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Chad Billingsley had the cast taken off his broken leg a couple days ago and is healing as expected, Ned Colletti said today (via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com).
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my hopes were up when I read that...
but were quickly crushed when I read this
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"They [other teams] look for us to pick up a vast majority of his salary," said Colletti, with $21.1 million still due.
I don't think we can trade Jones until we get another outfielder.
Tony Abreu is progressing well from hip surgery, but has still yet to play regularly even though he was about to start up with Aguilas. Instead, he is at the Dodgers' Dominican complex working to stay in shape.
Not to lump Ramon Troncoso into this group, but I do have an update on him.
He started some games for his team, but apparently that's more because the sinkerballer is working on a new pitch - a curveball.
Guess Troncoso is staying a reliever.
http://blogs.pe.com/prosports/2008/12/dodgers-could-ship-out-andruw.html
"The Dodgers are not doing a Matt Kemp-Robinson Cano deal. 'We're not trading any of our young guys,' Ned Colletti says."
And there was much rejoicing...
Sacramento is, in the words of Bill Walton, horrrrrribbbbbble.
Tim Brown reports that he can't find any other suitor for manny besides the Dodgers.
I got excited watching (James) McDonald in the postseason.
and Even though we all know (Russell Martin's) ability, he had some inconsistency. He needs to get better for us to contend.
among others.
http://blogs.pe.com/prosports/mlb/dodgers/
"I don't believe Derek Lowe's going to pitch for the Dodgers next year."
That's as big a nail in the coffin as we're ever going to see.
And this article is a doozy. Warning: its hamfisted, and written to be controversial.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rodriguez-fans-angels-2252061-season-most
A reporter for MLB.com asked Colletti if the team had checked out Blake's sore arm. He said Blake had seen a doctor. "The same one who looked at Jason Schmidt?" he was asked.
"No, a different one," he said in offering Dodgers fans some hope.
Hah.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers10-2008dec10,1,7821650.column
I say 5 years with an average of about 23 million is what Boras is looking for, wonder if the Dodgers could shave off the year and do a four year deal with three years guranteed and an option on a 4th with an average of 25million as a counter offer
Gotta like the poker playin Ned. I can't hold back. I want CC and Furcal today. I've been glued to Dodger Thoughts for days...
Let Manny and Boras wait til later...say January.
Diamond Leung picks up this story from Las Vegas.
"The Dodgers also hope to re-sign Furcal, whose agent, Paul Kinzer, met with the team for a second straight day and received a short-term offer."
"They told us they'd keep us apprised," Colletti said. "They don't seem to be in a big hurry."
http://www.pe.com/sports/baseball/dodgers/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_dodgers_10.45ddc38.html
Given the apparent progress that Cashman is making with CC, if we're going to sign him we need to make a move now. I don't see it happening.
New York Post reports C.C will be a Yankee. I don't have a T.V in front of me at the moment but I'm reading Buster Olney has confirmed this on ESPN2.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102008/sports/yankees/yanks_close_in_on_sabathia_deal_143481.htm
On one hand, Ned should have a lot of power in the contract negotiations, which should mean a relatively low number of years and money.
On the other hand, if Manny doesn't get what he wants, his time with the Dodgers could become one giant performance-reducing temper tantrum.
That's a handful of beachfront mansions...
If my trusty conversion chart is correct, that's roughly 267 baseball fields!
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