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1. npurcell Posted: December 07, 2006 at 08:05 AM (#2253932)sure as hell beats trading prospects for a corner OFer though.
last year, little did a good job of playing players who performed. If Gonzo is sucking it up, the prospects will get their chances. Nomar is guarenteed for at least 1 DL stint. To go along with a age 38/39 Kent, the young players will have a chance to impact the club.
The one thing we have learned from watching Colletti work is that he is absolutely paranoid about having lack of depth. He stacks every position like 3 deep. Sometimes its proactive. other times, its just wasting money.
or he could just call up kemp. or put loney in LF, or put nomar in LF and loney at 1b. or shift kent to 1b, nomar to lf, betemit to 2b and call up laroche.
all of those are far more prone to happen then giving theo everything he wants for Manny.
It's one thing if you give him the minimum and tell him if he performs he can get say 300-400 PA max against RHP, but $7 freaking million a year? I wonder if Bernie Williams is next on Ned's wishlist.
I hear he's in talks with Bernie Baseball, Juan Gone, and Slammin Sammy. He wants one more "proven winner" to round out the depth of his outfield.
It's a one-year deal. It doesn't block anybody. You don't think the 22-year-old Kemp or 23-year-old Loney could use a little time at AAA?
Gonzo might well have fallen off a cliff, but until last year, he was league-average for his position with the bat ... and I'd guess still league-average with the glove. He could be this year's Burnitz but it's a better signing than that one was ... and as long as Coletti and Little aren't as dumb as Littlefield and Tracy, they won't keep trotting him out there if he does turn into Burnitz.
That's completely wrong. The Dodgers blew it huge by not closing the deal for Ramirez.
It appears JByrnes was right not to offer Gonzo arbitration, given his $11.5m salary last year.
Who's that 22 year old slugging .650 at Las Vegas?
Oh yeah, Matt Kemp.
I can understand a short term contract to buy some more development time for Kemp, but the Dodgers have the slugging corner OF they need. The 7 million spent on Gonzalez now probably saves them 20 million down the road for delaying Kemp's free agency.
Now if the Dodgers make any other moves, it will be because it's too good an opportunity to miss, not because they NEED to make a move.
A month ago, Gonzalez to the Cardinals seemed all but a certainty. Either Jocketty has his eye on someone else or he's relying too much on this "Come play for the world champions and best fans in baseball" schtick to land players cheaply.
If the prospects were too good to give up for Ramirez then why don't you play them instead of flushing 7 million down the toilet on Gonzalez.
Either way signing Gonzalez is wasting at-bats, costing you games, and flushing money down the toilet.
Man, the sun is shining brighter than usual today. Birds are singing a little sweeter, too. Hmm . . .
Gonzo used to be well above league average with the bat, but that guy doesn't exist any longer.
OPS+
2003 131
2004 119
2005 112
2006 97
I think you can argue he's been a below average outfielder for nearly two years, and the trend is horrible. What if he puts up an OPS+ of around 90 along with the defensive range you'd expect from 39 year old legs?
Second, npurcell is exactly right in stating if Gonzo sucks he'll sit. Little is fearless in giving young players a chance to contribute, so I can't believe he'll be hellbent on running Gonzo out to LF no matter how bad he is.
While I'm not doing backflips over this deal, I don't hate it, either.
Thank you Dodgers. Now they are certain to win a third straight Western Division Championship.
2) I don't actually see Little as being fearless with the young talent. I see him as using young talent when the old talent Colletti gives him is hurt, and when he rests the old talent, which is frequently. He doesn't seem to me to give the job to young talent, but to use that talent sporadically in spot starts, though he has more spot starts than is the norm.
3) The LA Times reported that Gonzo was guaranteed the starting job by Colletti. How long does such a promise hold? Will Little sit him anyway, or be willing to pull a Tanya Harding if Gonzo is bad enough?
Well...when he was hurt and need the elbow surgery, the shortstop had to run about 1/3 of the way out to the outfield so gonzo could flip it sidearm, or even underarm a few times......Now he can throw to the cutoff man or second base, although most often on a bounce or two...and he just doesn't get much on it. Basically the only guy in he NL West who won't be taking extra bases against Gonzo is Benjie Molina.
The LA Times reported that Gonzo was guaranteed the starting job by Colletti. How long does such a promise hold? Will Little sit him anyway, or be willing to pull a Tanya Harding if Gonzo is bad enough?
This could turn out to be a problem for LA, as if he is benched more than he thinks he should be, (which would be any time he is benched) then he is likely to start squawking. Since he does not have the same standing and power in LA as he had in AZ, his squawking may just be ignored, or it may be more problematic. Tough to say.
one good thing colletti has shown is that he is willing to admit he makes mistakes. What i mean is, if a said player he picked up through trade or free agency is not performing as as expected or has been mouthing off, Colletti goes to the next (hopeful) solution.
I dont see this being a problem though. everyone in baseball knows about the dodgers young talent and being on a one year deal should signify to gonzo how short of a leash he has.
Because getting two productive years out of Manny for backing up the truck to Boston just makes so much sense. However bad Ned Colletti is, I thank <insert deity here> Colletti doesn't listen to this kind of silliness.
Look at all the good it did Toby Hall. I think Grittle will grit his teeth and bench the guy.
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