turn down.

The Dodgers are going to be in a very bad position because of Schmidt, Jones, and Pierre. Free Agents are Nomar, Kent, Furcal, Penny, Lowe, Blake, Manny. Right?

Also, they will be adding two prospects that will at least add depth to their farm system.

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Really the only two places Maddux would sign to play are LA and San Diego, and I doubt the Padres would sign Maddux if they had to give up their 2nd round draft pick (their 1st rounder will be too high to surrender).

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if Maddux accepted arbitration. The best case scenario is for Maddux to be a Type B free agent so he can sign with the Padres and net a supplemental draft pick for the Dodgers.

Anyone with a Santana statistical update? He was older for he league he was playing in so my wonder was if his value was a bit inflated.

Whether he's cash poor or he simply doesn't want to give Ned any more of his money to light on fire, the message is clear: no more salaries in 08.

I still think the odds of the Reds saying "here, have Adam Dunn and two draft picks, we don't want them" were near zero.

A Type A or B Player shall be subject to compensation only if (i) he signs a contract with another Club prior to December 1; or(ii) he is offered salary arbitration by his former Club on or before December 1 pursuant to Section B(3) of this Article XX and signs a contract with another Club

The problem with expecting Ned to block Dunn is that such an expectation assumes that Ned would believe that Dunn would help the DBacks, when in fact, it's more likely that Ned thinks Dunn will hurt them.

I mean, if the Dodgers claim him, so be it, but if they don't, the D-Backs claim him, the Padres would probably have to pull him back because he has a no-trade clause (similar to Giles) and then the Dodgers can't get him.

Billingsley
Lowe
Kuroda
Maddux?

414 408 I realize that...it's just the quick way to figure the magic number.

Let's look at the end of the 1996 NL West. Going into the final 3 games of the season (Padres at Dodger Stadium), the Dodgers held a 2 game lead, 90-69. The Padres were 88-71. At that point, the Padres' magic number was 6 (Dodgers could finish 93-69, so the Padres needed 6 wins to beat 93), meaning they had to sweep to win the division. Which of course they did.

Actually, the Padres' magic number was 2. Why 2? Because the magic number is determined with reference to the team at the top of the standings. Which in this case was the Dodgers. And any combination of Dodgers wins and/or Padres losses totaling 2 would have eliminated San Diego. So if one had looked at the standings at the beginning of that series the number in the Magic Number column opposite San Diego would have been a 2.

In more ways than one. Like I said: it's very unlikely that Ned thinks Dunn is a good player.