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In his article on the Jae Seo trade, Steve Henson of the Times reports that Dodger general manager Ned Colletti "wants Chad Billingsley, who is now considered the top Dodger pitching prospect, to begin the season at triple-A."
Chad, just ignore those park-inflated stats, challenge those hitters, and duck.
Still no quotes, but he also wrote "Colletti said Hamulack has a good chance to make the Opening Day roster out of Spring Training."
I can smell it.
Lowe houlton aybar choi ethier for bobby abreu.
2007 outfield abreu drew guzman.
"Colletti also might sign free-agent Jim Brower"
im just surprised they are rating him above liriano and verlander. lets hope billz fulfills the hype for the dodgers. he needs to develop his splitter more.
Maybe a younger project-type arm in that deal instead? Too bad Ed Wade is not around any more or else that piece would be Tomko, no question!
didnt cain have a elbow injury in the past as well?
i also dont like verlanders delivery at all. shoulder problems are going to be in his future if he doesnt have any already.
i love edwin jacksons delivery. i think he has the cleanest delivery out of all our prospects.
after the 1st inning, he has shown like 6 pitches. a fb that was topping out at 91, a 72mph cb, a change up, a splitter, a 81mph slider, and a 86ish mph cutter.
and, he has control of all those pitches. wow, he is the epitome of junkballer.
Colletti had a number of positions to fill, but the Dodgers' starting rotation already had a pair of aces at the top in Brad Penny and Derek Lowe, so it didn't need a whole lot of work.
Guess ol' John didn't make it to many games out here last season. Penny and Lowe are "worth keeping." They're not "aces."
he could get more gbs and Ks if he uses it more.
2005 splits
176ABs vs lefties: 627 OPS
158ABs vs righties: 715 OPS
haha, that made me laugh.
Dodgers have Seo. Would they be better off with Kim? Or heck, both?
this trade was much better.
Not sure what you meant in describing Seo's delivery as "pretty gross."
Scouts love his delivery. He shows phenomenal balance. It's clean and simple, repeats well.
But one thing that gives him a little more value than the typical chum-on-the-water, over-priced pitcher is his relief potential.
He's a two-pitch guy who could be a pretty good seventh-inning pitcher if he embraced the role.
Not saying that's where he should open the season, but it could be his niche before the contract runs out.
For the LAD, it was critical to buy time for Billingsley and Jackson and sop up some of Weaver's innings.
Deferring Billingsley's debut by 10-12 weeks could be worth several million dollars and the development time could be vital. His fastball command, by major league standards, even for a power guy, is susspect. So is his changeup.
You probably should have 7-8 starters entering a season. The LAD are getting there.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/pictures-of-batted-balls/
...just thought it was funny...
Granted, Billingsley would be pitching more than half his games in Las Vegas, and also make some trips to Tucson, but he would also pitch in cities like Fresno, Sacramento, Round Rock, Portland, Oklahoma City, New Orleans...
I don't want to dismiss the PCL effect, but also sometimes think there is an element of exaggeration... Many of the good Dodger pitchers made it to the big leagues via Albuquerque.
Great link. Iz also makes an appearance on the original article.
"Another truism is that when groundball pitchers yield outfield flies, they tend to have more run value"
The Dodgers have a guy like this don't they?
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