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Dodger home record: 50-35 (.588)
When Jon attended: 9-5 (.643)
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Dodgers at home: 795-635 (.556)
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Current Roster with Estimated 2009 Salaries
(updated November 14)
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)
$10,000,000 Hiroki Kuroda
*$475,000 Chad Billingsley
*$415,000 Clayton Kershaw
*$405,000 Eric Stults
*$400,000 James McDonald
*Total: $11,695,000
Bullpen (7)
*$2,500,000 Takashi Saito
*$1,300,000 Scott Proctor
*$1,500,000 Jonathan Broxton
*$425,000 Hong-Chih Kuo
*$420,000 Cory Wade
*$410,000 Ramon Troncoso
*$400,000 Scott Elbert
Total: $6,955,000
Also on 40-man roster
Mario Alvarez
Yhency Brazoban
Greg Miller
Justin Orenduff
Starting Lineup (8)
$17,100,000 Andruw Jones
*$3,000,000 Russell Martin
*$2,500,000 Andre Ethier
*$600,000 Matt Kemp
*$600,000 James Loney
*$500,000 Angel Berroa
*$410,000 Blake DeWitt
*$400,000 Tony Abreu
Total: $25,110,000
Bench (5)
$10,000,000 Juan Pierre
*$600,000 Jason Repko
*$410,000 Delwyn Young
*$400,000 Danny Ardoin
*$400,000 Chin-Lung Hu
Total: $11,810,000
Note: Team can buy out Ozuna's 2009 option for $200,000
Also on 40-man roster
A.J. Ellis
Lucas May
Xavier Paul
Disabled List
$12,000,000 Jason Schmidt
Also Paying ...
$2,000,000 Brad Penny (buyout of $9,000,000 option)
$50,000 Gary Bennett (buyout of $900,000 option)
Note: Kansas City is responsible for $500,000 buyout of Angel Berroa's $5,500,000 option for 2009.
Working total: *$68,020,000
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Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
Update: According to Tony Jackson of the Daily News, the Dodgers may have decided that Hong-Chih Kuo is better suited for the warm-up-quick life of the bullpen ... after having previously decided that he was not as well-suited for that life (earlier this month) ... after having previously decided that he was (before Spring Training) ... after having previously decided that he wasn't (last year, before he got hurt) ... after having previously decided that he was (a year or two before that, right?).
See, isn't this fun?
Also, Yhency Brazoban is going to get a brief stop in AAA before possibly getting called up.
Update 2: Not quite yet for Brazoban.
I shall only be watching it in the archives late tonight, so no spoilers! (Er, never mind.)
Hard to keep the faith at this moment but I am doing so anyway, Nomar in the clean-up spot or no!
I still feel Kevin being hung over Winnie and blowing it with Madeline was his undoing...his undoing I tell you!
I said it before the start of the season... I would love for Nomar to have a great year. It's a win win for all
That should be "hung up on"
either way it is awkward
No, PDT.
Others have reported success with a new Python script but that seems to come with additional downloading behind the scenes which I am so far unwilling to do.
Go Dodgers! Go life! UP with people!!!
I am, but at this point it is going to be an all men's team in Pasadena (I just don't know any other women that want to play)
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I can agree with everything you said.
His career OPS+ is lower than Gary Bennett's.
Proctor, Proctor, give me the news
I got a bad case of using you
No runs are gonna cure my fun
I got a bad case of using you
The MLB.tv archives are just a fairy story they tell little kids when they want to scare them into becoming economists.
Too obvious. I'd go with something by Scandal.
I've got a cheapie in the kitchen that was given to us a few Christmases ago. It's rarely used, but I had an urge to put "The Last Waltz" in the other night and watch it.
I hit the power button and tried to open the tray (both with the remote and, when that didn't work) with the button on the front of this Coby machine. All I got was a whir and a moan of what almost sounded like disgust.
Any idea how to get the tray open? There's no nifty hole like there used to be for diskette drives and paper clips.
Shake it really hard.
This has actually worked for me.
See which one sticks I guess, if anything it will be nostalgic watching him pitch at DS.
Torre said that way back when he first started managing 30 years ago and he wanted to get a slumping hitter going, he would bat him leadoff. He then said he wasn't willing to take Furcal OUT of the leadoff spot, so he batted Andruw second instead of first.
Secondly, people love to complain about non-guaranteed contracts of the NFL. As far as I understand, its the media's fault for reporting optional years as part of a contract. In baseball, if a player signs a 8 million $ contract with an option but a 1 million $ buy out the media would say it is a one year 9 million $ contract with an option. In football they would write a two year 16 million $ contract and then later in the article write ' nine million of which is guaranteed'. I'm on a blackberry stuck in an airport for 3 more hours, my hands hurt from typing.
Sticking with the positivity theme, Andruw's extra PA will give the Dodgers the win tonight!
He ain't lying!
On April 26, 1978, Mets cleanup hitter Steve Henderson was batting .167. Torre batted him leadoff against the Reds, who started Fred Norman. Henderson went 1 for 4.
I can't imagine an agent agreeing to a deal like that. From what I know of present value and future value, that seems like a losing deal.
An 83-point jump in one's batting average is nothing to sneeze at.
Roster bonuses and workout bonuses are often reported as "guaranteed" money, but they only get paid if their on the roster.
Also, agents are usually the people who report the contract terms, and do so with the information that makes their work appear in th most positive light.
Pick the line up out of a hat.
I know the NBA is starting to do more of that.
But the scenario described would have paid a significantly lower amount as the player aged. And it wouldn't have kept up with inflation.
I will also add that I will also glad you trade you a hamburger today for one next week. I really shouldn't have taken my econ classes from Wimpy.
And if its up to the agents to report the numbers how come baseball agents seem to get more accurate information out? I can't imagine that baseball agents are simply more honest and forthright.
The only downside I see is that the team is losing money based on interest/ inflation.
Trying to look for some Dodger positives.
1 If the Dodgers ever did need to replace Dodger Stadium, they could gut it and rebuild it in place, and just play in Anaheim Stadium that year.
The Los Angeles Dodgers of Anaheim. What an idea. :-)
And Jake Long isn't getting a 30 mil signing bonus, but he's probably getting a huge signing bonus (which can be spread out over the length of the contract) and a big 1st year salary, and a roster bonus in the second year... and that's considered "guaranteed" because there's virtually no chance he'll get cut in that time frame.
Orlando Hudson
AB 11
Hits 3
OBP 385
Eric Byrnes
AB 13
Hits 6
OBP 533
BA 462
Justin Upton
AB 10
Hits 5
OBP 538
BA 500
Mark Reynolds
AB 13
Hits 4
Dingers 3 (yikes!)
slg 1.000
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I think Mark Reynolds gets over looked by our pitching staff IMO cause he has glaring holes in his swing yet he handles Dodger pitching very well (pitch him up & in or middle in!!) we'll see how the Dodgers pitch him tonight.
vr, Xei
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/NUBP
The Dodgers don't have much experience with Haren though.
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/EtAD
http://tinyurl.com/4yuaw3
That was definitely a swing, but jeez- those are strong wrists. Piazza/ Sheffield level strong.
Its really gone on his whole career. It gets me all riled up and frustrated, i cant imagine what it does to him. It also cant help his approach at the plate, knowing that he cant rely on the umpires to do their job.
I also love Derek Lowe's choice of at bat song