Ok..who would you keep and who would you dump in 07? include pitchers,
hitters and coaches.

The following players must be kept. The dodgers need 2 great pitchers
to go to the WS. Try Marlon Anderson at 2nd but look for something in
case he doesn't work out. Kent is great but he is old. I wish they
had a better defensive SS.

C Russell Martin
3B Wilson Betemit
LF Andre Ethier
RF J.D. Drew
1B Julio Lugo
1B Nomar Garciaparra

SP Chad Billingsley
CL Takashi Saito
RP Jonathan Broxton

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Julio Lugo???? Seriously you want Lugo at first? Now I figure Lugo to be an
ok defensive replacement but his offensive his horrible. We don't need him
at first and I am not convinced we need him at all.

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 23:17:13 -0700, "AguaGirl" <someone@somewhere.net>
wrote:


He's a much better hitter than he showed with the Dodgers - small
sample size, you know. And Anderson is a much worse player normally
than he showed in September - he's never shown that much power before,
and given his age I'd have to say it was a sample size issue - he got
hot, but over the course of a full season he'd be an okay at best
hitting second baseman who was below average defensively.

Lugo won't be back btw, since he'll get a big offer to play shortstop
for some team - I'm guessing the Red Sox.

Kent will be back - he signed that extension.

What I'm hoping is that Loney will have the first base job to lose,
and if he slumps then Kent can be moved there. I'm not optimistic on
that, though.

I wouldn't mind Maddux re-signed if the price were right, though I'd
rather they signed a premium starter, plus a long man/6th starter, and
let Billingsley and Kuo go at it in the rotation. (Figure Zito and
Lowe would be the surest top of the rotation in terms of inning eating
in the majors - Penny, Billingsley and Kuo would have upside but
risks).

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:24:13 -0700, Ima Pseudonym
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Maddux has apparently said he'd like to be back, and Coletti has
apparently said that he'd like to sign another good starter over and
above retaining Maddux, so if they can get on the same page it looks
as though Maddux may be back.

Lofton would also like to return, as would Gagne and Saito, but Saito
wants a better financial deal, not sure what the amount he's looking
for is though.

the ocregister is reporting that colletti has said he will make
contract offers of some sort to maddux, garciaparra, and gagne.

whatever that means.

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Dodgers fan stuck in sevarB country®

Aaron wrote:

C Martin--Stay OR ELSE!
C Hall--G'night, and good luck
1B Loney--Stay
1B Garciaparra--Thank you, but good luck
2B 'stache--Stay, hopefully the head feels better next year
SS Furcal--Stay fur gosh sake!
3B Betimit--Relegate to bench
IF Saenz--stay
IF Lugo-Lu-GONE
IF Martinez--Go
OF Ethier--Stay
OF Lofton--Go. Age is not his friend
OF Drew--Go
OF Anderson--Stay. Good for 70-80 games
OF Werth--Go
OF Kemp--Stay

SP Maddux--His choice. If he stays, he'll be good for 20 starts
SP Lowe--Stay
SP Penny--Stay
SP Billingsley--Stay
SP Kuo--Stay
CL Saito--Again, his choice. Stay if he can
CL Gagne--I had the audacity to suggest trading him at the beginning
of 2005 to a chorus of jeers in here. Not too bad an idea in
retrospect, eh?
RP Broxton--Stay
RP Beimel--Stay
RP Brazoban--Stay, if he can recover from injury
RP Carrara--Stay
RP Dessens--Stay

P Hendrickson, Tomko, Sele--So long and thanks for...well, thank you
Sele for a good couple months.

Spring Training
Andy LaRoche era can start in March 2007, if he wants it.
I'd be curious to see if Houlton or Miller are ready to make a dent.
Hamulack and Stultz same sitch.
I really hope that Delwyn Young is ready to make the move as well. He,
Kemp, and Ethier make a mighty young outfield, but unlike 2004 to '05,
it seems that paring away the roster would be more than a salary dump.


Free Agency/Trade
If there's a good back-up catcher available, we should snap him up.
Same with a starting pitcher. Dessens makes for a good spot starter in
case any of the five falter, but if Maddux doesn't return or one of the
other guys falters, I doubt we can rely on Elmer to carry a full
season.
A third baseman, in case LaRoche still isn't ready.

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I'd like to see Loney take over full time at 1st base. That means Nomar
doesn't fit. You can't pay 7 or 8 million to a utility infielder. Thanks
for the memories.

Lugo needs to get the hell out. Let him go someplace where he can play SS
full time. Bouncing around the infield doesn't suit him obviously.

Before the NLDS I would have said Lofton should come back another year but
after going 1 for 12 or whatever it was with all that playing time he had,
I'm not so sure anymore.

Maddox is too old. His velocity is only going to continue to drop. He cant
hit is spots consistently anymore and he doesn't get the gift calls from
umps like he did when he was with the Braves. He had a nice second half
with the Dodgers but I wouldn't expect that to be the norm for Maddog next
year.

If there is any way Ned can trade that fat bastard Penny and get something
in return, please do so. The Skankees need some pitching. Call Cashman.

Gagne is done, let him leave and give Saito a raise.

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him

Saito won't be a free agent for 5 years unless he is released. When Gagne
was signed I was about the only one who said it was a dumb deal. Uness he
takes a really cheap contract with less than great incentive clauses keeping
him would again be dumb. He is now a very high risk player.

I don't if I want Lofton back. if I remember correctly he was signed because
of his playoff experience. but I didn't see any this year, I'm not sure if
I'd want a guy who went 1-12 in 3 games for next year's post season. I hope
Kemp can get some more discipline at the plate and take over in center next
year.
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