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Diamond Notes: dodgers-willing-to-sell-off-eric-stults

Japanese baseball blogs here and here are linking to stories that indicate the Chiba Lotte Marines are interested in purchasing the contract of Dodgers left-hander Eric Stults.

Stults, who turns 30 next week, went 4-3 in 10 starts for the Dodgers last season, including a shutout. Chiba Lotte reportedly thinks he can pitch in their rotation.

Dodgers can’t even afford Eric Stults.

Tripon Posted: December 02, 2009 at 08:48 AM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. akrasian Posted: December 02, 2009 at 03:03 PM (#3401002)

Stults is a lefty junkballer who is out of options. I've long thought he could be an okay back of the rotation starter if given a real shot with the right team, but the Dodgers have only wanted to use him as an emergency starter, so I can understand why his agent would approach Japanese teams, while he is still young enough to get a decent paycheck.

2. God Posted: December 02, 2009 at 09:44 PM (#3401504)

Stults gets it up there around 92, so he's not a pure junkballer. But yeah, he's probably better than just about every MLB team's fifth starter. Not sure why the Dodgers gave up a lot for guys like Jon Garland when they had Stults around.

3. Tripon Posted: December 02, 2009 at 10:03 PM (#3401528)

Torre hates Stults for some reason.

4. God Posted: December 02, 2009 at 10:09 PM (#3401535)

It was that game in Colorado in, just guessing here, but around June of 2007. Dodgers handed Stults a big lead at Coors Field, but he still couldn't make it through 5 innings. Torre's treated him like dog meat ever since.

5. bob gee Posted: December 03, 2009 at 01:27 AM (#3401670)

oh, c'mon - there should have been a some kind of wonderful reference...or maybe michael j. fox will now be pitching for the dodgers?

6. Tripon Posted: December 03, 2009 at 01:30 AM (#3401672)

I am not Repoz. I am not witty, and choose not to pretend I am.

7. MM1f Posted: December 03, 2009 at 04:53 AM (#3401785)

I love Eric Stults in case anyone cares. Great story and hes a pretty good athlete too. Can run and hit as well as pitch

8. The District Attorney Posted: December 03, 2009 at 04:57 AM (#3401788)

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