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(updated March 28)
Most figures are estimates (some are wild estimates) but will be updated as information comes in. Corrections welcome.
More contract details here.
Starting Pitchers (5)
$12,300,000 Hiroki Kuroda
$10,000,000 Derek Lowe
$9,500,000 Brad Penny
$7,000,000 Esteban Loaiza
*$500,000 Chad Billingsley
Total: $39,300,000
Bullpen (6)
$2,000,000 Takashi Saito
$1,925,000 Joe Beimel
$1,125,000 Scott Proctor
*$500,000 Jonathan Broxton
$500,000 Chan Ho Park
*$400,000 Hong-Chih Kuo
Total: $6,450,000
Starting Lineup (8)
$14,100,000 Andruw Jones
$13,000,000 Rafael Furcal
$9,000,000 Jeff Kent
$8,500,000 Nomar Garciaparra
$8,000,000 Juan Pierre
$500,000 Russell Martin
*$400,000 James Loney
*$400,000 Matt Kemp
Total: $53,900,000
Bench (6)
$875,000 Gary Bennett
$600,000 Mark Sweeney
$424,500 Andre Ethier
$391,000 Delwyn Young
$390,000 Chin-Lung Hu
$390,000 Blake DeWitt
Total: $3,071,000
Disabled List
$12,000,000 Jason Schmidt
*$400,000 Tony Abreu
*$390,000 Andy LaRoche
Total: $12,790,000
Also Paying ...
$1,000,000 Brett Tomko
$750,000 Odalis Perez
$540,000 Yhency Brazoban
$500,000 Randy Wolf
$487,500 Jason Repko
$135,225 Rudy Seanez
$100,000 Mike Lieberthal
$50,000 Ramon Martinez
Total: $3,562,725
Working total: *$113,268,725
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Mostly bad news from the Dodger medical ward, courtesy of Diamond Leung of the Press-Enterprise.
Jason Schmidt will have exploratory arthroscopic on his right shoulder tomorrow in Los Angeles, as doctors try to find out what exactly is wrong with it. Chad Billingsley will return to the rotation and take Schmidt's previously scheduled start on Thursday. Not only is his velocity down, but also he reported pain after his last start.
Yhency Brazoban has a torn labrum and will undergo surgery to repair his shoulder Friday. He is out a minimum of 6-8 weeks, and that's only if it's found that the tear is a small one. He would be lost for the season if the labrum was completely detached.
Ramon Martinez remained in Los Angeles to see a spine specialist and should resume baseball activities in a couple days.
James Loney is questionable for today's game and probable for tomorrow.
Chin-hui Tsao will throw again off a mound tomorrow and is nearing a return.
Schmidt wins this year's Eric Gagne Award for fooling everyone and no one all at once. Yes, Dr. House - everybody lies.
On the bright side, the Dodgers knocked out Toronto's Dustin McGowan, who allowed six runs on 65 pitches in 1 2/3 innings.
And Billingsley is in the rotation ... exciting.
Update: "Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in his surgically repaired back, raising questions about when he'll return to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation," reports The Associated Press. Not to mention the fact that "Red Sox starter Curt Schilling was sent back to Boston on Tuesday to get an MRI exam on his right shoulder."
Interesting move, new game chat in the second inning.
Coincidence? I think so!
vr, Xei
Not that it was an easy play mind you (and I understand the worry about colliding with the wall), but he still could have had that one. Sheeeez. Oh well. I thought that was gonna be out of there at first, was ripped.
C'mon Brad, don't let them back in it.
Re: the injury news - good to have Bills starting and Tsao close to coming back, at least. There's the good side.
Schmidt wins the Andy Ashby award for signing a contract for the first 3 years of his retirement, but I suppose that's a bit grim, isn't it?
Coming into tonight, since the Dodgers have acquired Marlon Anderson, the team has scored 4.58 runs/gm in 98 total games (56-42 record).
In games that Merlin has started, the Dodgers have averaged 6.5 runs/gm in 16 games and have gone 12-4.
Tonight: 6 runs in 2 innings!
Coincidence? I think not. :)
C'mon Penny, don't let them back in it!
Schmidt/Brazoban go under the knife - Bad News.
Loney/Tsao near return - Good News.
Ramon Martinez to resume baseball activities - ___ News?
I thought I was unigue in little league, but watching Pierre and his predecessor(mental block on his name) do an impressive job of getting to deep drives and then dropping them I don't feel so special.
(It works better if you say the name like the thug in Pee Wee's Big Adventure said "Buxton.)
His swing at everything approach is the same now as its been since he came up.
Those batted balls just arent finding the holes now.
The only time I've ever met Reggie, he was not a very nice person.
i really hope Mueller preaches patients to our young crop.
Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in his surgically repaired back, raising questions about when he'll return to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation.
...though, I should note, his good days are becoming more frequent lately.
Big time control problems. At one point I think he threw about 14 balls and 2 strikes.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA198807280.shtml
Think he'll trade me an American dollar for a Canadian one?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/probables?date=20070621
I believe a "severed left arm" would probably put you on the 60-day DL at least.
Insert punchline here.
"That is a trade that has really benefited the Dodgers."
"It's a precarious endeavor, because the player you might acquire is 10 weeks into a really down, uncharacteristic year, yet the asking price is as though he's headed to the All-Star Game," he said.
any guesses on who hes talking about?
Are there still a lot of people that don't think that was a good trade for the Dodgers?
Berkman maybe? Theoretically.
Kids today don't know funny. I know funny. Jacob L is the Jan Murray of the 21st Century.
They're giving Lowe extra rest because they think he's cursed in Toronto and blessed in Tampa.
Berkman would be amazing but that is a pipe.
If the Dodgers got Rolen, even for nothing other than assuming his salary ($12m/yr through 2010), I would be very upset. Factor in giving up any good young prospects and this moves "The Player II" territory.
I'm holding out hope that he's speaking of Miguel Cabrera, and thinks .335/.403/.611 will be a down year for him as a Dodger. :)
Mets starter Sosa - 71 pitches in 3 1/3
The only team in my league that doesn't have a name promoting alcoholism or using double entendres with the word "ball" is called The Dude Abides.
I really like monkeys.
07:$7.5M, 08:$8.5M, 09:$8.75M club option ($2M buyout)
thats a pretty cheap deal if he continues to pitch the way hes been pitching. I almost feel bad for him.
And the Mets have made four errors.
In time.
it wasnt that bad.
Please shut up about Alex Rodriguez. If you have nothing if value to add during this blowout, just sit quietly in the corner and color until the game is over. If you stay within the lines, I'll even add it to my fridge!
the two fat pitches were breaking balls, he was looking for a fastball. he did chase a slider away but he didnt swing at sliders low and away for 3 straight pitches. that is what i would call an absolutely horrid AB.
What im worried about is pitch recognition, not how many pitches he sees at the plate. Not worth over analyzing 1 AB, but I would hope those pitches in the middle of the zone would trigger the "crush this ball into the bleachers" reaction. Have to think he needs to get > 1AB/game if that is going to get better.
Is ignominomy a word?
"Ignominy" is much more cromulent.
Abo